Cannot use toolbox in proxy environment

Environment

• OpenShift Container Platform
  • 4.x

Issue

• The toolbox command doesn't work even though the cluster-wide proxy settings are properly configured.
• How to use toolbox in a proxy environment?

Resolution

Set HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY manually, then execute the toolbox command.

# export HTTP_PROXY=http://<username>:<pswd>@<ip>:<port>
# export HTTPS_PROXY=http://<username>:<pswd>@<ip>:<port>
# toolbox

Root Cause

Even if you set a cluster-wide proxy, toolbox doesn't reference it. This is because cluster-wide proxy does not configure any settings for the OS.

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