If your environment includes a Web server, you must configure
it as a trusted secure proxy server. By configuring the secure proxy
server, you can inform the on demand router (ODR) that the Web server
is a trusted secure proxy so that the ODR can receive requests.
Before you begin
You must first create an ODR, a proxy with advanced capabilities
that Intelligent Management uses to route
work to application server nodes. For more information, read about
creating ODRs.
About this task
Configure a Web server as a trusted secure proxy; a trusted
security proxy is allowed to pass information such as the virtual
host name, or user identity to the ODR in private HTTP headers. Web
servers read incoming requests to verify which ODR they are routed
to. Private headers received from an untrusted proxy are discarded
by the ODR. This configuration field enables intermediaries other
than the ODR server to handle the request by explicitly telling the
ODR that it is to trust them. A trusted security proxy receives requests
before the ODR and then forwards requests to the ODR. For example,
when the Web server with the WebSphere® Application
Server plugin forwards requests to the ODR, the Web server must be
configured as a trusted security proxy.
Figure 1. Example topology
of a simple Intelligent Management environment
supported configuration including a Web server
Procedure
- To configure a Web server as a trusted proxy server, in
the administrative console, click . If you are using dynamic
clusters of on demand routers, click .
- Specify the name of the Web server in the Trusted
security proxies. This configuration field
enables intermediaries other than the ODR server to handle the request
by explicitly telling the ODR that it can trust the Web server you
specify. Use an internet protocol or fully qualified host name in
this field. For example, myhost.com or an IP address such
as 10.1.1.1.
- Click Apply.
- Click Save.
Results
Your Web server is now configured as a trusted proxy server.