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Disclaimer: This manual is NOT a Squid tutorial. It is only a reference material that provides detailed explanation of all configuration parameters available in Squid 2.6. The reader is expected to have prior knowledge of basic Squid installation and configuration. For Complete tutorial on Squid, please visit http://www.squid-cache.org

Squid 2.6 Configuration Manual CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE This section contains configurations needed for the (optional) cache announcement service. This service is provided to help cache administrators locate one another in order to join or create cache hierarchies. An announcement message is sent (via UDP) to the registration service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT SENT unless you enable it with announce_period below. All current information is processed regularly and made available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/. announce_period announce_host announce_port announce_file

TAG NAME                   announce_period Description  Defines the rate of sending announcement messages Built Option  Default Usage  announce_period units Default  announce_period 0 Synopsis This tag refers to the frequency at which Squid will send announcement messages to the announce host. Defaults to 0 which stops sending announcement messages. Arguments units  Announce time period Example(s) announce_period 10       TAG NAME                   announce_host Description  Used to define the host address to which Squid will send announcement message to participate in the cache hierarchy Built Option  Default Usage  announce_host hostname Default  announce_host tracker.ircache.net Synopsis announce_host defines the host for sending announcement messages to get participated in the cache hierarchy. Arguments hostname  Host name for announcement message Example(s) announce_host cache.ircache.net       TAG NAME                   announce_port Description  Port through which Squid sends announcement message to participate in the cache hierarchy Built Option  Default Usage  announce_port portnumber Default  announce_port 3131 Synopsis announce_port defines the port to send announcement message for participating in the cache hierarchy. Arguments portnumber  Port where Squid binds the socket Example(s) announce_port 3132       TAG NAME                   announce_file Description  Defines the file whose contents to be sent along with the announcements Built Option  Default Usage  announce_file filename Default  - Synopsis announce_file contains message to be sent with announcements. Arguments filename File whose content to be sent Example(s) announce_file /usr/local/file1