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Configure the Web Service Variable Resolver

In order for the Policy Server to resolve a Web Service variable, you must configure the Web Service Variable Resolver to properly connect to the Web Service. The connection to the Web Service will fall into one of two categories:

• Both the Policy Server and the Web Service are on the same side of a firewall. There is no firewall between the two.
• There is a firewall between the Policy Server and the Web Service, but it is configured to allow one-way communication between the two (outbound requests from the Policy Server to the Web Service).

Before being able to use the Web Service Variables functionality, the Policy Server must be configured with a list of trusted CAs, using the SmKeyTool command line utility. If several Policy Servers are used in a load balancing or failover configuration, each of them must be configured with the same list of trusted CAs.

Default configuration settings are provided in the WebServiceConfig.properties file in the SiteMinder/Config/properties directory, and can be modified by the user.