Create the virtualized services. A virtualized service is a service that runs on Mediator and acts as the consumer-facing proxy for a native service that runs elsewhere on the network. You can create virtualized services for Web services that are SOAP-based, REST-based or plain XML Web services. A virtualized service provides a layer of abstraction between the service consumer and the service provider, and promotes loose coupling by providing independence of location, protocol and format between the consuming application and the provider service. You create virtualized services using the CentraSite Control user interface, and store them in the CentraSite registry/repository.

Create run-time governance policies for the virtualized services. A run-time governance policy is a sequence of actions that are carried out by a policy-enforcement point (such as Mediator) when a consumer requests a particular Web service through the policy-enforcement point. The actions in a run-time policy perform activities such as identifying/authenticating consumers, validating digital signatures and capturing performance metrics. You create run-time policies using the CentraSite Control user interface, and store them in the CentraSite registry/repository.

Create consumer applications, which specify the consumers that are allowed to consume services and other assets at run time. A consumer application is a computer application that consumes (invokes) assets (services, BPEL processes or XML schemas) at run time. Typically, you create a consumer application 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.