Teleconsole failed to work behind a http proxy

[mikegarts]

I tried to evaluate if teleport can work behind an https proxy - so I started out with teleconsole since as far as I understand the underlying code is the same.

I defined the https_proxy and http_proxy environment variables - it worked since teleconsole was able to connect to teleconsole.com:443

But in the end I got the following error:

./teleconsole -v
INFO[0000] Ping http://eu.teleconsole.com/ping           file=geo/geo.go:40 
func=geo.FindFastestEndpoint.func1
INFO[0000] Ping http://as.teleconsole.com/ping           file=geo/geo.go:40 
func=geo.FindFastestEndpoint.func1
INFO[0000] Ping http://teleconsole.com/ping              file=geo/geo.go:40 
func=geo.FindFastestEndpoint.func1
INFO[0000] teleconsole.com responded in 139.340794ms     file=geo/geo.go:60 
func=geo.FindFastestEndpoint
INFO[0000] Getting version from https://teleconsole.com:443  file=clt/api_client.go:69 
func=clt.(*APIClient).CheckVersion
INFO[0005] Connecting to https://teleconsole.com:443     file=clt/api_client.go:105 func=clt. 
(*APIClient).CheckVersion
Starting local SSH server on localhost...
Requesting a disposable SSH proxy on teleconsole.com for ubuntu...
INFO[0006] Requesting a new session for ubuntu forwarding <nil>  file=clt/api_client.go:120 
func=clt.(*APIClient).RequestNewSession
Checking status of the SSH tunnel...
INFO[0020] Deleted session log at /tmp/cluster-teleconsole-client697478614  
file=clt/clt.go:188 func=clt.onStopBroadcast
SSH tunnel cannot be established, please try again.

Am I missing something?

[gus]

Teleconsole is an older project and hasn’t been updated in quite some time. It’s not a good idea to use it as a reliable basis for testing whether or something wiill work with Teleport.

You can find details on how to use HTTP proxies with Teleport here -https://gravitational.co/teleport/docs/admin-guide/#http-connect-proxies

I would install Teleport locally using our quick start guide (https://gravitational.co/teleport/docs/quickstart/) and try it out. If you have any issues getting the HTTP proxy functionality to work, please post here and we can help.

[mikegarts]

Will do, thanks for the reply.

[gus]

Let us know how you get on!

[mikegarts]

Teleport 4.1 worked behind an http_proxy in what is called tunneling mode.
Thanks Gus.