Configuring VMware Bitfusion for HTTP Proxies
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Configuring VMware Bitfusion for HTTP Proxies

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Article ID: 336869

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Products

VMware vSphere ESXi

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

Systems with the HTTP_PROXY or HTTPS_PROXY environment variables configured will find that these proxy configurations are not honored by Bitfusion.


Environment

VMware vSphere Bitfusion 2.x

Cause

This is caused by a design decision within Bitfusion to avoid in-cluster bottlenecks when proxies are present.

Resolution

To force Bitfusion to use the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY system variables, set the BF_USE_PROXY environment variable to 1:
# export BF_USE_PROXY=1