CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE

This section contains configurations needed for the (optional) cache announcement service. This service is provided to help cache administrators locate one another in order to join or create cache hierarchies. An announcement message is sent (via UDP) to the registration service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT SENT unless you enable it with announce_period below.

All current information is processed regularly.

TAG NAME	announce_period
Description	Defines the rate of sending announcement messages
Built Option	Default
Usage	announce_period units
Default	announce_period 0

Synopsis
This tag refers to the frequency at which Squid will send announcement messages to the announce host. Defaults to 0 which stops sending announcement messages.

Arguments

units

Announce time period

Example(s)
announce_period 10

TAG NAME	announce_host
Description	Used to define the host address to which Squid will send announcement message to participate in the cache hierarchy
Built Option	Default
Usage	announce_host hostname
Default	announce_host tracker.ircache.net

Synopsis
announce_host defines the host for sending announcement messages to get participated in the cache hierarchy.

Arguments

hostname

Host name for announcement message

Example(s)
announce_host cache.ircache.net

TAG NAME	announce_port
Description	Port through which Squid sends announcement message to participate in the cache hierarchy
Built Option	Default
Usage	announce_port portnumber
Default	announce_port 3131

Synopsis
announce_port defines the port to send announcement message for participating in the cache hierarchy.

Arguments

portnumber

Port where Squid binds the socket

Example(s)
announce_port 3132

TAG NAME	announce_file
Description	Defines the file whose contents to be sent along with the announcements
Built Option	Default
Usage	announce_file filename
Default	-

Synopsis
announce_file contains message to be sent with announcements.

Arguments

filename

File whose content to be sent

Example(s)
announce_file /usr/local/file1

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