Greetings,

We have a partner who is looking at deploying the client internally to support us. However, they use proxy autoconfiguration scripts in order to inform computer which proxies they should be using.

The BOINC client has code that appears to support this feature here: https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/blob/master/client/sysmon_win.cpp (see the windows_detect_autoproxy_settings method).

Our partner is running into some issues getting it to work and unfortunately we do not have an environment that uses autoproxies to test in order to figure the steps required. Is there someone who has had success getting this to work that would be willing to help solve this issue?

Thanks!
Kevin Reed
(admin at WCG)

Do they use the proxy_info option in cc_config.xml? https://boinc.berkeley.edu/wiki/Client_configuration#Options

<proxy_info>
    [ <http_server_name></http_server_name> ]
    [ <http_server_port>80</http_server_port> ]
    [ <http_user_name></http_user_name> ]
    [ <http_user_passwd></http_user_passwd> ]
    [ <socks_version>5</socks_version> ]
    [ <socks_server_name></socks_server_name> ]
    [ <socks_server_port>80</socks_server_port> ]
    [ <socks5_user_name></socks5_user_name> ]
    [ <socks5_user_passwd></socks5_user_passwd> ]
    [ <socks5_remote_dns>0|1</socks5_remote_dns> ] 
    [ <no_proxy>list of hostnames for which proxy not used</no_proxy> ]
    [ <no_autodetect>0|1</no_autodetect> ] 
</proxy_info>

And do they use a 7.7. client? I see the code you point to is in master, so it won't be yet in any of the 7.6 clients.

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The only change that 7.6.33 does not have is the no_autodetect option. The cc_config options won't help as they are hardcoding the proxy and don't trigger autodetection.

Sorry for the delay in responding, I wanted to get the exact configurations that they were using before I responded.

They are using version 7.6.33 of the client. They are using the following in their cc_config.xml file. Based on this discussion, should they remove the proxy_info section?

<options>
<abort_jobs_on_exit>0</abort_jobs_on_exit>
<allow_multiple_clients>0</allow_multiple_clients>
<allow_remote_gui_rpc>0</allow_remote_gui_rpc>
<client_version_check_url>
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/download_all.php?xml=1
</client_version_check_url>
<client_new_version_text/>
<client_download_url>
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/reg/ms/viewdownloadagain.do
</client_download_url>
<disallow_attach>0</disallow_attach>
<dont_check_file_sizes>0</dont_check_file_sizes>
<dont_contact_ref_site>0</dont_contact_ref_site>
<lower_client_priority>0</lower_client_priority>
<dont_suspend_nci>0</dont_suspend_nci>
<dont_use_vbox>0</dont_use_vbox>
<exit_after_finish>0</exit_after_finish>
<exit_before_start>0</exit_before_start>
<exit_when_idle>0</exit_when_idle>
<fetch_minimal_work>0</fetch_minimal_work>
<fetch_on_update>0</fetch_on_update>
<force_auth>default</force_auth>
<http_1_0>0</http_1_0>
<http_transfer_timeout>300</http_transfer_timeout>
<http_transfer_timeout_bps>10</http_transfer_timeout_bps>
<max_event_log_lines>2000</max_event_log_lines>
<max_file_xfers>8</max_file_xfers>
<max_file_xfers_per_project>2</max_file_xfers_per_project>
<max_stderr_file_size>0</max_stderr_file_size>
<max_stdout_file_size>0</max_stdout_file_size>
<max_tasks_reported>0</max_tasks_reported>
<ncpus>-1</ncpus>
<network_test_url>http://www.ibm.com</network_test_url>
<no_alt_platform>0</no_alt_platform>
<no_gpus>0</no_gpus>
<no_info_fetch>0</no_info_fetch>
<no_opencl>0</no_opencl>
<no_priority_change>0</no_priority_change>
<os_random_only>0</os_random_only>
<process_priority>-1</process_priority>
<process_priority_special>-1</process_priority_special>
<proxy_info>
<socks_server_name/>
<socks_server_port>80</socks_server_port>
<http_server_name/>
<http_server_port>80</http_server_port>
<socks5_user_name/>
<socks5_user_passwd/>
<http_user_name/>
<http_user_passwd/>
<no_proxy/>
</proxy_info>
<rec_half_life_days>10.000000</rec_half_life_days>
<report_results_immediately>0</report_results_immediately>
<run_apps_manually>0</run_apps_manually>
<save_stats_days>30</save_stats_days>
<skip_cpu_benchmarks>0</skip_cpu_benchmarks>
<simple_gui_only>0</simple_gui_only>
<start_delay>0.000000</start_delay>
<stderr_head>0</stderr_head>
<suppress_net_info>0</suppress_net_info>
<unsigned_apps_ok>0</unsigned_apps_ok>
<use_all_gpus>0</use_all_gpus>
<use_certs>0</use_certs>
<use_certs_only>0</use_certs_only>
<vbox_window>0</vbox_window>
</options>