HTTP Configuration (Search 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. The settings on this page determine how gatewayed content is handled.

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

1. Under Settings:

• Select Use hosted display mode on gateway pages if you want to display gatewayed content in the entire region between the portal header and footer. Otherwise, the content is displayed within the portlet that presents the gateway pages. This setting allows users to maintain their portal navigation and other features while working in the remote application.

• (Recommended) Select Transform JavaScript files to run JavaScript files of a remote Web application through the portal transformer. This ensures that pages are displayed correctly and that portal navigation is not lost.

• (Recommended) Select Transform CSS files to run CSS files of a remote Web application through the portal transformer. This ensures that pages are displayed correctly and that portal navigation is not lost.

2. Under Gateway URL Prefixes:

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