Exposing XI webservice to internet

[Former Member]

Hello,

I'm working on a scenario where our XI webservice has to be exposed to the internet. We have a DMZ server (Windows with IIS). I though reverse proxy might be a good way to go, but I just read that IISProxy is not supported by SAP.

How can the IIS on DMZ box forward SOAP requests to XI (which sits on our internal network)? Do we have to install a SAP Web dispatcher for this to work?

Is there any other way to do this?

I'm looking for some guidance on this. Please share your ideas.

Thanks

Karthik

[Former Member]

as of my exp. you can do it through web dispatcher.

[Former Member]

I guess..web dispatcher seems to be a common process. FYI - we do not have any SAP components installed in the DMZ. We though it would be easier just to redirect the webservice calls to internal XI webservice.

But, reverse proxy on IIS using IISproxy.dll is not supported by SAP anymore(Note : 886214). So either I have to use a webdispatcher or use a third party proxy provider to achieve this?

Can somebody confirm that these are the only options?

Thanks

Karthik