macOS Terminal Proxy Implementation

Mar 6, 2024#macOS #Terminal #Proxy43

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Recently, when installing some software using brew, I found the speed to be too slow and many installations failed due to timeout issues. After researching various methods provided by internet users, I found that most of them were no longer working or had minor errors. Therefore, I rewrote an article on how to bypass the firewall in macOS terminal. Configure proxy Process omitted Assuming the final port obtained is HTTP 127.0.0.1:1087 Terminal proxy configuration Enter the following two commands in the command line #http export all_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:1087 #socks export all_proxy=socks5://127.0.0.1:1080 The macOS version of SS monitors the local HTTP port as 1087 by default, while the Windows version is 1080. If you have changed the default port, use the specified port. This completes the terminal bypass. Of course, it is inconvenient to execute the command every time we bypass the firewall, so we can write the command into .bash_profile for easier operation. Write terminal proxy into .bash_profile vim ~/.bash_profile If not configured before, a new one will appear Enter .bash_profile and add the following code at the end function proxy_on(){ export all_proxy=http://127.0.0.1:1087 echo -e "Proxy enabled" } function proxy_off(){ unset all_proxy echo -e "Proxy disabled" } #Global proxy for Chrome function proxy_chrome(){ open -a /Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/ --args --proxy-server=socks5://127.0.0.1:1080 echo -e "Global proxy for Google Chrome enabled" } #Check IP directly function myip(){ curl -L ip.tool.lu } Enter the following command to make this configuration file effective source ~/.bash_profile

Recently, I found that the speed of installing some software using brew is too slow, and many installations fail due to timeout issues. Then I searched for many methods provided by netizens and found that most of them are no longer usable or have some minor errors. Therefore, I am rewriting an article on how to use the macOS terminal to bypass the Great Firewall.

Configure Proxy#

Process omitted
Assume that the final obtained port is HTTP 127.0.0.1:1087

Configure Proxy in Terminal#

Enter the following two commands in the command line

The macOS version of SS monitors the local HTTP port by default as 1087, while the Windows version is 1080. If you have changed the default port, use the port you specified.
This completes the process of bypassing the Great Firewall in the terminal. Of course, it is inconvenient to execute the command every time we want to bypass the firewall. So let's write the command into .bash_profile for future operations.

Add Proxy Configuration to .bash_profile#

If it hasn't been configured before, a new file will be created.
Go to .bash_profile and add the following code at the end

Enter the following command to make the configuration file take effect

Before using the proxy, check the current IP address

After that, enable the proxy and check again

When you don't need the proxy, execute proxy_off to disable it

If you configure the environment variables in ~/.bash_profile, but they don't take effect after restarting the terminal, you need to execute $source ~/.bash_profile again.

I found that zsh loads the ~/.zshrc file, and the .zshrc file does not define any environment variables.

Solution:

At the end of the ~/.zshrc file, add the following line:
source ~/.bash_profile
If it doesn't exist, create a file starting with . in the home folder by pressing command+shift+..

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