A gateway service is the Web interface for an underlying service (the target service) that is either provided internally (hosted so as to be directly available at a service destination), or provided externally (as an external Web service). The gateway service is made available at a different location to the target service, so you can replace or relocate the target service without changing the details for the associated gateway service. You can also have more than one target service (that is, more than one implementation of the same logical service) for each gateway service. For more information, see Target services and gateway services.
You use the WebSphere Application Server administrative console to work with gateway services. Choose one of the following actions: