A proxy server allows indirect connection to network services for security and performance reasons. For example, you can use a proxy server to get through a firewall, and some proxies provide caching mechanisms.
When you configure a proxy server for the Informatica Cloud Secure Agent, you define the minimum required settings in the Secure Agent Manager. Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services updates the following file and adds other properties that you can edit manually:
When you configure a proxy server for the Informatica Cloud Secure Agent, you can set InfaAgent.NonProxyHost to exclude certain IP addresses and host names from the proxy. For example, when you use managed identity authentication to connect to an Azure source or target in a mapping that runs in advanced mode, exclude the IP address of the metadata service, 169.254.169.254.
Configuring a proxy to exclude non-proxy hosts
In the proxy.ini file, set the property InfaAgent.NonProxyHost to exclude IP addresses or host names. By default, Informatica Intelligent Cloud Services adds localhost as the value for InfaAgent.NonProxyHost when you initially configure the proxy server.
Note: You can combine a list of host names and IP addresses using the pipe character (|) as a delimiter. You can also enter a wildcard to the left for host names or to the right for IP addresses.
3Restart the Secure Agent so that the changes take effect.