Configuring a forward proxy
For the HTTP and HTTPS transports, you can set up forward
proxy support so that documents are sent through a configured proxy
server. With WebSphere Partner Gateway, you can set up the following
types of support:
- Proxy support over HTTP
- Proxy support over HTTPS
- Proxy support over HTTPS with authentication
- Proxy support over SOCKS
After you set up a forward proxy, you can make it global for
the transport by making it the default gateway (for example,
all HTTP gateways make use of the forward proxy).
To set up a forward proxy, perform the following steps:
- Click Account Admin > Profiles > Community Participant.
- Click Gateways.
- Click Forward Proxy Support.
- On the Forward Proxy List page, click Create.
- Type a name for the proxy.
- Optionally, type a description of the proxy.
- Select the transport type from the list.
Note: The available transports are HTTP and HTTPS.
- Type the following information. Enter either Proxy Host and Proxy Port or Socks Proxy Host and Socks Proxy Port.
- For Proxy Host, type the proxy server
to use (for example: http://proxy.abc.com).
- For Proxy Port, type the port number.
- If the proxy server requires a user name and password, specify
them in the User Name and Password fields.
- For Socks Proxy Host, type the SOCKS proxy
server to use.
- For Socks Proxy Port, type the port number.
- Select the check box if you want this proxy to be the default
proxy (which can be used by any participant that has proxy support
specified).
- Click Save.
