How to create your own squid proxy server on CentOS

by | Jun 5, 2015 | Linux

How to create your own squid proxy server on CentOS

Squid is a proxy server for caching and filtering web content .
Squid proxy service will cache the requested web-content and re-using it for the further request of the same content.

You can also hide your real IP with squid and access content usually forbidden for your country or IP address.

Requirement is that you have already installed your CentOS server.

1.) Connect with putty to install and configure squid

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yum update
yum install squid
cd /etc/squid3
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Make backup of default configuration just in case…

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cp squid.conf squid.conf.bak
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Remove default configuration

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rm -rf squid.conf
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Create and open new configuration in nano (you can use any other editor)

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nano squid.conf
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Paste this 2 lines of code into your new configuration file

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http_access allow all
http_port 20000
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Save configuration

6.) Start squid service

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service squid start
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7.) To check your connection use telnet IP on port defined in your squid configuration.
In this case 20000

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telnet IP 20000
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Your proxy server is ready if your connection was successiful.
Setup your OS to use this proxy server and go to http://whatsmyip.org to check your new IP address.
Don’t forget to open port 20000 on your server firewall.

Check this article to configure squid on Ubuntu:

http://netjunky.net/how-to-create-your-own-squid-proxy-server-with-azure/

 

How to create your own squid proxy server with Azure and Ubuntu

by | Jun 4, 2015 | Linux

How to create your own squid proxy server with Azure and Ubuntu OS.

Squid is a proxy server for caching and filtering web content .
Squid proxy service will cache the requested web-content and re-using it for the further request of the same content.You can also hide your real IP with squid and access content usually forbidden for your country or IP address.

1.) Sign in to your Azure Portal and create VM

How to create your own squid proxy server with Azure

2.) Choose Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS

How to create your own squid proxy server with Azure

 

3.) Configure your VM

 

How to create your own squid proxy server with Azure

4.) Create endpoint higher then 1024 for example 20000

How to create your own squid proxy server with Azure

5.) Connect with putty to install and configure squid

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sudo apt-get install squid -y
cd /etc/squid3
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Make backup of default configuration just in case…

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sudo cp squid.conf squid.conf.bak
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Remove default configuration

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sudo rm -rf squid.conf
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Create and open new configuration in nano (you can use any other editor)

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sudo nano squid.conf
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Paste this 2 lines of code into your new configuration file

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http_access allow all
http_port 20000
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Save configuration

6.) Restart squid service

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sudo service squid3 restart
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7.) To check your connection use telnet IP on port defined in your squid configuration.
In this case 20000

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telnet IP 20000
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Your proxy server is ready if your connection was successiful.
Setup your OS to use this proxy server and go to http://whatsmyip.org to check your new IP address.