Creating virtual proxy

An additional path configuration allows different modules based on the URI to be used to access Qlik Sense or the Qlik Management Console (QMC). You can create a virtual proxy.

Do the following:

1. Select Virtual proxies on the QMC start page or from the StartS drop-down menu to display the overview.

   Tip noteYou can apply a filter to a column by clicking ..

2. Click Create new. You cannot add a virtual proxy to more than one proxy at the same time.

3. Edit the properties in the Virtual proxy edit window.

   Tip note You can display or hide property groups using the panel to the far right.

    

   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.

4. You must click Apply to save your changes. Apply is disabled if a mandatory field is empty.

5. Edit the fields on the Associated items tab.

   Proxies

   The Proxies overview lists all the available proxies. You can manage your proxies by performing a number of actions, as described in the following:

   Name	The name of the proxy.
   Status	The Status column displays the status of the service. One of the following texts is displayed: Running The service is running as per normal. Stopped The service has stopped. Disabled The service has been disabled. Tip noteClick ] in the Status column for more detailed information on the status. See Checking the status of Qlik Sense services.
   Tags	The QMC tags that are connected to the proxy.
   ô	Refreshing page: Click to manually refresh the page.
   SR	Sorting columns: Click to sort the list alphabetically, ascending or descending according to the nature of the column.
   .	Filtering columns: Click to open a dialog and filter the list based on that column and your filter criteria as you type. Click E to remove the filter. Click outside of the filter dialog (or press the keyboard key "Esc") to close the dialog. The filter icon is inverted when a filter is applied to a column . You can apply filters to multiple columns to narrow your search.
   Edit	Editing proxy: Click Edit in the action bar and edit the selected proxy.
   Show more items	Show more items: The overview shows a set number of items by default. To show more items, scroll to the end of the list and click Show more items. Sorting and filtering of items is always done on the full database list of items, not only the items that are on display.

6. Click Apply in the action bar to save your changes.

   Successfully updated is displayed at the bottom of the page.

You now have created a new virtual proxy.