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Web proxy configuration

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Last edited: Dec 07, 2023

Overview

This topic explains how to configure an SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy. This feature is available for client-side and server-side SDKs.

Connecting to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy is not related to using LaunchDarkly's Relay Proxy. To learn about LaunchDarkly's Relay Proxy, read The Relay Proxy.

Connecting though a web proxy

If your organization requires that you use a web proxy to connect to external resources, you must configure your LaunchDarkly SDKs to connect through the proxy instead of connecting to LaunchDarkly directly.

Some proxies require authentication with a username and password, or with custom headers. Instructions on how to configure the SDK to send these parameters are in the SDK-specific sections.

In the following examples, the web proxy's hostname is "my-proxy-host" and it uses port 8080. Substitute the appropriate values for your proxy. Details about each SDK's configuration are available in the SDK-specific sections below:

  • Client-side SDKs
  • Server-side SDKs
Using a web proxy with mobile SDKs

Android, Flutter, iOS, and React Native support using a web proxy through their device operating systems (OS). You can use their onboard OS settings to configure a web proxy.

Client-side SDKs

This feature is available in the following client-side SDKs:

.NET (client-side)

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To configure the client-side .NET SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy:

var handler = new System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler();
handler.Proxy = new System.Net.WebProxy("http://my-proxy-host:8080");
var config = Configuration
.Builder("mobile-key-123abc", ConfigurationBuilder.AutoEnvAttributes.Enabled)
.HttpMessageHandler(handler)
.Build();

To configure the client-side .NET SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy with authentication:

var handler = new System.Net.Http.HttpClientHandler();
var proxy = new System.Net.WebProxy("http://my-proxy-host:8080");
var credentials = new System.Net.CredentialCache();
credentials.Add(proxy.Address, "Basic",
new NetworkCredential("username", "password"));
proxy.Credentials = credentials;
handler.Proxy = proxy;
var config = Configuration
.Builder("mobile-key-123abc", ConfigurationBuilder.AutoEnvAttributes.Enabled)
.HttpMessageHandler(handler)
.Build();

C++ (client-side)

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Supported versions

This feature is available in the client-side C++ SDK's version 2.x only. It is not yet available in version 3.0.

To configure the client-side C/C++ SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy:

struct LDConfig *config = LDConfigNew("mobile-key-123abc");
LDConfigSetProxyURI(config, "https://web-proxy.domain.com:8080");

To configure the client-side C/C++ SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy with authentication:

struct LDConfig *config = LDConfigNew("mobile-key-123abc");
LDConfigSetProxyURI(config, "https://username:password@web-proxy.domain.com:8080");

Server-side SDKs

.NET (server-side)

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To configure the server-side .NET SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy:

var proxy = new System.Net.WebProxy("http://my-proxy-host:8080");
var config = Configuration.Builder("sdk-key-123abc")
.Http(Components.HttpConfiguration().Proxy(proxy))
.Build();

To configure the server-side .NET SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy with authentication:

var proxy = new System.Net.WebProxy("http://my-proxy-host:8080");
var credentials = new System.Net.CredentialCache();
credentials.Add(proxy.Address, "Basic",
new NetworkCredential("username", "password"));
proxy.Credentials = credentials;
var config = Configuration.Builder("sdk-key-123abc")
.Http(Components.HttpConfiguration().Proxy(proxy))
.Build();

Apex

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The Apex bridge that provides and retrieves flag values is written in Go, and uses the default Go networking mechanisms. 

Go's standard HTTP library recognizes the environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY. If you set these variables, the SDK will connect through a web proxy at the URL you provide. Because the LaunchDarkly services have https: URLs, you use HTTPS_PROXY. If you are connecting to services at an insecure http: URL use HTTP_PROXY instead.

Here is an example:

export HTTPS_PROXY=https://my-proxy-host:8080

Go

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There are two ways to specify proxy server parameters in the Go SDK.

Go's standard HTTP library recognizes the environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY. If you set these variables, the SDK will connect through a web proxy at the URL you provide. Because the LaunchDarkly services have https: URLs, you use HTTPS_PROXY. If you are connecting to services at an insecure http: URL, such as a Relay Proxy instance, use HTTP_PROXY instead.

Here is an example:

export HTTPS_PROXY=https://my-proxy-host:8080

You can also specify a proxy programmatically through the SDK configuration:

import (
ld "github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/v6"
"github.com/launchdarkly/go-server-sdk/v6/ldcomponents"
)
var config ld.Config
config.HTTP = ldcomponents.HTTPConfiguration().
ProxyURL("https://my-proxy-host:8080")

Java

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To configure the Java SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy:

LDConfig config = new LDConfig.Builder()
.http(Components.httpConfiguration().proxyHostAndPort("my-proxy-host", 8080))
.build();

To configure the Java SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy with authentication:

LDConfig config = new LDConfig.Builder()
.http(Components.httpConfiguration()
.proxyHostAndPort("my-proxy-host", 8080)
.proxyAuth(Components.httpBasicAuthentication("username", "password"))
.build();

Node.js (server-side)

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To configure the server-side Node.js SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy:

import * as ld from '@launchdarkly/node-server-sdk';
const options: ld.LDOptions = {
proxyHost: 'your-proxy-host',
proxyPort: 8080
};

To configure the server-side Node.js SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy with authentication:

import * as ld from '@launchdarkly/node-server-sdk';
const options: ld.LDOptions = {
proxyHost: 'your-proxy-host',
proxyPort: 8080,
proxyAuth: 'username:password'
};

Python

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There are two ways to specify proxy server parameters in the Python SDK.

Python's standard HTTP library recognizes the environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY. If you set these variables, the SDK will connect through a web proxy at the URL you provide. Because the LaunchDarkly services have https: URLs, you use HTTPS_PROXY. If you are connecting to services at an insecure http: URL, such as a Relay Proxy instance, use HTTP_PROXY instead.

How to set the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable on Mac/Linux and Windows systems:

export HTTPS_PROXY=https://my-proxy-host:8080

Or it can be set from within Python:

os.environ["https_proxy"] = "https://my-proxy-host:8080"

Ruby

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There are two ways to specify proxy server parameters in the Ruby SDK.

Ruby's standard HTTP library recognizes the environment variables HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY. If you set these variables, the SDK will connect through a web proxy at the URL you provide. Because the LaunchDarkly services have https: URLs, you use HTTPS_PROXY. If you are connecting to services at an insecure http: URL, such as a Relay Proxy instance, use HTTP_PROXY instead.

To configure the Ruby SDK to connect to LaunchDarkly through a web proxy:

export HTTPS_PROXY=https://my-proxy-host:8080

Or it can be set from within Ruby:

ENV['HTTPS_PROXY'] = 'https://my-proxy-host:8080'