Hi Amos, I have updated the config files with the changes you suggested. *cat /var/spool/squid-1.conf* http_port 3128 acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines 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 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost manager http_access deny manager # # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS # http_access allow localnet http_access allow localhost http_access deny all coredump_dir /squid/var/cache/squid icp_port 3130 cache_peer 172.17.0.3 sibling 3128 3130 prefer_direct off icp_access allow all icp_query_timeout 500 debug_options ALL,1 12,5 42,3 refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log *cat /var/spool/squid-2.conf* http_port 3128 acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines 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 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost manager http_access deny manager # # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS # http_access allow localnet http_access allow localhost http_access deny all coredump_dir /squid/var/cache/squid icp_port 3130 cache_peer 172.17.0.2 sibling 3128 3130 prefer_direct off icp_access allow all icp_query_timeout 500 debug_options ALL,1 12,5 42,3 refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 cache_store_log /var/log/squid/store.log >> These squid instances are launched using the following commands *docker stop squid-1*||true && docker run --name squid-1 --rm -d \ --publish 3131:3128 \ --hostname squid-1 \ --volume /var/spool/squid-1.conf:/etc/squid/squid.conf \ --volume /var/spool/squid-1:/var/spool/squid \ sameersbn/squid:3.5.27-1 *docker stop squid-2*||true && docker run --name squid-2 --rm -d \ --publish 3132:3128 \ --hostname squid-2 \ --volume /var/spool/squid-2.conf:/etc/squid/squid.conf \ --volume /var/spool/squid-2:/var/spool/squid \ sameersbn/squid:3.5.27-1 Localhost port *3131 is mapped to port 3128 of squid-1* Localhost port *3132 is mapped to port 3128 of squid-2* >> Checking the cache.log docker exec -it *squid-1* sh -c 'cat /var/log/squid/*cache.log*' 2019/04/26 01:24:12| cannot change current directory to /squid/var/cache/squid: (2) No such file or directory 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Current Directory is / 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Creating missing swap directories 2019/04/26 01:24:12| No cache_dir stores are configured. 2019/04/26 01:24:12| cannot change current directory to /squid/var/cache/squid: (2) No such file or directory 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Current Directory is / 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Starting Squid Cache version 3.5.27 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu... 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Service Name: squid 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Process ID 1 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Process Roles: master worker 2019/04/26 01:24:12| With 1048576 file descriptors available 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Initializing IP Cache... 2019/04/26 01:24:12| DNS Socket created at [::], FD 8 2019/04/26 01:24:12| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, FD 9 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Adding domain minimal from /etc/resolv.conf 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Adding nameserver 10.0.100.10 from /etc/resolv.conf 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Adding nameserver 10.0.100.11 from /etc/resolv.conf 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Logfile: opening log daemon:/var/log/squid/access.log 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Logfile Daemon: opening log /var/log/squid/access.log 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every 3600/3600 sec 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Logfile: opening log /var/log/squid/store.log 2019/04/26 01:24:12| WARNING: log name now starts with a module name. Use 'stdio:/var/log/squid/store.log' 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Swap maxSize 0 + 262144 KB, estimated 20164 objects 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Target number of buckets: 1008 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Using 8192 Store buckets 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Max Mem size: 262144 KB 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Max Swap size: 0 KB 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Using Least Load store dir selection 2019/04/26 01:24:12| cannot change current directory to /squid/var/cache/squid: (2) No such file or directory 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Current Directory is / 2019/04/26 01:24:12| Finished loading MIME types and icons. 