Re: [squid-users] Compile Time Options

> Gang,
>
> I'm getting ready to build squid from the command line (until now
> I've just relied on the .deb packages but they are sooo outdated) for
> Ubuntu 6.06 and Debian 4.0r1.

The most recent squid are packaged nicely with a few debian specific fixes
in the unstable repositories if you want to skip the whole building step.

> I would like to know what command line
> options I should use when I "make" it, ie, options that will put the
> conf file in /etc/squid/, log files in /var/log/squid, etc. My cache is
> for an ISP that connects via satellite, so bandwidth savings is
> paramount. Also, it is done transparently via iptables (which works
> mostly...). Any command line options that add performance (coss?) would
> be appreciated too.
>
> Jason Wallace
>

For COSS:
 --enable-store-io=aufs,coss

For transparency:
  --enable-linux-netfilter

The basic commands I use on top of the defaultes are below. Not so much
emphasis on bandwidth, but some. Also note this is squid3. Some may have
diferent names for squid2.

  --prefix=/usr
  --localstatedir=/var
  --libexecdir=${prefix}/lib/squid3
  --srcdir=.
  --datadir=/usr/share/squid3
  --sysconfdir=/etc/squid3
  --with-default-user=proxy
  --with-large-files

You will also need to apply the following so squid places its logs in the
correct position for Debian/Ubuntu.

--- src/Makefile.am 2007-09-17 14:22:33.000000000 +1200
+++ src/Makefile.am-2 2007-09-12 19:31:53.000000000 +1200
@@ -985,7 +985,7 @@
 DEFAULT_CONFIG_FILE = $(sysconfdir)/squid.conf
 DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE = $(sysconfdir)/mime.conf
 DEFAULT_DNSSERVER = $(libexecdir)/`echo dnsserver | sed
'$(transform);s/$
$/$(EXEEXT)/'`
-DEFAULT_LOG_PREFIX = $(localstatedir)/logs
+DEFAULT_LOG_PREFIX = $(localstatedir)/log
 DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG = $(DEFAULT_LOG_PREFIX)/cache.log
 DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG = $(DEFAULT_LOG_PREFIX)/access.log
 DEFAULT_STORE_LOG = $(DEFAULT_LOG_PREFIX)/store.log

Amos
Received on Mon Jan 21 2008 - 13:46:59 MST