Is there a way to prevent the QlikView web server to be accessed from other machines?

[#1]

To fulfill some requirements from one of our customers, the QlikView web server should only be accessed locally (i.e. by using localhost). External access must use a reverse proxy located on the same machine. The reverse proxy is working fine, but the web server can also be accessed from other machines. Is there a way to configure the web server to disable answering to requests from another host than localhost?

[#2]

Hi,

One way is to use a software firewall:

• for example the public web proxy runs on port 80 . Allow connections on port 80 from outside
• for example QlikView web server runs on port 8080. Block access to port 8080 from outside
• additionally you might want to allow only AJAX client. Optionally block also port 4747 from outside.

Another way is to run IIS instead of QlikView web server . IIS has own IP filter rules, and you can configure it to listen only to local IP = 127.0.0.1

-Alex