# Defining Proxies

Proxies can be used in a few different contexts and optionally scoped to specific networks with which one may be provisioning into or on a cloud integration as a whole. To configure a Proxy for use by the provisioning engines within VM Essentials we must go to Infrastructure  >  Networks  >  Proxies. Here we can create records representing connection information for various proxies. This includes the host ip address, proxy port, and any credentials (if necessary) needed to utilize the proxy. Now that these proxies are defined we can use them in various contexts.