2019/04/26 01:24:12.888| 12,2| AsyncCall.cc(26) AsyncCall: The AsyncCall icpIncomingConnectionOpened constructed, this=0x55cb205b6bc0 [call4] 2019/04/26 01:24:12.889| 12,2| AsyncCall.cc(93) ScheduleCall: StartListening.cc(59) will call icpIncomingConnectionOpened(local=[::]:3130 remote=[::] FD 14 flags=9, err=0) [call4] 2019/04/26 01:24:12.889| HTCP Disabled. 2019/04/26 01:24:12.889| Pinger socket opened on FD 16 2019/04/26 01:24:12.889| *Configuring Sibling 172.17.0.3/3128/3130* 2019/04/26 01:24:12.889| Squid plugin modules loaded: 0 2019/04/26 01:24:12.889| Adaptation support is off. 2019/04/26 01:24:12.889| Accepting HTTP Socket connections at local=[::]:3128 remote=[::] FD 13 flags=9 2019/04/26 01:24:12.896| 12,2| AsyncCallQueue.cc(55) fireNext: entering icpIncomingConnectionOpened(local=[::]:3130 remote=[::] FD 14 flags=9, err=0) 2019/04/26 01:24:12.896| 12,2| AsyncCall.cc(38) make: make call icpIncomingConnectionOpened [call4] 2019/04/26 01:24:12.896| *Accepting ICP messages on [::]:3130* 2019/04/26 01:24:12.896| *Sending ICP messages from [::]:3130* 2019/04/26 01:24:12.896| 12,2| AsyncCallQueue.cc(57) fireNext: leaving icpIncomingConnectionOpened(local=[::]:3130 remote=[::] FD 14 flags=9, err=0) 2019/04/26 01:24:12| pinger: Initialising ICMP pinger ... 2019/04/26 01:24:12| pinger: ICMP socket opened. 2019/04/26 01:24:12| pinger: ICMPv6 socket opened 2019/04/26 01:24:12.910| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(189) Recv: Pass [::1] off to ICMPv6 module. 2019/04/26 01:24:12.910| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241852.910257 [::1] 0 2019/04/26 01:24:12.910| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(198) Recv: Pass 127.0.0.1 off to ICMPv4 module. 2019/04/26 01:24:12.910| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241852.910324 127.0.0.1 32 2019/04/26 01:24:12.910| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241852.910379 [::1] 129 Echo Reply 0ms 1 hops 2019/04/26 01:24:12.910| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(211) SendResult: return result to squid. len=76 2019/04/26 01:24:12.910| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(211) SendResult: return result to squid. len=7990 2019/04/26 01:24:12.910| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241852.910412 127.0.0.1 0 Echo Reply 0ms 1 hops 2019/04/26 01:24:13| storeLateRelease: released 0 objects 2019/04/26 01:24:32.917| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(198) Recv: Pass 172.17.0.3 off to ICMPv4 module. 2019/04/26 01:24:32.917| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241872.917292 172.17.0.3 32 2019/04/26 01:24:32.917| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(211) SendResult: return result to squid. len=7991 2019/04/26 01:24:32.917| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241872.917510 172.17.0.3 0 Echo Reply 0ms 1 hops docker exec -it *squid-2* sh -c 'cat /var/log/squid/*cache.log*' 2019/04/26 01:24:25| cannot change current directory to /squid/var/cache/squid: (2) No such file or directory 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Current Directory is / 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Creating missing swap directories 2019/04/26 01:24:25| No cache_dir stores are configured. 2019/04/26 01:24:25| cannot change current directory to /squid/var/cache/squid: (2) No such file or directory 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Current Directory is / 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Starting Squid Cache version 3.5.27 for x86_64-pc-linux-gnu... 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Service Name: squid 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Process ID 1 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Process Roles: master worker 2019/04/26 01:24:25| With 1048576 file descriptors available 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Initializing IP Cache... 