Auto install Squid 3 proxy on following linux OS.
- Ubuntu 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
- Debian 8, 9, 10
- CentOS 7, 8
To install squid proxy, run the script
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pir8g33k/squid-proxy-automation/master/squid3-install.sh
sudo bash squid3-install.sh
To create users, run
squid-add-user
OR run following commands
sudo /usr/bin/htpasswd -b -c /etc/squid/passwd USERNAME_HERE PASSWORD_HERE
To update password for am existing user, run
sudo /usr/bin/htpasswd /etc/squid/passwd USERNAME_HERE
replace USERNAME_HERE and PASSWORD_HERE with your desired user name and password.
Reload squid proxy
sudo systemctl reload squid
NOTE: This is only needed if you have more than one IP on your server.
Before you can configure squid to use muliple IP address, you need to add IP to your server and you should be able to connect to server using these IPs.
Once IP added to your server, you can configure it to use with squid proxy by running following command
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pir8g33k/squid-proxy-automation/master/squid-conf-ip.sh
sudo bash squid-conf-ip.sh