---
layout: docs
page_title: proxy Stanza - Job Specification
sidebar_title: proxy
description: |-
  The "proxy" stanza allows specifying options for configuring
  sidecar proxies used in Consul Connect integration
---

# `proxy` Stanza

<Placement
  groups={['job', 'group', 'service', 'connect', 'sidecar_service', 'proxy']}
/>

The `proxy` stanza allows configuring various options for the sidecar proxy
managed by Nomad for [Consul
Connect](/guides/integrations/consul-connect). It is valid only
within the context of a `sidecar_service` stanza.

```hcl
 job "countdash" {
   datacenters = ["dc1"]
   group "api" {
     network {
       mode = "bridge"
     }

     service {
       name = "count-api"
       port = "9001"

       connect {
         sidecar_service {}
       }
     }
     task "web" {
         driver = "docker"
         config {
           image = "test/test:v1"
         }
     }
   }
 }

```

## `proxy` Parameters

- `local_service_address` `(string: "127.0.0.1")` - The address the local service binds to. Useful to
  customize in clusters with mixed Connect and non-Connect services.
- `local_service_port` <code>(int:[port][])</code> - The port the local service binds to.
  Usually the same as the parent service's port, it is useful to customize in clusters with mixed
  Connect and non-Connect services
- `upstreams` <code>([upstreams][]: nil)</code> - Used to configure details of each upstream service that
  this sidecar proxy communicates with.
- `config` <code>(map: nil)</code> - Proxy configuration that's opaque to Nomad and
  passed directly to Consul. See [Consul Connect's
  documentation](https://www.consul.io/docs/connect/proxies/envoy#dynamic-configuration)
  for details.

## `proxy` Examples

The following example is a proxy specification that includes upstreams configuration.

```hcl
   sidecar_service {
     proxy {
       upstreams {
         destination_name = "count-api"
         local_bind_port = 8080
       }
     }
   }

```

[job]: /docs/job-specification/job 'Nomad job Job Specification'
[group]: /docs/job-specification/group 'Nomad group Job Specification'
[task]: /docs/job-specification/task 'Nomad task Job Specification'
[interpolation]: /docs/runtime/interpolation 'Nomad interpolation'
[sidecar_service]: /docs/job-specification/sidecar_service 'Nomad sidecar service Specification'
[upstreams]: /docs/job-specification/upstreams 'Nomad upstream config Specification'
[port]: /docs/job-specification/network#port-parameters 'Nomad network port configuration'