# Elastic Agent (Fleet Deployment) behind a proxy

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183
**Category:** Endpoint Security
**Created:** [November 3, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183 "2020-11-03T17:50:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![Anabella\_Cristaldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anabella_cristaldi/32/23612_2.png) [@Anabella\_Cristaldi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anabella_Cristaldi)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183/1 "2020-11-03T17:50:52Z")

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Hi,  
I'm testing the generic elastic agent with the endpoint security integration.  
I had some problems because I'm using a custom CA, but luckily the tips in [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/73483](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/73483) helped me and now I have data in my ES.

The other problem that I had experienced is that because I'm using the Elastic Agent behind my corporate proxy when the agent tried to download the endpoint security it failed.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/a/3/a320d06c087062a1deddbf9cca250bfee0d6947a.jpeg)

Does exists any configuration in order to configure a proxy? For testing purposes I've downloaded the endpoint package manually, but it is not practical if you plan a massive deploy.

Thank you very much in advance  
Regards  
Anna

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### Author: ![Adriann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adriann/32/77780_2.png) [@Adriann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adriann)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183/2 "2020-11-03T18:13:37Z")

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These are all options that I used whenever I had proxy related issues.

```
    export HTTP_PROXY="http://user:password@ip:port"
    export HTTPS_PROXY="https://user:password@ip:port"
    export HTTP_PROXY="ip:port"
    export HTTPS_PROXY="ip:port"
    export HTTP_PROXY_USER="user"
    export HTTP_PROXY_PASS="password"
    export HTTPS_PROXY_USER="user"
    export HTTPS_PROXY_PASS="password"

https_proxy=http://user@haslo:ip:port HTTPS_PROXY=http://user@haslo:ip:port JRUBY_OPTS='-J-Dhttp.proxyHost=ip -J-Dhttp.proxyPort=port -J-Dhttp.proxyUser=user -J-Dhttp.proxyPassword=haslo' DEBUG=1 /usr/share/logstash/bin/logstash-plugin install logstash-input-wmi
```

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### Author: ![Anabella\_Cristaldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anabella_cristaldi/32/23612_2.png) [@Anabella\_Cristaldi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anabella_Cristaldi)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183/3 "2020-11-03T18:23:20Z")

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Hi Adriann,  
I'm using windows, the proxy is configured in the proxy settings, but still not working

Thank you  
Regards  
Ana

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### Author: ![Adriann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adriann/32/77780_2.png) [@Adriann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adriann)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183/4 "2020-11-03T18:24:36Z")

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What is the error code? Did you check if proxy is not preventing the connection?

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### Author: ![Anabella\_Cristaldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anabella_cristaldi/32/23612_2.png) [@Anabella\_Cristaldi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anabella_Cristaldi)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183/5 "2020-11-03T18:27:27Z")

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> [@Adriann](#):
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> `r@`

Yes, It is not reaching the proxy at all.  
I was able to download the package manually via browser using the proxy

Regards  
Ana

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### Author: ![Adriann](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/adriann/32/77780_2.png) [@Adriann](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Adriann)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183/6 "2020-11-03T18:29:17Z")

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> [@Adriann](#):
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> `https_proxy=http://user@haslo:ip:port HTTPS_PROXY=http://user@haslo:ip:port JRUBY_OPTS='-J-Dhttp.proxyHost=ip -J-Dhttp.proxyPort=port -J-Dhttp.proxyUser=user -J-Dhttp.proxyPassword=haslo' DEBUG=1 /usr/share/`

Try starting the agent with this parameters

https\_proxy=[http://user@haslo](http://user@haslo):ip:port HTTPS\_PROXY=[http://user@haslo](http://user@haslo):ip:port JRUBY\_OPTS='-J-Dhttp.proxyHost=ip -J-Dhttp.proxyPort=port -J-Dhttp.proxyUser=user -J-Dhttp.proxyPassword=haslo' DEBUG=1 /usr/share/

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### Author: ![Anabella\_Cristaldi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anabella_cristaldi/32/23612_2.png) [@Anabella\_Cristaldi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anabella_Cristaldi)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183/7 "2020-11-04T07:42:02Z")

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I'll and I'll let you know the results  
Thank you

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 2, 2020, 7:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-agent-fleet-deployment-behind-a-proxy/254183/8 "2020-12-02T07:42:04Z")

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