squid

Ansible role to install and configure squid proxy/cache in RedHat/CentOS/Debian/Ubuntu.

Requirements

No specific requirements.

Role Variables

This role uses a mix of defaults and host_vars/group_vars.
The defaults are used to set the most common squid config, present by default in the package repository.
The host_vars/group_vars are best suited to create custom ACLs and http_access sentences.

Globals

Variables listed in defaults/main.yml

squid_localnets
List of internal subnets, used to create the default ACL named localnet.

squid_sslports
List of ports authorized to used the CONNECT methhod, encrypted traffic.

squid_safeports
List of ports authorized to use HTTP in plain text.

squid_port
Port that squid daemon runs.

squid_outgoing_adress
If specified, tells which IP address to direct the traffic.

squid_visible_hostname Visible proxy name. Appears in authentication dialog.

squid_acls
ACLs from default squid.conf. Can be used to create custom ACLs.

squid_http_access
http_access directives from default squid.conf. Can be used to create custom http_access.

squid_refresh_pattern
List of refresh_paterrn from defalt squid.conf. Can be used to create custom refresh_pattern.

Custom

Custom variables. Can be used in defaults/main.yml, but it was made to best if in host_vars and group_vars.

squid_custom_localnets
Custom localnets.

squid_custom_sslports
Custom SSL ports.

squid_custom_safeports
Custom HTTP ports.

squid_custom_acls
Custom ACLs.

squid_custom_http_access
Custom http_access directives.

squid_custom_refresh_pattern
Custom refresh_pattern directives.

squid_custom_whitelist
Custom whitelist groups made of a name, N hosts and N domains.

• example:

  squid_custom_whitelist:
    - name: access
      src:
        - 172.17.0.1
      dest:
        - .google.com
        - .google.com.br

squid_custom_configs
Custom configs of any kind.

Dependencies

None.

Example Playbook

• To run the role with the default values just do:

  ---
  - name: Default playbook
    hosts: all
    become: 50
    roles:
      - role: stone-payments.squid

• If you want to create n-to-n whitelist groups:

  ---
  - name: Playbook creating N to N whitelist
    hosts: all
    become: true
    tasks:
      - name: include custom whitelist
        include_vars:
          file: ../files/custom_whitelist.yml
      - name: execute role
        include_role:
          name: stone-payments.squid
  

  The file passed should have a list of groups with name, a list of src and a list of dest the following format:

  squid_custom_whitelist:
    - name: access
      src: # list of IPs that will be allowed to access the list of domains bellow
        - 172.17.0.1
      dest: # list of domains that will be allowed to the IPs from above
        - .google.com
        - .google.com.br

  or you can add the variable squid_custom_whitelist in the host_vars/group_vars, remember to follow the same format.

• If you want to pass a config that isn't covered from the other variables, pass squid_custom_configs:

  ---
  - name: Playbook creating N to N whitelist
    hosts: all
    become: true
    tasks:
      - name: include custom whitelist
        include_vars:
          file: ../files/custom_whitelist.yml
      - name: execute role
        include_role:
          name: stone-payments.squid
        vars:
          squid_custom_configs:
            - "cache_mem 128 MB"
  

This role was tested with :

• Molecule 2.2.1
• Docker 18.03.0-ce
• Ansible 2.5.0
• Vagrant 2.0.2
• Virtualbox 5.1.34

To test the role with Molecule using Vagrant you will need to:

pip install python-vagrant

To test the role with Molecule using Docker you will need to:

pip install docker-py

In order to run the tests just execute:

molecule test --all

The are 2 scenarios:

• default - where it uses docker for testing;
• vagrant - where it uses vagrant with virtualbox for testing.

The scenario tested by default is default, if you want to test the other scenario, for example the vagrant scenario, just execute the following command passing the scenario's name:

molecule test -s vagrant

The command molecule test will create the containers, apply the role, execute the tests and in the end destroy everything. If you want to preserve the containers to access it you will need to execute the following commands:

molecule converge  # create and apply the role
molecule login  # login in the container

Whenever you are done with the tests you can clean the environment running the command:

molecule destroy --all

License

MIT

Author Information

Igor Blackman
mailto:[email protected]