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Configuring a Proxy in Front of the Bridge

This page describes how to configure a proxy in front of a Bridge installation. Configuring the proxy of the Bridge is described on Configuring the Proxy in the Integration User’s Guide.

Bridge 7.9.0 As of Bridge 7.9.0, you can configure a proxy in front of the Bridge. Some HTTP headers need to be set in your proxy configuration for Bridge links to work.

You need to set

  • the forwarded protocol

  • the forwarded host

  • the proxy path prefix

You can provide these values either as custom headers or as a mixture of custom headers and RFC 7239 headers:

Custom HTTP Header

RFC 7239 Headers

Description

Allowed Values

Example

x-forwarded-proto

forwarded

Set the protocol to be forwarded.

http

Forward HTTP request (default).

  • x-forwarded-proto: https x-forwarded-host: scheer-acme.com:8080

  • forwarded: proto=https; host=scheer-acme.com:8080

https

Forward HTTPS request.

x-forwarded-host

Set the forwarded host (and port) requested by the client in the original request.


x-forwarded-prefix


Provide a proxy path prefix.


x-forwarded-prefix: /pas/bridge