How to use local proxy settings in docker-compose

Question

I am setting up a new server for our Redmine installation, since the old installation was done by hand, which makes it difficult to update everything properly. I decided to go with a Docker image but am having trouble starting the docker container due to an error message. The host is running behind a proxy server, which I think, is causing this problem, as everything else such as wget, curl, etc. is working fine.

Error message:

Pulling redmine (redmine:)...
ERROR: Get https://registry-1.docker.io/v2/: dial tcp 34.206.236.31:443: connect: connection refused

I searched on Google about using Docker/Docker-Compose with a proxy server in the background and found a few websites where people had the same issue but none of these really helped me with my problem.

I checked with the Docker documentation and found a guide but this does not seem to work for me: https://docs.docker.com/network/proxy/

I also found an answered question here on StackOverflow: Using proxy on docker-compose in server which might be the solution I am after but I am unsure where exactly I have to put the solution. I guess the person means the docker-compose.yml file but I could be wrong.

This is what my docker-compose.yml looks like:

version: '3.1'

services:

redmine:
 image: redmine
 restart: always
 ports:
   - 80:3000
 environment:
   REDMINE_DB_MYSQL: db
   REDMINE_DB_PASSWORD: SECRET_PASSWORD

db:
image: mysql:5.7
restart: always
environment:
  MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: SECRET_PASSWORD
  MYSQL_DATABASE: redmine

I expect to run the following command without the above error message

docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d

Answer 1

I did a bit more research and seem to have used better key words because I found my solution now. I wanted to share the solution with everyone, in case someone else may ever need it.

• Create folder for configuring docker service through systemd

  mkdir /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d

• Create service configuration file at /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/http-proxy.conf and put the following in the newly created file

[Service]
 # NO_PROXY is optional and can be removed if not needed
 # Change proxy_url to your proxy IP or FQDN and proxy_port to your proxy port
 # For Proxy server which require username and password authentication, just add the proper username and password to the URL. (see example below)

 # Example without authentication
 Environment="HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy_url:proxy_port" "NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.0/8"

 # Example with authentication
 Environment="HTTP_PROXY=http://username:password@proxy_url:proxy_port" "NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.0/8"

• Reload systemctl so that new settings are read

  sudo systemctl daemon-reload

• Verify that docker service Environment is properly set

  sudo systemctl show docker --property Environment

• Restart docker service so that it uses updated Environment settings

  sudo systemctl restart docker

Now you can execute the docker-compose command on your machine without getting any connection refused error messages.