How to add an external URL to the proxy

July 5, 2024

I am having an issue with a test run being stuck via a GitLab pipeline, though it does work when I run my test locally. I have found the common issue which is it gets stuck when trying to call an external URL.

Example url: https://api.us.cajama.com/v3.6

From what I have heard, it might need to be added to the proxy, but I am not sure how to do that. Can someone direct me in adding this URL to the proxy so GitGab have access to this external service?

Is it a change in the gitlab-ci.yml file or something else?

>Solution :

You need to configure your proxy settings

Add your environment variable to gitlab-ci.yml

variables:
  http_proxy: http://your-proxy-server:proxy-port
  https_proxy: http://your-proxy-server:proxy-port
  no_proxy: "localhost,127.0.0.1,api.us.cajama.com"

Add this proxy settings to your job that requires access to the external URL

stages:
  - test
    test-job:
      stage: test
      script:
        - echo "Running tests"
        - export http_proxy="http://your-proxy-server:proxy-port"
        - export https_proxy="http://your-proxy-server:proxy-port"
        - export no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,api.us.cajama.com"
        - your-test-command

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