Configure View to Use a Proxy Server
To allow the View service to access HTTP documents using a proxy server, you must configure the details for the proxy server in the View component configuration file.
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Open the View component configuration file in a text editor.
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Find the
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Set
ProxyHostto the IP address or host name of your proxy server. For example:ProxyHost=proxy.example.com
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Set
ProxyPortto the port that View must use to communicate with the proxy server. For example:ProxyPort=8080
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If the proxy server requires NTLM authentication, set
NTLMProxytoTrue. For example:NTLMProxy=True
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If the proxy server requires a user name and password, set
ProxyLoginandProxyPassword. For example:ProxyLogin=view ProxyPassword=9szJwMkD28A
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If you set
NTLMProxytoTrue, you must setProxyLoginto a fully qualified NTLM login. For example:ProxyLogin=mydomain\\myusername
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Set
NoProxyHostsCSVsto a comma-separated list of host names for which the View service does not use the Proxy server. You can use Wildcard values. For example:NoProxyHostsCSVs=localhost,*.companyname.com
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Save and close the configuration file.
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Restart the View component for your changes to take effect.