How to install tinyproxy on Ubuntu 18.04 or 20.04

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To install tinyproxy to your VM so it can be used as a proxy server, type the following commands.

sudo apt update;

sudo apt-get install tinyproxy -y;

string_to_replace='#Allow 192.168.0.0/16';

# Replace 11.111.111.111 with your ip
new_string='Allow 11.111.111.111';

sed -i "s:$string_to_replace:$new_string:g" /etc/tinyproxy/tinyproxy.conf;

sudo /etc/init.d/tinyproxy restart;