In order to configure your local OVA installation to pull the configuration file off a proxy server, use the following steps:
Login to the OVA using the
vulcan
userChange to the root context by running
sudo -i
Edit the file:
/etc/environment
by runningvi /etc/environment
.click on
i
to enter into edit modeinsert the config for your proxy using this format:
http_proxy="http://username:password@8.8.8.8:8080/"
https_proxy="https://username:password@8.8.8.8:8080/"
6. save the file by clicking esc
and then typing : :wq
and clicking Enter
*make sure to replace the IP (8.8.8.8) and port (8080) with the relevant ones.
*make sure to replace username:password with the correct ones, if no authentication is needed you can omit them to fit the format:
http_proxy="http://8.8.8.8:8080/"
https_proxy="https://8.8.8.8:8080/"
*If your username or password include special characters make sure to url encode them before putting in the script. you can use: https://www.urlencoder.org/ to preform the encoding. i.e - username:P@ssw0rd
will change to: username:P%40ssw0rd