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= delete-message-security-provider

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== delete-message-security-provider

Enables administrators to delete a message security provider

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=== Synopsis

[source]
----
asadmin [asadmin-options] delete-message-security-provider [--help]
[--target target]
--layer message_layer
provider_name
----

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=== Description

The `delete-message-security-provider` subcommand enables administrators
to delete a message security provider.

In terms of what happens when this subcommand is run, the
`provider-config` sub-element for the given message layer
(`message-security-config` element of `domain.xml` is deleted. The
`domain.xml` file specifies parameters and properties to the
{productName}). The options specified in the list below apply to
attributes within the `message-security-config` and `provider-config`
sub-elements of the `domain.xml` file.

If the message-layer (`message-security-config` attribute) does not
exist, it is created, and then the `provider-config` is created under
it.

This command is supported in remote mode only.

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=== Options

If an option has a short option name, then the short option precedes the
long option name. Short options have one dash whereas long options have
two dashes.

asadmin-options::
  Options for the `asadmin` utility. For information about these
  options, see the link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)] help page.
`--help`::
`-?`::
  Displays the help text for the subcommand.
`--target`::
  Specifies the target from which you are deleting the message security
  provider. Valid values are

  `server`;;
    Deletes the message security provider from the default server
    instance `server` and is the default value
  `domain`;;
    Deletes the message security provider from the domain.
  cluster_name;;
    Deletes the message security provider from every server instance in the cluster.
  instance_name;;
    Deletes the message security provider from a particular sever instance.

`--layer`::
  The message-layer from which the provider has to be deleted. The
  default value is `HttpServlet`.

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=== Operands

provider_name::
  The name of the provider used to reference the `provider-config`
  element.

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=== Examples

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==== Example 1   Deleting a message security provider

The following example shows how to delete a message security provider
for a client.

[source]
----
asadmin> delete-message-security-provider
--layer SOAP mySecurityProvider
----

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=== Exit Status

0::
  command executed successfully
1::
  error in executing the command

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=== See Also

link:asadmin.html#asadmin-1m[`asadmin`(1M)]

link:create-message-security-provider.html#create-message-security-provider-1[`create-message-security-provider`(1)],
link:list-message-security-providers.html#list-message-security-providers-1[`list-message-security-providers`(1)]