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This guide provides instructions for setting up and using Oxylabs Dedicated Datacenter Proxies. It covers obtaining proxy lists, making cURL requests, managing sessions with rotation or sticky IPs, and monitoring usage statistics. The guide also details protocol options and essential tools required for effective proxy usage.
Oxylabs Enterprise Dedicated Datacenter Proxies, purchased through the Sales Team, offer complete ownership of a proxy IP along with access to the market's largest proxy pool, exceptional speeds with extra fast response times, unlimited bandwidth with fair usage policy, and the largest selection of proxy locations.
In this guide, you’ll find all the core information that’ll get you on track to start using Oxylabs Dedicated Datacenter Proxies. In addition, you can teach your coding assistant or AI agent all about Datacenter Proxies in just a few steps with Agent Skills. Learn how.
Setting up Enterprise Dedicated Datacenter Proxies
To start off, head over to the Oxylabs Dashboard and register an account. Once you purchase Dedicated Datacenter Proxies through the Sales Team, you’ll receive an email with proxy credentials from your Account Manager or our Support Team.
Receiving a proxy list
You should receive a URL to your proxy list from your Dedicated Account Manager or our Support, and it should look something like this:
https://proxy.oxylabs.io/key/a27c5343ce4c4637a85a9297ddf1caceOpen this URL in your browser (or any other preferred software). You will then be asked to enter your login credentials (HTTP Basic Authentication):
Once you do that, you will have a list of proxies in plain text.
127.0.0.1:60000
127.0.0.2:60000
127.0.0.3:60000
127.0.0.4:60000You can also include ?showCountry or ?showCity at the end of your URL to get IPs with their corresponding locations.
Another way to retrieve your proxy list is through the RESTful API. Visit our documentation to learn more.
Making a basic cURL request
Follow the steps below to make a request using a proxy in cURL:
1. Pick an IP address from the acquired list.
2. Form the cURL request and specify your chosen IP in the request parameters.
You can copy this code below:
curl -x 1.2.3.4:60000 -U user1:pass1 https://ip.oxylabs.io/location3. Run the code in a terminal or any other setup to send a GET request to the https://ip.oxylabs.io/location website, which will send back the IP address of your request.
For examples in other programming languages, visit our documentation.
State and City targeting
If you want to target a specific state or city, contact your Account Manager or our Customer Support Team to receive IP addresses from the exact locations you require.
Proxy rotation and sticky sessions
Session management is available with Oxylabs’ free Proxy Rotator that rotates your IP addresses or lets you keep one for a specified timeframe. In other words, you can control your proxy sessions depending on your needs.
To have Proxy Rotator enabled for your Dedicated Datacenter Proxies, please contact your Account Manager or our Support Team.
Proxy rotation using Proxy Rotator
Proxy Rotator uses a single endpoint for requests. Below you can find a cURL code sample that makes a request to https://ip.oxylabs.io/location. Note that the vm.oxylabs.io domain is just an example only:
curl -x vm.oxylabs.io:60000 -U username:password https://ip.oxylabs.io/locationSticky sessions using Proxy Rotator
To keep the same IP address for subsequent requests, first, you’ll need to know the serial number of the proxy IP you want to keep. You can achieve this by looking at the proxy list that you receive from us, since Proxy Rotator uses it to rotate IPs. There, proxies are numbered sequentially from top to bottom, starting with s1 at the top. For instance:
1.2.3.1 - s1
1.2.3.2 - s2
...
1.2.3.49 - s49
1.2.3.50 - s50Once you have this information, you can add the --proxy-header "Proxy-Server: sXXX" header to your request, where sXXX is the number of the proxy, for example, s5 or s2541. Here’s a basic cURL example:
The same query is presented below:
curl -x vm.oxylabs.io:60000 -U user1:pass1 https://ip.oxylabs.io/location --proxy-header "Proxy-Server: s10"You can find code samples in different programming languages and more information in our documentation and GitHub repository.
Protocols
By default, the HTTP protocol is enabled for Dedicated Datacenter Proxies. If you want to activate SOCKS5 protocol for your account, contact our Customer Support Team via live chat or email, or your Account Manager, and they’ll assist you.
Response Codes
These are the most common response codes you can get while using our Datacenter Proxies. If you receive any other response code, please contact your Account Manager for more information.
| Response code | Error Message | Description |
|---|---|---|
404 |
Not Found | The specified resource couldn’t be found. |
407 |
Proxy Authentication Required | An authorization header is missing, or your credentials are incorrect. |
500 |
Internal Server Error | We had a problem with our server. Try again later. |
503 |
Service Unavailable | Failed to connect to the target server. DNS failure to resolve the target server address. |
504 |
Gateway Timeout | A proxy server timed out while waiting for a response from the target server. |
Usage Statistics
You can view your usage statistics by visiting the Oxylabs Dashboard. In the Usage section of the product instance, you will find detailed information about your traffic usage, the number of requests, and the number of errors received each day. There’s also an option to filter the statistics and view the metrics for a specific time period.
Additional resources
If you have any questions or want to try our Enterprise Dedicated Datacenter Proxies, don't hesitate to contact our Support Team at any time via live chat or email.
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Frequently asked questions
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Yes, you can use as much bandwidth as your project requires without any additional or hidden fees. Check our fair usage policy for more information.
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