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AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Performing Tasks on the VM Local
Console (Volume and Tape Gateways)
2. On the navigation pane, choose Gateways then choose the gateway for which you want to set a new
password.
3. On the Actions menu, choose Set Local Console Password.
4. In the Set Local Console Password dialog box, type a new password, confirm the password and then
choose Save. Your new password replaces the default password. AWS Storage Gateway does not
save the password but rather safely transmits it to the VM.
Note
The password can consist of any character on the keyboard and can be 1 to 512 characters
long.
Routing Your On-Premises Gateway Through a Proxy
Volume gateways and tape gateways support configuration of a Socket Secure version 5 (SOCKS5) proxy
between your on-premises gateway and AWS. File gateways support configuration of an HyperText
Transfer Protocol (HTTP) proxy.
Note
The only proxy configurations AWS Storage Gateway supports are SOCKS5 and HTTP.
If your gateway must use a proxy server to communicate to the Internet, then you need to configure
the SOCKS or HTTP proxy settings for your gateway. You do this by specifying an IP address and port
number for the host running your proxy. After you do so, AWS Storage Gateway routes all HTTP traffic
through your proxy server. For information about network requirements for your gateway, see Network
and Firewall Requirements (p. 12).
The following procedure shows you how to configure SOCKS proxy for volume gateway and tape
gateway. For instructions on how to configure HTTP proxy for file gateway, see To configure an HTTP
proxy for a file gateway (p. 255).
To configure a SOCKS5 proxy for volume and tape gateways
1. Log in to your gateway's local console.
• VMware ESXi—for more information, see Accessing the Gateway Local Console with VMware
ESXi (p. 273).
• Microsoft Hyper-V—for more information, see Access the Gateway Local Console with Microsoft
Hyper-V (p. 274).
2. On the AWS Storage Gateway Configuration main menu, type 1 to begin configuring the SOCKS
proxy.
3. Choose one of the following options on the AWS Storage Gateway SOCKS Proxy Configuration
menu.
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