Firstly, the Squid defaults don't allow for very large files to be cached. maximum_object_size defaults to 4 megabytes. Secondly, maybe the application and/or http server are not handling caching logic correctly. Look at the request and response headers. Adrian On Wed, Jun 11, 2008, Donoso Gabilondo, Daniel wrote: > Hello, > I have an application in linux that uses http resources (videos, > images..). These resources are in other machine with a http server > running (under windows). > > The linux application always download the resources. I installed and > configured squid in the linux machine to cache these resources, but the > linux application always downloads them from the http server. I don't > know how can I resolve the problem. I need some help, please. > > The linux ip address is: 192.168.240.23 and the windows with http server > ip is: 192.168.233.158 > > This is my squid.conf file content: > > acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 > acl manager proto cache_object > acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 > acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 > acl SSL_ports port 443 > acl Safe_ports port 80 # http > acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp > acl Safe_ports port 443 # https > acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher > acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais > acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports > acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt > acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http > acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker > acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http > acl CONNECT method CONNECT > http_access allow manager localhost > http_access deny manager > http_access deny !Safe_ports > http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports > http_access allow localhost > http_access deny all > icp_access allow all > hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? > access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid > acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? > cache deny QUERY > refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 > refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 > refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 > acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache > broken_vary_encoding allow apache > coredump_dir /var/spool/squid > cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 700 32 512 > http_port 3128 transparent > icp_port 0 > cache_peer localhost.home.nl parent 8080 0 default > acl HOME dstdomain .home.nl > always_direct allow all > never_direct allow all > > > I executed these commands: > > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to > 192.168.240.23:3128 > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT > --to-port 3128 > > > The cache.log content is this: > > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Starting Squid Cache version 2.6.STABLE19 for > i386-redhat-linux-gnu... > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Process ID 8617 > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| With 1024 file descriptors available > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Using epoll for the IO loop > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| ipcacheAddEntryFromHosts: Bad IP address 'tele1' > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| ipcacheAddEntryFromHosts: Bad IP address 'svc1' > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 42897, FD 6 > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Adding nameserver 192.168.202.11 from > /etc/resolv.conf > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Adding nameserver 192.168.202.13 from > /etc/resolv.conf > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| User-Agent logging is disabled. > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Referer logging is disabled. > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 11 > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Swap maxSize 716800 KB, estimated 55138 objects > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Target number of buckets: 2756 > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Using 8192 Store buckets > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Max Mem size: 8192 KB > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Max Swap size: 716800 KB > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every > 3600/3600 sec > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Rebuilding storage in /var/spool/squid (CLEAN) > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Using Least Load store dir selection > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Set Current Directory to /var/spool/squid > 2008/06/11 11:30:52| Loaded Icons. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Accepting transparently proxied HTTP connections at > 0.0.0.0, port 3128, FD 13. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| WCCP Disabled. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Ready to serve requests. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Configuring Parent localhost.home.nl/8080/0 > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Done reading /var/spool/squid swaplog (0 entries) > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Finished rebuilding storage from disk. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| 0 Entries scanned > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| 0 Invalid entries. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| 0 With invalid flags. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| 0 Objects loaded. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| 0 Objects expired. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| 0 Objects cancelled. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| 0 Duplicate URLs purged. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| 0 Swapfile clashes avoided. > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Took 0.3 seconds ( 0.0 objects/sec). > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Beginning Validation Procedure > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Completed Validation Procedure > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| Validated 0 Entries > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| store_swap_size = 0k > 2008/06/11 11:30:53| storeLateRelease: released 0 objects > > > -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA -
