Install Proxy Server on Linux Debian (SQUID Web Proxy Cache)

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator. It runs on most available operating systems, including Windows and is licensed under the GNU GPL.

Install

apt-get install squid3

mv /etc/squid3/squid.conf /etc/squid3/squid.conf.original
nano /etc/squid3/squid.conf

squid.conf

http_port 8080

acl all src all
http_access allow all

cache_peer 192.168.1.29 parent 8080 0 no-query default login=user:pass
never_direct allow all

maximum_object_size 40960 KB

#refresh_pattern .*\.(zip|rar|iso) 2880  0% 2880 override-expire

Add a Disk Cache Directory

cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache/squid 500 16 256

Windows

cache_dir ufs c:/squid/var/cache 500 16 256

Resources

• http://www.squid-cache.org/
• http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/ConfiguringSquid
• http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/CacheHierarchy

Categories & Tags

• linux
• debian
• proxy
• squid

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