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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
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32
33 This is the documentation for the Squid configuration file.
34 This documentation can also be found online at:
35 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/
36
37 You may wish to look at the Squid home page and wiki for the
38 FAQ and other documentation:
39 http://www.squid-cache.org/
40 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
41 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples
42
43 This documentation shows what the defaults for various directives
44 happen to be. If you don't need to change the default, you should
45 leave the line out of your squid.conf in most cases.
46
47 In some cases "none" refers to no default setting at all,
48 while in other cases it refers to the value of the option
49 - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the case.
debd9a31 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 52
592a09dc 53COMMENT_START
54 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
5945964d 55 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards are
592a09dc 56 supported.
57
58 For example,
59
60 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
61
62 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
63 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
64 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
65 configuration files.
d4a3e179 66
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67 Values with byte units
68
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69 Squid accepts size units on some size related directives. All
70 such directives are documented with a default value displaying
71 a unit.
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72
73 Units accepted by Squid are:
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74 bytes - byte
75 KB - Kilobyte (1024 bytes)
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76 MB - Megabyte
77 GB - Gigabyte
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79 Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters
80
81 Squid supports directive parameters with spaces, quotes, and other
82 special characters. Surround such parameters with "double quotes". Use
83 the configuration_includes_quoted_values directive to enable or
84 disable that support.
85
86 Squid supports reading configuration option parameters from external
87 files using the syntax:
88 parameters("/path/filename")
89 For example:
90 acl whitelist dstdomain parameters("/etc/squid/whitelist.txt")
91
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92 Conditional configuration
93
94 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
95 depend on conditions:
96
97 if <CONDITION>
98 ... regular configuration directives ...
99 [else
100 ... regular configuration directives ...]
101 endif
102
103 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
104 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
105 configuration directives.
106
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107 NOTE: An else-if condition is not supported.
108
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109 These individual conditions types are supported:
110
111 true
112 Always evaluates to true.
113 false
114 Always evaluates to false.
115 <integer> = <integer>
116 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
117
118
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119 SMP-Related Macros
120
121 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
122
123 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
124 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
125
126 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
127 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
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128 across all Squid processes of the current service instance.
129
130 ${service_name} expands into the current Squid service instance
131 name identifier which is provided by -n on the command line.
132
592a09dc 133COMMENT_END
134
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135# options still not yet ported from 2.7 to 3.x
136NAME: broken_vary_encoding
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: cache_vary
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
146DOC_END
147
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148NAME: error_map
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
152DOC_END
153
154NAME: external_refresh_check
155TYPE: obsolete
156DOC_START
157 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
158DOC_END
159
96598f93 160NAME: location_rewrite_program location_rewrite_access location_rewrite_children location_rewrite_concurrency
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161TYPE: obsolete
162DOC_START
163 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
164DOC_END
165
96598f93 166NAME: refresh_stale_hit
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167TYPE: obsolete
168DOC_START
169 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
170DOC_END
171
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172# Options removed in 3.5
173NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
174TYPE: obsolete
175DOC_START
176 Remove this line. Use always_direct or cache_peer_access ACLs instead if you need to prevent cache_peer use.
177DOC_END
178
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179NAME: log_access
180TYPE: obsolete
181DOC_START
182 Remove this line. Use acls with access_log directives to control access logging
183DOC_END
184
185NAME: log_icap
186TYPE: obsolete
187DOC_START
188 Remove this line. Use acls with icap_log directives to control icap logging
189DOC_END
190
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191# Options Removed in 3.3
192NAME: ignore_ims_on_miss
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193TYPE: obsolete
194DOC_START
2d4eefd9 195 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now configured by 'cache_miss_revalidate'.
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196DOC_END
197
76f44481 198# Options Removed in 3.2
74d81220 199NAME: dns_v4_fallback
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200TYPE: obsolete
201DOC_START
74d81220 202 Remove this line. Squid performs a 'Happy Eyeballs' algorithm, the 'fallback' algorithm is no longer relevant.
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203DOC_END
204
74d81220 205NAME: emulate_httpd_log
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206TYPE: obsolete
207DOC_START
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208 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
209DOC_END
210
211NAME: forward_log
212TYPE: obsolete
213DOC_START
214 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
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215DOC_END
216
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217NAME: ftp_list_width
218TYPE: obsolete
219DOC_START
220 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
221DOC_END
222
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223NAME: ignore_expect_100
224TYPE: obsolete
225DOC_START
226 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
227DOC_END
228
229NAME: log_fqdn
230TYPE: obsolete
231DOC_START
232 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
233DOC_END
234
235NAME: log_ip_on_direct
236TYPE: obsolete
237DOC_START
238 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
239DOC_END
240
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241NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
242TYPE: obsolete
243DOC_START
244 Replaced by connect_retries. The behaviour has changed, please read the documentation before altering.
245DOC_END
246
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247NAME: referer_log referrer_log
248TYPE: obsolete
249DOC_START
250 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
251DOC_END
252
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253NAME: update_headers
254TYPE: obsolete
255DOC_START
256 Remove this line. The feature is supported by default in storage types where update is implemented.
257DOC_END
258
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259NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
260TYPE: obsolete
261DOC_START
262 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
263DOC_END
264
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265NAME: useragent_log
266TYPE: obsolete
267DOC_START
268 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
269DOC_END
270
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271# Options Removed in 3.1
272NAME: dns_testnames
273TYPE: obsolete
274DOC_START
275 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
276DOC_END
277
278NAME: extension_methods
279TYPE: obsolete
280DOC_START
281 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
282DOC_END
283
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284# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.2
285NAME: zero_buffers
286TYPE: obsolete
287DOC_NONE
288
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289# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
290NAME: incoming_rate
291TYPE: obsolete
292DOC_NONE
293
294NAME: server_http11
295TYPE: obsolete
296DOC_START
297 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
298DOC_END
299
300NAME: upgrade_http0.9
301TYPE: obsolete
302DOC_START
303 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
304DOC_END
305
306NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
307TYPE: obsolete
308DOC_START
309 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
310DOC_END
311
312# Options Removed in 3.0
313NAME: header_access
314TYPE: obsolete
315DOC_START
316 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
317 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
318DOC_END
319
320NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
321TYPE: obsolete
322DOC_START
323 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
324DOC_END
325
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326NAME: wais_relay_host
327TYPE: obsolete
328DOC_START
329 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
330DOC_END
331
332NAME: wais_relay_port
333TYPE: obsolete
334DOC_START
335 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
336DOC_END
337
5473c134 338COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 339 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 340 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
341COMMENT_END
342
41bd17a4 343NAME: auth_param
344TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 345IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 346LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 347DEFAULT: none
348DOC_START
41bd17a4 349 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
350 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 351
66c583dc 352 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 353
41bd17a4 354 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
355 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
356 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
357 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
358 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
359 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
360 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
361 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
362 program entry).
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41bd17a4 364 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
365 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
366 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
367 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 368
41bd17a4 369 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
370 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
371 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
372 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
373 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
374 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
375 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
376 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
377 type acl.
cccac0a2 378
41bd17a4 379 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
380 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
381 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
382 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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383 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
384 authentication disabled.
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386 === Parameters common to all schemes. ===
387
388 "program" cmdline
66c583dc 389 Specifies the command for the external authenticator.
d4806c91 390
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391 By default, each authentication scheme is not used unless a
392 program is specified.
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394 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/AddonHelpers for
395 more details on helper operations and creating your own.
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397 "key_extras" format
398 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for
399 the authentication helper. "Quoted" format values may contain
400 spaces and logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro
401 can be used. In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if
402 the helper request is sent before the required macro
403 information is available to Squid.
404
405 By default, Squid uses request formats provided in
406 scheme-specific examples below (search for %credentials).
407
408 The expanded key_extras value is added to the Squid credentials
409 cache and, hence, will affect authentication. It can be used to
410 autenticate different users with identical user names (e.g.,
411 when user authentication depends on http_port).
412
413 Avoid adding frequently changing information to key_extras. For
414 example, if you add user source IP, and it changes frequently
415 in your environment, then max_user_ip ACL is going to treat
416 every user+IP combination as a unique "user", breaking the ACL
417 and wasting a lot of memory on those user records. It will also
418 force users to authenticate from scratch whenever their IP
419 changes.
420
421 "realm" string
422 Specifies the protection scope (aka realm name) which is to be
423 reported to the client for the authentication scheme. It is
424 commonly part of the text the user will see when prompted for
425 their username and password.
426
427 For Basic the default is "Squid proxy-caching web server".
428 For Digest there is no default, this parameter is mandatory.
429 For NTLM and Negotiate this parameter is ignored.
5269ec0e 430
66c583dc 431 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
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433 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If
434 you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
435 a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it down. When
436 password verifications are done via a (slow) network you are
437 likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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439 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact
440 amount run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup
441 and reconfigure. Squid will start more in groups of up to
442 idle=N in an attempt to meet traffic needs and to keep idle=N
443 free above those traffic needs up to the maximum.
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445 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests
446 the helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers
447 who only supports one request at a time. Setting this to a
448 number greater than 0 changes the protocol used to include a
449 channel ID field first on the request/response line, allowing
450 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallel
451 without waiting for the response.
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453 Concurrency must not be set unless it's known the helper
454 supports the input format with channel-ID fields.
cccac0a2 455
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456 NOTE: NTLM and Negotiate schemes do not support concurrency
457 in the Squid code module even though some helpers can.
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460IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_BASIC
461 === Basic authentication parameters ===
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463 "utf8" on|off
464 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as character set, while some
465 authentication backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is
466 set to on Squid will translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to
467 UTF-8 before sending the username and password to the helper.
d1b63fc8 468
41bd17a4 469 "credentialsttl" timetolive
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470 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
471 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
472 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
473 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords.
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475 NOTE: setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
476 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
477 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
478 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
479 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
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481 "casesensitive" on|off
482 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases
483 are case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled
484 using both lower and upper case letters, but some are case
485 sensitive. This makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL
486 processing and similar.
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488ENDIF
489IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_DIGEST
490 === Digest authentication parameters ===
cccac0a2 491
d2a89ac1 492 "utf8" on|off
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493 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as character set, while some
494 authentication backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is
495 set to on Squid will translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to
496 UTF-8 before sending the username and password to the helper.
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41bd17a4 498 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
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499 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
500 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
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41bd17a4 502 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
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503 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
504 valid for.
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41bd17a4 506 "nonce_max_count" number
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507 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
508 used.
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41bd17a4 510 "nonce_strictness" on|off
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511 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
512 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
513 user agents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
514 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 515
41bd17a4 516 "check_nonce_count" on|off
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517 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
518 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
519 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
520 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 521
41bd17a4 522 "post_workaround" on|off
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523 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who send an
524 incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing the
525 same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
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527ENDIF
528IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_NEGOTIATE
529 === Negotiate authentication parameters ===
cccac0a2 530
41bd17a4 531 "keep_alive" on|off
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532 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using
533 the this authentication scheme then you can try setting this
534 to off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection
535 on the initial request where the browser asks which schemes
536 are supported by the proxy.
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538ENDIF
539IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_NTLM
540 === NTLM authentication parameters ===
d3803853 541
41bd17a4 542 "keep_alive" on|off
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543 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using
544 the this authentication scheme then you can try setting this
545 to off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection
546 on the initial request where the browser asks which schemes
547 are supported by the proxy.
548ENDIF
527ee50d 549
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550 === Example Configuration ===
551
552 This configuration displays the recommended authentication scheme
553 order from most to least secure with recommended minimum configuration
554 settings for each scheme:
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41bd17a4 556#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 557#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 558#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 559#
66c583dc 560#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 561#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 562#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
563#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
564#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
565#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
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567#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
568#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
569#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
570#
41bd17a4 571#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 572#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 573#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
574#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 575DOC_END
cccac0a2 576
41bd17a4 577NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
578TYPE: time_t
579DEFAULT: 1 hour
580LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
581DOC_START
582 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
4ded749e 583 This is a trade-off between memory utilization (long intervals - say
41bd17a4 584 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
585 have good reason to.
586DOC_END
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41bd17a4 588NAME: authenticate_ttl
589TYPE: time_t
590DEFAULT: 1 hour
591LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
592DOC_START
593 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
594 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
595 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
596 TTL are removed from memory.
597DOC_END
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41bd17a4 599NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
600TYPE: time_t
601LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
c35dd848 602DEFAULT: 1 second
41bd17a4 603DOC_START
604 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
605 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
606 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
607 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
4ded749e 608 quickly, as is the case with dialup. You might be safe
41bd17a4 609 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
610 environment with relatively static address assignments.
611DOC_END
cccac0a2 612
3d1e3e43 613COMMENT_START
614 ACCESS CONTROLS
615 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
616COMMENT_END
617
41bd17a4 618NAME: external_acl_type
619TYPE: externalAclHelper
620LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 621DEFAULT: none
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41bd17a4 623 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
624 to look up the status
cccac0a2 625
41bd17a4 626 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 627
41bd17a4 628 Options:
cccac0a2 629
41bd17a4 630 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
631 for 1 hour)
632 negative_ttl=n
633 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
634 as ttl)
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635 children-max=n
636 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
637 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
638 children-startup=n
639 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
640 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
641 of this type. (default 0)
642 children-idle=n
643 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
644 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
645 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
646 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 647 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
648 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
7b27ba35 649 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is 262144.
41bd17a4 650 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
651 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 652 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 653 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
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654 ipv4 / ipv6 IP protocol used to communicate with this helper.
655 The default is to auto-detect IPv6 and use it when available.
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41bd17a4 657 FORMAT specifications
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41bd17a4 659 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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660 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
661 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
662 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 663 %IDENT Ident user name
664 %SRC Client IP
665 %SRCPORT Client source port
666 %URI Requested URI
667 %DST Requested host
4e3f4dc7 668 %PROTO Requested URL scheme
41bd17a4 669 %PORT Requested port
670 %PATH Requested URL path
671 %METHOD Request method
672 %MYADDR Squid interface address
673 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
674 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
675 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
676 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
677 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
f06585e0 678 %USER_CA_CERT_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
cedca6e7 679 %ssl::>sni SSL client SNI sent to Squid
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680 %ssl::<cert_subject SSL server certificate DN
681 %ssl::<cert_issuer SSL server certificate issuer DN
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c68c9682 683 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 684 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 685 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 686 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 687 HTTP request header list member using ; as
688 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
689 character.
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c68c9682 691 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 692 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 693 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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694 %<{Hdr:;member}
695 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
696 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
697 character.
698
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699 %ACL The name of the ACL being tested.
700 %DATA The ACL arguments. If not used then any arguments
701 is automatically added at the end of the line
702 sent to the helper.
703 NOTE: this will encode the arguments as one token,
704 whereas the default will pass each separately.
705
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707 an unchanging input format.
708
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710 General request syntax:
711
712 [channel-ID] FORMAT-values [acl-values ...]
713
714
715 FORMAT-values consists of transaction details expanded with
716 whitespace separation per the config file FORMAT specification
717 using the FORMAT macros listed above.
718
719 acl-values consists of any string specified in the referencing
720 config 'acl ... external' line. see the "acl external" directive.
721
722 Request values sent to the helper are URL escaped to protect
723 each value in requests against whitespaces.
724
725 If using protocol=2.5 then the request sent to the helper is not
726 URL escaped to protect against whitespace.
727
728 NOTE: protocol=3.0 is deprecated as no longer necessary.
729
730 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
731 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
732 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
733 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
734 of the response relating to its request.
735
736
737 The helper receives lines expanded per the above format specification
738 and for each input line returns 1 line starting with OK/ERR/BH result
739 code and optionally followed by additional keywords with more details.
740
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41bd17a4 742 General result syntax:
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745
746 Result consists of one of the codes:
747
748 OK
749 the ACL test produced a match.
750
751 ERR
752 the ACL test does not produce a match.
753
754 BH
4ded749e 755 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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756 a result being identified.
757
758 The meaning of 'a match' is determined by your squid.conf
759 access control configuration. See the Squid wiki for details.
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41bd17a4 761 Defined keywords:
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41bd17a4 763 user= The users name (login)
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41bd17a4 765 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
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05e52854 767 message= Message describing the reason for this response.
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768 Available as %o in error pages.
769 Useful on (ERR and BH results).
770
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771 tag= Apply a tag to a request. Only sets a tag once,
772 does not alter existing tags.
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41bd17a4 774 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
5269ec0e 775 %ea in logformat specifications.
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778 Please see url_rewrite_program related documentation for
779 this kv-pair.
780
05e52854 781 Any keywords may be sent on any response whether OK, ERR or BH.
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784 escaping, or enclosed in double quotes (") and escaped using \ on
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785 any double quotes or \ characters within the value. The wrapping
786 double quotes are removed before the value is interpreted by Squid.
787 \r and \n are also replace by CR and LF.
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790
5269ec0e 791 user=John%20Smith
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792 user="John Smith"
793 user="J. \"Bob\" Smith"
cccac0a2 794DOC_END
795
41bd17a4 796NAME: acl
797TYPE: acl
798LOC: Config.aclList
cb4f4424 799IF USE_OPENSSL
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800DEFAULT: ssl::certHasExpired ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED
801DEFAULT: ssl::certNotYetValid ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID
802DEFAULT: ssl::certDomainMismatch ssl_error SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH
803DEFAULT: ssl::certUntrusted ssl_error X509_V_ERR_INVALID_CA X509_V_ERR_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED
804DEFAULT: ssl::certSelfSigned ssl_error X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
805ENDIF
1f5bd0a4 806DEFAULT: all src all
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807DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
808DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
809DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
810DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
cccac0a2 811DOC_START
41bd17a4 812 Defining an Access List
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814 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
815 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
816 they are read from.
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818 acl aclname acltype argument ...
819 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
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375eeb3b 821 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
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824 The available options are:
825
826 -i,+i By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make them
827 case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
828 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line
829 without -i.
830
831 -n Disable lookups and address type conversions. If lookup or
832 conversion is required because the parameter type (IP or
833 domain name) does not match the message address type (domain
834 name or IP), then the ACL would immediately declare a mismatch
835 without any warnings or lookups.
836
837 -- Used to stop processing all options, in the case the first acl
838 value has '-' character as first character (for example the '-'
839 is a valid domain name)
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842 to access some external data source.
843 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
844 don't are marked as [fast].
845 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
846 for further information
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848 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
849
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850 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
851 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
0f987978 852 acl aclname dst [-n] ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
1e40905d 853 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 854
41bd17a4 855 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
856 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
857 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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858 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some
859 # other *BSD variants.
860 # [fast]
41bd17a4 861 #
862 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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863 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
864 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
865
866 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
867 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
0f987978 868 acl aclname dstdomain [-n] .foo.com ...
e38c7724 869 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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871 # regex matching client name [slow]
0f987978 872 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-n] [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 873 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 874 #
41bd17a4 875 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
876 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
877 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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880 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 881 # [fast]
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882 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
883 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
884 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
885 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
886 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
887 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
888 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 889
6db78a1a 890 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 891 # [fast]
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892 # match against a named cache_peer entry
893 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
894
375eeb3b 895 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 896 # [fast]
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898 # S - Sunday
899 # M - Monday
900 # T - Tuesday
901 # W - Wednesday
902 # H - Thursday
903 # F - Friday
904 # A - Saturday
905 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
906
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907 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
908 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
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909 acl aclname urllogin [-i] [^a-zA-Z0-9] ...
910 # regex matching on URL login field
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911 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
912 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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915 # ranges are alloed
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916 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
917 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
918
3cc0f4e7 919 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # *_port name [fast]
e988aa40 920
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921 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
922
923 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 924
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925 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
926 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 928 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 929 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 931 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 932 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 933 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
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375eeb3b 935 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 936 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 937 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 938 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 939
41bd17a4 940 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
941 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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943 # supplied credentials [slow]
944 #
945 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 946 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
947 #
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949 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
950 #
41bd17a4 951 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
952 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
953 # in access.log.
