Scenario D: Virtual Service with API Consumption Settings and Evaluate Policy Action
Pre-requisites for scenario D are:
The asset should be an instance of the virtual type - Virtual Service, Virtual REST Service, Virtual XML Service.
The API consumption settings
should be configured for the asset.
• An Evaluate * policy action should be included in the asset's run-time configuration.
To register as a consumer of an asset of this scenario, proceed as follows:
1. Display the details page for the asset to which you want to register as a consumer. If you need procedures for this step, see Working with the CentraSite Business UI for details.
2. In the actions bar for the asset, click Consume.
3. In the Consume Asset dialog, you can choose to do one of the following:
Register an existing Application asset as consumer and generate access tokens to make API calls on the displayed asset.
ii. Enter the appropriate information for each of the displayed consumer identifier fields.
CentraSite automatically populates the list of identifiers depending on the set of Evaluate policy actions that are defined for the displayed asset. For more information about each identifier, see
Configuring Consumer Application
Profiles.
Register an arbitrary asset as consumer of the asset. To do so, follow the steps below:
i. Click on the Consume using other assets link.
ii. In the Consume Asset dialog, you can choose to do one of the following:
Register an existing asset as consumer of the displayed asset.
Create a new Application asset on-the-fly, and then register the newly created Application asset as consumer of this asset.
