[squid-users] DEAD Parent detection

[Amos Jeffries]

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On 17/10/2014 3:35 a.m., daniel.rieken at gmx.net wrote:
> Hi guys,
> 
> I got a problem with DEAD Parent detection. I've configured 2
> parents in squid.conf:
> 
> cache_peer 10.0.0.101 parent 3128 0 default name=TEST1 cache_peer
> 10.0.0.102 parent 3128 0 name=TEST2
> 
> So when the first parent isn't reachable, squid detects this
> (Detected DEAD Parent: TEST1) and is using the second parent. This
> works fine for HTTP-Traffic. But for HTTPS-Traffic the DEAD Parent
> detection doesn't work. Squid is trying to send all requests to the
> first parent and is not switching to the second one.
> 
> 
> What am I doing wrong? is there anything I missed? Or is it a bug?

Squid should not be using either parent really, since neither one has
a secured connection. But the top parent has default set to allow its
ue as a server of last resort.

> I'm using  squid 3.1 (Debian wheezy)

Please try upgrading. There is a 3.3.8 release available in the sid or
Jesse repositories which should work a little better - there were some
outgoing server selection changes around 3.2/3.3.

Amos
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