Re: [squid-users] check squid alive via remote http request

lör 2009-02-07 klockan 02:03 +1300 skrev Amos Jeffries:
> Evgeniy Zaitsev wrote:
> > Hello.
> >
> > We are using large squid cluster (~30 dedicated machines with squid) to
> > proxy-caching static content.
> >
> > All separate squid's configured as sibling (each other, i.e. one level
> > hierarchy).
> >
> > All requests to squid-machines go through one balancer. Balancer check
> > each squid (alive/not alive) via tcp-check (if port 3128/tcp accept
> > connections, then squid is alive).
> >
> > But we want to use http checks for squid alive checking. Is it possible?
>
> Depends on your balancer.
>
> Squid does it automatically when "no-query" options is missing from
> cache_peer lines.

I think you meant only-if-cached...

> Querying the cache manager interface should work.
> cache_object://$SQUIDHOST/menu

So does querying of any of the squid-internal-... objects which may be
simpler, depending on the capabilities of the load balancer in question.

http://$SQUIDHOST/squid-internal-static/icons/anthony-unknown.gif

or similar.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Fri Feb 06 2009 - 19:03:23 MST