Features/Automatic Proxy Settings: Difference between revisions

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 Steps:
-* Create .htaccess file and add the following content:
+* Install httpd web server:
+   yum install httpd
+* Enable configuration override with htaccess
+   vim /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
+   <Directory "/var/www/html">
+    ...
+    #
+    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed in .htaccess files.
+    # It can be "All", "None", or any combination of the keywords:
+    #   Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
+    #
+    AllowOverride None
+    ...
+   </Directory>
+   Replace the line "AllowOverride None" with "AllowOverride All"
+* Create a web enabled directory proxy
+   mkdir /var/www/html/proxy
+* Create .htaccess file and the following content:
+   vim /var/www/html/proxy/.htaccess
     AddType application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig .pac
 * Create PAC file and add the following content:
+   vim /var/www/html/proxy/proxy.pac
     function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
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     }
-* Upload both file to the same location:
+* Set permissions for the directory proxy
+   chown -R apache.apache /var/www/html/proxy
+   chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/proxy
+* Restart httpd web server
+   service httpd restart
+* Test in your favorite browser
-  mv proxy.pac /var/www/proxy.pac
+[[File:testproxyiceweasel-1.png]]
-  mv .htaccess /var/www/.htaccess
-* Restart apache /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
+[[File:testproxyiceweasel-2.png|700px]]
 == WPAD - Web Proxy Autodiscovery ==