[squid-users] security_file_certgen I/O

[Alex Rousskov]

On 12/1/21 12:06 PM, David Touzeau wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> We used Squid 5.2 and we see that security_file_certgen consume I/O
> Is there any way to put the ssldb in memory without need to mount a tmpfs ?

Yes, there are at least two other ways to reduce disk I/O related to
certificate generation:

1) Tell the official certificate generator helper not to cache the
generated certificates. See sslcrtd_program documentation for details.

2) Write your own certificate generator helper.

Alex.