44.14. Viewing Cache Manager Statistics

The Squid software comes with a simple CGI program called cachemgr.cgi that can connect to the proxy and request statistics about memory utilization, cache hits and misses, and DNS lookup caching. Even though it is normally installed to be run from a web server like Apache, you can access it from within this Webmin module by following these simple steps:

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On the main page, click on the Cache Manager Statistics icon to bring up the program's login form.
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Leave the Cache Host field set to localhost, unless you want to connect to another proxy. Most have ACLs set up by default to deny cache manager access from anywhere except localhost, though.
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In the Cache Port field, enter the TCP port number that ...

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