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diff --git a/docs/simplesamlphp-advancedfeatures.txt b/docs/simplesamlphp-advancedfeatures.txt index 0a08b74..355e741 100644 --- a/docs/simplesamlphp-advancedfeatures.txt +++ b/docs/simplesamlphp-advancedfeatures.txt @@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ Please see the [metarefresh documentation](simplesamlphp-automated_metadata). +Using simpleSAMLphp on a web server requiring the use of a web proxy +-------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Some modules in simpleSAMLphp may require fetching HTTP/HTTPS content from external websites (e.g. the metarefresh module needs to fetch the metadata from an external source). + +simpleSAMLphp can be configured to send HTTP/S requests via such a proxy. The proxy can be configured in the config/config.php option "proxy". Should the proxy require authentication, this can be configured with "proxy.auth". + +The default is not to use a proxy ('proxy' = null) and no username and password are used ('proxy.auth' = false). + + + Auth MemCookie -------------- |