Using Javascript For Policies; Managing Policy Plug-In Modules; Registering A Policy Module - Netscape MANAGEMENT SYSTEM 6.01 Installation And Setup Manual

Using JavaScript for Policies

Using JavaScript for Policies
Certificate Management System includes a facility for complex scripting of the
policy plug-in instances via JavaScript
allows you to:
• Determine the call sequence of existing Java plug-ins
• Use complex logic to determine whether to call a plug-in (versus the simpler
predicates)
• Write policies in JavaScript
• Develop extensions without needing to know Java or have the Java SDK
Certificate Management System uses the Rhino JavaScript engine from
Mozilla.org
http://www.mozilla.org/rhino
To learn more about how to use JavaScript in Certificate Management System,
consult the sample
<server_root>/bin/cert/profiles/policy.js

Managing Policy Plug-in Modules

This section explains how to use the CMS window to perform the following
operations:
•

Registering a Policy Module

• Deleting a Policy Module
For information on adding or changing policy-specific information in the
configuration file, see "Changing the Configuration by Editing the Configuration
File" on page 338.
Registering a Policy Module
You can register new policy plug-in modules in a subsystem's policy framework.
Registering a new policy module involves specifying the name of the module and
the full name of the Java class that implements the policy interface. For example,
you can add a policy implementation, named as follows, to the Data Recovery
Manager's policy framework:
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. You can get more details about the Rhino project from this site:
file included in the distribution:
policy.js
com.netscape.policy.KeyArchivalPolicy
TM
. Using the JavaScript policy processor