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:

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.