(fleet) simplify proxy configuration #29024
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Pull Request Overview
This PR simplifies our proxy documentation by splitting out proxy examples for Squid, HAProxy, and NGINX into their own dedicated pages and streamlining the main proxy documentation to focus on the golden path.
- Introduces a new Squid proxy example with configuration instructions.
- Adds a detailed NGINX proxy example with both HTTP and HTTPS configurations.
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| File | Description |
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| content/en/agent/configuration/proxy_example_squid.md | New Squid proxy example documentation with configuration details. |
| content/en/agent/configuration/proxy_example_nginx.md | New NGINX proxy example documentation outlining both HTTP and HTTPS configurations and related Agent setup instructions. |
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| logs_no_ssl: true | ||
| Forwarding traffic to Datadog using software like HAProxy or NGINX is **discouraged** because it requires you to manually configure and maintain the list of specific Datadog endpoints the Agent needs to reach. | ||
| This list can change, leading to potential data loss if not kept up-to-date. The only exception is if you need Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) capabilities, in which case you might consider using HAProxy or NGINX | ||
| as they allow you to drop disable TLS and inspect the traffic. |
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| as they allow you to drop disable TLS and inspect the traffic. | |
| as they can allow you to disable TLS or use your own TLS certificates and inspect the traffic. |
This should be copy/pasted for the other ones too
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This PR simplifies our proxy documentation: