RE: [squid-users] SQUID2.5.D/lx2.4.4 - Peer failover - how to config squid to fail over to direct queries if upstream is offline? (NON-ICP PEER)

From: Robert Collins <robert.collins@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 13:12:28 +1000

Thats the default behaviour if you simply configure a parent cache. When
the parent fails, squid goes direct.

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Ryan [mailto:ben@bssc.edu.au]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:22 PM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: [squid-users] SQUID2.5.D/lx2.4.4 - Peer failover - how to
> config squid to fail over to direct queries if upstream is offline?
> (NON-ICP PEER)
>
>
> Hi all, hope someone can help me out on this one...
>
> Have a slackware(lx2.2.4) box with squid 2.5.D installed to default
> path.
>
> I have to insert the squid box to replace the MS ISA
> server (it needs some kinetic maintenance).
> This squid box will take over the primary handling of web caching for
> the users. It will then chain through to the MS ISA machine.
>
> What I'm trying to do is to use the squid box to put a layer of fault
> tolerance between the unstable ISA server and the users - the ISA box
> falls over regularly - to divert traffic through the ISA server when
> the ISA box is up, and to detect when it's down and route
> queries directly out.
>
> I have given the crawlers/faq's a good workout but can't seem
> to find out
> exactly how to configure squid for this particular configuration.
> I basically want squid to route all requests through the ISA box, and
> if the queries timeout (eg BSOD) then route them directly for a while.
>
> The reason the ISA box needs to stay in the loop is to keep traffic
> loads on it so I can do proper debugging, but I don't want to have to
> expose the users to service outages.
>
> Can somebody help me, if not, point me in the right direction?
>
> thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
> ben
>
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>
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