Forward proxies provide a single point through which multiple machines send requests to an
external server. They can enforce security policies, log and analyze requests, and perform other
actions so that requests adhere to your business rules. With Apigee hybrid, you can configure a forward proxy
that intermediates your API proxies and an external TargetEndpoint (a backend target server).
To use an HTTP forward proxy between hybrid and the TargetEndpoint, you must configure
the outbound proxy settings in your overrides file. These environment-scoped properties
route target requests from hybrid to the HTTP forward proxy. You also need to ensure
use.proxy is set to "true" for any TargetEndpoint that you want to go through an HTTP
forward proxy. See the bottom of the page for instructions.
To configure a hybrid environment for forwarding proxying, add
the envs.httpProxy property to your overrides file and apply it to the
cluster. For example:
Forward proxying is configured for an environment; all traffic going from API
proxies in that environment to backend targets goes through the specified HTTP
forward proxy. If the traffic for a
specific target of an API proxy should go directly to the backend target, bypassing the forward
proxy, then set the following property in the TargetEndpoint to override the HTTP forward
proxy:
<Property name="use.proxy">false</Property>
For more information on setting the TargetEndpoint properties, including how to configure
the connection to the target endpoint, see Endpoint properties reference.
Set use.proxy to "true" for any TargetEndpoint that you want to go through
an HTTP forward proxy:
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