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2021-09-09

In order to provide access to resources that use https, your EZproxy server must be configured with an SSL certificate.

  1. Please leave your EBL stanza exactly where it is. This stanza looks like:
Title EBL (updated 20210909)
AllowVars u
EncryptVar u astringyoupick
EBLSecret ###____####
URL https://www.YOURSITE.eblib.com
HJ http://YOURSITE.eblib.com
HJ https://YOURSITE.eblib.com
DJ eblib.com
  1. If you have any of the following lines in your stanza:
URL https://www.YOURSITE.eblib.com.au
HJ http://YOURSITE.eblib.com.au
HJ https://YOURSITE.eblib.com.au

 Please add these additional lines:

HJ http://www.YOURSITE.eblib.com
HJ http://YOURSITE.eblib.com
HJ https://YOURSITE.eblib.com
  1. Add the following stanzas, in this order, below your EBL lines:
Title Ebook Central EZproxy login (updated 20170908)
URL https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/YOURSITE
HJ http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/YOURSITE
DJ ebookcentral.proquest.com
NeverProxy acs.ebookcentral.proquest.com 

Title -hide Ebook Central reroute (updated 20170908)
NeverProxy ebookcentral.proquest.com
NeverProxy YOURSITE.ebookcentral.proquest.com
NeverProxy acs.ebookcentral.proquest.com

Please note that EZproxy's AutoLoginIP directive may not be used in combination with this stanza. The stanza must also be placed above any ExcludeIP directives in config.txt.

Continue to use your existing starting point URLs until ProQuest confirms migration is complete. At this time, you can update your starting point URLs to include target URLs from the new Ebook Central stanza added.