Producer checklist for exchanging information with a Consumer | HCL Digital Experience

Use this list to check whether you provided and obtained all required information that you must exchange with the Consumer.

Information that a Producer provides to a Consumer

Mandatory information:

The WSDL service description document that contains the WSRP service description of the Producer.

 

The following information can be required.

Whether this information is required depends on the setup of the Producer portal:

The service configuration of the Producer portal.

If the Producer has set up a specific WSRP configuration, the Consumer needs this information. For example, a security mechanism can require a user repository that is shared between the Consumer and Producer portals. Other security mechanisms can also require an exchange of certificates or public keys between the Consumer and Producer portals.

Registration information.

The Consumer needs this information if the Producer requires registration.

Group IDs and handles of portlets.

If the Consumer administrator consumes a remote portlet from a Producer portal by using the XML configuration interface, the Consumer needs the group IDs and the portlet handles of the remote portlets at the Producer portal.

Information that a Producer obtains from a Consumer

The following information can be required.

Whether this information is required depends on the security setup of the Producer portal:

User information about users of the Consumer portal who uses the remote portlets.

If the Producer portal has security configured, the Producer needs this information to give the users of the Consumer portal access permission to the provided WSRP services.