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--- configuration:ezproxy [2023/11/09 19:05] – demiankatz
+++ configuration:ezproxy [2023/11/13 14:42] (current) – [Conditional Proxying] demiankatz
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-Note that EZproxy needs to be correctly configured to accept all of the URLs that VuFind® may pass through to it, or else users may encounter error messages about unsupported hosts.
+===== Conditional Proxying =====
-Also note that it may be helpful to set up EZproxy to bypass local, already authorized IP addresses so that it doesn't require the user to log in when coming from an institutional IP address.
+EZproxy needs to be correctly configured to accept all of the URLs that VuFind® may pass through to it, or else users may encounter error messages about unsupported hosts.
+Starting with release 10.0, this problem can be mitigated by setting up a web service (such as the [[https://github.com/lehigh-university-libraries/ezproxy-url-checker|ezproxy-url-checker]]) that controls which URLs are prefixed and which are not. See the prefixLinksWebServiceCacheLifetime setting in [[configuration:files:config.ini]] and [[https://github.com/vufind-org/vufind/pull/3199|pull request #3199]] for details.
+===== Other Recommendations =====
+It may be helpful to set up EZproxy to bypass local, already authorized IP addresses so that it doesn't require the user to log in when coming from an institutional IP address.
 Please refer to [[https://www.oclc.org/support/services/ezproxy/documentation.en.html|EZproxy documentation]] for further information.
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 Use the same password as you defined in EZproxy's configuration file. Use the secret_hash_method setting above only if using an older version of EZproxy or if it's set up to use another hash method for another reason.
-Settings in [[.files:permissions.ini]] allow you to define the conditions that allow access to the proxy. If the user doesn't get the required permission after logging in, an error message is displayed and the user is requested to use another login method. This example rule allows all logged-in users to access EZproxy:
+Settings in [[configuration:permission_options|permissions.ini]] allow you to define the conditions that allow access to the proxy. If the user doesn't get the required permission after logging in, an error message is displayed and the user is requested to use another login method. This example rule allows all logged-in users to access EZproxy:
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