Network configuration for outgoing API requests
Proxy settings
Infinity always sends API requests from Grafana server to the underlying downstream server. Sometimes, The requested needs to be routed via proxy servers. In such cases, you can configure the proxy settings by following the instructions below.
Infinity does support following ways to configure your proxy.
Proxy from environment variable
This is the default method used when no other option selected.
If you want your data source to connect via proxy, set the environment appropriate environment variables. HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY. HTTPS_PROXY takes precedence over HTTP_PROXY for https requests.
No Proxy
As the name suggests, all the requests skip the proxy and directly goes to underlying API from grafana server.
Proxy URL
If you want to setup specific proxy URL for the datasource, you can configure in the datasource config network section.
Proxy URLs can have user name and password if the proxy mode is set to URL. You can set the user name in Proxy User Name field and the password in Proxy Password field.
Warning
Setting up username and password should only be used with legacy sites. RFC 2396 warns that interpreting Userinfo this way is NOT RECOMMENDED, because the passing of authentication information in clear text (such as URI) has proven to be a security risk in almost every case where it has been used.
Note
- Infinity doesn’t send requests to downstream APIs from user browser directly
- Proxy support is available from v0.7.10
- Proxy URL specification in data source config is available from v2.2.0
- Proxy URL username and password in data source config is available from v3.3.0
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