Adjusting proxy and firewall settings
If you are using Forte for Java from behind a firewall, or you access the internet through a proxy server, you will need to configure the IDE to use your proxy settings.
Configuring Forte for Java to use an HTTP proxy
You can configure Forte for Java's HTTP Proxy settings in Forte for Java in the Update Center wizard, in the Global Options window, or on the command line.
To specify the HTTP proxy settings in the Update Center wizard:
- Choose Help | Update Center... from the main menu to start the Update Center wizard.
- In the first page of the wizard, press the Configure Proxy... button to bring up the Proxy Configuration dialog box.
- Click the Use Proxy checkbox to select it, so that the IDE will use a proxy. (If you do not know them, ask your system or network administrator.)
- Fill in the Proxy Host and Proxy Port fields, and press OK.
To specify the HTTP proxy settings in the Global Options window:
- Choose Tools | Global Options... from the main menu to open the Global Options window and select the
System Settings
node. The property sheet for this node contains the settingsProxy Host
andProxy Port
.- Fill in these settings for
Proxy Host
andProxy Port
.- Set the
Use Proxy
property toTrue
.To specify the HTTP proxy settings on the command line on a Windows machine:
- Go to the
bin/forte4j.cfg
file in the installation directory, open it in a text editor, and add the switch-J-Dhttp.proxyHost=HOST -J-Dhttp.proxyPort=NUMTo specify the HTTP proxy settings on the command line on a Solaris or Linux machine:
- Go to the
bin/forte4j.sh
file in the installation directory (or thebin / forte4j_multiuser.sh
for multi-user installations), open it in a text editor, and add the command line switch-Dhttp.proxyHost=HOST -Dhttp.proxyPort=NUMConfiguring Forte for Java to use a SOCKS proxy:
To use Forte for Java with a SOCKS Proxy on a Windows machine:
- Go to the
bin/forte4j.cfg
file in the installation directory, open it in a text editor, and add the switch-J-DsocksProxyHost=SOCKS-SERVER -DsocksProxyPort=1080replacing
SOCKS-SERVER
with the hostname of your SOCKS proxy. Contact your system administrator if you do not know this.
To use Forte for Java with a SOCKS Proxy on Unix:
- Go to the
bin/forte4j.sh
file in the installation directory (or thebin/forte4j_multiuser.sh
for multi-user installations), open it in a text editor, and add the command line switch-DsocksProxyHost=SOCKS-SERVER -DsocksProxyPort=1080replacing SOCKS-SERVER with the hostname of your SOCKS proxy. Contact your system administrator if you do not know this.
If you are still having problems with configuring your system to get the Update Center to work, you can check http://www.netbeans.com/ffj/community/autoupdate_info.html#proxy for more information or see below for instructions on updating the IDE manually.
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