Bug#1008057: Debian Installer on CD netinst image doesn't use http_proxy on Debian Edu network
control: severity -1 wishlist thanks On Fri, Mar 25, 2022 at 11:05:38AM +0100, Wolfgang Schweer wrote: > Quoting the manual: > "You can use an existing HTTP proxy service on the network to speed up > the installation of the main server profile from CD. Add e.g. > mirror/http/proxy=http://10.0.2.2:3128 as an additional boot parameter." > > https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Bullseye/Installation#Installation_types_and_options > > Similar instruction since the Etch release... thus downgrading severity of this bug. -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ Where will your kids go when they become climate refugees? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Bug#1008057: Debian Installer on CD netinst image doesn't use http_proxy on Debian Edu network
[ Mike Gabriel, 2022-03-21 ] > I have just tried to install a Debian Edu system from the netinst CD image > for the first time (in ages) on a fully up-and-running Debian Edu network. > > One part of my favourite setup is blocking all outgoing traffic to the > internet for Debian Edu clients and have all internet connections mediated > by squid on TJENER (or some other host serving webcache.intern.3128). > > So, my simple expectation was, that a Debian Edu installation from CD image > would automatically use the proxy server configured via WPAD. This obviously > is not in the case: Quoting the manual: "You can use an existing HTTP proxy service on the network to speed up the installation of the main server profile from CD. Add e.g. mirror/http/proxy=http://10.0.2.2:3128 as an additional boot parameter." https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Bullseye/Installation#Installation_types_and_options Similar instruction since the Etch release... Wolfgang signature.asc Description: PGP signature
