URL configuration settings

Use this page to define connections to Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), which are location names that represent electronically accessible resources. A collection of URL connection properties is often called a URL configuration in the WebSphere® Application Server environment. The targeted resources are remote to your Application Server installation.

You can access this administrative console page in one of two ways:
  • Resources > URL > URLs > URL
  • Resources > URL > URL Providers > URL_provider > URLs > URL

Scope

Specifies the scope of the URL provider that supports this URL configuration. Only applications that are installed within this scope can use this URL configuration to access URL resources.

Provider

Specifies the URL provider that WebSphere Application Server uses for this URL configuration.

To create a new URL configuration: If you previously defined one or more URL providers at the relevant scope, you see a list from which you can select an existing URL provider for your new URL configuration.

Create New Provider

Provides the option of configuring a new URL provider for the new URL configuration.

Create New Provider is displayed only when you create a new URL from the Resources > URL > URLs path. In this flow, you can create a new URL provider if needed. The URL provider can not be changed during an edit.

Clicking Create New Provider triggers the console to display the URL provider configuration page, where you create a new provider. After you click OK to save your settings, you see the URL collection page. Click New to define a new URL configuration for use with the new provider; the console now displays a configuration page that lists the new provider as the URL configuration Provider.

Name

Specifies the display name for the resource.

JNDI Name

Specifies the JNDI name.

Important: Adhere to the following requirements for JNDI names:
  • Do not assign duplicate JNDI names across different resource types (such as mail sessions versus URL configurations).
  • Do not assign duplicate JNDI names for multiple resources of the same type in the same scope.

Description

Specifies the description of the resource.

Category

Specifies the category string, which you can use to classify or group the resource.