[Spice-devel] [spice-space-pages PATCH] Spice Proxy documentation

[Uri Lublin]

On 03/09/2017 03:09 PM, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2017 at 03:03:58PM +0200, Uri Lublin wrote:
>> On 03/06/2017 04:48 PM, Christophe Fergeau wrote:
>>> On Mon, Mar 06, 2017 at 09:42:13AM -0500, Frediano Ziglio wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Uri Lublin <uril at redhat.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>  proxy.rst | 102
>>>>>  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>>  1 file changed, 102 insertions(+)
>>>>>  create mode 100644 proxy.rst
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/proxy.rst b/proxy.rst
>>>>> new file mode 100644
>>>>> index 0000000..9824a15
>>>>> --- /dev/null
>>>>> +++ b/proxy.rst
>>>>> @@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
>>>>> +Spice Proxy
>>>>> +###########
>>>>> +
>>>>> +:slug: spice-proxy
>>>>> +:modified: 2017-03-05 10:00
>>>>
>>>> Is not git enough? These fields tend to not get updated at the end.
>>>>
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Introduction
>>>>> +++++++++++++
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Spice client (remote-viewer) supports connecting to the server via an http
>>>>> proxy.
>>>>> +This may be desirable for cases when the client does not have direct access
>>>>> +to the server.
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Configuring the Client
>>>>> +++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>>> +
>>>>> +Proxy Format
>>>>> +^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>> +[protocol://]proxy-host[:proxy-port]
>>>>> +
>>>>> +.. code-block:: sh
>>>>> +
>>>>> +   for example: http://10.0.15.50:3128
>>>>> +
>>>>> +There are two ways to tell the client to connect via an http proxy:
>>>>> +
>>>>> +SPICE_PROXY environment variable
>>>>> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>>>> +A SPICE_PROXY environment variable tells remote-viewer
>>>>> +to connect to the spice-server via a proxy-server
>>>>> +
>>>>> +.. code-block:: sh
>>>>> +
>>>>> +   export SPICE_PROXY="http://10.0.15.50:3128"
>>>
>>> I forgot, can it use "http_proxy" or not?
>>
>> I'm not sure what you mean here.
>> Is it if something like the following would work
>>   export SPICE_PROXY="http_proxy://10.0.15.50:3128"
>
> export http_proxy="http://10.0.15.50:3128"
> which is a more or less standard way of setting proxies

This does not work.