Consumer Applications
A consumer application is a computer application that consumes (invokes) assets (services, BPEL processes or XML schemas) at run time. Typically, you create consumer applications to specify the consumers that are allowed to consume a particular asset. Then, you include the consumer application in the Consumers profile of the asset.
A consumer application in CentraSite is represented by an Application as webMethods Mediator set. The Application asset defines the precise consumer identifiers (for example, a list of user names in HTTP headers, a range of IP addresses, etc.). Thus the policy enforcement point (such as) can identify or authenticate the consumers that are requesting an asset.
You can use Application assets with any supported policy enforcement point (that is, webMethods Mediator or any supported third-party policy enforcement point).
Note: | If you want to authenticate consumers (using LDAP or another external authentication mechanism), make sure that your policy enforcement point is configured to enable authentication. For information, see the documentation for your policy enforcement point. |
The following subsections describe how to create and manage consumer applications:
