Configuring Airlock Gateway for Outlook Web Access / Outlook on the Web

The following sections show the steps required to configure Outlook Web Access / Outlook on the Web behind Airlock Gateway. Outlook on the Web is the new name for Outlook Web Access (also known as Exchange Web Connect and Outlook Web App).

  1. Included steps:
  2. Creating an Airlock Gateway virtual host.
  3. Creating an Airlock Gateway back-end group.
  4. Creating an Airlock Gateway mapping.
  5. Activating your configuration.

Detailed descriptions of each step follow below.

Chapter-related prerequisites

You must be logged in as admin in the Airlock Gateway Configuration Center.

Creating an Airlock Gateway virtual host

To create an Airlock Gateway virtual host for Outlook Web Access / Outlook on the Web, proceed as follows:

  1. Go to: Application Firewall >> Reverse Proxy and click at the top of the Virtual Host column on the + sign.
  2. Enter the FQDN and IP address:
    • Host name (FQDN): exchange.ext.virtinc.com
  3. Select a network interface.
  4. Enable the checkbox HTTP listener.
  5. Enable the checkbox HTTPS listener.
  6. Enable the checkbox Redirect to HTTPS.
  7. Change to the SSL tab.
  8. Select the Server certificate according to the FQDN of the virtual host.
  9. Change to the Expert Settings tab.
  10. Switch Security Gate settings to ON and enable legacy cookie parsing:
    11. # COOKIE PARSING 
 
# In the legacy cookie parsing mode, comma characters may be used to separate 
# cookies. This means that cookie values cannot contain commas. The new cookie 
# parsing mode allows commas in cookie values. 
# (Context: global, virtual host) 
# 
# Whether to use the legacy cookie parsing mode. 
# If you change this setting, you also need to configure a corresponding 
# Apache Expert Setting with the name "AirlockLegacyCookieParsing". 
LegacyCookieParsing "TRUE"
  11. Switch Apache settings to ON and enable Airlock legacy cookie parsing:
    12. # COOKIE PARSING 
 AirlockLegacyCookieParsing On
  12. A virtual host has been pre-configured.

Creating an Airlock Gateway back-end group

To create an Airlock Gateway back-end group for Outlook Web Access / Outlook on the Web, proceed as follows:

  1. Go to: Application Firewall >> Reverse Proxy and click at the top of the Back-end Group column on the + sign.
  2. Enter a self-documenting name for Back-end Group Name.
  3. Set the following values:
    • Protocol: http
    • Back-end Host: exchange.int.virtinc.com
    • Port: 80
  4. A back-end group has been pre-configured.

Creating an Airlock Gateway mapping

Next, create an Airlock Gateway mapping for Outlook Web Access / Outlook on the Web.

  • Procedure-related prerequisites:
  • You must have created an Airlock Gateway virtual host and back-end group for Outlook Web Access or Outlook on the Web, respectively, according to the instructions above.
  1. Proceed as follows:
  2. Go to: Application Firewall >> Reverse Proxy and click at the top of the Mapping column on the + sign.
  3. Choose New from template >> Microsoft Exchange 2016 Outlook Web Access / Microsoft Exchange 2019 Outlook on the Web (depending on your Outlook version).
  4. A new mapping based upon the template has been created.
  5. Go to: Application Firewall >> Reverse Proxy
  6. Connect the new Outlook Web Access / Outlook on the Web mapping with the corresponding virtual host.
    • -Corresponding virtual host: exchange.ext.virtinc.com
  7. Connect the new Outlook Web Access / Outlook on the Web mapping to the corresponding back-end group.
  8. The mapping has been established.

Activating the Airlock Gateway configuration for Outlook

You can now activate your Airlock Gateway configuration for Outlook Web Access / Outlook on the Web. Proceed as follows:

  1. Click the Activate button on top of the main menu of the Configuration Center.
  2. The configuration has been updated successfully.