How to Configure Network Settings in Java

Proxies

Setting the proxy server and port:

System.setProperty("http.proxyHost", "proxy.example.com");

System.setProperty("http.proxyPort", "80");

For an HTTPS proxy, just change 'http' to 'https' for each property.

Or you can just use the system's proxies:

System.setProperty("java.net.useSystemProxies", "true");

IP Protocol

Disabling the IPv6 stack and forcing IPv4:

System.setProperty("java.net.preferIPv4Stack" , "true");

Use IPv6 addresses when possible:

System.setProperty("java.net.preferIPv6Addresses" , "true");

SOCKS

Setting a SOCKS proxy:

System.setProperty("socksProxyHost" , "socks.example.com");

System.setProperty("socksProxyPort" , "1080")

Specify the SOCKS protocol used by the server:

System.setProperty("socksProxyVersion" , "4");

Authenticating with a SOCKSv5 proxy server:

System.setProperty("java.net.socks.username" , "myusername");

System.setProperty("java.net.socks.password" , "mypassword");

SSL/Certificates

Setting a TrustStore that was created with keytool:

System.setProperty("javax.net.ssl.trustStore", "/path/to/truststore");

Misc. Properties

Set the string sent in the User-Agent request header in HTTP requests:

System.setProperty("http.agent", "foobar");

Keep in mind that this new string will have "Java/" appended at the end. So the example above would yield "foobar Java/1.6.0" if the current Java version being used is 1.6.0.

Prevent persistent connections:

System.setProperty("http.keepalive", "false");

Set the maximum number of idle connections that will be kept alive (http.keepalive must be true):

System.setProperty("http.maxConnections", "5");

Set the maximum number of redirects that will be followed for an HTTP request:

System.setProperty("http.maxRedirects", "20");