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How to use bazaar through a HTTP Proxy

November 2011.

How to use bazaar through a HTTP Proxy

This will quickly explain how to use bzr trough a HTTP proxy with authentication. We want to branch AND push. This requires the plugin bzr-plugins.

Windows

Download and install the plugin

Download the plugin:


>set http_proxy = http://user:pass@proxy:port
>set https_proxy = http://user:pass@proxy:port
>bzr branch lp:bzr-webdav
You have not informed bzr of your Launchpad ID, and you must do this to
write to Launchpad or access private data.  See "bzr help launchpad-login".
Branched 73 revision(s).

Copy it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Bazaar\plugins or wherever you installed bazaar, and rename it to webdav.


>move bzr-webdav webdav
        1 dir(s) moved.

>copy webdav "c:\Program Files (x86)\Bazaar\plugins"
webdav\COPYING.txt
webdav\info.py
webdav\NOTES
webdav\setup.py
webdav\TODO
webdav\webdav.py
webdav\__init__.py
        7 file(s) copied.

Install the plugin:


>cd "c:\Program Files (x86)\Bazaar\plugins\webdav"

>python.exe setup.py install
running install
running build
running build_py
copying .\info.py -> build\lib\bzrlib\plugins\webdav
copying .\webdav.py -> build\lib\bzrlib\plugins\webdav
copying .\__init__.py -> build\lib\bzrlib\plugins\webdav
copying tests\dav_server.py -> build\lib\bzrlib\plugins\webdav\tests
copying tests\test_webdav.py -> build\lib\bzrlib\plugins\webdav\tests
copying tests\__init__.py -> build\lib\bzrlib\plugins\webdav\tests
running install_lib
running install_egg_info
Removing c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\bzr_webdav-1.12.3-py2.7.egg-info
Writing c:\Python27\Lib\site-packages\bzr_webdav-1.12.3-py2.7.egg-info

>bzr plugins
...
webdav 1.12.3dev
  An http transport, using webdav to allow pushing.
...

Use the plugin


>set http_proxy = http://user:pass@proxy:port
>bzr push http+webdav://bzr.example.org
HTTP bzr.example.org, Realm: 'SOMEREALM' username: test
HTTP test@bzr.example.org, Realm: 'SOMEREALM' password:
Pushed up to revision 7.

Ubuntu

Download and install the plugin

Configure apt to use the proxy (if necessary):


#export http_proxy = http://user:pass@proxy:port

Add the following lines to your source.list file:


deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bzr/daily/ubuntu lucid main 
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bzr/daily/ubuntu lucid main

Follow the link at https://launchpad.net/~bzr/+archive/daily to get the signing key: http://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xD702BF6B8C6C1EFD and save it to a file.

Import said key:


#gpg --ignore-time-conflict --no-options --no-default-keyring --secret-keyring /etc/apt/secring.gpg --trustdb-name /etc/apt/trustdb.gpg --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --primary-keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg --import somekey 
gpg: clé 8C6C1EFD: « Launchpad PPA for Bazaar Developers » une nouvelle signature
gpg: Quantité totale traitée: 1
gpg:         nouvelles signatures: 1
gpg: aucune clé de confiance ultime n'a été trouvée

Install bzr-webdav using the new repository (this will also fetch the latest version of bzr and bzrlib).


#apt-get update
#apt-get install bzr-webdav

Check that bzr-webdav is installed and loaded


#bzr plugins
...
webdav 1.12.2
  An http transport, using webdav to allow pushing.
...

Use bzr-webdav


# bzr branch http://bzr.example.org
HTTP bzr.example.org, Realm: 'SOMEREALM' username: test
HTTP test@bzr.example.org, Realm: 'SOMEREALM' password: 
Branched 8 revisions.                    

# #Commit something

# bzr push http+webdav://bzr.example.org
HTTP bzr.example.org, Realm: 'SOMEREALM' username: test                            
HTTP test@bzr.example.org, Realm: 'SOMEREALM' password: 
Pushed up to revision 9.

If your proxy configuration is system wide, you can even use the explorer:
Bazaar explorer pushing trough a proxy to a webdav repository

Remember the credentials

authentication.conf:


[EXAMPLE]
scheme=http
host=bzr.example.org
path=/
user=webdav_test
password=webdav_password

Sources:

Bazaar WebDAV plugin: https://launchpad.net/bzr-webdav
Authentication Settings: http://doc.bazaar.canonical.com/beta/en/user-reference/authentication-help.html