954 #
955 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
956 # to check username/password combinations (see
957 # auth_param directive).
958 #
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960 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 961 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 962
41bd17a4 963 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 964 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 965 # Example:
966 #
967 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
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41bd17a4 969 acl aclname maxconn number
970 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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972 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
973 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 974
41bd17a4 975 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
976 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
977 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 978 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 979 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
980 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
981 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
982 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
983 # request is denied)
984 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
985 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
986 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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989 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
990 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
991 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
992
375eeb3b 993 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 994 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
995 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 996 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 997 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
998 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 999
41bd17a4 1000 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1001 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
1002 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1003 # ACL [fast]
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375eeb3b 1005 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 1006 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
1007 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 1008 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 1009 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1010 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1011 # http_reply_access.
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41bd17a4 1013 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1014 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
1015 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1016 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 1017
375eeb3b 1018 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 1019 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 1020 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 1021
41bd17a4 1022 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
1023 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 1024 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 1025
41bd17a4 1026 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
1027 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 1028 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 1029
41bd17a4 1030 acl aclname ext_user username ...
1031 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 1032 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 1033 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
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0ab50441 1035 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
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1037 # DEPRECATED. Only the first tag will match with this ACL.
1038 # Use the 'note' ACL instead for handling multiple tag values.
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1041 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
1042 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
1043 #
1044 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1045 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1046 # http_reply_access.
1047
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1049 # match transaction annotation [fast]
1050 # Without values, matches any annotation with a given name.
1051 # With value(s), matches any annotation with a given name that
1052 # also has one of the given values.
1053 # Names and values are compared using a string equality test.
1054 # Annotation sources include note and adaptation_meta directives
1055 # as well as helper and eCAP responses.
1056
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1058 # Matches the name of any icap_service, ecap_service,
1059 # adaptation_service_set, or adaptation_service_chain that Squid
1060 # has used (or attempted to use) for the master transaction.
1061 # This ACL must be defined after the corresponding adaptation
1062 # service is named in squid.conf. This ACL is usable with
1063 # adaptation_meta because it starts matching immediately after
1064 # the service has been selected for adaptation.
1065
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1068 # match against SSL certificate validation error [fast]
cf1c09f6 1069 #
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1071 # template file.
cf1c09f6 1072 #
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1074 # [ssl::]certHasExpired: the "not after" field is in the past
1075 # [ssl::]certNotYetValid: the "not before" field is in the future
1076 # [ssl::]certUntrusted: The certificate issuer is not to be trusted.
1077 # [ssl::]certSelfSigned: The certificate is self signed.
1078 # [ssl::]certDomainMismatch: The certificate CN domain does not
1079 # match the name the name of the host we are connecting to.
1080 #
1081 # The ssl::certHasExpired, ssl::certNotYetValid, ssl::certDomainMismatch,
1082 # ssl::certUntrusted, and ssl::certSelfSigned can also be used as
1083 # predefined ACLs, just like the 'all' ACL.
1084 #
1085 # NOTE: The ssl_error ACL is only supported with sslproxy_cert_error,
1086 # sslproxy_cert_sign, and sslproxy_cert_adapt options.
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72b12f9e 1088 acl aclname server_cert_fingerprint [-sha1] fingerprint
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1090 #
1091 # The fingerprint is the digest of the DER encoded version
1092 # of the whole certificate. The user should use the form: XX:XX:...
1093 # Optional argument specifies the digest algorithm to use.
1094 # The SHA1 digest algorithm is the default and is currently
1095 # the only algorithm supported (-sha1).
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1099 # Never matches and should not be used outside the ssl_bump context.
1100 #
1101 # At each SslBump step, Squid evaluates ssl_bump directives to find
1102 # the next bumping action (e.g., peek or splice). Valid SslBump step
1103 # values and the corresponding ssl_bump evaluation moments are:
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1105 # SslBump2: After getting SSL Client Hello info.
1106 # SslBump3: After getting SSL Server Hello info.
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1109 # match any one of the acls [fast or slow]
1110 # The first matching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1111 #
1112 # ACLs from multiple any-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1113 # For example, A = (a1 or a2) or (a3 or a4) can be written as
1114 # acl A any-of a1 a2
1115 # acl A any-of a3 a4
1116 #
1117 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1118 # and slow otherwise.
1119
1120 acl aclname all-of acl1 acl2 ...
1121 # match all of the acls [fast or slow]
1122 # The first mismatching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1123 #
1124 # ACLs from multiple all-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1125 # For example, B = (b1 and b2) or (b3 and b4) can be written as
1126 # acl B all-of b1 b2
1127 # acl B all-of b3 b4
1128 #
1129 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1130 # and slow otherwise.
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1133 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
1134 acl myexample dst_as 1241
1135 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
1136 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
1137 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 1138
41bd17a4 1139NOCOMMENT_START
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1141# Recommended minimum configuration:
1142#
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ee776778 1144# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1145# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
1146# should be allowed
1147acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
1148acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
1149acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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1151acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 1153acl SSL_ports port 443
1154acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
1155acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
1156acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
1157acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
1158acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
1159acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
1160acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
1161acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
1162acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
1163acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
1164acl CONNECT method CONNECT
1165NOCOMMENT_END
1166DOC_END
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d3d92daa 1168NAME: proxy_protocol_access
3d674977 1169TYPE: acl_access
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1170LOC: Config.accessList.proxyProtocol
1171DEFAULT: none
c390580b 1172DEFAULT_DOC: all TCP connections to ports with require-proxy-header will be denied
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1174 Determine which client proxies can be trusted to provide correct
1175 information regarding real client IP address using PROXY protocol.
1176
1177 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
1178 before reaching us. The original source details may by sent in:
1179 * HTTP message Forwarded header, or
1180 * HTTP message X-Forwarded-For header, or
1181 * PROXY protocol connection header.
1182
1183 This directive is solely for validating new PROXY protocol
1184 connections received from a port flagged with require-proxy-header.
1185 It is checked only once after TCP connection setup.
1186
1187 A deny match results in TCP connection closure.
1188
1189 An allow match is required for Squid to permit the corresponding
1190 TCP connection, before Squid even looks for HTTP request headers.
1191 If there is an allow match, Squid starts using PROXY header information
1192 to determine the source address of the connection for all future ACL
1193 checks, logging, etc.
1194
1195 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
1196
c390580b 1197 Any host from which we accept client IP details can place
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1199 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
1200 source address of the request. This may enable remote
1201 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
1202 based on the client's source addresses.
1203
1204 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1205 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1206DOC_END
1207
1208NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
1209TYPE: acl_access
1210IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
3d674977 1211LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
3d674977 1212DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
9353df52 1213DEFAULT_DOC: X-Forwarded-For header will be ignored.
3d674977 1214DOC_START
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1216 information regarding real client IP address.
1217
3d674977 1218 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
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1219 before reaching us. The original source details may by sent in:
1220 * HTTP message Forwarded header, or
1221 * HTTP message X-Forwarded-For header, or
1222 * PROXY protocol connection header.
3d674977 1223
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1225 directive which is checked before this.
1226
3d674977 1227 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
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1228 directive, then we trust the information it provides regarding
1229 the IP of the client it received from (if any).
1230
1231 For the purpose of ACLs used in this directive the src ACL type always
1232 matches the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
1233
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1235 If found the header values are iterated in reverse order and an allow
1236 match is required for Squid to continue on to the next value.
1237 The verification ends when a value receives a deny match, cannot be
1238 tested, or there are no more values to test.
1239 NOTE: Squid does not yet follow the Forwarded HTTP header.
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1241 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
1242 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 1243 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 1244 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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1246 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 1247
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1249 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1250
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1252
c390580b 1253 Any host from which we accept client IP details can place
70a16fea 1254 incorrect information in the relevant header, and Squid
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1256 source address of the request. This may enable remote
1257 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
1258 based on the client's source addresses.
1259
1260 For example:
1261
1262 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
1263 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
1264 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
1265 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
1266DOC_END
1267
1268NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
1269COMMENT: on|off
1270TYPE: onoff
1271IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1272DEFAULT: on
1273LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
1274DOC_START
1275 Controls whether the indirect client address
1276 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1277 direct client address in acl matching.
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1279 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
1280 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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1282
1283NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1284COMMENT: on|off
1285TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 1286IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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1288LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1289DOC_START
1290 Controls whether the indirect client address
1291 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1292 direct client address in delay pools.
1293DOC_END
1294
1295NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
1296COMMENT: on|off
1297TYPE: onoff
1298IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1299DEFAULT: on
1300LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
1301DOC_START
1302 Controls whether the indirect client address
1303 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1304 direct client address in the access log.
1305DOC_END
1306
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1307NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1308COMMENT: on|off
1309TYPE: onoff
1310IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 1311DEFAULT: off
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1312LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1313DOC_START
1314 Controls whether the indirect client address
1315 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1316 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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1318 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
1319 mode ports.
1320
1321 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
1322 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
b01a2238 1323 of follow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
4d7ab5a2 1324 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1327NAME: spoof_client_ip
1328TYPE: acl_access
1329LOC: Config.accessList.spoof_client_ip
1330DEFAULT: none
1331DEFAULT_DOC: Allow spoofing on all TPROXY traffic.
1332DOC_START
1333 Control client IP address spoofing of TPROXY traffic based on
1334 defined access lists.
1335
1336 spoof_client_ip allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1337
1338 If there are no "spoof_client_ip" lines present, the default
1339 is to "allow" spoofing of any suitable request.
1340
1341 Note that the cache_peer "no-tproxy" option overrides this ACL.
1342
1343 This clause supports fast acl types.
1344 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1345DOC_END
1346
41bd17a4 1347NAME: http_access
1348TYPE: acl_access
1349LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1350DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
638402dd 1351DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1352DOC_START
1353 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1354
8a2f40dd 1355 To allow or deny a message received on an HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP port:
41bd17a4 1356 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1357
41bd17a4 1358 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 1359
41bd17a4 1360 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1361 the request.
cccac0a2 1362
41bd17a4 1363 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1364 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1365 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1366 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1368 lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 1369
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1371 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1372
41bd17a4 1373NOCOMMENT_START
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1375#
1376# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1377#
e0855596 1378# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1379http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1381# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1382http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
e0855596 1383
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1385http_access allow localhost manager
1386http_access deny manager
1387
41bd17a4 1388# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1389# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1390# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1391#http_access deny to_localhost
e0855596 1392
41bd17a4 1393#
1394# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1395#
c8f4eac4 1396
ee776778 1397# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1398# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1399# from where browsing should be allowed
1400http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1401http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1402
41bd17a4 1403# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1404http_access deny all
1405NOCOMMENT_END
1406DOC_END
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1408NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1409TYPE: acl_access
1410LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1411DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1412DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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1414 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1415
1416 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1417 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1418 output.
1419
1420 If not set then only http_access is used.
1421DOC_END
1422
41bd17a4 1423NAME: http_reply_access
1424TYPE: acl_access
1425LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1426DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1427DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1428DOC_START
1429 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1430
41bd17a4 1431 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1432
41bd17a4 1433 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
638402dd 1434 all replies.
1a224843 1435
41bd17a4 1436 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1437 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1438 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1440 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1441 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1442DOC_END
1443
41bd17a4 1444NAME: icp_access
1445TYPE: acl_access
1446LOC: Config.accessList.icp
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1448DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1449DOC_START
41bd17a4 1450 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1451 access lists
5473c134 1452
41bd17a4 1453 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1454
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1456 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
1457 using ICP.
41bd17a4 1458
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1460 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1462# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1464#icp_access deny all
5473c134 1465DOC_END
1466
41bd17a4 1467NAME: htcp_access
1468IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1469TYPE: acl_access
1470LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
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1472DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1473DOC_START
41bd17a4 1474 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1475 access lists
5473c134 1476
41bd17a4 1477 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1478
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1480 cache purge (CLR) HTCP messages.
5473c134 1481
0b48417e 1482 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1483 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1484 using the htcp option.
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1487 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1489# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1490#htcp_access allow localnet
1491#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1492DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1494NAME: htcp_clr_access
1495IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1496TYPE: acl_access
1497LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
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1499DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1500DOC_START
1501 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
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1503 See htcp_access for details on general HTCP access control.
5473c134 1504
41bd17a4 1505 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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1508 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1510# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
638402dd 1511acl htcp_clr_peer src 192.0.2.2 2001:DB8::2
41bd17a4 1512htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
638402dd 1513htcp_clr_access deny all
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1515
41bd17a4 1516NAME: miss_access
1517TYPE: acl_access
1518LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1519DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1520DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1521DOC_START
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1522 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1523
1524 For example;
1525 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1526 a parent.
5473c134 1527
638402dd 1528 acl localclients src 192.0.2.0/24 2001:DB8::a:0/64
41bd17a4 1529 miss_access deny !localclients
638402dd 1530 miss_access allow all
5473c134 1531
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1533 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1534 objects (HITs).
1535
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1536 The default for this setting allows all clients who passed the
1537 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1539 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1540 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1541DOC_END
1542
1543NAME: ident_lookup_access
1544TYPE: acl_access
1545IFDEF: USE_IDENT
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1547DEFAULT_DOC: Unless rules exist in squid.conf, IDENT is not fetched.
4daaf3cb 1548LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1549DOC_START
41bd17a4 1550 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1551 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1552 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1553 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1554 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1555 any requests.
5473c134 1556
41bd17a4 1557 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1558 can follow this example:
5473c134 1559
4daaf3cb 1560 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1561 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1562 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1563
4daaf3cb 1564 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1565 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1566 the correct result.
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1568 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1569 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1570DOC_END
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5b0f5383 1572NAME: reply_body_max_size
1573COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1574TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1575DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1576DEFAULT_DOC: No limit is applied.
5b0f5383 1577LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1578DOC_START
1579 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1580 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1581 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1582 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1583 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1584 for this reply.
1585
1586 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1587 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1588 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1589 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1590 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1591 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1592 and they will receive a partial reply.
1593
1594 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1595 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1596 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1597 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1598
1599 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1600 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1601 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1602 the size of your largest error page.
1603
1604 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1605 no limit imposed.
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1607 Configuration Format is:
1608 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1609 ie.
1610 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1611
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1613
1614COMMENT_START
1615 NETWORK OPTIONS
1616 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1617COMMENT_END
1618
1619NAME: http_port ascii_port
65d448bc 1620TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1621DEFAULT: none
fa720bfb 1622LOC: HttpPortList
5b0f5383 1623DOC_START
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1624 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1625 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1626 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1627
1628 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1629 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1630 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1631 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1632 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1633 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1634 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1635
1636 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1637 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1638
1639 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1640 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1641 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1642
1643 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1644
c7b1dd5d 1645 Modes:
5b0f5383 1646
e77bdb4e 1647 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1648 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1649 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1650
1651 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1652 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1653 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1654
7f45065d 1655 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1656
caf3666d 1657 ssl-bump For each CONNECT request allowed by ssl_bump ACLs,
c7b1dd5d 1658 establish secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1659 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1661 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1662
7a957a93 1663 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
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1666 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1667
1668
1669 Accelerator Mode Options:
1670
5b0f5383 1671 defaultsite=domainname
1672 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1673 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1674 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1675
cf673853 1676 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1677
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1678 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated and intercepted
1679 requests with. Defaults to HTTP/1.1 for http_port and
1680 HTTPS/1.1 for https_port.
1681 When an unsupported value is configured Squid will
1682 produce a FATAL error.
1683 Values: HTTP or HTTP/1.1, HTTPS or HTTPS/1.1
5b0f5383 1684
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1686 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1687
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1688 vport=NN Virtual host port support. Using the specified port
1689 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1690
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1692 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1693 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1694 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1695
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1697
7f45065d 1698 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1700
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1702 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1703 never_direct was used.
1704
1705 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1706 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1707 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1708 http_access rules when using this.
1709
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1711 SSL Bump Mode Options:
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1713
1714 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
1715 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1716 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1717 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1718 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1719 certificate will be selfsigned.
1720 If there is a CA certificate lifetime of the generated
1721 certificate equals lifetime of the CA certificate. If
1722 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1723 years.
1724 This option is enabled by default when ssl-bump is used.
1725 See the ssl-bump option above for more information.
1726
1727 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1728 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1729 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1730 default value is 4MB.
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1732 TLS / SSL Options:
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1734 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1735
1736 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1737 if not specified, the certificate file is
1738 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1739 key file.
1740
1741 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1742 1 automatic (default)
1743 2 SSLv2 only
1744 3 SSLv3 only
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1746 5 TLSv1.1 only
1747 6 TLSv1.2 only
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1749 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
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1751 additional settings. If those settings are
1752 omitted the ciphers may be silently ignored
1753 by the OpenSSL library.
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943c5f16 1755 options= Various SSL implementation options. The most important
c7b1dd5d 1756 being:
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1757 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1758 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1759 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
1760 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
1761 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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1762 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1763 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
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1765 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
1766 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
1767 strength to some attacks.
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1768 See OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1769 complete list of options.
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1771 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1772 requesting a client certificate.
1773
1774 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1775 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1776 clientca will be used.
1777
1778 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1779 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1780
1781 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1782 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1783 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1784
1785 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
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1787 on how to create this file.
1788 WARNING: EDH ciphers will be silently disabled if this
1789 option is not set.
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1791 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1792 DELAYED_AUTH
1793 Don't request client certificates
1794 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1795 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1796 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1797 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1798 to OpenSSL.
1799 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1800 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1801 will result in a new SSL session.
1802 VERIFY_CRL
1803 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1804 certificates.
1805 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1806 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1807 client certificate chain.
1808
1809 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1810
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1812
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1814 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1815 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1816 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1817
5b0f5383 1818 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1819 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1820 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1821 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1822 support is enabled.
1823 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1824
1825 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1826 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1827 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1828 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1829 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1830 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1831 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1832 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1833
81b6e9a7 1834 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1835 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1836
68924b6d 1837 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
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1839 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1840 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1841 timeout the time before giving up.
1842
d3d92daa 1843 require-proxy-header
151ba0d4 1844 Require PROXY protocol version 1 or 2 connections.
d3d92daa 1845 The proxy_protocol_access is required to whitelist
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1846 downstream proxies which can be trusted.
1847
5b0f5383 1848 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1849 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1850 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1851 visible on the internal address.
1852
1853NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 1854
5b0f5383 1855# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1856http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1857NOCOMMENT_END
1858DOC_END
1859
1860NAME: https_port
cb4f4424 1861IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
65d448bc 1862TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1863DEFAULT: none
fa720bfb 1864LOC: HttpsPortList
5b0f5383 1865DOC_START
7f45065d 1866 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1867
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1869 over TLS or SSL connections. Commonly referred to as HTTPS.
5b0f5383 1870
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1871 This is most useful for situations where you are running squid in
1872 accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the accelerator level.
5b0f5383 1873
1874 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1875 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1876
7f45065d 1877 Modes:
5b0f5383 1878
7f45065d 1879 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1880
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1882 outgoing requests without browser settings.
1883 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
1884
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1886 connections using the client IP address.
1887 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
1888
caf3666d 1889 ssl-bump For each intercepted connection allowed by ssl_bump
7a957a93 1890 ACLs, establish a secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1891 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1893 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1894
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1896 fully enable bumping of intercepted SSL connections.
379e8c1c 1897
38450a50 1898 Requires tproxy or intercept.
379e8c1c 1899
7f45065d 1900 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
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5b0f5383 1902
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1904
1905
1906 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1907
1908 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1909
1910 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1911 if not specified, the certificate file is
1912 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1913 key file.
1914
1915 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1916 1 automatic (default)
1917 2 SSLv2 only
1918 3 SSLv3 only
1919 4 TLSv1 only
1920
1921 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1922
1923 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1924 being:
1925 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1926 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1927 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1928 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1929 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1930 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1931 documentation for a complete list of options.
1932
1933 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1934 requesting a client certificate.
