Squid Proxy Caching server Installation and Configuration in Linux

Below are the steps to setup the Squid Proxy Caching server on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

1. Install Required Packages for Proxy Server:

Install the "squid-2.5.STABLE14-1.4E" RPM packages on the server

rpm -ivh squid-2.5.STABLE14-1.4E.rpm

2. Customize the squid.conf configuration file

a. vi /etc/squid/squid.conf

Configuring Squid File ( /etc/squid/squid.conf)

Just Specify the details with respect to your requirements in squid.conf file. Look for the following lines…

http_port 8080

cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 1400 16 256

cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log

cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log

cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log

dns_nameservers [YOUR_NAME_SERVERS]

acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24 [ADD_YOUR_NETWORK_ADDRESS_HERE]

http_access allow our_networks

visible_hostname [YOUR_PROXY_SERVER_NAME]

3. Change the squid directory "/var/spool/squid/" to be owned by nobody

a. chown nobody /var/spool/squid/

b. chmod 700 /var/spool/squid/

4. Run squid

service squid start

Relax... You are done with the Job.. :-)

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