Blackberry PRD-10459-003 Administration Guide - Page 68

Administration Guide Configuring the BlackBerry Administration Service to use a proxy server 5. On the Proxy mappings tab, click the Edit button for a web address. 6. In the Credentials section, in the User name field, type the user name that the BlackBerry Enterprise Server component can use to connect to the proxy server that is defined for the web address. 7. In the Password and Confirm password fields, type the password for the user name. 8. Click the Add icon. 9. Click Save all. Related topics Configure how BlackBerry devices authenticate to content servers, 156 Configuring the BlackBerry Administration Service to use a proxy server If you want to allow the BlackBerry® Administration Service to automatically download device.xml files, vendor.xml files, and information about BlackBerry® Device Software bundles from the BlackBerry® Infrastructure, and your organization uses a proxy server, you must configure the BlackBerry Administration Service to select and authenticate (if necessary) with the proxy server. Configuring proxy selection for the BlackBerry Administration Service You can configure the BlackBerry® Administration Service to select a proxy server either manually or automatically. To manually select a proxy server, you can use one of the following tools: • Proxy Configuration Tool (proxycfg.exe) with Windows Server® 2003 or earlier • Network Shell Utility (netsh.exe) with Windows Server 2008 • Windows® Internet Explorer® To automatically select a proxy server, you can use one of the following methods: • enable the Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol using the BlackBerry Enterprise Trait Tool • specify a URL for a PAC file using Windows Internet Explorer Configuring manual proxy selection for a BlackBerry Administration Service instance Depending on the operating system on the computer that hosts the BlackBerry® Administration Service instance, you can use the Proxy Configuration Tool or the Network Shell Utility to manually select a proxy server for a BlackBerry Administration Service instance. You must configure manual proxy selection for all of the computers that host a BlackBerry Administration Service instance. Both the Proxy Configuration Tool and the Network Shell Utility store the proxy server settings in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Connections\WinHttpSettings registry key. You must run both tools as an administrator. The Proxy Configuration Tool works with Windows Server® 2003 or earlier, and it is located in one of the following locations: • For 32-bit Windows® operating systems, the Proxy Configuration Tool is located at c:\Windows\system32\. • For 64-bit Windows operating systems, the Proxy Configuration Tool is located at c:\Windows\sysWow64\. 66