Bug#1008057: Debian Installer on CD netinst image doesn't use http_proxy on Debian Edu network

Mike Gabriel <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.skolelinux.devel
Organization DAS-NETZWERKTEAM
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On  Fr 25 Mär 2022 11:05:38 CET, Wolfgang Schweer wrote:

> [ Mike Gabriel, 2022-03-21 ]
>> I have just tried to install a Debian Edu system from the netinst CD image
>> for the first time (in ages) on a fully up-and-running Debian Edu network.
>>
>> One part of my favourite setup is blocking all outgoing traffic to the
>> internet for Debian Edu clients and have all internet connections mediated
>> by squid on TJENER (or some other host serving webcache.intern.3128).
>>
>> So, my simple expectation was, that a Debian Edu installation from CD image
>> would automatically use the proxy server configured via WPAD. This obviously
>> is not in the case:
>
> Quoting the manual:
> "You can use an existing HTTP proxy service on the network to speed up
> the installation of the main server profile from CD. Add e.g.
> mirror/http/proxy=http://10.0.2.2:3128 as an additional boot parameter."
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Bullseye/Installation#Installation_types_and_options
>
> Similar instruction since the Etch release...
>
> Wolfgang

Thanks for clarification (many years later). As a solution exists, I  
will close this bug now.

Mike
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