Configuring the Proxylet Attributes

Proxylet can be configured to launch automatically when the user logs in by checking the Download Proxylet Applet Automatically checkbox under Deployment options. When the Download Proxylet Automatically checkbox is not selected, users can get Proxylet on-demand by clicking the Launch the Proxylet link in the Proxylet channel on the standard Portal Desktop.

To Configure the Proxylet Attributes

1. Log into Portal Server administration console as administrator.

2. Select the Secure Remote Access tab, and select the Proxylet tab.

3. Select an appropriate DN from the Select DN list box or add an existing DN for a specific user or an organization.

4. Under the Proxylet page, do the following:

   Attribute Name	Description
   COS Priority	Select the class of service for Proxylet traffic from a list of options.
   Download Proxylet Applet Automatically	Click Yes to automatically download the Proxylet applet to the client machine. The following are the basic requirements to download the Proxylet applet:
   	Client machine can run a server application
   	Client machine Java version is 1.4 and above
   	The browser is IE 6.0 sp2 or Firefox 2.0
   	Correct browser permissions
   Refresh Portal via Proxylet	Click Yes if you want to refresh your Portal desktop after the Proxylet is launched, and make the traffic to go through the Proxylet. "App Urls" won't be functional if both "Refresh portal after Proxylet Launch" and "Download Proxylet Applet Automatically" are enabled.
   Launch Mode	Select Java Web Start or Applet.
   Default Proxylet Applet Bind IP	Type the IP address where Proxylet binds and listens for requests from the browser.
   Default Proxylet Applet Port	Type the port number where Proxylet listens for requests from a browser.
   Automatic Proxy Configuration File Location	Type the location of the configuration file that contains proxy settings from the Proxy Auto Configuration (PAC) file or from the proxy configuration list.

5. In the Proxylet Rules option, do the following:

   1. Specify the rules for the application to be launched through the Proxylet service.

   2. Click Add.

   3. Enter the domain name, for example, www.google.com in the Domain field.

   4. Enter the host and corresponding port number for domain for Proxylet to process. This ensures that the Proxylet resolves the HTTP requests and the requests are not routed through the gateway.

6. Click Save to complete.