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JDaigle
JDaigle

Reputation: 31

Getting a BlueMix app through a firewall

I am currently working on a java back end server that I am deploying to bluemix. It is a standard web app, built out with maven and hits a mounted data base. Standard stuff.

The question becomes is that two of the end points that I am using are hitting services that exist on networks that have their own firewall. Now if I deploy the application to a server that is punched through the firewalls, all is well. However on bluemix where I am not punched through these firewalls, I often get 401 errors.

Does anyone know of a way to pass these credentials when doing a post or get so that I can authenticate through the firewall, and then authenticate through the service?

Thank you all.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 306

Answers (1)

Alex da Silva
Alex da Silva

Reputation: 4590

You can use one of the following Bluemix services to connect your application running on Bluemix to your on-premise application/database behind the firewall:

  • Secure Gateway
  • Cloud Integration

With Secure Gateway you can create a secure tunnel between Bluemix application and your on-premise application. The official documentation is available here, but there is also an excellent article in the link below to start with this service:

https://developer.ibm.com/bluemix/2015/03/27/bluemix-secure-gateway-yes-can-get/

Alternatively the Cloud Integration service documentation is available here.

Upvotes: 4

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