Shared Datacenter Proxies Quick Start Guide

Shared Datacenter Proxies offer cost-effectiveness without compromising on performance. Get instant access to a 29,000 proxy pool, sticky sessions, automatic proxy rotation, 99.9% uptime, and unlimited concurrent sessions.

In this Quick Start Guide, we’ll show you all you need to know for a smooth start using Oxylabs Shared Datacenter Proxies.

Setting up Shared Datacenter Proxies 

The first step of using Shared Datacenter Proxies starts at the Oxylabs dashboard, where you’ll need to register an account. Once you’ve done so, you can pick a plan that suits your needs or claim a free trial by contacting our Support Team.

When you’ve purchased your plan or started your free trial, you'll be directed to the setup screen, guiding you through the process.

Creating a proxy user

To get access to your Shared Datacenter Proxies pool, you’ll need to create a proxy user. Choose a username and password, then click create a proxy user.

Do note, when you create a proxy user, you’ll be given a cURL example that you need to input in your terminal or any other setup you prefer using.

You can also create up to 3 proxy users, set traffic limitations and edit or delete them. If you wish to add an extra user, click on Users and choose New user.

To add traffic limits, scroll down the Menu on the left and click on Usage limits. There, after picking the Create rule, you can choose which product and which user you’d like to have spending limits.

The following is an example of this query in code form:

curl -x dc.pr.oxylabs.io:10000 -U "customer-USERNAME:PASSWORD" https://ip.oxylabs.io/location

Paste the cURL into a terminal or any other setup you’re using.

You can find all of the entry point addresses for available countries here.

Session Control

Another important aspect of our Shared Datacenter Proxies is session control, allowing you to keep the same proxy for multiple requests. For example, adding the sessid parameter with a session ID string, like, sessid-abc12345,  to the user name enables session control. Crucially, this results in the proxy not changing with the following requests and the session not expiring.

You can find a code example below showing how the process should look like. A German IP is chosen for the first request, and then the same IP is kept with new queries:

Note: You’ll need to replace USERNAME and PASSWORD in the cURL example with your proxy user credentials.

For a more thorough look at all the starting steps of using Shared Datacenter Proxies, check out this video: