Squid Configuration (visible_hostname)

Hi,

I am trying to configure squid on Red Hat. When I start to run the Squid appear on the screen the following meesage:

FATAL: Could not determine fully qualified hostname. Please set 'visible_hostname'

Squid Cache (Version 2.5.STABLE4): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage: 0.020 seconds = 0.020 user + 0.000 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 252
Aborted


I don't Know what can I do

thanks

john

i got this error sometime ago.... i think you should change your hostname to "xxx.com" then try to run squid -z before starting squid....

This error happens frequently on RH machines from my experience. Simply set VISIBLE_HOSTNAME=
to the full hostname of your machine in your squid.conf and you should be set to go. I think it is caused by the automatic determination of the hostname failing.

I installed Ubuntu server 8.04 and installed squid

I entered a visible_hostname in the squid.conf file, but still squid will not start up stating the same problem as above.

Any ideas???

Hi, i am getting my own server up and running, using the new Ubuntu, i have installed apache2 and PHP5 and MySQL, then Squid. I have bin through all the documentation on the apache2 website and it tells you how to set up Squid, it said to set up visible_hostname, so i did. then it said i had to run the command: sudo /etc/init.d/squid restart

but then it said:

Aborted
FATAL: Could not determine fully Qualified hostname. Please set `visible_hostname`.
Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE18): Terminated abnormally.
CPU Usage 0.028 seconds = 0.012 user + 0.016 sys
Maximum Resident Size: 0KB
Page faults with physical i/o: 0
Aborted
fail

I have set the visible hostname but to enable it i need to restart Squid, but to restart Squid, it needs to be already set. I dont get this at all. lol.

Any One Know??

Every where i have looked, like on here, everyone is having exactly the same problem.

Thanks

Luke.

i have a visable host name, which is:
visible_hostname Server1


but the bad parts are that the `visable_hostname` bit is actually part of the name and i cant get rid of it, and it still wont work

check this thread:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...blem-705559/#2
usually, have to set your fqdn hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network

Thanx Chitambira. it is working fine now. squid will start without an error.