To setup the database, run the following command as the statistics user (generally "squid") : su -m squid -c "${PREFIX}/bin/squidstats.pl createdb" Then, add a configuration section to squid.conf to allow SNMP from localhost: # snmp config acl snmp_host src 127.0.0.1 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0 snmp_port 3401 acl snmppublic snmp_community public snmp_access allow snmppublic snmp_host snmp_access deny all Then make sure the following line is added to the squid crontab: */5 * * * * ${PREFIX}/bin/squidstats.pl gather 2>/dev/null WWW: http://code.google.com/p/squidstats/