Editing proxies

You can edit a proxy that you have update rights to.

1. Select 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. Select the proxy or proxies you want to edit.

3. Click Edit in the action bar.

4. Edit the fields on the Properties tab.

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

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

   All fields are mandatory and must not be empty.

   Property	Description	Default value
   Name	The proxy name.	Inherits the node name.

   Ports

   The Ports property group contains the proxy ports properties in the Qlik Sense system.

   Property	Description	Default value
   Service listen port HTTPS (default)	The secure listen port for the proxy, which by default manages all Qlik Sense communication. Information noteMake sure that port 443 is available for the Qlik Sense Proxy Service (QPS) to use because the port is sometimes used by other software (for example, web servers).	443
   Authentication listen port HTTPS (default)	The secure listen port for the default (internal) authentication module.	4244
   Kerberos authentication	Select this checkbox to enable the use of Kerberos authentication.	Blank
   REST API listen port	The listen port for the proxy API.	4243
   Allow HTTP	Unencrypted communication is allowed if the proxy property Allow HTTP is checked; this means that both https (secure communication) and (http) unencrypted communication is allowed. Then the QMC address is https://<QPS server name>:Service listen port HTTP/qmc (where https can be replaced by http). By default the QMC address is https://<QPS server name>/qmc. Warning noteIf you change the property Allow HTTP, please know that all web browser bookmarks (that Qlik Sense users or QMC admin users have created) will not be valid anymore. Information noteThe Service listen port HTTP and Authentication listen port HTTP need to be set when Allow HTTP is checked.	False (not allowed)
   Service listen port HTTP	The unencrypted listen port, used when HTTP connection is allowed.	80
   Authentication listen port HTTP	The unencrypted authentication listen port, used when HTTP connection is allowed.	4248

   Advanced

   The Advanced property group contains the advanced proxy properties in the Qlik Sense system.

   Property	Description	Default value
   Max header lines	The maximum number of lines in the header.	100
   Max header size (bytes)	The maximum total header size.	16384 bytes
   Keep alive timeout (seconds)	The maximum timeout period for a single HTTP request before closing the connection. Protection against denial-of-service attacks. That is, if an ongoing request exceeds this period, Qlik Sense proxy will close the connection. Increase this value if your users work over slow connections and experience closed connections.	10 seconds

   Logging

   The Logging property group contains the proxy logging properties in the Qlik Sense system.

   Property	Description	Default value
   Performance log interval (minutes)	The interval of performance logging.	5 minutes
   Audit log level	More detailed, user based, messages are saved to this logger. For example, proxy calls. Use the drop-down to set the verbosity of the logger: Off: no entries Fatal: only fatal entries Error: same as fatal, but also including error entries Warning: same as error, but also including warning entries Info: same as warning, but also including information entries Debug: same as info, but also including debug entries	Info
   Performance log level	All the performance messages are saved to this logger. For example, performance counters and number of connections, streams, sessions, tickets, web sockets and load balancing information. Use the drop-down to set the verbosity of the logger: Off: no entries Fatal: only fatal entries Error: same as fatal, but also including error entries Warning: same as error, but also including warning entries Info: same as warning, but also including information entries Debug: same as info, but also including debug entries	Info
   Security log level	All certificates messages are saved to this logger. Use the drop-down to set the verbosity of the logger: Off: no entries Fatal: only fatal entries Error: same as fatal, but also including error entries Warning: same as error, but also including warning entries Info: same as warning, but also including information entries Debug: same as info, but also including debug entries	Info
   System log level	All the standard proxy messages are saved to this logger. Use the drop-down to set the verbosity of the logger: Off: no entries Fatal: only fatal entries Error: same as fatal, but also including error entries Warning: same as error, but also including warning entries Info: same as warning, but also including information entries Debug: same as info, but also including debug entries	Info

   Security

   The Security property group contains the proxy security properties in the Qlik Sense system.

   Property	Description
   SSL browser certificate thumbprint	The thumbprint of the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate that handles the encryption of traffic from the browser to the proxy.

   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.

   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.
Virtual proxies

The Virtual proxies property group contains a list of associated virtual proxies.

Property	Description
Description	The description of the virtual proxy.
Prefix	The path name in the proxy’s URI that defines each additional path.
Session cookie header name	The name of the HTTP header used for the session cookie.
Default	This field displays if the virtual proxy is a default proxy. The value can be true or false.

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

   Information noteWhen you apply the changes the proxy must be restarted. Sessions handled by this proxy are ended and the users are logged out.

   Successfully updated is displayed at the bottom of the page.

You now have edited a proxy or proxies.