RR3312 behind firewall

[robmaz]

Hello, I am setting up a ReadyNAS 3312 behind a corporate firewall where it would need to use a

http/https proxy to access firmware and virus db updates. But I cannot seem to find a corresponding

setting in the admin web interface? How do I do this?

Many thanks, Rupert

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

The released firmware doesn't support http proxies.

The good news is that that 6.8.0 public beta does.  You could try that (there is risk, but it seems to be stable), or you could just wait for it to be released.

[StephenB · Accepted solution]

The released firmware doesn't support http proxies.

The good news is that that 6.8.0 public beta does.  You could try that (there is risk, but it seems to be stable), or you could just wait for it to be released.

[robmaz]

That is good news indeed. How long do these things usually stay beta before they get released?

[StephenB]

It's hard to say, it varies quite a bit.  Perhaps 8 weeks from the first public beta?  6.8.0 is on third beta release.

[robmaz]

Well, I put on 6.8.0 (with the usual "server internal error" message and installing anyway at reboot), and teh proxy setting is now there. It does not seem to work right, though. I assume "address" is where one puts the name of the proxy server, but it does not seem to accept dashes "-" in the name, which, however, are completely valid. It would seem someone scripted this with a check for "alphanumeric" with no regard for what actually constitutes a valid hostname.

So, not a real solution for now.

[StephenB]

Can you put in an IP address in the "address" field?

[robmaz]

Maybe, but that is only a crude workaround, since the name is defined as the proxy,

not any address, which may change (and does, since there is more than one address

behind the name).

I think the superior workaround may be to ssh into the NAS and put the correct name

wherever it should go. Do you know where that is? http_proxy and https_proxy in /etc/environment

or /etc/profile maybe? ClamAV has its own settings in freshclam.conf, I think (HTTPProxyServer, HTTPProxyPort),

so maybe there is a number of config fies that need changing.

[StephenB]

I don't know where it's configured, and I don't happen to use a proxy - so I didn't try that feature in the betas.

But I would try putting the IP address of one of your proxies into that field, and see if that actually works.  Then see if there's a way to use a name instead.

[mdgm-ntgr]

If you download a Config Backup of the Network settings you should see the Proxy config.