This is just a note to remind me. Ruby and ruby gems don’t automatically pick up on your proxy information in IE. Instead, find out the proxy and set the following environment variables.
in windows: set http_proxy=http://user:password@internalcorporateproxy.com
in cygwin/unix: export http_proxy http://user:password@internalcorporateproxy.com
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How to get Ruby Gems to work behind the corporate firewall
This is just a note to remind me. Ruby and ruby gems don’t automatically pick up on your proxy information in IE. Instead, find out the proxy and set the following environment variables.
in windows: set http_proxy=http://user:password@internalcorporateproxy.com
in cygwin/unix: export http_proxy http://user:password@internalcorporateproxy.com
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