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Using an HTTP Proxy

If you need to access AWS through proxy servers, you should configure the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables with the IP addresses for your proxy servers.

Linux, OS X, or Unix


$ export HTTP_PROXY=http://a.b.c.d:n
$ export HTTPS_PROXY=http://w.x.y.z:m

Windows

> set HTTP_PROXY=http://a.b.c.d:n
> set HTTPS_PROXY=http://w.x.y.z:m

In these examples, http://a.b.c.d:n and http://w.x.y.z:m are the IP addresses and ports for the HTTP and HTTPS proxies.

Authenticating to a Proxy

The AWS CLI supports HTTP Basic authentication. Specify a username and password in the proxy URL like this:

Linux, OS X, or Unix

$ export HTTP_PROXY=http://username:password@a.b.c.d:n
$ export HTTPS_PROXY=http://username:password@w.x.y.z:m

Windows

> set HTTP_PROXY=http://username:password@a.b.c.d:n
> set HTTPS_PROXY=http://username:password@w.x.y.z:m

Note

The AWS CLI does not support NTLM proxies.

Using a proxy on EC2 Instances

If you configure a proxy on an ec2 instance launched with an IAM role, you should also set the NO_PROXY environment variable with the IP address 169.254.169.254, so that the AWS CLI can access the Instance Meta Data Service (IMDS).

Linux, OS X, or Unix

$ export NO_PROXY=169.254.169.254

Windows

> set NO_PROXY=169.254.169.254
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