1935
1936 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1937 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1938 clientca will be used.
1939
1940 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1941 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1942
1943 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1944 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1945 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1946
1947 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1948 DH key exchanges.
1949
1950 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1951 DELAYED_AUTH
1952 Don't request client certificates
1953 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1954 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1955 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1956 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1957 to OpenSSL.
1958 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1959 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1960 will result in a new SSL session.
1961 VERIFY_CRL
1962 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1963 certificates.
1964 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1965 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1966 client certificate chain.
1967
1968 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1969
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1971 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1972 destination hosts of bumped SSL requests.When
1973 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1974 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1975 certificate will be selfsigned.
1976 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1977 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1978 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1979 years.
1980 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1981 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1982
1983 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1984 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1985 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1986 default value is 4MB.
379e8c1c 1987
859741ed 1988 See http_port for a list of available options.
5b0f5383 1989DOC_END
1990
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1992TYPE: PortCfg
1993DEFAULT: none
8ea0d847 1994LOC: FtpPortList
434a79b0 1995DOC_START
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1997 listens for FTP client requests. See http_port directive for various
1998 ways to specify the listening address and mode.
1999
2000 Usage: ftp_port address [mode] [options]
2001
2002 WARNING: This is a new, experimental, complex feature that has seen
2003 limited production exposure. Some Squid modules (e.g., caching) do not
2004 currently work with native FTP proxying, and many features have not
2005 even been tested for compatibility. Test well before deploying!
2006
2007 Native FTP proxying differs substantially from proxying HTTP requests
2008 with ftp:// URIs because Squid works as an FTP server and receives
2009 actual FTP commands (rather than HTTP requests with FTP URLs).
2010
2011 Native FTP commands accepted at ftp_port are internally converted or
2012 wrapped into HTTP-like messages. The same happens to Native FTP
2013 responses received from FTP origin servers. Those HTTP-like messages
2014 are shoveled through regular access control and adaptation layers
2015 between the FTP client and the FTP origin server. This allows Squid to
2016 examine, adapt, block, and log FTP exchanges. Squid reuses most HTTP
2017 mechanisms when shoveling wrapped FTP messages. For example,
2018 http_access and adaptation_access directives are used.
2019
2020 Modes:
2021
3cc0f4e7 2022 intercept Same as http_port intercept. The FTP origin address is
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2024 intercepted connection.
2025
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2027 connections using the client IP address.
2028 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
2029
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2030 By default (i.e., without an explicit mode option), Squid extracts the
2031 FTP origin address from the login@origin parameter of the FTP USER
2032 command. Many popular FTP clients support such native FTP proxying.
2033
2034 Options:
2035
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2037 the port address. Usable with myportname ACL.
2038
aea65fec 2039 ftp-track-dirs
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2040 Enables tracking of FTP directories by injecting extra
2041 PWD commands and adjusting Request-URI (in wrapping
2042 HTTP requests) to reflect the current FTP server
aea65fec 2043 directory. Tracking is disabled by default.
8a2f40dd 2044
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2046 requests with. Defaults to FTP. No other accepted
2047 values have been tested with. An unsupported value
2048 results in a FATAL error. Accepted values are FTP,
2049 HTTP (or HTTP/1.1), and HTTPS (or HTTPS/1.1).
2050
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2052 HTTPS may also work.
2053DOC_END
434a79b0 2054
41bd17a4 2055NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
2056TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 2057DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 2058LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 2059DOC_START
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2060 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets outgoing
2061 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 2062
41bd17a4 2063 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 2064
41bd17a4 2065 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 2066 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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2068 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2069 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 2070 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 2071 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 2072
41bd17a4 2073 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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2074 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
2075 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 2076
41bd17a4 2077 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
2078 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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2080 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 2081
41bd17a4 2082 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2083 matching line.
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2085 Only fast ACLs are supported.
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2087
41bd17a4 2088NAME: clientside_tos
2089TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 2090DEFAULT: none
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2091LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToClient
2092DOC_START
2093 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
2094 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2095
2096 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2097
2098 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2099 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2100
2101 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2102 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2103 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
2104 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2105
2106 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
2107 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
2108DOC_END
2109
2110NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
2111TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2112IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2113DEFAULT: none
2114LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
2115DOC_START
2116 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
2117 on the server side, based on an ACL.
2118
2119 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2120
2121 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2122 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2123
2124 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2125 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2126 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2127 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
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2129 Only fast ACLs are supported.
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2131
2132NAME: clientside_mark
2133TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2134IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2135DEFAULT: none
2136LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
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2138 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to packets being transmitted
2139 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2140
2141 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2142
2143 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2144 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2145
2146 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2147 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2148 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2149 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
2150
2151 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
2152 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 2153DOC_END
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2156TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 2157IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 2158DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 2159LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 2160DOC_START
575cb927 2161 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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2163 For platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
425de4c8 2164 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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2167 settings simply use "qos_flows mark" or "qos_flows tos". Default
2168 settings will result in the netfilter mark or TOS value being copied
2169 from the upstream connection to the client. Note that it is the connection
2170 CONNMARK value not the packet MARK value that is copied.
2171
2172 It is not currently possible to copy the mark or TOS value from the
2173 client to the upstream connection request.
2174
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2176 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
2177 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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2180 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
2181 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
2182
2183 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
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2186
2187 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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2189 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
2190
2191 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
2192
2193 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
2194
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2196 over the preserve-miss feature (see below), unless
2197 mask is specified, in which case only the bits
2198 specified in the mask are written.
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2201 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
2202 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
2203 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
2204 with all variants of netfilter.
575cb927 2205
575cb927 2206 disable-preserve-miss
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2207 This option disables the preservation of the TOS or netfilter
2208 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
2209 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
2210 and masked with miss-mark.
2211 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
2212 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
2213 (MARK target).
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2215 miss-mask=0xFF
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2217 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
2218 the TOS sent towards clients.
2219 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
2220 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
2221
2222 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
2223 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
2224 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
2225 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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41bd17a4 2229NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2230TYPE: acl_address
2231DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2232DEFAULT_DOC: Address selection is performed by the operating system.
41bd17a4 2233LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2234DOC_START
2235 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2236 based on the username or source address of the user making
2237 the request.
7f7db318 2238
41bd17a4 2239 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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2242 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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2245 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
2246
2247 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
2248 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
2249
2250 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
2251 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
2252
2253 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
2254 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 2255
41bd17a4 2256 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2257 matching line.
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2260 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
2261 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
2262
2263
2264 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 2265 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
2266 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
2267 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 2269 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
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2272 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
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cccac0a2 2274DOC_END
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2277TYPE: onoff
2278DEFAULT: off
2279LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
2280DOC_START
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2282 traffic, Squid always verifies that the destination IP address matches
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2285 This enforcement is performed to satisfy a MUST-level requirement in
2286 RFC 2616 section 14.23: "The Host field value MUST represent the naming
2287 authority of the origin server or gateway given by the original URL".
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2289 When set to ON:
2290 Squid always responds with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error
2291 page and logs a security warning if there is no match.
2292
2293 Squid verifies that the destination IP address matches
2294 the Host header for forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic
2295 as well. For those traffic types, Squid also enables the
2296 following checks, comparing the corresponding Host header
2297 and Request-URI components:
2298
2299 * The host names (domain or IP) must be identical,
2300 but valueless or missing Host header disables all checks.
2301 For the two host names to match, both must be either IP
2302 or FQDN.
2303
2304 * Port numbers must be identical, but if a port is missing
2305 the scheme-default port is assumed.
2306
2307
2308 When set to OFF (the default):
2309 Squid allows suspicious requests to continue but logs a
2310 security warning and blocks caching of the response.
2311
2312 * Forward-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
2313
2314 * Reverse-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
2315
2316 * Intercepted traffic which passes verification is handled
32c32865 2317 according to client_dst_passthru.
2962f8b8 2318
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2320 to the client original destination instead of DIRECT.
2321 This overrides 'client_dst_passthru off'.
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2323 For now suspicious intercepted CONNECT requests are always
2324 responded to with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error page.
bfe4e2fe 2325
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2328
2329 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
2330 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
2331 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
2332 security policy and sandboxing protections.
2333
2334 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
2335 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
2336 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
2337 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
2338 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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2340DOC_END
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2342NAME: client_dst_passthru
2343TYPE: onoff
2344DEFAULT: on
2345LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
2346DOC_START
2347 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
2348 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
2349 source using the HTTP Host header.
2350
2351 Using Host to locate alternative servers can provide faster
2352 connectivity with a range of failure recovery options.
2353 But can also lead to connectivity trouble when the client and
2354 server are attempting stateful interactions unaware of the proxy.
2355
2356 This option (on by default) prevents alternative DNS entries being
2357 located to send intercepted traffic DIRECT to an origin server.
2358 The clients original destination IP and port will be used instead.
2359
2360 Regardless of this option setting, when dealing with intercepted
2361 traffic Squid will verify the Host: header and any traffic which
2362 fails Host verification will be treated as if this option were ON.
2363
2364 see host_verify_strict for details on the verification process.
cccac0a2 2365DOC_END
2366
41bd17a4 2367COMMENT_START
2368 SSL OPTIONS
2369 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2370COMMENT_END
2371
2372NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
cb4f4424 2373IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2374TYPE: onoff
2375DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 2376LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 2377DOC_START
41bd17a4 2378 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
2379 messages.
cccac0a2 2380DOC_END
2381
41bd17a4 2382NAME: ssl_engine
cb4f4424 2383IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2384TYPE: string
41bd17a4 2385LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
2386DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 2387DOC_START
41bd17a4 2388 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
2389 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 2390DOC_END
2391
41bd17a4 2392NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
cb4f4424 2393IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2394DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2395LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
2396TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2397DOC_START
41bd17a4 2398 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2399DOC_END
2400
41bd17a4 2401NAME: sslproxy_client_key
cb4f4424 2402IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2403DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2404LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
2405TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2406DOC_START
41bd17a4 2407 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2408DOC_END
2409
41bd17a4 2410NAME: sslproxy_version
cb4f4424 2411IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2412DEFAULT: 1
638402dd 2413DEFAULT_DOC: automatic SSL/TLS version negotiation
41bd17a4 2414LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
2415TYPE: int
cccac0a2 2416DOC_START
41bd17a4 2417 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2418
2419 The versions of SSL/TLS supported:
2420
2421 1 automatic (default)
2422 2 SSLv2 only
2423 3 SSLv3 only
2424 4 TLSv1.0 only
2425 5 TLSv1.1 only
2426 6 TLSv1.2 only
cccac0a2 2427DOC_END
2428
41bd17a4 2429NAME: sslproxy_options
cb4f4424 2430IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2431DEFAULT: none
2432LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
2433TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2434DOC_START
943c5f16 2435 SSL implementation options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2436
2437 The most important being:
2438
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2439 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2440 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2441 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2442 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2443 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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2444 SINGLE_DH_USE
2445 Always create a new key when using temporary/ephemeral
2446 DH key exchanges
2447 SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
2448 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets. Some servers
2449 may have problems understanding the TLS extension due
2450 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2451 ALL Enable various bug workarounds suggested as "harmless"
2452 by OpenSSL. Be warned that this may reduce SSL/TLS
2453 strength to some attacks.
ab202e4c 2454
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2455 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2456 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 2457DOC_END
2458
41bd17a4 2459NAME: sslproxy_cipher
cb4f4424 2460IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2461DEFAULT: none
2462LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
2463TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2464DOC_START
41bd17a4 2465 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2466
2467 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 2468DOC_END
2469
41bd17a4 2470NAME: sslproxy_cafile
cb4f4424 2471IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2472DEFAULT: none
2473LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
2474TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2475DOC_START
41bd17a4 2476 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
2477 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2478DOC_END
0976f8db 2479
41bd17a4 2480NAME: sslproxy_capath
cb4f4424 2481IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
5473c134 2482DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2483LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
2484TYPE: string
5473c134 2485DOC_START
41bd17a4 2486 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
2487 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 2488DOC_END
2489
10a69fc0 2490NAME: sslproxy_session_ttl
cb4f4424 2491IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2493LOC: Config.SSL.session_ttl
2494TYPE: int
2495DOC_START
2496 Sets the timeout value for SSL sessions
2497DOC_END
2498
2499NAME: sslproxy_session_cache_size
cb4f4424 2500IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2501DEFAULT: 2 MB
2502LOC: Config.SSL.sessionCacheSize
2503TYPE: b_size_t
2504DOC_START
2505 Sets the cache size to use for ssl session
2506DOC_END
2507
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2508NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign_hash
2509IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
2510DEFAULT: none
2511LOC: Config.SSL.certSignHash
2512TYPE: string
2513DOC_START
2514 Sets the hashing algorithm to use when signing generated certificates.
2515 Valid algorithm names depend on the OpenSSL library used. The following
2516 names are usually available: sha1, sha256, sha512, and md5. Please see
2517 your OpenSSL library manual for the available hashes. By default, Squids
2518 that support this option use sha256 hashes.
2519
2520 Squid does not forcefully purge cached certificates that were generated
2521 with an algorithm other than the currently configured one. They remain
2522 in the cache, subject to the regular cache eviction policy, and become
2523 useful if the algorithm changes again.
2524DOC_END
2525
4c9da963 2526NAME: ssl_bump
cb4f4424 2527IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
caf3666d 2528TYPE: sslproxy_ssl_bump
4c9da963 2529LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
8f165829 2530DEFAULT_DOC: Become a TCP tunnel without decrypting proxied traffic.
4c9da963 2531DEFAULT: none
2532DOC_START
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2533 This option is consulted when a CONNECT request is received on
2534 an http_port (or a new connection is intercepted at an
2535 https_port), provided that port was configured with an ssl-bump
2536 flag. The subsequent data on the connection is either treated as
2537 HTTPS and decrypted OR tunneled at TCP level without decryption,
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2538 depending on the first matching bumping "action".
2539
2540 ssl_bump <action> [!]acl ...
caf3666d 2541
8f165829 2542 The following bumping actions are currently supported:
caf3666d 2543
5d65362c 2544 splice
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2545 Become a TCP tunnel without decrypting proxied traffic.
2546 This is the default action.
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2548 bump
2549 Establish a secure connection with the server and, using a
2550 mimicked server certificate, with the client.
caf3666d 2551
5d65362c 2552 peek
1110989a 2553 Receive client (step SslBump1) or server (step SslBump2)
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2555 connection. Peeking at the server certificate (during step 2)
2556 usually precludes bumping of the connection at step 3.
caf3666d 2557
5d65362c 2558 stare
1110989a 2559 Receive client (step SslBump1) or server (step SslBump2)
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2560 certificate while preserving the possibility of bumping the
2561 connection. Staring at the server certificate (during step 2)
2562 usually precludes splicing of the connection at step 3.
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2564 terminate
2565 Close client and server connections.
2566
1110989a 2567 Backward compatibility actions available at step SslBump1:
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2568
2569 client-first
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2570 Bump the connection. Establish a secure connection with the
2571 client first, then connect to the server. This old mode does
2572 not allow Squid to mimic server SSL certificate and does not
2573 work with intercepted SSL connections.
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2574
2575 server-first
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2576 Bump the connection. Establish a secure connection with the
2577 server first, then establish a secure connection with the
2578 client, using a mimicked server certificate. Works with both
2579 CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL connections, but does
2580 not allow to make decisions based on SSL handshake info.
caf3666d 2581
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2582 peek-and-splice
2583 Decide whether to bump or splice the connection based on
d620ae0e 2584 client-to-squid and server-to-squid SSL hello messages.
8f165829 2585 XXX: Remove.
caf3666d 2586
caf3666d 2587 none
8f165829 2588 Same as the "splice" action.
caf3666d 2589
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2590 All ssl_bump rules are evaluated at each of the supported bumping
2591 steps. Rules with actions that are impossible at the current step are
2592 ignored. The first matching ssl_bump action wins and is applied at the
2593 end of the current step. If no rules match, the splice action is used.
652fcffd 2594 See the at_step ACL for a list of the supported SslBump steps.
4c9da963 2595
e0c0d54c 2596 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 2597 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
e0855596 2598
652fcffd 2599 See also: http_port ssl-bump, https_port ssl-bump, and acl at_step.
caf3666d 2600
e0855596 2601
caf3666d 2602 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from
638402dd 2603 # localhost or those going to example.com.
e0855596 2604
e0855596 2605 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
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2606 ssl_bump splice localhost
2607 ssl_bump splice broken_sites
2608 ssl_bump bump all
4c9da963 2609DOC_END
2610
41bd17a4 2611NAME: sslproxy_flags
cb4f4424 2612IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2613DEFAULT: none
2614LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
2615TYPE: string
5473c134 2616DOC_START
41bd17a4 2617 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 2618 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
2619 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 2620 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
2621 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 2622DOC_END
2623
4c9da963 2624NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
cb4f4424 2625IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
4c9da963 2626DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2627DEFAULT_DOC: Server certificate errors terminate the transaction.
4c9da963 2628LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
2629TYPE: acl_access
2630DOC_START
2631 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
2632
2633 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
3b8f558c 2634 when talking to servers for example.com. All other
4c9da963 2635 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
2636
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2637 acl BrokenButTrustedServers dstdomain example.com
2638 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenButTrustedServers
4c9da963 2639 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
2640
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2641 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2642 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
2643 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 2644
2645 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
638402dd 2646 terminate the transaction to protect Squid and the client.
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2648 SQUID_X509_V_ERR_INFINITE_VALIDATION error cannot be bypassed
2649 but should not happen unless your OpenSSL library is buggy.
2650
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2651 SECURITY WARNING:
2652 Bypassing validation errors is dangerous because an
2653 error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted
2654 and the connection may be insecure.
4c9da963 2655
638402dd 2656 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
4c9da963 2657DOC_END
2658
aebe6888 2659NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign
cb4f4424 2660IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
aebe6888 2661DEFAULT: none
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2662POSTSCRIPTUM: signUntrusted ssl::certUntrusted
2663POSTSCRIPTUM: signSelf ssl::certSelfSigned
2664POSTSCRIPTUM: signTrusted all
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2665TYPE: sslproxy_cert_sign
2666LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_sign
2667DOC_START
2668
69742b76 2669 sslproxy_cert_sign <signing algorithm> acl ...
aebe6888 2670
69742b76 2671 The following certificate signing algorithms are supported:
638402dd 2672
aebe6888 2673 signTrusted
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2674 Sign using the configured CA certificate which is usually
2675 placed in and trusted by end-user browsers. This is the
2676 default for trusted origin server certificates.
638402dd 2677
aebe6888 2678 signUntrusted
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2679 Sign to guarantee an X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED browser error.
2680 This is the default for untrusted origin server certificates
2681 that are not self-signed (see ssl::certUntrusted).
638402dd 2682
aebe6888 2683 signSelf
69742b76 2684 Sign using a self-signed certificate with the right CN to
aebe6888 2685 generate a X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT error in the
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2686 browser. This is the default for self-signed origin server
2687 certificates (see ssl::certSelfSigned).
aebe6888 2688
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2689 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2690
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2691 When sslproxy_cert_sign acl(s) match, Squid uses the corresponding
2692 signing algorithm to generate the certificate and ignores all
2693 subsequent sslproxy_cert_sign options (the first match wins). If no
2694 acl(s) match, the default signing algorithm is determined by errors
2695 detected when obtaining and validating the origin server certificate.
cf1c09f6 2696
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2697 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2698 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2699 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2700 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2701 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2702 bump-server-first is used.
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2704
638402dd 2705NAME: sslproxy_cert_adapt
cb4f4424 2706IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2707DEFAULT: none
2708TYPE: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2709LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_adapt
2710DOC_START
2711
2712 sslproxy_cert_adapt <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
2713
69742b76 2714 The following certificate adaptation algorithms are supported:
638402dd 2715
fb2178bb 2716 setValidAfter
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2717 Sets the "Not After" property to the "Not After" property of
2718 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
638402dd 2719
fb2178bb 2720 setValidBefore
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2721 Sets the "Not Before" property to the "Not Before" property of
2722 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
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2724 setCommonName or setCommonName{CN}
2725 Sets Subject.CN property to the host name specified as a
2726 CN parameter or, if no explicit CN parameter was specified,
2727 extracted from the CONNECT request. It is a misconfiguration
2728 to use setCommonName without an explicit parameter for
2729 intercepted or tproxied SSL connections.
