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14.4 Exercises

  • Write a shell script that uses squidclient to collect and save the total number of HTTP requests and the five-minute median overall response time.

  • Write a shell script to periodically retrieve and archive the running configuration. It should also compare the current and most recent configurations and email you the changes, if any.

  • Download, compile, and install the NET-SNMP package. Use snmpwalk to view Squid's entire MIB tree.

  • Create and deploy a simple redirector (Chapter 11) that sleeps for 250 milliseconds on each request. Watch the cache manager's redirector page as Squid runs.



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		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
    		14.1 cache.log Warnings
    		14.2 The Cache Manager
    		14.3 Using SNMP
    		14.4 Exercises
    		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