FAQ Tag: proxy
I get “Global InfoBase wrong user name or password” error when listing, updating or adding Source Packages.
Such and error may occur in 2 cases: A. the username and password used to access the Global InfoBase are not correct and/or B. the Muse communication with Global InfoBase is not successful. A. The u/p used to access the Global InfoBase are set for each admin user via Designer console or Muse Console for…
What happens if there is no proxy defined but all the settings say “use proxy”?
If there is no proxy defined (Proxy Host field) in either the application level or Source Package level, then no proxy will be used, no matter the other proxy related settings (Proxy Port, Proxy PAC also) from either level. Secondly, if there are proxy settings both at application level and at the Source Package level,…
I have 2 IPs on my interface card. How do I configure the Muse Proxy to listen only on one IP?
One can specify an IP address for Muse Proxy to listen on for connections. By default, Muse Proxy listens on all IP addresses, on all interfaces. This setting can be changed in the ${MUSE_HOME}/proxy/MuseProxy.xml file by specifying an IP address in the “<BINDADDRESS>” field.
How can I tell what version of Muse Proxy I am running?
The version of muse proxy can be found via putting in the following URL in an address bar on a browser such as FireFox or Internet Explorer: http://PROXY_HOST:PROXY_PORT/ProxyInformation In the above URL, PROXY_HOST is the server that is hosting Muse Proxy. PROXY PORT is the port that is running proxy. The default port for Muse…
How Muse Proxy handles Flash and Java Applets?
The Flash and Java Applets resources are binary files which cannot be processed by any re-writing proxy, including Muse Proxy. Flash and Java Applets may load in pages re-written by Muse Proxy as long as there are no absolute pathnames in URLs inside them or if there is an object parameter of the Flash or…
What is Proxy Chaining?
In Muse, there are 2 types of proxy chaining: a) “ProxyChaining” happens when the MNM chains with the proxy used for source authentication. In a Muse application where we have configured a MNM_HOST to re-write the record links and a PROXY_HOST to use for authentication we have the following scenarios: 1) If the MNM and…
How can I search EBSCOhost databases?
MuseGlobal provides the following method for search and retrieval of EBSCOhost content: EBSCO Integration Toolkit (EIT) This is a SOAP-based Web Service approach which provides the optimal combination of performance and completeness. You can find the EIT Source Packages by searching in your Muse Console’s “Add Sources” section in the “IDs Containing” field for the…
How to set up HMAC authentication on a Muse Proxy application?
The overall steps would be: 1) Create the new application as copy of the MuseProxyFoundation template, the ID of the new application to be MuseProxyFoundationHMAC for example. 2) Edit the file $MUSE_HOME\proxy\webcontexts\Applications\MuseProxyFoundationHMAC\ profiles\AuthenticationGroups.xml and do the following: – Locate the /ICE-CONFIG/AUTHENTICATION_GROUPS/AUTHENTICATION_GROUP/AUTHENTICATIONS node and remove its content, thus obtaining an empty node: <AUTHENTICATIONS> </AUTHENTICATIONS> – Edit…
How can I generate HMAC Muse Proxy proxified links in php?
The instructions and code provided below are based on the following assumptions: – MuseProxyFoundationHMAC is the Muse Proxy application configured with HMAC authentication; – quiet is the value of the secret; – userName and timestamp are the signature parameters; – SHA256 is the algorithm; – the separator between the signature parameters is . . Add…
How can I generate HMAC Muse Proxy proxified links in java?
The instructions and code provided below are based on the following assumptions: – MuseProxyFoundationHMAC is the Muse Proxy application configured with HMAC authentication; – quiet is the value of the secret; – userName and timestamp are the signature parameters; – SHA256 is the algorithm; – the separator between the signature parameters is . . Integrate…