Allow Inbound Requests from Specified Hosts (Deny All Others)
The following procedure describes how to change the IP access settings for an individual port to Allow by Default and deny some hosts.
With this setting in effect, the server denies most hosts and allows some through this port.
Important:
Before you switch your global setting to Deny by Default, make sure you have at least one port that does not rely on the global setting and allows at least one host. If you inadvertently lock all hosts out of the server, you can correct the problem by manually updating the appropriate configuration file. See
If You Inadvertently Deny IP Access to
All Hosts for instructions.
To allow inbound requests from only specified hosts
1. Open the Integration Server Administrator if it is not already open.
2. Go to Server > Ports.
3. Locate the port in the Port List and click the Allow or Deny link in the IP Access column.
4. Click Change IP Access Mode to Deny by Default.
The server changes the access mode and displays a page from which you can add hosts to the Allow List. Notice that the server has already included the host name and IP address of the machine from which you are using the Integration Server Administrator so that you are not locked out of the server.
5. Click Add Hosts to Allow List.
6. You can add hosts to the allow list in one of the following ways:
In Add host, select
Manually.
a) In the Hosts field, specify the hostnames (for example, workstation5.webmethods.com) or IP addresses (for example, 132.906.19.22 or 2001:db8:85a3:8d3:1319:8a2e:370:7348) of hosts from which the server should accept inbound requests. Separate your entries with commas. For example: *.allowme.com, *.allowme2.com.
Consider the following points while adding host names:
The hostnames or IP addresses can include uppercase and lowercase alphabetic characters, digits (0-9), hyphens (-), and periods (.) but cannot include spaces. For IPv6, IP addresses can also include colons (:) and brackets ([]).
Avoid using the fully qualified domain name of the host.
Integration Server resolves an incoming hostname to the simple hostname and then compares the simple host name to the fully qualified domain name in the allow list. Therefore, the names do not match and
Integration Server denies the request. To resolve this issue, you can use the * wildcard character at the end of the simple hostname. Alternatively, use the IP address.
Note:
IP addresses are harder to spoof, and therefore more secure.
You can use the following pattern-matching characters to identify several clients with similar hostnames or IP addresses.
Char | Description | Example |
* | Matches any number of characters | r*.webmethods.com |
? | Matches any single character | workstation?.webmethods.com |
b) Click Add Hosts.
In Add host, select
Using a service.
a) In the Service field, specify a service name that returns a list of IP Addresses or hostnames in the CSV format. The service must conform to the pub.security.ports:hostListProviderSpec specification. For more information on the specification, see webMethods Integration Server Built-In Services Reference.
b) In the Polling Interval field, specify the frequency with which Integration Server executes the service to refresh the Allow list. Set to On demand to refresh the list only when the Refresh IP Access List link is clicked on the Edit IP access screen. If you specify a service to identify hosts, Integration Server executes the service after saving the changes and thereafter at the specified polling interval.
Note:
If a port is enabled, Integration Server executes the service at startup.
7. Click Save.
Note:
You can identify hosts manually or using a service. If you change how you add hosts, Integration Server overwrites the existing host list.