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i m trying to configuring basic squid but it is giving error
"could not determine fully qualified domain name please set visible_hostname" even i have set the visible hostname in squid.conf file which is the name of of my squid server,
how to solve this problem?
clearly you have not set visible_hostname or it wouldn't still be complaining abuot it not being there... please show us the real squid.conf file and the logs.
Please check you have removed the comment of visible_hostname.
And your hostname ( in visible_hostname host ) should match as it is in the /etc/sysconfig/network file and must also be entered in /etc/hosts file also with it's IP address.
And your hostname ( in visible_hostname host ) should match as it is in the /etc/sysconfig/network file and must also be entered in /etc/hosts file also with it's IP address.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong (I don't have access to my Squid box right now to check), but IIRC visible_hostname doesn't need to match anything of that sort - you can make it say whatever you want - and you don't need to put anything for it in /etc/hosts.
no, it's just an arbitrary string which deliberately bypasses the need to derive it through those means. there are all sorts of reasons within a real life environment where you may want the hostname to be something totally unrelated, e.g. if the box is sitting behind a tcp load balancer / proxy or something like that.
clearly you have not set visible_hostname or it wouldn't still be complaining abuot it not being there... please show us the real squid.conf file and the logs.
Please check you have removed the comment of visible_hostname.
And your hostname ( in visible_hostname host ) should match as it is in the /etc/sysconfig/network file and must also be entered in /etc/hosts file also with it's IP address.
It should solve your problem.
Let me know if you get it working.
thanks dear i will check it out and let you know if there is still problem
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong (I don't have access to my Squid box right now to check), but IIRC visible_hostname doesn't need to match anything of that sort - you can make it say whatever you want - and you don't need to put anything for it in /etc/hosts.
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