Access Portal from Internet

[Former Member]

How do i access my portal from internet? From intranet i access by typing http://globe:50300/irj/portal . I did the proxy config for WebDispatcher. Now i need to just type /globe. But then to access my portal from internet do i have to publish my hostname. Can i access my portal directly by typing the server IP as URL . If so how to do that?

Please help me

[ankur_garg5]

Hi Jimmy,

Please see these threads also:

<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=97677">https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=97677</a>

<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=31760">https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=31760</a>

<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=28575">https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=28575</a>

<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=214937">https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=214937</a>

<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=179607">https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=179607</a>

<a href="https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=113099">https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/thread?threadID=113099</a>

Also see this doc:

<a href="http://https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/servlet/prt/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/3da439fd-0701-0010-1dad-9b2a071799cb">SAP NetWeaver Integration of Microsoft ISA Server 2004</a>

Bye

Ankur

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[former_member189631]

Hi Jimmy,

Please gothrough this link,

Regards,

Ramganesan K.

[Former Member]

Thanks.

I had gone thrugh the link. But can we access our portal directly through the server IP (where the WebDispatcher lies and acts as a reverse proxy) without having to go for public IP for the proxy server.

[Former Member]

Hi Jimmy

Although you can access the Portal through the WebDispatcher but please keep in mind that SAP WebDispatcher is a Load Balancer and not a Full Fledged Reverse Proxy.

For all practical reasons you need to deploy a Reverse Proxy like an Apache,etc...

That said, you can setup an extra listening port that can be accessed through the internet in Visual Admin and set the ProxyMappings.

This should work!

Cheers.

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[Former Member]

Hi Gautam

My present need is just for testing purpose i.e accessing my portal directly though IP from internet. For the time being i cannot download IIS or Apache servers etc. Is there any way to do this. I did the reverse proxy config through SAP WebDispatcher going through a blog.

Help me out.

[Former Member]

Using the IP in the URL doesn't really work, because the cookies (for the logon ticket) need a fully-qualified hostname: even internally you should use a name like global.company.com (rather than /global) or you'll have SSO problems.

Normally you would publish the hostname (e.g., buy one, or get a sub-domain from your network administrator), or use a free service like myDNS. But if you just want to test it yourself, make an entry in your client's hosts file. Then make a browser request to your made up name, and it will resolve to the IP address.