---
title: "Docker HTTP proxy settings in Upstart"
date: 2013-10-11
canonical: https://michaelshadle.com/2013/10/10/docker-http-proxy-settings-in-upstart
---

# Docker HTTP proxy settings in Upstart

This was driving me crazy. There's some bug reports about it, but nobody has a plain and simple example. So here's mine. Enjoy.

Old:

```
description "Run docker"

start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

script
  /usr/bin/docker -d
end script
```

New:

```
description "Run docker"

start on filesystem or runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn

env HTTP_PROXY="http://your.address:port"
env HTTPS_PROXY="http://your.address:port"

script
  /usr/bin/docker -d
end script
```