BusinessObjects Enterprise Administrator's Guide

Configuring the CMS for SOCKS Servers

Complete these steps if one or more SOCKS servers separate the application server from the CMS. The remaining BusinessObjects Enterprise servers automatically obtain their SOCKS configuration from the CMS, as required, so you don't need to configure them separately.

To configure the CMS on Windows

1. Start the CCM.
2. Stop all of the Business Objects servers, including the Central Management Server.
3.  Select the CMS and, on the toolbar, click Properties.
4. On the Connection tab, click Add.
5. In the SOCKS Proxy dialog box, type the Server Name or IP Address of your SOCKS server.
6. In the Server Port field, type the number of the port that the SOCKS server is listening on.
7. Select the SOCKS version that you are running (Ver 4 or Ver 5).

If you are using version 5 and you would like to secure access to the server, select the authentication check box, and then enter your user name and password.

8. Click OK.

If you have more than one SOCKS server, repeat steps 4 to 8 for each additional server. Then click Up and Down to order the SOCKS servers from the outermost (closest to the application server or Web Component Server) to the innermost (closest to the CMS).

9. Click OK in all three dialog boxes to return to the CCM.
10. Start the BusinessObjects Enterprise server components.

Related topics:    

• Configuring for SOCKS servers
• Configuring the WCA for SOCKS servers