A proxy may be set by editing the *user_conf* file
Navigate to *user_conf*
Windows: C:\ProgramFiles\OxfordNanopore\MinKNOW\conf\user_conf
Mac: /Applications/MinKNOW.app/Contents/Resources/conf/user_conf
Ubuntu: /opt/ont/minknow/conf/user_conf
Edit this portion:
"proxy": {
"cereal_class_version": 0,
"use_system_settings": true,
"auto_detect": true,
"auto_config_script": "",
"https_proxy": "",
"proxy_bypass": ""
https_proxy should be in the style of:
scheme://[username:password@]host:port or "https://domain\\username:password@host:port", where "scheme" is one of https, socks, socks4 or socks5.