Hey, if you insist on serving the local port 80 from the same server I would say you need to make sure the servers are listening to the current port using: netstat -ntlp what is the output?? Eliezer On 07/17/2013 12:00 AM, jc.yin wrote: > I'm not sure if what I've done is correct but I've tried my best to follow > the instructions found on the Squid documentation page. > http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/ReverseProxy > > Basically I need to set up a reverse Squid proxy with the web server on the > same server. > > Basically what I did was: > > 1. Add these to the top of Squid.conf file > > "http_port the.public.ip.address:80 accel defaultsite=your.main.website > cache_peer 127.0.0.1 parent 80 0 no-query originserver > > acl our_sites dstdomain your.main.site.name > http_access allow our_sites > cache_peer_access myAccel allow our_sites > cache_peer_access myAccel deny all" > > > > 2. Add this to ports.conf is /etc/apache2 > > Listen 127.0.0.1:80 > > > Then I've restarted both Squid and Apache but when I try to access > "the.public.ip.address" which is my test server's public address, I get the > message unable to connect. This must mean that my ports are incorrectly > configured. > > > From what I understand, in order for both Squid Reverse Proxy and the Web > Server to reside together, > > 1. Squid has to be set to listen to port 80 on the public IP (which I've set > according to the instruction) > > 2. Apache has to be set to listen to 127.0.0.1 on port 80 (this part I'm > kinda confused and probably messed up) > > > I found this tutorial but it suggested some totally different methods from > the official Squid method and I couldn't find most of the functions its > asking me to change: > http://www.visolve.com/squid/whitepapers/reverseproxy.php > > Apart from that I've not had too much luck finding documentation on setting > up Squid Reverse Proxy and Web Server on the same server, so that's why I'm > asking here. > > > Any help is really appreciated > Cheers > > > > > *P.S* I have changed all of the "the.public.ip.address" to my public IP > > > > -- > View this message in context: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Squid-Reverse-Proxy-cannot-open-ports-tp4661107.html > Sent from the Squid - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >