Proxy 12345 May 2026

export https_proxy="http://proxy:12345" curl https://api.github.com And you get: curl: (7) Failed to connect to proxy port 12345: Connection refused

export HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy.local:12345" proxy 12345

Because the hostname proxy doesn't exist, or nothing is listening on port 12345 . export https_proxy="http://proxy:12345" curl https://api

You paste a config into your terminal:

October 26, 2023 Category: DevOps & Networking proxy 12345

Decoding the Config: What Does “Proxy 12345” Actually Mean?

Or maybe you saw the raw log line: "proxy 12345" .