Dec 13, 2019. This article gives the steps to setup Charles Proxy on Mac OS X Yosemite. It can be used to proxy your CLI traffic to a work proxy server. The main benefit is if you have to pass credentials it can be securely stored in Charles Proxy (One place) and all your CLI commands and Dev tools point to it locally without the need for credentials. Sep 21, 2013.

1. Mac Proxy App
2. Mac Proxy Software

Configuring proxies in Safari and MAC OS is not as complicated as it seems at first sight. Safari is the default MAC OS browser.

To start Safari, click on the compass icon in the Doc. A browser window will open. Work in Safari is not fundamentally different from work in other browsers. Let's look at the basic proxy settings in the Safari web browser.

• In order to perform this operation on a device running on the MAC operating system, you need to open the Safari browser and perform a few simple steps.
• In the new window, fill in the fields for entering the address or port of the selected server. Click on the “OK” button to complete the setup. If the selected server requires the use of a username and password, then when you enter any website you will see a special window for entering this data.

If your proxy server is tied to the main IP address, you won’t need to enter anything else, and you can freely use the Internet access.

This completes the setup for Safari and MAC OS. We recommend to take care of the security of personal data on the network and buy personal proxies.

To disable the proxy server on a device on MAC OS, you should also perform certain actions in the open Safari browser. Such manipulations are recommended to be carried out only as necessary.
You are able to configure the proxy server not only for the Safari browser but also for all network connections. How to do this? Read the instructions for setting up a proxy through the Proxifier program.

Disabling proxies for Safari on Mac OS

Mac Proxy App

1. In the upper field of the opened browser select the “Advanced” and then, press the bottom field called “Proxies: Change Settings”:
2. In the opened “Wi-Fi” window select at the upper menu “Proxies” category and take off all the checked boxes. Press the “OK” button after:

From this moment, the proxy will be inactive. But still, after eliminating the reasons that caused the proxy server to be disconnected, you should reconnect it. This step will protect your personal data and avoid the many problems that await each user upon being on the Internet.

• 6Configure CLI

Purpose

Mac Proxy Software

This article gives the steps to setup Charles Proxy on Mac OS X Yosemite. It can be used to proxy your CLI traffic to a work proxy server. The main benefit is if you have to pass credentials it can be securely stored in Charles Proxy (One place) and all your CLI commands and Dev tools point to it locally without the need for credentials.

Download and Install

Uncheck Mac OS X Proxy

Since we'll be setting up all the proxy settings in Charles under External Proxy Settings... we'll want to turn this option off.

Setup External Proxy

1. Select menu Proxy | External Proxy Settings...
2. Check the box for Use external proxy servers
3. Check the box for Web Proxy (HTTP)
4. Enter proxy hostname not URL and Port number
5. Enter proxy server username and password if required
6. Check the box for Secure Web Proxy (HTTPS)
7. Enter proxy hostname not URL and Port number
8. Enter proxy server username and password if required
9. Check the box for Always bypass external proxies for localhost
10. Enter exclusions list and Select OK
    1. One IP address or name per line.

Proxy Settings

Set the Charles Proxy 'Proxy Settings'. Basically what port to listen on locally.

1. Select menu Proxy | Proxy Settings
2. Set the port to the default 8888 or pick a custom port.
3. Select the check box for Enable transparent HTTP proxying
4. Select OK

Configure CLI

Option 1 (Always set)

There's several ways you can get the Charles Proxy settings into your shell environment variables. Here's one way to allows have the settings in place. Meaning you'll always need to be running Charles Proxy while in the shell if you need network access.

Add environment variables to ~/.bash_profile

Option 2 (Turn settings on and off)

Another way you can get the Charles Proxy settings into your shell environment variables is to create a function to set and a function to unset. With the following, you can type proxy-on which will set the environment variables and then when done with the need for the proxy settings you can type proxy-off. This may be good for if you are on and off of a proxy network.

Add environment variables to ~/.bash_profile

Configure Test Kitchen

You must launch Charles Proxy and keep it running pretty much at all times or at least while doing CLI/Dev work that requires network access.

Troubleshooting

1. If you get an error that you can't save settings to the configuration you may need to change ownership of the application files.
2. If you don't have a license it will shutdown after about 10 minutes. You can relaunch it, apply a license or maybe cron something.