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Configure .NET framework to use a web proxy

  1. Open Notepad as administrator and open the following files:
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\framework\v4.0.30319\config\machine.config
  2. Search for
    <system.net>
    . If
    <system.net>
    is not found, add the following text as the second line from the end (</configuration>) and substitute the proxy address as appropriate for the environment:
    <system.net> <defaultProxy> <proxy autoDetect="false" bypassonlocal="true" proxyaddress="http://proxy_host:8080" /> </defaultProxy> </system.net>
  3. Save and close the file.
  4. Open Notepad as an administrator and open the following files:
    C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\framework\v4.0.30319\config\web.config
  5. Search for
    <system.net>
    . If
    <system.net>
    is not found, add the following text as the second line from the end (</configuration>) and substitute the proxy address as appropriate for the environment:
    <system.net> <defaultProxy> <proxy autoDetect="false" bypassonlocal="true" proxyaddress="http://proxy_host:8080" /> </defaultProxy> </system.net>
  6. Save and close the file.
  7. Open up a command prompt as an administrator and run the following command, substituting the proxy address as appropriate for the environment:
    C:\Windows\syswow64\netsh.exe winhttp set proxy http://proxy_host:8080 bypass-list="*.customernetwork.com"
    The bypass-list argument is optional, but it can be used to allow
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     to poll itself (health monitors) without going through the proxy.
  8. Execute the following command to verify the proxy setting:
    C:\Windows\syswow64\netsh.exe winhttp show proxy
  9. Issue the following commands to restart the
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    application:
    iisreset /stop iisreset /start