How to Configure Your Datacenter Proxy
Learn how to configure your datacenter proxy settings, select IP types, set geolocation targeting, and enable advanced features in this guide.
IP type
Choose one of two IP types for your proxy zone:
Shared (Pay per IP)
Shared (Pay per Usage)
Dedicated
When you need to access websites with an exclusive IP address.
Premium IPs
Best known IPs for eCommarce, Travel and Social media domains, etc.
Number of IPs
Number of IPs to be allocated as your pool of available IPs.
Allocated IPs
You can view or download the IPs allocated to you.
Geolocation targeting
Common setup is to create a zone per each location, this way you can control your requests target on the zone level.
For example: dcshared-uk, dcshared-us, dcshared-de.
Dedicated and Pay per IP proxies
Geolocation targeting allows you to target specific Country.
Select the prefered countries from the drop-down menu.
If you select multiple countries, we assign proxies distributed evenly across the countries you selected.
Shared proxy
In Datacenter Shared proxies, you have access to 40,000 proxies around the globe. To target specific country, use the flag -country in the proxy user name parameter with an ISO-3166 country code.
FAQ: Where can I see the list of country codes?
Cache proxy
Bright Data’s cache proxy is a feature that aims to reduce the unneeded load from target sites by allowing customers to have their successful results cached on the one hand and, on the other hand, to receive cached results to their requests when possible.
Enable Cache Proxy
Simply toggle the cache proxy switch
Once switched on, we will walk you through some instructions required for the cache proxy to work.
You have two options to select from:
Advanced options:
100% uptime / Automatic failover
The 100% uptime (or Automatic failover) brings immediate value by providing 100% connectivity and continuous high-performance level, free of charge. Plus you don’t have to make any changes in your code/workflow.
If our system detects a problem, like a connectivity issue or an IP where the GEO isn’t exactly what you asked for when buying that IP, we will automatically route your requests through other IPs which are exactly the same as the original IPs.
Enable 100% uptime / Automatic failover
Simply toggle the switch to “On”
Unlimited Bandwidth
You can make your zone unlimited bandwidth by select Unlimited bandwidth in the zone details.
Unlimited Bandwidth adds addtional cost.Ports
Ports 80 and 443 are available by default, supporting HTTP and HTTPS protocols.
The below table shows supported protocols by port:
| Port | Protocol |
|---|---|
80 | HTTP and HTTP CONNECT |
443 | HTTPS |
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