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Installing Squid Proxy on Ubuntu
- Step 1: Refresh the Software Repositories. Ensure you're working with the latest software version available. Launch a terminal window, and enter the following: sudo apt-get update.
- Step 2: Install Squid Package on Ubuntu. To install Squid, run the command: sudo apt-get install squid.
- How do I connect to Squid proxy?
- How do I install Squid web proxy with Active Directory authentication?
- How do I setup a proxy server in Linux?
- How do I know if my squid proxy is working?
How do I connect to Squid proxy?
Configure the client
- Tools>Options>Advanced>Network>Settings...
- Select Manual proxy configuration and tick the 'use this proxy server for all protocols' box.
- Under HTTP Proxy: add the squid listening IP address, 10.0. 0.1. In the Port: section add the squid listening port 3128.
- Click OK to save the changes.
How do I install Squid web proxy with Active Directory authentication?
Basic Authentication Configuration
In order to use basic authentication by way of LDAP we need to create an account with which to access Active Directory. In Active Directory create a user called "Squid Proxy" with the logon name [email protected]. Ensure the following is true when creating the account.
How do I setup a proxy server in Linux?
Install Proxy Server: Squid Proxy
- Step1: Update the server sudo yum update -y.
- Step 2: Configure EPEL repo. ...
- Step 3: Install squid sudo yum -y install squid.
- Step 4: Start and enable squid server. ...
- Step 5: Check the status of squid server. ...
- Step 1: Install httpd-tools sudo yum -y install httpd-tools.
How do I know if my squid proxy is working?
To verify that everything is working properly, check the Squid logs in /var/log/squid/access. log . To verify that all ports are correctly configured, perform a port scan on the machine from any computer outside your network. Only the Web services (port 80) should be open.
