PHP-Proxy is a web-based proxy script that allows users to browse the internet securely and anonymously. In this tutorial, we will be demonstrating how to install PHP-Proxy on OpenSUSE Latest.
Firstly, we need to download PHP-Proxy. You can download the latest version of PHP-Proxy directly from their official website, https://www.php-proxy.com/. Alternatively, you can use the following command to download it via the terminal:
wget https://github.com/Athlon1600/php-proxy-app/archive/master.zip
After the download is complete, extract the zip file using the following command:
unzip master.zip
This will extract the PHP-Proxy source code into a folder named php-proxy-app-master.
The next step is to copy the extracted php-proxy-app-master folder to the Apache web server root directory /srv/www/htdocs/. You can use the following command to copy the folder to the root directory:
cp -r php-proxy-app-master /srv/www/htdocs/php-proxy
Here, we have renamed the php-proxy-app-master folder to php-proxy for easy access.
Next, we need to configure Apache web server to serve the PHP-Proxy application. Open the Apache configuration file /etc/apache2/httpd.conf in your preferred editor and add the following lines at the end of the file:
<Directory "/srv/www/htdocs/php-proxy">
AllowOverride None
Options None
Require all granted
</Directory>
Alias /php-proxy /srv/www/htdocs/php-proxy/index.php
These lines will create an Apache Alias for PHP-Proxy and set up the required directory permissions.
PHP-Proxy configuration is done via the config.php file found in the php-proxy directory. Open the file using your preferred text editor and make the following changes:
$config['url'] = 'https://www.google.com';
This line sets the default landing page for the proxy application. You can specify any URL here.
$config['forbidden_headers'] = ['Set-Cookie', 'X-Frame-Options', 'Content-Security-Policy', 'Strict-Transport-Security'];
This line sets the forbidden headers for security purposes.
$config['debug'] = false;
This line enables or disables PHP errors in the browser console. Set it to true for debugging purposes.
Finally, we can start Apache web server and test our PHP-Proxy installation. Use the following command to start Apache:
systemctl start apache2
You can now access PHP-Proxy by visiting http://<server-ip>/php-proxy in your web browser.
In this tutorial, we have installed and configured PHP-Proxy for OpenSUSE Latest. You can now use your web-based proxy to browse the internet securely and anonymously.
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