As a dev I am curious how this is handled in our code. Does every usage of
RestClient need to know about the existence of a proxy? Are there multiple
proxies for different aspects (eg. https://cdn.redhat.com vs.
https://myinternalserver.example.com)?

On Thu, Apr 20, 2017 at 8:43 AM, Timo Goebel <m...@timogoebel.name> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Am 20.04.17 um 13:06 schrieb Sebastian Gräßl:
>
>> How common is a setup where external resources requiring HTTP are used
>> with Foreman behind a HTTP proxy?
>>
>> I believe, this is very common in enterprise environments. Usually any
> internet access is blocked for security reasons and only connections via a
> proxy server are allowed. The proxy ususally does a MITM attack to be able
> to investigate encrypted traffic. While this does make sense in some cases,
> don't get me started why it does not make any sense in others.
>
> Comments?
>>
>
> I think especially access to all the docker registries out there is
> something a corporate it-security team would want to go through a proxy
> server. Setting a proxy server on a server via environment variables
> (http_proxy) is quite easy with systemd unit files. However that may lead
> to problems when the client doesn't respect the 'no_proxy' environment
> variable and suddenly all requests to a smart proxy are routed via the http
> proxy. This is problematic when smart-proxy is on the same network and not
> reachable via the proxy server.
> I personally prefer only to have an explicit option in a settings file.
>
> - Timo
>
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