Configuring Yum Behind Proxy

This is to enable yum installation to a server behind proxy network.

1. Configure yum.conf

    vi /etc/yum.conf

    add these lines:

            proxy = http://proxyname:port/

            proxy_username = name

            proxy_password = password

2. Export http_proxy variable

   export http_proxy = "http://proxy:port/"

3. Export http_proxy variable in bash login script

vi /root/.bash_profile

export http_proxy="http://proxy:port/"