RE: [squid-users] 2 squid processes

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Chris Robertson [mailto:crobertson@gci.com]
>> Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 10:55 AM
>> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
>> Subject: RE: [squid-users] 2 squid processes
>>
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Discussion Lists [mailto:discussions@lagraphico.com]
>> > Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 8:16 AM
>> > To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
>> > Subject: [squid-users] 2 squid processes
>> >
>> >
>> > All,
>> > Obscure question here: Has anyone been able to get 2 squid
>> processes
>> > running? I remember corresponding to a gentleman a while
>> back who was
>> > able to get it to work, and he gave me his init-scripts, and conf
>> > files. Since then I have been unable to find that stuff try
>> as I may,
>> > so I wanted to check with you good folks to see if any of you have
>> > something like that which can help me? The problem is that
>> the single
>> > squid process can't handle all of what I want:
>> >
>> > -Internal squid listener for proxy clients
>> > -External squid listener to publish our websites Port 80. -External
>> > squid listener to publish SSL Port 443.
>> >
>> > I found the following link (scroll down a third of the way) and it
>> > describes how to do this, but it would be really helpful to
>> see config
>> > files, and init files.
>> >
>> >
>> http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:OwnNlpbABqgJ:www.swelltech.com/supp
>> > or
>> >
>> t/webminguide/ch03.html+%22two+squid+processes%22&hl=en&client
>> =firefox-a
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>>
>> I have two squid processes running on one box, but only to
>> take advantage of a second processor. One instance Squid is
>> capable of running as both a caching proxy, and a
>> web-accelerator (http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-20.html).
>>
>> In any case, if you want to follow the path of running two
>> processes, then you just need to follow the FAQ on setting up
>> each conf file. The directives that MUST be different for
>> each conf file are http_port, icp_port (if it's not set to
>> 0), cache_dir, cache_access_log (if not set to /dev/null),
>> cache_log, cache_swap_log, pid_filename, and snmp_port (if
>> squid was compiled with snmp support).
>>
>> You can use the same squid binary for both processes, just
>> specify a different conf file for them to use (e.g. squid -f
>> /path/to/accelerator.conf && squid -f /path/to/cache.conf).
>>
>> Chris
>>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion Lists [mailto:discussions@lagraphico.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 11:24 AM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: RE: [squid-users] 2 squid processes
>
>
> Okay I read your adivice and finally was able to find blurb about it in
> the FAQ. So my question is this . . . How do I get the second process
> to create its own cache? I can see how to set it up in init to use a
> different cache location, but it still needs to know how to create it.
> How would I go about doing that?
>
> Thanks!
>

"squid -f /path/to/second/squid.conf -z" ought to do it.

Chris
Received on Tue May 03 2005 - 13:34:51 MDT