Summary: Intro | Obtaining the proxy server address | Configuring proxy settings – checklist | Other tools
*Fedora / RHEL / CentOS
Initially, I wanted to title this post as Welcome to Proxy Hell, because – at least at first – getting the proxy settings right on a VM can feel like a nightmare. Especially, if you have no idea about were to start or, more depressingly, when none of your attempts to fix the problem seem to be successful. Nearly inevitably, if working in an office, you have come across proxies. It has become a standard for companies to guard their network traffic with a proxy server. The idea is that the server acts as an intermediary between the private company network and the internet, which both hides the web traffic from the outside eyes and can serve as a base for implementing access authentication and bandwidth control.