Re: [squid-users] Redirect depending on http status code

On 2011-03-10 15:40:29 +1300, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 14:49:12 -0300, Leonardo M. Ramé wrote:
> >Hi, I'm new to Squid and have a problem I think could be solved by
> >the
> >proxy.
> >
> >I have to Apache servers, Server "A" is on a local network, and
> >Server
> >"B" is in a remote place accessible by Internet. Both servers are
> >running a CGI script that
> >serves documents when called like "/mycgi?DocID=1234".
> >
> >Server "A" has only new documents, say maximum two weeks old, and
> >Server
> >"B" has all documents, new and old.
> >
> >I would like to know, if through Squid, I can do this:
> >
> >1) The user asks for a document using
> >http://<SERVER-A>/mycgi?DocID=1234
> >2) Squid redirects the request to the Apache server running on the
> >local
> >network.
> >3a) If the document is found, then Squid simply return it to the
> >caller.
> >3b) If the document is not found, then Squid redirects the request to
> >Server B (remote), and Apache in Server B returns the document to
> >Squid,
> >and it to the client caller.
> >
> >Can Squid solve this kind of problems? does anyone knows an Open
> >Source
> >solution?
>
> This is what proxies do. Core business as the phrase goes.
>
> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples/Reverse/MultipleWebservers
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/cache_peer
>
>
> Amos

Thanks Amos. I found a configuration that seems to do exactly what I
need.

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