Squid working fine for some time after restarting & then suddenly goes very slow. Even taking too much time to open google.co.in
Here are the steps need to check
[root@bhagwat ~]# tail -f /var/log/squid/cache.log
WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors
WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors
WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors
WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors
WARNING! Your cache is running out of filedescriptors
Please follow the below steps to fix the issue & improve the performance of squid
[root@bhagwat ~]# /etc/init.d/squid stop
##Open below file
v
i /etc/security/limits.conf
##Append following line to increase current limit from 1024 to 4096:
* - nofile 4096
[root@bhagwat ~]# vim /etc/squid/squid.conf
##Add the below line at last of squid.conf file
max_filedesc 8096
Save & quit squid.conf
Now open below file
[root@bhagwat ~]# vim /etc/init.d/squid
##Add this line before any code
ulimit -HSn 4096
save & quit the file
Start squid with below command
[root@bhagwat ~]# /etc/init.d/squid start
Enjoy..... Your issue is resolved.
