ubuntu set system proxy from command line

Question

Using server version of 10.4 beta 2

Need to to set the proxy that the system needs to use

Thanks

Answer 1

Depending on your needs you could add

   http_proxy="http://your.proxy.here:3128/"
   https_proxy="http://your.proxy.here:3128/"
   ftp_proxy="http://your.proxy.here:3128/"

to /etc/environment to have them set by the login-process.

cheerio

Answer 2

To proxy updates, add a new file called 01proxy to your /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ directory with the following line:

Acquire::http::proxy "http://[user]:[password]@[server_ip_or_name]:[port#]";

Substitute the user name/password used to log into the proxy (if required), the server ip or fully-resolved name, and the proxy port # to use when adding this line.

Answer 3

@Lairsdragon is correct (set /etc/environment), but there are more nuances.

An application will typically need to be run with this environment in place, for instance, from a login shell. That said, it's even more complex than that:

• Many applications, especially servers are smart enough to consult /etc/environment.
• Many don't consult /etc/enironment.
• Some applications don't support proxies at all.
• Others are configured with their own configuration files.
• Still others will read from a different global file (like the gconf registry).

To really set something, you need to read the documentation on a particular application you are interested in to make sure you have set the correct file. Chances are, it will talk about how to set up a http_proxy somewhere in it's docs if it supports this.

This is similar on all operating systems. Setting network proxies is a confusing mess with many different and varied approaches to solving this problem.

Some References:

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/150210
• https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables

Answer 4

http://studyhat.blogspot.com/2010/01/squid-proxt-server.html

in place of yum install you can use sudo apt-get install squid then follow the blog!!!