Re: prefer parent peer

rihad <rihad@xxxxxxx> · Fri, 16 Dec 2005 15:41:02 +0400

Mark Elsen wrote:
Is there a way to configure Squid 2 to always first try fetching through
the (only) parent, and if that fails, then go direct?

Here's what I have now, and this fails miserably if x.x.x.x is down:

cache_peer x.x.x.x       parent    3128  3130 no-query default
never_direct allow all

    Use :

                always_direct deny all

    instead of

                never_direct allow all

Ahh, I switched nonhierarchical_direct to 'off' and now 'always_direct 
deny all' seems to prefer the parent. It didn't occur to me that the few 
request logged as DIRECT that I saw could have been "matching 
hierarchy_stoplist or not cachable request type", thus going direct.

Thank you's to all.