Hi Henrik, As you mentioned I am following the 2.6 instruction on how to forward request to another proxy.Below is the procedure. 1. cache_peer xxx.xxx.193.87 parent 8080 0 no-query default 2. acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 3. http_access allow all 4. never_direct allow all Below is the cache.log when I start browsing the web: [root@core2proxy ~]# squid -k reconfigure [root@core2proxy ~]# tail -f /var/log/squid/cache.log 2008/08/21 12:11:20| never_direct = 1 2008/08/21 12:11:20| timedout = 0 2008/08/21 12:11:23| Failed to select source for 'http://www.yahoo.com/p.gif?t=1 219309667&_ylp=A1f4cQhjMK1IUG4BCwD1cSkA&hp=1&cp=0&res=0&cres=dl&aw=1024&sh=768&s w=1024&fs=14&ct=lan&ch=1119&cw=1003/ct=lan/ch=1119/cw=1003&tid=501&ni=16&sss=121 9309667&t1=1219309690070&d1=141&d2=391&d3=-1219309690070&d4=500&d5=4344&d6=672&d 7=687&d8=828&d9=953&d10=1172&d11=1312' 2008/08/21 12:11:23| always_direct = 0 2008/08/21 12:11:23| never_direct = 1 2008/08/21 12:11:23| timedout = 0 2008/08/21 12:11:23| Failed to select source for 'http://www.yahoo.com/s/939088' 2008/08/21 12:11:23| always_direct = 0 2008/08/21 12:11:23| never_direct = 1 2008/08/21 12:11:23| timedout = 0 regards, Wennie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Wennie V. Lagmay" <wlagmay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "squid-users" <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 1:41:14 AM (GMT+0300) Asia/Kuwait Subject: Re: How do I configure Squid forward all requests to another proxy? On ons, 2008-08-20 at 16:28 +0300, Wennie V. Lagmay wrote: > Dear all, > > Using squid-2.5 and 2.6 forwarding all request to another proxy is simple: > > "How do I configure Squid forward all requests to another proxy? > First, you need to give Squid a parent cache. Second, you need to tell Squid it can not connect directly to origin servers. This is done with three configuration file lines: > > > cache_peer parentcache.foo.com parent 3128 0 no-query default > acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 > never_direct allow allNote, with this configuration, if the parent cache fails or becomes unreachable, then every request will result in an error message. > > In case you want to be able to use direct connections when all the parents go down you should use a different approach: > > cache_peer parentcache.foo.com parent 3128 0 no-query > prefer_direct off" > > However I am trying to do it with squid-2.7STABLE4 and it is not working. Can any body help me howto accomplish this? It's identical in 2.7. cache_peer to tell Squid where it may forward. never_direct to tell squid that it may not go direct. What does cache.log say on the first request after a restart? Regards Henrik
