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Firefox Proxy setting

Clone and install

To test this tutorial, you need to download this repository and install Rougail:

git clone -b 1.1 https://forge.cloud.silique.fr/stove/rougail-tutorials.git
cd rougail-tutorials
python -m venv venv_rougail
. venv_rougail/bin/activate
pip install rougail-cli rougail-output-exporter rougail-output-doc rougail-user-data-yaml

Then switch to the tutorial page:

git switch --detach v1.1_098

Structure

.
└── firefox
    ├── 00-proxy.yml
    ├── 10-manual.yml
    ├── 20-manual.yml
    ├── 30-auto.yml
    ├── 40-no_proxy.yml
    ├── 50-prompt_authentication.yml
    └── 55-proxy_dns_socks5.yml


Contents of the firefox/55-proxy_dns_socks5.yml file

%YAML 1.2
---
version: 1.1

proxy_dns_socks5:
  description: Use proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5
  mode: advanced
  default: false
  disabled:
    jinja: |-
      {% if _.manual.socks_proxy.version is propertyerror %}
        the proxy mode is not manual
      {% elif _.manual.socks_proxy.version == 'v4' %}
        socks version is v4
      {% endif %}      
    description: |-
      if "firefox.proxy_mode" is not "Manual proxy configuration"
      or "firefox.manual.socks_proxy.version" is "v4"      
...

Let's generate the documentation

rougail -m firefox/ --modes_level basic standard advanced -o doc
Variable                                                                                                   Description                                                                                               
proxy_mode
choice standard mandatory
Configure Proxy Access to the Internet.
Choices:
- No proxy ← (default)
- Auto-detect proxy settings for this network
- Use system proxy settings
- Manual proxy configuration
- Automatic proxy configuration URL

Manual proxy configuration

manual

basic disabled

Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" hasn't the value "Manual proxy configuration"

HTTP Proxy

manual.http_proxy

basic

Variable                                                                                                    Description                                                                                                
manual.http_proxy.address
domainname basic mandatory
HTTP address.
Validator: the domain name can be an IP
manual.http_proxy.port
port standard mandatory
HTTP Port.
Validators:
- well-known ports (1 to 1023) are allowed
- registred ports (1024 to 49151) are allowed
- private ports (greater than 49152) are allowed
Default: 8080
Variable                                                                                                    Description                                                                                                
manual.use_for_https
boolean standard mandatory
Also use this proxy for HTTPS.
Default: true
HTTPS Proxy or SOCKS Proxy

This family builds families dynamically

manual.https_proxy
manual.socks_proxy

standard hidden

Hidden: in HTTPS case if "_.use_for_https" is set to "true"

Identifiers:
- HTTPS
- SOCKS

Variable                                                                                                                Description                                                                                                            
manual.https_proxy.address
manual.socks_proxy.address
domainname standard mandatory
HTTPS or SOCKS address.
Validator: the domain name can be an IP
Default: the value of the variable "manual.http_proxy.address"
manual.https_proxy.port
manual.socks_proxy.port
port standard mandatory
HTTPS or SOCKS port.
Validators:
- well-known ports (1 to 1023) are allowed
- registred ports (1024 to 49151) are allowed
- private ports (greater than 49152) are allowed
Default: the value of the variable "manual.http_proxy.port"
manual.https_proxy.version
manual.socks_proxy.version
choice standard mandatory disabled
SOCKS host version used by proxy.
Choices:
- v4
- v5 ← (default)
Disabled: when the identifier is "HTTPS"
Variable                                                                                                                            Description                                                                                                                        
auto
web_address basic mandatory disabled
Automatic proxy configuration URL.
Validator: the domain name in web address can be only a hostname
Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" hasn't the value "Automatic proxy configuration URL"
no_proxy
domainname standard disabled unique multiple
Address for which proxy will be desactivated.
Connections to localhost, 127.0.0.1/8 and ::1 are never proxied.
Validators:
- the domain name can starts by a dot
- the domain name can be a hostname
- the domain name can be an IP
- the domain name can be network in CIDR format
Examples:
- .mozilla.org
- .net.nz
- 192.168.1.0/24
Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" has the value "No proxy"
prompt_authentication
boolean standard mandatory disabled
Prompt for authentication if password is saved.
Default: true
Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" has the value "No proxy"
proxy_dns_socks5
boolean advanced mandatory disabled
Use proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5.
Default: false
Disabled: if "firefox.proxy_mode" is not "Manual proxy configuration"
or "firefox.manual.socks_proxy.version" is "v4"

