Managing Consumer Applications
A consumer application is a computer application that consumes (invokes) APIs (services, XML services or REST services) at run-time. Typically, consumer applications specify the consumers that are allowed (registered) to consume a particular API. Then, you include the consumer application in the Consumer action of the API.
A consumer application in CentraSite is represented by an Application asset. 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 webMethods Mediator) can identify or authenticate the consumers that are requesting an API.
You can use Application assets with any supported policy enforcement point (that is, 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. |
