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Thank you Alex, this works fine!

Robert


Am Donnerstag, den 28.11.2019, 18:55 -0500 schrieb Alex Rousskov:
> On 11/28/19 4:34 PM, Robert Senger wrote:
> 
> > a couple of week ago I've separated a rather complex squid
> > installation
> > into two instances running on the same machine.
> > 
> > The setup of these two instances is almost identical, despite
> > different
> > tcp_outgoing_address and stuff like that.
> > 
> > All files on disk and all listening ports are set to different
> > paths /
> > values, so the instances should not interfere with each other. 
> > 
> > However, today I realized that squid creates files in /dev/shm:
> > 
> > root@prokyon:/dev/shm# ls -l
> > insgesamt 2292
> > -rw-------. 1 proxy    proxy          8 Nov 28 22:27 squid-
> > cf__metadata.shm
> > -rw-------. 1 proxy    proxy       8216 Nov 28 22:27 squid-
> > cf__queues.shm
> > -rw-------. 1 proxy    proxy         36 Nov 28 22:27 squid-
> > cf__readers.shm
> > -rw-------. 1 proxy    proxy    2103672 Nov 28 22:27 squid-
> > tls_session_cache.shm
> > 
> > These files are created when the first instance starts. When the
> > second
> > instance starts, the files get updated/recreated (new
> > mtime/ctime). 
> > 
> > When any of the running instances is stopped, the files are
> > deleted.
> > 
> > So, the two instances collide here.
> 
> 
> > My questions:
> > 1. Is this a problem?
> 
> Yes.
> 
> 
> > 2. If so, what must I do?
> 
> Use different service names for different Squid instances running
> concurrently on the same machine. The service name is specified on
> the
> command line using "squid -n".
> 
> AFAICT, this trick is poorly documented and is not supported on some
> platforms, but I hope it works in your environment.
> 
> 
> HTH,
> 
> Alex.
-- 
Robert Senger


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