### HTTP Transport Configuration Page (Business Services)

Use this page to configure transport settings for a business service using the HTTP transport protocol. The HTTP transport supports both `HTTP` and `HTTPS` endpoints.

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Timeout | Enter the timeout interval, in seconds, before the connection is dropped. If you enter 0, there is no timeout.
HTTP Request Method | Select POST or GET as the HTTP request method header for sending a message. The GET method can include as part of the request some of its own information that better describes what to get. This information is passed as a sequence of characters appended to the request URL in a query string. The POST method passes all its data, of unlimited length, directly over the socket connection as part of its HTTP request body. The exchange is invisible to the client, and the URL doesn't change at all.
Authentication | Select one of the following: None - Specifies that authentication is not required to access this service. Basic - Specifies that basic authentication is required to access this service. Basic authentication instructs WebLogic Server to authenticate the client using a user name and password against the authentication providers configured in the security realm, such as a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory service and Windows Active Directory. The client must send its user name and password on the HTTP request header. Basic authentication is strongly discouraged over HTTP because the password is sent in clear text. However, it is safe to send passwords over HTTPS because HTTPS provides an encrypted channel. Warning: By default, all users (authorized and anonymous) can access a business service. To limit the users who can access a business service, create a transport-level authorization policy. can access a proxy service, create a transport-level authorization policy. See "Editing Transport-Level Access Policies under Security Configuration in the Using the AquaLogic Service Bus Console. Client Certificate - Specifies encrypted communication and strong client authentication (two-way SSL). To learn more, see Configuring Transport-Level Security in the AquaLogic Service Bus Security Guide.
Service Account | Enter a service account. A service account is an alias resource for a user name and password. This is a required field if you selected the Basic Authentication Required field.
Follow HTTP redirects | Select this check box to specify that HTTP redirects (which are requests with a response code `3xx`) should be automatically followed. A re-direct occurs when you send an outbound request to the URL of a business service, and that service returns a response code (for example, `302`) that says the URL is no longer valid and this request needs to be sent to another URL. If the Follow HTTP Redirects check box is selected, ALSB automatically re-sends the request to the new URL without any action on your part. Deselect this check box if you do not want the HTTP redirects to be automatically followed.
Dispatch Policy | Select the instance of WebLogic Server Work Manager that you want to use for the dispatch policy for this endpoint. The default Work Manager is used if no other Work Manager exists. For information about Work Managers, see Using Work Managers to Optimize Scheduled Work and Create Work Manager in the WebLogic Server Administration Console Online Help.
Request Encoding | Accept the default `iso-8859-1` as the character set encoding for requests in HTTP transports, or enter a different character set encoding.
Response Encoding | Accept the default `iso-8859-1` as the character set encoding for responses in HTTP transports, or enter a different character set encoding.