Re: [squid-users] Delay Pool with Time Restriction

Thanks Odhiambo ,for this solution , however this will i be ending up
in two diffrent cache . Is there any way i can achive this in one
squid config file .

regards,
Shekhar

On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 9:03 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Shekhar Gupta <shekharsahab14_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi ,
>>
>> I am not able to see any configuration where i can use time and delay
>> pool to restrict the bandwidth . I am looking for delay pool
>> configuration which will restrict the download starting from morning
>> 10 am to 6 pm with 10 Kbps and after 6 pm it should allow unlimited
>> bandwith .
>>
>> If any one can please put down this requirment into a config code
>> which i can use in my squid .
>
> It's simple. Just have two files: squid.conf-restricted and
> squid.conf-unrestricted
> Use cron to rotate the files and restart squid:
> Create a file change-squid-settings.sh which looks like this:
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # Script to change squid between restricted (work hours) and unrestricted
> (non-work hours)
>
> SQUID_CTL=/usr/local/bin/squid
> SQUID_HOME=/etc/squid/
> UNRESTRICTED_FILE=$SQUID_HOME/squid.conf-no-restrict
> RESTRICTED_FILE=/$SQUID_HOME/squid.conf-restrict
>
> # See how we were called.
> case "$1" in
> restrict)
> # Lock access to facebook.com, etc
> [ -f $RESTRICTED_FILE ] && /bin/cp -f $RESTRICTED_FILE
> $SQUID_HOME/squid.conf
> $SQUID_CTL -k reconfigure
> echo -n ' squid reconfigured to restrict mode '
> ;;
> unrestrict)
> # Allow access to all shit:-)
> [ -f $UNRESTRICTED_FILE ] && /bin/cp -f $UNRESTRICTED_FILE
> $SQUID_HOME/squid.conf
> $SQUID_CTL -k reconfigure
> echo -n ' squid reconfigured to no_restrict mode '
> ;;
> *)
> echo "Usage: `basename $0` {restrict|unrestrict}" >&2
> exit 64
> esac
>
>
> Now, all you have to do is to invoke this script at 09:59 with
> change-squid-settings.sh restrict
>
> Then at 15:59 you invoke it with:
> change-squid-settings.sh unrestrict
>
> I hope that gives you a clue.
> If you find that "-k reconfigure" doesn't start squid properly (with the new
> settings), then you may as well use kill or shutdown and then start squid
> afresh.
>
> I used to use Daemontools for SQUID_CTL and I'd simply use "svc -h squid"
> and it worked. I hope reconfigure should be equivalent.
>
> At least you get the idea, right? There are other ways, but this is how I
> did mine.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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Received on Wed Feb 18 2009 - 18:32:02 MST