Support for webproxy #8714

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opened 2025-12-29 20:40:16 +01:00 by adam · 2 comments
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Originally created by @maekee on GitHub (Oct 4, 2023).

NetBox version

v3.6.3

Feature type

New functionality

Proposed functionality

Do not know if this is something that actually works or is in need of feature.
We are using netbox behind a web proxy (web security gateway) and in v3.6.3 the dashboard says:

There was a problem fetching the RSS feed: HTTPConnectionPool(host='netbox.dev', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: /rss/ (Caused by NameResolutionError("<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f284c247400>: Failed to resolve 'netbox.dev' ([Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution)"))

We do not allow direct access to internet or DNS lookups for internal clients, they need to go through the webproxy.
So if i could configure a proxyserver, proxy port that would help the request to be redirected there instead of directly.

Use case

Companys that use a explicit web proxy before accessing internet

Database changes

No response

External dependencies

No response

Originally created by @maekee on GitHub (Oct 4, 2023). ### NetBox version v3.6.3 ### Feature type New functionality ### Proposed functionality Do not know if this is something that actually works or is in need of feature. We are using netbox behind a web proxy (web security gateway) and in v3.6.3 the dashboard says: _There was a problem fetching the RSS feed: HTTPConnectionPool(host='netbox.dev', port=80): Max retries exceeded with url: /rss/ (Caused by NameResolutionError("<urllib3.connection.HTTPConnection object at 0x7f284c247400>: Failed to resolve 'netbox.dev' ([Errno -3] Temporary failure in name resolution)"))_ We do not allow direct access to internet or DNS lookups for internal clients, they need to go through the webproxy. So if i could configure a proxyserver, proxy port that would help the request to be redirected there instead of directly. ### Use case Companys that use a explicit web proxy before accessing internet ### Database changes _No response_ ### External dependencies _No response_
adam added the type: feature label 2025-12-29 20:40:16 +01:00
adam closed this issue 2025-12-29 20:40:17 +01:00
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@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2023):

Yep, this is already supported in NetBox. You can set the HTTP_PROXIES configuration parameter to specify the HTTP(S) proxies to use.

@jeremystretch commented on GitHub (Oct 4, 2023): Yep, this is already supported in NetBox. You can set the [`HTTP_PROXIES`](https://docs.netbox.dev/en/stable/configuration/system/#http_proxies) configuration parameter to specify the HTTP(S) proxies to use.
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@maekee commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2023):

Great, worked fine. Thanks alot.

@maekee commented on GitHub (Oct 5, 2023): Great, worked fine. Thanks alot.
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Reference: starred/netbox#8714