Proxy Support for VDA Upgrade Agent

Last published : Oct 15, 2026
Proxy Support for VDA Upgrade Agent has been added in 2311 VDA.
VDA Upgrade Agent from 2311 VDA i,e Version: 7.40 can recognize and send traffic through the Proxy.
VDA Upgrade Agent (VUA) Supports Proxy in the form of Hostname:Port (IP:Port) and PAC file.
Only HTTP proxies are supported. Packet decryption and inspection are not supported.
Proxy authentication is not supported. SOCKS5 is not supported.
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Configuring VDA Upgrade Agent Proxy

VDA Upgrade Agent Proxy can be configured in 2 ways:
  1. Configuring VDA Upgrade Agent Policy using Webstudio Policy.
  2. Select VDA upgrade proxy configuration from the Settings on the Create Policy page.
    VDA_Upgrade1
  3. Enable the setting. By default, the setting is disabled.
    VDA_Upgrade2
  4. Configuring VDA Upgrade Agent using Registry Key.
    The registry Key is set to Meta-Installer during VDA Installation.
    Registry:
    Key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Citrix\VirtualDesktopAgent
    Value type: String
    Value name: ProxySettings
    Value data: Proxy address or path to pac file.
    For Example:
    1. Proxy address: http://<URL or IP>:<port>
    2. Pac file: http://<URL or IP>/<path/<filename>.pac