Description

What: A new xpack.productDocBase.artifactRepositoryProxyUrl setting has been added to kibana.yml. This setting allows Kibana to reach the artifact repository (xpack.productDocBase.artifactRepositoryUrl) through an HTTP proxy when installing AI Assistant knowledge base content (Elastic documentation and Security Labs).

Where: This is a kibana.yml configuration setting relevant to the AI Assistant / GenAI Settings page (AI Agent (Beta) section). It affects the install workflow for Elastic documentation and Security Labs content used by the AI Assistant.

When: This ships in 9.4.0.

Why: Some environments require HTTP proxy access to reach external artifact repositories. Without this setting, users behind a proxy cannot install the AI Assistant knowledge base content.

Resources

This feature was implemented in elastic/kibana#250771.

This feature was scoped in elastic/kibana#244738.

Which documentation set does this change impact?

Elastic On-Prem and Cloud (all)

Feature differences

The setting is available in all deployment methods that support kibana.yml configuration. Serverless users may not need this setting if proxy configuration is managed at the infrastructure level.

What release is this request related to?

9.4

Serverless release

Unknown — expected to be available in serverless when the 9.4 changes are promoted to production, though serverless environments may handle proxy configuration differently.

Collaboration model

The documentation team

Point of contact

Main contact: @qn895

Stakeholders: @alvarezmelissa87 @rbrtj