Jira (PUP-5212) Pip package provider fails to honor HTTP proxy settings

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A Puppet Fan created an issue   Puppet / PUP-5212 Pip package provider fails to honor HTTP proxy settings Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 3.8.2, PUP 4.x Assignee: Unassigned Components: Language Created: 2015/09/09 2:55 AM Fix Versions: PUP 3.8.3 Labels: pip provider proxy package Priority: Normal Reporter: A Puppet Fan Having some trouble getting the pip package provider to work behind a http proxy. I know that the install_options feature for pip hasn't been backported to puppet 3.8.x, which is unfortunate (will this happen btw?), but I've found a reasonable workaround by setting a global proxy option in /etc/pip.conf (on unixy systems) - see https://pip.pypa.io/en/latest/user_guide.html#config-file. I can confirm that, once this config file is in place, manually running pip install --upgrade $pkg works via the proxy, even without environment variables being set. Trying this via puppet's native pip provider fails with the following error: Error: Could not get latest version: Timeout while contacting pypi.python.org: execution expired Error: /Package[$pkg]/ensure: change from 1.0.0 to latest failed: Could not get latest version: Timeout while contacting pypi.python.org: execution expired Have tried a few variations, including: puppet resource package $pkg ensure=latest provider=pip puppet resource --http_proxy_host=proxy.example.com --http_proxy_port=3128 package $pkg ensure=latest provider=pip Ruby is still new to me, but I think the problem is on this line: https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/blob/master/lib/puppet/provider/package/pip.rb#L63 Which, according to this reference on the XMLRPC::Client class, might need to be modified to pass proxy details? It would be good to get this fixed in 3.8.x - I'd like to avoid dumping the native pip package provider.... Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.11#64026-sha1:78f6ec4) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.