Setting up a proxy connection on a client

Complete the following steps:

Open the console and go to the Computer section under the All Content domain.
Select the computer where the client is installed.
Right-click the computer and select Edit Settings.
Select Add to create a custom setting.
Enter the Setting Name and Setting Value as described in the table contained in the next section.
Click OK to activate the settings.

Table 1. Proxy client configuration settings
Setting Name	Setting Value	Details
`_BESClient_Comm _ProxyServer`	Sets the hostname that is used to reach the proxy.	Default Value: None Type: String Value Range: N/A Mandatory: Yes
`_BESClient_Comm _ProxyPort`	Sets the port that is used to communicate with the proxy.	Default Value: None Type: Numeric Value Range: N/A Mandatory: No
`_BESClient_Comm _ProxyUser`	Sets the user name that is used to authenticate with the proxy if the proxy requires authentication.	Default Value: None Type: String Value Range: N/A Mandatory: No (depending on the authentication method)
`_BESClient_Comm _ProxyPass`	Sets the password that is used to authenticate with the proxy if the proxy requires authentication.	Default Value: None Type: String Value Range: N/A Mandatory: No (depending on the authentication method)
`_BESClient_Comm _ProxyManualTryDirect`	Specifies whether direct connections can be used. This setting applies if the connection to the proxy uses the hostname or IP Address and port number that are specified in `_BESClient_Comm _ProxyServer` and `_BESClient_Comm _ProxyPort`. These values are available: 0 Do not try direct connection. 1 Try direct connection if a proxy connection cannot be established. 2 Try direct connection first.	Default Value: 2 Type: Numeric Value Range: 0-2 Mandatory: No

Note: On Linux systems, at run time, the BigFix searches and, if specified, uses the configuration stored in the client configuration file. If the requested configuration is not specified in the client configuration file, the product searches for it in the server configuration file, or in the relay configuration file. Consider this behavior when defining the proxy configuration on the BigFix server or relay.

Note:

The BigFix client allows using the proxy basic authentication on any platform. While the following authentications can be used on Windows platforms only:

Digest
Negotiate
NTLM

Note:

When the connection to the relay succeeds, the resulting proxy is locked in for subsequent communications and the values for the proxy server and proxy port are saved as AutoProxyServer and AutoProxyPort in the Global section of the client settings.

If the client is installed on a Windows system where Internet Explorer is configured to use a proxy, then, by default, BigFix uses the Internet Explorer configuration to communicate with the proxy. The following table shows the additional settings and behaviors that you can optionally specify on Windows platform:

Table 2. Proxy client additional configuration settings on Windows systems
Setting Name	Setting Value	Details
`_BESClient_Comm _ProxyAutoDetect`	Specifies whether the system uses the proxy configuration settings that are specified for Internet Explorer. The following values are available: 0 Use the values that are specified in `_BESClient_Comm _ProxyServer` and `_BESClient_Comm_ ProxyPort`. 1 Use the Internet Explorer configuration settings. Important: Ensure that at least one user is logged in to the client to be able to get the Internet Explorer configuration settings.	Default Value: 0 Type: Boolean Value Range: 0-1 Mandatory: No
`_BESClient_Comm _ProxyAutoDetectTryDirect`	Specifies whether direct connections can be used when the system uses the proxy configuration settings that are specified for Internet Explorer. This setting is valid only if `_BESClient_Comm _ProxyAutoDetect = 1`. The following values are available: 0 Do not try direct connection. 1 Try direct connection if a proxy connection cannot be established. 2 Try direct connection first.	Default Value: 1 Type: Numeric Value Range: 0-2 Mandatory: No
`AutoProxyRawProxyList`	Specifies a blank space delimited list of proxies to try to connect to. Note: This setting must be manually saved as a registry key under the following Windows registry path: `HKLM\Software\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\GlobalOptions`.	Default Value: None Type: String Value Range: N/A Mandatory: No
`AutoProxyRawBypassList`	Specifies a blank space delimited list of URLs to contact directly without passing through the proxy. You can use the "*" as a wildcard. Note: This setting must be manually saved as a registry key under the following Windows registry path: `HKLM\Software\BigFix\EnterpriseClient\GlobalOptions`.	Default Value: None Type: String Value Range: N/A Mandatory: No