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I'm using ParrotSec (Debian based) and installed Google Chrome recently. Unlike Firefox, Google Chrome doesn't have an option to set a proxy in the UI instead it uses system proxy. In my case, I wanted it to work with Burp Suite and need Chrome traffic to go through the proxy http://127.0.0.1:8080.

I tried the following commands on terminal. Each one opens Chrome, but the proxy doesn't work. Chrome is directly connecting to internet.

google-chrome --proxy-server="https://127.0.0.1:8080"
google-chrome --proxy-server="https=127.0.0.1:8080"
google-chrome --proxy-server="http://127.0.0.1:8080"
google-chrome --proxy-server="http=127.0.0.1:8080"

None of them worked. Proxy is working perfectly in Firefox, but not in Chrome. Any idea what's happening?

Additional info: I'm using the OVA downloaded from ParrotSec in Virtual Box and the desktop environment is mate 1.24.0. I verified the --proxy-server flag exist by typing man google-chrome-stable

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    I really doubt this would be the issue, but just for the sake of completeness can you also try google-chrome --proxy-server="127.0.0.1:8080"? Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 12:35
  • I already tried it without the quotes. Will try with the quotes now. Update: not working. It's still connecting to internet directly. Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 12:36
  • You want to run google chrome with a different proxy to the rest of your system because you want one site to be passed through a proxy and not others. Is that correct? Commented Sep 18, 2020 at 13:38
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    @roaima I tried it but it doesn't work. Chrome directly connects to internet. Commented Sep 21, 2020 at 7:18
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    I've grown so tired of this that for years now I have been using a script which sets all 4 variables (http_proxy, https_proxy, HTTP_PROXY, and HTTPS_PROXY) then runs the given command. Also, with ref to @roaima's answer, the value of the env var typically is http not https. So basically in your case, try https_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:8080 and then HTTPS_PROXY=http://127.0.0.1:8080 Commented Sep 22, 2020 at 10:28

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