How To Install Squid Proxy Server with Squid Basic Authentication On Rocky Linux 8.5

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Squid is a web proxy application with a variety of configurations and uses. Squid has a large number of access controls and supports different protocols, such as HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and SSL.

Rocky Linux is an open-source enterprise operating system designed to be 100% bug-for-bug compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux®.
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Server - Os: Rocky Linux 8.5 64Bit      |    IP -192.168.1.20        |     Hostname - www.primaryhost.com
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cat /etc/system-release ; sestatus ; hostname ; hostname -I ; dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" -y
dnf -y install squid httpd-tools
gedit /etc/squid/squid.conf &>/dev/null
acl my_localnet src 192.168.1.20/24                                                                         -29
http_access deny to_localhost                                                                                - 46
#http_access allow localnet                                                                                      -55
http_access allow my_localnet   # line 57 : add                                                       -57

request_header_access Referer deny all
request_header_access X-Forwarded-For deny all
request_header_access Via deny all
request_header_access Cache-Control deny all
forwarded_for off

auth_param basic program /usr/lib64/squid/basic_ncsa_auth /etc/squid/.htpasswd
auth_param basic children 5
auth_param basic realm Squid Basic Authentication
auth_param basic credentialsttl 5 hours
acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
http_access allow password

systemctl enable --now squid ; systemctl start squid
firewall-cmd --add-service=squid ; firewall-cmd --runtime-to-permanent

htpasswd -c /etc/squid/.htpasswd rocky
systemctl daemon-reload ; systemctl restart squid.service
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Proxy Client -
cat /etc/system-release ; hostname -I ; dnf groupinstall "Development Tools" -y
192.168.1.20 3128

curl -x http://192.168.1.20:3128 -I http://google.com