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tlathm

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Registered: 2017-11-25

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apt using a proxy and https only?

Sorry if this is the wrong forum for this question...wasn't sure on that.

Is it possible to use apt with ONLY https in a scenario where a proxy is required? We have a customer trying to do this, and I'm sort of stumped. For one thing it doesn't seem feasible for apt to even know what mirrors would support https.

It appears to me that most everything I ever see using apt uses plain http.

Thanks in advance!
Tom

fsmithred

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Registered: 2016-11-25

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Re: apt using a proxy and https only?

To use apt with https, you must select a package mirror that supports https. Not all of them do. Find one on this list and use it in sources.list instead of deb.devuan.org.
https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/mirror_list.txt

I don't know how that works with a proxy or if it even matters.

tlathm

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Registered: 2017-11-25

Posts: 107  

Re: apt using a proxy and https only?

Thanks! That's exactly what I was starting to think was needed. And yea, as far as the proxy, if the customer can get us access directly to whatever mirror we use the proxy may not be needed.

Perfect! Thanks again.
Tom