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    Proxy Server - Squid Proxy Cache Server on Ubuntu Server 20.04

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    AWS Free Tier
    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.
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    Proxy Server - Squid Proxy Cache Server on Ubuntu Server 20.04

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    Overview

    Proxy Server using Squid Proxy Cache on Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS

    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.

    Squid can implement caching and proxying of Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) requests and caching of DNS lookups, and perform transparent caching. Squid also supports a wide variety of caching protocols, such as ICP, HTCP, CARP, and WCCP.

    Squid Proxy Features Set ACL for which networks have access to internet Block/Allow access to certain websites Block/Allow Content Based on MIME Types (e.g image, text, mpeg) Set time in which users can access the internet at certain times in the day Cache frequently accessed websites, cache files/media Hide users internal IP Addresses Load balance with other Squid proxies Clustering Traffic Interception with WCCP Set authentication to get users to Authenticate (LDAP, Active Directory,RADIUS, POP3, DB, etc) Allow/Block IM (Instant Messaging) Block coin-mining Adaptation protocol (C-ICAP / eCAP) Caching Dynamic Content Fully Transparent Interception with Squid-2, TPROXYv2 and WCCP Configuring multiple interception ports using WCCPv2 WCCP2 and NAT on a private internal network PHP Redirectors SMP Carp Cluster Torrent filtering Webwasher integration - prevent downloading of virus-infected files or to filter out adult content

    Highlights

    • AWS Squid proxy caching server has been optimised for speed and high performance.
    • Improve the speed of your internet by caching frequently accessed websites. Also restrict access to certain websites within your networ
    • Traffic Interception with WCCP. Also hide your internal IP addresses from the outside world.

    Details

    Delivery method

    Delivery option
    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    Latest version

    Operating system
    Ubuntu 20.04

    Typical total price

    This estimate is based on use of the seller's recommended configuration (t2.medium) in the US East (N. Virginia) Region. View pricing details

    $0.096/hour

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    Proxy Server - Squid Proxy Cache Server on Ubuntu Server 20.04

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    Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
    Additional AWS infrastructure costs may apply. Use the AWS Pricing Calculator  to estimate your infrastructure costs.

    Usage costs (303)

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    Instance type
    Product cost/hour
    EC2 cost/hour
    Total/hour
    t2.nano
    $0.05
    $0.006
    $0.056
    t2.micro
    AWS Free Tier
    $0.05
    $0.012
    $0.062
    t2.small
    $0.05
    $0.023
    $0.073
    t2.medium
    Recommended
    $0.05
    $0.046
    $0.096
    t2.large
    $0.05
    $0.093
    $0.143
    t2.xlarge
    $0.05
    $0.186
    $0.236
    t2.2xlarge
    $0.05
    $0.371
    $0.421
    t3.nano
    $0.05
    $0.005
    $0.055
    t3.micro
    AWS Free Tier
    $0.05
    $0.01
    $0.06
    t3.small
    $0.05
    $0.021
    $0.071

    Additional AWS infrastructure costs

    Type
    Cost
    EBS General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes
    $0.10/per GB/month of provisioned storage

    Vendor refund policy

    We do not currently support refunds, but you can cancel at any time.

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    Usage information

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    Delivery details

    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

    An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.

    Version release notes

    Locked down image for AWS security

    Additional details

    Usage instructions

    Once deployed login via SSH to the instance.

    Open up Squid config located /etc/squid/squid.conf

    You will need to configure which networks are allowed access to Squid.

    Please refer to our setup guide on the following URL: https://cloudinfrastructureservices.co.uk/how-to-setup-squid-proxy-cache-in-aws/ 

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