How to configure HTTP Proxy for Red Hat Subscription Management

Environment

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
• Red Hat Subscription Manager (RHSM)

Issue

• How do I configure internet connection through HTTP Proxy?

• Yum shows a time out error:

    # yum clean all
    Loaded plugins: product-id, subscription-manager
    timed out
  

Resolution

There are 2 different ways to configure the HTTP Proxy for Subscription Manager:

Configuring an HTTP Proxy in the UI

1. Launch the Red Hat Subscription Manager GUI:

    # subscription-manager-gui
   

2. Click the Proxy Configuration button at the top of the window in the Tools area.

3. Check the Connect to Red Hat Network via an HTTP Proxy checkbox and enter the server location, in the format hostname:port.

4. If the proxy requires a username/password to allow access, then also select the User authentication checkbox and fill in the user credentials.

5. The configuration will be automatically applied, so when the proxy is configured, simply close the window.

Configuring HTTP Proxy in the CLI

• Run the subscription-manager command as follows:

    # subscription-manager config --server.proxy_hostname=proxy.example.com --server.proxy_port=8080 --server.proxy_user=admin --server.proxy_password=secret
  

• Alternatively, proxy information can be added in subscription-manager configuration file in /etc/rhsm/rhsm.conf manually with following options:

    # an http proxy server to use
    proxy_hostname =
    
    # port for http proxy server
    proxy_port =
  

• The following fields are also required when using an authenticated proxy:

    # user name for authenticating to an http proxy, if needed
    proxy_user =
    
    # password for basic http proxy auth, if needed
    proxy_password =
  
   If the special character is included in user name or password, Using '' ,single quotes.
   ex) proxy_password ='abcd¥efg'
  

Diagnostic Steps

• Refer to the This content is not included.Red Hat Subscription Management Guide for more information.

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