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Using proxy with Blancco Management Portal - On-Premise

Using proxy with Blancco Management Portal - On-Premise

Owned by Sami Purho
Last updated: May 12, 2025

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Launching the installer with proxy parameters

If your network requires using a proxy you need to provide the proxy settings separately when starting the installer.

The Blancco Management Portal - On-Premise installer doesn’t automatically use proxy settings defining on the operating system settings.

The proxy details can be provided as optional parameters when launching the installer via the command line:

java -Dhttps.proxyHost=<proxy_hostname> -Dhttps.proxyPort=<proxy_port> -jar <blancco_management_portal_on-premise>.jar

Configuring Apache Tomcat to use proxy

After the installation Apache Tomcat needs to be configured with the proxy settings.

  1. Stop the Blancco Management Portal - On-Premise serivce

  2. Locate the catalina.bat start up script, by default located under “C:\Program Files\Blancco\Blancco Management Portal On-Premise10\apache-tomcat\bin”

  3. Open the “catalina.bat” file for editing

  4. Add the below parameter describing your proxy settings

    set "JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Dhttps.proxyHost=<your.proxy.host> -Dhttps.proxyPort=<proxy_port>"

  5. Save the changes

  6. Start the Blancco Management Portal - On-Premise serivce