Proxy configuration for developers

When working in a bigger company, you probably will need to configure your tools to bypass the corporate proxy.

Depending on your operating system and programs different configurations might be needed.

Basics

Let's assume that your proxy consist out of the following parts:

user
pass
host
port

This results in a proxy URL: http://user:pass@host:port or if the proxy doesn't need authentication the simpler version http://host:port might be sufficient.

Configurations

Linux

Environment variables

Edit the file ```/etc/environment``:

http_proxy=http://user:pass@host:port/
https_proxy=https://user:pass@host:port/

Git configuration

Use these Git commands:

git config --global http://user:pass@host:port
git config --global https.proxy http://user:pass@host:port

Or you can edit directly your ~/.gitconfig file:

[http]
        proxy = http://user:pass@host:port
[https]
        proxy = http://user:pass@host:port

Gradle configuration

HTTP Only Proxy configuration

gradlew -Dhttp.proxyHost=127.0.0.1 -Dhttp.proxyPort=3128

HTTPS Only Proxy configuration

gradlew -Dhttps.proxyHost=127.0.0.1 -Dhttps.proxyPort=3129

Or to persist the proxy configuration add the properties below in your gradle.properties file and in your gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties file if you are downloading the wrapper over a proxy.

If you want to set these properties globally then add it in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties file.

## Proxy setup
systemProp.proxySet="true"
systemProp.http.keepAlive="true"
systemProp.http.proxyHost=host
systemProp.http.proxyPort=port
systemProp.http.proxyUser=user
systemProp.http.proxyPassword=pass
systemProp.http.nonProxyHosts=localhost|another.example.com

systemProp.https.keepAlive="true"
systemProp.https.proxyHost=host
systemProp.https.proxyPort=port
systemProp.https.proxyUser=user
systemProp.https.proxyPassword=pass
systemProp.https.nonProxyHosts=localhost|another.example.com
## end of proxy setup

Maven configuration

Edit the proxies session in your ~/.m2/settings.xml file:

<proxies>
    <proxy>
        <id>id</id>
        <active>true</active>
        <protocol>http</protocol>
        <username>user</username>
        <password>pass</password>
        <host>host</host>
        <port>port</port>
        <nonProxyHosts>localhost</nonProxyHosts>
    </proxy>
</proxies>

Apt configuration

Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/proxy.conf file:

Acquire::http::Proxy "http://user:pass@host:port/";
Acquire::https::Proxy "http://user:pass@host:port/";

Yum configuration

Edit /etc/yum.conf file:

# The proxy server - proxy server:port number
proxy=http://user:pass@host:port

If the proxy needs authentication set the proxy_username and proxy_password:

# The proxy server - proxy server:port number
proxy=http://user:pass@host:port
# The account details for yum connections
proxy_username=yum-user
proxy_password=qwerty

NPM configuration

Use these NPM commands:

npm config set proxy http://user:pass@host:port
npm config set https-proxy http://user:pass@host:port

Or you can edit directly your ~/.npmrc file:

proxy=http://user:pass@host:port
https-proxy=http://user:pass@host:port
https_proxy=http://user:pass@host:port

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