0000360: Kickstart anaconda does not use --proxy setting for url setting - AlmaLinux Bug Tracker

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0000360	AlmaLinux-9	anaconda	public	2023-01-18 15:13	2023-01-18 15:18

Reporter	squaricdot	Assigned To
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	new	Resolution	open
OS	AlmaLinux	OS Version	9.1

Summary	0000360: Kickstart anaconda does not use --proxy setting for url setting
Description	When specifying the AlmaLinux installation url in kickstart when defining --proxy flag, for e.g. `url --url http://repo.almalinux.org/almalinux/9/BaseOS/x86_64/kickstart/ --proxy=http://172.21.12.34:8080` the proxy does NOT seem to be used during fetching of the AlmaLinux installation image. in the emergency shell we can verify that the url is not directly accessible when curling it. , but when adding -x <theproxy> explicitly, the curl works. in another attempt we also tried setting inst.proxy=<theproxy> in the pxe append line, which seems also to be ignored. we can verify from our proxy that no request is coming in. when we later do the curl with explicitly adding the -x proxy setting, we can see the request coming in, confirming kickstart does not use the proxy during the auto installation. so the installer is incorrect
Steps To Reproduce	have a node that is not allowed to connect to the outside or directly to repo.almalinux.org, but via a proxy. use a or equivalent url from the description and try to install almalinux. try to kickstart install your machine. verify proxy request coming in on the proxy server during kickstart, you won't see. later in the emergency shell try curling the alma repo without -x (should fail), and try it with -x (should succeed)
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2023-01-18 15:13	squaricdot	New Issue
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2023-01-18 15:18	squaricdot	Note Added: 0000787