Outbound Alias

The Outbound Alias policy allows you to reference a pre-configured alias for outbound authentication.

The alias in this policy typically maps to stored credentials or tokens, helping you manage and reuse authentication data securely across multiple requests.

In IBM API Studio, this policy is identified by the kind OutboundAlias.

Example of a Outbound Alias policy:

kind: OutboundAlias
apiVersion: api.ibm.com\v1
metadata:
  name: OutboundAlias
  version: 1.0
  namespace: sample  
spec:
    alias: test

To invoke the Outbound Alias policy, you can specify:

Type	Description
kind	`OutboundAlias`. Defines the type of policy that is being configured.
apiVersion	Denotes the version of the API in use.
metadata	Denotes the metadata or details of the asset type. It covers this metadata: `name`. Name of the policy. `version`. Version of the policy. `namespace`. Namespace of the policy.
spec	You can configure the following policy specifications: `alias`. Specify the name of the pre-configured outbound alias that holds authentication credentials.