Spotfire 7.6: Where to configure proxy settings

[Ron Liu]

Previously, Spotfire 7.0 Web Player was on Microsoft IIS. My Spotfire Server server is setting behind a corporate proxy server to have access to the Internet. Consequently, built-in map charts cannot load because they attempt to connect to the Internet where TIBCO geoanalytics is to retrieve the base map data. I had to configure the proxy settings according to the following documentation:

 

Page 39/129of https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_web_player/7.0.1/doc/pdf/TIB_sfire_w...

 

Relevant parts of the web.config file are shown here. The following works for my Spotfire 7.0 Web Player setup and the map charts can load the map data properly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

myusername

 

 

mypassword

 

 

 

Problem arises when I upgrade to Spotfire Server 7.6 where the overall system architecture has changed. IIS is no longer necessary and from what I understand, it is replaced byTomcat for Spotfire Server, and is it Jetty + prunsrv for the Node Manager services Since the above proxy configuration method is specific to IIS, I have no idea how to achieve the same results of allowing Spotfire Server to get Internet access through my corporate proxy server. I can't find anything related to this in the documentation:

 

https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/7.6.0/doc/html/TIB_sfire_serv...

 

I tried to tinker with thesetenv.bat (my setup is Windows-based) in the Tomcat bin folder by editing the following line but it doesn't work.

 

set JAVA_OPTS=-server -XX:+DisableExplicitGC -Xms512M -Xmx4096M -Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.company.com -Dhttp.proxyPort=port-Dhttp.proxyUser=myusername-Dhttp.proxyPassword=mypassword

 

I also tried looking into the Node Manager configuration files:

 

config.json and nodemanager.properties in nmconfig folder, or

Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Automation.config,Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Core.config,Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config,Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Web.config files in nmservicesWebWorker-... folder, but I don't find anything related to proxy servers

Also considered the mappings of the old IIS web.config to the new config files https://docs.tibco.com/pub/spotfire_server/7.6.0/doc/html/TIB_sfire_serv...

 

I'm out of ideas without specific documentation on this. Can anyone please provide some pointers

[Seema Krishnani]

The proxy settings needs to be added to the "Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config" file. There's no proxy section by default so you need to add it manually.

Export the configuration then try adding the same section from the previous version to 7.5/7.6 Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config, then import the configuration

Export command

tomcatbin>config.batexport-service-config --capability=WEB_PLAYER --deployment-area=Production

Import command

tomcatbinconfig import-service-config --config-name="Proxy"

[Ron Liu]

Thanks sekrishn for the answer above. These are the actions I've taken to finally get the proxy settings right, and my map charts are working!

P.S. I think that these instructions should be properly detailed in the official product documentation as configuring proxy settings is a rather common administrative task for enterprise setups

Step 1: Export out the default web player configuration settings into a file for editing

Open up command prompt, change directory to Spotfire Server installation directory then to Tomcat's bin folder. Run config.bat with the following arguments.

 

cd C:tibcotss7.6.0tomcatbin

config.bat export-service-config --tool-password=myConfigToolPassword --capability=WEB_PLAYER --deployment-area=myDeploymentAreaName --forceThis will export out the default config files.

Step 2: Insert the proxy settings into the exportedSpotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config file

Browse toC:tibcotss7.6.0tomcatbinconfigroot and open theSpotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config file. Insert the following and save the file:

 

 

...

 

 

...

 

myProxyUserName

 

 

myProxyPassword

 

 

 

...

 

 

 

 

 

Step 3: Import the edited Spotfire.Dxp.Worker.Host.exe.config file back into Spotfire Server

Run this in the command prompt.

 

config.bat import-service-config --tool-password=myConfigToolPassword --config-name=myConfigNameBy doing this, we have enabled a new configuration setting that can be selected when administering the Web Player service through the Spotfire Server web UI.

Step 4: Restart the Web Player service

Change the Web Player service configuration from Default to your newly created configuration.

 

 

Save it andmanually restart the service instances if needed.

[Olivier Keugue Tadaa]

... also think about the bypass list and setup to prevent the spotfireserver to use the proxy by adding

 

 

 

http://proxyserver:8080" />

[Junjappa Madirappa]

Hi Guys

 

I am also facing similar issue, I did all the changes and when I restart, webplayer instance would not start, get an error message that URL is invalid anyone come across similar issue, if yes what would be the solution

 

Regards

 

Junjappa

[Tobias Fandriks 3]

I suggest reading this KB article about Web Player (and Automation Services) and proxies:https://support.tibco.com/s/article/Using-Proxy-to-connect-outside-of-Sp...