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1# Installing behind a proxy {#sec-installing-behind-proxy}
2
3To install NixOS behind a proxy, do the following before running
4`nixos-install`.
5
61. Update proxy configuration in `/mnt/etc/nixos/configuration.nix` to
7 keep the internet accessible after reboot.
8
9 ```nix
10 {
11 networking.proxy.default = "http://user:password@proxy:port/";
12 networking.proxy.noProxy = "127.0.0.1,localhost,internal.domain";
13 }
14 ```
15
161. Setup the proxy environment variables in the shell where you are
17 running `nixos-install`.
18
19 ```ShellSession
20 # proxy_url="http://user:password@proxy:port/"
21 # export http_proxy="$proxy_url"
22 # export HTTP_PROXY="$proxy_url"
23 # export https_proxy="$proxy_url"
24 # export HTTPS_PROXY="$proxy_url"
25 ```
26
27::: {.note}
28If you are switching networks with different proxy configurations, use
29the `specialisation` option in `configuration.nix` to switch proxies at
30runtime. Refer to [](#ch-options) for more information.
31:::