The connector for Simple Proxy provides reverse proxy access to your enterprise web service through CloudAccess. The connector allows CloudAccess to authenticate a user against your identity sources and to provide protected access to a destination web service. You can configure the connector to protect access to the document root of the web server, or to protect access only to a path within the document root of the web server.
Every web server is different. Two common simple proxy scenarios are:
Simple website: If your web server provides a single web service, you can protect access to the entire site by creating a connector for Simple Proxy. The connector points to the document root of the web server.
Multiple-service website: If your server provides multiple web services, you can create a separate connector for Simple Proxy for each destination web service. Each connector points to a different independent path within the document root of the web server.
If the web service requires user identity information to control access or content, you can configure the connector to inject the authenticated user’s identity attributes in query strings and HTTP headers sent to the web service. Because the connector cannot send passwords, the connector cannot be used to provide single sign-on for web services that require passwords for access. It does not support provisioning.
CloudAccess includes this connector with the appliance. The connector is included automatically on the Applications palette of the Admin page. Each cluster supports multiple connectors for Simple Proxy.
Use the information in the following sections to configure a connector for Simple Proxy: