10.1. Configuring Proxy Server Access
To enable all yum
operations to use a proxy server, specify the proxy server details in /etc/yum.conf
. The proxy
setting must specify the proxy server as a complete URL,
including the TCP port number. If your proxy server requires a username and password, specify these by adding proxy_username
and proxy_password
settings.
The settings below enable yum
to use the proxy server mycache.mydomain.com
, connecting to port 3128, with the username yum-user
and the password qwerty
.
# The proxy server - proxy server:port number
proxy=http://mycache.mydomain.com:3128
# The account details for yum connections
proxy_username=yum-user
proxy_password=qwerty
Example 3. Configuration File Settings for Using A Proxy Server
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If you define a proxy server in |
To enable proxy access for a specific user, add the lines in the example box below to the user's shell profile. For the default bash
shell, the profile is the file~/.bash_profile
. The settings below
enable yum
to use the proxy server mycache.mydomain.com
, connecting to port 3128.