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2731 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2732
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2733 Squid first groups sslproxy_cert_adapt options by adaptation algorithm.
2734 Within a group, when sslproxy_cert_adapt acl(s) match, Squid uses the
2735 corresponding adaptation algorithm to generate the certificate and
2736 ignores all subsequent sslproxy_cert_adapt options in that algorithm's
2737 group (i.e., the first match wins within each algorithm group). If no
2738 acl(s) match, the default mimicking action takes place.
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2740 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2741 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2742 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2743 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2744 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2745 bump-server-first is used.
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2747
41bd17a4 2748NAME: sslpassword_program
cb4f4424 2749IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2750DEFAULT: none
2751LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
2752TYPE: string
5473c134 2753DOC_START
41bd17a4 2754 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
2755 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
2756 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
2757 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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2758
2759 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2760 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2761 keys.
5473c134 2762DOC_END
2763
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2764COMMENT_START
2765 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2766 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2767COMMENT_END
2768
2769NAME: sslcrtd_program
2770TYPE: eol
2771IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2772DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2773LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2774DOC_START
2775 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2776 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2777 For more information use:
2778 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2779DOC_END
2780
2781NAME: sslcrtd_children
2782TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2783IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2784DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2785LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2786DOC_START
2787 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2788 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2789
2790 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2791 tuning.
2792
2793 startup=N
2794
2795 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2796 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2797 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2798
2799 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2800 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2801
2802 idle=N
2803
2804 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2805 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2806 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2807 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2808
2809 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2810DOC_END
2811
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2812NAME: sslcrtvalidator_program
2813TYPE: eol
cb4f4424 2814IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2816LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator
2817DOC_START
2818 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crt_validator
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2820
2821 Usage: sslcrtvalidator_program [ttl=n] [cache=n] path ...
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2823 Options:
638402dd 2824 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results. The default is 60 secs
14798e73 2825 cache=n limit the result cache size. The default value is 2048
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2827
2828NAME: sslcrtvalidator_children
2829TYPE: HelperChildConfig
cb4f4424 2830IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
413bb969 2831DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1 concurrency=1
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2832LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator_Children
2833DOC_START
638402dd 2834 The maximum number of processes spawn to service SSL server.
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2836
2837 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2838 tuning.
2839
2840 startup=N
2841
2842 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2843 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2844 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2845
2846 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2847 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2848
2849 idle=N
2850
2851 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2852 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2853 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2854 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
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2856 concurrency=
2857
2858 The number of requests each certificate validator helper can handle in
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2859 parallel. A value of 0 indicates the certficate validator does not
2860 support concurrency. Defaults to 1.
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2861
2862 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
2863 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
2864 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
2865 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
2866 to that request.
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2868 You must have at least one ssl_crt_validator process.
2869DOC_END
2870
cccac0a2 2871COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2872 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2873 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2874COMMENT_END
2875
41bd17a4 2876NAME: cache_peer
2877TYPE: peer
2878DEFAULT: none
2879LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2880DOC_START
41bd17a4 2881 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
2b94f655 2882
41bd17a4 2883 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2884
41bd17a4 2885 For example,
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41bd17a4 2887 # proxy icp
2888 # hostname type port port options
2889 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2890 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2891 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2892 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2e9993e1 2893 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 default
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2895
2896 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2897
2898 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2899 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2900 For web servers this is usually 80
2901
2902 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2903 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2904 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2905
2906
2907 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2908
2909 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2910 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2911
2912
2913 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2914
2915 multicast-responder
2916 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2917 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2918 replies will be accepted from it.
2919
2920 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2921 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2922
2923 background-ping
2924 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2925 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2926 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2927
2928
2929 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2930
2931 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2932 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2933
2934
2935 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2936 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2938 list of options described below.
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18191440 2940 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2941
18191440 2942 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2943 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2944 only-clr.
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2946 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
2947 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 2949 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2950 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
2951 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2952
18191440 2953 htcp=forward-clr
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2954 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2955
2956
2957 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2958
2959 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2960 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2961
2962
2963 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2964 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2965 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2966
2967 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2968 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2969 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2970
2971 weighted-round-robin
2972 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2973 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2974 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2975 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2976 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2977
2978 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2979 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2980 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2981
2982 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2983
2984 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2986 multicast-siblings
2987 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2988 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2e9993e1 2989 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a multicast
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2991 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2992 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2993 members of the same multicast group.
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2995
2996 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2997
2998 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2999 peer-selection mechanisms.
3000 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
3001 larger weights are favored more.
3002 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
3003 protocol is not in use.
3004
3005 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
3006 times of parents.
3007 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
3008 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
3009 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
3010
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3011 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
3012 to this address.
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3013 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
3014 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
3015 hosts, you must configure other group members as
3016 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
3017
3018 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
3019 delay pools.
3020
3021 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
3022 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
3023 than the Squid default location.
3024
3025
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3027
3028 carp-key=key-specification
3029 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
3030 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
3031 scheme, host, port, path, params
3032 Order is not important.
3033
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3035
3036 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
3037 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
3038 is a web server.
3039
3040 forceddomain=name
3041 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
3042 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
3043 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
3044 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
3045
3046 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
3047
3048 no-netdb-exchange
3049 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
3050
3051
3052 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
3053
3054 login=user:password
3055 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
3056 requires proxy authentication.
3057
3058 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
3059 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
3060
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3061 login=PASSTHRU
3062 Send login details received from client to this peer.
3063 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
3064 without alteration to the peer.
3065 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
3066
3067 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
3068 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
3069 connection-auth options are also used.
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3071 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
3072 Authentication is not required by this option.
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3074 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
3075 to pass on, but username and password are available
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3076 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
3077 they may be sent instead.
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3078
3079 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
3080 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
3081 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
3082 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
3083 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
3084
3085 login=*:password
3086 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
3087 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
3088 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
3089 needed to identify each user.
3090 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
3091 information which is added to the username. This can
3092 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
3093 the login=username:password option above.
3094
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3095 login=NEGOTIATE
3096 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
3097 requires a secure proxy authentication.
3098 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
3099 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
3100
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3102 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
3103 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
3104
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3105 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
3106 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
3107 requires a secure proxy authentication.
3108 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
3109 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
3110 used.
3111
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3113 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
3114 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
3115
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3116 connection-auth=on|off
3117 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
3118 connection oriented authentication, and any such
3119 challenges received from there should be ignored.
3120 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
3121 of the peer.
3122
3123
3124 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
3125
3126 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
3127
3128 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
3129 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
3130 this peer.
3131
3132 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
3133 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
3134 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
3135 reference a combined file containing both the
3136 certificate and the key.
3137
3d96b0e8 3138 sslversion=1|2|3|4|5|6
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3139 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
3140 1 = automatic (default)
3141 2 = SSL v2 only
3142 3 = SSL v3 only
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3143 4 = TLS v1.0 only
3144 5 = TLS v1.1 only
3145 6 = TLS v1.2 only
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3146
3147 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
3148 to this peer.
3149
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3150 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL implementation options:
3151
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3152 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
3153 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
3154 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
3155 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
3156 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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3157 SINGLE_DH_USE
3158 Always create a new key when using
3159 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
3160 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
3161 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
3162 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
3163 strength to some attacks.
3164
3165 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
3166 more complete list.
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3167
3168 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
3169 when verifying the peer certificate.
3170
3171 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
3172 use when verifying the peer certificate.
3173
3174 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
3175 verifying the peer certificate.
3176
3177 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
3178
41bd17a4 3179 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
3180 Accept certificates even if they fail to
3181 verify.
3182 NO_DEFAULT_CA
3183 Don't use the default CA list built in
3184 to OpenSSL.
3185 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
3186 Don't verify the peer certificate
3187 matches the server name
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3188
3189 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
3190 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
3191 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
3192 used.
3193
3194 front-end-https
3195 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
3196 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
3197 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
3198 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
3199 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
3200
3201
3202 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
3203
3204 connect-timeout=N
3205 A peer-specific connect timeout.
3206 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
3207
3208 connect-fail-limit=N
3209 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
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3210 it is marked as down. Standby connection failures
3211 count towards this limit. Default is 10.
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3212
3213 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
3214 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
3215 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
3216 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
3217 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
3218 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
3219 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
3220
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3221 max-conn=N Limit the number of concurrent connections the Squid
3222 may open to this peer, including already opened idle
3223 and standby connections. There is no peer-specific
3224 connection limit by default.
3225
3226 A peer exceeding the limit is not used for new
3227 requests unless a standby connection is available.
3228
3229 max-conn currently works poorly with idle persistent
3230 connections: When a peer reaches its max-conn limit,
3231 and there are idle persistent connections to the peer,
3232 the peer may not be selected because the limiting code
3233 does not know whether Squid can reuse those idle
3234 connections.
3235
3236 standby=N Maintain a pool of N "hot standby" connections to an
3237 UP peer, available for requests when no idle
3238 persistent connection is available (or safe) to use.
3239 By default and with zero N, no such pool is maintained.
3240 N must not exceed the max-conn limit (if any).
3241
3242 At start or after reconfiguration, Squid opens new TCP
3243 standby connections until there are N connections
3244 available and then replenishes the standby pool as
3245 opened connections are used up for requests. A used
3246 connection never goes back to the standby pool, but
3247 may go to the regular idle persistent connection pool
3248 shared by all peers and origin servers.
3249
3250 Squid never opens multiple new standby connections
3251 concurrently. This one-at-a-time approach minimizes
3252 flooding-like effect on peers. Furthermore, just a few
3253 standby connections should be sufficient in most cases
3254 to supply most new requests with a ready-to-use
3255 connection.
3256
3257 Standby connections obey server_idle_pconn_timeout.
3258 For the feature to work as intended, the peer must be
3259 configured to accept and keep them open longer than
3260 the idle timeout at the connecting Squid, to minimize
3261 race conditions typical to idle used persistent
3262 connections. Default request_timeout and
3263 server_idle_pconn_timeout values ensure such a
3264 configuration.
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3265
3266 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
3267 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
3268 but different ports.
3269 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
3270 directives to dentify the peer.
3271 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
3272 peername ACL type.
3273
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3274 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
3275 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
0d901ef4 3276 This overrides the spoof_client_ip ACL.
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3278 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
3279
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cccac0a2 3281
41bd17a4 3282NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
3283TYPE: hostdomain
3284DEFAULT: none
3285LOC: none
3286DOC_START
3287 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
638402dd 3288 queried.
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3290 Usage:
3291 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
3292 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 3293
41bd17a4 3294 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 3295
41bd17a4 3296 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 3297
41bd17a4 3298 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
3299 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
3300 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
3301 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
3302 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 3303
41bd17a4 3304 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
3305 either on the same or separate lines.
3306 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
3307 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
3308 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
3309 for all requests.
3310 * There are no defaults.
3311 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
3312 section.
3313DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3315NAME: cache_peer_access
3316TYPE: peer_access
3317DEFAULT: none
3318LOC: none
3319DOC_START
3320 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
3321 using ACL elements.
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3323 Usage:
3324 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 3325
41bd17a4 3326 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
3327 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 3328 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 3329DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3331NAME: neighbor_type_domain
3332TYPE: hostdomaintype
3333DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3334DEFAULT_DOC: The peer type from cache_peer directive is used for all requests to that peer.
41bd17a4 3335LOC: none
3336DOC_START
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3337 Modify the cache_peer neighbor type when passing requests
3338 about specific domains to the peer.
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3340 Usage:
3341 neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
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3343 For example:
3344 cache_peer foo.example.com parent 3128 3130
3345 neighbor_type_domain foo.example.com sibling .au .de
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3347 The above configuration treats all requests to foo.example.com as a
3348 parent proxy unless the request is for a .au or .de ccTLD domain name.
41bd17a4 3349DOC_END
6bf4f823 3350
41bd17a4 3351NAME: dead_peer_timeout
3352COMMENT: (seconds)
3353DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3354TYPE: time_t
3355LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
3356DOC_START
3357 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
3358 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
3359 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
3360 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
3361 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
3362 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
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41bd17a4 3364 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
3365 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
3366 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
3367 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
3368 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
3369 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
3370 instead of to your parents.
3371DOC_END
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437823b4 3373NAME: forward_max_tries
6c367206 3374DEFAULT: 25
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3375TYPE: int
3376LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
3377DOC_START
3378 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
3379 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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3380
3381 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
3382 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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3384
41bd17a4 3385COMMENT_START
3386 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
3387 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3388COMMENT_END
3389
3390NAME: cache_mem
3391COMMENT: (bytes)
3392TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3393DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 3394LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 3395DOC_START
41bd17a4 3396 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
3397 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
3398 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
3399 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
3400
3401 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
3402 for:
3403 * In-Transit objects
3404 * Hot Objects
3405 * Negative-Cached objects
3406
3407 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
3408 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
3409 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
3410 priority.
3411
3412 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
3413 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
3414 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
3415 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
3416 not needed for in-transit objects.
3417
3418 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
3419 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
3420 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
3421 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
3422 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
3423 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
3424 objects.
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3426 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
3427 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
3428 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
3429 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 3430DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3432NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
3433COMMENT: (bytes)
3434TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3435DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 3436LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 3437DOC_START
41bd17a4 3438 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
3439 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
3440 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
3441 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 3442DOC_END
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3445COMMENT: on|off
3446TYPE: YesNoNone
3447LOC: Config.memShared
3448DEFAULT: none
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3450DOC_START
3451 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
3452
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3454 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
3455 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
3456 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
3457 caching is enabled).
3458
65b81b27 3459 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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3461 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
3462 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
3463 and GCC-style atomic operations).
3464
3465 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
3466 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
3467 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
3468
3469 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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3471
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3472NAME: memory_cache_mode
3473TYPE: memcachemode
3474LOC: Config
3475DEFAULT: always
638402dd 3476DEFAULT_DOC: Keep the most recently fetched objects in memory
ff4b33f4 3477DOC_START
ea21d497 3478 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 3479
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3480 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
3481
3482 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
3483 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
3484 a second time before cached in memory.
3485
3486 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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3487DOC_END
3488
41bd17a4 3489NAME: memory_replacement_policy
3490TYPE: removalpolicy
3491LOC: Config.memPolicy
3492DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 3493DOC_START
41bd17a4 3494 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
3495 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 3496
638402dd 3497 See cache_replacement_policy for details on algorithms.
41bd17a4 3498DOC_END
6b698a21 3499
41bd17a4 3500COMMENT_START
3501 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
3502 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3503COMMENT_END
6b698a21 3504
41bd17a4 3505NAME: cache_replacement_policy
3506TYPE: removalpolicy
3507LOC: Config.replPolicy
3508DEFAULT: lru
3509DOC_START
3510 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
3511 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 3512
41bd17a4 3513 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
3514 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
3515 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
3516 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 3517
638402dd 3518 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this directive.
7f7db318 3519
41bd17a4 3520 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 3521
41bd17a4 3522 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
3523 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
3524 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
3525 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 3526
41bd17a4 3527 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
3528 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
3529 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
3530 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 3531
41bd17a4 3532 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
3533 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
3534 replacement policies.
7d90757b 3535
41bd17a4 3536 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
b51ec8c8 3537 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4 MB to
41bd17a4 3538 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 3539
41bd17a4 3540 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
3541 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
3542 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 3543DOC_END
0976f8db 3544
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3545NAME: minimum_object_size
3546COMMENT: (bytes)
3547TYPE: b_int64_t
3548DEFAULT: 0 KB
3549DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
3550LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
3551DOC_START
3552 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3553 value is specified in bytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
3554 means all responses can be stored.
3555DOC_END
3556
3557NAME: maximum_object_size
3558COMMENT: (bytes)
3559TYPE: b_int64_t
3560DEFAULT: 4 MB
3561LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
3562DOC_START
499f852c 3563 Set the default value for max-size parameter on any cache_dir.
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3564 The value is specified in bytes, and the default is 4 MB.
3565
3566 If you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
3567 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
3568 hits).
3569
3570 If you wish to increase hit ratio more than you want to
3571 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
3572
3573 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
3574 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
3575 See cache_replacement_policy for a discussion of this policy.
3576DOC_END
3577
41bd17a4 3578NAME: cache_dir
3579TYPE: cachedir
3580DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3581DEFAULT_DOC: No disk cache. Store cache ojects only in memory.
41bd17a4 3582LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 3583DOC_START
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3584 Format:
3585 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 3586
41bd17a4 3587 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
3588 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 3589
41bd17a4 3590 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
3591 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
3592 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 3593
41bd17a4 3594 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
3595 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
3596 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
3597 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
3598 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 3599
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3600 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
3601 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
3602 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
3603
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3605 ==== The ufs store type ====
0976f8db 3606
41bd17a4 3607 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
3608 been there.
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3610 Usage:
3611 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 3612
41bd17a4 3613 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
3614 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
3615 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
3616 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
3617 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 3618
56fba4d0 3619 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3620 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 3621
56fba4d0 3622 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3623 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
3624 is 256.
0976f8db 3625
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3627 ==== The aufs store type ====
7f7db318 3628
41bd17a4 3629 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
3630 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3631 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 3632
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3633 Usage:
3634 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 3635
41bd17a4 3636 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 3637
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3639 ==== The diskd store type ====
38f9c547 3640
41bd17a4 3641 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
3642 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3643 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 3644
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3645 Usage:
3646 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 3647
41bd17a4 3648 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 3649
41bd17a4 3650 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
3651 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
3652 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 3653
41bd17a4 3654 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
3655 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
3656 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 3657
41bd17a4 3658 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
3659 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
3660 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
3661 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
3662 time.
0976f8db 3663
e2851fe7 3664
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3665 ==== The rock store type ====
3666
3667 Usage:
e51ce7da 3668 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes [options]
e2851fe7 3669
2e55f083 3670 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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3671 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots.
3672 A single entry occupies one or more slots.
e2851fe7 3673
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3674 If possible, Squid using Rock Store creates a dedicated kid
3675 process called "disker" to avoid blocking Squid worker(s) on disk
3676 I/O. One disker kid is created for each rock cache_dir. Diskers
3677 are created only when Squid, running in daemon mode, has support
3678 for the IpcIo disk I/O module.
3679
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3680 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
3681 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
3682 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
3683 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
3684 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
3685 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
3686 expected swap wait time.
3687
df881a0f 3688 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
1e614370 3689 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap out requests that
df881a0f 3690 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
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3691 delayed. Individual swap in requests (i.e., hits or reads) are
3692 not delayed, but they do contribute to measured swap rate and
3693 since they are placed in the same FIFO queue as swap out
3694 requests, they may wait longer if max-swap-rate is smaller.
3695 This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
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3696 many" writes and then start blocking Squid and other processes
3697 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
3698 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
3699 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
3700 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
3701 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
3702
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3703 slot-size=bytes: The size of a database "record" used for
3704 storing cached responses. A cached response occupies at least
3705 one slot and all database I/O is done using individual slots so
3706 increasing this parameter leads to more disk space waste while
3707 decreasing it leads to more disk I/O overheads. Should be a
3708 multiple of your operating system I/O page size. Defaults to
3709 16KBytes. A housekeeping header is stored with each slot and
3710 smaller slot-sizes will be rejected. The header is smaller than
3711 100 bytes.
3712
df881a0f 3713
638402dd 3714 ==== COMMON OPTIONS ====
0976f8db 3715
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3716 no-store no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir.
3717
3718 min-size=n the minimum object size in bytes this cache_dir
3719 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir
3720 to only store large objects (e.g. AUFS) while
3721 other stores are optimized for smaller objects
73656056 3722 (e.g. Rock).
