Configuring ZIETrans applications to use a proxy server

If users access your ZIETrans application through a proxy server, you must configure both the proxy server and a context parameter in the ZIETrans application.

To configure the proxy server:

On the proxy server, locate the httpd.conf file.

Using a text editor such as Notepad, add the following two lines to the file:

ProxyPass /application_name/ http://yyyy:port/application_name/
ProxyPassReverse /application_name/ http://yyyy:port/application_name/

Where application_name is the name of your ZIETrans application, yyyy is the fully-qualified IP address of the application server where the ZIETrans application is installed, and port is the port number.

To configure the context parameter in the ZIETrans application:

Edit the web.xml file of the ZIETrans application (located in the Web Content\WEB-INF folder in the Navigator view).

Add the following context parameter:

<context-param>
  <param-name>com.ibm.hats.proxyURL</param-name>
  <param-value>http://myproxyserver.com:port/application_name</param-value>
</context-param>

Where myproxyserver.com is the url of the proxy server, port is the port number, and application_name is the name of your ZIETrans application.