# Correct use of apt proxy

**URL:** <https://community.sonatype.com/t/correct-use-of-apt-proxy/9352>\
**Category:** Best Practices\
**Tags:** proxy, apt\
**Created:** [September 22, 2022, 5:10pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/correct-use-of-apt-proxy/9352 "2022-09-22T17:10:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jtom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex047/user_avatar/community.sonatype.com/jtom/32/68_2.png) [@jtom](https://community.sonatype.com/u/jtom)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2022, 8:49pm UTC](https://community.sonatype.com/t/correct-use-of-apt-proxy/9352/2 "2022-10-10T20:49:28Z")

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Hello,  
I believe [[NEXUS-23790] APT proxies: "distribution" field is required but should not be - Sonatype JIRA](https://issues.sonatype.org/browse/NEXUS-23790) speaks to what you found. From that ticket, it looks like it’s not needed for proxy but presumably needed for hosted in the current implementation. I am not clear if the bug is that it should be needed for proxy or that it shouldn’t show as a (required) field for proxy. But hope that helps.  
-Joe

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