Configuring a Proxy That Can Be Accessed from Different Subnets

The Network Address Translation (NAT) is possible with the use of the options, proxy_client_listen_external_host and proxy_client_listen_external_port.

The steps to configure the external host and port differ based on your environment. Treat this procedure as a general guideline to help client applications connect to a proxy.

Procedure

  1. Set proxy_client_listen_port to the internal port for the proxy.
  2. Determine the external host IP address that a client could use to connect to the proxy.
    1. Set proxy_client_listen_external_host to this external host IP address.
  3. Optional: Determine if the internal port the proxy is listening on is the same as the one that is exposed externally.
    Note: If a different port is exposed externally, you must set up port forwarding outside of ActiveSpaces to map the external port to the internal port.
    1. If the external port is different from the internal port, set proxy_client_listen_external_port to the external value.
    Note: If you are in a dynamic environment, use the command-line parameter -e <ip:port> when you run the tibdgproxy process. For more information, see Starting a Proxy with an External Host and Port.

An Example of Creating a Proxy That Can Be Accessed from a Different Subnet

tibdg -r http://localhost:8080 proxy create proxy_client_listen_port=8999 
proxy_client_listen_external_host=192.168.1.136 p2

An Example of Creating a Proxy with an External Port

tibdg -r http://localhost:8080 proxy create proxy_client_listen_port=8999 
proxy_client_listen_external_host=192.168.1.136 proxy_client_listen_external_port=7999 p2
In this example, when the client application attempts to connect, it first connects to the realm server (which needs ports 8080 and 8083 opened or forwarded). The realm server informs the client about the proxies that are running and includes the external host and port (if configured) so that the client can connect to the proxy that is on a different subnet. For the connection to succeed, the administrator must set up port forwarding correctly. In Docker, this might be with the -p 8999:8999 syntax or -p 7999:8999 to forward a port on the host to a port in a specific container.