You need to edit the squid config file to enable access. The default location for the squid file on ubuntu is : /etc/squid3/squid.conf The following lines enable access to all requests: # allow all requests acl all src 0.0.0.0/0 http_access allow all # Make sure your custom config is before the “deny all” line http_access … Read more
In my experience varnish is much faster than squid, but equally importantly it’s much less of a black box than squid is. Varnish gives you access to very detailed logs that are useful when debugging problems. It’s configuration language is also much simpler and much more powerful that squid’s.
Here’s what I had to do to setup basic auth on Ubuntu 14.04 (didn’t find a guide anywhere else) Basic squid conf /etc/squid3/squid.conf instead of the super bloated default config file auth_param basic program /usr/lib/squid3/basic_ncsa_auth /etc/squid3/passwords auth_param basic realm proxy acl authenticated proxy_auth REQUIRED http_access allow authenticated # Choose the port you want. Below we … Read more