Using reverse proxy or portal servers with the Sametime Community Server
To support clients hosted outside of your intranet, you can deploy the IBM® Sametime® Community Server behind a reverse proxy server or a portal server.
When a Sametime Community Server is deployed on an internal network behind a reverse proxy server, the reverse proxy server operates as an intermediary between the Sametime Community Server and the Sametime clients. All Sametime data flowing between the Sametime Community Server and its clients passes through the reverse proxy server.
To accomplish its security objectives, a reverse proxy server manipulates the data that passes through it. The table shows the client-side proxy types through which clients can connect to the Sametime server.
| Sametime client | SOCKS 4 proxy | SOCKS 5 proxy | HTTP proxy | HTTPS proxy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sametime Connect | supported | supported | supported | supported |
| Sametime Mobile | not supported | not supported | supported | supported |
| Sametime Meeting Room screen-sharing component | supported | supported | supported | not supported |
| Sametime Meeting Room participant list/chat components | supported | not supported | supported | not supported |
| Sametime Meeting Room interactive audio/video components | supported | not supported | not supported | not supported |
| Sametime Recorded Meeting client | supported | not supported | supported | not supported |