638402dd 3723 Defaults to 0.
0976f8db 3724
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3725 max-size=n the maximum object size in bytes this cache_dir
3726 supports.
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3727 The value in maximum_object_size directive sets
3728 the default unless more specific details are
3729 available (ie a small store capacity).
b6662ffd 3730
41bd17a4 3731 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
638402dd 3732 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first.
0976f8db 3733
bebc043b 3734NOCOMMENT_START
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3735
3736# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
3737#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 3738NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 3739DOC_END
0976f8db 3740
41bd17a4 3741NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3742TYPE: string
3743LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3744DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 3745DOC_START
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3746 How Squid selects which cache_dir to use when the response
3747 object will fit into more than one.
3748
3749 Regardless of which algorithm is used the cache_dir min-size
3750 and max-size parameters are obeyed. As such they can affect
3751 the selection algorithm by limiting the set of considered
3752 cache_dir.
3753
3754 Algorithms:
3755
3756 least-load
3757
3758 This algorithm is suited to caches with similar cache_dir
3759 sizes and disk speeds.
3760
3761 The disk with the least I/O pending is selected.
3762 When there are multiple disks with the same I/O load ranking
3763 the cache_dir with most available capacity is selected.
3764
3765 When a mix of cache_dir sizes are configured the faster disks
3766 have a naturally lower I/O loading and larger disks have more
3767 capacity. So space used to store objects and data throughput
3768 may be very unbalanced towards larger disks.
3769
3770
3771 round-robin
3772
3773 This algorithm is suited to caches with unequal cache_dir
3774 disk sizes.
3775
3776 Each cache_dir is selected in a rotation. The next suitable
3777 cache_dir is used.
3778
3779 Available cache_dir capacity is only considered in relation
3780 to whether the object will fit and meets the min-size and
3781 max-size parameters.
3782
3783 Disk I/O loading is only considered to prevent overload on slow
3784 disks. This algorithm does not spread objects by size, so any
3785 I/O loading per-disk may appear very unbalanced and volatile.
3786
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3787 If several cache_dirs use similar min-size, max-size, or other
3788 limits to to reject certain responses, then do not group such
3789 cache_dir lines together, to avoid round-robin selection bias
3790 towards the first cache_dir after the group. Instead, interleave
3791 cache_dir lines from different groups. For example:
3792
3793 store_dir_select_algorithm round-robin
3794 cache_dir rock /hdd1 ... min-size=100000
3795 cache_dir rock /ssd1 ... max-size=99999
3796 cache_dir rock /hdd2 ... min-size=100000
3797 cache_dir rock /ssd2 ... max-size=99999
3798 cache_dir rock /hdd3 ... min-size=100000
3799 cache_dir rock /ssd3 ... max-size=99999
6b698a21 3800DOC_END
0976f8db 3801
41bd17a4 3802NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3803TYPE: int
3804LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3805DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 3806DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
6b698a21 3807DOC_START
41bd17a4 3808 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3809 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3810 descriptors are open.
3811
3812 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 3813DOC_END
0976f8db 3814
41bd17a4 3815NAME: cache_swap_low
3816COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 3817TYPE: int
41bd17a4 3818DEFAULT: 90
3819LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
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3820DOC_START
3821 The low-water mark for cache object replacement.
3822 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3823 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3824 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3825 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3826 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3827
3828 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3829 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3830 numbers closer together.
3831
3832 See also cache_swap_high
3833DOC_END
41bd17a4 3834
3835NAME: cache_swap_high
3836COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3837TYPE: int
3838DEFAULT: 95
3839LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 3840DOC_START
638402dd 3841 The high-water mark for cache object replacement.
41bd17a4 3842 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3843 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3844 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3845 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3846 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3847
3848 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3849 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3850 numbers closer together.
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3851
3852 See also cache_swap_low
6b698a21 3853DOC_END
0976f8db 3854
5473c134 3855COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 3856 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 3857 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3858COMMENT_END
0976f8db 3859
41bd17a4 3860NAME: logformat
3861TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 3862LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 3863DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3864DEFAULT_DOC: The format definitions squid, common, combined, referrer, useragent are built in.
6b698a21 3865DOC_START
41bd17a4 3866 Usage:
0976f8db 3867
41bd17a4 3868 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 3869
41bd17a4 3870 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 3871
41bd17a4 3872 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 3873
41bd17a4 3874 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
3875 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
3876 as required according to their context and the output format
3877 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
3878 output format is desired.
6b698a21 3879
41bd17a4 3880 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 3881
41bd17a4 3882 " output in quoted string format
3883 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
3884 # output in URL quoted format
3885 ' output as-is
5473c134 3886
41bd17a4 3887 - left aligned
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3889 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
3890 [width_min][.width_max]
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3891 When minimum starts with 0, the field is zero-padded.
3892 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 3893
41bd17a4 3894 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 3895
41bd17a4 3896 Format codes:
5473c134 3897
3ff65596 3898 % a literal % character
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3899 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
3900 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
3901 a similar internal error identifier.
3902 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
c7bcf010 3903 note The annotation specified by the argument. Also
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3904 logs the adaptation meta headers set by the
3905 adaptation_meta configuration parameter.
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3906 If no argument given all annotations logged.
3907 The argument may include a separator to use with
3908 annotation values:
3909 name[:separator]
3910 By default, multiple note values are separated with ","
3911 and multiple notes are separated with "\r\n".
3912 When logging named notes with %{name}note, the
3913 explicitly configured separator is used between note
3914 values. When logging all notes with %note, the
3915 explicitly configured separator is used between
3916 individual notes. There is currently no way to
3917 specify both value and notes separators when logging
3918 all notes with %note.
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3919
3920 Connection related format codes:
3921
41bd17a4 3922 >a Client source IP address
3923 >A Client FQDN
3924 >p Client source port
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3925 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
3926 >la Local IP address the client connected to
3927 >lp Local port number the client connected to
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3928 >qos Client connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
3929 >nfmark Client connection netfilter mark set by Squid
8652f8e7 3930
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3931 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
3932 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
3933
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3934 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
3935 <A Server FQDN or peer name
3936 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 3937 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 3938 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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3939 <qos Server connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
3940 <nfmark Server connection netfilter mark set by Squid
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3941
3942 Time related format codes:
3943
41bd17a4 3944 ts Seconds since epoch
3945 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
3946 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3947 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3948 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3949 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3950 tr Response time (milliseconds)
3ff65596 3951 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
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3952 tS Approximate master transaction start time in
3953 <full seconds since epoch>.<fractional seconds> format.
3954 Currently, Squid considers the master transaction
3955 started when a complete HTTP request header initiating
3956 the transaction is received from the client. This is
3957 the same value that Squid uses to calculate transaction
3958 response time when logging %tr to access.log. Currently,
3959 Squid uses millisecond resolution for %tS values,
3960 similar to the default access.log "current time" field
3961 (%ts.%03tu).
3ff65596 3962
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3963 Access Control related format codes:
3964
3965 et Tag returned by external acl
3966 ea Log string returned by external acl
3967 un User name (any available)
3968 ul User name from authentication
3969 ue User name from external acl helper
3970 ui User name from ident
3971 us User name from SSL
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3972 credentials Client credentials. The exact meaning depends on
3973 the authentication scheme: For Basic authentication,
3974 it is the password; for Digest, the realm sent by the
3975 client; for NTLM and Negotiate, the client challenge
3976 or client credentials prefixed with "YR " or "KK ".
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3977
3978 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 3979
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3980 REQUEST
3981
3982 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
3983 [http::]>rm Request method from client
3984 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
3985 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
3986 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
3987 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
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3988 [http::]>rs Request URL scheme from client
3989 [http::]<rs Request URL scheme sent to server or peer
fa450988 3990 [http::]>rd Request URL domain from client
f42ac6e6 3991 [http::]<rd Request URL domain sent to server or peer
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3992 [http::]>rP Request URL port from client
3993 [http::]<rP Request URL port sent to server or peer
3994 [http::]rp Request URL path excluding hostname
3995 [http::]>rp Request URL path excluding hostname from client
3996 [http::]<rp Request URL path excluding hostname sent to server or peer
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3997 [http::]rv Request protocol version
3998 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
3999 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
4000
5aca9cf2 4001 [http::]>h Original received request header.
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4002 Usually differs from the request header sent by
4003 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
4004 Accepts optional header field name/value filter
4005 argument using name[:[separator]element] format.
4006 [http::]>ha Received request header after adaptation and
4007 redirection (pre-cache REQMOD vectoring point).
4008 Usually differs from the request header sent by
4009 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
6fca33e0 4010 Optional header name argument as for >h
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4011
4012
4013 RESPONSE
4014
4015 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
4016 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
4017
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4019 as for >h
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4020
4021 [http::]mt MIME content type
4022
4023
4024 SIZE COUNTERS
4025
4026 [http::]st Total size of request + reply traffic with client
4027 [http::]>st Total size of request received from client.
4028 Excluding chunked encoding bytes.
4029 [http::]<st Total size of reply sent to client (after adaptation)
4030
4031 [http::]>sh Size of request headers received from client
4032 [http::]<sh Size of reply headers sent to client (after adaptation)
4033
4034 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
4035 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
4036
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4037 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
4038 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
4039 transfer encoding and control messages.
4040 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
4041 received bodies.
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4042
4043
4044 TIMING
4045
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4046 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
4047 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
4048 and stops when the last response byte is received.
d5430dc8 4049 [http::]<tt Total time in milliseconds. The timer
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4050 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
4051 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
4052 with the last I/O with the last peer.
4053
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4054 Squid handling related format codes:
4055
4056 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
4057 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
4058
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4059 SSL-related format codes:
4060
4061 ssl::bump_mode SslBump decision for the transaction:
4062
4063 For CONNECT requests that initiated bumping of
4064 a connection and for any request received on
4065 an already bumped connection, Squid logs the
4066 corresponding SslBump mode ("server-first" or
4067 "client-first"). See the ssl_bump option for
4068 more information about these modes.
4069
4070 A "none" token is logged for requests that
4071 triggered "ssl_bump" ACL evaluation matching
4072 either a "none" rule or no rules at all.
4073
4074 In all other cases, a single dash ("-") is
4075 logged.
4076
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4077 ssl::>sni SSL client SNI sent to Squid. Available only
4078 after the peek, stare, or splice SSL bumping
4079 actions.
4080
5038f9d8 4081 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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4082 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
4083
4084 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
4085 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
4086 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
4087 transaction is in progress.
4088
5038f9d8 4089 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
3ff65596 4090
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4091 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
4092 meta-information from the last eCAP
4093 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
4094 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
4095 argument.
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4097 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
4098 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
4099 the order of transaction start time. Each time
4100 value is recorded as an integer number,
4101 representing response time of one or more
4102 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
4103 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
4104 being retried or repeated, its time is not
4105 logged individually but added to the
4106 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
4107 adapt::all_trs.
4108
4109 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
4110 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
4111 individual transactions are never added
4112 together. Instead, all transaction response
4113 times are recorded individually.
4114
4115 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
4116 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
4117 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
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4119 If SSL is enabled, the following formating codes become available:
4120
4121 %ssl::>cert_subject The Subject field of the received client
4122 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
4123 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
4124 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
4125 logged value because Subject often has spaces.
4126
4127 %ssl::>cert_issuer The Issuer field of the received client
4128 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
4129 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
4130 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
4131 logged value because Issuer often has spaces.
4132
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4133 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
4134
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4135logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
4136logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
4137logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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4138logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
4139logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
4140
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4141 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
4142 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
4143 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
4144
4145 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
4146 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 4147
5473c134 4148DOC_END
4149
41bd17a4 4150NAME: access_log cache_access_log
4151TYPE: access_log
4152LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 4153DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 4154DOC_START
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4155 Configures whether and how Squid logs HTTP and ICP transactions.
4156 If access logging is enabled, a single line is logged for every
4157 matching HTTP or ICP request. The recommended directive formats are:
4158
4159 access_log <module>:<place> [option ...] [acl acl ...]
4160 access_log none [acl acl ...]
4161
4162 The following directive format is accepted but may be deprecated:
82b7abe3 4163 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
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4164
4165 In most cases, the first ACL name must not contain the '=' character
4166 and should not be equal to an existing logformat name. You can always
4167 start with an 'all' ACL to work around those restrictions.
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4168
4169 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 4170 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
4171 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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4172 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
4173
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4174 ===== Available options for the recommended directive format =====
4175
4176 logformat=name Names log line format (either built-in or
4177 defined by a logformat directive). Defaults
4178 to 'squid'.
4179
4180 buffer-size=64KB Defines approximate buffering limit for log
4181 records (see buffered_logs). Squid should not
4182 keep more than the specified size and, hence,
4183 should flush records before the buffer becomes
4184 full to avoid overflows under normal
4185 conditions (the exact flushing algorithm is
4186 module-dependent though). The on-error option
4187 controls overflow handling.
4188
4189 on-error=die|drop Defines action on unrecoverable errors. The
4190 'drop' action ignores (i.e., does not log)
4191 affected log records. The default 'die' action
4192 kills the affected worker. The drop action
4193 support has not been tested for modules other
4194 than tcp.
4195
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4196 ===== Modules Currently available =====
4197
bb7a1781 4198 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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4199 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
4200
4201 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
4202 each request.
4203 Place: the filename and path to be written.
4204
4205 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
4206 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
4207 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
4208
4209 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
4210
4211 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
4212 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
4213 Place Format: facility.priority
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4215 where facility could be any of:
4216 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 4217
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4218 And priority could be any of:
4219 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
4220
4221 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
4222 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 4223 Place Format: //host:port
df2eec10 4224
2bf4e8fa 4225 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
fb0c2f17 4226 Lines may be accumulated before sending (see buffered_logs).
2bf4e8fa 4227 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 4228 Place Format: //host:port
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4230 Default:
82b7abe3 4231 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 4232DOC_END
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4234NAME: icap_log
4235TYPE: access_log
4236IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4237LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
4238DEFAULT: none
4239DOC_START
4240 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
4241 transaction.
4242
4243 The icap_log option format is:
4244 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
4245 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
4246
4247 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
4248 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
4249 features.
4250
4251 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
4252 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
4253 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
4254 log line.
4255
4256 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
4257 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
4258 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
4259 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
4260 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
4261 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
4262 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
4263
4264 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
4265
4266 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
4267
4268 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
4269 option in Squid configuration file.
4270
4271 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
4272
4273 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
4274 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
4275
4276 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
4277 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
4278
4279 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
4280 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
4281 the socket).
4282
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4283 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
4284 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
4285 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
4286 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
4287 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
4288 computed.
4289
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4290 icap::tr Transaction response time (in
4291 milliseconds). The timer starts when
4292 the ICAP transaction is created and
4293 stops when the transaction is completed.
4294 Similar to tr.
4295
4296 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
4297 timer starts when the first ICAP request
4298 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
4299 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
4300 is received.
4301
4302 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
4303 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
4304 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
4305 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
4306 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
4307 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
4308
4309 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
4310
4311 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
4312
4313 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
4314
4315 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
4316 definition, is called icap_squid:
4317
4318logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
4319
5038f9d8 4320 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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4321DOC_END
4322
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4323NAME: logfile_daemon
4324TYPE: string
4325DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
4326LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
4327DOC_START
4328 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
4329 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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4330
4331 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
4332 L<data>\n - logfile data
4333 R\n - rotate file
4334 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 4335 O\n - reopen file
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4336 F\n - flush file
4337 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
4338 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
4339
4340 No responses is expected.
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4341DOC_END
4342
8ebad780 4343NAME: stats_collection
3ff65596 4344TYPE: acl_access
8ebad780 4345LOC: Config.accessList.stats_collection
3ff65596 4346DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4347DEFAULT_DOC: Allow logging for all transactions.
5b0f5383 4348COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
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4350 This options allows you to control which requests gets accounted
4351 in performance counters.
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4352
4353 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4354 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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4355DOC_END
4356
41bd17a4 4357NAME: cache_store_log
4358TYPE: string
df2eec10 4359DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4360LOC: Config.Log.store
4361DOC_START
4362 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
4363 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
6d1dfcfc 4364 saved and for how long.
df2eec10 4365 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
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4366 disable it (the default).
4367
4368 Store log uses modular logging outputs. See access_log for the list
4369 of modules supported.
4370
e0855596 4371 Example:
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4372 cache_store_log stdio:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
4373 cache_store_log daemon:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 4374DOC_END
4375
41bd17a4 4376NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
4377TYPE: string
4378LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 4379DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4380DEFAULT_DOC: Store the journal inside its cache_dir
5473c134 4381DOC_START
41bd17a4 4382 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
4383 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
4384 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
4385 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
4386 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
4387 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
4388 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 4389
41bd17a4 4390 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
4391 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
4392 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
4393 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 4394
41bd17a4 4395 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
4396 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 4397
41bd17a4 4398 cache_swap_log.00
4399 cache_swap_log.01
4400 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 4401
41bd17a4 4402 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
4403 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
4404 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
4405 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
4406 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
4407 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
4408 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 4409DOC_END
4410
41bd17a4 4411NAME: logfile_rotate
4412TYPE: int
4413DEFAULT: 10
4414LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 4415DOC_START
41bd17a4 4416 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
4417 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
4418 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
4419 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
4420 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
4421 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 4422
41bd17a4 4423 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
4424 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
4425 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
4426 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
4427 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
4428 <pid>'.
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4430 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option is only a default for cache.log,
4431 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options.
41bd17a4 4432DOC_END
5473c134 4433
41bd17a4 4434NAME: mime_table
4435TYPE: string
4436DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
4437LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
4438DOC_START
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4439 Path to Squid's icon configuration file.
4440
4441 You shouldn't need to change this, but the default file contains
4442 examples and formatting information if you do.
5473c134 4443DOC_END
4444
41bd17a4 4445NAME: log_mime_hdrs
4446COMMENT: on|off
4447TYPE: onoff
4448LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
4449DEFAULT: off
4450DOC_START
4451 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
4452 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
4453 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
4454 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
4455 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
4456DOC_END
5473c134 4457
41bd17a4 4458NAME: pid_filename
4459TYPE: string
4460DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
4461LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 4462DOC_START
41bd17a4 4463 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 4464DOC_END
4465
41bd17a4 4466NAME: client_netmask
4467TYPE: address
4468LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 4469DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 4470DEFAULT_DOC: Log full client IP address
5473c134 4471DOC_START
41bd17a4 4472 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
4473 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
4474 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
4475 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 4476DOC_END
4477
41bd17a4 4478NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 4479TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 4480LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 4481DEFAULT: on
4482DOC_START
41bd17a4 4483 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
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4484 logging. This protects your user's privacy and reduces log size.
4485
4486 When investigating HIT/MISS or other caching behaviour you
4487 will need to disable this to see the full URL used by Squid.
5473c134 4488DOC_END
4489
41bd17a4 4490NAME: buffered_logs
4491COMMENT: on|off
4492TYPE: onoff
4493DEFAULT: off
4494LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 4495DOC_START
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4496 Whether to write/send access_log records ASAP or accumulate them and
4497 then write/send them in larger chunks. Buffering may improve
4498 performance because it decreases the number of I/Os. However,
4499 buffering increases the delay before log records become available to
4500 the final recipient (e.g., a disk file or logging daemon) and,
4501 hence, increases the risk of log records loss.
4502
4503 Note that even when buffered_logs are off, Squid may have to buffer
4504 records if it cannot write/send them immediately due to pending I/Os
4505 (e.g., the I/O writing the previous log record) or connectivity loss.
4506
fb0c2f17 4507 Currently honored by 'daemon' and 'tcp' access_log modules only.
6b698a21 4508DOC_END
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2b753521 4510NAME: netdb_filename
4511TYPE: string
221faecb 4512DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 4513LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 4514IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 4515DOC_START
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4516 Where Squid stores it's netdb journal.
