How to access internet from shell prompt in linux

Sometimes we need to access internet from the bash shell through proxy server such as Squid so this post is to explain how we can achieve this.

Run below commands in shell to use proxy for http,https and ftp traffic. 
 export http_proxy=http://192.168.1.1:3128   
 export https_proxy=http://192.168.1.1:3128   
 export ftp_proxy=http://192.168.1.1:3128
Now we can access internet from the shell prompt.

For a particular user put this variables in /home/username/.bash_profile file.

To setup the proxy environment variable as a global variable put this variables in /etc/profile file.

For Yum we can set proxy setting in /etc/yum.conf file such as. 
 proxy=http://192.168.1.1:3128

For RHN registration through proxy we need to configure /etc/sysconfig/rhn/up2date file with settings. 
 enableProxy=1  
 httpProxy=192.168.1.9:3128

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to access internet through proxy on elinks

Image
Elinks Proxy setting To use proxy for elinks create the following file for a user: vi $HOME/.elinks/elinks.conf set protocol.http.proxy.host = "proxy.host:3128" set protocol.https.proxy.host = "proxy.host:3128" set protocol.http.proxy.user = "user" set protocol.http.proxy.passwd = "pass" Same configuration we can use in /etc/elinks.conf file for system wide configuration. Or we can run elinks command to configure elinks in terminal window.
Read more

How to configure proxy setting for docker in Centos 7

HTTP/HTTPS proxy The Docker daemon uses the HTTP_PROXY , HTTPS_PROXY , and NO_PROXY environmental variables in its start-up environment to configure HTTP or HTTPS proxy behavior. You cannot configure these environment variables using the daemon.json file. This example overrides the default docker.service file. If you are behind an HTTP or HTTPS proxy server, for example in corporate settings, you will need to add this configuration in the Docker systemd service file. Create a systemd drop-in directory for the docker service: $ mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d Create a file called /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/http-proxy.conf that adds the HTTP_PROXY environment variable: [ Service ] Environment = "HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:80/" Or, if you are behind an HTTPS proxy server, create a file called /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/https-proxy.conf that adds the HTTPS_PROXY environment variable:...
Read more

How to fix VMnet0 not running

  Click Start → Control Panel → Network and Internet → View Network status and tasks → Change adapter settings. Right-click any network adapter icon and click Properties. Select VMware Bridge Protocol and click Uninstall. Click Install. Select Service and click Add. Select VMware Bridge Protocol and click OK. Go to the Edit menu Select Virtual Network Editor Select "Restore Default" It will take a few minutes but after that it will work fine.
Read more