Let's generate the changelog

rougail -m firefox/ --modes_level basic standard advanced -o doc --doc.contents changelog

Modified variables

Variable                                                                                                                                       Description                                                                                                                                   
proxy_mode
choice standard mandatory
Configure Proxy Access to the Internet.
Choices:
- No proxy ← (default)
- Auto-detect proxy settings for this network
- Use system proxy settings
- Manual proxy configuration
- Automatic proxy configuration URL
manual.http_proxy.address
domainname basic mandatory
HTTP address.
Validator: the domain name can be an IP
manual.http_proxy.port
port standard mandatory
HTTP Port.
Validators:
- well-known ports (1 to 1023) are allowed
- registred ports (1024 to 49151) are allowed
- private ports (greater than 49152) are allowed
Default: 8080
manual.use_for_https
boolean standard mandatory
Also use this proxy for HTTPS.
Default: true
manual.https_proxy.address
manual.socks_proxy.address
domainname standard mandatory
HTTPS or SOCKS address.
Validator: the domain name can be an IP
Default: the value of the variable "manual.http_proxy.address"
manual.https_proxy.port
manual.socks_proxy.port
port standard mandatory
HTTPS or SOCKS port.
Validators:
- well-known ports (1 to 1023) are allowed
- registred ports (1024 to 49151) are allowed
- private ports (greater than 49152) are allowed
Default: the value of the variable "manual.http_proxy.port"
manual.https_proxy.version
manual.socks_proxy.version
choice standard mandatory disabled
SOCKS host version used by proxy.
Choices:
- v4
- v5 ← (default)
Disabled: when the identifier is "HTTPS"
auto
web_address basic mandatory disabled
Automatic proxy configuration URL.
Validator: the domain name in web address can be only a hostname
Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" hasn't the value "Automatic proxy configuration URL"
no_proxy
domainname standard disabled unique multiple
Address for which proxy will be desactivated.
Connections to localhost, 127.0.0.1/8 and ::1 are never proxied.
Validators:
- the domain name can starts by a dot
- the domain name can be a hostname
- the domain name can be an IP
- the domain name can be network in CIDR format
Examples:
- .mozilla.org
- .net.nz
- 192.168.1.0/24
Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" has the value "No proxy"
prompt_authentication
boolean standard mandatory disabled
Prompt for authentication if password is saved.
Default: true
Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" has the value "No proxy"
proxy_dns_socks5
boolean advanced mandatory disabled
Use proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5.
Default: false
Disabled: if "firefox.proxy_mode" is not "Manual proxy configuration"
or "firefox.manual.socks_proxy.version" is "v4"

User datas

Example 1

config/01/config.yml

---

Output

rougail -m firefox/ --modes_level basic standard advanced -u yaml -yf config/01/config.yml
╭─────── Caption ────────╮
│ Variable Default value │
╰────────────────────────╯
Variables:
┗━━ 📓 Configure Proxy Access to the Internet: No proxy

Example 2

config/02/config.yml

---
proxy_mode: Manual proxy configuration
manual:
  http_proxy:
    address: http.proxy.net