4517 When enabled this journal preserves netdb state between restarts.
4518
2b753521 4519 To disable, enter "none".
4520DOC_END
4521
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4522COMMENT_START
4523 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
4524 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4525COMMENT_END
4526
4527NAME: cache_log
4528TYPE: string
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4529DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
4530LOC: Debug::cache_log
4531DOC_START
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4532 Squid administrative logging file.
4533
4534 This is where general information about Squid behavior goes. You can
4535 increase the amount of data logged to this file and how often it is
4536 rotated with "debug_options"
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4537DOC_END
4538
4539NAME: debug_options
4540TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 4541DEFAULT: ALL,1
638402dd 4542DEFAULT_DOC: Log all critical and important messages.
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4543LOC: Debug::debugOptions
4544DOC_START
4545 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
4546 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
4547 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
4548 log file, so be careful.
4549
4550 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
638402dd 4551 The default is to run with "ALL,1" to record important warnings.
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4553 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
4554 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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4555 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
4556 events affecting Squid.
4557DOC_END
4558
4559NAME: coredump_dir
4560TYPE: string
4561LOC: Config.coredump_dir
62493678 4562DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
638402dd 4563DEFAULT_DOC: Use the directory from where Squid was started.
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4564DOC_START
4565 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
4566 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
4567 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
4568 and coredump files will be left there.
4569
4570NOCOMMENT_START
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4572# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
4573coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
4574NOCOMMENT_END
4575DOC_END
4576
4577
41bd17a4 4578COMMENT_START
4579 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
4580 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4581COMMENT_END
4582
4583NAME: ftp_user
4584TYPE: string
4585DEFAULT: Squid@
4586LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 4587DOC_START
41bd17a4 4588 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
638402dd 4589 (and enable the use of picky FTP servers), set this to something
41bd17a4 4590 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 4591
41bd17a4 4592 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
4593 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
4594 depending on how the cache is used.
638402dd 4595 Some FTP server also validate the email address is valid
41bd17a4 4596 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 4597DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4599NAME: ftp_passive
4600TYPE: onoff
4601DEFAULT: on
4602LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 4603DOC_START
41bd17a4 4604 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
4605 connections, turn off this option.
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4607 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
4608DOC_END
4609
4610NAME: ftp_epsv_all
4611TYPE: onoff
4612DEFAULT: off
4613LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
4614DOC_START
4615 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
4616
4617 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
4618 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
4619 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
4620
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4622 useful.
a689bd4e 4623 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
4624 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
4625
4626 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
4627 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
4628
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4629 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
4630DOC_END
4631
4632NAME: ftp_epsv
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4634DEFAULT: none
4635LOC: Config.accessList.ftp_epsv
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4636DOC_START
4637 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
4638
4639 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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4640 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
4641 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
4642 will never be needed.
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4644 EPSV is often required to interoperate with FTP servers on IPv6
4645 networks. On the other hand, it may break some IPv4 servers.
4646
4647 By default, EPSV may try EPSV with any FTP server. To fine tune
4648 that decision, you may restrict EPSV to certain clients or servers
4649 using ACLs:
4650
4651 ftp_epsv allow|deny al1 acl2 ...
4652
4653 WARNING: Disabling EPSV may cause problems with external NAT and IPv6.
51ee534d 4654
ddf5aa2b 4655 Only fast ACLs are supported.
51ee534d 4656 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 4657DOC_END
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4659NAME: ftp_eprt
4660TYPE: onoff
4661DEFAULT: on
4662LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
4663DOC_START
4664 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
4665
4666 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
4667 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
4668 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
4669
4670 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
4671 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
4672
4673 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
4674 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
4675 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
4676 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
4677
4678 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
4679 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
4680DOC_END
4681
41bd17a4 4682NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
4683TYPE: onoff
4684DEFAULT: on
4685LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
4686DOC_START
4687 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
4688 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
4689 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
4690 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
4691 connection turn this off.
4692DOC_END
9e7dbc51 4693
41bd17a4 4694NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
4695TYPE: onoff
4696DEFAULT: on
4697LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
4698DOC_START
4699 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
4700 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
4701 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
4702 the FTP protocol.
4703
4704 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
4705 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
4706 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
4707 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
4708 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
4709DOC_END
4710
4711COMMENT_START
4712 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
4713 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4714COMMENT_END
4715
4716NAME: diskd_program
4717TYPE: string
4718DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
4719LOC: Config.Program.diskd
4720DOC_START
4721 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
4722 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
4723 diskd as one of the store io modules.
4724DOC_END
4725
4726NAME: unlinkd_program
4727IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
4728TYPE: string
4729DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
4730LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
4731DOC_START
4732 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
4733DOC_END
4734
4735NAME: pinger_program
4736TYPE: string
4737DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 4738LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 4739IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4740DOC_START
4741 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
4742DOC_END
4743
cc192b50 4744NAME: pinger_enable
4745TYPE: onoff
4746DEFAULT: on
4747LOC: Config.pinger.enable
4748IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4749DOC_START
4750 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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4751 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
4752 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 4753DOC_END
4754
4755
41bd17a4 4756COMMENT_START
4757 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
4758 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4759COMMENT_END
4760
4761NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
4762TYPE: wordlist
4763LOC: Config.Program.redirect
4764DEFAULT: none
4765DOC_START
2c7aad89 4766 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 4767 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
4768
2c7aad89 4769 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 4770
b11724bb 4771 [channel-ID <SP>] URL [<SP> extras]<NL>
5269ec0e 4772
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4773 See url_rewrite_extras on how to send "extras" with optional values to
4774 the helper.
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4775 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
4776
24eac830 4777 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
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4778
4779 The result code can be:
4780
4781 OK status=30N url="..."
4782 Redirect the URL to the one supplied in 'url='.
4783 'status=' is optional and contains the status code to send
4784 the client in Squids HTTP response. It must be one of the
4785 HTTP redirect status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307, 308.
4786 When no status is given Squid will use 302.
c71adec1 4787
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4788 OK rewrite-url="..."
4789 Rewrite the URL to the one supplied in 'rewrite-url='.
4790 The new URL is fetched directly by Squid and returned to
4791 the client as the response to its request.
4792
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4793 OK
4794 When neither of url= and rewrite-url= are sent Squid does
4795 not change the URL.
4796
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4797 ERR
4798 Do not change the URL.
4799
4800 BH
4ded749e 4801 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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4802 a result being identified. The 'message=' key name is
4803 reserved for delivering a log message.
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4804
4805
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4806 In addition to the above kv-pairs Squid also understands the following
4807 optional kv-pairs received from URL rewriters:
4808 clt_conn_tag=TAG
4809 Associates a TAG with the client TCP connection.
4810 The TAG is treated as a regular annotation but persists across
4811 future requests on the client connection rather than just the
4812 current request. A helper may update the TAG during subsequent
4813 requests be returning a new kv-pair.
41bd17a4 4814
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4815 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
4816 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
4817 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
4818 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
4819 of the response relating to its request.
4820
4821 WARNING: URL re-writing ability should be avoided whenever possible.
4822 Use the URL redirect form of response instead.
41bd17a4 4823
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4824 Re-write creates a difference in the state held by the client
4825 and server. Possibly causing confusion when the server response
4826 contains snippets of its view state. Embeded URLs, response
4827 and content Location headers, etc. are not re-written by this
4828 interface.
41bd17a4 4829
4830 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
4831DOC_END
4832
4833NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 4834TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 4835DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 4836LOC: Config.redirectChildren
4837DOC_START
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4838 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
4839 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
4840 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
4841 and other system resources noticably.
4842
4843 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
4844 tuning.
4845
4846 startup=
4847
4848 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
4849 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
4850 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
4851
4852 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
4853 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
4854
4855 idle=
4856
4857 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
4858 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
4859 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
4860 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
4861
4862 concurrency=
41bd17a4 4863
41bd17a4 4864 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
4865 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
4866 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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4867
4868 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
4869 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
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4870 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
4871 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
41bd17a4 4872DOC_END
4873
4874NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
4875TYPE: onoff
4876DEFAULT: on
4877LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
4878DOC_START
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4879 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
4880 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
4881 any Host: header in redirected requests.
4882
4883 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
4884 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
4885 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
4886
41bd17a4 4887 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
4888 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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4889
4890 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
4891 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
4892 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 4893DOC_END
4894
4895NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
4896TYPE: acl_access
4897DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4898DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 4899LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
4900DOC_START
4901 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
638402dd 4902 sent to the redirector processes.
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4903
4904 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4905 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4906DOC_END
4907
4908NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
4909TYPE: onoff
4910LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4911DEFAULT: off
4912DOC_START
4913 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
638402dd 4914 redirector if all the helpers are busy. If this is 'off'
41bd17a4 4915 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4916 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4917 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4918 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4919 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
4920 users may have access to pages they should not
4921 be allowed to request.
4922DOC_END
4923
fe7966ec 4924NAME: url_rewrite_extras
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4925TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
4926LOC: Config.redirector_extras
4927DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
4928DOC_START
4929 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
4930 rewriter helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
4931 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
4932 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
4933 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
4934DOC_END
4935
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4936COMMENT_START
4937 OPTIONS FOR STORE ID
4938 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4939COMMENT_END
4940
4941NAME: store_id_program storeurl_rewrite_program
4942TYPE: wordlist
4943LOC: Config.Program.store_id
4944DEFAULT: none
4945DOC_START
4946 Specify the location of the executable StoreID helper to use.
4947 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
4948
4949 For each requested URL, the helper will receive one line with the format
4950
b11724bb 4951 [channel-ID <SP>] URL [<SP> extras]<NL>
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4952
4953
4954 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
4955
4956 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
4957
4958 The result code can be:
4959
4960 OK store-id="..."
4961 Use the StoreID supplied in 'store-id='.
4962
4963 ERR
4964 The default is to use HTTP request URL as the store ID.
4965
4966 BH
4967 An internal error occured in the helper, preventing
4968 a result being identified.
4969
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4970 In addition to the above kv-pairs Squid also understands the following
4971 optional kv-pairs received from URL rewriters:
4972 clt_conn_tag=TAG
4973 Associates a TAG with the client TCP connection.
4974 Please see url_rewrite_program related documentation for this
4975 kv-pair
a8a0b1c2 4976
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4977 Helper programs should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore
4978 additional whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
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4979
4980 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
4981 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
4982 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
4983 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
4984 of the response relating to its request.
4985
4986 NOTE: when using StoreID refresh_pattern will apply to the StoreID
4987 returned from the helper and not the URL.
4988
4989 WARNING: Wrong StoreID value returned by a careless helper may result
4990 in the wrong cached response returned to the user.
4991
4992 By default, a StoreID helper is not used.
4993DOC_END
4994
fe7966ec 4995NAME: store_id_extras
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4996TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
4997LOC: Config.storeId_extras
4998DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
4999DOC_START
5000 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
5001 StoreId helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
5002 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
5003 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
5004 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
5005DOC_END
5006
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5007NAME: store_id_children storeurl_rewrite_children
5008TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5009DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
5010LOC: Config.storeIdChildren
5011DOC_START
5012 The maximum number of StoreID helper processes to spawn. If you limit
5013 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
5014 requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
5015 and other system resources noticably.
5016
5017 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
5018 tuning.
5019
5020 startup=
5021
5022 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
5023 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
5024 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
5025
5026 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
5027 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
5028
5029 idle=
5030
5031 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
5032 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
5033 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
5034 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
5035
5036 concurrency=
5037
5038 The number of requests each storeID helper can handle in
5039 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the helper
5040 is a old-style single threaded program.
5041
5042 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
5043 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
5044 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
5045 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
5046DOC_END
5047
5048NAME: store_id_access storeurl_rewrite_access
5049TYPE: acl_access
5050DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5051DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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5052LOC: Config.accessList.store_id
5053DOC_START
5054 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
5055 sent to the StoreID processes. By default all requests
5056 are sent.
5057
5058 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5059 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5060DOC_END
5061
5062NAME: store_id_bypass storeurl_rewrite_bypass
5063TYPE: onoff
5064LOC: Config.onoff.store_id_bypass
5065DEFAULT: on
5066DOC_START
5067 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
5068 helper if all helpers are busy. If this is 'off'
5069 and the helper queue grows too large, Squid will exit
5070 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
5071 helpers. You should only enable this if the helperss
5072 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
5073 helpers for critical caching components, and you enable this
5074 option, users may not get objects from cache.
5075DOC_END
5076
41bd17a4 5077COMMENT_START
5078 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
5079 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5080COMMENT_END
5081
f04b37d8 5082NAME: cache no_cache
5083TYPE: acl_access
5084DEFAULT: none
70706149 5085DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
f04b37d8 5086LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 5087DOC_START
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5088 Requests denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
5089 and their responses will not be stored in the cache. This directive
5090 has no effect on other transactions and on already cached responses.
f04b37d8 5091
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5092 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5093 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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5094
5095 This and the two other similar caching directives listed below are
5096 checked at different transaction processing stages, have different
5097 access to response information, affect different cache operations,
5098 and differ in slow ACLs support:
5099
5100 * cache: Checked before Squid makes a hit/miss determination.
5101 No access to reply information!
5102 Denies both serving a hit and storing a miss.
5103 Supports both fast and slow ACLs.
5104 * send_hit: Checked after a hit was detected.
5105 Has access to reply (hit) information.
5106 Denies serving a hit only.
5107 Supports fast ACLs only.
5108 * store_miss: Checked before storing a cachable miss.
5109 Has access to reply (miss) information.
5110 Denies storing a miss only.
5111 Supports fast ACLs only.
5112
5113 If you are not sure which of the three directives to use, apply the
5114 following decision logic:
5115
5116 * If your ACL(s) are of slow type _and_ need response info, redesign.
5117 Squid does not support that particular combination at this time.
5118 Otherwise:
5119 * If your directive ACL(s) are of slow type, use "cache"; and/or
5120 * if your directive ACL(s) need no response info, use "cache".
5121 Otherwise:
5122 * If you do not want the response cached, use store_miss; and/or
5123 * if you do not want a hit on a cached response, use send_hit.
5124DOC_END
5125
5126NAME: send_hit
5127TYPE: acl_access
5128DEFAULT: none
5129DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
5130LOC: Config.accessList.sendHit
5131DOC_START
5132 Responses denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
5133 (but may still be cached, see store_miss). This directive has no
5134 effect on the responses it allows and on the cached objects.
5135
5136 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
5137 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives.
5138
5139 Unlike the "cache" directive, send_hit only supports fast acl
5140 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5141
5142 For example:
5143
5144 # apply custom Store ID mapping to some URLs
5145 acl MapMe dstdomain .c.example.com
5146 store_id_program ...
5147 store_id_access allow MapMe
5148
5149 # but prevent caching of special responses
5150 # such as 302 redirects that cause StoreID loops
5151 acl Ordinary http_status 200-299
5152 store_miss deny MapMe !Ordinary
5153
5154 # and do not serve any previously stored special responses
5155 # from the cache (in case they were already cached before
5156 # the above store_miss rule was in effect).
5157 send_hit deny MapMe !Ordinary
5158DOC_END
5159
5160NAME: store_miss
5161TYPE: acl_access
5162DEFAULT: none
5163DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
5164LOC: Config.accessList.storeMiss
5165DOC_START
5166 Responses denied by this directive will not be cached (but may still
5167 be served from the cache, see send_hit). This directive has no
5168 effect on the responses it allows and on the already cached responses.
5169
5170 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
5171 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives. See the
5172 send_hit directive for a usage example.
5173
5174 Unlike the "cache" directive, store_miss only supports fast acl
5175 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 5176DOC_END
5177
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5178NAME: max_stale
5179COMMENT: time-units
5180TYPE: time_t
5181LOC: Config.maxStale
5182DEFAULT: 1 week
5183DOC_START
5184 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
5185 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
5186 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
5187DOC_END
5188
41bd17a4 5189NAME: refresh_pattern
5190TYPE: refreshpattern
5191LOC: Config.Refresh
5192DEFAULT: none
5193DOC_START
5194 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 5195
6b698a21 5196 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
5197 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 5198
41bd17a4 5199 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
5200 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
5201 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
5202 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
5203 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 5204
41bd17a4 5205 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
5206 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
5207 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 5208
41bd17a4 5209 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
5210 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 5211
41bd17a4 5212 options: override-expire
5213 override-lastmod
5214 reload-into-ims
5215 ignore-reload
41bd17a4 5216 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 5217 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 5218 ignore-private
5219 ignore-auth
570d3f75 5220 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 5221 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 5222 store-stale
a0ec9f68 5223
41bd17a4 5224 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
9b2ad080
HN
5225 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
5226 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
5227 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
5228 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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5230 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
5231 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
5232 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
5233 the object fresh for that period of time.
5234
41bd17a4 5235 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
5236 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 5237
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5238 reload-into-ims changes a client no-cache or ``reload''
5239 request for a cached entry into a conditional request using
5240 If-Modified-Since and/or If-None-Match headers, provided the
5241 cached entry has a Last-Modified and/or a strong ETag header.
5242 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
5243 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 5244
41bd17a4 5245 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
5246 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5247 this feature could make you liable for problems which
5248 it causes.
9bc73deb 5249
41bd17a4 5250 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
5251 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5252 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5253 liable for problems which it causes.
5254
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5255 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
5256 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5257 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5258 liable for problems which it causes.
5259
41bd17a4 5260 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
5261 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5262 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5263 liable for problems which it causes.
5264
5265 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
5266 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
5267 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
5268 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
5269 it causes.
5270
5271 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
5272 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
5273 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
5274 if one is available.
5275
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5276 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
5277 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
5278 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
5279 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
5280 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
5281
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5282 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
5283 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
5284 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
5285
41bd17a4 5286 Basically a cached object is:
5287
5288 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
5289 STALE if age > max
5290 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
5291 FRESH if age < min
5292 else STALE
5293
5294 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
5295 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
5296 match the default will be used.
5297
5298 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
5299 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
5300 used.
5301
41bd17a4 5302NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 5303
638402dd 5304#
e0855596 5305# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
638402dd 5306#
41bd17a4 5307refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
5308refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 5309refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 5310refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
5311NOCOMMENT_END
5312DOC_END
5313
5314NAME: quick_abort_min
5315COMMENT: (KB)
5316TYPE: kb_int64_t
5317DEFAULT: 16 KB
5318LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
5319DOC_NONE
5320
5321NAME: quick_abort_max
5322COMMENT: (KB)
5323TYPE: kb_int64_t
5324DEFAULT: 16 KB
5325LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
5326DOC_NONE
5327
5328NAME: quick_abort_pct
5329COMMENT: (percent)
5330TYPE: int
5331DEFAULT: 95
5332LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
5333DOC_START
5334 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
5335 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
5336 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
5337 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
5338 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
5339 downloads.
5340
5341 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2d4eefd9 5342 quick_abort values to the amount of data transferred until
41bd17a4 5343 then.
5344
5345 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
5346 it will finish the retrieval.
5347
5348 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
5349 it will abort the retrieval.
5350
5351 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
5352 it will finish the retrieval.
5353
5354 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
5355 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
5356 to '0 KB'.
5357
5358 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
5359 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
5360DOC_END
60d096f4 5361
41bd17a4 5362NAME: read_ahead_gap
5363COMMENT: buffer-size
5364TYPE: b_int64_t
5365LOC: Config.readAheadGap
5366DEFAULT: 16 KB
5367DOC_START
5368 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
5369 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
5370DOC_END
53e738c6 5371
41bd17a4 5372NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 5373IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 5374COMMENT: time-units
5375TYPE: time_t
5376LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 5377DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 5378DOC_START
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5379 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
5380 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
5381 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
5382 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
5383 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
5384 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
5385
5386 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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5387
5388 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5389 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5390 causes.
