Application policy sets collection
Use this page to manage policy sets. You can create, copy, export, and import policy sets. You can also view or delete existing policy sets. You can use policy sets, or assertions that define services, to simplify your web services configuration because policy sets group security and other web services settings into reusable units.
To view this administrative console page, click
.Depending on your assigned security role when security is enabled, you might not have access to text entry fields or buttons to create or edit configuration data. Review the administrative roles documentation to learn more about the valid roles for the application server.
Name
Specifies a list of available policy sets. Click a policy set name to access the details panel for that policy set. Use the buttons on the page to create a new policy set or manage the existing policy sets. You can also import a policy set to display in the list of available policy sets.
Button | Resulting action |
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New | Creates a new policy set. This option opens an empty policy set and allows you to provide additional details, such as the name, description, and policy configuration options. |
Delete | Removes the selected policy set. |
Copy | Creates a copy of the policy set that is selected from a list. After you create a copy, you can provide a name and a description for the copy. You must also specify whether to transfer attachments and binding information, where these options are available, from the original to the copy. |
Import | Imports a policy set. This is a menu item with the option of importing a policy set from a default repository or a selected location. You can select and import the default policy sets from the default repository. The default repository for the import function in the administrative console is the directory that contains the default policy sets. Initially, a subset of pre-configured policy sets are exposed. However, there are other default policy sets that are available to import when you select | . The administrative console also displays the default policy sets in a list that includes descriptions, that you can use to select the policy set that you want to import.
Export | Exports the selected policy set to an archive file. |
Editable
This column shows whether the policy set is a user-defined, custom policy set that can be edited or whether the policy set is a default policy set that is not editable.
Values displayed in this field are Editable or Not editable. Even though a policy set is identified as not editable, it is deletable. For example, you cannot edit information for the default system policy set, but you can delete the policy set. You can change the properties for a default, not editable policy set by copying it, and then modifying the properties of the copy. For more information on modifying a default policy set, see copy of default policy set and bindings settings document.
Information | Value |
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Data type: | String |
Default: | Not editable |
Description
Provides a brief description of the application policy sets that currently exist. You cannot edit information for the default application policy sets; however, you can delete the policy sets. The list of contained policies for each policy set that it relates to are displayed in the Name column. The contained policies that are displayed are only those that are enabled. From this panel, the field is not editable.
For custom policy sets that you create or modify, you can edit this description when you create or customize policy sets on the details panel. The description is the same one that you entered in the Description field when you created that policy set. The included and enabled policies are followed by a bulleted list of the key attributes of the policy set.