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Copper Contributor

May 12, 2020

Edge Application Guard Proxy via PAC file

Looking for some more docs/help on WDAG setting for Edge. I can't get application guard to utilize my proxy PAC file for edge chromium. The old Edge will detect and use the PAC file when in applicati...

Scott_Sheehan

Microsoft

May 12, 2020

Jeff-678 Does your PAC script return a proxy by name and not IP (this is a new requirement of the new Edge that didn't apply to Legacy Edge)?

edge://application-guard-internals/#utilities ("Proxy configuration" section) shows the proxy configuration (need to go to this page in WDAG to see what configuration the container is picking up). If it is the configuration you expect, then it is something with the proxy itself.

You can generate a log at edge://net-export, but diagnosing issues from that isn't trivial.

Jeff-678

Copper Contributor

May 12, 2020

Scott_Sheehan ahh, Thanks for the info "this is a new requirement of the new Edge that didn't apply to Legacy Edge)"

It was a Zscaler PAC file issue. Zscaler will return the nearest proxy based upon geolocation/etc, but returns in IP format. Update the PAC file to send FNDN proxy by changing the $GATEWAY to $GATEWAY_HOST in proxy PAC. Looks like it is working based upon initial testing.