VSCode How to install VCPKG on VSCode with Zscaler/Proxy

[Nawres GHARBI]

Issue:  The VSCode don't have the ability to route the extension network requests to the proxy (only VSCode application network is routed to the proxy)

I -  the clean way (applies to network with Zscaler installed)

1. ask for a Zscaler power user profile from your IT support
2. request an access to those links if blocked by your firewall/proxy

   1. https://www.7-zip.org

   2.  https://github.com

   3.  https://aka.ms

   4.  https://artifacts.keil.arm.com

   5.  https://mirror.msys2.org

   6.  https://repo.msys2.org

 

II - The Workaround

1. Set VSCode Proxy http://user:pass@domain:port
   
2. Set Git Proxy correctly
   
3. Set IE proxy correctly
    

    

4. Set VCPKG_ROOT env variable 
   
5. Install STM32 Extension
6. VCPKG install
   1. Launch VSCode (re-launch after previous configurations)
   2. Open VSCode Terminal (view -> terminal)
   3. Cd c:\
   4. git clone https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg
   5. .\vcpkg\bootstrap-vcpkg.bat (if you got an error check your git proxy)
   6. In the vcpkg folder create a “downloads” folder
   7. Download these packages and put them under vcpkg\downloads folder:
      1. https://www.7-zip.org/a/7z2301-extra.7z
      2. https://github.com/madler/zlib/archive/v1.3.tar.gz
   8. Type "vcpkg install 7zip" in the terminal
   9. Type "vcpkg integrate install" in the terminal
7. VCPKG activation
   1. Open STM32 Extension
   2. Create a project
   3. Import the created project
      (at this level vcpkg is not functional

       

      )
   4. In the vcpkg/download folder create a registry folder
   5. Download this zip and extract it in registry folder
      https://artifacts.keil.arm.com/vcpkg-ce-registry/registry.zip
   6. Open vcpkg-configuration.json file
      
   7. Replace the content by this text and save
      
   8. Open C:\vcpkg\vcpkg-configuration.json and do this modification
      
   9. Copy "c:\vcpkg" content to "C:\Users\xxxxx\AppData\Roaming\Code\User\globalStorage\ms-vscode.vscode-embedded-tools\vcpkg\root" and override files
   10. Close and restart VSCode