# install it sudo apt install squid # back up config sudo cp /etc/squid/squid.conf /etc/squid/squid.conf.original sudo nano /etc/squid/squid.conf # edit stuff per https://ubuntu.com/server/docs/proxy-servers-squid # or leave default port 3128
Example config:
acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT # ALAN acl mynetwork src 10.1.10.0/24 # ALAN http_access allow mynetwork # Deny requests to certain unsafe ports http_access deny !Safe_ports # Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost http_access allow localhost manager http_access deny manager http_access allow localhost http_access deny all http_port 3128 coredump_dir /var/spool/squid refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern (Release|Packages(.gz)*)$ 0 20% 2880 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
Then:
#restart service sudo systemctl restart squid.service # watch the logs sudo tail -F /var/log/squid/*.log