# Daemon proxy configuration — systemd unit file

> If you're running the Docker daemon as a systemd service, you can create a systemd drop-in file that sets the variables for the docker service.

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If you're running the Docker daemon as a systemd service, you can create a systemd drop-in file that sets the variables for the docker service.

&gt; Note for rootless mode &gt; &gt; The location of systemd configuration files are different when running Docker &gt; in rootless mode. When running in &gt; rootless mode, Docker is started as a user-mode systemd service, and uses &gt; files stored in each users' home directory in &gt; ~/.config/systemd//docker.service.d/. In addition, systemctl must &gt; be executed without sudo and with the --user flag. Select the "Rootless &gt; mode" tab if you are running Docker in rootless mode.

Create a systemd drop-in directory for the docker service

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```console
   $ sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d
```

Create a file named /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/http-proxy.conf that adds the HTTP_PROXY environment variable

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```systemd
   [Service]
   Environment="HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:3128"
```

To proxy HTTPS requests, set the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```systemd
   [Service]
   Environment="HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:3128"
```

Multiple environment variables can be set; to set both an HTTP and an HTTPS proxy;

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```systemd
   [Service]
   Environment="HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:3128"
   Environment="HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:3128"
```

&gt; [!NOTE] &gt; &gt; Special characters in the proxy value, such as #?!()[]{}, must be double &gt; escaped using %%. For example: &gt; &gt; systemd &gt; [Service] &gt; Environment="HTTP_PROXY= &gt;

If you have internal Docker registries that you need to contact without proxying, you can specify them via the NO_PROXY environment variable. …

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