Squid cannot run with Grase

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Karotu Tannang

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Dec 8, 2014, 7:21:03 PM12/8/14
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Hi,

I am using Grase on Ubuntu 12.04, not the latest on nightly..

I would like to use Squid so we can cache some updates and others..

I noticed that you would have to place a squid.conf in
/etc/squid3/grase.d folder?
I have copied the already prepared squid.conf.grase into this folder
then renamed it to squid.conf.

Upon running I am gtting from /var/log/syslog the following about Squid3..
squid3: WARNING: can't include /etc/squid3/grase.
d/squid.conf: includes are nested too deeply (>16)!

but I cannot see any "include" directives in both the config files.
Can someone advise how we can make this work please?

Kind regards,

Karotu
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Timothy White

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Dec 10, 2014, 5:15:55 PM12/10/14
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The included squid.conf.grase file needs to be left where it was. Squid by default is enabled with the hotspot (the grase-conf-squid3 package does that).
What isn't enabled is caching. You need to create a new file in /etc/squid3/grase.d/ with a .conf extension, and add to that file the directives needed to enable caching.

Generally something like:

cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid3 100 16 256

You'll want to research the cache_dir option and adjust it to be relevant for you.


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Karotu Tannang

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Dec 10, 2014, 5:40:19 PM12/10/14
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Aah.. will do that and update..

Many thanks for this.

Karotu
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Karotu Tannang

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Dec 10, 2014, 11:40:08 PM12/10/14
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Hi Tim,

I have added a file called /etc/squid3/grase.d/caching.conf

With the the contents as advised for testing
cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid3 100 16 256

When I start squid using /etc/init.d/squid start.. it dies as shown in
the syslog..

Dec 11 16:07:34 ezynet-billing kernel: [1055734.635644] init: squid3
main proces s ended, respawning
Dec 11 16:07:34 ezynet-billing squid3: #011Failed to verify one of the
swap dire ctories, Check cache.log#012#011for details.
Run 'squid -z' to create swap dire ctories#012#011if
needed, or if running Squid for the first time.
Dec 11 16:07:34 ezynet-billing kernel: [1055734.923940] init: squid3
main proces s (30058) terminated with status 1
Dec 11 16:07:34 ezynet-billing kernel: [1055734.923975] init: squid3
respawning too fast, stopped

I have tried running squid3 -z but I see nothing created in /var/spool/squid3

Could you kindly advise how I can fix this please?

Kind regards,

Karotu

Timothy White

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Dec 11, 2014, 3:55:45 AM12/11/14
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I'm not sure what your issue is.
You'll need to check the cache_dir config for the version of squid you are using. I pulled that line out of a different machine. Do a google for cache_dir.

Also, if running squid3 -z, you'll need to add  '-f /etc/squid3/squid.conf.grase' to the command, and it'll need to be run as the squid user.

Tim

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Karotu Tannang

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Dec 11, 2014, 1:29:53 PM12/11/14
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I will check with your suggestions below..
Just to be sure, I have both /etc/squid3/squid.conf and
/etc/squid3/squid.conf.grase. Is this the way it should be? Or I need
to remove squid.conf.

Also, which conf is this squid (for grase) running?
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Eliot Ness

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Dec 15, 2014, 10:08:38 AM12/15/14
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Have a look at older post i made, perfect installation
See configuration
Install also webmin as you see on guide, it will help you a lot on config

Additional conf can also added, public proxy, or user - pass proxy, anon, hi anon etc etc etc
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Karotu Tannang

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Dec 16, 2014, 4:33:43 AM12/16/14
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Hi Eliot,

could you kinldy provide your link to the perfect installation please?

Kind regards,

Karotu

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Karotu Tannang

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Dec 23, 2014, 7:58:27 PM12/23/14
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Hi,

This is what worked. I added the changes into /etc/squid3/squid.conf.

Now I can do a squid3 -z where it doesn't fail when started up.

Karotu

Karotu Tannang

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Dec 23, 2014, 8:31:03 PM12/23/14
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Hi,

I can now see that Squid is running.. but how is Grase setup with squid? Is it set to do this transparently? Or do we have to inform our clients that they have to enter 10.1.0.1 with port 3128 as their proxy?

In /var/log/squid3/cache.log it shows
 Accepting  intercepted HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0:3128, FD 12 

Pls advise how to enable this if there are steps for it as well.

Am using Ubuntu 12.04 and Grase v3.7.7.6.

Merry Xmas to All!

Karotu

Timothy White

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Dec 24, 2014, 4:11:52 AM12/24/14
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Hi Karotu

Adding the changes to /etc/squid3/squid.conf means they won't take effect when squid is started. They only work because when you run squid3 -z it's reading that file. You need to have the -c option I believe, to specify which squid file you wish to load.

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Karotu Tannang

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Dec 24, 2014, 7:54:53 PM12/24/14
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Hi Tim,

Many thanks for your response. May I ask which file should I change that squid for grase uses?

I have also made some changes to do caching but the logs aren't showing any actions.

A Merry Xmas to all..

Karotu

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Eliot Ness

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Dec 25, 2014, 3:19:47 PM12/25/14
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Opps, i just see it
link of "perfect installation" is here
https://groups.google.com/a/grasehotspot.org/forum/#!searchin/grase-hotspot/perfect/grase-hotspot/cNjxkcCO0b0/mfnsWvEYNOcJ

I dont use it right now, but it is tested and working like a charm


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