Adding proxy policies to the Business Space Ajax proxy

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Add additional proxy policies to the proxy-config.xml file so that Heritage Process Portal works properly in a distributed environment.

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The Business Space Ajax proxy contains predefined policies to some IBM® URLs, but is not open to all URLs. If you use resources from remote sites in Business Space, add new policies in the proxy-config.xml file following the formatting of one of the predefined policies, such as the <proxy:policy url="http://www-03.ibm.com/*" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true">, to allow content from the remote sites to work properly in the Web Feed widget and the Google Gadgets widget.

If you had a previous version of Business Space, and you want the Ajax proxy to continue to be open to all URLs as it was in the previous version, change <proxy:policy url="endpoint://*" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true"> to <proxy:policy url="*" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true">.

Procedure

  1. Open the proxy-config.xml file.
    For information about where to find the Ajax proxy file, see Configuring the Business Space Ajax proxy.
  2. To restrict the Ajax proxy so that it allows access to only specific endpoints, make sure that the proxy-config.xml file contains <proxy:policy url="endpoint://*" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true"> instead of <proxy:policy url="*" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true">.
  3. Add policies for remote content.

    The following predefined policies allow access to web feeds from specific remote sites so that they work properly in the Web Feed widget.

    <proxy:policy url="http://www.ibm.com/*" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true">
<proxy:actions>
<proxy:method>GET</proxy:method>
</proxy:actions>
</proxy:policy>

<proxy:policy url="http://www-03.ibm.com/*" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true">
<proxy:actions>
<proxy:method>GET</proxy:method>
</proxy:actions>
</proxy:policy>

<proxy:policy url="http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/*" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true">
<proxy:actions>
<proxy:method>GET</proxy:method>
</proxy:actions>
</proxy:policy>

    To allow access to additional web feeds, Google Gadgets, or other remote content, add a policy like the following example:

    <proxy:policy url="http://your_URL" acf="none" basic-auth-support="true">
<proxy:actions>
<proxy:method>GET</proxy:method>
</proxy:actions>
</proxy:policy>
  4. Complete the Ajax proxy configuration to fit your environment.
    See Configuring the Business Space Ajax proxy.