- Release Notes
- Getting Started
- UiPath Assistant
- Installation and Upgrade
- Robot Types
- Robot Components
- Licensing
- Connecting Robots to Orchestrator
- Processes and Activities
- Logging
- Robot JavaScript SDK
- Specific Scenarios
- Windows Sessions
- Login Using Thales Luna Credential System
- Login Using NShield Key Storage Provider
- Redirecting Robots Through a Proxy Server
- Executing Tasks in a Minimized RDP Window
- Using Mapped Network Drives
- Stopping a Process
- Disable Stop Button
- Custom Package Folders and Network Paths
- CrowdStrike Integration
- Troubleshooting
- Unresponsive Robot Over RDP
- Duplicate Execution Logs
- Frequently Encountered Robot Errors
- Increased Process Execution Duration
- Enforced Package Signature Verification
- Message Too Large to Process
- Errors When Running as Administrator
- NuGet Packages Not Accessible After Migration
- User Access Control Prompt and UI Automation Activities
- .NET6 Projects Fail to Run
Redirecting Robots Through a Proxy Server
If you have a Robot that is in a closed network, or in a different network than the one Orchestrator uses, the communication between the two UiPath products is not possible. As a result, to facilitate this communication, you can use a proxy server with your Robot.
To redirect the Robot through a proxy server, you have to make multiple configurations on the Robot machine. They are split into the following steps:
- Configure your preferred web browser, to ensure that the Robot machine can access Orchestrator through the indicated proxy server.
- Edit the
UiPath.configfile, to ensure that the connection between the Robot and Orchestrator is routed through the provided proxy server and that the activities packages and the automation processes can be downloaded through the specified proxy server.Note: The user mode robot inherits the Proxy Settings from the Internet Options, while the service mode robot requires specific configuration to be made in theuipath.configfile from the Studio installation folder.To apply proxy settings on User Mode robots, you need to restart the User Host Service. You can do this by signing out of the Windows user session and then signing back in.
Configurations for the Proxy Script or Proxy Address can be set from either the Connections section in Internet Options or from the Proxy Settings menu in the Windows Settings.
- In Internet Explorer, click Tools > Internet Options. The Internet Options window is displayed.
- In the Connections tab, click LAN Settings. The Local Area Network (LAN) Settings window is displayed. Depending on your setup, you can set a proxy configuration script or a proxy server.
- Configure the Proxy Server or Automatic Configuration (for Proxy Script).
- Click OK. Your settings are saved.
- In the web browser, enter the Orchestrator URL to test the connection.
- Open the start menu and search for Proxy Settings.
- Configure the Automatic Proxy Setup (for Proxy Script) or Manual Proxy Setup (for Proxy Server).
- Save the settings.
- In the web browser, enter the Orchestrator URL to test the connection.
Important:
When setting up or editing the proxy address, do not add the http:// prefix to the proxy address. This enables the proxy only for HTTP calls, and since most calls are HTTPS, the proxy configuration fails.
To resolve this, make sure to either remove the http:// prefix altogether, or specifically add the proxy address with both http:// and https:// prefixes.
Example:
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http=proxyaddress -> incorrect
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http=proxyaddress;https=proxyaddress -> correct
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http://proxyaddress;https://proxyaddress -> correct
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- Navigate to the installation folder,
%ProgramFiles%\UiPath\Studio. - Search for the
uipath.configfile and open it using a text editor, such as Notepad++. - Add the
<webProxySettings>tag and set the values based on your proxy environment.-
To use a proxy script, provide the following key-value pair:
<webProxySettings> <add key="ScriptAddress" value="http://localhost/proxy.pac" /> </webProxySettings><webProxySettings> <add key="ScriptAddress" value="http://localhost/proxy.pac" /> </webProxySettings> -
To provide a proxy address, provide the following key-value pairs:
<webProxySettings> <add key="ProxyAddress" value="http://1.1.1.1:1234/" /> <add key="BypassLocalAddresses" value="True" /> <add key="BypassList" value="server\.domain\.local$;www.google.com;192\.168\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}" /> </webProxySettings><webProxySettings> <add key="ProxyAddress" value="http://1.1.1.1:1234/" /> <add key="BypassLocalAddresses" value="True" /> <add key="BypassList" value="server\.domain\.local$;www.google.com;192\.168\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}" /> </webProxySettings>
Note: Starting with v2021.4 Robot, the bypass list should contain an array of regular expression strings that contain the URIs of the servers to bypass. -
- Save the
uipath.configfile and restart the robot service for changes to take effect.
UIPATH_PROXY_USE_DEFAULT_CREDENTIALS system environment variable on the machine.
ScriptAddress and ProxyAddress should be set. If both are set, ScriptAddress has precedence.
BypassList and BypassLocalAddresses should be set only when ProxyAddress is set.
webProxySettings section from the uipath.config file and add the following information:
<webProxySettings>
<add key="ProxyAddress" value="http://my.proxy.net:8008" />
<add key="UserName" value="myUser" />
<add key="Password" value="myPassword" />
<add key="Domain" value="myDomain" />
</webProxySettings><webProxySettings>
<add key="ProxyAddress" value="http://my.proxy.net:8008" />
<add key="UserName" value="myUser" />
<add key="Password" value="myPassword" />
<add key="Domain" value="myDomain" />
</webProxySettings>- Connect the Robot to Orchestrator.
- Deploy some packages to an environment which contains the previously configured Robot.
- Navigate to the
%userprofile%\.nuget\folder and check if the corresponding process and activities packages have been downloaded. - Run the corresponding job to check if it runs successfully.
Note: When updating from versions previous to v2021.4, proxy configurations are migrated from the
proxy.configfile to theuipath.configin order to match the new format.
