Chapter 3. Running Squid

In the previous chapters, we had learned about compiling, installing, and configuring the Squid proxy server. In this chapter, we are going to learn about the different ways of running Squid and the available options that can be passed to Squid from the command line. We will also learn about debugging the Squid configuration file.

In this chapter, we will learn the following:

• Various command line options for running Squid

• Parsing the squid configuration file for syntax errors

• Using an alternate squid configuration file for testing purposes

• Different ways of starting Squid

• Rotating log files generated by Squid

Let's get started and explore the previous points.