Sauce Connect Proxy Environment Variables

The standard way to launch a Sauce Connect Proxy tunnel is to run a single command line comprised of all required flags and any optional flags you want to use to customize tunnel behavior. It's also possible to pass the same command-line arguments through a YAML config file, and as environment variables. If you pass the same argument through multiple methods, the order of precedence is as follows (from highest to lowest):

• command-line option
• environment variable
• YAML config file

Sauce Connect Proxy environment variables can be divided into 3 groups:

• User credentials
• All command line options as environment variables
• Proxy environment variables

User Credentials Environment Variables

Environment Variable	Description	Corresponding CLI Option
SAUCE_USERNAME SAUCE_USER	Sets your Sauce Labs username.	--user
SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY SAUCE_API_KEY	Sets your Sauce Labs access key.	--api-key

Use Cases

We recommend configuring credentials via environment variables in the following scenarios:

• Sauce Connect Proxy command containing credentials may be exposed via process monitoring tools such as ps.
• When running Sauce Connect Proxy in CI/CD environment to avoid clear-text logging your credentials.

Command Line Options Environment Variables

You can set via environment variables almost all Sauce Connect Proxy command-line options. Each option description includes the corresponding environment variable.

Use Cases

We recommend configuring options via environment variables in the following scenarios.

• Sauce Connect Proxy command is too long and not easily readable.
• Sauce Connect Proxy runs in a docker container, and a CI system (such as GitLab) allows a straightforward way to set environment variables.

Proxy Environment Variables

Sauce Connect Proxy supports the following proxy auto-configuration environment variables, but we strongly advise using Sauce Connect Proxy specific variables, such as SAUCE_PROXY or SAUCE_PROXY_TUNNEL instead, since the auto-configuration variables listed here behave differently on different platforms.

Environment Variable	Description	Platforms
http_proxy HTTP_PROXY all_proxy ALL_PROXY	Sets an HTTP proxy to be used by Sauce Connect Proxy. It can be formatted as http://hostname:port or hostname:port. On Linux and Mac environments, http_proxy variable can contain proxy credentials in the following format: scheme://user:password@host:port	Linux, macOS
no_proxy NO_PROXY	Sets hostnames that will not be proxied, even when Sauce Connect Proxy is configured to use a proxy. Format as a comma-separated list. Subdomain wildcarding is supported when the hostname starts with a . Examples: saucelabs.com,spam.net: Only requests hitting saucelabs.com and spam.net will not be proxied. All other requests will be proxied. .example.com: All requests going to any subdomain of example.com will not be proxied (e.g., one.example.com, asdf.example.com)	Linux, macOS

note

--no-autodetect command-line option disables proxy auto-detection.

Running Sauce Connect Proxy With Environment Variables

macOS and Linux

Follow the steps below to configure Sauce Connect Proxy using environment variables in your terminal.

1. In your terminal window, set the following environment variables

   export SAUCE_USERNAME="your Sauce username"
   export SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY="your Sauce access key"
2. Starting a new Sauce Connect Proxy does not require adding --api-key or --user flags.

   sc --region us-west

Alternatively, you can persist Sauce Connect Proxy environment variables by adding them to one of your user environment configuration files, such as .bash_profile or .zshrc.

1. Open ~/.bash_profile or ~/.zshrc in your preferred text editor.
2. Add the variables

   export SAUCE_USERNAME="your Sauce username"
   export SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY="your Sauce access key"
3. Start a new shell or a new terminal.
4. To confirm that your environment variables are set, enter echo $SAUCE_USERNAME in your terminal. The expected response is your username value.
5. Just as above, starting a new Sauce Connect Proxy does not require adding --api-key or --user flags.

   sc --region us-west

Windows

1. Open the Control Panel and click the System icon to open the System Properties dialog.
2. Click Environment Variables to open the Environment Variables dialog.
3. In the User variables section, click New to open the New System Variable dialog.
4. For Variable name, enter SAUCE_USERNAME and for Variable value, enter your Sauce username and then click OK.
5. Repeat 3-4 to set up the SAUCE_ACCESS_KEY or any other environment variable.
6. Confirm that your environment variables have been set by typing echo %SAUCE_USERNAME% in your terminal. The response should be your username value. Then do the same for your access key.
7. Starting a new Sauce Connect Proxy will not require adding --api-key or --user flags.

   sc.exe --region us-west

More Information

• Video: Setting Sauce Labs Credentials as Environment Variables