Proxy Service Management

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director Governance allows you to create proxies for services managed in external containers such as WebSphere Application Server, and Windows Communication Foundation (WCF).

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director Governance facilitates a consistent way to apply and manage policies on proxy applications and on other ActiveMatrix applications that use TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director Governance.

Proxy Applications

A proxy application is an intermediary that enforces policies on behalf of a consumer or provider.

You use TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director Governance Proxy Agent to manage proxy applications.

A set of global preferences is available for creating and managing proxy applications. You typically set these preferences before you create proxy applications. However, you can set or modify them later.

Proxy Nodes

A proxy node consists of resources for deploying proxy applications. The proxy node is a standard ActiveMatrix node with three added capabilities:

  • The Mediation IT (implementation type) is deployed and runs on the node to execute the mediation application. The mediation application functions as the proxy application to the external service.
  • At least one connector shared resource provides a functional endpoint for the promoted service of the mediation application.
  • At least one client shared resource allows the mediation application to reference the external service.

Once you create a new proxy node, proxy management services automatically deploy the mediation IT on every new proxy node. No additional user configuration is needed. TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director Governance provides you with the option of providing connector and client shared resource information.