Creating an Endpoint Alias for Message Addressing for Use with HTTP/S

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Creating an Endpoint Alias for Message Addressing for Use with HTTP/S

When creating an HTTP/S web service endpoint alias for message addressing, the information you need to supply falls into the following categories:

Web Service Endpoint Alias. Identifies the endpoint name, description, and transport type.

HTTP/S Transport Properties. Specifies the authentication details that Integration Server uses to send responses. For HTTPS transport, also specifies the keystore alias and key alias of the private key used for SSL communication with the receiver of the SOAP response.

If the web service response must be routed through a proxy server, specify the proxy server alias for the proxy server through which Integration Server routes the HTTP/S message.

WS Security Properties. Provides information for the WS-Security header as determined by the security policy for the web service.

Note:
WS-Security credentials such as private keys and public keys do not always need to be provided in a web service endpoint alias. If this information is not provided in the alias, Integration Server can obtain the information from other locations. For more information about usage and resolution order of certificates and keys for WS-Security, see the Web Services Developer’s Guide.

Message Addressing Properties. Provides addressing information relating to the delivery of the response message. This includes the reply endpoint where the replies should be sent, the fault endpoint that specifies where the faults should be sent, and optional metadata (such as WSDL or WS-Policy) about the service. This also includes additional parameters, called Reference Parameters, that Integration Server uses to route the message to the destination.

Note:
You cannot delete a message addressing endpoint alias if a web service endpoint alias for provider web service descriptor is using the message addressing endpoint alias as a part of its response map.

To create a message addressing web service endpoint alias for use with HTTP/S

1. Open Integration Server Administrator if it is not already open.

2. Go to Settings > Web services.

3. Click Create Web Service Endpoint Alias.

4. Under Web Service Endpoint Alias Properties, provide the following information:

In this field	Specify
Alias	A name for the message addressing web service endpoint alias. The alias name cannot include the following illegal characters: # ©\ & @ ^ ! % * : $ . / \ \ ` ; , ~ + = ) ( \| } { ] [ > < "
Description	A description for the endpoint alias.
Type	Message Addressing
Transport Type	Specify the transport protocol used to access the web service. Select one of the following: HTTP HTTPS

5. If you are configuring the web service endpoint for transport-based authentication such as HTTPS, specify all or a combination of the following optional fields under TransportType Transport Properties:

In this field	Specify
Authentication Type	Specify the type of authentication you want to use to authenticate the consumer.
	Select	To
	Basic	Use basic authentication (user name and password) to authenticate the consumer.
	Digest	Use password digest to authenticate the consumer.
	NTLM	Use NTLM authentication so that clients that are already logged into a domain can be authenticated using their existing credentials.
User Name	User name used to authenticate the provider at the HTTP or HTTPS transport level on the host server.
Password	The password used to authenticate the provider on the host server.
Retype Password	Re-enter the above password.
Keystore Alias	Alias to the keystore that contains the private key used to connect to the web service host securely. This field applies to the HTTPS transport type only.
Key Alias	Alias to the key in the keystore that contains the private key used to connect to the web service host securely. The key must be in the keystore specified in Keystore Alias. This field applies to the HTTPS transport type only.

6. If web service responses must be sent through a proxy server, in the Proxy Alias field, do one of the following to specify which proxy server Integration Server uses:

If you want Integration Server to use a particular proxy server, specify the alias for that proxy server. Integration Server lists all the configured HTTP/S and SOCKS proxy aliases in the Proxy Alias field.

If you want Integration Server to use the default proxy server, leave this field blank.

For more information about how Integration Server uses proxy servers when sending responses, see How Integration Server Uses Proxy Servers.

7. Under WS Security Properties, specify the certificate file of the receiver of the SOAP response. This certificate is used to encrypt the outbound SOAP response and/or verify the inbound SOAP response.

In this field	Specify
Partner's Certificate	The path and file name of the certificate of the receiver of the SOAP response, which contains its public key.

8. Under WS Security Properties, specify the following if the security policy (or policies) that will be used by this web service requires its responses to be signed, requires an X.509 authentication token to be included, or requires that SOAP message responses be encrypted:

In this field	Specify
Keystore Alias	Alias to the keystore that contains the private key used to: Sign outbound SOAP responses Include an X.509 authentication token for outbound SOAP responses Important: To verify response messages from this web service, the receiver must have the corresponding public key.
Key Alias	Alias to the private key used to sign and/or include X.509 authentication token for outbound SOAP messages. The key must be in the keystore specified in Keystore Alias.

