Adding Or Removing Service Providers - Novell GROUPWISE 8 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual

54.2.2 Adding or Removing Service Providers

The WebAccess Application receives requests from users and then passes the requests to the
appropriate service provider. The service provider fills the requests and returns the required
information to the WebAccess Application. The WebAccess Application merges the information
into the appropriate template and displays it to the user.
To function properly, the WebAccess Application must know which service providers are available.
WebAccess includes three service providers:
GroupWise service provider (GroupWiseProvider object): Communicates with the
WebAccess Agent to fill GroupWise requests.
Document service provider (GroupWiseDocumentProvider object): Communicates with
the WebAccess Agent to fill WebPublisher requests.
LDAP service provider (LDAPProvider object): Communicates with LDAP servers to fill
LDAP requests, such as LDAP directory searches initiated through the GroupWise Address
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The service providers are installed and configured at the same time as the WebAccess Application.
You can disable a service by removing the corresponding provider.
If you create new service providers to expose additional services through GroupWise WebAccess,
you must define those service providers so that the WebAccess Application knows about them.
To define service providers:
1 In ConsoleOne, right-click the WebAccess Application object, then click Properties.
2 Click Application > Services to display the Services page.
The Provider List displays all service providers that the WebAccess Application is configured
to use.
3 Choose from the following options:
Configuring WebAccess Components 903