Viewing list of global policies and policy details

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About this task

The Global Policies tab displays a list of all globally available policies in webMethods API Gateway. Global policies are listed alphabetically by name.

In addition to viewing the list of policies, you can also examine the details of a policy, create a copy of the template, activate, and delete a global policy in the Global Policies tab.

Procedure

  1. Open the menu options and select Manage > Policies.
  2. Click the Global Policies tab.
    A list of all available global policies appears. Use the Show list to set the maximum number of policies you want to display in a page. The Global Policies tab provides the following information about each policy:
    • Name. Name of the global policy
    • Description. The description for the global policy.

    You can also perform the following operations on a global policy:

    • Activate a policy to begin enforcing runtime behaviors.
    • Deactivate a policy to suspend enforcement of runtime behaviors.
    • Create a new copy of the policy.
    • Delete a policy to remove it from webMethods API Gateway.
  3. Select the required policy whose details you want to examine.
    The Global Policy details page appears. The policy details are displayed in the following tabs:
    • Policy Details. This tab contains a summary of basic information such as name, description, scope of the policy as to when the policy will apply, applicable APIs, and other information.
    • Policy Configuration. This tab contains the policy stages, applied policies, as well as the configuration details of individual policies.