Create an Engine Definition - Microsoft Windows

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About this task

The engine resides in the DMZ and runs the proxy adapters that manage client communication requests to servers in your trusted zone. perform this function, the engine receives configuration information from CM. Use CM to create an engine definition that contains configuration information for the engine.

Before you configure the engine, gather the following information that you will need to configure the engine. After you configure the engine, validate the configuration by ensuring that CM can view the engine.

CM Field Feature Value
Engine Name Name of the engine
Engine Host IP address of the engine
Engine Listen Port Port number of the engine

To define an engine:

Procedure

  1. If necessary, from IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, select Configuration from the left hand-side navigation panel.
  2. Select Engines to display Engines page.
  3. Click Add New Engine + to display Engine Configuration page.
  4. In the Basic tab, specify the following values:
    • Engine Name
    • Engine Description
    • Engine Host
    • Engine Listen Port
  5. Click Save.
  6. Verify that the engine is running. Refer to Start and Stop Secure Proxy on the documentation library for instructions.
  7. ​​​​​​​​​​​​To control Bouncy Castle logging level:​​​​​​​​​​
    1. ​​​​​​​​​​​​Navigate to ​<install_dir>/jre/lib​.​​​​​​​​
    2. ​​​​​​​​​​​​Edit the ​​​​​​logging.properties​​​​ file.​​​​​​​​
    3. ​​​​​​​​​​​​To disable Bouncy Castle logging, change:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ .level = FINEST​​​​ to ​​​​​​.level = OFF
    4. ​​​​​​​​​​​​To enable logging, change:​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​.level = OFF​​​​ to ​​​​​​.level = FINEST​​​​​​​​​​​​
    5. ​​​​​​​​​​​​Add the following line at the end of the file:​ ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​org.bouncycastle.jsse.**.level = FINEST