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Installing and Configuring Squid
In this learning activity, you will need to install and configure squid so that it only permits web access to *linuxacademy.com*.
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Challenge
Install Squid
You will need to install Squid on
Server1
(10.0.1.10):yum install squid
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Challenge
Enable and Start Squid
You will need to enable Squid:
systemctl enable squid
And start it:
systemctl start squid
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Challenge
Permit Squid Client Access through the Firewall
You will need to permit clients to connect to the Squid service through the firewall:
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=squid
And reload the firewall configuration to pick up the change:
firewall-cmd --reload
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Challenge
Configure Squid
You'll want to create an ACL that only allows clients to access linuxacademy.com. These go in
/etc/squid/squid.conf
after the line that says# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
.... # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS acl whitelist dstdomain .linuxacademy.com http_access allow whitelist ...
You'll also need to comment out or remove the line:
#http_access allow localnet
And restart Squid:
systemctl restart squid
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Challenge
Test from a Client
You'll need to export the http_proxy value to use
Server1
:export http_proxy="http://10.0.1.10:3128"
And try curling the header of linuxacademy.com:
curl -I linuxacademy.com
This should work. Verify this is the only site that works by curling a different address:
curl -I apache.org
This should come back as forbidden.
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