KB202342: Support using proxy server to send HTTP request to ESRI in MicroStrategy

• Strategy

Starting with MicroStrategy Analytics Enterprise 9.4.1 Hotfix 6 and in MicroStrategy 2021, it is possible to configure MicroStrategy Web to send HTTP requests to ESRI via internal proxy servers. The following details the configuration process.

Un-authenticated proxy

If the proxy server does not require authentication, user can go to Web Administration security page and configure the following settings .

Go to Web Administration --> Security Page .
Check "Enable HTTP proxy server" ,
Fill out the Server address and Server port

Authenticated proxy server

If the proxy server requires authentication , User will need to add clientToken="true" in the apps tag as listed below in the mapConfig.xml file located under plugins\ConnectorForESRIMap\WEB-INF\xml\config (see sample below).
Note: Restart the web server after this change .


<ec> 
<apps clientToken="true"> 
 <key><![CDATA[------]]></key>
 
</apps>
</ec>

Once clientToken is set to "true", the authentication process between Strategy and ESRI will be handled by browser only. The web server machine running Strategy Web does not require a connection to the Internet when setting clientToken="true".
If the client machine communicates to online resources via a proxy, then the browser will read the proxy details specified in local Area Network (LAN) Settings on the client machine (see the setting below) to connect to ESRI in order to authenticate and retrieve mapping resources:

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Published:

March 29, 2017

Last Updated:

February 13, 2024