Configure a FireFox Profile

Setup a FireFox profile for easy access to the environment using a browser.

This how-to guide explains how to access your development environment using the forward proxy running on c2d-rproxy1. It is strongly recommended to create a separate Firefox profile for this purpose. This setup will utilize the forward proxy created in the previous step Create the Reverse Proxy and Web Proxy.


Create a Profile

To keep your development environment separate from other profiles and your default browsing, it’s advisable to use a Firefox profile. On Ubuntu, you can launch the Firefox Profile Manager by using the following command:

firefox -no-remote -P

Alternatively, you can enter about:profiles in the address bar to access the Firefox Profile Manager.

Configure Network Settings

Once you have created a separate Firefox profile, open Firefox using that profile and configure the Network Settings as shown below:

PropertyValue
Manual proxy configuration
HTTP Proxy1.1.4.205
Port1080
Also use this proxy for HTTPS

Import the Root CA Certificate

In the View Certificates section, select Import and import the root CA certificate .ca/c2.crt. If you have used the clone script mentioned in Setup a Development Environment on Ubuntu 22 , you should find the certificate in the ~/git/gitlab/c2/ansible-dev/.ca/c2 folder.

Create a Launcher

For your convenience, you can create a separate launcher so that you don’t have to start Firefox from a terminal window. The following command will create a separate launcher named firefox-profile-manager.desktop for Firefox, with an additional menu option, Profile Manager, that executes the command firefox -no-remote -P.

curl https://gitlab.com/c2platform/ansible/-/raw/master/doc/howto-socks-proxy/firefox-profile-manager.desktop  --output /tmp/firefox-profile-manager.desktop && sudo desktop-file-install /tmp/firefox-profile-manager.desktop

Verify

Assuming you have created c2d-rproxy as per the previous steps outlined in Create the Reverse Proxy and Web Proxy , you should be able to navigate to https://c2platform.org/is-alive  . This should display the following message, and you shouldn’t encounter any security or certificate warnings since the certificate should be trusted:

Apache is alive



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