A proxy server is one of those ubiquitous servers that can offer up a number of possible services. But until the likes of Webmin arrived, setting up a proxy server in Linux was a daunting task, with configuration files filled with parent and sibling nodes that would give many a GUI-centric administrator a heart attack. Those days are gone; now, the Linux administrator has a number of GUI tools to choose from.
For the task of setting up a proxy server, none of those tools are better than Webmin. Its ease of installation and use far surpass its competition. On top of that, it's one of the few server administration tools that covers proxy configuration. In this article, I'll show you how it works.
What's Webmin?
Before we get into the thick of things, it might be best to let you know that Webmin is really just a front-end for the configuration of the Squid Proxy Server. Squid is a very powerful, flexible Web-caching proxy daemon. If you don't already know, Squid is configured in the /etc/squid/squid.conf file. The squid.conf file runs approximately 4,273 lines in length, so having a GUI that can handle nearly 100% of the configuration of this file is most helpful.
full text http://content.techrepublic.com.com/2346-22_11-93702-1.html
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment