HTTP Request Options

You can use the following configuration parameters to configure HTTP requests sent by the connector to the data repository:

Parameter Type Default Description
AcceptCompressedEncodings Boolean True Specifies whether to accept compressed responses to HTTP requests.
BasicOnAuthenticate Boolean False Specifies whether to delay authentication until credentials are requested.
BasicPassword String   The password to use to access resources protected by basic authentication.
BasicUsername String   The user name to use to access resources protected by basic authentication.
DigestPassword String   The password to use to access resources protected by HTTP Digest authentication.
DigestUsername String   The user name to use to access resources protected by HTTP Digest authentication.
EnableHTTPTrace Boolean False Specifies whether to log information for troubleshooting the connection.
EnableHTTPTraceTimestamps Boolean False Specifies whether to add timestamps to the HTTP trace log file, every time the data transfer direction changes.
EnableKerberos Boolean False Specifies whether to use Kerberos authentication.
GSSName String   The file name of the GSS library. This library is required to use Kerberos authentication.
GSSPath String   The path to the folder that contains the GSS library. This library is required to use Kerberos authentication.
HttpConnectTimeout Time Duration 60s The maximum amount of time to wait for the server to respond when establishing a connection.
HttpReadTimeout Time Duration 60s The maximum amount of time to wait to receive data.
NTLMPassword String   The password to use to access resources protected by NTLM authentication.
NTLMUsername String   The user name to use to access resources protected by NTLM authentication.
ProxyHost String   The host name or IP address of the proxy server to use.
ProxyPassword String   The password to use to authenticate with the proxy server.
ProxyPort Integer   The port of the proxy server to use.
ProxyUsername String   The user name to use to authenticate with the proxy server.
SSLConfig String The current section The name of a section in the configuration file that contains the SSL settings to use.
UseNTLMv2 Boolean False Specifies whether to use NTLM version 2, rather than NTLM version 1.
UserAgent String   The value to use for the User-Agent request header.
UseSpnego Boolean False Specifies whether to use the SPNEGO protocol to decide which type of authentication to use.
UseSystemProxy Boolean False A Boolean value that specifies whether to obtain details about your HTTP proxy from the system.