Re: [squid-users] How do I configure Squid forward all requests to another proxy?

On ons, 2008-08-20 at 16:28 +0300, Wennie V. Lagmay wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> Using squid-2.5 and 2.6 forwarding all request to another proxy is simple:
>
> "How do I configure Squid forward all requests to another proxy?
> First, you need to give Squid a parent cache. Second, you need to tell Squid it can not connect directly to origin servers. This is done with three configuration file lines:
>
>
> cache_peer parentcache.foo.com parent 3128 0 no-query default
> acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
> never_direct allow allNote, with this configuration, if the parent cache fails or becomes unreachable, then every request will result in an error message.
>
> In case you want to be able to use direct connections when all the parents go down you should use a different approach:
>
> cache_peer parentcache.foo.com parent 3128 0 no-query
> prefer_direct off"
>
> However I am trying to do it with squid-2.7STABLE4 and it is not working. Can any body help me howto accomplish this?

It's identical in 2.7.

cache_peer to tell Squid where it may forward.

never_direct to tell squid that it may not go direct.

What does cache.log say on the first request after a restart?

Regards
Henrik