Re: [squid-users] Beta testers wanted for 3.2.0.1 - Changing 'workers' (from 1 to 2) is not supported and ignored

On 30/11/10 04:33, Ming Fu wrote:
> The cache_dir setting in the if..else ..endif does not seem to take effect.
> Squid -z does create the cache subdirectory without issue, but the squid seems to use the default cache directory as if didn't see the if statement.
>
> ===== squid.conf====
> workers 2
> if ${process_number} = 1
> cache_dir aufs /usr/local/squid/var/a 500 16 256
> else
> cache_dir aufs /usr/local/squid/var/b 500 16 256
> endif
> ==============================
>
> =====logs===========
> 2010/11/29 15:23:56 kid1| Starting Squid Cache version 3.2.0.3 for amd64-unknown-freebsd8.1...
> 2010/11/29 15:23:56 kid1| Set Current Directory to /usr/local/squid/var/cache
> 2010/11/29 15:23:58 kid1| basic/basicScheme.cc(64) done: Basic authentication Schema Detached.
> 2010/11/29 15:23:58 kid3| basic/basicScheme.cc(64) done: Basic authentication Schema Detached.

Hmm, Schema Detatch is not good. It means any change to basic auth will
need a full restart instead of a reconfigure. That limit is no longer
normal in squid-3.2+.

> 2010/11/29 15:27:04 kid3| Starting Squid Cache version 3.2.0.3 for amd64-unknown-freebsd8.1...
> 2010/11/29 15:27:04 kid2| Starting Squid Cache version 3.2.0.3 for amd64-unknown-freebsd8.1...
> 2010/11/29 15:27:04 kid1| Starting Squid Cache version 3.2.0.3 for amd64-unknown-freebsd8.1...
> 2010/11/29 15:27:04 kid3| Set Current Directory to /usr/local/squid/var/cache
> 2010/11/29 15:27:04 kid1| Set Current Directory to /usr/local/squid/var/cache
> 2010/11/29 15:27:04 kid2| Set Current Directory to /usr/local/squid/var/cache

Note how .../var/cache is not in your config at all. It is a default
home location for the core dumps etc.

> FATAL: kid2 registration timed out

... something else is causing the worker process not to make contact
with the coordinator process.

Amos

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