Control access to hosts specified in a URL

We can specify any host name in a URL used to retrieve content. We can restrict access to a specified list of host names by modifying the configuration of the WCM WCMConfigService service.

1. Log in to the WAS console and click...
   Resources | Resource Environment | Resource Environment Providers | WCM WCMConfigService | Custom properties

   If the WCM server is part of a cluster, use the dmgr console.

2. Block access from unknown hosts:

   • Property: connect.connector.httpconnector.denyunknownhosts

   • Value: true

3. For each host name for which to grant access, add a new property.

   • Property: connect.connector.httpconnector.hosts.host

     Host is the fully qualified host name of the server for which to permit access. For example:

     connect.connector.httpconnector.hosts.www.example.com

   • Value: true or false

4. Optional: Set a default cache expiration value for the host name we added by adding a new property.

   • Property: connect.connector.httpconnector.hosts.host.defaultcacheexpires

     Host is the fully qualified host name of the server for which to permit access. For example:

     connect.connector.httpconnector.hosts.www.example.com.defaultcacheexpires

   • Value: expiration_time. For example:
     REL 9000s

   • Optional: Set a default cache setting for the host name we added by adding a new property.

     • Property: connect.connector.httpconnector.hosts.host.defaultcache

       Host is the fully qualified host name of the server for which to permit access. For example:

       connect.connector.httpconnector.hosts.www.example.com.defaultcacheexpires

     • Value: true or false

Parent Additional configuration options

Related concepts:

Cache expire parameters

Related tasks:

Set service configuration properties