[squid-users] Status page error

[Amos Jeffries]

On 11/04/25 03:47, Jonathan Lee wrote:
> Hello fellow Squid users,
> 
> Does anyone use pfSense squid package that knows a possible solution to 
> this issue ? I have went as far as to remove all custom config and go to 
> complete splice all and it still occurs with or without cache enabled 
> and or squid guard enabled. It is something I just don’t know how to 
> correct it. I worked on testing it in command line a while back but 
> could not find a way to get the status page working again.

> Bug #15410: cache_object://URL Scheme is removed in Squid-6 - pfSense 
> Packages - pfSense bugtracker <https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/15410>

As discussed in that bug report the "cache_object://" scheme has been 
replaced by "http://(visible_hostname):3128/squid-internal-mgr/"

* The scheme can be "https://" so long as the proxy listening port is 
configured with the https_port directive.

* visible_hostname should be replaced by the contents of the 
visible_hostname directive, or listening IP address. This is just one of 
the many reasons that directive **needs** to be a DNS resolvable domain 
name.

* The port 3128 can be another forward-proxy or an 'accel' mode port if 
you wish. Cannot be an 'intercept' or 'tproxy' *_port, nor an https_port 
with SSL-Bump enabled.


FTR; What we are familiar with as an "index page" is not provided by the 
Squid cache manager by default. I provide a basic UI at 
<https://github.com/yadij/cachemgr.js> that makes accessing the reports 
a bit easier for humans.


HTH
Amos