Create a Proxy-Pac web service with the reverse-proxy

Back to the Reverse-proxy section | Also the Proxy Pac service

This feature has been discontinued since version 4.50, as this service uses a dedicated HTTP/HTTPs engine.

Configure the Web Service

• On the left menu, choose Web services / Services.
• Click on New service button
   

• Give a name of your new service.
• Choose “Create a Proxy PAC service” Click on Add button
   

• A new site is added on the main table but it is not in production because some settings must be added. Click on the service name link.
   

• In general settings, if only the proxy.pac engine will be published by the Web service, you can define it as “Default server”
   

• Click on “Server names” tab.
• You have minimal 3 servers names to define:
  1. IP address of the server to add the PAC file in 252 DHCP option. (http://10.10.1.1/proxy.pac)
  2. wpad.dhcpdomain.tld for the auto-detect information.
  3. wpad for auto-detection ( Firefox)
      

• Click on “Ports” tab.
• Add a new entry to add a new port to listen.
• Use the 80 port and click on Add button
   

• Click on the green arrow on your proxy PAC web service in order to make the Web service in production mode.
   

• Status must be turned from “Not configured” to OK