Using a proxy server to connect to the Internet

A proxy server is a computer on your LAN that allows you to connect to the Internet without compromising the security of your internal network. If you'll be consuming ArcGIS Server services and your organization uses a proxy server to connect to the Internet, you need to make sure adequate information is provided about the proxy server.

You can define the proxy server by editing the init_user_param.sh script in the <ArcGIS Server installation directory>/arcgis/server/usr directory. To do so, follow these steps.

Steps:

1. Open the init_user_param.sh script in a text editor.
2. Locate the line export http_proxy=http://<user name>:<password>@<proxy-server-name.domain.org>:<port number>/ and modify the sample URL to match the name and port number of your proxy server. If a user name and password are required to connect to your proxy server, specify the user name and password parameters in the URL. If a user name and password are not required, delete the <user name>:<password>@ text from the URL.
3. Save and close the init_user_param.sh script.
4. For your settings to take effect, you'll need to restart ArcGIS Server. You can do this by running the startserver.sh script on each GIS server in your deployment.

ArcGIS Server is now connected to the proxy server specified in the init_user_param.sh script.