Configuring Liberty Web Services; Configuring The Web Services Framework - Novell ACCESS MANAGER 3.1 SP2 - IDENTITY SERVER GUIDE 2010 Manual

Configuring Liberty Web Services

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A Web service uses Internet protocols to provide a service. It is an XML-based protocol transported
over SOAP, or a service whose instances and data objects are addressable via URIs.
Access Manager consists of several elements that comprise Web services:
Web Service Framework: Manages all Web services. The framework defines SOAP header
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blocks and processing rules that enable identity services to be invoked via SOAP requests and
responses.
Web Service Provider: An entity that provides data via a Web service. In Access Manager,
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Web service providers host Web service profiles, such as the Employee Profile, Credential
Profile, Personal Profile, and so on.
Web Service Consumer: An entity that uses a Web service to access data. Web service
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consumers discover resources at the Web service provider, and then retrieve or update
information about a user, or on behalf of a user. Resource discovery among trusted partners is
necessary because a user might have many kinds of identities (employee, spouse, parent,
member of a group), as well as several identity providers (employers or other commercial Web
sites).
Discovery Service: The service assigned to an identity provider that enables a Web Service
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Consumer to determine which Web service provider provides the required resource.
LDAP Attribute Mapping: Access Manager's solution for mapping Liberty attributes with
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established LDAP attributes.
This section describes the following topics:
Section 13.1, "Configuring the Web Services Framework," on page 291
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Section 13.2, "Managing Web Services and Profiles," on page 292
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Section 13.3, "Configuring Credential Profile Security and Display Settings," on page 300
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Section 13.4, "Customizing Attribute Names," on page 302
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Section 13.5, "Configuring the Web Service Consumer," on page 303
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 Section 13.6, "Mapping LDAP and Liberty Attributes," on page 304
For additional resources about the Liberty Alliance specifications, visit the
Specification (http://www.projectliberty.org/resources/specifications.php)

13.1 Configuring the Web Services Framework

The Web Services Framework page lets you edit and manage all the details that pertain to all Web
services. This includes the framework for building interoperable identity services, permission-based
attribute sharing, identity service description and discovery, and the associated security mechanisms.
1 In the Administration Console, click Devices > Identity Servers > Edit > Liberty > Web Service
Framework.
2 Fill in the following fields:
Enable Framework: Enables Web Services Framework.
Liberty Alliance
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