How To Install Videocache on Pfsense
by Kulbir Saini on 22 Mar 2014This howto covers the videocache installation process on PFsense. We'll proceed assuming that you have squid already installed on PFsense.
Install Python
Use PFsense console or ssh to PFsense and use the following command
# pkg_add -r python
Install the additional needed libraries.
# pkg_add -r py25-bsddb
# pkg_add -r py25-gdbm
# pkg_add -r py25-sqlite3
# pkg_add -r py25-tkinter
Install URLGrabber
Download the latest version of urlgrabber from URLGrabber Download Archive.
# fetch http:/linux.duke.edu/projects/urlgrabber/download/urlgrabber-x.x.x.tar.gz
# tar -xzf urlgrabber-x.x.x.tar.gz
# cd urlgrabber-x.x.x
# python setup.py bdist_rpm
# python setup.py install
Install Iniparse
Download the latest version of python-iniparse from Iniparse Project Website.
# fetch http:/iniparse.googlecode.com/files/iniparse-x.x.x.tar.gz
# tar -xzf iniparse-x.x.x.tar.gz
# cd iniparse-x.x.x
# python setup.py bdist_rpm
# python setup.py install
Install VideoCache
# fetch http:/cachevideos.com/sites/default/files/pub/videocache/videocache-x.x.tar.gz
# tar -xvzf videocache-x.x.tar.gz
# python setup.py install
Configure VideoCache
Using VI edit the /etc/videocache.conf file and edit the following options in the file
proxy
Set the IP address and port on which squid is listening on PFsense.
cache_host
The IP address of PFsense.
Configure Squid
Now add the following lines to /usr/local/pkg/squid.inc . Add the lines after acls.
# --BEGIN-- videocache config for squid
url_rewrite_program /usr/bin/python /usr/share/videocache/videocache.py
url_rewrite_children 10
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.youtube\.com\/get_video
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.cache[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?\.googlevideo\.com\/videoplayback
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.cache[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?[a-z0-9]?\.googlevideo\.com\/get_video
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i proxy\-[0-9][0-9]\.dailymotion\.com\/
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i [a-z0-9][0-9a-z][0-9a-z]?[0-9a-z]?[0-9a-z]?\.xtube\.com\/(.*)flv
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i bitcast\.vimeo\.com\/vimeo\/videos\/
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i va\.wrzuta\.pl\/wa[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]?
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.files\.youporn\.com\/(.*)\/flv\/
acl videocache_allow_url url_regex -i \.msn\.com\.edgesuite\.net\/(.*)\.flv
acl videocache_allow_dom dstdomain v.mccont.com vp.video.google.com dl.redtube.com
acl videocache_deny_url url_regex -i http:\/\/[a-z][a-z]\.youtube\.com http:\/\/www\.youtube\.com
url_rewrite_access deny videocache_deny_url
url_rewrite_access allow videocache_allow_url
url_rewrite_access allow videocache_allow_dom
redirector_bypass on
# --END-- videocache config for squid
Save and restart squid service and you have videocache running on your PFsense. Enjoy caching :)
Note : In PFsense you need disable the https option in the General Setup Settings.
Good Luck.
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Thanks to Juan Carlos Huerta C. for writing the wonderful howto :)
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