How to enable Proxy Settings for Yum Command on RHEL?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10

Issue

Need to enable Proxy Settings for Yum

Resolution

To configure yum to use a proxy, modify the /etc/yum.conf file with the following :

proxy=http://proxy-server-IP-address>:<proxy_port> 
proxy_username=<proxy-user-name>
proxy_password=<proxy-password>

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