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1.7 Getting Started with Squid

If you are new to Squid, the next few chapters will help you get started. First, I'll show you how to get the code, either the original source or precompiled binaries. In Chapter 3, I go through the steps necessary to compile and install Squid on your Unix system; this chapter is important because you'll probably need to tune your system before compiling the source code. Chapter 4 provides a very brief introduction to Squid's configuration file. Finally, Chapter 5 explains how to run Squid.

If you've already had a little experience installing and running Squid, you may want to skip ahead to Chapter 6.



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		1.1 Web Caching
    		1.2 A Brief History of Squid
    		1.3 Hardware and Operating System Requirements
    		1.4 Squid Is Open Source
    		1.5 Squid's Home on the Web
    		1.6 Getting Help
    		1.7 Getting Started with Squid
    		1.8 Exercises
    		Chapter 2. Getting Squid
    		Chapter 3. Compiling and Installing
    		Chapter 4. Configuration Guide for the Eager
    		Chapter 5. Running Squid
    		Chapter 6. All About Access Controls
    		Chapter 7. Disk Cache Basics
    		Chapter 8. Advanced Disk Cache Topics
    		Chapter 9. Interception Caching
    		Chapter 10. Talking to Other Squids
    		Chapter 11. Redirectors
    		Chapter 12. Authentication Helpers
    		Chapter 13. Log Files
    		Chapter 14. Monitoring Squid
    		Chapter 15. Server Accelerator Mode
    		Chapter 16. Debugging and Troubleshooting
    		Appendix A. Config File Reference
    		Appendix B. The Memory Cache
    		Appendix C. Delay Pools
    		Appendix D. Filesystem Performance Benchmarks
    		Appendix E. Squid on Windows
    		Appendix F. Configuring Squid Clients