Installing GFI WebMonitorDeployment ScenariosDeployment in a Simple Proxy Environment

Deployment in a Simple Proxy Environment

Install GFI WebMonitor in Simple Proxy mode when:

The router must be configured to block all traffic except traffic generated by GFI WebMonitor. This can be achieved by using one of the following methods:

Table 7: Router configurations
OPTION DESCRIPTION
Port Blocking

Blocking client requests and allowing GFI WebMonitor traffic.

Traffic Forwarding

Forwarding all traffic from the client to GFI WebMonitor machine.

Port Blocking

The router must be configured to allow both HTTP/HTTPS traffic generated from GFI WebMonitor machine and Non-HTTP/HTTPS traffic generated from client machines. In addition, it must also block HTTP/HTTPS traffic generated from client machines.

NOTE

Client machines must be configured to use the GFI WebMonitor machine as the default proxy server.

Figure 4: GFI WebMonitorinstalled on a proxy machine connected to a router supporting port blocking

Traffic Forwarding

The router/gateway must be configured to allow outgoing web traffic generated by GFI WebMonitor only. In addition, it must forward client HTTP/HTTPS traffic to GFI WebMonitor.

Figure 5: GFI WebMonitor installed on a proxy machine connected to a router supporting traffic forwarding

To install GFI WebMonitor on a proxy server, refer to the Installing in Simple Proxy Mode chapter in this manual.

See also:

System Requirements

Simple Proxy Mode Pre-requisites