Proxy server configuration for MID Servers used for Cloud Discovery and Cloud Provisioning and Governance
You can configure the MID Server for Cloud Provisioning and Governance to use a proxy server. Using a proxy server supports all cloud-based activities such as running Discovery, billing downloads, provisioning virtual machines, and running life-cycle operations on virtual machines.
Proxy server limitations
- VMware Cloud is not supported.
- Windows or Linux platforms only are supported.
- The Google Cloud Console integration does not support downloading billing data.
- Remote PowerShell scripts cannot be executed.
- Custom APIs may not work.
Note:
SSH calls should not be routed through a proxy server, when using a private cloud environment that is on the same side of the proxy as the MID Server.
Set mid.capi.skip_proxy_for_ssh to true to skip it. See MID Server properties used by Service Mapping for more information.
mid.capi.skip_proxy_for_ssh:
- Determines whether the MID Server skips the proxy server when routing SSH calls.
- Type: true | false
- Default value: false
Supported proxy server authentication for Cloud Provisioning and Governance
| Proxy Server type | Authentication type |
|---|---|
| HTTP/HTTPS | No authentication |
| SOCKS5 | No authentication |
| HTTP/HTTPS | Basic authentication |
| SOCKS5 | Basic authentication |
| HTTP/HTTPS | NTLM |
Supported proxy server configurations for Cloud Provisioning and Governance
| Configuration | Operating system | Proxy server | Authentication mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Configuration 1 | Linux | None | Not Applicable |
| Configuration 2 | Windows | Squid (HTTPS) | None |
| Configuration 3 | Linux | Squid (HTTPS) | Local |
| Configuration 4 | Windows | Squid (HTTPS) | Active Directory |
| Cloud provider | Functionality | Configuration 1 | Configuration 2 | Configuration 3 | Configuration 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon AWS Cloud, Microsoft Azure Cloud, and IBM Cloud Platform | Cloud Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| VM life cycle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| CFT provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Billing download | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Scripts using SSH | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Scripts using PowerShell | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | |
| Cloud events | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | |
| Google Cloud Platform | Cloud Discovery | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| VM Provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| VM life cycle | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| CFT provisioning | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Billing download | No | No | No | No | |
| Scripts using SSH | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Scripts using PowerShell | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | |
| Cloud events | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | Not Applicable | |
| VMware Cloud | Not Applicable |
Parent Topic:Install and configure MID Servers to access cloud environments
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