Open Source Package Management Interface Proxy Support

Proxy support was added for the Open Source Package Management Interface that is part of IBM® i Access Client Solutions (ACS). This proxy support allows an IBM i system that does not have any access to the internet to use a Windows or Mac OS system as the proxy host to access the RPM repository hosted by IBM.

Two new function usage IDs have been added to provide specific authority for this proxy support. These need to be set in order to have access to this support.

The function usage IDs are:

QIBM_ACS_HTTP_PROXY
QIBM_ACS_HTTP_PROXY_OSPM

Use CHGFCNUSG to set:

> CHGFCNUSG FCNID(QIBM_ACS_HTTP_PROXY) USER(usrprofile) USAGE(*ALLOWED)

> CHGFCNUSG FCNID(QIBM_ACS_HTTP_PROXY_OSPM) USER(usrprofile) USAGE(*ALLOWED)

Without the function usage IDs set appropriately, if you try to launch HTTPProxy and connect to your machine you could get the following error:

Application Administration settings prevent this feature from running or completing. To change this restriction, see your system administrator. (QIBM_ACS_HTTP_PROXY)