[squid-users] squid as HTTP accelerator : Three questions

Hi People ;

Thanks for your reply , thanks to Adrain Chadds tips .
  I edited the init script & changed the squid user to root , now its
working for port 80 ,

I would like to clarify the following Three questions

Question 1 ) Is there any security issues for running squid as root ?

I am setting up my squid as http accelerator , so squid will handle
the request first , then handed over it to Apache (which is now Listen
on 81) then from Apache to my zope(which is on port :8080)

so what I added in squid is

http_prot 80 accel vhost

cache_peer 127.0.0.1 parent 81 0 originserver default
http_access allow from all
##############

my apache Listen on 81
  and the vhost entry for my site is like this

NameVirtualHost *:81
<VirtualHost *:81>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/(.*)
http://127.0.0.1:8080/VirtualHostBase/http/demo.mysite.net:81/mysite/VirtualHostRoot/$1
[L,P]
ErrorLog /var/log/apache/demo.mysite.net/error_log
CustomLog /var/log/apache/demo.mysite.net/access.log combined
</VirtualHost>

  Previously This site was too slow when I use apache infront of zope
, so all request is coming to apche then apache Rewrite rule will hand
over the request to zope:8080

Now in the new setup squid is infront ,

question 2 ) how can I check to make sure the squid is handling all
the request first , and so its performance as an http accelerator ?

question 3) I have a number of VirtualHost (name based) entries in my
apache , so running the sqid in front on port :80 , did accelerate
the speed of my vhost sites ?

Looking for your valuable comments on this setup ,

I am looking for the pros/cons of this setup squid-->apache--> applications

Thanks in advance for your valuable feedback as early as possible
KK
Received on Wed Feb 06 2008 - 03:53:27 MST