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Configure Proxy Touchpoint Properties

You can create a proxy touchpoint by reconfiguring an existing agent touchpoint to target a specified remote computer.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click the Configuration tab.
  2. Expand the Domain node, select the environment to configure, and click Lock.
  3. Under All Touchpoints, select the agent touchpoint to make a proxy touchpoint.
  4. Verify that the following properties are set:

    If these properties are not set, see Configure Touchpoint Properties.

  5. Select the Proxy Touchpoint check box.

    Selection indicates that this touchpoint is a proxy touchpoint. A proxy touchpoint is mapped to a remote host. A remote host typically has no installed agent.

  6. Configure the remote host and values for SSH authentication. Complete the following steps:
    1. Enter the absolute or relative path on the agent host at which the private key file is stored in the SSH Keys Path field.

      The names of the private key file, <user_name>, and public key file, <user_name>.pub, match the Remote User Name of the user account.

    2. Identify the remote host with its fully qualified domain name or its IP address in the Remote Host field.

      Note: See Syntax for DNS Host Names.

    3. Enter the user name with which a connection is made to the SSH Daemon on the target host in the Remote User Name field.

      The SSH user account must have sufficient permissions to perform administrative tasks on the target computer.

    4. Enter the password for the user account that is associated with the remote user name.

      This value is also used as the passphrase if connectivity is established through SSH public key authentication.

    5. Enter the maximum concurrent connections that the proxy touchpoint can open on the target remote host in the Maximum Number of Active Processes field.

      An SSH connection remains open while a program or script runs on the target host. If set to 20 and you attempt to run 40 scripts on the remote host concurrently, only 20 scripts start running. Scripts that are not started wait in a queue until others finish; then they start.

    6. Select the operating system of the target remote host.
  7. Click Save.
  8. Right-click the environment, and then select Unlock.

More information:

Configure Properties for the Design Touchpoint

Add One or More Touchpoints