Portal Express, Version 6.0
Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux, Windows
Plan for WSRP
Before you work with WSRP, plan your configuration based on the following information.
How WSRP is implemented in the portal
The WSRP implementation in IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express enables you to do both of the following with the portal:- As a Producer, provide portlets as WSRP services for remote invocation by Consumers.
- As a Consumer, integrate WSRP services that are provided by Producers as remote portlets. On the Consumer portal these portlets behave like local portlets that comply with the standard portlet API, independent of their implementation on the Producer side - by the standard portlet API, the IBM portlet API, .NET, or other implementations.
At this time the WSRP Producer implementation in the portal does not support the Registration interface of the WSRP specification. This interface is optional. However, the Consumer portal can handle Producers that support WSRP registration interfaces.
Prerequisites for WSRP in the portal
If you want to use WSRP with the portal, have the appropriate level of IBM WebSphere Application Server installed. Refer to Supported hardware and software to determine the WebSphere Application Server version that is required by your version of WebSphere Portal Express.
Exchanging the information required for WSRP
Before Producer and Consumer portals can communicate for using WSRP, the Producer needs to provide the information that the Consumer needs to consume the WSRP services from the Producer. This includes information about the following:- The configuration of the Producer portal and its WSRP interfaces, and the location where the Consumer can find them.
- The security setup for WSRP on the Producer portal.
Communication between the Producer and Consumer portals
WSRP markup caching
The WSRP implementation in the portal uses expiry-based markup caching for remote portlets to improve performance. This reduces the number of interactions between the Consumer and the Producer and enables the use of remote caches for pages containing remote portlets.
For more information about markup caching refer to WSRP Markup Caching.
- Security considerations for WSRP services
When you use WSRP with the portal, you can configure security and provide authentication by using different authentication mechanisms. - How you work with WSRP in the portal
To work with WSRP in the portal, you perform different administrative tasks. Some of these tasks depend on whether you use the portal as a Producer or Consumer portal. - Communication between the Producer and Consumer portals
Communication between the Producer portal and the Consumer portal is implemented by interfaces as defined in the WSRP standard.
Parent topic:
Using WSRP services with the portalRelated concepts
Communication between the Producer and Consumer portals
Related reference
WSRP Markup CachingRelated information
Supported hardware and software