Configuring HTTP Proxy in the rhsm.conf File

The HTTP proxy settings can be configured in the rhsm.conf file; this is the same as configuring it in the Subscription Manager GUI. The proxy configuration is stored and used for every connection between the subscription service and the local system.

vim /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf

• Change the settings in the [server] section that relate to the HTTP proxy. All parameters are described in Table 14.7, "rhsm.conf Parameters". There are four parameters directly related to the proxy:
  • proxy_hostname for the IP address or fully-qualified domain name of the proxy server; this is required.

  Leaving the proxy_hostname argument blank means that no HTTP proxy is used.

• proxy_port for the proxy server port.
• proxy_user for the user account to connect to the proxy; this may not be required, depending on the proxy server's configuration.
• proxy_password for the password for the user account to connect to the proxy; this may not be required, depending on the proxy server's configuration.

[server]
# an http proxy server to use
proxy_hostname = proxy.example.com
# port for http proxy server
proxy_port = 443
# user name for authenticating to an http proxy, if needed
proxy_user =
# password for basic http proxy auth, if needed
proxy_password =