How to Install Privoxy on Alpine Linux Latest

Introduction

Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy and filtering proxy that allows you to browse the web securely and anonymously. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Privoxy on Alpine Linux Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, you should have:

• A running instance of Alpine Linux Latest.
• Access to the terminal or command line interface.

Step 1 - Install Privoxy

1. Open the terminal and enter the following command to update the package resource index:

apk update

2. Install Privoxy by running the following command:

apk add privoxy

3. Wait for the installation process to finish. Once done, verify that Privoxy is installed and running by typing:

privoxy --version

4. If Privoxy is running, you should see its version information displayed on the screen. If not, start Privoxy using the following command:

rc-service privoxy start

5. Once Privoxy is running, you can check its status by typing:

rc-service privoxy status

Step 2 - Configure Privoxy

By default, Privoxy is configured to run on port 8118. To enable it for your system, follow the steps below:

1. Open the "/etc/privoxy/config" file using a text editor:

nano /etc/privoxy/config

2. Locate the following lines in the file:

listen-address  127.0.0.1:8118
# allow clients from localhost only
accept-intercepted-requests 1

3. Uncomment the above lines if they are commented, and change the IP address to "0.0.0.0" to allow client connections from outside the server.

listen-address  0.0.0.0:8118
# allow clients from localhost only
accept-intercepted-requests 1

4. Save the file and exit the text editor.

Step 3 - Test Privoxy

Now that Privoxy is installed and configured, we can test whether it is working or not by following these steps:

1. Open your web browser and go to any website.

2. In your web browser settings, go to the network or proxy settings and set the proxy server to "localhost" and the port to "8118".

3. Try to access the same website again. If Privoxy is working as expected, the web page should load properly.

4. To verify that Privoxy is filtering web traffic, try to access a blocked website. With the default configuration, Privoxy blocks access to various malicious websites that are known to distribute malware.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install and configure Privoxy on Alpine Linux Latest. Privoxy is a powerful tool that provides web filtering and proxy capabilities, enabling you to browse the web safely and with privacy.

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