Ansible Role Proxy Client

Configure various proxy related configs, from apt, yum, system wide ...

Requirements

Some proxy server to connect to ... you could use in tandem to Ansible role squid

Role Variables

• proxy_client_system: true

• proxy_client_apt: false

• proxy_client_yum: false

• proxy_server_protocol: http

• proxy_server_host: localhost

• proxy_server_port: 8080

• proxy_server: "{{ proxy_server_protocol }}://{{ proxy_server_host }}:{{ proxy_server_port }}/"

• Allowed override with a global varaibel named proxy_server to customize the role to use that specific server the vairable mys be formed as protocol://server-name||ip address:tcp-port so it could be:

  • http://proxy.mycompany.com:9091

Dependencies

A proxy server at some address ... defaults to http://localhost:8080

Example Playbook

Install squid and configure local system wide proxy config on one single host

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: shelleg.squid
     - role: shelleg.proxy-client

Configure client proxy to proxy connections via 17.16.1.99 on port 9090 and only configure proxy for yum ... considering your proxy does that kind of things ;)

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: shelleg.proxy-client
       proxy_server_host: 172.16.1.99
       proxy_server_port: 9090
       proxy_client_yum: true
       proxy_client_system: false

Configure client proxy to proxy connections via http://myproxy.com on port 9091

- hosts: servers
  roles:
     - role: shelleg.proxy-client
       proxy_server: 'http://proxy.mycompany.com:9091'
       proxy_client_yum: true
       proxy_client_system: false

License

MIT

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