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title: Writing a Web Proxy Resource Policy
slug: ps/help/en_us/ics/com/wrcg/writing-a-web-proxy-resource-policy
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createdAt: 2026-08-03T10:00:46.595Z
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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:

1. In the admin console, choose** Users > Resource Policies > Web**.
2. If your administrator view is not already configured to show Web proxy policies, make the following modifications:
3. Click the **Customize** button in the upper right corner of the page.
4. Select the **Web Proxy **check box.
5. Select the **Policies** check box below the **Web Proxy** check box.
6. Click **OK**.
7. Select the **Web Proxy > Policies** tab.
8. On the Web Proxy Policies page, click **New Policy**.
9. Enter a name to label this policy (required) and a description of the policy (optional).
10. In the Resources section, specify the resources to which this policy applies.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Click **Save Changes**.
14. 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.