Install Squid into a Linux container
Several tag are available:
- latest: see alpine
- alpine: Dockerfile_alpine
- Any version specific tag is based on alpine.
Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more. It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages. Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.
docker create --name=squid \
-v <path to data>:/data \
-e UID=<UID default:12345> \
-e GID=<GID default:12345> \
-e AUTOUPGRADE=<0|1 default:0> \
-e TZ=<timezone default:Europe/Brussels> \
-p 3128:3128 \
digrouz/squid
When you start the squid
image, you can adjust the configuration of the squid
instance by passing one or more environment variables on the docker run
command line.
This variable is not mandatory and specifies the user id that will be set to run the application. It has default value 12345
.
This variable is not mandatory and specifies the group id that will be set to run the application. It has default value 12345
.
This variable is not mandatory and specifies if the container has to launch software update at startup or not. Valid values are 0
and 1
. It has default value 0
.
This variable is not mandatory and specifies the timezone to be configured within the container. It has default value Europe/Brussels
.
- This container is built using s6-overlay
- The docker entrypoint can upgrade operating system at each startup. To enable this feature, just add
-e AUTOUPGRADE=1
at container creation.
If you encounter an issue please open a ticket at github