# Is it possible to use different proxy users for different connections?

**URL:** <https://community.exalate.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-different-proxy-users-for-different-connections/4133>\
**Category:** General Questions\
**Tags:** exalate, usecase, migrated\_question\
**Created:** [November 4, 2024, 6:33am UTC](https://community.exalate.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-different-proxy-users-for-different-connections/4133 "2024-11-04T06:33:04Z")\
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_Originally asked by Yaakov Shamii on 16 December 2019 [(original question)](https://oldcommunity.exalate.com/questions/8552680)_

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Hi,

I want to use different proxy user for different connections (because of security reasons), is it possible to set it via the sync rules?

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#### Comments:

> **Francis Martens (Exalate) commented on 16 December 2019**
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> > Hello Yaakov Shamii
> 
> Is it for accessing issues or for updating issues (or both)

> **Yaakov Shamii commented on 17 December 2019**
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> > Hi Francis Martens (Exalate) ,
> 
> it’s for both.

> **Francis Martens (Exalate) commented on 17 December 2019**
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> > After reviewing - there are a couple of methods allowing to impersonate the behavior (such as creating comments and such), but the product currently only supports a single proxy user.
> 
> This is something for the product backlog.
> 
> What is the security concern you want to address, such that we got the specs right?

> **Yaakov Shamii commented on 17 December 2019**
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> > Francis Martens (Exalate)
> 
> We just don’t want to have one user with access to all projects.

> **Francis Martens (Exalate) commented on 17 December 2019**
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> > A proxy user per connection would fit the requirement, and if not specified, fall back to the default proxy user?

> **Yaakov Shamii commented on 17 December 2019**
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> > yes, that would be great

> **Francis Martens (Exalate) commented on 17 December 2019**
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> > ok - added.
> 
> We first have a couple of other things to address (such as native sprint sync and more), but we’ll get to it going further.

> **Yaakov Shamii commented on 17 December 2019**
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> > Thanks Francis Martens (Exalate)

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_Answer by Juan Grases on 20 December 2019_

Hello Yaakov,

At the moment is possible to this in the incoming script:

```auto
syncRequest.proxyUser = "userKey"

```

This would make that all the issue updates would be executed by the user that was set there.

Unfortunately this doesn’t cover the user used to retrieve information of the issue (and run the JQL from the triggers) which at the moment is always the proxy user configured in general settings. We will be evaluating the inclusion of this feature.

Best regards,

Juan

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