#### To enable providers for message security

To enable message security for deployed web services endpoints, you must specify a provider to be used by default on the server side. If you enable a default provider for message security, you also need to enable providers to be used by clients of the web services deployed in the server. Information for enabling the providers used by clients is discussed in To enable message security for application clients.

To enable message security for web service invocations originating from deployed endpoints, you must specify a default client provider. If you enabled a default client provider, you must ensure that any services invoked from endpoints are compatibly configured for message layer security.

1. In the Admin Console tree component, expand the Configurations node.
2. Select the instance to configure:
   - To configure a particular instance, select the instance’s config node. For example, the default instance, `server`, select the `server-config` node.
   - To configure the default settings for all instances, select the `default-config` node.
3. Expand the Security node.
4. Expand the Message Security node.
5. Select the SOAP node.

   By default, the Message Security tab is selected.

6. On the Edit Message Security Configuration page, set the following fields to specify default client and server providers.

   The default client provider identifies the client provider invoked for an application that does not identify a specific client provider. The default server provider identifies the server provider invoked an application that does not identify a specific server provider. The default server provider is sometimes referred to as the default provider.

   - Default Provider: By default, no provider configuration is selected. To identify a server-side provider, select `ServerProvider`. Not selecting an option means that by default, the server will not invoke a message security provider on the server side.

     Generally select `ServerProvider` for this field.

   - Default Client Provider: By default, no provider configuration is selected. To identify a client-side provider, select `ClientProvider`. Not selecting an option means that by default the server will not invoke a message security provider on the client side.

     Generally select null for this field. Select `ClientProvider` to enable a default provider and message protection policy to apply to the web services invocations originating from web services endpoints deployed on the server.

7. Click Save.
8. For instructions on how to modify message protection policies of enabled client or server providers, see To configure a message security provider.

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###### More Information

Equivalent asadmin commands

- To specify the default server provider:

      asadmin  set --user  admin-user --port admin-port
      server-config.security-service.message-security-config.SOAP.
      default_provider=ServerProvider

- To specify the default client provider:

      asadmin  set --user  admin-user --port admin-port
      server-config.security-service.message-security-config.SOAP.
      default_client_provider=ClientProvider

###### See Also

- To configure facilities for use by message security providers

- To configure a JCE Provider for Java EE

- To enable providers for message security

- To configure a message security provider

- Creating a Message Security Provider

- To delete a message security configuration

- To delete a message security provider

- To enable message security for application clients

- Request and Response Policy Configurations