Topics: Security, System Admin

Using a proxy for wget

If you need to use a proxy for wget, this can be configured as follows:

Either create a file $HOME/.wgetrc (for a specific user) or /etc/wgetrc (to set the proxy configuration for the entire system), and add in the following lines, while replacing the entries below with your HTTP proxy URL and port information: 

# You can set the default proxies for Wget to use for http and https.
# They will override the value in the environment.
https_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:3128
http_proxy = http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:3128

# If you do not want to use proxy at all, set this to off.
use_proxy = on
Alternatively, you may also use the -e option for wget: 
# wget ... -e https_proxy=http://proxy.yoyodyne.com:3128 ...




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