Using SDK Web Service support
This section contains the procedures for using the SDK Web Service support.
About this task
Important: Web services are meant to be used for testing SOAP API calls and should never be exposed publicly. There are several ways to prevent the /webservices directory from being accessed:
- By using advanced firewall rules.
- By using load balancing rules.
- By restricting the path in the apache-tomcat/conf/server.xml file.
To implement the third option, open the server.xml file with a text editor and add the following lines within

<Host> elements:
<Context path="/ws-legacy/webservices" docBase="" >
<Valapp className="org.apache.catalina.valapps.RemoteAddrValapp" deny="*" />
</Context>For example: