Re: squid -k rotate restarts url_rewriters!

[martin perner <martin.perner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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.