About Using HTTP Protocol for Content Server Connection Configuring the HTTP Provider

5-62 Oracle Fusion Middleware System Administrators Guide for Oracle Content Server

5.8.4.1 About Using HTTP Protocol for Content Server Connection

Administrators can implement an httpoutgoing provider, configurable through the Providers page, which allows communication from one Oracle Content Server instance to another Oracle Content Server instance. If you choose to add an httpoutgoing HTTP provider, you have the following additional options: ■ Specify a CGI URL. ■ Specify a named password connection and client IP filter. To view the httpoutgoing HTTP provider selection, select Administration and then Providers from the Oracle UCM navigation panel. Creating a proxy connection between Oracle Content Server instances can take some preparation. The Oracle Content Server instances must not use the same relative web root for their weblayout directories. It may require some component architecture changes to provide the extra navigation links between the servers. If you set up one Oracle Content Server instance with its web server using SSL and the other servers front end uses HTTP, then users who try to access the first server by modifying the other servers URL in a Web browser can get an error because of the differences between HTTPS requiring a credential and HTTP. To resolve this issue, use the BrowserUrlPath component, available with Oracle Content Server. For more information, see Section 5.9.2, Browser URL Customization.

5.8.4.2 Configuring the HTTP Provider

To configure the HTTP provider, complete the following steps. 1. Add an httpoutgoing provider on the first Oracle Content Server instance.

a. In a browser, go to the Administration page and click Providers.

b. Click Add next to the httpoutgoing provider type.

c. Enter the necessary information for the httpoutgoing provider. For more information see the table for the Outgoing Http Provider Page : 2. Create a proxy connection on the second Oracle Content Server instance that uses the named password connection and connection password that you specified in the previous step.

a. On this server, select Administration, then Connection Passwords.

b. Fill in the information for the connection. The IP address filter entry should have the IP address of the first server.

5.9 Oracle Content Server Communication Customization

The following sections provide information on how to customize access to and communication with Oracle Content Server instances. It includes the following: ■ Section 5.9.1, LoginLogout Customization ■ Section 5.9.2, Browser URL Customization ■ Section 5.9.3, Extended User Attributes ■ Section 5.9.4, Filter Data Input