Proxy server configuration for your Cloud Cost Management MID Server

You can configure any MID Server to use a proxy server for Cloud Cost Management operations. Proxy servers support all cloud-based activities such as running Discovery, Billing Download jobs, and Price Sheet Download jobs.

Important: This information applies to both the Cloud Cost Management and Cloud Insights Billing apps. All references to Cloud Cost Management also apply to Cloud Insights Billing.

Detailed instructions

See Proxy server configuration for MID Servers used for Cloud Discovery and Cloud Provisioning and Governance.

Proxy server limitations

  • Only Windows or Linux platforms are supported.
  • The Google Cloud integration is not supported.
  • The VMware integration is not supported.
  • Remote PowerShell scripts cannot be executed.
  • Custom APIs might not work.

Supported proxy server authentication for Cloud Cost Management

Proxy Server typeAuthentication type
HTTP/HTTPS No authentication
SOCKS5 No authentication
HTTP/HTTPS Basic authentication
SOCKS5 Basic authentication
HTTP/HTTPS NTLM

Supported Proxy server configurations

Table 1. Supported configuration settings
ConfigurationOperating systemProxy serverAuthentication mode
Configuration 1 Linux None Not Applicable
Configuration 2 Windows Squid (HTTPS) None
Configuration 3 Linux Squid (HTTPS) Local
Configuration 4 Windows Squid (HTTPS) Active Directory