Does ESI require the webpages to be developed with this technology standard? Thanks. 2011/2/22 Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:52:48 -0200, N3O wrote: >> >> Hi >> >> I'm planning to install a reverse proxy server with squid but one of >> the requisites is that it >> should have ESI support. >> Questions >> Does squid have ESI support? is it good? > > Yes, in Squid-3. It works pretty well in 3.1+, 3.0 works in a dedicated > binary but does not interact nicely with several other proxy features. > > The initial sponsors saw the core parts of the protocol to completion, so > that all works great with only an occasional bug. But some of the more > complex pieces are not supported and/or noticeably buggy. The squid bugzilla > has the list of known issues. > >> How do i configure ESI support in squid?? > > Depends on your version. Ensure that --enable-esi is built in with XML > libraries. > Once that is done Squid will auto-magically start advertising the relevant > Surrogate-Capabilities to the origins. The server response type determines > whether it is processed or not. > >> Are there any links to examples or tutorials of ESI configuration in >> squid?? > > Very few unfortunately certainly nothing comprehensive. W3C specs have some > good examples. http://www.w3.org/TR/esi-lang. But like HTML, the devil is in > the details of how you structure the XML tags in the ESI page object and > what caching controls you place on the raw original objects. > > Wikipedia has a list of common tools like Drupal and Zope which you can use > to play with it > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_Side_Includes > > Amos > -- Free SmartDNS Hosting: http://DNSbed.com/
