Bypass Proxy Configuration

By default, the Cloud Agent for Linux operates in non-proxy mode. But in the event that you are already using proxy mode and need to switch to non-proxy mode, you need to configure the agent to use no_proxy in the /etc/environment.

The environment variable no_proxy is used to bypass the proxy. The curl library honors the no_proxy environment variable. If no_proxy is set, curl does not use a proxy even if any proxy environment variable is set.

Here are the steps to enable the Linux agent to use a no_proxy for communication with Qualys Cloud Platform:

1. Edit /etc/environment file.
2. Add the no_proxy variable where qualys_https_proxy is configured in the file:
   
   qualys_https_proxy=https://[<username>:<password>@]<host>[:<port>]

no_proxy=<pod domain name>

For init.d based systems, you need to add prefix export to no_proxy variable. For example, export no_proxy=<pod domain name>.