HTTP proxy cannot be configured for Apache HttpClient 4 using system properties

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Issue

  • I have a web application in JBoss trying to call an external web service through an HTTP proxy using Apache HttpClient 4.3.3.
  • I have tried the following settings to no avail:
  • In standalone.sh:

    JAVA_OPTS="$JAVA_OPTS -Dhttp.proxyHost=proxy.sample.com -Dhttp.proxyPort=7070"
    
  • In standalone.xml:

    <system-properties>
        <property name="http.proxyHost" value="proxy.sample.com"></property>
        <property name="http.proxyPort" value="7070"></property>
        <property name="http.nonProxyHosts" value="localhost"></property> 
    </system-properties>
    
  • And also in environment:

    HTTP_PROXY=proxy.sample.com:7070
    http_proxy=proxy.sample.com:7070
    
  • After approximately 60 seconds I get "ERROR 500: Internal Server Error".

  • My application code looks like this:

    CloseableHttpClient httpclient = HttpClients.createDefault();
    URI uri = ...
    HttpGet httpget = new HttpGet(uri);
    CloseableHttpResponse response = httpclient.execute(httpget);
    

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP)
    • 6.x
  • Apache HttpClient
    • 4.3

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