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---
layout: commands
page_title: 'Commands: Connect Proxy'
description: >
The connect proxy subcommand is used to run the built-in mTLS proxy for
Connect.
---
# Consul Connect Proxy
Command: `consul connect proxy`
The connect proxy command is used to run Consul's built-in mTLS proxy for
use with Connect. This can be used in production to enable a Connect-unaware
application to accept and establish Connect-based connections. This proxy
can also be used in development to connect to Connect-enabled services.
## Usage
Usage: `consul connect proxy [options]`
#### API Options
@include 'http_api_options_client.mdx'
@include 'http_api_options_server.mdx'
#### Proxy Options
- `-sidecar-for` - The _ID_ (not name if they differ) of the service instance
this proxy will represent. The target service doesn't need to exist on the
local agent yet but a [sidecar proxy
registration](/docs/connect/registration/service-registration) with
`proxy.destination_service_id` equal to the passed value must be present. If
multiple proxy registrations targeting the same local service instance are
present the command will error and `-proxy-id` should be used instead.
- `-proxy-id` - The [proxy
service](/docs/connect/registration/service-registration) ID on the
local agent. This must already be present on the local agent.
- `-log-level` - Specifies the log level.
- `-pprof-addr` - Enable debugging via pprof. Providing a host:port (or just ':port')
enables profiling HTTP endpoints on that address.
- `-service` - Name of the service this proxy is representing. This service
doesn't need to actually exist in the Consul catalog, but proper ACL
permissions (`service:write`) are required. This and the remaining options can
be used to setup a proxy that is not registered already with local config
[useful for development](/docs/connect/dev).
- `-upstream` - Upstream service to support connecting to. The format should be
'name:addr', such as 'db:8181'. This will make 'db' available on port 8181.
When a regular TCP connection is made to port 8181, the proxy will service
discover "db" and establish a Connect mTLS connection identifying as
the `-service` value. This flag can be repeated multiple times.
- `-listen` - Address to listen for inbound connections to the proxied service.
Must be specified with -service and -service-addr. If this isn't specified,
an inbound listener is not started.
- `-service-addr` - Address of the local service to proxy. Required for
`-listen`.
- `-register` - Self-register with the local Consul agent, making this
proxy available as Connect-capable service in the catalog. This is only
useful with `-listen`.
- `-register-id` - Optional ID suffix for the service when `-register` is set to
disambiguate the service ID. By default the service ID is `<service>-proxy`
where `<service>` is the `-service` value. In most cases it is now preferable
to use [`consul services register`](/commands/services/register) to
register a fully configured proxy instance rather than specify config and
registration via this command.
## Examples
The example below shows how to start a local proxy for establishing outbound
connections to "db" representing the frontend service. Once running, any
process that creates a TCP connection to the specified port (8181) will
establish a mutual TLS connection to "db" identified as "frontend".
```shell-session
$ consul connect proxy -service frontend -upstream db:8181
```
The next example starts a local proxy that also accepts inbound connections
on port 8443, authorizes the connection, then proxies it to port 8080:
```shell-session
$ consul connect proxy \
-service frontend \
-service-addr 127.0.0.1:8080 \
-listen ':8443'
```