Tinyproxy.md

Tinyproxy

• https://tinyproxy.github.io/
• [Using Tinyproxy for Mobile Development on OS X](Using Tinyproxy for Mobile Development on OS X)
• TinyProxy Max install guide
• Alternatives? http://www.privoxy.org/ (supports Windows)

Mac install

brew install tinyproxy

To launch on startup:

brew services start tinyproxy

(block incoming connections on the Mac firewall)

To run on demand:

tinyproxy

Config file: /usr/local/etc/tinyproxy.conf

Configuration with Docker for Mac

Docker for Mac containers can't see localhost directly, so create an alias for the lo0 (loopback) interface (from the Docker for Mac networking manual):

sudo ifconfig lo0 alias 10.200.10.1/24

See this new configuration as an extra line in ifconfig -a:

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP>
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000 
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 
inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1 
inet 10.200.10.1 netmask 0xffffff00     <-- New alias 
nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>

Then add this as an allowed IP address as to tinyproxy.conf:

Allow 10.200.10.1

Configure Docker for Mac to use the proxy:

• Docker -> Preferences -> Proxies -> Web Server (HTTP) = 10.200.10.1:8888
  • Bypass proxy settings for these Hosts & Domains = .local,192.168.0.1,localhost,127.0.0.1 (at least)

Set the http_proxy environment variable when building Docker images:

docker build --build-arg http_proxy="10.200.10.1:8888" \
    --tag my-image .