Re: [squid-users] Auto-configuration file hosted by squid

Hi Amos,

That idea sounds interesting. Do you have an example configuration for
that mini-accelerator config?

Thanks,
Jan

On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 4:05 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
> Jan Welker wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> We do have three types of client proxy configurations at our company:
>>
>> 1. Direct proxy: proxy.company.com:8080
>> 2. Auto-configuration file: http://proxy.company.com:8080/
>> 3. Auto detect proxy.company.com:80
>>
>> Clients use ether one of the configuration. The client configuration
>> can not be changed since we do have a lot of clients.
>> I redesigned the proxy server since the old one could not handle the
>> load anymore. The new server runs Squid. Configuration 1 and 3 work
>> like a charm an I am very happy with it.
>>
>> My Question for you is:
>> Is Squid capable of hosting the auto-configuration file? Or is there a
>> workaround for that?
>
> Not without some tricky config which get purged during any re-installs or
> upgrades. It's recommended to run some very lightweight web server
> (lighthttpd etc) to provide the PAC file and setup a mini-accelerator config
> inside squid to use it.
>
> Amos
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Received on Fri Nov 07 2008 - 08:13:58 MST