# Use kibana connected to elasticsearch through a proxy
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-connected-to-elasticsearch-through-a-proxy/148429
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [September 13, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-connected-to-elasticsearch-through-a-proxy/148429 "2018-09-13T09:39:12Z")
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### Author:  [@Remi\_ROSENTHAL](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Remi_ROSENTHAL)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2018, 9:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-connected-to-elasticsearch-through-a-proxy/148429/1 "2018-09-13T09:39:12Z")
Hi,
I'm new to elasticsearch and kibana.
I connect to elasticsearch using a socket proxy:
curl --proxy socks5h://localhost:8001 \
I tried to set HTTP\_PROXY environment variable to socks5h://localhost:8001 which did not work.
I did not succeed in setting the same proxy socket for kibana so that I can reach elasticsearch.
Is there any way to do that ?
Best,
Rémi
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### Author:  [@jbudz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jbudz)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-connected-to-elasticsearch-through-a-proxy/148429/2 "2018-09-13T15:57:02Z")
Unfortunately we don't have support for socks proxies currently, the only real workaround is to add another layer to the proxy that lets Kibana speak http.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [October 11, 2018, 3:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-kibana-connected-to-elasticsearch-through-a-proxy/148429/3 "2018-10-11T15:57:11Z")
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