Allowing Access to External Web Sites

Any registry object can have an ExternalLink object, which specifies a URL associated with that registry object. In order for users to create ExternalLink objects, Service Registry must be able to validate the URL, and this task requires access to external web sites. If the Registry is deployed behind a firewall, you need to set a proxy configuration that allows this access.

Proxy configuration requires you to specify a web proxy host and port as Java Virtual Machine (JVM) options of the Application Server instance where Service Registry is deployed.

To Specify a Web Proxy

Steps

1. Log in to the Application Server Admin Console as described in To Use the Application Server Admin Console.

2. Expand the Configurations node.

3. Expand the server node, server-config (Admin Config).

4. Click JVM Settings.

5. Click the JVM Options tab.

6. Click Add JVM Option.

7. In the text field, type the following (all on one line):

   -Dhttp.proxyHost=hostname.domainname -Dhttp.proxyPort=8080

   The port value is usually 8080. If the port is different in your location, specify the correct value.

8. Click Save.

9. Follow the instructions in To Stop and Restart the Application Server Domain for the Registry.