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title: Installing Rancher behind an HTTP Proxy
weight: 4
aliases:
  - /rancher/v2.x/en/installation/other-installation-methods/behind-proxy/
---

In a lot of enterprise environments, servers or VMs running on premise do not have direct Internet access, but must connect to external services through a HTTP(S) proxy for security reasons. This tutorial shows step by step how to set up a highly available Rancher installation in such an environment.

Alternatively, it is also possible to set up Rancher completely air-gapped without any Internet access. This process is described in detail in the [Rancher docs]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/installation/other-installation-methods/air-gap/).

# Installation Outline

1. [Set up infrastructure]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/installation/other-installation-methods/behind-proxy/prepare-nodes/)
2. [Set up a Kubernetes cluster]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/installation/other-installation-methods/behind-proxy/launch-kubernetes/)
3. [Install Rancher]({{<baseurl>}}/rancher/v2.5/en/installation/other-installation-methods/behind-proxy/install-rancher/)