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Customize installation directory {#custom-install-dir} Use a different default index {#custom-default-index} Configure network proxy {#custom-network-proxy}
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Customize installation directory {#custom-install-dir}

By default, Krew installs itself and plugins to $HOME/.krew. This means Krew itself and the installed plugins will be visible only to the user who installed it.

To customize this installation path, set the KREW_ROOT environment variable while [installing Krew]({{< relref "setup/install.md" >}}). After Krew is installed, you still need to set KREW_ROOT in your environment for Krew to be able to find its installation directory.

For example, add this to your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc file:

export KREW_ROOT="/usr/local/krew"

Note that you still need to add $KREW_ROOT/bin to your PATH variable for kubectl to be able to find installed plugins.

Use a different default index {#custom-default-index}

When Krew is installed, it automatically initializes an index named default pointing to the krew-index repository. You can force Krew to use a different repository by setting KREW_DEFAULT_INDEX_URI before running the [installation instructions]({{<ref "setup/install.md">}}) or after [removing the default index]({{<ref "using-custom-indexes.md#the-default-index">}}). KREW_DEFAULT_INDEX_URI must point to a git repository URI that uses a valid git remote protocol.

To use a different default index, set the KREW_DEFAULT_INDEX_URI environment variable in your ~/.bashrc, ~/.bash_profile, or ~/.zshrc:

export KREW_DEFAULT_INDEX_URI='git@github.com:foo/custom-index.git'

Configure network proxy {#custom-network-proxy}

If you want to use Krew with an HTTP proxy, you can configure environment variables HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY and NO_PROXY. Behavior of these environment variables are explained here.

export HTTP_PROXY="proxy-ip:port"
export HTTPS_PROXY="proxy-ip:port"
export NO_PROXY="ip1,ip2:port2,.example.com"