Hmm, still don't know what is HTTP accelerator and how Squid can perform this function. Any hints ?
> -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Czarnecki [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2004 7:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid as HTTP accelerator > > Will this work for named hosts configuration on Apache? > > Also could you send me an example redirection script? > > Or give can you give me an example of it's output? > > For 1. do you mean the external ip to the Squid box? Or do I need to > create a > DNS entry the same as the hosts file on the dns server? > > > 1. Configured DNS to resolve all internal server's names to squid. > > 2. On squid, populated these names in /etc/hosts with private IP > > addresses of the servers. (so that when squid fetch a page it is fetched > > from private network) > > -- > Kind Regards, > > Dan > > > Quoting Sunil S <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > If you are trying to use a version of squid < 3.0, look for the > > following directives in squid.conf > > 1. httpd_accel_host virtual > > 2. redirect_program /path/to/redirector_program > > 3. httpd_accel_single_host off > > > > Accelerator will work with single or multiple internal server. > > Redirector programs are not part of squid distribution, You can write > > them yourself very easily with perl. > > > > What I have done for such a requirement are: > > > > 1. Configured DNS to resolve all internal server's names to squid. > > 2. On squid, populated these names in /etc/hosts with private IP > > addresses of the servers. (so that when squid fetch a page it is fetched > > from private network) > > 3. Added route to linux box running squid to reach the internal web > > servers ( because squid box had its default route to internet) > > 4. Used a redirector program to re-write requests in case the internal > > servers did nt have an FQDN. > > > > Regards > > > > Sunil > > >>> Daniel Czarnecki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 04/17/04 07:52AM >>> > > Hi Guys, > > > > I am trying to get Squid to act as an http accelerator for a number of > > virtual domains residing on an internal Apache server. They are all > > named based. Is their a way to configure Squid to accelerate such a > > configuration? > > > > If their is can someone outline how to get it working? > > > > Also is it possible to have a single Squid accelerate the traffic for > > a > > set of domains residing on separate internal web servers? > > > > Thank you in advanced. > > > > Also is their a better alternative to squid? > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Daniel Czarnecki > > > > >
