Routing your gateway deployed on Amazon EC2 through an HTTP proxy - AWS Storage Gateway

Routing your gateway deployed on Amazon EC2 through an HTTP proxy

Storage Gateway supports the configuration of a Socket Secure version 5 (SOCKS5) proxy between your gateway deployed on Amazon EC2 and AWS.

If your gateway must use a proxy server to communicate to the internet, then you need to configure the HTTP proxy settings for your gateway. You do this by specifying an IP address and port number for the host running your proxy. After you do so, Storage Gateway routes all AWS endpoint traffic through your proxy server. Communications between the gateway and endpoints is encrypted, even when using the HTTP proxy.

To route your gateway internet traffic through a local proxy server
  1. Log in to your gateway's local console. For instructions, see Logging in to your Amazon EC2 gateway local console.

  2. From the AWS Appliance Activation - Configuration main menu, enter the corresponding numeral to select Configure HTTP Proxy.

  3. From the AWS Appliance Activation HTTP Proxy Configuration menu, enter the corresponding numeral for the task you want to perform:

    • Configure HTTP proxy - You will need to supply a host name and port to complete configuration.

    • View current HTTP proxy configuration - If an HTTP proxy is not configured, the message HTTP Proxy not configured is displayed. If an HTTP proxy is configured, the host name and port of the proxy are displayed.

    • Remove an HTTP proxy configuration - The message HTTP Proxy Configuration Removed is displayed.