Configuring An Http/Https Application Offloading Portal - Dell SMA 200 Administration Manual

• To support Web applications not currently supported by HTTP/HTTPS bookmarks. Application Offloading
does not require URL rewriting, thereby delivering complete application functionality without
compromising throughput.
NOTE:
• The maximum number of users supported is limited by the number of applications being accessed
and the volume of application traffic being sent.
• The Application Offloading feature does not work well when the application refers to resources
within the same host using absolute URLs. In this case, you might need to convert an absolute URL
reference to its relative form.
• Further information about configuring specific backend Web applications is available in the Dell
SonicWALL Secure Mobile Access Application Offloading and HTTP(S) Bookmarks feature module,
available under Support on www.sonicwall.com.
Configuring an HTTP/HTTPS Application
Offloading Portal
To offload a Web application and create a portal for it:
1 Navigate to Portals > Portals and click the Virtual Host tab. The Virtual Host Settings screen opens. This
allows you to access the Portal directly.
2 Enter a descriptive name in the Virtual Host Domain Name field.
3 On the Offloading tab, select Enable Load Balancing for load balancing among offloaded application
servers.
4 Select one of the following from the Scheme drop-down list:
• Web (HTTP) – access the Web application using HTTP (default scheme)
• Secure Web (HTTPS) – access the Web application using HTTPS
• Auto (HTTP/HTTPS) – allows the user to determine the actual scheme used to talk to the
backend server when accessing an offloading portal. Access is still under the control of the access
policy.
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