Enable upstream proxy support for the Synthetic Playback
agent to monitor HTTP requests from
internal web applications to external web applications.
Before you begin
Ensure that you are running Synthetic Playback
agent version 01.00.05.08 or later.
To check what agent version you are running, enter install_dir/bin/cinfo -t in the command line,
where install_dir is the installation location of the agent. If you are running
any other version of the Synthetic Playback
agent, you must download and install IBM® Cloud Application Performance Management, Private
8.1.4.0 Synthetic Playback
agent interim fix 08
from IBM Fix Central (Enter Synthetic in the
Search field and the list of Synthetic Playback
agent interim fixes are displayed).
For installation instructions, see 8.1.4.0-IBM-IPM-SYNTHETIC-PLAYBACK-AGENT-IF0008
Readme.
About this task
Internal web applications behind an enterprise firewall require an upstream proxy to access
external web resources. Configure the proxy setting of the Synthetic Playback
agent to allow your agent to support
your upstream proxy so that you can monitor HTTP requests from internal web applications to external
web applications.
Procedure
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To configure and enable upstream proxy support for your agent, complete the following
steps.
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As the root user, configure the proxy settings by running the following commands in the command
line.
cd install_dir/agent/lx8266/sn/bin
#./set_proxy.sh
When you are prompted, enter the agent installation path, the default
path is /opt/ibm/apm/agent. Enter the number for the proxy type that you want
to configure for your Synthetic Playback
agent.
For example:
# cd /install_dir/agent/lx8266/sn/bin/
#./set_proxy.sh
please input the agent install path, default is (/opt/ibm/apm/agent)
agent install path is:/opt/ibm/apm/agent
please input the number of proxy type:
1 manual proxy
2 no proxy
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Enter install_dir/bin/synthetic_playback-agent.sh start to restart your agent.
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To disable upstream proxy support for your agent, run the
./set_proxy.sh command again, and select
2 no proxy. Then,
restart your agent.