Accessing content behind a firewall
To create clipping portlets that can access content behind firewalls, configure the firewall options for a Web clipping portlet using the Modify firewall options page when you create a Web clipping portlet, or you can add these options later.
Often, it is necessary to use some sort of proxy server to traverse a firewall and access Web content.
For example, many corporations require their employees to use a firewall to access Internet content (as opposed to intranet content). What's more, small units within large corporations often have their own firewalls to provide more granular security controls. For these reasons, the Web Clipping Portlet supports the creation of clipping portlets that can access content behind firewalls. You can configure the firewall options for a Web clipping portlet using the Modify firewall options page when you create a Web clipping portlet, or you can add these options later.
Follow these steps to create or modify a Web clipping portlet to use a firewall to access its content:
- Log in to the portal as the administrator or as a user that has access rights to create new Web clipping portlets.
- Click Administration. (Be aware that the navigation control can appear different, depending on the theme and skin you have selected.)
- Click Portlet Management. (Again, the actual control and location of the control can differ from theme to theme.)
- Click Web Clipping.
- Click New portlet to create a new Web clipping portlet or click Edit to modify an existing Web clipping portlet.
- Enter (or verify) the Web clipping portlet name and URL path, and then select Advanced Options .
- Select Modify firewall options
- Select Use a proxy server and enter the remaining proxy information.
- When complete, click OK.
After finishing these steps, continue, as usual, to save the new or modified Web clipping portlet.
Refer to the Web Clipping help documentation for more information.
Parent topic:
Use Web clipping to import content