Installing Squid (overview)

• Get distribution from http://squid.nlanr.net/

• Increase maximum file descriptors available per process before configuring Squid

• Run configure script with desired compile-time options

• Run make; make install

• Edit squid.conf file

• Run Squid -z to initialize cache directory structure

• Start Squid daemon

• Test

• Migrate users over to proxy

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