monitering

[Dushyant Tyagi]

hi all
how can i install and configure the PROXY
SERVER on linux. and how can monetring of
users end.

thanx
DUSHAYNT

[Roberto Polli]

installing:
depends on your distribution,
if you've configured your network package installer
-debian
apt-get install squid
-redhat/fedora
yum install squid

Else insert your cd's and for fedora use
#redhat-config-packages
or something similar

and select squid proxy. It works fine for ftp/http.

Then edit /etc/squid.conf The file is full of comments so it's easy to manage.
Here's an useful link.

http://www.siliconvalleyccie.com/linux-adv/squid.htm

For monitoring I currently don't know anything but yuo'll find it on www.freshmeat.net

[Stuart Browne]

There are a number of log-file graphing/monitoring packages available.

I've had success using 'sqmgrlog'.

Squid also has the ability to reply to SNMP community requests, thus allowing things like 'mrtg' to graph throughput etc.