Connection behind a proxy fails. has_internet_connection() returns False

[Erni]

I´ve been trying to use Rally from behind a proxy in a clean installation but it doesn´t work because it "thinks" there is no internet connection.
Even if Rally gets the proxy url when the http_proxy environment variable is available, the function has_internet_connection() in esrally/utils/net.py does not check this. It tries to open a socket to www.github.com without considering the proxy, thus failing and returning False. Then Rally works in offline mode, which is not what it should.

[danielmitterdorfer]

Thanks for the report. That's a good point. The connection check should also go through the proxy if there is one.

[Erni]

Great. Thanks for quick response and fix :)

[danielmitterdorfer]

@Erni I've just released Rally 0.5.2 (see also https://discuss.elastic.co/t/rally-0-5-2-released/77300) so you might want to upgrade.

[Erni]

Thank you very much!