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Deploy Squid Proxy on RedHat Systems with Ansible

By Luca Berton · Published 2024-01-01 · Category: installation

Learn to deploy and configure a Squid proxy server on RedHat-like systems using Ansible. Follow our step-by-step guide with simple Ansible code examples.

How to deploy a proxy server squid on RedHat-like systems with Ansible? I'm going to show you a live Playbook with some simple Ansible code. I'm Luca Berton and welcome to today's episode of Ansible Pilot.

Deploy a proxy server squid on RedHat-like • install packages => ansible.builtin.yum • configuration => ansible.builtin.template • start service => ansible.builtin.service • open firewall => ansible.posix.firewalld

Today we're talking about how to deploy a proxy server squid on RedHat-like Linux systems. The full process requires four steps that you could automate with different Ansible modules. Firstly you need to install the squid package and dependency using the ansible.builtin.yum Ansible module. Secondly, you need to create the custom configuration with the ansible.builtin.template Ansible module. Thirsty you need to start the squid service and enable it on boot and all the dependant using the ansible.builtin.service Ansible module. Fourthly you need to open the relevant firewall service-related ports using the ansible.posix.firewalld Ansible module.

## Playbook

Deploy a proxy server squid on RedHat-like with Ansible Playbook.

code • proxy_redhat.yml • templates/squid.conf.j2

execution

idempotency

before execution

after execution

code with ❤️ in GitHub

Conclusion

Now you know how to deploy a proxy server squid on RedHat-like with Ansible.

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