Enabling Webservices

This topic only applies to Secret Server On-Premises.

Enabling webservices simply makes the ASP.NET webservices built into Secret Server available. They are found under /webservices/sswebservice.asmx in your Secret Server directory. They 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 enanle webservices, navigate to Admin > Webservices, and click Edit. Click to select the related checkbox to enable:

Allow HTTP GET: Allows the HTTP Get verb for webservices. This allows REST-style calls to many Web Service methods, but reduces security.
Hide Secret Server version numbers: This will disable the VersionGet SOAP call. It will also hide the Secret Server Version Numbers from the Headers and Footer.

When done, click Save.