Squid is a popular open-source proxy server that can be used to improve the performance of web applications. In this tutorial, we will be installing Squid on Void Linux.
To follow this tutorial, you must have:
Before installing Squid, it is important to ensure that the operating system is up-to-date. To update Void Linux, run the following command in your terminal:
sudo xbps-install -Suv
To install Squid on Void Linux, we need to run the following command in the terminal:
sudo xbps-install squid
After successfully installing Squid, we need to configure it to work on our system. The configuration file for Squid is located at /etc/squid/squid.conf. We can modify the file using any text editor of our choice. For example, we can use nano to modify the file:
sudo nano /etc/squid/squid.conf
In the configuration file, you can specify the allowed IP addresses to access your proxy, block certain websites, specify the access control list and more. A few common examples of settings that you could modify are:
acl mynetwork src 192.168.0.0/24
http_access allow mynetwork
acl blocked_sites dstdomain "/etc/squid/blocked-sites.txt"
http_access deny blocked_sites
and create /etc/squid/blocked-sites.txt file with a list of domains to block
facebook.com
twitter.com
youtube.com
Once you are done making changes to the configuration file, save and close it.
To start the Squid server, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start squid.service
After starting Squid, we can verify its installation by checking its status. To check the status of Squid, run the following command:
sudo systemctl status squid.service
If Squid is running successfully, the command should output its status as "active."
That's it! We have successfully installed Squid on Void Linux and configured it to work on our system. We can now use Squid as a proxy server to improve the performance of our web applications.
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