On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 10:27, Leslie Jensen <les...@eskk.nu> wrote: > I'm installing squid on a new 8.2-RELEASE machine.
Me too. > I have /usr/local/squid as default directory and has made a separate mount > point. Same here. As a general rule I like to give squid its own hard drive, or its own RAID. Giving it a separate partition on a single drive is useful if you're concerned about filling the disk but that *should* be controlled by the squid configuration file. Still, it's a good idea. > When it comes to the cache and the logs directory I can see that the squid > installation has created the /var/squid/cache directory. I've always seen /var/squid as being very "Linux-centric". /usr/local/squid or /usr/local/var/squid makes more sense to me. > When Googling this problem I see both the use of /var/squid and > /usr/local/squid. > Where should it be? Yep, ultimately it doesn't matter as long as you know where it is, you document where it is and your settings are correct in /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf. By default squid will use /var/squid. I always change it on install. > When running the command squid -z to initialize the cache the cache > directory must be there otherwise the command won't work. > > How should I set the permissions on /usr/local/squid and the directories > below? I use 755, squid:squid. > I could not find any advise in the Handbook. I'll be happy to help making a > squid chapter. I'm writing some internal documentation on deploying pf + squid 2.7.x + SNMP on FreeBSD 8.2 routers/firewalls with cacti monitoring, I'll contribute what I can. I doubt we'll see a section on squid as it's really a niche area but it's always good to have something on the list so folks doing a search can find something useful. If it's going to be a few days before you get into the heavy lifting I'll try to send something directly or maybe a link to this list this weekend. You said you had notes from doing a 2.x installation, are you installing 3.x? . I'm sticking with 2.7.STABLE9 for storeurl support in some places and considering 3.x in others. 3.2 introduced SMP support but you can achieve pseudo-SMP support by running multiple instances on the same machine...just remember each instance has its own RAM and disk cache, which sort of kills the performance. kmw _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
