To Configure HTTP Keep-Alive

1. Access the Server Manager and click the Preferences tab.

2. Click the Configure HTTP Client link.

   The Configure HTTP Client page is displayed.

3. Select a resource from the drop-down list.

   Select a HTTP or HTTPS resource to configure keep-alives on your Proxy Server or specify a regular expression.

4. Specify whether the HTTP client should use persistent connections by selecting the appropriate Keep Alive option.

5. Specify the maximum number of seconds in the Keep Alive Timeout field to keep a persistent connection open.

   The default value is 29.

6. Specify whether the HTTP client can reuse existing persistent connections for all types of requests by selecting the appropriate Persistent Connection Reuse option.

   The default value is off, which does not allow persistent connections to be reused for non-GET requests nor for requests with a body.

7. Specify the HTTP protocol version string in the HTTP Version String field.

   Do not specify this parameter unless you encounter specific protocol interoperability problems.

8. Specify the Proxy Server product name and version in the Proxy Agent Header field.

9. Specify the nickname of the client certificate in the SSL Client Certificate Nickname field to present to the remote server.

10. Select the appropriate SSL Server Certificate Validation option to indicate whether the Proxy Server must validate the certificate presented by the remote server.

11. Click OK.

12. Click Restart Required.

    The Apply Changes page is displayed.

13. Click the Restart Proxy Server button to apply the changes.