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Features/Automatic Proxy Settings (view source)
Revision as of 20:28, 8 January 2013
, 20:28, 8 January 2013→PAC - Proxy Auto Config
(PAC and WPAD) for testing purposes.
(PAC and WPAD) for testing purposes.
For testing a proxy in XO you can go to: [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Proxy_Settings Features/Proxy Settings]
For testing a proxy in XO you can go to: [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Proxy_Settings#How_To_Test Features/Proxy Settings]
== Benefit to Sugar ==
== Benefit to Sugar ==
PAC method for proxy is very simple. You have to create a web-accessible
PAC method for proxy is very simple. You have to create a web-accessible
file with special syntax in which you include proxy server data. This example
file with special syntax in which you include proxy server data. This example
works with Apache server. You can take a look to [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Automatic_Proxy_Settings#Detailed_Description Bibliograpy]
works with Apache server. You can take a look to [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Automatic_Proxy_Settings#Bibliography Bibliograpy]
for mor info about PAC file configuration and installation in other webservers.
for more info about PAC file configuration and installation in other webservers.
Steps:
Steps:
* Create .htaccess file and add the following content: AddType application/x-ns-proxy-autoconfig .pac
* 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:
* Create PAC file and add the following content:
vim /var/www/html/proxy/proxy.pac
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
function FindProxyForURL(url, host) {
return "PROXY PROXY_SERVER_IP_OR_HOSTNAME:PORT";
return "PROXY PROXY_SERVER_IP_OR_HOSTNAME:PORT";
}
}
* 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
* Restart apache /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
* Test in your favorite browser
[[File:testproxyiceweasel-1.png]]
[[File:testproxyiceweasel-2.png|700px]]
== WPAD - Web Proxy Autodiscovery ==
== WPAD - Web Proxy Autodiscovery ==
Web Proxy Auto-Discovery Protocol, or WPAD, is a technology which aids a web browser in automatically detecting the location of a PAC file using DNS or DHCP.
A browser that supports both DHCP and DNS will first attempt to locate a PAC file using DHCP, and should a DHCP configuration not exist fail-over to DNS WPAD will occur. If neither are configured, a browser will fail open. [http://findproxyforurl.com/ Source]
== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==