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Configure a Oracle iPlanet 7.0 Reverse Proxy Server

You can use a Oracle iPlanet 7.0 Web server as a reverse proxy with SiteMinder.

Note: The SiteMinder Agent Configuration wizard only modifies the default obj.conf file on the Oracle iPlanet (formerly Sun Java System) web server. To protect other instances or reverse proxy deployments with SiteMinder, copy the SiteMinder settings from the default obj.conf file to any respective instance_name-obj.conf files. For example, your web server created an obj.conf file when you installed it, but you later added a server instance named my_server.example.com. To protect resources on my_server.example.com with SiteMinder, copy the SiteMinder settings added by the wizard from the obj.conf file to the my_server.example.com-obj.conf file.

To configure a Oracle iPlanet Web server as a reverse proxy

1. Add the following directive to the instance_name-obj.conf file:

   NameTrans

   Specifies the local and remote virtual paths using the following format:

   NameTrans fn="map" from="local_virtual_path" name="reverse-proxy-/local_virtual_path" to="remote_virtual_path"

   Example: NameTrans fn="map" from="/realma" name="reverse-proxy-/reamla" to="http://realma"

2. Add the following directives at the end of the obj.conf file:

   Object name

   Specifies the name of the local virutal path and the URL of the remote virutal path used in the NameTrans directive, using the following format:

   <Object name="reverse-proxy-/local_virtual_path">

   Route fn="set-origin-server" server="http://remote_server_URL:port"

   </Object>

   Example: <Object name="reverse-proxy-/reamla">

   Route fn="set-origin-server" server="http://server.example.org:port"

   </Object>

   Object ppath

   Specifies the partial path given to the server by the client.

   Example: <Object ppath="http:*">

   Service fn="proxy-retrieve" method="*"

   </Object>

3. Restart the web server.

   The reverse proxy is configured.