# squid > THIS MODULE IS OBSOLETE. > USE [THE PYTHON ONE](../../python.d.plugin/squid) - IT SUPPORTS MULTIPLE JOBS AND IT IS MORE EFFICIENT The plugin will monitor a squid server. It will produce 4 charts: 1. **Squid Client Bandwidth** in kbps * in * out * hits 2. **Squid Client Requests** in requests/sec * requests * hits * errors 3. **Squid Server Bandwidth** in kbps * in * out 4. **Squid Server Requests** in requests/sec * requests * errors ### autoconfig The plugin will by itself detect squid servers running on localhost, on ports 3128 or 8080. It will attempt to download URLs in the form: - `cache_object://HOST:PORT/counters` - `/squid-internal-mgr/counters` If any succeeds, it will use this. ### configuration If you need to configure it by hand, create the file `/etc/netdata/squid.conf` with the following variables: - `squid_host=IP` the IP of the squid host - `squid_port=PORT` the port the squid is listening - `squid_url="URL"` the URL with the statistics to be fetched from squid - `squid_timeout=SECONDS` how much time we should wait for squid to respond - `squid_update_every=SECONDS` the frequency of the data collection Example `/etc/netdata/squid.conf`: ```sh squid_host=127.0.0.1 squid_port=3128 squid_url="cache_object://127.0.0.1:3128/counters" squid_timeout=2 squid_update_every=5 ``` --- [![analytics](https://www.google-analytics.com/collect?v=1&aip=1&t=pageview&_s=1&ds=github&dr=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fnetdata%2Fnetdata&dl=https%3A%2F%2Fmy-netdata.io%2Fgithub%2Fcollectors%2Fcharts.d.plugin%2Fsquid%2FREADME&_u=MAC~&cid=5792dfd7-8dc4-476b-af31-da2fdb9f93d2&tid=UA-64295674-3)]()