Author: webgeek

  • Configuring YUM to use a Proxy Server.

    There are two basic ways that you can configure YUM to use a proxy server.

    First is by editing the yum.conf file pop over to this web-site. The yum.conf is usually localed in the /etc directory. You will need to add couple of parameters depending on your proxy configuration.

    1.) The first parameter is to add the proxy server to the yum.conf.

    # The proxy server – proxy server:port number
    proxy=http://yum.proxy.server:3128

    2.) Now If a username and password is required to login to the proxy server.

    # The account details for yum connections
    proxy_username=username
    proxy_password=password

    The second way is by configuring the user’s environmental variables.

    1.) The first way is just by adding the proxy server information.

    bash> http_proxy=”http://yum.proxy.server:3128″
    bash> export http_proxy

    2.) The second way is by adding the proxy server with an username and password.

    bash> http_proxy=”http://username:password@yum.proxy.server:3128″
    bash> export http_proxy

     

  • My First Post

    So here’s the story; I’m horrible at grammar, spelling and pretty much anything else to do with the English language, but I decided to start a blog anyway. Foolish human.. 🙂

    This will be a pretty boring blog to most of you since it will be a technical blog, with a few rants from yours truly. So, if you are a geek or a nerd, great, if not, go herehttp://www.life.com, a great site I helped build.