Re: [squid-users] Configuring a Basic Reverse Proxy (Website Accelerator)

Adam_at_Gmail wrote:
> Hi Amos,
> Thanks for your reply
> My question I should probably put it another way
> let's say my website is http://www.example.com right?
>
> in the defaultsite= directive do I need to put just the domain name i.e
> example.com that should match the exact domain name that is requested by
> the client or something else?

It doesn't matter.
Whichever domain _you_ want the client to most visit.

You could even put defaultsite=abetterbrowser.org

>
> And the http_port should match the http_port that the backend web-server
> is listening on, correct?

Yes. Port 80 is the standard.

It's recommended to _also_ have Squid listening on any strange ports the
backend use so that breakage in the backend server apps URLs does not
cause too much damage.

>
> As for the
>
> cache_peer, does the cache peer also refers to the backend "web-server"?
> If you don't mind being a little a bit more specific please.

cache_peer ONLY refers to the back end server connection.

http_port ONLY refers to client-facing connections.

> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amos Jeffries" <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
> To: <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 10:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Configuring a Basic Reverse Proxy (Website
> Accelerator)
>
>
>> Adam_at_Gmail wrote:
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I have a question I just want to make sure that I understand this
>>> configuration.
>>> Assuming I am configuring just one backend webservers and one website:
>>>
>>> From this link:
>>> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Reverse/BasicAccelerator
>>>
>>> Does this mean
>>> http_port 80 accel defaultsite=your.main.website.namehttp_port 80
>>> (port of the back-end webserver)?Defaultsite= (should it be like
>>> this) defaultsite=www.mydomain.org or defaultsite=mydomain.org or
>>> defaultsite=the_name_of_the_folder_where_the_website_is_located?My next
>>
>> It's just the domain name visitors will use to get the website.
>> It's only used to 'fix' broken client who fail to send a domain name
>> in their requests.
>> Which domain to use is up to you.
>>
>>> question is for thiscache_peer ip.of.webserver parent 80 0 no-query
>>> originserver name=myAccelOk this is what I
>>> understoodExample:cache_peer 192.168.1.3 parent 80 0 no-query
>>> originserver name=myAccelbut what value will "myAccel" be holding for
>>> instance, the name of my website? or it's IP address what is it exactly?
>>
>> It's a label. Only used in the squid.conf file to represent that peer.
>>
>>> My final question isacl our_sites dstdomain your.main.website.name
>>> http_access allow our_sites
>>> cache_peer_access myAccel allow our_sites
>>> cache_peer_access myAccel deny allok maybe the first line should
>>> beacl our_sites dstdomain www.mydomain.org is this correct?And then
>>> the rest
>>
>> Yes. A list of all the websites you are serving through this Squid to
>> that peer. Wildcard sub-domains by starting with a dot for example:
>> .example.com
>>
>>> is straightforwardCan anyone help me please, I am a bit confused with
>>> thisAny help would be very much appreciated
>>
>>
>> Amos
>> --
>> Please be using
>> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE8 or 3.0.STABLE25
>> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.18
>

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Please be using
   Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE8 or 3.0.STABLE25
   Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.18