Configuring an HTTP proxy for discovery connector nodes

Configure an HTTP proxy for a discovery connector node by using an HTTP Proxy policy.

About this task

Discovery connectors deployed to an on-premises system might require an HTTP proxy to connect to public endpoints. You can configure the following discovery connector nodes to use an HTTP proxy for such connections:

Procedure

Configure an HTTP proxy for a discovery connector node by completing the following steps:

  1. Create a credential to be used for authenticating the connection, by using the mqsicredentials command. The credential must have a type of httpproxy.
    For example: 
    
mqsicredentials --create --ext-vault-dir c:\temp\credential -ext-vault-key myvaultkey --credential-type httpproxy 
--credential-name httpseccred --username proxyUser --password proxyPassword
  2. Create an HTTP Proxy policy and set the HTTP Proxy URL property to specify the full URL of the HTTP proxy server. Use the Credential name property to specify the name of the credential that will be used for the connection, with a type of httpproxy.
    For example:
    This image shows the policy editor with properties for an HTTP Proxy policy, including values for the HTTP Proxy URL and Credential Name properties.
  3. Configure the discovery connector node to use the HTTP Proxy policy, by editing the policy that contains the connection details of the node (such as the Microsoft Azure Blob Storage policy specified on a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Request node), and set the Proxy name property to the name of the HTTP Proxy policy that you created in step 2, in the format {policyProjectName}:policyName.
    For example:

    This image shows the policy editor with properties for a Microsoft Azure Blob Storage policy, including the Proxy name property.
  4. Optional: You can also specify an HTTP Proxy policy during connector discovery, by using the Connector Discovery wizard. In this case, you specify the name of the HTTP Proxy policy in the Proxy name property, and the HTTP proxy is used to create the connection. For example:

    This image shows the Proxy name property in the Connector Discovery wizard.
  5. Deploy the policies with the message flow.