ProxyMan is a shell script to manage system-wide proxy settings on Linux systems. It supports both Debian/Ubuntu-based (using apt) and RHEL/CentOS/Fedora-based systems (using dnf or yum). In addition, it configures proxies for wget, Docker (both system daemon and per-user Docker settings), and system-wide environment variables like http_proxy, https_proxy, and no_proxy.

• Package Manager Support:
  Detects your system’s package manager (apt, dnf, or yum) and configures the proxy settings accordingly.

• System-Wide Environment Variables:
  Configures /etc/environment to set http_proxy, https_proxy, no_proxy and their uppercase variants globally.

• Wget Proxy Configuration:
  Updates /etc/wgetrc so wget commands use the configured proxy.

• Docker Proxy Configuration:

  • Sets system-wide Docker proxy via /etc/docker/daemon.json.
  • Creates or updates a systemd drop-in file at /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/http-proxy.conf to allow the Docker daemon to pull images via the proxy.
  • Configures per-user Docker proxy settings in ~/.docker/config.json for the user who ran sudo.

• Backup and Restore Mechanism:

  • When you run set, ProxyMan creates backups of all files it modifies, if not already existing.
  • When you run unset, it restores these backups, effectively removing the proxy settings.
  • When you run purge, it removes all proxy settings and all backup files permanently.

• Interactive Mode:

  • If /etc/proxy.conf does not exist, ProxyMan can prompt you for HTTP_PROXY, HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY interactively.
  • Default NO_PROXY values cover local IP ranges and docker0 networks, so you don’t have to guess.

• Shell Integration:

  • The export command prints export statements so you can eval them to apply proxy vars to your current shell session without reopening it.
  • The unexport command prints unset statements to remove the proxy vars from your current shell.

• Safe and User-Friendly:

  • Color-coded output helps distinguish success messages (green), prompts/warnings (yellow), and errors (red).
  • Before destructive operations like purge, it asks for confirmation.
  • Clear instructions are printed after set and unset so you know the next steps.

• Run as root (via sudo), since system-wide configuration files are modified.

• If you prefer a non-interactive setup, ensure /etc/proxy.conf exists with:

  HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080
  HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080
  NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1,::1

Adjust these values to match your actual proxy setup. If /etc/proxy.conf is missing, ProxyMan will prompt you interactively to enter these values when you run set.

1. Copy the proxyman.sh script to a location in your $PATH, for example:

sudo cp proxyman.sh /usr/local/bin/proxyman
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/proxyman

2. Ensure /etc/proxy.conf is created and contains HTTP_PROXY , HTTPS_PROXY, and NO_PROXY.

Run all commands with sudo:

• Set proxy:

sudo proxyman set

This configures all system-wide files, Docker, and per-user Docker config. If /etc/proxy.conf is missing, it will prompt you interactively. After setting, ProxyMan will print instructions on how to apply these settings to your current shell (using eval "$(sudo proxyman export)").

• Unset proxy:

sudo proxyman unset

Restores original configurations from backups and removes proxy settings. After unsetting, it will print instructions on how to remove the settings from your current shell (using eval "$(sudo proxyman unexport)").

• List current settings:

sudo proxyman list

Shows the current state of all relevant files.

• Export Commands

Use the following command to print export statements for http_proxy, https_proxy, no_proxy, and their uppercase equivalents:

sudo proxyman export

To apply these proxy settings to your current shell without reopening it, use:

eval "$(sudo proxyman export)"

• Unexport Commands

To print unset statements for removing proxy variables from your current shell:

sudo proxyman unexport

To apply these unset statements, use:

eval "$(sudo proxyman unexport)"

• Help

For help and usage information, use:

sudo proxyman -h

sudo proxyman set
eval "$(sudo proxyman export)"

• Unset and Remove Proxy from Current Shell

sudo proxyman unset
eval "$(sudo proxyman unexport)"

Alternatively, you can reopen your terminal session after setting or unsetting proxies to apply or remove the proxy environment.

• The script attempts to detect your system's package manager:

  • If apt is found, it configures /etc/apt/apt.conf.
  • If dnf or yum is found, it configures those accordingly.
  • If none of these package managers are found, it skips package manager proxy configuration.

• Docker Integration:

  • Requires Docker 20.10+ for the proxies key in daemon.json.
  • Creates a systemd drop-in file at /etc/systemd/system/docker.service.d/http-proxy.conf to allow the Docker daemon to pull images via the proxy.
  • Configures per-user Docker settings in ~/.docker/config.json for the user who invoked sudo. If run as root, it uses the root user's home directory.

• Backup Behavior:

  • Backups are created only once. Subsequent runs will not overwrite the backups.