Output

rougail -m firefox/ --modes_level basic standard advanced -u yaml -yf config/02/config.yml
╭────────────── Caption ───────────────╮
│ Variable Default value               │
│          Modified value              │
│          (⏳ Original default value) │
╰──────────────────────────────────────╯
Variables:
┣━━ 📓 Configure Proxy Access to the Internet: Manual proxy configuration ◀ loaded from the YAML file "config/02/config.yml" (⏳ No proxy)
┣━━ 📂 Manual proxy configuration
┣━━ 📂 HTTP Proxy
┣━━ 📓 HTTP address: http.proxy.net ◀ loaded from the YAML file "config/02/config.yml"
┗━━ 📓 HTTP Port: 8080
┣━━ 📓 Also use this proxy for HTTPS: true
┗━━ 📂 SOCKS Proxy
    ┣━━ 📓 SOCKS address: http.proxy.net
    ┣━━ 📓 SOCKS port: 8080
    ┗━━ 📓 SOCKS host version used by proxy: v5
┣━━ 📓 Address for which proxy will be desactivated: 
┣━━ 📓 Prompt for authentication if password is saved: true
┗━━ 📓 Use proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5: false

Example 3

config/03/config.yml

---
proxy_mode: Manual proxy configuration
manual:
  http_proxy:
    address: http.proxy.net
proxy_dns_socks5: true

Output

rougail -m firefox/ --modes_level basic standard advanced -u yaml -yf config/03/config.yml
╭────────────── Caption ───────────────╮
│ Variable Default value               │
│          Modified value              │
│          (⏳ Original default value) │
╰──────────────────────────────────────╯
Variables:
┣━━ 📓 Configure Proxy Access to the Internet: Manual proxy configuration ◀ loaded from the YAML file "config/03/config.yml" (⏳ No proxy)
┣━━ 📂 Manual proxy configuration
┣━━ 📂 HTTP Proxy
┣━━ 📓 HTTP address: http.proxy.net ◀ loaded from the YAML file "config/03/config.yml"
┗━━ 📓 HTTP Port: 8080
┣━━ 📓 Also use this proxy for HTTPS: true
┗━━ 📂 SOCKS Proxy
    ┣━━ 📓 SOCKS address: http.proxy.net
    ┣━━ 📓 SOCKS port: 8080
    ┗━━ 📓 SOCKS host version used by proxy: v5
┣━━ 📓 Address for which proxy will be desactivated: 
┣━━ 📓 Prompt for authentication if password is saved: true
┗━━ 📓 Use proxy DNS when using SOCKS v5: true ◀ loaded from the YAML file "config/03/config.yml" (⏳ false)

Example 4

config/04/config.yml

---
proxy_mode: Manual proxy configuration
manual:
  http_proxy:
    address: http.proxy.net
  socks_proxy:
    version: v4

Output

rougail -m firefox/ --modes_level basic standard advanced -u yaml -yf config/04/config.yml
╭────────────── Caption ───────────────╮
│ Variable Default value               │
│          Modified value              │
│          (⏳ Original default value) │
╰──────────────────────────────────────╯
Variables:
┣━━ 📓 Configure Proxy Access to the Internet: Manual proxy configuration ◀ loaded from the YAML file "config/04/config.yml" (⏳ No proxy)
┣━━ 📂 Manual proxy configuration
┣━━ 📂 HTTP Proxy
┣━━ 📓 HTTP address: http.proxy.net ◀ loaded from the YAML file "config/04/config.yml"
┗━━ 📓 HTTP Port: 8080
┣━━ 📓 Also use this proxy for HTTPS: true
┗━━ 📂 SOCKS Proxy
    ┣━━ 📓 SOCKS address: http.proxy.net
    ┣━━ 📓 SOCKS port: 8080
    ┗━━ 📓 SOCKS host version used by proxy: v4 ◀ loaded from the YAML file "config/04/config.yml" (⏳ v5)
┣━━ 📓 Address for which proxy will be desactivated: 
┗━━ 📓 Prompt for authentication if password is saved: true