cachereg

CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE

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