Paul Johnson wrote: > squidie wrote: > >> Henrik Nordstrom wrote: >>> lör 2007-01-13 klockan 16:29 +0200 skrev squidie: >>> >>>> I wonder if there is any solution to configure squid via a web-based >>>> interface? I know about Webmin. What else??? >>> There probably isn't very much else worth mentioning. >>> >>>> I don't want to install Webmin (complex application for managing *nix >>>> configuration). I just want to install squid and run it (even without >>>> `squid -z` command - squid can create cache dirs if there are none - it >>>> should be so I think). After I ran it I may go to http://localhost:3128/ >>>> and configure it via a web-based configurator included in squid. >>>> Did anybody think about that??? >>> Think yes, spent time on implementing no. >>> >>> Whats wrong with using webmin with only the Squid module enabled? >> I like all-in-one soft - I don't like installing ten applications (and >> probably getting some troubles with them) when I can install one >> self-sufficient. So you say nobody was trying to implement it? > > The problem with that is it tends to make things work *worse* and much more > difficult to debug than if you used 10 or 12 smaller programs that do one > thing and one thing well, stringing them together with pipes and whatnot to > achieve your goal than the opposite approach of one program that does 10 or > 12 things really poorly. > > > . > I know about *nix strategy "few small programs do work better than one big program a 'swiss knife'" (smth like that). But as I see nobody tried to compare squid + webmin and squid with included web-based configurator. I think it's possible to make squid better (with the configurator) and not to make it less stable.
