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This thread is not 100% just yet.

Ill polish it over the next few days, but i have been asked a couple of times for this already.

Contents

1. Overview
2. Prerequisites
3. How
- a. Install MySQL
- b. Install Squid
- c. Install XBMC
- d. Run XBMC Server Setup Script
- e. Configure XBMC To Use Proxy





1. Overview





2. Prerequisites

- Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop

NOTE: in this tutorial i will only support Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop and i assume that you have already installed it and given it a static ip address. Please, no questions about other operating systems.



3. How



3a. Install MySQL

Code:

sudo apt-get update &&
sudo apt-get install mysql-server &&
sudo nano /etc/mysql/my.cnf

Find:
bind-address = 127.0.0.1

Change:
bind-address = 0.0.0.0

Find:
[mysqld]

Append:
# Skip reverse DNS lookup of clients
skip-name-resolve

Code:

sudo service mysql restart &&
sudo mysql -u root -p

Code:

CREATE USER 'xbmc'@'%' IDENTIFIED BY 'xbmc';
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'xbmc'@'%';

3b. Install Squid

Code:

sudo apt-get install squid &&
sudo nano /etc/squid3/squid.conf

Find:
# http_access deny all

Change:
http_access allow all

Find:
#cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid3 100 16 256

Change:
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid3 5120 16 256

Code:

sudo service squid3 restart

3c. Install XBMC

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa &&
sudo apt-get update &&
sudo apt-get install xbmc

3d. Run XBMC Server Setup Script (Optional)

Note: If you plan to setup the complete 5 User XBMC its recommended to do this step now and skip it in the next tutorial.

Code:

wget https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2049808/xbmc-server-setup.sh &&
chmod 755 xbmc-server-setup.sh &&
./xbmc-server-setup.sh

3e. Configure XBMC To Use Proxy





Continue setup with the next tutorial "5 User XBMC" here...