Writing a Web Proxy Resource Policy
Web proxy resource policies specify Web proxy servers for which the system should intermediate content. Note that the system intermediates both forward and backwards proxies, but only enables single sign-on to a proxy when you use these tabs to configure the proxy and thereby specify that you trust it.
To write a Web proxy resource policy:
- In the admin console, choose Users > Resource Policies > Web.
- If your administrator view is not already configured to show Web proxy policies, make the following modifications:
- Click the Customize button in the upper right corner of the page.
- Select the Web Proxy check box.
- Select the Policies check box below the Web Proxy check box.
- Click OK.
- Select the Web Proxy > Policies tab.
- On the Web Proxy Policies page, click New Policy.
- Enter a name to label this policy (required) and a description of the policy (optional).
- In the Resources section, specify the resources to which this policy applies.
- In the Roles section, specify:
- Policy applies to ALL roles - To apply this policy to all users.
- Policy applies to SELECTED roles - To apply this policy only to users who are mapped to roles in the Selected roles list. Make sure to add roles to this list from the Available roles list.
- Policy applies to all roles OTHER THAN those selected below - To apply this policy to all users except for those who map to the roles in the Selected roles list. Make sure to add roles to this list from the Available roles list.
- In the Action section, specify:
- Access Web resources directly - Intermediate the user's request to a back-end server and the server's response to the user for requests made to a resource specified in the Resources list.
- Access Web resources through a Web proxy - Specify a Web proxy server in the drop-down list that you have defined in the Users > Resource Policies > Web > Web Proxy > Servers tab.
- Use Detailed Rules - To specify one or more detailed rules for this policy.
- Click Save Changes.
- On the Web Proxy Policies page, order the policies according to how you want to evaluate them. Keep in mind that once the system matches the resource requested by the user to a resource in a policy's (or a detailed rule's) Resource list, it performs the specified action and stops processing policies.