Forward Proxy

Overview

From Fusion Registry 10.8.0 onwards a new feature has been added to the Fusion Registry: HTTP Forward Proxies. This feature allows particular network requests to be made via a user-defined proxy.

Specifying a Proxy

Forward Proxies can be specified on the settings page: Server Settings -> Forward Proxies

A proxy is defined by:

• The Domain to use the proxies for. A Domain may have wildcards specified by an asterisk (*). E.g. *.sdmx.org
• The host of the proxy to use
• The port of the proxy
• The user ID to use for authentication on the proxy - this is optional.
• The password to use for authentication on the proxy - this is optional.

Note: Do not specify http or https when specifying either the domain or proxy

Troubleshooting

Error #1

Registry reports:

Can not make connection to URL: <<< a url >>>
Unable to tunnel through proxy. Proxy returns "HTTP/1.1 407 Proxy Authentication Required"

Possible causes:

• Your authentication has not been specified or has been specified incorrectly.
• The tunnelling needs to disable BASIC authentication. Apply the following to your Java environment and restart the Registry:

-Djdk.http.auth.tunneling.disabledSchemes=""

For further information refer to: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41505219/unable-to-tunnel-through-proxy-proxy-returns-http-1-1-407-via-https