Local response redirection overview

WebSEAL provides a number of static server response pages that can be used to provide server responses to client requests. These pages include:

In some environments, it might be beneficial to extend or modify server responses beyond what WebSEAL provides with its default set of static pages. Local response redirection provides a means to externalize the handling of such responses to an external server.

When using local response redirection, WebSEAL no longer has the responsibility of generating responses to client requests. WebSEAL's default "local response" is now redirected to a separate server that runs a custom application designed to generate appropriate responses.

When local response redirection is enabled, the redirection is used for all local WebSEAL response types: login, error, informational, and password management.

We can combine an external authentication interface application and a local response redirection application to create a complete remote solution for handling authentication and server response. Alternatively, we can implement local response redirection without using the external authentication interface for authentication handling. In this case, the server response handling is performed remotely and authentication is handled locally by WebSEAL. See Remote response handling with local authentication.

Parent topic: Local response redirection