41bd17a4 5391DOC_END
53e738c6 5392
41bd17a4 5393NAME: positive_dns_ttl
5394COMMENT: time-units
5395TYPE: time_t
5396LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
5397DEFAULT: 6 hours
5398DOC_START
5399 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
5400 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
5401 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
5402DOC_END
c4ab8329 5403
41bd17a4 5404NAME: negative_dns_ttl
5405COMMENT: time-units
5406TYPE: time_t
5407LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
5408DEFAULT: 1 minutes
5409DOC_START
5410 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
5411 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
5412 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
5413 much below 10 seconds.
5414DOC_END
7df0bfd7 5415
41bd17a4 5416NAME: range_offset_limit
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5417COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
5418TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 5419LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 5420DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5421DOC_START
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5422 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
5423
5424 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
5425 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
5426 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
5427 the result is NOT cached.
5428
41bd17a4 5429 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
5430 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
5431 sending anything to the client.
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5432
5433 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
5434 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
5435 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
5436 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
5437
5438 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
5439
5440 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
5441 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
5442
5443 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 5444 client requested. (default)
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5445
5446 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 5447 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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5448
5449 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
5450
5451 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
5452 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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5453 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
5454 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 5455DOC_END
d95b862f 5456
41bd17a4 5457NAME: minimum_expiry_time
5458COMMENT: (seconds)
5459TYPE: time_t
5460LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
5461DEFAULT: 60 seconds
5462DOC_START
5463 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
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5464 headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated.
5465 The default is 60 seconds.
5466
5467 In reverse proxy environments it might be desirable to honor
5468 shorter object lifetimes. It is most likely better to make
5469 your server return a meaningful Last-Modified header however.
5470
5471 In ESI environments where page fragments often have short
5472 lifetimes, this will often be best set to 0.
41bd17a4 5473DOC_END
c68e9c6b 5474
41bd17a4 5475NAME: store_avg_object_size
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5476COMMENT: (bytes)
5477TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 5478DEFAULT: 13 KB
5479LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
5480DOC_START
5481 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
5482 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
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5483
5484 This is used to pre-seed the cache index memory allocation to
5485 reduce expensive reallocate operations while handling clients
5486 traffic. Too-large values may result in memory allocation during
5487 peak traffic, too-small values will result in wasted memory.
5488
5489 Check the cache manager 'info' report metrics for the real
5490 object sizes seen by your Squid before tuning this.
cccac0a2 5491DOC_END
5492
41bd17a4 5493NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
5494TYPE: int
5495DEFAULT: 20
5496LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
5497DOC_START
5498 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
5499 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
5500 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
5501DOC_END
5502
5503COMMENT_START
5504 HTTP OPTIONS
5505 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5506COMMENT_END
5507
f04b37d8 5508NAME: request_header_max_size
5509COMMENT: (KB)
5510TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 5511DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 5512LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
5513DOC_START
5514 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
5515 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
5516 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
5517 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
5518 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
5519DOC_END
5520
5521NAME: reply_header_max_size
5522COMMENT: (KB)
5523TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 5524DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 5525LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
5526DOC_START
5527 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
5528 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
5529 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
5530 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
5531 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
5532DOC_END
5533
5534NAME: request_body_max_size
5535COMMENT: (bytes)
5536TYPE: b_int64_t
5537DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 5538DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
f04b37d8 5539LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
5540DOC_START
5541 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
5542 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
5543 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
5544 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
5545 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
5546 be no limit imposed.
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5547
5548 See also client_request_buffer_max_size for an alternative
5549 limitation on client uploads which can be configured.
f04b37d8 5550DOC_END
5551
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5552NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
5553COMMENT: (bytes)
5554TYPE: b_size_t
5555DEFAULT: 512 KB
5556LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
5557DOC_START
5558 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
5559 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
5560 a large file.
5561DOC_END
5562
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5563NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
5564COMMENT: (bytes)
5565TYPE: b_int64_t
5566DEFAULT: 64 KB
5567LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
5568DOC_START
5569 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
5570 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
5571 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
5572 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
5573 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
5574 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
5575
5576 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
5577 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
5578 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
5579 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
5580 as if dechunking was disabled.
5581
5582 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
5583 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
5584
5585 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
5586 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
5587 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
5588DOC_END
5589
41bd17a4 5590NAME: broken_posts
626096be 5591IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 5592TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 5593DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5594DEFAULT_DOC: Obey RFC 2616.
41bd17a4 5595LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 5596DOC_START
41bd17a4 5597 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
5598 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 5599
41bd17a4 5600 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
5601 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 5602
41bd17a4 5603 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 5604
41bd17a4 5605 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
5606 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
5607 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
5608 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 5609
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5610 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5611 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5612
41bd17a4 5613Example:
5614 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
5615 broken_posts allow buggy_server
5616DOC_END
cccac0a2 5617
22fff3bf 5618NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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5619COMMENT: on|off
5620TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 5621IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 5622DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 5623LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 5624DOC_START
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5625 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
5626 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
5627
5628 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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5629DOC_END
5630
41bd17a4 5631NAME: via
626096be 5632IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 5633COMMENT: on|off
5634TYPE: onoff
5635DEFAULT: on
5636LOC: Config.onoff.via
5637DOC_START
5638 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
5639 replies as required by RFC2616.
5640DOC_END
4cc6eb12 5641
41bd17a4 5642NAME: ie_refresh
5643COMMENT: on|off
5644TYPE: onoff
5645LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
5646DEFAULT: off
5647DOC_START
5648 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
5649 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
5650 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
5651 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
5652 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
5653 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
5654 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
5655 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
5656 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
5657 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
5658 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
5659 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
5660 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
5661 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
5662 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
5663 force fresh content.
5664DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 5665
41bd17a4 5666NAME: vary_ignore_expire
5667COMMENT: on|off
5668TYPE: onoff
5669LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
5670DEFAULT: off
5671DOC_START
5672 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
5673 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
5674 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
5675 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
5676 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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5677
5678 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
5679 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 5680DOC_END
c4ab8329 5681
41bd17a4 5682NAME: request_entities
5683TYPE: onoff
5684LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
5685DEFAULT: off
5686DOC_START
5687 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
5688 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
5689 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 5690
41bd17a4 5691 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
5692 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
5693 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
5694 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
5695 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 5696DOC_END
6b53c392 5697
41bd17a4 5698NAME: request_header_access
626096be 5699IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5700TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 5701LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 5702DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5703DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 5704DOC_START
41bd17a4 5705 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 5706
41bd17a4 5707 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5708 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5709 causes.
0976f8db 5710
41bd17a4 5711 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
5712 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
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5713 more configurable. A list of ACLs for each header name allows
5714 removal of specific header fields under specific conditions.
5715
5716 This option only applies to outgoing HTTP request headers (i.e.,
5717 headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a cache peer
5718 or an origin server). The option has no effect during cache hit
5719 detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point in ICAP
5720 terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
5721
5722 The option is applied to individual outgoing request header
5723 fields. For each request header field F, Squid uses the first
5724 qualifying sets of request_header_access rules:
5725
5726 1. Rules with header_name equal to F's name.
5727 2. Rules with header_name 'Other', provided F's name is not
5728 on the hard-coded list of commonly used HTTP header names.
5729 3. Rules with header_name 'All'.
5730
5731 Within that qualifying rule set, rule ACLs are checked as usual.
5732 If ACLs of an "allow" rule match, the header field is allowed to
5733 go through as is. If ACLs of a "deny" rule match, the header is
5734 removed and request_header_replace is then checked to identify
5735 if the removed header has a replacement. If no rules within the
5736 set have matching ACLs, the header field is left as is.
5401aa8d 5737
41bd17a4 5738 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
5739 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 5740
41bd17a4 5741 request_header_access From deny all
5742 request_header_access Referer deny all
41bd17a4 5743 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
5401aa8d 5744
41bd17a4 5745 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
5746 you should use:
5401aa8d 5747
41bd17a4 5748 request_header_access Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 5749 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 5750 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
41bd17a4 5751 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
5752 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
5753 request_header_access Date allow all
41bd17a4 5754 request_header_access Host allow all
5755 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
41bd17a4 5756 request_header_access Pragma allow all
5757 request_header_access Accept allow all
5758 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
5759 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
5760 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
41bd17a4 5761 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 5762 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 5763
638402dd 5764 HTTP reply headers are controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 5765
638402dd 5766 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is performed).
5401aa8d 5767DOC_END
5768
41bd17a4 5769NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 5770IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5771TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 5772LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 5773DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5774DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 5775DOC_START
41bd17a4 5776 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 5777
41bd17a4 5778 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5779 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5780 causes.
934b03fc 5781
41bd17a4 5782 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
5783 server to the client.
934b03fc 5784
41bd17a4 5785 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
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5786 direction. Please see request_header_access for detailed
5787 documentation.
cccac0a2 5788
41bd17a4 5789 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
5790 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 5791
41bd17a4 5792 reply_header_access Server deny all
41bd17a4 5793 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
5794 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 5795
41bd17a4 5796 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
5797 you should use:
cccac0a2 5798
41bd17a4 5799 reply_header_access Allow allow all
41bd17a4 5800 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
41bd17a4 5801 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
5802 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
5803 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
5804 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
5805 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
5806 reply_header_access Date allow all
5807 reply_header_access Expires allow all
41bd17a4 5808 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
5809 reply_header_access Location allow all
5810 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
41bd17a4 5811 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
41bd17a4 5812 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
5813 reply_header_access Title allow all
638402dd 5814 reply_header_access Content-Disposition allow all
41bd17a4 5815 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 5816 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 5817
638402dd 5818 HTTP request headers are controlled with the request_header_access directive.
cccac0a2 5819
41bd17a4 5820 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
5821 performed).
cccac0a2 5822DOC_END
5823
75e4f2ea 5824NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 5825IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5826TYPE: http_header_replace
41bd17a4 5827LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 5828DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5829DOC_START
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5830 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
5831 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 5832
41bd17a4 5833 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
75e4f2ea 5834 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
638402dd 5835 with some fixed string.
cccac0a2 5836
41bd17a4 5837 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 5838
41bd17a4 5839 By default, headers are removed if denied.
5840DOC_END
cccac0a2 5841
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5842NAME: reply_header_replace
5843IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5844TYPE: http_header_replace
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5845LOC: Config.reply_header_access
5846DEFAULT: none
5847DOC_START
5848 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
5849 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
5850
5851 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
5852 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
5853 with some fixed string.
5854
5855 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
5856
5857 By default, headers are removed if denied.
5858DOC_END
5859
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5860NAME: request_header_add
5861TYPE: HeaderWithAclList
5862LOC: Config.request_header_add
5863DEFAULT: none
5864DOC_START
5865 Usage: request_header_add field-name field-value acl1 [acl2] ...
5866 Example: request_header_add X-Client-CA "CA=%ssl::>cert_issuer" all
5867
5868 This option adds header fields to outgoing HTTP requests (i.e.,
5869 request headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a
5870 cache peer or an origin server). The option has no effect during
5871 cache hit detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point
5872 in ICAP terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
5873
5874 Field-name is a token specifying an HTTP header name. If a
5875 standard HTTP header name is used, Squid does not check whether
5876 the new header conflicts with any existing headers or violates
5877 HTTP rules. If the request to be modified already contains a
5878 field with the same name, the old field is preserved but the
5879 header field values are not merged.
5880
5881 Field-value is either a token or a quoted string. If quoted
5882 string format is used, then the surrounding quotes are removed
5883 while escape sequences and %macros are processed.
5884
5885 In theory, all of the logformat codes can be used as %macros.
5886 However, unlike logging (which happens at the very end of
5887 transaction lifetime), the transaction may not yet have enough
5888 information to expand a macro when the new header value is needed.
5889 And some information may already be available to Squid but not yet
5890 committed where the macro expansion code can access it (report
5891 such instances!). The macro will be expanded into a single dash
5892 ('-') in such cases. Not all macros have been tested.
5893
5894 One or more Squid ACLs may be specified to restrict header
5895 injection to matching requests. As always in squid.conf, all
5896 ACLs in an option ACL list must be satisfied for the insertion
5897 to happen. The request_header_add option supports fast ACLs
5898 only.
5899DOC_END
5900
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5901NAME: note
5902TYPE: note
5903LOC: Config.notes
5904DEFAULT: none
5905DOC_START
5906 This option used to log custom information about the master
5907 transaction. For example, an admin may configure Squid to log
5908 which "user group" the transaction belongs to, where "user group"
5909 will be determined based on a set of ACLs and not [just]
5910 authentication information.
5911 Values of key/value pairs can be logged using %{key}note macros:
5912
5913 note key value acl ...
5914 logformat myFormat ... %{key}note ...
5915DOC_END
5916
41bd17a4 5917NAME: relaxed_header_parser
5918COMMENT: on|off|warn
5919TYPE: tristate
5920LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
5921DEFAULT: on
5922DOC_START
5923 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
5924 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
5925 what the sending application intended even if the message
5926 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
5927 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 5928
41bd17a4 5929 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
5930 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 5931
41bd17a4 5932 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
5933 or response to be rejected.
5934DOC_END
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5936NAME: collapsed_forwarding
5937COMMENT: (on|off)
5938TYPE: onoff
5939LOC: Config.onoff.collapsed_forwarding
5940DEFAULT: off
5941DOC_START
5942 This option controls whether Squid is allowed to merge multiple
5943 potentially cachable requests for the same URI before Squid knows
5944 whether the response is going to be cachable.
5945
5946 This feature is disabled by default: Enabling collapsed forwarding
5947 needlessly delays forwarding requests that look cachable (when they are
5948 collapsed) but then need to be forwarded individually anyway because
5949 they end up being for uncachable content. However, in some cases, such
5950 as accelleration of highly cachable content with periodic or groupped
5951 expiration times, the gains from collapsing [large volumes of
5952 simultenous refresh requests] outweigh losses from such delays.
5953DOC_END
5954
41bd17a4 5955COMMENT_START
5956 TIMEOUTS
5957 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5958COMMENT_END
5959
5960NAME: forward_timeout
5961COMMENT: time-units
5962TYPE: time_t
5963LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
5964DEFAULT: 4 minutes
5965DOC_START
5966 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
5967 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 5968DOC_END
5969
41bd17a4 5970NAME: connect_timeout
5971COMMENT: time-units
5972TYPE: time_t
5973LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
5974DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 5975DOC_START
41bd17a4 5976 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5977 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
5978 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 5979DOC_END
5980
41bd17a4 5981NAME: peer_connect_timeout
5982COMMENT: time-units
5983TYPE: time_t
5984LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
5985DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 5986DOC_START
41bd17a4 5987 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
5988 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
5989 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
5990 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
5991DOC_END
7f7db318 5992
41bd17a4 5993NAME: read_timeout
5994COMMENT: time-units
5995TYPE: time_t
5996LOC: Config.Timeout.read
5997DEFAULT: 15 minutes
5998DOC_START
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5999 Applied on peer server connections.
6000
6001 After each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
41bd17a4 6002 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
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6003 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT.
6004
6005 The default is 15 minutes.
41bd17a4 6006DOC_END
cccac0a2 6007
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6008NAME: write_timeout
6009COMMENT: time-units
6010TYPE: time_t
6011LOC: Config.Timeout.write
6012DEFAULT: 15 minutes
6013DOC_START
6014 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
6015 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
6016 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
6017 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
6018 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
6019 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
6020 default is 15 minutes.
6021DOC_END
6022
41bd17a4 6023NAME: request_timeout
6024TYPE: time_t
6025LOC: Config.Timeout.request
6026DEFAULT: 5 minutes
6027DOC_START
6b2a2108 6028 How long to wait for complete HTTP request headers after initial
41bd17a4 6029 connection establishment.
6030DOC_END
cccac0a2 6031
97b32442 6032NAME: client_idle_pconn_timeout persistent_request_timeout
41bd17a4 6033TYPE: time_t
97b32442 6034LOC: Config.Timeout.clientIdlePconn
41bd17a4 6035DEFAULT: 2 minutes
6036DOC_START
6037 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
97b32442 6038 client connection after the previous request completes.
41bd17a4 6039DOC_END
cccac0a2 6040
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6041NAME: ftp_client_idle_timeout
6042TYPE: time_t
6043LOC: Config.Timeout.ftpClientIdle
6044DEFAULT: 30 minutes
6045DOC_START
6046 How long to wait for an FTP request on a connection to Squid ftp_port.
6047 Many FTP clients do not deal with idle connection closures well,
6048 necessitating a longer default timeout than client_idle_pconn_timeout
6049 used for incoming HTTP requests.
6050DOC_END
6051
41bd17a4 6052NAME: client_lifetime
6053COMMENT: time-units
6054TYPE: time_t
6055LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
6056DEFAULT: 1 day
6057DOC_START
6058 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
6059 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
6060 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
6061 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
6062 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
6063 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
6064 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 6065
41bd17a4 6066 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
6067 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
6068 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
6069 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
6070 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
6071 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 6072DOC_END
6073
41bd17a4 6074NAME: half_closed_clients
6075TYPE: onoff
6076LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 6077DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 6078DOC_START
41bd17a4 6079 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
6080 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
6081 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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6082 fully-closed TCP connection.
6083
6084 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
6085 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
6086
abdf1651 6087 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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6088 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
6089 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
6090 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 6091DOC_END
6092
97b32442 6093NAME: server_idle_pconn_timeout pconn_timeout
41bd17a4 6094TYPE: time_t
97b32442 6095LOC: Config.Timeout.serverIdlePconn
41bd17a4 6096DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 6097DOC_START
41bd17a4 6098 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
6099 proxies.
6100DOC_END
cccac0a2 6101
41bd17a4 6102NAME: ident_timeout
6103TYPE: time_t
6104IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 6105LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 6106DEFAULT: 10 seconds
6107DOC_START
6108 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 6109
41bd17a4 6110 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
6111 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6112 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 6113DOC_END
6114
41bd17a4 6115NAME: shutdown_lifetime
6116COMMENT: time-units
6117TYPE: time_t
6118LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
6119DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 6120DOC_START
41bd17a4 6121 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
6122 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
6123 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
6124 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
6125 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 6126DOC_END
0976f8db 6127
cccac0a2 6128COMMENT_START
6129 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
6130 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6131COMMENT_END
6132
6133NAME: cache_mgr
6134TYPE: string
6135DEFAULT: webmaster
6136LOC: Config.adminEmail
6137DOC_START
6138 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
638402dd 6139 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster".
cccac0a2 6140DOC_END
6141
abacf776 6142NAME: mail_from
6143TYPE: string
6144DEFAULT: none
6145LOC: Config.EmailFrom
6146DOC_START
6147 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
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6148 The default is to use 'squid@unique_hostname'.
6149
6150 See also: unique_hostname directive.
abacf776 6151DOC_END
6152
d084bf20 6153NAME: mail_program
6154TYPE: eol
6155DEFAULT: mail
6156LOC: Config.EmailProgram
6157DOC_START
6158 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 6159 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 6160 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 6161 mail-program recipient < mailfile
6162
d084bf20 6163 Optional command line options can be specified.
6164DOC_END
6165
cccac0a2 6166NAME: cache_effective_user
6167TYPE: string
5483d916 6168DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 6169LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 6170DOC_START
6171 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
6172 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 6173 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 6174 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 6175DOC_END
6176
cccac0a2 6177NAME: cache_effective_group
6178TYPE: string
6179DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6180DEFAULT_DOC: Use system group memberships of the cache_effective_user account
cccac0a2 6181LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
6182DOC_START
64e288bd 6183 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
6184 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
6185 from the groups membership.
6186
e3d74828 6187 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
6188 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
6189 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 6190 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 6191 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 6192 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 6193 group.
64e288bd 6194
6195 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
6196 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
6197 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 6198DOC_END
6199
d3caee79 6200NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
6201COMMENT: on|off
6202TYPE: onoff
6203DEFAULT: off
6204LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
6205DOC_START
6206 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
6207DOC_END
6208
cccac0a2 6209NAME: visible_hostname
6210TYPE: string
6211LOC: Config.visibleHostname
6212DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6213DEFAULT_DOC: Automatically detect the system host name
cccac0a2 6214DOC_START
6215 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 6216 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 6217 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
6218 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
6219 names with this setting.
