TAG NAME http_port

Description Port where Squid will listen for clients http requests
Build Option
 Default
Usage
 http_port port [options]
http_port hostname:port [options]
http_port ip_adderss:port [options]
Default
 none


Synopsis
This parameter allows the user to define the address on which Squid will listen for client’s http requests. This is a required parameter, and there are no defaults.
Without this configuration, Squid will never start.

Arguments

port Port to which Squid will bind the socket
hostname hostname to which Squid will bind the socket
ip_address ip_address to which Squid will bind the socket


When a hostname or IP address is specified (as shown in variations 2 and 3 above), Squid binds the socket to that specific address.

Note: The http_port parameter may be specified multiple times, with different addresses each time. This will cause Squid to listen on multiple ports.

Options are arguments that further control the behavior of the Squid proxy. The supported values are explained in the table below:

Options Functions
accel Configure Squid in accelerator mode
transparent Configure Squid as transparent proxies
vhost Accelerator using virtual hosts
vport
 Accelerator with virtual ip host support
vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather than the http_port number.
defaultsite=xx Main web site name for accelerators. also implies accel option
protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with. Defaults to http.

Example(s)
http_port 3128
http_port 172.16.1.53:3300
http_port 172.16.1.53:80 accel defaultsite=squidconfiguration.com
http_port 3128 transparent