2019/04/26 01:24:25| DNS Socket created at [::], FD 8 2019/04/26 01:24:25| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, FD 9 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Adding domain minimal from /etc/resolv.conf 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Adding nameserver 10.0.100.10 from /etc/resolv.conf 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Adding nameserver 10.0.100.11 from /etc/resolv.conf 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Logfile: opening log daemon:/var/log/squid/access.log 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Logfile Daemon: opening log /var/log/squid/access.log 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every 3600/3600 sec 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Logfile: opening log /var/log/squid/store.log 2019/04/26 01:24:25| WARNING: log name now starts with a module name. Use 'stdio:/var/log/squid/store.log' 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Swap maxSize 0 + 262144 KB, estimated 20164 objects 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Target number of buckets: 1008 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Using 8192 Store buckets 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Max Mem size: 262144 KB 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Max Swap size: 0 KB 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Using Least Load store dir selection 2019/04/26 01:24:25| cannot change current directory to /squid/var/cache/squid: (2) No such file or directory 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Current Directory is / 2019/04/26 01:24:25| Finished loading MIME types and icons. 2019/04/26 01:24:25.668| 12,2| AsyncCall.cc(26) AsyncCall: The AsyncCall icpIncomingConnectionOpened constructed, this=0x5620f1da8bc0 [call4] 2019/04/26 01:24:25.669| 12,2| AsyncCall.cc(93) ScheduleCall: StartListening.cc(59) will call icpIncomingConnectionOpened(local=[::]:3130 remote=[::] FD 14 flags=9, err=0) [call4] 2019/04/26 01:24:25.669| HTCP Disabled. 2019/04/26 01:24:25.669| Pinger socket opened on FD 16 2019/04/26 01:24:25.669| *Configuring Sibling 172.17.0.2/3128/3130* 2019/04/26 01:24:25.669| Squid plugin modules loaded: 0 2019/04/26 01:24:25.669| Adaptation support is off. 2019/04/26 01:24:25.669| Accepting HTTP Socket connections at local=[::]:3128 remote=[::] FD 13 flags=9 2019/04/26 01:24:25.685| 12,2| AsyncCallQueue.cc(55) fireNext: entering icpIncomingConnectionOpened(local=[::]:3130 remote=[::] FD 14 flags=9, err=0) 2019/04/26 01:24:25.685| 12,2| AsyncCall.cc(38) make: make call icpIncomingConnectionOpened [call4] 2019/04/26 01:24:25.685| *Accepting ICP messages on [::]:3130* 2019/04/26 01:24:25.685| *Sending ICP messages from [::]:3130* 2019/04/26 01:24:25.685| 12,2| AsyncCallQueue.cc(57) fireNext: leaving icpIncomingConnectionOpened(local=[::]:3130 remote=[::] FD 14 flags=9, err=0) 2019/04/26 01:24:25| pinger: Initialising ICMP pinger ... 2019/04/26 01:24:25| pinger: ICMP socket opened. 2019/04/26 01:24:25| pinger: ICMPv6 socket opened 2019/04/26 01:24:25.699| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(189) Recv: Pass [::1] off to ICMPv6 module. 2019/04/26 01:24:25.699| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241865.699446 [::1] 0 2019/04/26 01:24:25.699| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(198) Recv: Pass 127.0.0.1 off to ICMPv4 module. 2019/04/26 01:24:25.699| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241865.699521 127.0.0.1 32 2019/04/26 01:24:25.699| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241865.699575 [::1] 129 Echo Reply 0ms 1 hops 2019/04/26 01:24:25.699| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(211) SendResult: return result to squid. len=76 2019/04/26 01:24:25.699| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(211) SendResult: return result to squid. len=7990 2019/04/26 01:24:25.699| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241865.699612 127.0.0.1 0 Echo Reply 0ms 1 hops 2019/04/26 01:24:26| storeLateRelease: released 0 objects 2019/04/26 01:24:45.705| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(198) Recv: Pass 172.17.0.2 off to ICMPv4 module. 