# Configure an upstream proxy — Set a proxy manually

> Use sbx settings set to override the default for one or both kinds of traffic Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically): ```console $ sbx settings set proxy http://proxy.corp:3128 # both kinds of traffic $ sbx settings set proxy.sandbox socks5://proxy.corp:1080 # sandbox tra

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Use sbx settings set to override the default for one or both kinds of traffic

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
$ sbx settings set proxy http://proxy.corp:3128          # both kinds of traffic
$ sbx settings set proxy.sandbox socks5://proxy.corp:1080 # sandbox traffic only
$ sbx settings set proxy.daemon direct                    # daemon traffic only
```

A proxy value can be any of the following

With socks5://, DNS is resolved locally before the connection is handed to the proxy. With socks5h://, DNS resolution is delegated to the proxy.

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