[19:18] <foo> I want to set up a personal proxy on ubuntu. Something I can use and auth with a user/pass on a specific port.
[19:19] <foo> Any suggestions on what I can use to easily set this up?
[19:20] <tomreyn> which type of proxy?
[19:21] <foo> tomreyn: for HTTP/HTTPS requests. Ideally, to be used within some python code for python requests.
[19:22] <tomreyn> apache2, nginx
[19:23] <foo> tomreyn: thanks, I'll look into nginx's set up for this.
[19:24] <tomreyn> it's probably easier / better documented with apache httpd, but YMMV
[19:33] <RoyK> squid?
[19:33] <RoyK> that is, squid is mostly for client accessing the ineternet - for reverse proxy, nginx is my favourite
[19:35] <foo> tomreyn: is what I'm after a forward proxy?
[19:35] <teward> foo: wait which direction do you want?
[19:35] <foo> tomreyn: eg. 3 machines on an external network, I want them to connect through this proxy so requests original from IP of proxy
[19:35] <teward> your computer -> Random Internet Site
[19:35] <teward> or Your computer -> VPS -> Internal Website?
[19:35] <foo> my computer -> proxy -> external site, IP gets shown to external site as IP on proxy
[19:35] <teward> because if you want to be able to access any website via another system so the 'endpoints' see your proxy IP instead of yourself you want a forward proxy
[19:35] <RoyK> foo: sounds like squid to me
[19:35] <teward> yeah you want a forward proxy which is what squid is
[19:36] <foo> RoyK: hey, been a minute. :) Thank you!
[19:46] <RoyK> foo: yeah, long time :)