Re: [squid-users] Alerting when cache Peer is used.

On 17/09/10 23:14, GIGO . wrote:
>
> I have configured my proxy servers in two regions for backup internet path of each other by declaring the following directives.
>
> Directives on Proxy A:
>
> cache_peer A parent 8080 0 proxy-only
> prefer_direct on
> nonhierarchical_direct off
> cache_peer_access A allow all
>
>
> Directives on Proxy B:
>
> cache_peer B parent 8080 0 proxy-only
> prefer_direct on
> nonhierarchical_direct off
> cache_peer_access B allow all
>
>
> Is there a way that whenever a peer cache is used an email alert is generated to the admins.
>

Not from Squid. That is a job for network availability software.

You could hack up a script to scan squid access.log for the peer
hierarchy codes (DIRECT or FIRST_UP_PARENT etc) being used.

Note that the setting is only "prefer" _direct. It can go to the peer
with perfectly working network access if the origin web server simply
takes too long to reply to a connect attempt.

Amos

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