[squid-users] cachemgr.cgi & Internal Error: Missing Template MGR_INDEX

[Alex Rousskov]

On 7/29/23 11:07, Brendan Kearney wrote:

> the package installed does not have any file named MGR_INDEX. running 
> "rpm -ql squid |grep -i index" does not return anything. searching in 
> /usr/share/squid for the file does not find it, either.  funny that 
> neither the old version of squid, nor the new version of squid have that 
> file at all.

Yes, the lack of MGR_INDEX file in Squid sources is "by design" of that 
MGR_INDEX feature -- an "external tool" is supposed to provide that file 
in certain cases[1]. Please do not misinterpret my statement as defense 
of the corresponding design decisions or their side effects; I am just 
stating the facts rather than trying to justify bad user experience.

[1] https://github.com/squid-cache/squid/pull/1176#discussion_r1010534845


Alex.


> @amos,
> 
> i ran firefox with developer tools open, and browsed to the cachemgr 
> URL, and reproduced the issue.  the traffic is not being proxied through 
> squid, and is making the requests directly.  i am not sure if that is 
> what you mean.  i saved the session as a HAR file, if that helps.
> 
> thank you,
> 
> brendan
> 
> On 7/29/23 1:26 AM, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> On 29/07/23 14:42, Alex Rousskov wrote:
>>> On 7/28/23 20:08, Brendan Kearney wrote:
>>>
>>>> i am running squid 6.1 on fedora 38, and cannot get the cachemgr.cgi 
>>>> working on this box.  I am getting the error:
>>>>
>>>> Internal Error: Missing Template MGR_INDEX
>>>>
>>>> when i try to connect using the cache manager interface.
>>>
>>
>> That is the expected output when you are trying to access the manager 
>> interface directly from Squid. **Instead** of via the cachemgr.cgi.
>>
>> If you want to try the new manager interface I have a prototype 
>> javascript tool available at <https://github.com/yadij/cachemgr.js/>.
>>
>>
>> Amos
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