Debian 10 Buster : Proxy Server : Configure Proxy Clients

1. Configure Proxy Clients

Configure proxy settings like follows on Debian Client.

 root@client:~# vi /etc/profile
# add follows to the end (set proxy settings to the environment variables)

MY_PROXY_URL="http://prox.iodocs.com:3128/"
HTTP_PROXY=$MY_PROXY_URL
HTTPS_PROXY=$MY_PROXY_URL
FTP_PROXY=$MY_PROXY_URL
http_proxy=$MY_PROXY_URL
https_proxy=$MY_PROXY_URL
ftp_proxy=$MY_PROXY_URL
export HTTP_PROXY HTTPS_PROXY FTP_PROXY http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy
root@client:~# source /etc/profile
# it's OK all, but it's possible to set proxy settings for each application like follows

# for apt

root@client:~# vi /etc/apt/apt.conf
# create new

Acquire::http::proxy "http://prox.iodocs.com:3128/";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://prox.iodocs.com:3128/";
Acquire::ftp::proxy "ftp://prox.iodocs.com:3128/";
# for wget

root@client:~# vi /etc/wgetrc
# add to the end

http_proxy = http://prox.iodocs.com:3128/
https_proxy = http://prox.iodocs.com:3128/
ftp_proxy = http://prox.iodocs.com:3128/ 

2. Configure proxy settings like follows on Windows Client.

2.1 For exmaple on Firefox,

Open [Tool] – [Option] and move to [Detail] – [Network] tab, and then click [connection settings].

2.2 Check a box

[Configure Proxy manually] and input your server’s hostname or IP address. It’s OK, it’s possible to access to the web via proxy server.
Debian 10 Buster-Proxy Server

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