HTTP transport configuration for service calls
Overview
You can create an HTTP transport configuration that describes the transport settings for a service call. Transport and security settings can be associated with any service call.
If you are using SSL authentication, ensure that you have valid key files in workspace.
If you are using SOAP security, ensure that you have configured the environment with the correct libraries and configuration files.
Create an HTTP transport configuration
- Click the Generic service client toolbar button to open the generic service client and click the Transport tab.
- On the Transport Configurations page, click Create an HTTP configuration (
) to create a new HTTP transport configuration.
- Type a Name for the new transport configuration.
- Specify the following options for the HTTP transport:
- Keep alive
- Keep the connection open after the request.
- SSL certificate
- Use an SSL configuration. Click Open SSL Editor to create an SSL configuration or select an existing configuration.
- Server authentication
- In this section, specify the type of authentication required to access the service. Select None if no authentication
is required.
- Basic authentication
- Specify the User Name and Password that are used for basic authentication.
- NTLM authentication
- Use the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authentication protocol. NTLM uses challenge-response authentication. This view lists what is negotiated (supported by the client and requested of the server) and what is authenticated (the client reply to the challenge from the server).
- Kerberos authentication
- Use the Kerberos authentication protocol between the client and server.
- Configure proxy
- If the HTTP connection needs to go through a proxy server or a
corporate firewall, specify the Address and Port of
the proxy server. If the proxy requires authentication, select Basic
proxy authentication.
- Proxy authentication
- In this section, specify the type of authentication required to access the proxy. Select None if no authentication
is required.
- Basic proxy authentication
- Specify the User Name and Password that are used for basic authentication.
- NTLM proxy authentication
- Use the Microsoft NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authentication protocol. NTLM uses challenge-response authentication. This view lists what is negotiated (supported by the client and requested of the server) and what is authenticated (the client reply to the challenge from the server).
- Custom class
- Select this option if the communication protocol requires complex, low-level processing with a custom Java code to transform incoming or outgoing messages. Click Browse to select a Java class that uses the corresponding API.
See Create an SSL configuration for more information about SSL authentication.
- Click OK to create the new configuration.
What to do next
Once created, you can use new configuration with any service call that uses the HTTP transport protocol. You can use the Configurations list in the generic service client to edit existing configurations or to create duplicate configurations.Related
Related tasks