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Using the CLI from behind a company firewall or web proxy

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rickydonato edited this page Nov 22, 2022 · 3 revisions

If you install, update, or use the Coveo CLI on a computer that's behind a company firewall or web proxy, you may receive error messages. When those occur, you must configure your system to route traffic through the firewall/proxy.

Minimal proxy/firewall requirements

To use the Coveo CLI with a proxy or firewall, it must not block the following domain:

System settings

The Coveo CLI uses the following environment variables as config for proxy and firewall:

  • HTTPS_PROXY: must be set to the domain or IP address of your proxy server
  • NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS: if your proxy requires an extra certificate authority. Should be an absolute path pointing on your certificate file 1

1: See https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#node_extra_ca_certsfile

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