Creating Roles

The following table describes the types of roles you can create. The differences in these roles are only in how you identify the membership of the role, and not how My webMethods Server uses the roles. My webMethods Server uses all roles, regardless of type, in the same manner.

Role

You identify the membership of the role by specifying...

Static Role

A collection of users, group, and roles that are members of the role you are creating. The membership of the role does not change unless you manually edit the role and change its membership. For more information, see Adding a Static Role.

Note:

This is similar to a group except that role membership can span multiple directory services.

LDAP Query Role

An LDAP query. The users, groups, and roles that match the query become members of the role. The membership of the role is dynamic based on the outcome of the query at run time. For more information, see Adding an LDAP Query Role.

Rule Based Role

A rule that My webMethods Server executes to determine the membership. The users, groups, and roles that match the rule become members of the role. The membership of the role is dynamic based on the outcome of the execution of the rule at run time. For more information, see Adding a Rule-Based Role.

Database Role

A query for a database directory service. The users, groups, and roles that match the query become members of the role. The membership of the role is dynamic based on the outcome of the query at run time. For more information, see Adding a Database Role.