Common configurations of Squid Proxy

Common configurations of squid Proxy

Squid. conf is the main configuration file of squid. Common configuration items include:

Http_port 192.168.8.88: 3128

# Specify the listening port and IP address

Cache_mem 64 MB

# Set the memory size used for caching,

# MB can be used to save frequently accessed web pages.

Maximum_object_size 4096 KB

# Maximum object size that can be saved to the cache, in KB.

# Files larger than this size will not be cached and sent directly to users.

Reply_body_max_size 10240000 allow all

# Maximum file size that can be downloaded by users. The default unit is byte)

# "All" indicates the name of the access control list, indicating all users.

Cache_dir ufs/var/spool/squid 100 16 256

# Set the directory parameters used to cache data, in which ufs (unix file system)

It is the earliest cache file format used by squid and also the built-in storage format type of squid;

/Var/spool/squid is the default directory for storing cached data;

The following three numbers are represented in sequence:

Disk space available for the cache directory (unit: MB)

Number of first-level subdirectories

Number of list subdirectories

Configure the initialized squid according to this line. 16 level-1 subdirectories (00, 01,..., 0F) will be created under the/var/spool/squid/directory)

Create 256 subdirectories (00, 01,..., FF) under each subdirectory)

The cached data is stored in the preceding directory.

Access_log/var/log/squid/access. log squid

# Specify the storage location and record format (squid) of the log file, which records the web objects accessed by the client through the proxy.

Visible_hostname proxy.linuxfan.cn

# Set the Host Name of the proxy server, which may be used when squid is initialized or the service is started.

Dns_testnames www.google.comwww.baidu.com

# In order to ensure that the proxy is normal and the dns test website is set, match from left to right to stop

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