Should I use a Squid on the host machine or a virtual machine?

[robok]

I have a server from SoYouStart and 32 failover IPs.

I need these IPs for proxy (for scraping). Should I set up Squid on the host machine (Proxmox) or on a virtual machine like Ubuntu + Squid?

I read the Proxmox documentation and saw that if I want to add 32 failover IPs (in one block), I must add each IP as a separate network interface?

 

[floh8]

Best is always not to extend the host installation.

I must add each IP as a separate network interface?

no, u can define one bridge and add all IPs in the vm.

 

[robok]

@floh8

How do I add four IPs from one block of 30 to one VM?

 

[floh8]

you simply add the ip to your network interface or one ip to one interface - its on you.

 

[robok]

@floh8
Can you explain? ```You simply add the IP to your network interface on Proxmox```. I only see, How add to one interface several ip?

 

[floh8]

u add it inside the vm. like in windows u can assign multi ips to one interface in linux if u want. search the internet for howto.

 

[robok]

u add it inside the vm. like in windows u can assign multi ips to one interface in linux if u want. search the internet for howto.

@floh8, thanks! Can you share an example article with me, or what keywords should I search for?

 

[floh8]

p.e. linux multiple ip interface [your distro]

 

[remark]

Remember that if you have 32 IPs in different networks, you need to setup 32 gateways.
But if you have 32 IPs in one network (/24 for example), you need only one common gateway for these IPs.

 

[robok]

@floh8 @remark
Thanks a lot!
I have an additional question:
- From one block xx.xx.xx/30: Can I add two IPs for failover to one VM, and two for the second failover?
- If I add several IPs from one block to one interface, how can I choose that, for example, Firefox will use IP A, and a Docker container will use IP B? Is this possible?

 

[remark]

If your provider gibes /30 block for you, it gives 4 IPs:
1: network address;
2: provider gateway;
3: one you use in your VM;
4: broadcast address.
So, with /30 block you can use only one IP (3) for your VM.