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[tutorial v1.1_075)] A variable

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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_075

Structure

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


Contents of the firefox/50-prompt_authentication.yml file

%YAML 1.2
---
version: 1.1

prompt_authentication:
  description: Prompt for authentication if password is saved
  default: true
  disabled:
    variable: _.proxy_mode
    when: No proxy
...

Let's generate the documentation

rougail -m firefox/ -o doc
Variable                                                                                        Description                                                                                    
proxy_mode
choice 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

disabled

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

HTTP Proxy

manual.http_proxy

Variable                                                                                            Description                                                                                        
manual.http_proxy.address
domainname mandatory
HTTP address.
Validator: the domain name can be an IP
manual.http_proxy.port
port 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 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

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 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 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 mandatory disabled
SOCKS host version used by proxy.
Choices:
- v4
- v5 ← (default)
Disabled: when the identifier is "HTTPS"
Variable                                                                                                                 Description                                                                                                             
auto
web_address mandatory
Automatic proxy configuration URL.
Validator: the domain name in web address can be only a hostname
no_proxy
domainname 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 mandatory disabled
Prompt for authentication if password is saved.
Default: true
Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" has the value "No proxy"

Let's generate the changelog

rougail -m firefox/ -o doc --doc.contents changelog

New variable

Variable                                                                                                      Description                                                                                                  
prompt_authentication
boolean mandatory disabled
Prompt for authentication if password is saved.
Default: true
Disabled: when the variable "proxy_mode" has the value "No proxy"

User datas

Example 1

config/01/config.yml

---

Output

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/01/config.yml
🛑 ERRORS
┗━━ The following variables are mandatory but have no value:
    ┗━━ Automatic proxy configuration URL

Example 2

config/02/config.yml

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

Output

rougail -m firefox/ -u yaml -yf config/02/config.yml
🛑 ERRORS
┗━━ The following variables are mandatory but have no value:
    ┗━━ Automatic proxy configuration URL

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/ -u yaml -yf config/03/config.yml
🔔 WARNINGS
┗━━ variable or family "proxy_dns_socks5" does not exist, it will be ignored when loading from the YAML file "config/03/config.yml"
🛑 ERRORS
┗━━ The following variables are mandatory but have no value:
    ┗━━ Automatic proxy configuration URL

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/ -u yaml -yf config/04/config.yml
🛑 ERRORS
┗━━ The following variables are mandatory but have no value:
    ┗━━ Automatic proxy configuration URL