App Control: Carbon Black File Reputation Proxy Settings test button results in "Supplied URL is not valid" error

Products

• Carbon Black App Control (formerly Cb Protection)

Issue/Introduction

When editing the carbon black file reputation proxy settings section, the url field value containing ip address:port (i.e. 10.10.1.100:80) format results in "Supplied URL is not valid" error message.

Environment

App Control 8.8+

Cause

The url field value must contain prefix of http:// or https://

Resolution

• Add http:// or https:// prefix in the url field to have a value of http://ipaddress:port
• For example: http://10.10.1.100:80 or https://10.0.1.100:443

Additional Information

App Control 8.7 proxy config will accept a value without the http:// or https:// prefix(s).

Adjust and test the settings:

• Browse to and login to your App Control admin console
• Top right corner click on gear icon/cog wheel > select system configuration
• Browse to the licensing tab > scroll down to the carbon black file reputation proxy settings section
• Edit the url field w/ ip address:port specifed (i.e. 10.10.1.100:80)
• Click the test button