iOS Proxy Settings and PAC Files for AIQ Traffic Recording

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What

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• Standardized “IOS” to “iOS” and tied proxy/PAC guidance to AIQ traffic recording.
• Added checks for Wi-Fi network, proxy host/port, PAC file URL, certificate trust, and app traffic behavior.
• Added a warning that VPN, MDM, or corporate network policy can telloverride manual proxy settings.

Validation workflow

1. Connect the proxyiOS to bypass some domains or only include a certain list of domains, but it is easier to set.

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Configure themanual .pacproxy fileor for setting the serverPAC URL and definingconfirm the domainsdevice totrusts includeany required recording certificate.Open the target app or exclude or to create onewebsite and uploadconfirm totraffic appears in AIQ before recording a serverfull where iPhone can navigate to. flow.

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Usingmore Manual Mode:

On your iOS device

Go to Settings

Click Wi-Fi

Connect to the same network as AIQ is running

Select the info (i) button

Scroll down to the HTTP Proxy sectionactionable and selectcalled MANUALout common iOS/network-policy blockers.

Set the Appvance IQ server IP and proxy port

Using .Pac File/Automatic mode:

WARNING: This option requires editing a .pac file present in the Appvance IQ server. Do not use this if you do not have access or cannot have someone edit this file for you. As an option, you can download the .pac file, modify and then upload it to some server where you do have access, for this you can continue reading to find the URL of the .pac files.

On your iOS device,

Go to Settings

Click Wi-Fi

Connect to the same network as AIQ is running

Select the info (i) button

Scroll down to the HTTP Proxy section and select Auto

Edit the URL and add the URL of the .pac file. There are two options to choose:

http://<appvance-proxy-server-ip>:8080/iphone-exclude.pac

http://<appvance-proxy-server-ip>:8080/iphone-include.pac

The difference is that on the exclude one, you can (optionally) modify the file to add domains that you do not want to be seen by proxy. An initial list is provided in the default file but you can modify to add more if you want

On the iphone-include.pac, you must edit to add the list of domains that you want to be seen by the proxy (captured). This file only adds http://example.com as a template, so if you plan to use this you need to have access to the server to modify this and add the domains of your interest

In both cases above the default, the file should be edited to set the Appvace IQ server DNS or IP.

NOTE: In the above .pac URL it is important to notice that the protocol http:// is mandatory, if it is missing the Appvance IQ proxy will not receive any traffic.

It might be necessary to hit the link “Renew Lease” if you see that it takes a while for the Wi-Fi connection to apply the iphone-exclude.pac file.