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On MacOS, you can install proxychains tool with "brew install proxychains-ng". Many Linux distributions come with proxychains tool preinstalled.
By default, proxychains tool sends network traffic to localhost:9050. If your SOCKS proxy is listening on a different port, adjust /usr/local/etc/proxychains.conf configuration file (MacOS) accordingly.
Now Now comes the key part: edit the ecflow_ui launch script. Towards the end of the script, replace lauch script and replace the "$exe" with proxychains4 "$exe" at the end of the script. On my machine, the ecflow_ui launch script is installed as /opt/miniconda3/bin/ecflow_ui.
You should now be able to start ecflow_ui and interact with ecFlow servers and suites running at the Centre.
By default, proxychains tool sends network traffic to localhost:9050. If your SOCKS proxy is listening on a different port, adjust /usr/local/etc/proxychains.conf configuration file (MacOS) accordingly.
Accessing restricted ecFlow servers
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