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

Thanks Amos
Ok I will try this and keep you all posted
I hope it'll work this time
Regards
Adam
----- Original Message -----
From: "Amos Jeffries" <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz>
To: <squid-users_at_squid-cache.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 11:39 PM
Subject: 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
>>
>
>
> --
> Please be using
> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE8 or 3.0.STABLE25
> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.18
Received on Sat Mar 20 2010 - 23:48:22 MDT