Learn How to Build Your Own Personal Proxy Server in About 15-20 Minutes

(‘cuz I’m a little busy “right now”) So you wanna learn how to build your own personal proxy server? Well then, let’s start out on the right foot (ie, I’ll be blunt). I already know how to build these things, and you obviously do not (yet … that is). In fact, I’ve been building elite proxies for close to two decades now. Not much has changed as far as the actual set up goes. What has changed though is the cost to rent the virtual private server (VPS) we need to put the proxy on. When I started doing this, there were no vps’s … you needed a full dedicated server, which was expensive and prevented most people from being able to have a personal proxy server. These days remote storage is so cheap, pretty much anyone that can afford an internet connection, can also easily afford to have a personal proxy … and should (less than $10 bucks). I’ve covered the benefits of personal over public enough elsewhere on this site; so I don’t need to elaborate too much here, but the basic idea is not having to share bandwidth with anyone else … ever. And of course, not having to use those slow, extremely sketchy, public proxies.

Personal Proxy Server Configuration.

Once you’ve got you cheap vps rented from the vps hosting company, all you really need to do is load some elite proxy scripting onto it. It’s a fairly simple process. The vps will come pre-configured with it’s own personal ip address already assigned to it by default, and you’ll get a link to access the control panel for the vps (it has it’s own url just like websites do, so you just open it up in your normal web browser, ie, no new interface to learn). The process of converting the vps into an elite proxy server, basically consists of changing three files. One of the files is already on the vps, so all you have to do is open it up, delete what’s already in there, and then paste in our new script.

The second of the three files needs to be created by us. It’s pretty simple; you just open up the afore mentioned built-in text editor and paste in our 2nd script, name it, and save it, done. That particular file/script is designed to go out and get our elite proxy script from squid’s cache site, so in order for the script to do that we need to let the vps know that we have a new script we need it to run. This part gets a bit more complex because the tool we have to use to do that doesn’t support the “paste” function, so we have to type out the instructions by hand. It’s not a big deal, it only amounts to about three sentences worth of text that needs to be typed in … the only reason I say this part is a little more complex, is that you have to make sure you type in the instructions exactly. But even if you don’t type it in correctly the first time, you can just start over on a new line and try again. Once you’ve done it correctly and the script starts running, one of the things it does is pull some new files onto the vps.

One of those new files it went out to get is the third and last of the three files we needed to change. So we open it up in the built-in text editor, clear out what’s already in there, and then paste in our own script. But unlike the other two files we changed, this one needs a little editing before it’s ready because when I built the script, I obviouly didn’t know what your new ip address was going to be, so you need to paste in the ip address that came pre-installed on the vps, so that the sript knows that you want to use your vps’s ip address.

Now at this point, you’re probably thinking that I’ve over-simplified this whole thing, but I really haven’t, because that’s it … you’re done. Learning to build your own personal proxy server is a snap. Just go back into the console and restart the elite proxy script by typing in one line, and your new personal proxy server is built and ready to use. It really is that simple. The hard part is writting those scripts we pasted in, but I’ve already taken care of all that for you. I wrote them … you just need to paste them in. I’m sure you could learn to do that part of it yourself too, but why bother, I’ve already done it. You’re welcome.

Now just change one setting in your web browser so that it connects through your new personal proxy first, and hides your real ip address (ie, shows the vps’s ip address instead of your ip address). On Firefox Click: Tools >> Options >> Advanced >> Network >> Settings >> Configure Proxy Settings, and then just paste the vps’s ip address into the text box, and change the Port Number to 3128). Now you’ve got a new private ip address, and your geographic location has changed (ie, your computer shows that it’s connected to the internet in whatever city the vps is in). — You Are Here: Learn How to Build Your Own Personal Proxy Server in About 15-20 Min.

More Info: How to Set Up Proxy Server of Your Own

OPTION #1:

Standard Version

Use this option to set up as many elite proxy servers as you want to for the rest of your life. It will never become outdated because the script automatically updates itself every time you use it.

  $14.99

OPTION #2:

Advanced Version

Same as option #1 above but also includes instructions for putting multiple ip addresses on the same proxy server. Don't bother with this option if you only need 1 new ip address (most users) but if you want to put lots of different ip addresses all on the same proxy then this is the option for you.

  $27.50