[Zope] Zope, Squid and Apache

John Poltorak jp at warpix.org
Wed Dec 8 12:50:44 EST 2004


On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 09:53:17AM -0500, Shane Graber wrote:
> I've always wondered this, but why is Squid talked about so much for
> caching when Apache can also cache with mod_cache?

It may well be that Squid is talked about so much, but I'm a bit sceptical 
about how many people have it set up. I certainly can't get it working and 
will be looking at Apache as an alternative. Is there a write-up on it 
anywhere?

 
> Shane
> 
> 
> On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 09:48:19 -0500, Andrew Sawyers <andrew at zope.com> wrote:
> > John Poltorak wrote:
> > > Looking at the various bits of documentation for setting up Squid as an
> > > httpd accelerator for Zope leaves me a bit confused, especially on how to
> > > reconfigure Apache. It looks as though Squid should run as a listener on
> > > port 80, but how do I set it up as an accelerator for both Zope and
> > > Apache? And do I no longer need to set up any Rewrite rules in Apache?
> > > I'm having a difficult time picturing how the whole thing hangs
> > > together...
> > >
> > >
> > Why do you need Apache with Squid; are you also delivering content via
> > Apache that's not in Zope?
> > Andrew
> > 
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John




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