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Re: Example 1 With Proxy Server
Hello Eftimios.
I thnk you are missing the point that you are acting as a client
application. This means you are acting like a web browser. Therefore you do
not have anything to do with a HTTP server on your own system.
Wat you do need is to inform HTTPAPI with the fact that your network access
to the outside world is protected by a proxy server. Therefore you need the
calls to the HTTPAPI proxy procedures, so the API knows how it can pass the
URL of the site you want to visit to that proxy server.
Kind regards,
Loek Maartens
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From: "Eftimios Pantzopoulos" <Mike.Pantzopoulos@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 2010 8:52 AM
Subject: Example 1 With Proxy Server
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I'm stuck with example1 which retrieves a pdf document from Scott's site.
I'm also a complete newbie to the HTTP server so am taking baby steps at the
moment. Please be kind.
The only resources I have are Google, the HTTP manual and this forum.
I only got access to the HTTP administration functions through a browser
about an hour ago and am finding it hard to find my way 'into it'.
When I first ran example1 it timed out.
I thought it might be firewall issue so talked to a network guy after
discovering the proxy server concept.
I was given the url of the proxy server and the port number, and he told me
he configured his proxy server to allow our iSeries to request the external
URL from our ip address (I hope I have the terminology correct).
Because I only had the iseries to work with I used the CFGHTTPSCH command to
set the proxy details.
I only stumbled across the command and it's the first time I used it. I
presume the Option Object concept is just a 'container' for the remaining
configuration settings.
CFGHTTPSCH OPTION(*CRTOPTOBJ) OPTOBJ(MXPOBJ) PRXSVR(autoproxy.xxxxx.corp)
PRXPORT(8081)
I didn't receive an error so I presume it ran correctly.
How can I tell if the settings have been established correctly?
Regardless, example1 still times out and the network guy says he can't see
any request coming through.
I have just received access to the administration function through the
browser and wanted to find/set the proxy settings through this, but I'm
confused as to what 'server' I'm using. I found the Global Server Settings
in the advanced tab but when I click on Global Server Settings on the LHS
the main pane says Loading and nothing happens.
Other questions....................
What 'server' did the CFGHTTPSCH apply the proxy values to?
Do I have to create an instance of any of the servers available from the
setup tab?
If the iSeries is the client in a web service request, then the HTTP server
on the iSeries is just a conduit to the real server by way of the proxy? In
other words, the iSeries HTTP server is not really serving up anything
immediately, but simply acting as an intermediary to the real server at
Scott's server?
Thanks.
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