Squid is an open source proxy server that provides caching and access control services for web content. It is used to speed up web browsing, reduce bandwidth costs and improve network performance. It offers features such as access control and URL rewriting, as well as support for multiple protocols including HTTP, FTP, and SSL.
The prerequisites for monitoring Squid with Netdata are to have Squid and Netdata installed on your system.
Netdata auto discovers hundreds of services, and for those it doesn’t turning on manual discovery is a one line configuration. For more information on configuring Netdata for Squid monitoring please read the collector documentation.
You should now see the Squid section on the Overview tab in Netdata Cloud already populated with charts about all the metrics you care about.
Netdata has a public demo space (no login required) where you can explore different monitoring use-cases and get a feel for Netdata.
Client bandwidth is a metric that measures the amount of data transferred between clients and a Squid proxy server, in kilobits per second (Kbps). Monitoring this metric can help identify issues with the proxy server or the clients, such as slow download or upload speeds, or an excessive number of requests.
Client requests is a metric that measures the number of requests made by clients to a Squid proxy server, in requests per second (RPS). Monitoring this metric can help identify issues with the proxy server or the clients, such as an excessive number of requests, or requests that are taking too long to process.
Server bandwidth is a metric that measures the amount of data transferred between the Squid proxy server and the origin servers, in kilobits per second (Kbps). Monitoring this metric can help identify issues with the Squid proxy server, such as slow download or upload speeds, or an excessive number of requests.
Server requests is a metric that measures the number of requests made by the Squid proxy server to the origin servers, in requests per second (RPS). Monitoring this metric can help identify issues with the Squid proxy server, such as an excessive number of requests, or requests that are taking too long to process.