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

Jan Welker wrote:
> Hi Amos,
>
> That idea sounds interesting. Do you have an example configuration for
> that mini-accelerator config?
>

Just this:
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/ReverseProxy#head-7fa129a6528d9a5c914f8dd5671668173e39e341

But with the ACL tweaked to include:
   acl pacfile urlpath_regex ^/proxy\.pac$

Amos

> 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
>> --
>> Please be using
>> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE5 or 3.0.STABLE10
>> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.1
>>

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Please be using
   Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE5 or 3.0.STABLE10
   Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.1