Re: fetching cgi from parent

I have a patch that causes squid to go direct if (and only if) no parents are
currently available. Nobody really showed any interest in it though.

D

Wayne Salamonsen wrote:

> Hi all,
> in the midst of configuring a cache (v1.1.20). This cache needs to fetch
> the bulk of its traffic via a parent (including cgi scripts). There is a
> list of subsites however that it can go direct for. However, even for these
> sites we would prefer to use a parent and only fetch directly if the parent
> is down for some reason.
>
> This introduces a few issues. I have the functionality working by setting
> the inside_firewall option to none. This forces all requests to go via the
> parent. For my subset of caches that can go direct, I can use the
> inside_firewall option to allow them. This however has the unfortunate
> aspect that those sites which it CAN go direct for, it will ALWAYS go
> direct. I would prefer it to still use the parent cache if possible.
>
> If I do not use the inside_firewall option, the desired functionality
> exists, except I cannot find a way to turn off the default behaviour of
> going direct for cgi scripts and those containing ? (the hierarchy_stoplist
> option).
> Is there a way to switch off this default behaviour? If there is, I would
> prefer that solution to the inside_firewall option. If not, I will have to
> make do with inside_firewall and put up with the small negative aspects.
>
> Comments appreciated...
>
> Wayne
>
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