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Chapter 27: Securing an Extranet Using SSL and Certificates 737
If the proxy server settings for the index management server differ from the
default proxy server settings, reset the proxy server settings for the index management
server after applying alternate portal access settings.
Note The default proxy settings are those specified on the Configure
Server Farm Account Settings page. The settings for the index management
server are those specified on the Search Server Settings page. When you
apply alternate portal site access settings, the proxy server settings specified
on the Search Server Settings page are overwritten by the settings on
the Configure Server Farm Account Settings page.
To reset proxy settings, do the following:
1. On the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration for server_name page, in
the Component Configuration section, click Manage the Search Service.
2. On the Manage Search Settings page, in the Servers and Topology section,
click the name of the index management server.
3. On the Search Server Settings page, in the Proxy Server Settings section,
specify the proxy server information for the index management server, and
then click OK.
You will now need to perform a full update on the People, Site directory,
and This portal content sources, as follows:
1. On the Site Settings page, in the Search Settings and Indexed Content section,
click Configure search and indexing.
2. On the Configure Search and Indexing page, in the Other Content Sources
section, click Manage content sources.
3. On the Manage Content Sources page, rest the pointer on People, click the
arrow that appears, and then click Start Full Update on the menu that
appears. Rest the pointer on Site directory, click the arrow that appears, and
then click Start Full Update on the menu that appears.
4. Rest the pointer on This portal, click the arrow that appears, and then click
Start Full Update on the menu that appears.
The updates can take a while. After the updates for the People, Site directory,
and This portal content sources have completed, check the gatherer log for
errors such as “access denied” and for certificate warnings, as follows: