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How to install VideoCache?


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Requirements

Videocache requires following packages to work.

  1. Squid >= 2.6
  2. Python >= 2.4
  3. Python-iniparse (iniparse module of python)
  4. Apache (httpd) Web Server

You should have these packages installed and properly configured on your system. In case you don't have these packages installed check the respective links above.

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Installation

Extract videocache-bundle.tar.gz

[root@localhost root]# tar -xvzf videocache-bundle.tar.gz

Change directory to videocache-bundle

[root@localhost root]# cd videocache-bundle

Login to root user and install the rpm using the following command.

[root@localhost root]# rpm -ivh videocache-x.x-x.noarch.rpm

If the installation was successful, open the videocache man-page and add copy the lines that look like the following to your squid.conf .

# --BEGIN-- videocache config for squid
# LINES THAT SHOULD GO IN squid.conf
# --END-- videocache config for squid 

Now follow the instructions on configuration page to configure videocache using the configuration file /etc/videocache.conf . Please don't overlook the critical options like cache_host, proxy etc.

Restart your Apache(httpd) webserver. And then restart squid server as well.

Extract videocache-bundle.tar.gz

[root@localhost root]# tar -xvzf videocache-bundle.tar.gz

Change directory to videocache-bundle

[root@localhost root]# cd videocache-bundle

Untar the videocache archive using the following command

[root@localhost root]# tar -xvzf videocache-x.x.tar.gz

For Debian/Ubuntu/pfSense or operating systems in which squid is run as user 'proxy', use the following command to install

[root@localhost videocache-x.x]# python setup-deb.py install

For RedHat/CentOS/Fedora/SuSE/Gentoo or operating systems in which squid is run as user 'squid', use the following command to install

[root@localhost videocache-x.x]# python setup.py install

All the activities and errors of the setup script are logged in videocache-setup.log file. Please check the logfile for exact information in case setup gives any errors.

If the installation was successful, open the README file and add the lines that look like the following to your squid.conf .

# --BEGIN-- videocache config for squid
# LINES THAT SHOULD GO IN squid.conf
# --END-- videocache config for squid 

Now follow the instructions on configuration page to configure videocache using the configuration file /etc/videocache.conf . Please don't overlook the critical options like cache_host, proxy etc.

Now restart squid and httpd (Apache) servers. And you are ready to cache videos from several domains.

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