Can ACC-V Agent use a proxy to connect to a MID Server?

[dougw]

I've configured environment variables for http_proxy and https_proxy and can successfully run the Curl tests so I know for a fact that those are using the proxy.

The ACC Agent log shows a successful connection to the backend URL but stops at 'Requesting MID metadata'

2024-09-04T11:17:18.08 [INFO] [agent] successfully connected to the url: "wss://mid.wombatsmut.com:443/ws/events"
2024-09-04T11:17:18.08 [INFO] [asset-manager] Requesting MID metadata

On a different machine, that does not need a proxy, the next line is the following, showing a successful connection.
2024-09-04T11:17:18.14 [INFO] [https://mid.wombatsmut.com:443/api/mid/mon/metadata] [asset-manager] [200 OK] finished fetching asset

I'm thinking that parts of the ACC Agent handle an OS-level proxy but other parts do not, and no searches on this site, nor through Google, yield obvious solutions or answers.

[dougw · Accepted solution]

The answer is apparently "no"

[dougw]

Fast forward a handful of months and apparently the answer these days is yes!

I haven't tested it yet.

[pratik0306]

any reason why proxy is needed to connect agent to MID? it just requires the port that you have configured and provided to your network team to allow between agent and MID.

[dougw]

"Why do you have this requirement" isn't helpful whatsoever.

But to answer your question, proxies can, and are, used to control network access.  Our servers can't get anywhere we don't specifically allow and when it comes to internet access they go through a proxy that controls what they can reach on the internet..