Download the following from the Internet and save them in the “/”
perl-GD-2.30-2.2.el4.rf.x86_64.rpm
sarg-2.3.tar.gz
squish.tar.gz
Some of the above we won't need to the basic installation, but if you are on the Internet you might as well down load them too.
Installing Squid
yum install the following
squid
httpd
perl
gd
If you gon't know how to "yum" install something, here is an example.
Example:
from the command prompt type the following to install a package
yum install squid
Now install Perl
Browse to the “/” and install the “perl-GD-386.rpm” or “perl-GD-x86_64.rpm” rpm depending if 64 bit or 32 bit OS with the following command:
rpm -i perl-GD-.rpm
Start Apache web server and set it to run at boot
Set Apache to run at boot by typing the following command:
chkconfig httpd on
Start Apache with the following command
service httpd start
Configuration of Squid
Edit the “/etc/squid/squid.conf file and make sure there is no “#” infront of the following lines
http_port 3128
cache_mem 8 mb
NB change the above to cache_mem 40 mb
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256
cache_swap_low 90
cache_swap_high 95
access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid
cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log
Edit the “/etc/squid/squid.conf file and add the following:
Find the “ACL” section of the “squid.conf” file. Scroll down to “recommended minimum configuration” and add the line making the ip address suit your LAN:
acl lan_local src 192.168.114.0/24
Now scroll down to the “http_access” section of the “squid.conf” file and find “http_access allow manager localhost”. Put a space between it and the one bellow and insert the following:
http_access allow lan_local
This Basic setup will allow you to use Squid
start the squid service from the command prompt as follows:
