Configuring the WCS for SOCKS servers

Complete these steps if one or more SOCKS servers separate the WCS from the Web Connector, from the APS, or from both. These steps provide the WCS with the required information about each SOCKS server, in order, from the outermost to the innermost.

The outermost SOCKS server is the one closest to the Web Connector. The innermost SOCKS server depends on whether or not a SOCKS server separates the WCS from the APS:

• If no SOCKS servers separate the WCS from the APS, then the innermost SOCKS server is the first SOCKS server that the WCS connects to when communicating with the Web Connector.
• If a SOCKS server separates the WCS and the APS, then the innermost SOCKS server is the last SOCKS server the WCS communicates with before the APS.

To configure the WCS on Windows

1. Start the CCM.
2. Stop the Web Component Server.
3. Select the Web Component Server and, on the toolbar, click Properties.
4. On the Configuration tab, click Specify SOCKS; then click Add.
5. In the SOCKS Proxy dialog box, type the Server Name or IP Address of your SOCKS server.
6. In the Server Port field, type the number of the port that the SOCKS server is listening on.
7. Select the SOCKS version that you are running (Ver 4 or Ver 5).

   If you are using version 5 and you would like to secure access to the server, select the authentication check box, and then enter your user name and password.

8. Click OK.

   If you have more than one SOCKS server, repeat steps 4 to 8 for each additional server. Then click Up and Down to order the SOCKS servers from the outermost (closest to the Web Connector) to the innermost (closest to the APS).

9. Click OK in all three dialog boxes to return to the CCM.
10. Start the Web Component Server.

To configure the WCS on UNIX

The UNIX version of Crystal Enterprise includes a utility that allows you to configure the WCS to work with SOCKS servers. For details, see sockssetup.sh.