Dynamic proxy_pass to $var with nginx 1.0

I’ve recently stumbled upon this need myself and have found that in order to use variables in a proxy_pass destination you need to set a resolver as your error.log would most probably contain something like no resolver defined to resolve … The solution in my case was to setup the following using a local DNS … Read more

Bower calls blocked by corporate proxy

Thanks @user3259967 This did the job. I would like to add that if you are behind a proxy that needs to be authenticated, you can add the username/password to your .bowerrc file. { “directory”: “library”, “registry”: “http://bower.herokuapp.com”, “proxy”:”http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY_IP>:<PROXY_PORT>/”, “https-proxy”:”http://<USERNAME>:<PASSWORD>@<PROXY_IP>:<PROXY_PORT>/” } NOTICE the use of http:// in https-proxy

How to fill in proxy information in cntlm config file?

Update your user, domain, and proxy information in cntlm.ini, then test your proxy with this command (run in your Cntlm installation folder): cntlm -c cntlm.ini -I -M http://google.ro It will ask for your password, and hopefully print your required authentication information, which must be saved in your cntlm.ini Sample cntlm.ini: Username user Domain domain # … Read more

HTTPS connections over proxy servers

TLS/SSL (The S in HTTPS) guarantees that there are no eavesdroppers between you and the server you are contacting, i.e. no proxies. Normally, you use CONNECT to open up a TCP connection through the proxy. In this case, the proxy will not be able to cache, read, or modify any requests/responses, and therefore be rather … Read more

What’s the difference between a proxy server and a reverse proxy server? [closed]

The previous answers were accurate, but perhaps too terse. I will try to add some examples. First of all, the word “proxy” describes someone or something acting on behalf of someone else. In the computer realm, we are talking about one server acting on the behalf of another computer. For the purposes of accessibility, I … Read more

Cannot download Docker images behind a proxy

Here is a link to the official Docker documentation for proxy HTTP: https://docs.docker.com/config/daemon/systemd/#httphttps-proxy A quick outline: First, create a systemd drop-in directory for the Docker service: mkdir /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d Now create a file called /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/http-proxy.conf that adds the HTTP_PROXY and HTTPS_PROXY environment variables: [Service] Environment=”HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:80/” Environment=”HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:80/” If you have internal Docker registries that you need to … Read more