Not a bug. I failed to understand the 'as documented' --config feature provided for the bootstrap command. All it took was to define a yaml file(bootstrap-config.yml for instance) with the following info:
http-proxy: http://<company-proxy>:<port> https-proxy: http://<company-proxy>:<port> no-proxy: localhost,10.0.4.1 Then: juju bootstrap --upload-tools --config bootstrap-config.yml lxd-test lxd --debug shortly thereafter: [10:19:04] $ lxc list +-----------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ | NAME | STATE | IPV4 | IPV6 | TYPE | SNAPSHOTS | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ | juju-8f566abe-e496-4149-8077-98988ec968b9-machine-0 | RUNNING | 10.0.4.87 (eth0) | fdc5:f4e9:8a1f:d0c1:216:3eff:fe0e:efb8 (eth0) | PERSISTENT | 0 | +-----------------------------------------------------+---------+------------------+-----------------------------------------------+------------+-----------+ ** Changed in: juju-core (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1577079 Title: juju bootstrap fails to download packages from behind proxy To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/juju-core/+bug/1577079/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs