{"id":13010,"date":"2024-03-15T01:46:27","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T01:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-a-proxy-server-on-ubuntu\/"},"modified":"2025-08-05T10:01:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T10:01:37","slug":"how-to-set-up-a-proxy-server-on-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-to-set-up-a-proxy-server-on-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu Proxy Server Setup: Step-by-Step"},"content":{"rendered":"

To set up a proxy server on Ubuntu, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n

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  1. Install the Squid proxy server: Run the following command in the terminal to install Squid:<\/li>\n
  2. Update the system and install squid using the following commands:
    \nsudo apt update
    \nsudo apt install squid<\/li>\n
  3. Configure Squid proxy server: Open the Squid configuration file.<\/li>\n
  4. Open the squid.conf file using the nano text editor with superuser privileges.<\/li>\n
  5. In the document, you can make the following configurations as needed:<\/li>\n
  6. Establish access control rules: You can define rules for allowing or denying access to the proxy server by adding acl and http_access entries.<\/li>\n
  7. Configure the listening port: By default, the Squid proxy server listens on port 3128, but you can modify it as needed.<\/li>\n
  8. Configure cache settings: You can adjust parameters such as cache size and cache directory.<\/li>\n
  9. Other configurations: Based on your needs, you can also customize other parameters such as authentication, logging, etc.<\/li>\n
  10. Save and exit the configuration file, then restart the Squid service.<\/li>\n
  11. Please restart the squid service using systemctl.<\/li>\n
  12. Check if the proxy server is working properly by running the following command in the terminal:<\/li>\n
  13. Set the HTTP proxy to the IP address and port of the proxy server, then use the curl command to access https:\/\/www.yisu.com.<\/li>\n
  14. If everything is working properly, you should be able to see the content on the Ispeed Cloud page.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Please note that this is just a basic proxy server configuration, which can be further adjusted and optimized as needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    To set up a proxy server on Ubuntu, you can follow these steps: Install the Squid proxy server: Run the following command in the terminal to install Squid: Update the system and install squid using the following commands: sudo apt update sudo apt install squid Configure Squid proxy server: Open the Squid configuration file. 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