ActiveTransfer Server 10.15 | webMethods ActiveTransfer Documentation | Administering ActiveTransfer Server | Managing Proxy Servers | Overview
 
Overview
If you have installed ActiveTransfer behind a firewall, you might need proxy servers in order to connect to external remote servers outside the firewall. ActiveTransfer provides support for HTTP, HTTPS, and SOCKS proxy servers for protocols that support these proxy server types.
File transfers through proxy servers to remote servers require proxy server aliases set up either in Integration Server or ActiveTransfer. The file transfer protocols, supported proxy server types, and supported ActiveTransfer proxy server alias types are:
File Transfer Protocol
Supported Proxy Server Type
ActiveTransfer Proxy Server Alias Type
FTP
SOCKS
SOCKS
SFTP
*HTTPS
*SOCKS
*HTTPS
*SOCKS
HTTP
*HTTP
*SOCKS
*HTTP
*SOCKS
HTTPS
*HTTPS
*SOCKS
*HTTPS
*SOCKS
WebDAV
SOCKS
SOCKS
WebDAVs
SOCKS
SOCKS
Each time you add, modify, or delete proxy server aliases in the Proxy server page, ActiveTransfer shares the changes with Integration Server. These changes appear in the Integration Server Administrator> Settings > Proxy Servers page. Similarly, Integration Server shares proxy server aliases set up in Integration Server with ActiveTransfer. In ActiveTransfer, you can configure virtual folders and actions with tasks to use proxy servers while connecting to remote servers. For information on how to set up proxy server aliases in Integration Server, see webMethods Integration Server Administrator’s Guide.
The details of file transactions using proxy server aliases are available in the Transaction log and Action log pages.
Note:
The proxy server settings are specific to one instance of ActiveTransfer or Integration Server. If there are multiple ActiveTransfer instances as part of an ActiveTransfer group, then this setup must to be configured for all ActiveTransfer instances.