How to Configure Your SLES Operating System to Work With a Proxy Server

Before You Begin

If you are behind a network firewall and need to use a proxy server to access the Internet, you must configure YaST with the correct proxy information.

1. Open the YaST utility.
2. Select the Network Services tab on the left, and then the Proxy screen on the right. Enter the correct proxy URLs in both the HTTP and HTTPS fields.

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   Note - For the online update service to function correctly through a network HTTP proxy, the following additional configuration step must be performed.

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3. Exit the YaST utility and enter the following command:

   rug set-prefs proxy-url proxy URL

   where proxy URL is the fully qualified URL of your proxy server (for example, http://proxy.yourdomain:3128/).