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Virtual proxies properties

The following property groups are available for virtual proxies:

Identification

The Identification property group contains the basic virtual proxy properties in the Qlik Sense system.

All fields are mandatory and must not be empty.

Property Description Default value

Description

The description of the virtual proxy. Blank
Prefix

The path name in the proxy’s URI that defines each additional path. Example: 

https://[node]/prefix/
 Blank
Session inactivity timeout (minutes) The maximum period of time with inactivity before timeout. After this, the session is invalid and the user is logged out from the system. 30 minutes
Session cookie header name

The name of the HTTP header used for the session cookie. This value is blank by default and you must enter a value.

Tip noteIt can be useful to include the value of the Prefix property above as a suffix in the cookie name.
 Blank

Authentication

Property Description Default value

Header authentication mode

Authentication method:

  • Not allowed: header authentication is not allowed.
  • Static user directory: allows static header authentication, where the user directory is set in the QMC.
  • Dynamic user directory: allows dynamic header authentication, where the user directory is fetched from the header.
 Not allowed
Header authentication header name

The name of the HTTP header that identifies users, when header authentication is allowed. Mandatory if you allow header authentication (by selecting either Static user directory or Dynamic user directory for the Header authentication mode property).

Information noteHeader authentication only supports US-ASCII (UTF-8 is not supported).
 Blank
Header authentication static user directory The name of the user directory where additional information can be fetched for header authenticated users. Mandatory if you allow static header authentication (by selecting Static user directory for the Header authentication mode property). Blank
Header authentication dynamic user directory

Mandatory if you allow dynamic header authentication (by selecting Dynamic user directory for the Header authentication mode property). The pattern you supply must contain ‘$ud’, ‘$id’ and a way to separate them.

Example setting and matching header:

$ud\\$id – matches USERDIRECTORY\userid (backslashes must be escaped with an additional \)

$id@$ud – matches userid@USERDIRECTORY ($id and $ud can be in any order)

$ud:::$id – matches USERDIRECTORY:::userid

 Blank
Anonymous access mode

How to handle anonymous access:

  • No anonymous user

  • Allow anonymous user

  • Always anonymous user
 No anonymous user
Windows authentication pattern The chosen authentication pattern for logging in. Windows

Load balancing

The Load balancing property group contains the load balancing properties for the virtual proxies in the Qlik Sense system.

Property Description Default value
Load balancing nodes Click Add new server node to add load balancing to that node. Blank

Advanced

Property Description Default value

Extended security environment

Enabling this setting will send the following information about the client environment in the security header: OS, device, browser and IP.

If the checkbox is left blank, the user can run the same engine session simultaneously on multiple devices.

 Blank
Session cookie domain

By default the session cookie is valid only for the machine the proxy is installed on. This (optional) property allow you to increase its validity to a larger domain. Example: 

company.com
 Blank (default machine)
Additional response headers Headers added to all HTTP responses back to the client. Example: 
Header1: value1
Header2: value2
 Blank
Websocket origin white list All values added here are validated starting from the bottom level. If, for example, domain.com is added, this means that all values ending with domain.com will be approved. If subdomain.domain.com is added, this means that all values ending with subdomain.domain.com will be approved. Blank

Integration

Property Description Default value
Session module base URI The address to an external session module, if any. Blank (default module, that is in memory)
Authentication module redirect URI When using an external authentication module, the clients are redirected to this URI for authentication. Blank (default module, that is Windows authentication Kerberos/NTLM)
Load balancing module base URI The address to an external load balancing module that selects which Qlik Sense engine to use for the user’s session, if any. Blank (default module, that is round robin)

Tags

The property group Tags contains the available QMC tags in the Qlik Sense system.

Property Description
Tags
Tip noteIf no QMC tags are available, this property group is empty.

Connected tags lists the connected QMC tags. Any QMC tags that are not connected to this resource type are listed to the right of T.

Custom properties

The Custom properties property group contains the custom properties in the Qlik Sense system. When a custom property has been activated for a resource, you can use the drop-down to select a custom property value.

Property Description
Custom properties
If no custom properties are available, this property group is not displayed at all (or displayed but empty) and you must make a custom property available for this resource type before it will be displayed here.

Use the drop-down to select a value for a custom property.

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