Squid configuration examples (ctd)

Basic HTTP acceleration
A single squid acting as a front-end for multiple HTTP servers
Real HTTP servers sit on the 10.0.0.0/24 network
Entries in a hosts file map the website name to a 10.0.0.X IP

; use a hosts file that isn't the system one
hosts_file /work/squid/run/etc/accel-hosts

; turn on squid's accelerator services
httpd_accel_host virtual
httpd_accel_port 80
httpd_accel_single_host off
httpd_accel_with_proxy off
httpd_accel_uses_host_header on

; ACL - you don't want people accelerating any old website through you
acl websites dst 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0

http_access allow websites
miss_access allow websites
http_access deny all
miss_access deny all