WebSphere brand IBM WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server, Version 7.1

Enrolling a new subscriber

Each requester (third-party application) must be authorized to access a set of services, and this is done by means of a subscription. Use the Service Policy Manager console to define requesters and set up subscriptions.

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A subscription must be created whether you are unauthenticated or not. Subscriptions can be inherited if they exists higher in the hierarchy. If a subscription is created for the requester ALL, then all requesters will inherit that subscription. Inherited subscriptions can be overridden if a particular requester or group wishes to subscribe to a different implementation for a given service.

To set up a new subscription, complete the following steps:

  1. Launch the Service Policy Manager (SPM) console.
    Note: If you are using the SPM console with the Firefox browser, Firefox version 3.0 is strongly recommended.
  2. Using the Requester view, create a requester. Each requester is enabled and has a descriptive string. This requester identity must also be known to the WebSphere® user registry and be authorized through the Integrated Solutions Console to have the PolicyAccessor role.
  3. Using the Subscriptions view, create a subscription between the requester and the necessary services and operations. Set up the subscription for all services specified as GROUP, and for all operations specified as ALL.
    Note: The Service Policy Manager access Web service GetServicePolicies operation returns policies associated with a subscription. But if the subscription does not exist, a ServiceException is generated.
    To set up the user name and password, you can use the following policies: service.notification.username and service.notification.password. The policies should be created for the appropriate requester, for the appropriate service, and for all of the operations. (Operations will be specified as ALL
    Note: Password policies should be of the type password, and not string).



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