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AWS mgn: Document --proxy-address agent parameter and fix prompt examples

Service: mgn · 2026-09-27 · Documentation low

File: mgn/latest/ug/linux-agent.md · Type: network

Summary

Added documentation for the Linux-only --proxy-address installer parameter and required https_proxy/http_proxy/no_proxy environment variables, prefixed shell examples with '$', and fixed a typo.

Security assessment

Documents how to route agent traffic through a proxy, which is network configuration with security-adjacent impact (traffic path, metadata no_proxy handling), but it introduces no fix for a vulnerability and no new security control.

Evidence

Use this parameter to configure the agent to use a specific proxy server: `--proxy-address https://PROXY:PORT/`. Make sure to set the environment variables `https_proxy`, `http_proxy`, and `no_proxy` (for metadata) according to your environment. The proxy value must end with a trailing forward slash (/).

Diff

diff --git a/mgn/latest/ug/linux-agent.md b/mgn/latest/ug/linux-agent.md
index 5cfd151f1..9553b0ce1 100644
--- a//mgn/latest/ug/linux-agent.md
+++ b//mgn/latest/ug/linux-agent.md
@@ -161,0 +162,6 @@ This parameter enables the agent to run in a dual-stack MGN configuration. When
+     * \--proxy-address
+
+Linux Installer only.
+
+Use this parameter to configure the agent to use a specific proxy server: `--proxy-address https://PROXY:PORT/`. Make sure to set the environment variables `https_proxy`, `http_proxy`, and `no_proxy` (for metadata) according to your environment. The proxy value must end with a trailing forward slash (/).
+
@@ -172,5 +178,5 @@ If you want to install the Agent without answering the interactive prompts, you
-        export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
-    export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
-    export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=AQoDYXdzEJr//////////wEa8AMDSomethingEXAMPLE
-    chmod +x aws-replication-installer-init
-    sudo -E ./aws-replication-installer-init --region us-east-1 --no-prompt
+        $ export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE
+    $ export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
+    $ export AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=AQoDYXdzEJr//////////wEa8AMDSomethingEXAMPLE
+    $ chmod +x aws-replication-installer-init
+    $ sudo -E ./aws-replication-installer-init --region us-east-1 --no-prompt
@@ -182,2 +188,2 @@ If you want to install the Agent without answering the interactive prompts, you
-                sudo chmod +x aws-replication-installer-init
-        sudo ./aws-replication-installer-init --region <region> --aws-access-key-id AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE --aws-secret-access-key wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
+                $ sudo chmod +x aws-replication-installer-init
+        $ sudo ./aws-replication-installer-init --region <region> --aws-access-key-id AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE --aws-secret-access-key wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfiCYEXAMPLEKEY
@@ -219 +225 @@ If disks are disconnected from a server, AWS Transform MGN can no longer replica
-Note that the returned disks need be replicated from the beginning. Any disk size changes are automatically identified, but this also causes a resync. Perform a test after installing the Agent to ensure that the correct disks have been added.
+Note that the returned disks need to be replicated from the beginning. Any disk size changes are automatically identified, but this also causes a resync. Perform a test after installing the Agent to ensure that the correct disks have been added.