Setting up sqid for the first time. Kinda got it..

[iuselinux]

Hey guys, so I setup squid for the first time, and it kind of works, but not completely...

Here is my config file as it is now..

# egrep -v "^#" /etc/squid/squid.conf | sed -e '/^$/d'
http_port 80 defaultsite=##.##.##.## # Main IP Of Central web server here
hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
cache deny QUERY
acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache
access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid
hosts_file /etc/hosts
refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 1000 16 256
acl manager proto cache_object
acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
acl SSL_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
acl SSL_ports port 873 # rsync
acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
acl Safe_ports port 631 # cups
acl Safe_ports port 873 # rsync
acl Safe_ports port 901 # SWAT
acl purge method PURGE
acl CONNECT method CONNECT
http_access allow manager localhost
http_access deny manager
http_access allow purge localhost
http_access deny purge
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_access allow localhost
acl lan src 10.0.0.0/8
http_access allow all
http_access allow lan
http_reply_access allow all
icp_access allow all
always_direct allow all
coredump_dir /var/spool/squid

Two things wrong with the above..
1) Its wicked wicked slow after a bit. I will use browsermob to time the page load when I kill apache and start squid, and it will be just as fast running apache as it will be running squid to pipe traffic to the main server... give it a few minutes, and it will go from 1 second load time per a page to like 7, or more, or wont even load... What kind of cache settings do you recommend?

2) For this one, I guess I need to explain how it will work. Lets say I have 3 servers, 1 is the central server which is the real httpd/mysql/php server, which serves the web pages. The other 2 are reverse squid proxies, which do nothing but pipe the traffic back to the main central server, and act as front end web pages. My question is.. how do I let the central server know which domain its being visited from? Im guessing I need to use vhosts somehow? I have like 6 domains all doing this, and if you look at the $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] or $_SREVER['HTTP_HOST'], both will say the default IP thats configured in the squid server... How do I fix that?

Thanks guys, any help is appriceated

[iuselinux]

I think im closer...

acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
acl manager proto cache_object
acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
acl SSL_ports port 443
acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
acl CONNECT method CONNECT
http_access allow manager localhost
http_access deny manager
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
http_access allow all
icp_access allow all
http_port 80 vhost
cache_peer IP_OF_CENTRAL_SREVER parent 80 0 no-query originserver name=myAccel
cache_peer_access myAccel allow all
hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 1000 16 256
access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid
acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
cache deny QUERY
refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache
broken_vary_encoding allow apache
always_direct allow all
coredump_dir /var/spool/squid

Now I get...

The following error was encountered:

* Unable to forward this request at this time.

This request could not be forwarded to the origin server or to any parent caches. The most likely cause for this error is that:

* The cache administrator does not allow this cache to make direct connections to origin servers, and
* All configured parent caches are currently unreachable.

Ive googled the **** out of it..

[iuselinux]

I GOT IT! An entry for the site needed to be in /etc/hosts

TOTALLY random guess, didnt find that in any google results..

Now.. How can I make it fast?..

[iuselinux]

I notice I totally misspelled squid in the title, lol