Deleting policy sets using the administrative console

You can use the administrative console to delete the default policy sets or the application specific policy sets that you have created.

Before you begin

If you are deleting an attached policy set, stop all applications and the associated endpoints or operations, then detach and delete the policy set. If the policy set is unattached, then you do not need to detach the policy set before deleting it.

About this task

If a application specific policy set is no longer needed, you might choose to delete it. To delete a application specific policy set, use the Application policy set collection panel.

Procedure

  1. From the administrative console, click Services > Policy sets > Application policy sets or Services > Policy sets > System policy sets.
  2. Click the box in the Select column next to the policy set that you want to delete.
  3. Click Delete.
  4. Verify that you want to delete this policy set.

Results

The selected application specific policy set is deleted from the list of policy sets and is no longer available.

Example

You might decide that the ABC WS-I RSP policy set that you created did not meet your needs as you had expected and you have already created the DEF WS-I RSP policy set to better meet your needs. You have detached all the applications and endpoints from the ABC WS-I RSP policy set and you want to delete the policy set. Click Services > Policy sets > Application policy sets and find the ABC WS-I RSP policy set in the listing. Select the ABC WS-I RSP policy set and click Delete. Confirm that you want to delete the policy set and it is removed from the listing of policy sets. Restart the applications that you detached the ABC WS-I RSP policy from, and you have successfully deleted the policy set.

Alternatively, and depending on your use case, you might want to reassign the attachment to another resource before deleting the policy set. Make a copy of the policy set that you are about to delete, then attach it later to your application or service artifact. See attaching a policy set to a service artifact. You can now delete the policy set.

What to do next

If you have detached and then deleted a policy set from an application, restart all affected applications to pick up this change.