Enabling Webservices

This topic only applies to Secret Server On-Premises.

Enabling webservices makes the ASP.NET webservices built into Secret Server available. They are found under /webservices/sswebservice.asmx in your Secret Server directory. Webservices run on the same port as the Web application. You can view them with a browser to see the functionality that is offered.

Specific webservice functionality is documented in the Secret Server Webservice API guide.

To enable webservices:

  1. Search for Application, and click Edit to enable.

  2. Search for WebServices.

  3. Select the related checkbox to enable one or both of the following:

    • Allow HTTP GET: Enables the HTTP Get verb for webservices. This allows REST-style calls to many webservice methods, but reduces security.

    • Hide Secret Server version numbers: This disables the VersionGet SOAP call. It also hides the Secret Server version numbers from the headers and footer.

  4. When done, click Save.