Proxy server collection


 

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Overview

A proxy server is used to classify, prioritize, and route HTTP and SIP requests to servers in the enterprise as well as cache content from servers.

To configure proxy servers in a cell...

Servers | Server Types | WebSphere proxy servers

 

Work with v6.0

To configure the proxy server to route work to V6.0 WAS in another cell, use core group bridge settings...

Servers | Core Groups | Core group bridge settings

...which sets up communication between cells.

Configuring the proxy server to route work to a V6 WAS - Express cell requires advanced configuration.

To configure the proxy server to route work to an appserver which is not a WebSphere application server or is an appserver residing in a pre-V6.0 cell...

  1. Define a generic server cluster...

    Servers | Clusters | Generic server clusters

  2. Define a URI group...

    Environment | URI groups

  3. Create routing rules...

    Servers | Server Types | WebSphere proxy servers | proxy_server_name | Proxy Server Properties | Routing rules

Both generic server clusters and URI groups are also accessible in the admin console under Related Items for the proxy server.

 

Proxy server settings

Name

Logical name for the proxy server. For WAS, server names must be unique within a node.

If we have multiple nodes in a cluster, the server names must also be unique within the cluster. We cannot use the same server name within two nodes that are part of the same cluster. WAS uses the server name for admin actions, such as referencing the server in scripting.

Node

The name of the node where the proxy server resides.

Version

Indicates the WAS version we are running.

Security level

The current overall security level of the proxy server.

The overall security level is determined based on the custom security settings. The possible values for Security level are...

  • High
  • Medium
  • Low
  • Not applicable

The overall security level is equal to the security level of the setting that is considered the least secure. For example, to have an overall security level of High, all settings must be configured to the values associated with a HIGH level of security. If any of the settings are configured with a less secure value, the overall security level is the value of that setting.

Protocol

Indicates the protocol or protocols that the proxy server is configured to handle. This information is based on the types of transport channels that are included in the transport chains that are configured for the proxy server.

For example, if a transport chain includes an HTTP channel, HTTP displays in this field. If a transport chain includes both a SIP and an HTTP channel, SIP,HTTP displays in this field.

Status

Indicates whether the proxy server is started, stopped, or unavailable.

If the status is unavailable, the node agent is not running in that node and restart the node agent before we can start the server.

Started The server is running.

Stopped The server is not running.

Unknown Status cannot be determined.

A server with an unknown status might, in fact, be running but has an unknown status because the application server that is running the admin console cannot communicate with this server.





 

Related tasks

Set up the proxy server

 

Related

Generic server cluster members
Routing rules
URI groups
Environment entries collection