The Built-In Run-Time Actions for Virtual Services
This section provides a summary of the run-time actions you can include in run-time policies for virtual services. You use these actions only when you are using CentraSite Control to create run-time policies for virtual services.
A run-time policy provides run-time governance capabilities to a virtual service. A run-time policy is a sequence of actions that are carried out by Mediator when a consumer requests a particular service through Mediator.
The actions in a policy perform activities such as identifying and authenticating consumers, validating digital signatures and capturing performance measurements. An action is a single task that is included in a run-time policy and is evaluated by Mediator at run time. Actions have one or more parameters, which you configure when you insert the actions into a policy. For example, an action that identifies consumers specifies one or more identifiers to identify the consumers who are trying to access the services.
Mediator provides built-in action templates. A built-in action template is a definition of an action that can be used in a policy. An action template specifies the set of parameters associated with a particular policy action. You can use these action templates to create actions for Mediator.
When you create run-time policies in CentraSite, you:
1. Specify the service(s) to which the policy must apply.
2. Add the desired actions to the policy, and configure their parameters.
3. Activate the policy when you are ready to put it into effect. When you deploy the virtual services to which the policy is applied, the policy is deployed.
Following is a summary of the built-in actions you can include in a run-time policy. For complete details of all actions, as well as common usage cases for identifying or authenticating consumers, see CentraSite User’s Guide.
For the procedure to create a run-time policy, see CentraSite User’s Guide.
WS-SecurityPolicy 1.2 Actions