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## Known limitations
- You can configure only one socks5 proxy per Grafana instance
- All built-in core data sources are compatible, but not all external data sources are. For a list of supported data sources, refer to [private data source connect]({{< ref "/docs/grafana-cloud/data-configuration/configure-private-datasource-connect/#known-limitations" >}}).
- All built-in core data sources are compatible, but not all external data sources are. For a list of supported data sources, refer to [private data source connect](/docs/grafana-cloud/data-configuration/configure-private-datasource-connect/#known-limitations).
## Before you begin
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1. Set up a data source and configure it to send data source connections through the proxy.
To configure your data sources to send connections through the proxy, `enableSecureSocksProxy=true` must be specified in the data source json. You can do this in the [API]({{< relref "../../../developers/http_api/data_source" >}}) or use [file based provisioning]({{< relref "../../../administration/provisioning/#data-sources" >}}).
To configure your data sources to send connections through the proxy, `enableSecureSocksProxy=true` must be specified in the data source json. You can do this in the [API]({{< relref "../../../developers/http_api/data_source" >}}) or use [file based provisioning]({{< relref "../../../administration/provisioning#data-sources" >}}).
Additionally, you can set the socks5 username and password by adding `secureSocksProxyUsername` in the data source json and `secureSocksProxyPassword` in the secure data source json.
Stephanie Hingtgen
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