# Behind a Proxy { #behind-a-proxy }

In many situations, you would use a **proxy** like Traefik or Nginx in front of your FastAPI app.

These proxies could handle HTTPS certificates and other things.

## Proxy Forwarded Headers { #proxy-forwarded-headers }

    private const val PROXY_A_HOST = "proxya"
    private val proxyA =
      Proxy(
        Proxy.Type.HTTP,
        InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(PROXY_A_HOST, PROXY_A_PORT),
      )

    private const val PROXY_B_PORT = 1002
    private const val PROXY_B_HOST = "proxyb"
    private val proxyB =
      Proxy(
        Proxy.Type.HTTP,

    }

    return Selection(routes)
  }

  /** Prepares the proxy servers to try. */
  private fun resetNextProxy(
    url: HttpUrl,
    proxy: Proxy?,
  ) {
    fun selectProxies(): List<Proxy> {
      // If the user specifies a proxy, try that and only that.
      if (proxy != null) return listOf(proxy)

      // If the URI lacks a host (as in "http://</"), don't call the ProxySelector.

package okhttp3

import java.net.InetSocketAddress
import java.net.Proxy
import okhttp3.internal.toCanonicalHost

/**
 * The concrete route used by a connection to reach an abstract origin server. When creating a
 * connection the client has many options:
 *
 *  * **HTTP proxy:** a proxy server may be explicitly configured for the client. Otherwise, the

                    }

                    Proxy p = new Proxy();
                    p.setHost(proxy.getHost());
                    p.setProtocol(proxy.getProtocol());
                    p.setPort(proxy.getPort());
                    p.setNonProxyHosts(proxy.getNonProxyHosts());
                    p.setUserName(proxy.getUsername());
                    p.setPassword(proxy.getPassword());

  /** Returns the client's proxy authenticator. */
  @get:JvmName("proxyAuthenticator") val proxyAuthenticator: Authenticator,
  /**
   * Returns this address's explicitly-specified HTTP proxy, or null to delegate to the
   * [proxy selector][proxySelector].
   */
  @get:JvmName("proxy") val proxy: Proxy?,
  protocols: List<Protocol>,
  connectionSpecs: List<ConnectionSpec>,
  /**

    }
  }

  @Test
  fun testUrlConnectionPlaintextProxied() {
    testRequest {
      val proxy =
        Proxy(
          Proxy.Type.HTTP,
          it.remoteAddress(),
        )

      val url = URI(mockServer.endpoint + "/person?name=peter").toURL()

      val connection = url.openConnection(proxy) as HttpURLConnection

      assertThat(
        connection.inputStream
          .source()

    * Otherwise, you might have to stop the TLS Termination Proxy momentarily, start the renewal program to acquire the certificates, then configure them with the TLS Termination Proxy, and then restart the TLS Termination Proxy. This is not ideal, as your app(s) will not be available during the time that the TLS Termination Proxy is off.

    val proxyAuthorization = response.code == 407
    val proxy = route?.proxy ?: Proxy.NO_PROXY

    for (challenge in challenges) {
      if (!"Basic".equals(challenge.scheme, ignoreCase = true)) {
        continue
      }

      val dns = route?.address?.dns ?: defaultDns
      val auth =
        if (proxyAuthorization) {
          val proxyAddress = proxy.address() as InetSocketAddress

    * Esta es una de las razones por las que es muy útil cuando el mismo TLS Termination Proxy también se encarga del proceso de renovación del certificado.