Guidance on configuring Squid Proxy
Guidance on configuring Squid Proxy
I have setup Squid to cache all traffic but it isn't caching anything... I ran "squid -z" in terminal. Here is my config. Spoiler # # Recommended minimum configuration: # # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. # Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing # should be allowed acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines 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 # # Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration: # # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost http_access allow localhost manager http_access allow manager # Deny requests to certain unsafe ports http_access allow !Safe_ports # Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports http_access allow CONNECT !SSL_ports # We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent # web applications running on the proxy server who think the only # one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user #http_access deny to_localhost # # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS # # Example rule allowing access from your local networks. # Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks # from where browsing should be allowed http_access allow localnet http_access allow localhost # And finally deny all other access to this proxy http_access allow all # Squid normally listens to port 3128 http_port 3128 # Uncomment the line below to enable disk caching - path format is /cygdrive/<full path to cache folder>, i.e. cache_dir aufs /cygdrive/c/Squid/var/cache 1000000 16 256 cache allow all # Leave coredumps in the first cache dir coredump_dir /var/cache/squid # Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these. refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 dns_nameservers 1.1.1.1 1.0.0.1 max_filedescriptors 3200 never_direct allow all always_direct deny all
You're looking for guidance on configuring a Squid HTTPS cache. It sounds like you've faced challenges before, so don't worry! Let me know if you need more help.
They mainly use standard Linux utilities. If you're not comfortable building and setting up Linux, try a Docker solution like https://github.com/salrashid123/squid_proxy