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SOA Agent Configuration Overview

The two options for configuring a SOA Agent are:

Central configuration

Indicates that the SOA Agent is configured from the Policy Server. The policy store holds the set of configuration parameters to be used by a group of SOA Agents. Parameters are configured using the Administrative UI.

The Agent configuration is specified in an Agent Configuration Object.

Local configuration

Indicates that the SOA Agent is configured from a local configuration file on each web server where the Agent is installed.

You can store some parameters centrally and others locally.

Note: You can only enable and disable the SOA Agent from the local Agent configuration file, not from the Policy Server. This is true whether you are configuring centrally or locally.