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Using a proxy server

If you want your Raspberry Pi to access the internet via a proxy server (perhaps from a school or other workplace), you will need to configure your Pi to use the server before you can get online.

What you will need

You will need:

  • The IP address or hostname and port of your proxy server
  • A username and password for your proxy (if required)

Configuring your Pi

You will need to set up three environment variables (http_proxy, https_proxy, and no_proxy) so your Raspberry Pi knows how to access the proxy server.

  • Open a terminal window, and open the file /etc/environment using nano:
sudo nano /etc/environment

open etc environment

  • Add the following to the /etc/environment file to create the http_proxy variable:
export http_proxy="http://proxyipaddress:proxyport"
  • Replace proxyipaddress and proxyport with the IP address and port of your proxy.

Note: if your proxy requires a username and password, add them using the following format:

export http_proxy="http://username:password@proxyipaddress:proxyport"
  • Enter the same information for the environment variable https_proxy:
export https_proxy="http://username:password@proxyipaddress:proxyport"
  • Create the no_proxy environment variable, which is a comma-separated list of addresses your Pi should not use the proxy for:
export no_proxy="localhost, 127.0.0.1"

Your /etc/environment file should now look like this:

export http_proxy="http://username:password@proxyipaddress:proxyport"
export https_proxy="http://username:password@proxyipaddress:proxyport"
export no_proxy="localhost, 127.0.0.1"

environment variables

  • Press Ctrl + X to save and exit.

Update sudoers

In order for operations that run as sudo (e.g. downloading and installing software) to use the new environment variables, you'll need to update sudoers.

  • Use the following command to open sudoers:
sudo visudo
  • Add the following line to the file so sudo will use the environment variables you just created:
Defaults	env_keep+="http_proxy https_proxy no_proxy"

edit sudoers

  • Press Ctrl + X to save and exit.

Reboot

  • Reboot your Raspberry Pi for the changes to take effect.

You should now be able to access the internet via your proxy server.