topic Re: How to connect from Alteryx desinger to Mongodb Via proxy in Alteryx Designer Desktop Discussions

How to connect from Alteryx desinger to Mongodb Via proxy

veerm — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 18:26:35 GMT

We connect directly connect to Mongodb we use sock5 method while connecting to Mongodb from our local machines to Altas( GCP) .
we use following connection string in mongocompass.

can you guide us on how to setup Mongo connection with Proxy

mongodb+srv://atlas_user:atlas_password@atlas.fv_cloud.mongodb.net/proxyHost=proxy_gcp.com&proxyPort=1080&proxyUsername=test&proxyPassword=ProxyPass

Thanks

Re: How to connect from Alteryx desinger to Mongodb Via proxy

Kottapally_Ramesh — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 12:52:34 GMT

Provided proxy connection will not work on Alteryx. Alteryx Designer proxy engine supports only HTTP(S) and There is no SOCK5 → MongoDB tunneling feature available inside Alteryx.

You must ask your IT team to provide an HTTP CONNECT proxy or convert SOCK5 → HTTP proxy at the network level.