On 5/25/2011 7:33 AM, Julien.GILLES at sungard.com wrote: >> for various reasons I am trying to install a private repository for > Centos 5, >> and I would like to use HTTPS only connections. The servers must > access to this >> repository through a proxy. > > Well, I found the solution, but I am a little puzzled... > > The proxy has to be defined using https:// instead of http:// > > Yum could suppose himself that proxy is HTTPS aware and could try to > connect the proxy using the CONNECT command instead of trying this > insane "GET https://..." > > Hope this will help someone else facing the same problem a day ! In a local setup you might be able to manage with ssh port-forwarding over ssh to a squid running on the server holding your repo. That way you can 'export http_proxy=http://localhost:local_port' and establish the ssh connection before running yum and the network traffic to the repository will be encrypted and only need port 22 open. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com