Tinyproxy is a lightweight HTTP/HTTPS proxy server that is designed to be fast, efficient, and customizable. It is an open-source project that can be easily installed on nixOS Latest with a few simple steps.
Before starting the installation process for Tinyproxy, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites:
The process of installing Tinyproxy is relatively simple, consisting of the following steps:
sudo nix-channel --update
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
sudo nix-env -i tinyproxy
To configure Tinyproxy, you need to edit the configuration file located at /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf. You can use the nano text editor or any other text editor of your choice to edit the file.
sudo nano /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf
Here are some of the parameters that you can adjust in the configuration file:
Once you have configured Tinyproxy, you can start the service and enable it to start automatically at boot time.
sudo systemctl start tinyproxy
sudo systemctl enable tinyproxy
That's it! You have successfully installed and configured Tinyproxy on nixOS Latest. You can now use it as a proxy server for your HTTP/HTTPS traffic.
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