topic File wpad.dat or proxy instead of .pac file in Synthetic Monitoring

File wpad.dat or proxy instead of .pac file

dcinciripini — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 07:12:29 GMT

Hi everyone,

I'd like to know if it's possible to indicate a wpad.dat file or directly a proxy instead of .pac file in the script mode of a Synthetic test as written in the documentation:
https://www.dynatrace.com/support/help/platform-modules/digital-experience/synthetic-monitoring/private-synthetic-locations/setting-up-proxy-for-private-synthetic

Thank you in advance.

Re: File wpad.dat or proxy instead of .pac file

HannahM — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 09:24:13 GMT

Proxy.pac is the only option that can be defined in a Browser Monitor script. Alternatively, a proxy can be set in the ActiveGate configuration. This would apply to the whole ActiveGate, although there are settings to use different/ no proxy at different levels - connecting to Dynatrace, connecting to sites you are testing, connecting to S3 to store screenshots. You can also exclude certain domains from using the proxy.

Re: File wpad.dat or proxy instead of .pac file

dcinciripini — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 13:24:52 GMT

Hi Hannah,
we've already set up the solution you proposed but I wanted to be sure there wasn't an easier way to set up a single synthetic that we'll have to configure via proxy.

Thank you very for clearing my doubts 🙂