2019/04/26 01:24:45.705| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241885.705744 172.17.0.2 32 2019/04/26 01:24:45.705| 42,2| IcmpPinger.cc(211) SendResult: return result to squid. len=7991 2019/04/26 01:24:45.705| 42,2| Icmp.cc(95) Log: pingerLog: 1556241885.705878 172.17.0.2 0 Echo Reply 0ms 1 hops >> Testing with the curl requests curl -vvv -I -x http://127.0.0.1:3131 -L http://example.com * About to connect() to proxy 127.0.0.1 port 3131 (#0) * Trying 127.0.0.1... * Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 3131 (#0) > HEAD http://example.com/ HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.29.0 > Host: example.com > Accept: */* > Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Content-Encoding: gzip Content-Encoding: gzip < Accept-Ranges: bytes Accept-Ranges: bytes < Cache-Control: max-age=604800 Cache-Control: max-age=604800 < Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 < Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:06:45 GMT Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:06:45 GMT < ETag: "1541025663+ident" ETag: "1541025663+ident" < Expires: Fri, 03 May 2019 18:06:45 GMT Expires: Fri, 03 May 2019 18:06:45 GMT < Last-Modified: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 23:54:35 GMT Last-Modified: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 23:54:35 GMT < Server: ECS (sjc/4E46) Server: ECS (sjc/4E46) < X-Cache: HIT X-Cache: HIT < Content-Length: 606 Content-Length: 606 < X-Cache: MISS from squid-1 X-Cache: MISS from squid-1 < X-Cache-Lookup: *MISS from squid-1:3128* X-Cache-Lookup: *MISS from squid-1:3128* < Via: 1.1 squid-1 (squid/3.5.27) Via: 1.1 squid-1 (squid/3.5.27) < Connection: keep-alive Connection: keep-alive curl -vvv -I -x http://127.0.0.1:3131 -L http://example.com * About to connect() to proxy 127.0.0.1 port 3131 (#0) * Trying 127.0.0.1... * Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 3131 (#0) > HEAD http://example.com/ HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.29.0 > Host: example.com > Accept: */* > Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Content-Encoding: gzip Content-Encoding: gzip < Accept-Ranges: bytes Accept-Ranges: bytes < Cache-Control: max-age=604800 Cache-Control: max-age=604800 < Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 < Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:06:45 GMT Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:06:45 GMT < ETag: "1541025663+ident" ETag: "1541025663+ident" < Expires: Fri, 03 May 2019 18:06:45 GMT Expires: Fri, 03 May 2019 18:06:45 GMT < Last-Modified: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 23:54:35 GMT Last-Modified: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 23:54:35 GMT < Server: ECS (sjc/4E46) Server: ECS (sjc/4E46) < X-Cache: HIT X-Cache: HIT < Content-Length: 606 Content-Length: 606 < Age: 2 Age: 2 < X-Cache: HIT from squid-1 X-Cache: HIT from squid-1 < X-Cache-Lookup: *HIT from squid-1:3128* X-Cache-Lookup: *HIT from squid-1:3128* < Via: 1.1 squid-1 (squid/3.5.27) Via: 1.1 squid-1 (squid/3.5.27) < Connection: keep-alive Connection: keep-alive < * Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact curl -vvv -I -x http://127.0.0.1:3132 -L http://example.com * About to connect() to proxy 127.0.0.1 port 3132 (#0) * Trying 127.0.0.1... * Connected to 127.0.0.1 (127.0.0.1) port 3132 (#0) > HEAD http://example.com/ HTTP/1.1 > User-Agent: curl/7.29.0 > Host: example.com > Accept: */* > Proxy-Connection: Keep-Alive > < HTTP/1.1 200 OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK < Content-Encoding: gzip Content-Encoding: gzip < Accept-Ranges: bytes Accept-Ranges: bytes < Cache-Control: max-age=604800 Cache-Control: max-age=604800 < Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 < Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:09:06 GMT Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 18:09:06 GMT < ETag: "1541025663" ETag: "1541025663" < Expires: Fri, 03 May 2019 18:09:06 GMT Expires: Fri, 03 May 2019 18:09:06 GMT < Last-Modified: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 23:54:35 GMT Last-Modified: Fri, 09 Aug 2013 23:54:35 GMT < Server: ECS (sjc/4E45) Server: ECS (sjc/4E45) < X-Cache: HIT X-Cache: HIT < Content-Length: 606 Content-Length: 606 < X-Cache: MISS from squid-2 X-Cache: MISS from squid-2 < X-Cache-Lookup: *MISS from squid-2:3128* X-Cache-Lookup: *MISS from squid-2:3128* < Via: 1.1 squid-2 (squid/3.5.27) Via: 1.1 squid-2 (squid/3.5.27) < Connection: keep-alive Connection: keep-alive < * Connection #0 to host 127.0.0.1 left intact >> I am expecting the third curl request should result in sibling hit. If >> that's not possible, kindly advise an alternative way to verify peer >> caching. Thanks -- Sent from: http://squid-web-proxy-cache.1019090.n4.nabble.com/Squid-Users-f1019091.html _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users