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59 lines
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README for squid 2.5
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REQUIREMENTS
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PRE-INSTALL
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1. Create user/group squid with a unused id < 99:
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'groupadd -g 20 squid'
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'useradd -g squid -u 20 -d /var/squid -s /bin/false squid'
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'passwd -l squid'
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POST-INSTALL
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1. run '/usr/sbin/squid -z' to build the cache structure
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PRECAUTION
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1. all directories used by squid must be chown to
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squid.squid or to the effective cache user/group defined
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in squid.conf
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2. With version 2.5 the location of the squid executable has
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changed from /usr/bin to /usr/sbin. Don't reject the new
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startscript /etc/rc.d/squid.
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CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
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There are many other configuration options for squid. This
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port should be a very basic one, read the docs for the more
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advanced options. George Adamopoulos sent me an email with
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some suggestions, which I'll not include in the port, but
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put here because of his useful comments:
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--enable-delay-pools
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Enable delay pools to limit bandwidth usage. You need to
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enable the option in order to use Squid to limit bandwith
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usage. It will give fair bandwith usage for everybody.
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In my case, I don't want one person sucking all of the
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available bandwidth by downloading a big movie, causing
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others to suffer.
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--enable-storeio=diskd,ufs
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Enable diskd. Improve disk I/O performance. According to
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the Squid FAQ, if you enable diskd you can gain a 400%
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increase of perfomance. However, you would need to
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recompile the kernel because your operating system must
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support message queues and shared memory.
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--enable-removal-policies
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Build support for the list of removal policies.
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By default, Squid uses LRU, but there are two better
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policies: GDSF and LFUDA. See the Squid config for a more
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detailed explanation.
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--disable-ident-lookups
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Removes code that performs Ident (RFC 931) lookups.
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Not really important. By the way, if you do transparent
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proxy, ident lookups won't work.
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--enable-snmp
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You can monitor Squid with mrtg or rrdtool.
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