Internet proxy

Sometimes you might need access to the internet when on a private network. The following is some examples on using the proxy environment variables.

Linux and macOS

# bash
export http_proxy=http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128
export https_proxy=http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128
export HTTP_PROXY=http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128

# Cheaty bash
export htt{p,ps}_proxy=http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128
export HTT{P,PS}_PROXY=http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128

# csh
setenv http_proxy http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128
setenv https_proxy http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128
setenv HTTP_PROXY http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128
setenv HTTPS_PROXY http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128

# test
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-py39_4.10.3-Linux-x86_64.sh
curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-py39_4.10.3-Linux-x86_64.sh > Miniconda3.sh

Windows

Select the Start button, then select Settings > Network & internet > Proxy.

Under Manual proxy setup, next to Use a proxy server, select Set up.

http://calamar.private.uwaterloo.ca:3128