9. Under WS Security Properties, configure how Integration Server handles timestamps in the security headers.

In this field	Specify
Timestamp Precision	Whether the timestamp is precise to the second or millisecond. If you set the precision to milliseconds, Integration Server uses the timestamp format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss:SSS'Z'. If you set the precision to seconds, Integration Server uses the timestamp format yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'. If you do not select a precision value, Integration Server will use the value specified for the watt.server.ws.security.timestampPrecisionInMilliseconds parameter.
Timestamp Time to Live	The time-to-live value for the outbound message in seconds. Integration Server uses the Timestamp Time to Live value to set the expiry time in the Timestamp element of outbound messages. The Timestamp Time to Live value must be an integer greater than 0. If you do not specify a time-to-live value, Integration Server will use the value specified for the watt.server.ws.security.timestampTimeToLive parameter.
Timestamp Maximum Skew	The maximum number of seconds that the web services client and host clocks can differ and still allow timestamp expiry validation to succeed. Specify a positive integer or zero. Integration Server uses the timestamp maximum skew value only when you implement WS-Security via a WS-Policy. Integration Server validates the inbound SOAP message only when the creation timestamp of the message is less than the sum of the timestamp maximum skew value and the current system clock time. If you do not specify a timestamp maximum skew value, Integration Server will use the value specified for the watt.server.ws.security.timestampMaximumSkew parameter.

For more information about timestamps in the WS-Security header, see Timestamps in the WS-Security Header.

10. Under Message Addressing Properties, provide the following addressing information relating to the delivery of a SOAP response to the receiver. The message addressing properties define the addressing information that can be attached to the SOAP message.

In this field	Specify
Must Understand	Whether the recipients (the actor or role to which the header is targeted) are required to process the WS-Addressing headers. Recipients that cannot process a mandatory WS-Addressing header reject the message and return a SOAP fault. Must Understand determines the mustUnderstand attribute of the WS-Addressing headers.
	Select	To
	True	Indicate that processing the WS-Addressing headers is required by the recipients. If you select True for Must Understand and the SOAP node receives a header that it does not understand or cannot process, it returns a fault.
	False	Indicate that processing the WS-Addressing headers is optional. This is the default.
	Note: In SOAP 1.1, the values of the mustUnderstand attribute were 0 and 1 instead of True and False; however, Integration Server processes both sets of values the same way and performs any necessary conversions. For more information about the mustUnderstand and actor attributes in SOAP 1.1, see the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.1 - W3C Note 08 May 2000 . For more information about the mustUnderstand and role attributes in SOAP 1.2, see the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) 1.2 specification.
Role	Target of the WS-Addressing headers in the SOAP message. Role determines the value of the role attribute for the WS-Addressing headers. The actor or role attribute specifies a URI for the recipient of WS-Addressing header entries. Note: In SOAP 1.1, the role attribute is named actor; however, Integration Server processes both names the same and performs any necessary conversions.
	Select	To
	Ultimate Receiver	Indicate that the recipient is the ultimate destination of the SOAP message. This is the default.
	Next	Specify the following URI for the role attribute: For SOAP 1.2: "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/role/next" For SOAP 1.1: "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/actor/next"
	None	Specify the following URI for the role attribute: For SOAP 1.2: "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/role/none" For SOAP 1.1: "http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope/role/none"
	Other	Specify the target of the header. Typically, this will be a URI.
From	URI of the source of the SOAP response. In the Reference Parameters field, specify additional parameters, if any, that correspond to <wsa:ReferenceParameters> properties of the endpoint reference. Optionally, you can specify metadata (such as WSDL or WS-Policy) about the service in the Metadata Elements field. You can also specify Extensible Elements, which are elements other than those specified as part of the Metadata and Reference Parameters. You can specify more than one reference parameter, metadata element, or extensible element. Click the ‘+’ icon to add more rows and the ‘x’ icon to delete the rows.
ReplyTo	URI to which the response (reply) messages are to be routed. This property is optional. If this value is not specified, the default values for this URI depends on the WS-Addressing policy attached to the web service descriptor. For the Final version of WS-Addressing, ReplyTo defaults to http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing/anonymous. For the Submission version of WS-Addressing, ReplyTo defaults to http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous. In the Reference Parameters field, specify additional parameters, if any, that correspond to <wsa:ReferenceParameters> properties of the endpoint reference to which the response message is addressed. Optionally, you can specify metadata (such as WSDL or WS-Policy) about the service in the Metadata Elements field. You can also specify Extensible Elements, which are elements other than those specified as part of the Metadata and Reference Parameters. You can specify more than one reference parameter, metadata element, or extensible element. Click the ‘+’ icon to add more rows and the ‘x’ icon to delete the rows.
FaultTo	URI to which the SOAP fault messages are to be routed. This property is optional. In the Reference Parameters field, specify additional parameters, if any, that correspond to <wsa:ReferenceParameters> properties of the endpoint reference to which the fault message is addressed. Optionally, you can specify metadata (such as WSDL or WS-Policy) about the service in the Metadata Elements field. You can also specify Extensible Elements, which are elements other than those specified as part of the Metadata and Reference Parameters. You can specify more than one reference parameter, metadata element, or extensible element. Click the ‘+’ icon to add more rows and the ‘x’ icon to delete the rows. You can specify more than one reference parameter, metadata element, or extensible element. Click the ‘+’ icon to add more rows and the ‘x’ icon to delete the rows.

11. Click Save Changes.