Microsoft Azure advanced server configuration options

The following table describes the SSL and proxy options that are specific to all Microsoft Azure compatible cloud providers. These options appear on the Advanced Server Configuration dialog box.

Table: General settings options

Option	Description
Use SSL	Select this option if you want to use the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol for user authentication or data transfer between NetBackup and cloud storage provider. Authentication only - Select this option, if you want to use SSL only at the time of authenticating users while they access the cloud storage. Data Transfer - Select this option, if you want to use SSL to authenticate users and transfer the data from NetBackup to the cloud storage. Note: NetBackup supports only Certificate Authority (CA)-signed certificates while it communicates with cloud storage in the SSL mode. Ensure that the cloud server (public or private) has CA-signed certificate. If it does not have the CA-signed certificate, data transfer between NetBackup and cloud provider fails in the SSL mode.

Option

Description

Use SSL

Select this option if you want to use the SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) protocol for user authentication or data transfer between NetBackup and cloud storage provider.

Authentication only - Select this option, if you want to use SSL only at the time of authenticating users while they access the cloud storage.
Data Transfer - Select this option, if you want to use SSL to authenticate users and transfer the data from NetBackup to the cloud storage.
Note:
NetBackup supports only Certificate Authority (CA)-signed certificates while it communicates with cloud storage in the SSL mode. Ensure that the cloud server (public or private) has CA-signed certificate. If it does not have the CA-signed certificate, data transfer between NetBackup and cloud provider fails in the SSL mode.

Table: Proxy Settings tab options

Option	Description
Use Proxy Server	Use Proxy Server option to use proxy server and provide proxy server settings. Once you select the Use Proxy Server option, you can specify the following details: Proxy Host - Specify IP address or name of the proxy server. Proxy Port - Specify port number of the proxy server. Proxy Type - You can select one of the following proxy types: HTTP Note: You need to provide the proxy credentials for HTTP proxy type. SOCKS SOCKS4 SOCKS5 SOCKS4A
Use Proxy Tunneling	You can enable proxy tunneling for HTTP proxy type. After you enable Use Proxy Tunneling, HTTP CONNECT requests are send from the cloud media server to the HTTP proxy server and the TCP connection is directly forwarded to the cloud back-end storage. The data passes through the proxy server without reading the headers or data from the connection.
Authentication Type	You can select one of the following authentication types if you are using HTTP proxy type. None - Authentication is not enabled. Username and password is not required. NTLM - Username and password needed. Basic - Username and password needed. Username is the username of the proxy server Password can be empty. You can use maximum 256 characters.

Option

Description

Use Proxy Server

Use Proxy Server option to use proxy server and provide proxy server settings. Once you select the Use Proxy Server option, you can specify the following details:

Proxy Host - Specify IP address or name of the proxy server.
Proxy Port - Specify port number of the proxy server.
Proxy Type - You can select one of the following proxy types:
- HTTP
  Note:
  You need to provide the proxy credentials for HTTP proxy type.
- SOCKS
- SOCKS4
- SOCKS5
- SOCKS4A

Use Proxy Tunneling

You can enable proxy tunneling for HTTP proxy type.

After you enable Use Proxy Tunneling, HTTP CONNECT requests are send from the cloud media server to the HTTP proxy server and the TCP connection is directly forwarded to the cloud back-end storage.

The data passes through the proxy server without reading the headers or data from the connection.

Authentication Type

You can select one of the following authentication types if you are using HTTP proxy type.

None - Authentication is not enabled. Username and password is not required.
NTLM - Username and password needed.
Basic - Username and password needed.

Username is the username of the proxy server

Password can be empty. You can use maximum 256 characters.

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