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Introduction

HTTP Proxy client can be used in cases when you want to disable external access to PBX and use Proxy Server. For correct work of PBX via Proxy Server without direct access to the Internet, there should be access to an available DNS server.

You can set HTTP Proxy client without authentication, with Basic authentication, or with NTLM authentication (Active Directory).

Services

HTTP Proxy

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Client allows to use HTTP Proxy Server for the following services:

• Activate/update license

• Upgrade PBX

• Remote support

• Upgrade devices firmware

• Get SSL certificate

• Renew SSL certificate

• Get CDS statistics

• Get/ create/ remove data from CDS

• Notification service

• MFA service

• Conference service

• Veesion alert notifications
  
  

Files

When HTTP Proxy Client is enabled, the following files

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are changed:

• /rw2/etc/pbx/httpproxy
.ini (instead of /rw2/etc/env
• .
custom.
• ini
)
• /rw2/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10proxy
  
  

For remote support:

• /etc/openvpn/wildixclient.conf
• /etc/openvpn/httpproxy
• /rw2/etc/openvpn/passfile
  
  

For licensing:

• /etc/callweaver/licensing.conf

HTTP Proxy Server

Installing Squid

1. Squid is available in the Ubuntu repositories. Make sure your system is up to date and then to install Squid. For thus, run the following commands:

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   sudo apt update sudo apt install squid

   
   

2. Copy the original configuration file to keep it as a backup:

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   sudo cp /etc/squid/squid.conf /etc/squid/squid.conf.default

   
   

3. Replace the original config with squid.conf

4. Generate password file with the following command. You will be asked to type a password:

   
   

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   sudo htpasswd -c /etc/squid/passwords username_you_like

   
   

5. Restart squid:

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   sudo service squid restart

   
   

6. If you used your local machine to host the Proxy, you may need to make it available from the PBX. You may use ngrok to get the address accessible from the Internet

7. Use the credentials you entered to configure HTTP Proxy on the PBX

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