Can't specify the full URL for apt proxy settings

[ggeldenhuis]

Currently the template(https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppetlabs-apt/blob/main/templates/proxy.epp) statically defines the http and https proxy to be http and https respectively. It should instead allow you to be able to specify the entire proxy value so you can easily make the http proxy in apt a https proxy or otherwise as you choose.

So the following hiera data:

apt::proxy:
  host: 'webproxy.example.com'
  port: 3128
  https: true

results in

Acquire::http::proxy "http://webproxy.example.com:3128";
Acquire::https::proxy "https://webproxy.example.com:3128";

Ideally it should be able to result in:

Acquire::http::proxy "http://webproxy.example.com:3128";
Acquire::https::proxy "http://webproxy.example.com:3128";

[merclangrat]

I add +1 to this issue - we also use Squid proxies for accessing the internet and https proxies are configured with http://. As I understand, it's NOT a best practice to have https on squids themselves - it adds complexity and needs to have certificates on the proxies.
I think it must be configurable.

[toggetit]

+1 to this issue