HTTP Configuration (Authentication Web Service or Profile Web Service)

To allow users access to remote content they would not normally be able to access, you might need to gateway the content. Gatewayed content is downloaded from the computer hosting the content to the portal.

Do not gateway content that is openly accessible over the Internet, as this will unnecessarily burden your portal servers.

To specify gateway settings for this Web service:

• To add a prefix for which you want to gateway content, click Add Gateway Prefix and type the prefix in the newly displayed box. For example, if you enter http://myServer/ContentCrawler/ as the prefix, all content having a URL beginning with this prefix will be gatewayed, and all other content will be left in its original location. If you associated a remote server on the Main Settings page, you can type a relative path (/myPortlet/) or an absolute path (http://myServer/myPortlet/). If you enter an absolute path, ignore the base URL.
  
  To gateway everything on the remote server, type a period followed by a forward slash (./).
  
  Note: Gateway URL prefixes must end with a forward slash (/).

• To delete a prefix, select the prefix and click .

• To select or clear all of the prefix check boxes, select or clear the box to the left of Prefix.

• To display the page associated with this help topic:

1. Click Administration.
2. Open the Web Service Editor:
• To create a new Web Service:
1. Open an administrative folder.
2. In the Create Object drop-down list, click the type of Web service you want to create, Web Service - Authentication or Web Service - Profile.
• To edit an existing Web service:
1. Navigate to the Web service you want to edit.
2. Click the Web service name.
3. On the left, under Edit Object Settings, click HTTP Configuration.