Build a Web Proxy in Amazon EC2

Prerequisite:

• I already have an amazon ec2 instance (ubuntu) running in the cloud

What I do:

• I choose to install tinyproxy
• command: sudo apt-get install tinyproxy
• Setup the IP you allowed for using the proxy
• sudo vim /etc/tinyproxy.conf
• unfortunately, tinyproxy does not support user authentication with username and password
• Restart tinyproxy
• sudo /etc/init.d/tinyproxy restart
• Then you can setup your chrome to use the web proxy
• it requires the IP address of your amazon ec2 instance and port (tinyproxy default port 8888) in setting up the web proxy

Comments:

• With this proxy, you will be able to have free internet even if you are in a country with Internet censorship