Setting up the Proxy in the Browser

Now that the Proxy Server is running, the browser needs to be configured. There are a number of different ways of doing this, depending on the browser of your choice.

Our preferred method is to use one browser (e.g. Chrome or IE) for managing the console and another browser (e.g. Firefox) for browsing via the Proxy Server. The advantage of this approach is that Firefox has its own local proxy settings allowing us to run basic queries and other web browsing unrelated to our testing in the non-proxied browser.

Note: When using the Composable Architecture Platform browser proxy for accessing secure web sites over HTTPS, you will encounter certificate warning in the browser. These warnings are relatively easy to get around by clicking on the Advanced button and adding an exception. However, with the advent of HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) this has now become impossible to do as the browser will refuse to add the exception.

The Browser Certificate Installation Guide (in the documents folder) provides instructions on how to overcome this problem by installing a trusted certificate authority into your browser that Composable Architecture Platform in turn will use to generate valid replacement certificates for each SSL site on the fly.

The following shows how to configure the browser proxy in Firefox Quantum 60.0 on Windows 2012 Server:\

Fireforx menu

Select Options then click on Network Proxy > Settings:

Firefox network proxy

Set the proxy options as shown below:

Configuration settings