Set up Ajax proxy - IBM Connections

The support for community pages uses the Ajax proxy to access the remote server. Use the global Ajax proxy configuration to customize the outgoing HTTP traffic. The instructions for deploying the IBM Connections portlets include a procedure to configure the Ajax proxy. If you did not complete that procedure, you must at least configure a custom property for HTTP protocol, secure HTTP protocol, or both. For best results, follow the procedures provided in the IBM Connections documentation.

Prerequisites

IBM Connections: Deploying the IBM Connections portlets

During this procedure, map the common prefix for the IBM Connections server to the ibm_connections_policy dynamic policy using the WP configuration service (WPConfigService). This mapping configures the IBM Connections server as an allowed request target in the Ajax proxy configuration.

Configure access using both HTTP and secure HTTP protocols. To use both protocols, create two custom properties.

1. On the portal, log on to the WAS admin console.

2. Click Resources > Resource Environment > Resource Environment Providers.

3. Click WP ConfigService.

4. Under Additional Properties, click Custom Properties.

5. Create a property for HTTP protocol.

   1. Click New, and enter the property name wp.proxy.config.urlreplacement.ibm_connections_policy.default.connections.server.http.

   2. Set the string value to the HTTP URL pattern of the IBM Connections server.

      For example, to enable HTTP access to the server connections.example.com, specify the following value:

      http://connections.example.com:http_port_number/*
      

      Include the trailing asterisk (*) in the URL pattern.

   3. Save the property changes.

6. Create a property for secure HTTP protocol.

   1. Click New, and enter the property name wp.proxy.config.urlreplacement.ibm_connections_policy.default.connections.server.https

   2. Set the string value to the HTTPS URL pattern of the IBM Connections server.

      For example, to enable secure HTTP access to the server connections.example.com, you would specify a value like the following URL pattern:

      https://connections.example.com:https_port_number/*
      

      Include the trailing asterisk (*) in the URL pattern.

   1. Save the property changes.

Parent: Configure access to the IBM Connections server
Related:

IBM Connections: Configure the application-specific AJAX proxy to support authentication