How-to Softlock License - Proxies in License Manager

By default, License Manager uses whatever proxies you have set for your system. Where License Manager reads these proxy settings from differs between operating systems:

Windows

The proxy settings are read from Internet Explorer.

1. Open Internet Options.
2. Go to connections tab and press LAN Settings button.
   

   

3. Tick the checkbox “Use a proxy server for your LAN” and specify the Address and Port of your proxy server (for example 192.168.1.11, port 3128).
   *Note the Bypass Proxy Server for Local Addresses option. When this policy is enabled, local resources are always accessed directly, not through a proxy server.
   

   

   
   
4. If you need to specify the list of address exceptions, click Advanced. In the field Do not use proxy servers for addresses beginning with: specify the list of IP addresses or domains. For example: 192.*
   

   

5. Press OK twice to save settings

Mac

The proxy settings are read from the system internet settings.

Linux

The proxy settings are read from the environment variables http_proxy or all_proxy.

For example, using bash shell:

Type the following command to set proxy server:

$ export http_proxy=http://server-ip:port/
$ export http_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:3128/
$ export http_proxy=http://proxy-server.mycorp.com:3128/

If the proxy server requires a username and password then add these to the URL. For example, to include the username foo and the password bar:

$ export http_proxy=http://foo:bar@server-ip:port/
$ export http_proxy=http://foo:bar@127.0.0.1:3128/
$ export http_proxy=http://USERNAME:PASSWORD@proxy-server.mycorp.com:3128/

How do I setup proxy variable for all users?

To setup the proxy environment variable as a global variable, open /etc/profile file:

# vi /etc/profile

Add the following information:

export http_proxy=http://proxy-server.mycorp.com:3128/
OR
export http_proxy=http://USERNAME:PASSOWRD@proxy-server.mycorp.com:3128/

Save and close the file.