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---+ Virtuoso Sponger Access Control List (ACL) Setup

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---++Manage Sponger Access Control List (ACL)
Access rights to the Virtuoso Sponger service can be controlled using Virtuoso's built in Access Control Lists (ACL) as detailed below.

   1 Create a secure [[http://ods.openlinksw.com/wiki/ODS/ODSPkiSetup][HTTPS listener]] interface .
   1 Create Sponger endpoints using the Conductor <code>Linked Data ->Sponger ->Configuration</code> tab:
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   1 Go to <code>Sponger ACL</code>s  from <code>Linkied Data -> Access Control -> Sponger</code>:
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   1 Click <code>Add New Rule</code> button to add a new rule:
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   1 Enter the desired setting for the new rule:
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   1 Click <code>Add</code>:
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   1 Click <code>Apply</code>:
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   1 The created ACL rule will be shown in the list of available Sponger ACL rules:
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---++Manage the Sponger /about endpoint

To disable for execution the default web service <code>/about</code> endpoint, execute the following steps:

   1 Go to  <code>Web Services -> Web Service Endpoint</code> and select HTTP Host
   1 Click <code>Edit</code> for "/about":
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   1 Set the <code>SOAP User</code> to <code>nobody</code> from the drop down list box of available users:
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---++Related

   * [[VirtSponger][Virtuoso Sponger]]
   * [[http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/Whitepapers/html/VirtSpongerWhitePaper.html][Technical White Paper]]
   * [[VirtSPARQLSecurityWebID][WebID Protocol & SPARQL Endpoint ACLs Tutorial]]
   * [[SPARQLSponger][SPARQL Sponger]]
   * [[http://docs.openlinksw.com/virtuoso/virtuososponger.html][Virtuoso Documentation]]
   * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeRDFExtractor][Sponger Cartridge RDF Extractor]]
   * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeSupportedDataSources][Supported Virtuoso Sponger Cartridges]]
   * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeSupportedDataSources][OpenLink-supplied Virtuoso Sponger Cartridges]]
   * [[RDFMappers][ Extending SPARQL IRI Dereferencing with RDF Mappers]]
   * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeProgrammersGuide][RDF Cartridge Programmer Guide]]
   * [[VirtProgrammerGuideRDFCartridge][Create RDF Custom Cartridge Tutorial]]
   * [[VirtAuthServerUI][Virtuoso Authentication Server]]
   * [[VirtOAuthSPARQL][Virtuoso SPARQL OAuth Tutorial]]