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Lpi Lpic202450 2 5 1 Installing The Squid Proxy Server

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Installing the Squid Proxy Server

LPIC-2: Linux Engineer (202-450)


Objectives:
At the end of this episode, I will be able to:
1. Describe the purpose and function of a proxy server.
2. Install and configure the squid proxy server in Linux.
Installing the Squid Proxy Server
Introduction to squid
Installing squid
Enabling caching
Verify squid is functioning
Introduction to squid
http://www.squid-cache.org/
Open source proxy server
Features
Caching
Filtering
Authentication
Installing squid
sudo apt install squid
sudo systemctl enable --now squid
sudo systemctl status squid

Initial configuration
Default configuration
/etc/squid/squid.conf

Edit the configuration


sudoedit /etc/squid/conf.d/local.conf

Changing the listening port


Defaults to 3128
http_port 8080

Firewall configuration
sudo ufw allow 8080 comment "Squid Proxy"

Enabling caching
Define cache directory
cache_dir <filesystem> <path> <max-size-mb> <max-folders> <max-
subfolders>

Default values
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256

Verify squid is functioning


Log files
sudo systemctl status squid
journalctl -xe -u squid.service
Network listeners
sudo ss -natp

Connect a client (FireFox)


Won't work until an ACL is configured
Settings -> Network Settings -> Proxy

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