Standalone Elastic Agent connectivity using a proxy server
Proxy settings in the Elastic Agent policy override proxy settings specified by environment variables. This means you can specify proxy settings for Elastic Agent that are different from host or system-level environment settings.
The following proxy settings are valid in the agent policy:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
proxy_url |
(string) URL of the proxy server. If set, the configured URL is used as aproxy for all connection attempts by the component. The value may be either acomplete URL or a host[:port], in which case the http scheme is assumed. Ifa value is not specified through the configuration, then proxy environmentvariables are used. The URL accepts optional username and password settingsfor authenticating with the proxy. For example:http://<username>:<password>@<proxy host>/. |
proxy_headers |
(string) Additional headers to send to the proxy during CONNECT requests. Youcan use this setting to pass keys/tokens required for authenticating with theproxy. |
proxy_disable |
(boolean) If set to true, all proxy settings, including the HTTP_PROXY andHTTPS_PROXY environment variables, are ignored. |
For standalone agents, to set the proxy for communicating with Elasticsearch, specify proxy settings in the elastic-agent.yml file. For example:
outputs:
default:
api_key: API-KEY
hosts:
- https://10.0.1.2:9200
proxy_url: http://10.0.1.7:3128
type: elasticsearch
For more information, refer to Configure standalone Elastic Agents.