[Spice-devel] [spice-space-pages PATCH v2] Spice Proxy documentation

[Frediano Ziglio]

> 
> Signed-off-by: Uri Lublin <uril at redhat.com>

Acked-by: Frediano Ziglio <fziglio at redhat.com>

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> 
> Changes since v1:
>  1. :modified: was removed from the top
>  2. 2 ways to set up proxy -- are numbered
>  3. Comment added to not use http_proxy
>  4. "Installation (Fedora)" section removed.
>  5. A misplaced "the" was removed.
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>  1 file changed, 95 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 proxy.rst
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> +Spice Proxy
> +###########
> +
> +:slug: spice-proxy
> +
> +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:
> +
> +1. 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"
> +
> +(Please do not use "http_proxy" as it is not currently supported)
> +
> +2. proxy key in a vv-file (under [virt-viewer])
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +A proxy key in a vv-file tells remote-viewer to
> +connect to the spice-server via a proxy-server
> +
> +.. code-block:: sh
> +
> +   [virt-viewer]
> +   proxy=http://10.0.15.50:3128
> +
> +
> +Configuring the proxy server (squid as an example)
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> +Squid (squid-cache.org) can be used as a proxy server.
> +
> +This is just an example.
> +There are other configurations possible, and other proxy
> +servers.
> +Configuration should be done according to requirements.
> +Firewall, if exists, may need to be configured as well.
> +
> +
> +Example Configuration (Fedora)
> +^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> +For information about configuring Squid, please take a look
> +at squid documentation.
> +I looked at http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl.
> +
> +Let's assume there are two hosts (hypervisors) with
> +IP addresses 10.0.0.1 and 10.0.0.2, and both
> +use ports 5900 and 5901 for Spice.
> +A possible configuration may be (in /etc/squid/squid.conf):
> +
> +.. code-block:: sh
> +
> +   acl SPICE_HOSTS 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2
> +   acl SPICE_PORTS 5900 5901
> +   http_access allow SPICE_HOSTS
> +   http_access allow SPICE_PORTS
> +   http_access deny all
> +
> +allow these hosts and ports but nothing else.
> +
> +
> +Running the client
> +++++++++++++++++++++++
> +Once the proxy is set up as described above, run the client as usual, e.g
> +
> +.. code-block:: sh
> +
> +   remote-viewer console.vv
> +
> +or
> +
> +.. code-block:: sh
> +
> +   remote-viewer spice://10.0.0.1:5901
> +
> +

Frediano