Re: [squid-users] Cache Manager working on Apache server as ICP sibling

On 20/09/2012 7:46 a.m., Eliezer Croitoru wrote:
> On 9/19/2012 10:26 PM, Andrew Krupiczka wrote:
>> In our product we're running the Squid 2.7 and Apache http server on
>> a single machine.
>> The Apache server can originate a content and is configured as
>> Squid's cache_peer sibling to be queried via ICP.
>> We can run the Cache Manager script and access it, if the Apache
>> server is reconfigured as parent but are unsuccessful otherwise.
>> Do you think is that possibility at all?
>> Thanks,
> Siblings by default arn't queried for content unless you define a
> never_direct allow acl
> on the url of cachemgr.
>
> what problem are you getting while trying to fetch cachgmgr?
> In anycase I think that fetching cache mgr throw the squid from the
> apache is a bad idea.

No more good or bad than any other website. cachemgr.cgi is just a web
page script after all.

The key thing is that Apache is an *origin*, not a sibling. Origins are
configured in Squid-2.7 as a parent with "originserver" flag.

Amos
Received on Thu Sep 20 2012 - 03:18:44 MDT