Updating the ports.
#portsnap fetch
#portsnap extract
#portsnap update
Installing Squid
#cd /usr/ports/www/squid31/ && make install clean
I uncheck
SQUID_KERB_AUTH, SQUID_LDAP_AUTH, SQUID_NIS_AUTH and
SQUID_IPV6 to shorten the compiling time. :)
I check
SQUID_DELAY_POOLS. I may need this to limit bandwidth.
Press [ OK ]. It will download the source and start compiling. For other option boxes,just accept the default and hit ENTER. Compiling takes enough time for you to drink coffee, to chat with friends or to do whatever. For my case, I was making Instant Noodle and Coffee.
After installing squid,we need to create Ramdisk before we actually run the squid service.
To create ramdisk, add the following line in /etc/fstab.
"md /var/squid/cache mfs rw,noatime,-s512M 0 0"
Mount the ramdisk and verify it.
#mount -a && mount -l
Now ramdisk is ready and it is time for us set up squid.
I edit the following configuration parameter in /usr/local/etc/squid/squid.conf
"acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16" to
"acl localnet src 192.168.1.0/24"
"http_port 3128" to
"http_port 192.168.1.5:3128" => 192.168.1.5 is ip address of my BSD box.
"#cache_dir ufs /var/squid/cache 100 16 256" to
"cache_dir ufs /var/squid/cache 500 16 256"
We have created a ramdisk with 512MB. So I assign 500MB for squid cache.
I add the following lines to squid.conf
"visible_hostname freebsd.mydomain.net"
"cache_mem 128 MB"
Add squid to system startup
#echo "squid_enable=\"YES\"" >> /etc/rc.conf
Initialize squid cache
#squid -z
Start squid for the first time
#/usr/local/etc/rc.d/squid onestart
Verify whether it is listening on the right port
#netstat -a | grep 3128
Ok! Now our squid is running happily on FreeBSD. But it will not survive on reboot because cache is kept on ramdisk and will be destroyed upon reboot. So we need to find a way to reinitialize the squid cache before squid daemon starts. Other people may use different and brilliant method.
For me, I just add
"/usr/local/sbin/squid -z" right below
"unset files local_rc" in /etc/rc file. Finally Squid can survive through reboot.
P.S: I admit that my solution is very lame. If you get any better solutions, please share with me.
