Re: [squid-users] good intro on the role of /etc/hosts with relation to cache_peer's?

On 12/06/07, Henrik Nordstrom <henrik@henriknordstrom.net> wrote:
> mån 2007-06-11 klockan 18:23 +0200 skrev Anton Melser:
> > Hi,
> > I have realised my problem... I was trying to switch machines with a
> > site, but had forgotten to change /etc/hosts. Is this the perfect
> > example of the difference between compiling with and without the
> > internal dns option?
>
> No, both uses /etc/hosts first..
>
> > I ask this because no matter what IP address I
> > put in the cache_peer, it still seems to look at /etc/hosts...
>
> That's because you have told Squid to completely ignore your cache_peers
> by enabling always_direct, forcing Squid to go directly to the requested
> site instead of forwarding it via the peers.
>
> You do not need to define any hosts in /etc/hosts, unless you need these
> in the host part of your cache_peer lines to keep your configuration
> readable.. (the cache_peer host can be specified either by IP or name..)

Thanks Hendrik, everything seems much clearer now! I got really
confused trying to put my file together not really knowing how things
worked and getting bits from various 2.6 and pre 2.6 examples. It is
working like a charm now though!
Cheers
Anton
Received on Tue Jun 12 2007 - 11:50:20 MDT