# Configuring Filebeat to use proxy for any input request that goes out
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485
**Category:** Beats
**Tags:** filebeat
**Created:** [July 23, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485 "2021-07-23T13:32:25Z")
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### Author:  [@code4purpose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/code4purpose)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2021, 1:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/1 "2021-07-23T13:32:25Z")
I am running Elasticsearch, Kibana and Filebeats on my office windows laptop. I am trying to use filebeat -microsoft module. All outgoing http/s requests go via a proxy. How do I Configure Filebeat to use proxy for any input request that goes out (not just microsoft module). Setting HTTP\_PROXY HTTPS\_PROXY as environment variable does not seem to do the trick.
I see proxy setting for output to Elasticsearch & Kibana. But Is there configuration setting for proxy url for input requests ?
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### Author:  [@legoguy1000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/legoguy1000)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/2 "2021-07-23T23:22:22Z")
Yes, any module that uses the `httpjson` input has the `var.proxy_url` setting that u can set.
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### Author:  [@code4purpose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/code4purpose)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 7:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/3 "2021-07-26T07:56:37Z")
I had the following entry in the microsoft module. It is not being used.
m365\_defender:
enabled: true
# How often the API should be polled
var.interval: 1m
```
var.proxy_url: proxy_domain_name:8080
```
If I set the proxy\_domain\_name the to HTTPS\_PROXY then the curl command is working properly. Even after setting up filebeat module again, the proxy url is not recognised.
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### Author:  [@legoguy1000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/legoguy1000)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 11:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/4 "2021-07-26T11:20:31Z")
What version of filebeat?
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### Author:  [@code4purpose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/code4purpose)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2021, 1:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/5 "2021-07-26T13:11:00Z")
filebeat-7.13.4
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### Author:  [@legoguy1000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/legoguy1000)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 12:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/6 "2021-07-27T00:59:30Z")
What do the logs show? Any errors? Us the connection being attempted without the proxy even when it's set or just not working?
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### Author:  [@code4purpose](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/code4purpose)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/7 "2021-07-27T19:48:44Z")
Thank you very much. var.proxy\_url resolved the issue. I did not have the protocol (http://) as part of it earlier. Once I added it resolved the issue.
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### Author:  [@legoguy1000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/legoguy1000)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/8 "2021-07-27T20:16:55Z")
Awesome
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2021, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/configuring-filebeat-to-use-proxy-for-any-input-request-that-goes-out/279485/9 "2021-08-24T22:17:24Z")
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