* @return a configured CURL request
     */
    protected CurlRequest createCurlRequest(final String url) {
        final CurlRequest request = Curl.get(url);
        final Proxy proxy = ComponentUtil.getFessConfig().getHttpProxy();
        if (proxy != null && !Proxy.NO_PROXY.equals(proxy)) {
            request.proxy(proxy);
        }
        return request;
    }

    /**
     * Deletes an installed artifact.
     *

    }

    String getHttpProxyHost();

    Integer getHttpProxyPortAsInteger();

    String getHttpProxyUsername();

    String getHttpProxyPassword();

    default Proxy getHttpProxy() {
        Proxy proxy = (Proxy) propMap.get(HTML_PROXY);
        if (proxy == null) {
            if (StringUtil.isNotBlank(getHttpProxyHost()) && getHttpProxyPortAsInteger() != null) {