Bug 213109

Can you provide the /tmp/anaconda.log from when this occurs?  Are you using CD
or DVD?

I will be more than happy to reproduce it for you. I am using DVD. At this time
I have sucessfully install FC6, but I retry the install and get you the log, if
you tell me hoe to obtain it during the installation. 

Created attachment 140013 [details]
anaconda updates.img patching yuminstall.py w/ an http proxy

Got to have that proxy, anything rather than mirror the extras et al planet. 
Turns out its only a 4 line hack to anaconda for an http proxy via the command
line so I include it here. This simply makes use of urlgrabber's existing proxy
capability. Works by adding 'http_proxy=myproxy.domain:port' to the boot line. 
This patch is against development anaconda 11.1.1.3-1, yuminstall.py.  Works for
me using: kickstart, http install, with  'repo --baseurl ...' keywords.

Included an updates.img - use per http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Updates

==============================================================================
*** /usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py     2006-10-17 16:19:44.000000000 -0400
--- yuminstall_proxy.py 2006-11-01 12:44:31.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 192,197 ****
--- 192,204 ----
          self.setAttribute('pkgdir', root)
          self.setAttribute('hdrdir', '/tmp/cache/headers')
  
+         #quick hack to use proxy from command line for repos.
+         #still needed: local no proxy domain, https & other proxies, etc.
+         if flags.cmdline.has_key("http_proxy"):
+             #set the hidden attribute, as self.proxy.. is protected
+             self._proxy_dict = flags.cmdline["http_proxy"]
+             log.warning("http proxy set to: %s" %self.proxy_dict['http'])
+ 
      #XXX: FIXME duplicated from YumRepository due to namespacing
      def __headersListFromDict(self):
          """Convert our dict of headers to a list of 2-tuples for urlgrabber."""

Arg, sorry, should be:

*** /usr/lib/anaconda/yuminstall.py     2006-10-17 16:19:44.000000000 -0400
--- yuminstall_proxy.py 2006-11-01 12:44:31.000000000 -0500
***************
*** 192,197 ****
--- 192,204 ----
          self.setAttribute('pkgdir', root)
          self.setAttribute('hdrdir', '/tmp/cache/headers')
  
+         #quick hack to use proxy from command line for repos.
+         #still needed: local no proxy domain, https & other proxies, etc.
+         if flags.cmdline.has_key("http_proxy"):
+             #set the hidden attribute, as self.proxy.. is protected
+             self._proxy_dict = {'http':flags.cmdline["http_proxy"]}
+             log.warning("http proxy set to: %s" %self.proxy_dict['http'])
+ 
      #XXX: FIXME duplicated from YumRepository due to namespacing
      def __headersListFromDict(self):
          """Convert our dict of headers to a list of 2-tuples for urlgrabber.""

Hoow do you in your solution specify credentials for such proxy? Our (Windows
based) corporate environment of course requires credentials. My solution for
Fedora in general is to install ntlmaps (ntlmaps.sourceforge.net) which is just
another Python script. I then configure the entire Fedora to use local proxy
(localhost:5865) and then configure ntlmaps with corporate proxy and user name.
Ntlmaps has also the capability to ask for a password when it starts. Maybe the
solution it to ask during anaconda startup if the installation is being done
behind proxy and then ask for proxy settings and credentials.

Paul -- want to look at something like this at least as a temporary thing in
case we don't get to a better solution for FC7? 

User pnasrat's account has been closed

Suggest marking this as a duplicate of 141988 "anaconda should query for proxy"
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=141988

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currently there exists a proxy configuration textfield in the installer.