Can we get this to work through a proxy? about azure-repos-vscode

[jeffyoung]

Hi ozippy.

Unfortunately, it appears that the vso-node-api package that the VS Code extension uses still needs true proxy support. See microsoft/azure-devops-node-api#35. Although there is an active PR out for adding the support, so hopefully that will come soon.

Hi @jeffyoung . I'm behind a corporate proxy that requires auth. Can't make vscode connect through it no matter the value of the HTTP(S)_PROXY env vars or the http.proxy setting in vscode itself. Even if I set a name & pass in the proxy value. Is this still an outstanding item? I have a colleague who's really keen to be using vscode for all his front-end dev, but half our projects are TFVC and half Git.

[jeffyoung]

Hi @ozippy. So the change for this went in a while back (Oct 2016). You'd need to set the HTTP_PROXY or HTTPS_PROXY variable to your proxy server and include the port. I'd be very interested in knowing if this works out for you.

Debug logging in case it's useful:

2017-05-10T14:27:31.477Z - debug: [09604] Reinitializing due to onDidChangeConfiguration
2017-05-10T14:27:31.478Z - debug: [09604] Polling interval value (minutes): 5
2017-05-10T14:27:31.479Z - debug: [09604] Looking for an External Context at c:\Dev\VSTS\XX
2017-05-10T14:27:31.479Z - debug: [09604] No External Context at c:\Dev\VSTS\XX
2017-05-10T14:27:31.481Z - debug: [09604] Looking for TFVC repository at c:\Dev\VSTS\XX
2017-05-10T14:27:31.481Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Creating Tfvc object with localPath='undefined'
2017-05-10T14:27:31.481Z - debug: [09604] Using TFS proxy: undefined
2017-05-10T14:27:31.481Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Retrieved from settings; localPath='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\TF.exe'
2017-05-10T14:27:31.482Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Repository created with repositoryRootFolder='c:\Dev\VSTS\XX'
2017-05-10T14:27:31.483Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Repository.CheckVersion
2017-05-10T14:27:31.483Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: tf add -noprompt -?
2017-05-10T14:27:31.494Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 10ms)
2017-05-10T14:27:31.582Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: add exit code: 0 (duration: 99ms)
2017-05-10T14:27:31.582Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Repository.FindWorkspace with localPath='c:\Dev\VSTS\XX'
2017-05-10T14:27:31.583Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: tf workfold -noprompt ********
2017-05-10T14:27:31.594Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 11ms)
2017-05-10T14:27:32.275Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: workfold exit code: 0 (duration: 692ms)
2017-05-10T14:27:32.276Z - debug: [09604] Found a TFVC repository for url: 'https://mycompany-teamservices.visualstudio.com/' and team project: 'TAT'.
2017-05-10T14:27:32.276Z - debug: [09604] _isTeamServicesUrl: true
2017-05-10T14:27:32.276Z - debug: [09604] Parsing values from repositoryInfo as string url
2017-05-10T14:27:32.276Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Creating Tfvc object with localPath='undefined'
2017-05-10T14:27:32.277Z - debug: [09604] Using TFS proxy: undefined
2017-05-10T14:27:32.277Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Retrieved from settings; localPath='C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\Common7\IDE\CommonExtensions\Microsoft\TeamFoundation\Team Explorer\TF.exe'
2017-05-10T14:27:32.278Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Repository created with repositoryRootFolder='c:\Dev\VSTS\XX'
2017-05-10T14:27:32.358Z - debug: [09604] Started ApplicationInsights telemetry
2017-05-10T14:27:32.358Z - info: [09604] Getting repository information with repositoryInfoClient
2017-05-10T14:27:32.358Z - debug: [09604] RemoteUrl = https://mycompany-teamservices.visualstudio.com/
2017-05-10T14:27:32.358Z - debug: [09604] Getting repository information for a TFVC repository at https://mycompany-teamservices.visualstudio.com/
2017-05-10T14:27:32.359Z - debug: [09604] _isTeamServicesUrl: true
2017-05-10T14:27:32.359Z - debug: [09604] Parsing values from repositoryInfo as string url
2017-05-10T14:27:32.598Z - error: [09604] Failed call with repositoryClient: It appears the configured proxy is not reachable. Please check your connection and try again. Error: Error: tunneling socket could not be established, statusCode=407
2017-05-10T14:27:32.598Z - debug: [09604] Error: tunneling socket could not be established, statusCode=407
2017-05-10T14:27:32.601Z - info: [09604] Sent TFVC tooling telemetry
2017-05-10T14:27:32.601Z - debug: [09604] Re-initializing the TfvcSCMProvider
2017-05-10T14:27:32.603Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Repository.CheckVersion
2017-05-10T14:27:32.604Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: tf add -noprompt -?
2017-05-10T14:27:32.622Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 17ms)
2017-05-10T14:27:32.744Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: add exit code: 0 (duration: 140ms)
2017-05-10T14:27:32.746Z - debug: [09604] TFVC Repository.GetStatus
2017-05-10T14:27:32.747Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: tf status -noprompt -format:detailed -recursive
2017-05-10T14:27:32.758Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: spawned new process (duration: 11ms)
2017-05-10T14:27:32.758Z - debug: [09604] Re-initialized the TfvcSCMProvider
2017-05-10T14:27:34.287Z - debug: [09604] TFVC: status exit code: 0 (duration: 1540ms)

[jeffyoung]

Hi @RobPurcellCgl, thanks for trying out the extension.

It looks like this (authenticated proxies) is still an issue in the vso-node-api library (which is used by the VS Code extension). The extension currently uses version ^5.1.1 but it appears there's been a major update to it (pushing it past v6) that made some bigger changes. Looking in the code there, it appears it's still a TODO.

[jeffyoung]

At this point, an unauthenticated proxy should work (by setting http_proxy and https_proxy env vars; http_proxy in VS Code settings will not do). Authenticated proxies are still not supported by the vsts-node-api dependency.

OK, thanks Jeff. We've made a couple of simple TF CLI scripts for him to check in/out for now. Bit of a faff though. We'll wait on this getting sorted.
Cheers