http_proxy

The hostname (e.g. proxy.company.com) of the HTTP proxy to use during crawling.

Key: http_proxy
Type: String
Can be set in: collection.cfg

Description

If you are required to use a HTTP proxy to crawl web sites, there are a number of options that can set the appropriate parameters needed to access the proxy server.

Notes:

• The http_proxy must be the name of the proxy server, without any URL protocol.
• Funnelback only supports HTTP basic authentication when authenticating with a proxy.
• This hostname should not be prefixed with 'http://'.

Default Value

http_proxy=

Examples

http_proxy=gateway.company.com
http_proxy_port=8080
http_proxy_user=fred
http_proxy_passwd=my,password

See Also

• Web collections
• http_proxy_port
• http_proxy_user
• http_proxy_passwd