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4.9 Exercises

  • Parse Squid's configuration file with squid -k parse and check the process exit status.

  • Intentionally introduce a some errors into the configuration file and run squid -k parse again. Notice how Squid reports different errors.

  • Insert comments into the configuration file. Can you start a comment anywhere, even after a valid directive?

  • Why do you think some configuration file errors are fatal, but others are not?



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Getting Squid
    		Chapter 3. Compiling and Installing
    		Chapter 4. Configuration Guide for the Eager
    		4.1 The squid.conf Syntax
    		4.2 User IDs
    		4.3 Port Numbers
    		4.4 Log File Pathnames
    		4.5 Access Controls
    		4.6 Visible Hostname
    		4.7 Administrative Contact Information
    		4.8 Next Steps
    		4.9 Exercises
    		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