Creating Run-Time Policies
You create run-time policies and apply them to virtual services in order to govern the virtual services' run-time execution.
A run-time policy is a sequence of actions that are carried out by a policy-enforcement point (PEP) when a consumer requests a particular service through the PEP. 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 CentraSite Control and store them in the CentraSite registry/repository.
When you create a run-time policy in CentraSite Control, you:
Specify the PEP target type (for example,
webMethods Mediator) to which you will deploy the virtual services and their policies.
Add run-time actions to the policy and configure their parameters.
CentraSite provides a set of built-in run-time actions.
Apply the policy to the desired virtual services.
Activate the policy.
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