Re: [squid-users] squid -k rotate restarts url_rewriters!

Chris Woodfield wrote:
> I just put a squid system with url_rewriter children into production.
> Alongside this we have a script that regularly runs squid -k rotate,
> then FTPs the log.1 files to a remote site for backup/processing.
>
> The issue I've noticed is that every time squid -k rotate is run,
> squid also stops and restarts all of its url_rewriter children. While
> this happens fairly quickly, it's a step I'd rather not have it do if
> necessary, particularly under the load these boxes are expected to be
> able to handle.
>
> Consider this a feature request (and if 3.0 does this already, please
> let me know): do not restart url_rewriter children on a USR1 signal
> (or whichever signal squid -k rotate sends in 2.6 STABLE18).
>
> Thanks,
>
> -C

If you use syslog for the logging you don't need squid -k rotate to
rotate the logs.
Received on Fri Feb 01 2008 - 11:21:31 MST