pip install --upgrade --proxy http://user:pass@proxyAddress:proxyPort git+ssh://git@github.com/SomeGithubUser/somerepo.git#egg=somerepo parameters = pika.ConnectionParameters('rabbit-server1', 5672 '/', credentials) parameters = pika.ConnectionParameters('rabbit-server1', 5672 '/', credentials, proxy_url="http://myproxy", proxy_port=8080, proxy_user="somebody", proxy_password="mypassword")