Reverse Invoke RI Proxy with nonwebMethods RI server

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Hi,

Can people share their experiences of using a 3rd party Proxy server acting as a reverse invoke for Inbound HTTP & HTTPS data traffic? Are there any open source RI Proxy Servers that are compatible to webMethods Integration Server?

Regards,
SKN.

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Hi SKN,
I am not 100% sure about this, but to think of using 3rd party Proxy server acting as RI instance should not be possible.

One reason I can give is that the traffic/protocol between internal and RI instance is webMethods propriety. Unless webMethods has specifically given license to other vendors, I guess it would not work.

I suggest that you get the right/accurate answer on this from webMethods itself (place a call to webM support).

HTH,
Saurabh.

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You can only use 3rd party proxy servers running in reverse proxy mode. RI is not supported by any server other than Integration Server.

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You can use another tool as a proxy, but not as a reverse invoke proxy. SOCK (the protocol used by the reverse invoke setup) is a webMethods specific protocol.
I’ve setup apache to act as a web-facing front, but that’s just acting as a proxy, so it still needs a hole in the firewall from the apache box to the IS’s listening port. Still that might be desirable for a number of reasons, but really it’s just a pass through. To do this just setup mod_proxy to redirect.

regards,
Nathan