Bug 977051

Summary:	Yum section should document using a proxy
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora Documentation	Reporter:	Pete Travis <me>
Component:	system-administrator's-guide	Assignee:	Stephen Wadeley <swadeley>
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Description Pete Travis 2013-06-22 23:05:37 UTC

Using yum behind a proxy requires special configuration, and the guide does not document this relatively common support question. I think some instructions should be added for this, either as a term in the yum [main] section or an independent section.

Comment 1 Ryan 2020-11-04 08:57:49 UTC

This should be included in the DNF section now, but most things use the system proxy config or $http_proxy and $https_proxy env vars so it may not be as necessary as it was back in Fedora 2x days...still, adding proxy=http://proxy:8080 to your dnf.conf file is still a possible solution

Comment 2 Ryan 2023-04-06 05:51:47 UTC

This bug can probably be closed, setting the proxy environment vars does the job and DNF honours that. Proxy usage is also not very common any longer in most environments.