[TriLUG] squid3 not caching large objects

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

They say maximum_object_size needs to be above cache_dir for some reason.

<shrug>

http://serverfault.com/questions/596890/squid3-not-caching-larger-files

Why didn't I see you at SELF?

--Scott

On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 3:31 PM, Kevin Otte via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> I'm using a squid proxy on an Ubuntu 14.04 server to cache .deb packages
> so I don't have to hit the Internet for all ~10 machines in the house.
> Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to be caching packages larger than about
> 16MB. Since the kernel packages fall in this category, I'm not getting a
> lot of the benefit.
>
> My whole config:
>
> root at atlantis:~# grep -v ^# /etc/squid3/squid.conf | tr -s "\n"
>
> acl localnet src 172.31.2.0/23
> acl localnet src fd60:e0:a0f4:100::/56
> acl localnet src 2001:470:8:64f::/64
> acl localnet src 2001:470:e203::/48
> acl localnet src 2606:a000:a461:4500::/61   # TWC range, trusted portion
> acl SSL_ports port 443
> acl Safe_ports port 80          # http
> acl Safe_ports port 21          # ftp
> acl Safe_ports port 443         # https
> acl Safe_ports port 70          # gopher
> acl Safe_ports port 210         # wais
> acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535  # unregistered ports
> acl Safe_ports port 280         # http-mgmt
> acl Safe_ports port 488         # gss-http
> acl Safe_ports port 591         # filemaker
> acl Safe_ports port 777         # multiling http
> acl CONNECT method CONNECT
> http_access deny !Safe_ports
> http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
> http_access allow localhost manager
> http_access deny manager
> http_access allow localnet
> http_access allow localhost
> http_access deny all
> http_port 3128
> cache_mem 128 MB
> cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid3 8192 16 256
> maximum_object_size 512 MB
> coredump_dir /var/spool/squid3
> refresh_pattern ^ftp:           1440    20%     10080
> refresh_pattern ^gopher:        1440    0%      1440
> refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0     0%      0
> refresh_pattern (Release|Packages(.gz)*)$      0       20%     2880
> refresh_pattern (\.deb|\.udeb)$   129600 100% 129600
> refresh_pattern .               0       20%     4320
> cache_mgr nivex at nivex.net
> cachemgr_passwd [redacted] all
>
>
> Hopefully extra eyes can see what I've missed.
>
> Thanks,
> Kevin
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