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cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid http_port 3128 cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256 Initialize cache directories:

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apt install build-essential libssl-dev libcap-dev libpam0g-dev On RHEL/CentOS:

wget http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v6/squid-6.10.tar.gz tar -xzvf squid-6.10.tar.gz cd squid-6.10 ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid --enable-ssl --enable-cache-digests make -j$(nproc) sudo make install

useradd -r -s /bin/false squid chown -R squid:squid /usr/local/squid/var/ Edit /usr/local/squid/etc/squid.conf :