6220DOC_END
6221
cccac0a2 6222NAME: unique_hostname
6223TYPE: string
6224LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
6225DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6226DEFAULT_DOC: Copy the value from visible_hostname
cccac0a2 6227DOC_START
6228 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 6229 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
6230 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 6231DOC_END
6232
cccac0a2 6233NAME: hostname_aliases
6234TYPE: wordlist
6235LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
6236DEFAULT: none
6237DOC_START
7f7db318 6238 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 6239DOC_END
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6241NAME: umask
6242TYPE: int
6243LOC: Config.umask
6244DEFAULT: 027
6245DOC_START
6246 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
6247 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
6248
6249 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
6250 your value with 0.
6251DOC_END
6252
cccac0a2 6253COMMENT_START
6254 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
6255 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6256
6257 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
6258 announcement service. This service is provided to help
6259 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
6260 create cache hierarchies.
6261
6262 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
6263 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
6264 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
6265
6266 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
6267 following information from this configuration file:
6268
6269 http_port
6270 icp_port
6271 cache_mgr
6272
6273 All current information is processed regularly and made
6274 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
6275COMMENT_END
6276
6277NAME: announce_period
6278TYPE: time_t
6279LOC: Config.Announce.period
6280DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 6281DEFAULT_DOC: Announcement messages disabled.
cccac0a2 6282DOC_START
638402dd 6283 This is how frequently to send cache announcements.
cccac0a2 6284
e0855596 6285 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
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6287 Example:
6288 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 6289DOC_END
6290
cccac0a2 6291NAME: announce_host
6292TYPE: string
6293DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
6294LOC: Config.Announce.host
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6295DOC_START
6296 Set the hostname where announce registration messages will be sent.
6297
6298 See also announce_port and announce_file
6299DOC_END
cccac0a2 6300
6301NAME: announce_file
6302TYPE: string
6303DEFAULT: none
6304LOC: Config.Announce.file
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6305DOC_START
6306 The contents of this file will be included in the announce
6307 registration messages.
6308DOC_END
cccac0a2 6309
6310NAME: announce_port
ae870270 6311TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 6312DEFAULT: 3131
6313LOC: Config.Announce.port
6314DOC_START
638402dd 6315 Set the port where announce registration messages will be sent.
cccac0a2 6316
638402dd 6317 See also announce_host and announce_file
cccac0a2 6318DOC_END
6319
8d6275c0 6320COMMENT_START
6321 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
6322 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6323COMMENT_END
6324
cccac0a2 6325NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 6326TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 6327DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6328DEFAULT_DOC: visible_hostname is used if no specific ID is set.
cccac0a2 6329LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 6330DOC_START
6331 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
6332 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
6333 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
6334 an identification token.
6335DOC_END
6336
6337NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 6338COMMENT: on|off
6339TYPE: onoff
6340DEFAULT: off
6341LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
6342DOC_START
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6343 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour the header
6344 "Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote".
6345
cccac0a2 6346 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
6347DOC_END
6348
6349NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 6350IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 6351COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 6352TYPE: string
6353LOC: ESIParser::Type
6354DEFAULT: custom
6355DOC_START
6356 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
6357 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
6358 encodings.
6359DOC_END
0976f8db 6360
9edd9041 6361COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 6362 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 6363 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6364COMMENT_END
6365
6366NAME: delay_pools
6367TYPE: delay_pool_count
6368DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 6369IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6370LOC: Config.Delay
6371DOC_START
6372 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
6373 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
6374 have a total of 2 delay pools.
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6375
6376 See also delay_parameters, delay_class, delay_access for pool
6377 configuration details.
9edd9041 6378DOC_END
6379
6380NAME: delay_class
6381TYPE: delay_pool_class
6382DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6383IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6384LOC: Config.Delay
6385DOC_START
6386 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
6387 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
6388 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
6389 and here would be:
6390
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6391 Example:
6392 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
6393 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
6394 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
6395 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
6396 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 6397
6398 The delay pool classes are:
6399
6400 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6401 bucket.
6402
6403 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6404 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 6405 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 6406
6407 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6408 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
6409 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
6410 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 6411 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 6412
6413 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
6414 additional limit on a per user basis. This
6415 only takes effect if the username is established
6416 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
6417 http_access rules.
6418
6419 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
6420 external_acl's tag= reply).
6421
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6422
6423 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
6424 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
6425 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
6426
9edd9041 6427 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
6428 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
6429 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
6430 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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6431
6432 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
6433 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
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6434
6435 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6436 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6437
6438 See also delay_parameters and delay_access.
9edd9041 6439DOC_END
6440
6441NAME: delay_access
6442TYPE: delay_pool_access
6443DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6444DEFAULT_DOC: Deny using the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 6445IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6446LOC: Config.Delay
6447DOC_START
6448 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
6449
6450 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
6451 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
6452 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
6453 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
6454
6455 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
6456 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
6457
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6458 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
6459 delay_access 1 deny all
6460 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
6461 delay_access 2 deny all
6462 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
6463
6464 See also delay_parameters and delay_class.
6465
9edd9041 6466DOC_END
6467
6468NAME: delay_parameters
6469TYPE: delay_pool_rates
6470DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6471IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6472LOC: Config.Delay
6473DOC_START
6474 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
6475 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 6476 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 6477
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6478 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
6479 delay_pools pool 1
6480 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 6481
6482 For a class 2 delay pool:
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6483 delay_pools pool 2
6484 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 6485
6486 For a class 3 delay pool:
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6487 delay_pools pool 3
6488 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 6489
6490 For a class 4 delay pool:
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6491 delay_pools pool 4
6492 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 6493
6494 For a class 5 delay pool:
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6495 delay_pools pool 5
6496 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 6497
0b68481a 6498 The option variables are:
9edd9041 6499
6500 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
6501 number specified in delay_pools as used in
6502 delay_class lines.
6503
fdb47ac6 6504 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 6505 (class 1, 2, 3).
6506
fdb47ac6 6507 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 6508 buckets (class 2, 3).
6509
fdb47ac6 6510 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 6511 (class 3).
6512
fdb47ac6 6513 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 6514 (class 4).
6515
fdb47ac6 6516 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 6517 (class 5).
6518
6519 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
6520 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
6521 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
6522 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
6523
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6524 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
6525
6526
9edd9041 6527 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 6528 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 6529 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
6530
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6531 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
6532
6533 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 6534
6535 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
6536
0b68481a 6537
9edd9041 6538 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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6539 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
6540 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
6541 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 6542 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
6543 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
6544 large downloads more significantly:
6545
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6546 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
6547
6548 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
6549 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
6550 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 6551
9edd9041 6552
6553 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 6554 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 6555
0b68481a 6556 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
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6558
6559 See also delay_class and delay_access.
6560
9edd9041 6561DOC_END
6562
6563NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
6564COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 6565TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 6566DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 6567IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6568LOC: Config.Delay.initial
6569DOC_START
6570 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
6571 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
6572 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
6573 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
6574 "seen" by squid).
6575DOC_END
6576
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6577COMMENT_START
6578 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
6579 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6580COMMENT_END
6581
6582NAME: client_delay_pools
6583TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
6584DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 6585IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6586LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6587DOC_START
6588 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
6589 preceed other client_delay_* options.
6590
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6591 Example:
6592 client_delay_pools 2
6593
6594 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_access.
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6595DOC_END
6596
6597NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
6598COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 6599TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 6600DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 6601IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6602LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
6603DOC_START
6604 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
6605 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
6606 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
6607 buckets are periodically deleted up.
6608
6609 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
6610 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
6611 from client_delay_parameters.
6612
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6613 Example:
6614 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
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6615DOC_END
6616
6617NAME: client_delay_parameters
6618TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
6619DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6620IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6621LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6622DOC_START
6623
6624 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
6625 following format:
6626
6627 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
6628
6629 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
6630
6631 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
6632
6633 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
6634 speed_limit additions.
6635
6636 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
6637 examples.
6638
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6639 Example:
6640 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
6641 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
6642
6643 See also client_delay_access.
6644
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6645DOC_END
6646
6647NAME: client_delay_access
6648TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
6649DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6650DEFAULT_DOC: Deny use of the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 6651IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6652LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6653DOC_START
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6654 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
6655 request:
6656
6657 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
6658
6659 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
6660 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
6661 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
6662 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
6663 limited.
6664
6665 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
6666 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
6667 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
6668 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
6669
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6670 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6671 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6672 Additionally, only the client TCP connection details are available.
6673 ACLs testing HTTP properties will not work.
6674
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6675 Please see delay_access for more examples.
6676
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6677 Example:
6678 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
6679 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
6680
6681
6682 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_pools.
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6683DOC_END
6684
cccac0a2 6685COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 6686 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 6687 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6688COMMENT_END
6689
8d6275c0 6690NAME: wccp_router
6691TYPE: address
6692LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 6693DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 6694DEFAULT_DOC: WCCP disabled.
8d6275c0 6695IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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6696DOC_START
6697 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
6698 Squid.
6699
6700 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
6701
6702 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
6703
6704 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
6705 which version of WCCP to use.
6706DOC_END
df2eec10 6707
8d6275c0 6708NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 6709TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 6710LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 6711DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6712DEFAULT_DOC: WCCPv2 disabled.
8d6275c0 6713IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6714DOC_START
8d6275c0 6715 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
6716 Squid.
cccac0a2 6717
8d6275c0 6718 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 6719
8d6275c0 6720 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 6721
8d6275c0 6722 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
6723 which version of WCCP to use.
6724DOC_END
6725
6726NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 6727TYPE: int
8d6275c0 6728LOC: Config.Wccp.version
6729DEFAULT: 4
6730IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 6731DOC_START
8d6275c0 6732 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
6733 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
6734 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
6735 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
6736 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 6737
8d6275c0 6738 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
6739 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
6740 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
6741 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 6742DOC_END
6743
8d6275c0 6744NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
6745TYPE: onoff
6746LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
6747DEFAULT: on
6748IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6749DOC_START
6750 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
6751 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
6752DOC_END
cccac0a2 6753
8d6275c0 6754NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 6755TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 6756LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 6757DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 6758IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6759DOC_START
699acd19 6760 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 6761 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6762
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6763 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
6764 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 6765
8d6275c0 6766 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
6767 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 6768DOC_END
6769
8d6275c0 6770NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 6771TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 6772LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 6773DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 6774IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6775DOC_START
699acd19 6776 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 6777 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
6778 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6779
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6780 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
6781 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 6782
8d6275c0 6783 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
6784 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 6785
699acd19 6786 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 6787 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
6788 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
6789 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 6790DOC_END
6791
8d6275c0 6792NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 6793TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 6794LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 6795DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 6796IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6797DOC_START
8d6275c0 6798 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
6799 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6800
451c4786 6801 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 6802 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 6803
8d6275c0 6804 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
6805 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
6806DOC_END
cccac0a2 6807
8d6275c0 6808NAME: wccp2_service
6809TYPE: wccp2_service
6810LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 6811DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
638402dd 6812DEFAULT_DOC: Use the 'web-cache' standard service.
8d6275c0 6813IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6814DOC_START
6815 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
6816 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
6817 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
6818 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
6819 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
6820 using the wccp2_service_info option.
6821
6822 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
6823 just specifying the service id will suffice.
6824
6825 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
6826 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
6827
6828 Examples:
6829
6830 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
6831 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
6832 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
6833 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 6834DOC_END
6835
6836NAME: wccp2_service_info
6837TYPE: wccp2_service_info
6838LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
6839DEFAULT: none
6840IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6841DOC_START
6842 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
6843 traffic you wish to have diverted.
6844
6845 The format is:
6846
6847 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
6848 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
6849
6850 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
6851 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 6852 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 6853 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
6854 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
6855 + ports_source
6856
6857 The port list can be one to eight entries.
6858
6859 Example:
6860
6861 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
6862 priority=240 ports=80
6863
6864 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
6865 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
6866DOC_END
6867
6868NAME: wccp2_weight
6869TYPE: int
6870LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
6871DEFAULT: 10000
6872IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6873DOC_START
6874 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
6875 hash proportional to their weight.
6876DOC_END
6877
6878NAME: wccp_address
6879TYPE: address
6880LOC: Config.Wccp.address
6881DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 6882DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 6883IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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6884DOC_START
6885 Use this option if you require WCCPv2 to use a specific
6886 interface address.
6887
6888 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6889DOC_END
df2eec10 6890
8d6275c0 6891NAME: wccp2_address
6892TYPE: address
6893LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
6894DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 6895DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 6896IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6897DOC_START
6898 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
6899 interface address.
6900
6901 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6902DOC_END
6903
6904COMMENT_START
6905 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
6906 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6907
6908 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
6909COMMENT_END
6910
6911NAME: client_persistent_connections
6912TYPE: onoff
6913LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
6914DEFAULT: on
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6915DOC_START
6916 Persistent connection support for clients.
6917 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
6918 this option to disable persistent connections with clients.
6919DOC_END
8d6275c0 6920
6921NAME: server_persistent_connections
6922TYPE: onoff
6923LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
6924DEFAULT: on
6925DOC_START
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6926 Persistent connection support for servers.
6927 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
6928 this option to disable persistent connections with servers.
8d6275c0 6929DOC_END
6930
6931NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
6932TYPE: onoff
6933LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 6934DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 6935DOC_START
6936 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
6937 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
6938 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
6939DOC_END
6940
6941NAME: detect_broken_pconn
6942TYPE: onoff
6943LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
6944DEFAULT: off
6945DOC_START
6946 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
6947 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
6948 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
6949 has mostly been seen on redirects.
6950
6951 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
6952 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
6953 after 10 seconds timeout.
6954DOC_END
6955
6956COMMENT_START
6957 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
6958 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6959COMMENT_END
6960
6961NAME: digest_generation
6962IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6963TYPE: onoff
6964LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
6965DEFAULT: on
6966DOC_START
6967 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
6968 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 6969 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 6970DOC_END
6971
6972NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
6973IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6974TYPE: int
6975LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
6976DEFAULT: 5
6977DOC_START
6978 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
6979 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
6980 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
6981DOC_END
6982
6983NAME: digest_rebuild_period
6984IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6985COMMENT: (seconds)
6986TYPE: time_t
6987LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
6988DEFAULT: 1 hour
6989DOC_START
749ceff8 6990 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 6991DOC_END
6992
6993NAME: digest_rewrite_period
6994COMMENT: (seconds)
6995IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6996TYPE: time_t
6997LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
6998DEFAULT: 1 hour
6999DOC_START
749ceff8 7000 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 7001 disk.
7002DOC_END
7003
7004NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
7005COMMENT: (bytes)
7006TYPE: b_size_t
7007IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7008LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
7009DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
7010DOC_START
7011 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
7012 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
7013 default swap page.
7014DOC_END
7015
7016NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
7017COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
7018IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7019TYPE: int
7020LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
7021DEFAULT: 10
7022DOC_START
7023 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
7024 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
7025DOC_END
7026
1db9eacd 7027COMMENT_START
5473c134 7028 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 7029 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7030COMMENT_END
7031
5473c134 7032NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 7033TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7034LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 7035DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7036DEFAULT_DOC: SNMP disabled.
5473c134 7037IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 7038DOC_START
87630341 7039 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
7040 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
7041 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
7042 set to "0" (disabled)
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7043
7044 Example:
7045 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 7046DOC_END
7047
5473c134 7048NAME: snmp_access
7049TYPE: acl_access
7050LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
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7051DEFAULT: none
7052DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 7053IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 7054DOC_START
5473c134 7055 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 7056
5473c134 7057 All access to the agent is denied by default.
7058 usage:
8d6275c0 7059
5473c134 7060 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 7061
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7062 This clause only supports fast acl types.
7063 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
638402dd 7064
5473c134 7065Example:
7066 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
7067 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 7068DOC_END
7069
5473c134 7070NAME: snmp_incoming_address
7071TYPE: address
7072LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 7073DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 7074DEFAULT_DOC: Accept SNMP packets from all machine interfaces.
5473c134 7075IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
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7076DOC_START
7077 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
7078
7079 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
7080 messages from SNMP agents.
7081
7082 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
7083 available network interfaces.
7084DOC_END
df2eec10 7085
5473c134 7086NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
7087TYPE: address
7088LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 7089DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7090DEFAULT_DOC: Use snmp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
5473c134 7091IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 7092DOC_START
638402dd 7093 Just like 'udp_outgoing_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 7094
5473c134 7095 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
7096 agents.
cccac0a2 7097
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7098 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
7099 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
7100 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
7101 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 7102
5473c134 7103 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
638402dd 7104 the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 7105DOC_END
7106
5473c134 7107COMMENT_START
7108 ICP OPTIONS
7109 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7110COMMENT_END
7111
7112NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 7113TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7114DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7115DEFAULT_DOC: ICP disabled.
5473c134 7116LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 7117DOC_START
5473c134 7118 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
7119 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
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7120
7121 Example:
7122 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 7123DOC_END
7124
5473c134 7125NAME: htcp_port
7126IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 7127TYPE: u_short
87630341 7128DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7129DEFAULT_DOC: HTCP disabled.
5473c134 7130LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 7131DOC_START
5473c134 7132 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 7133 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
638402dd 7134 4827.
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7135
7136 Example:
7137 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 7138DOC_END
7139
7140NAME: log_icp_queries
7141COMMENT: on|off
7142TYPE: onoff
7143DEFAULT: on
7144LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
7145DOC_START
7146 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
7147 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
7148 up or to simplify log analysis.
7149DOC_END
7150
5473c134 7151NAME: udp_incoming_address
7152TYPE: address
7153LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 7154DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 7155DEFAULT_DOC: Accept packets from all machine interfaces.
8524d4b2 7156DOC_START
7157 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
7158 caches.
7159
7160 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
7161
7162 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
7163 a specific interface/address.
7164
7165 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
7166 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
7167
7168 see also; udp_outgoing_address
7169
7170 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
7171 have the same value since they both use the same port.
7172DOC_END
cccac0a2 7173
5473c134 7174NAME: udp_outgoing_address
7175TYPE: address
7176LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 7177DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7178DEFAULT_DOC: Use udp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
cccac0a2 7179DOC_START
8524d4b2 7180 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 7181 caches.
cccac0a2 7182
5473c134 7183 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 7184
8524d4b2 7185 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
7186 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
7187 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 7188 caches.
7189
8524d4b2 7190 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
7191 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
7192
7193 see also; udp_incoming_address
7194
5473c134 7195 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 7196 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 7197DOC_END
7198
3d1e3e43 7199NAME: icp_hit_stale
7200COMMENT: on|off
7201TYPE: onoff
7202DEFAULT: off
7203LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
7204DOC_START
7205 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
7206 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
7207 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
7208 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
7209 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
7210 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
7211 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
7212DOC_END
7213
5473c134 7214NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 7215TYPE: int
5473c134 7216DEFAULT: 4
7217LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 7218DOC_START
5473c134 7219 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
7220 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 7221DOC_END
7222
5473c134 7223NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
638402dd 7224COMMENT: (msec)
5473c134 7225TYPE: int
7226DEFAULT: 400
7227LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 7228DOC_START
5473c134 7229 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
7230 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 7231DOC_END
7232
cccac0a2 7233NAME: netdb_low
7234TYPE: int
7235DEFAULT: 900
7236LOC: Config.Netdb.low
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7237DOC_START
7238 The low water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
7239
7240 Note: high watermark controlled by netdb_high directive.
7241
7242 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
7243 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
7244 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
7245 mark is reached.
7246DOC_END
cccac0a2 7247
7248NAME: netdb_high
7249TYPE: int
7250DEFAULT: 1000
7251LOC: Config.Netdb.high
7252DOC_START
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7253 The high water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
7254
7255 Note: low watermark controlled by netdb_low directive.
7256
7257 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
7258 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
7259 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
7260 mark is reached.
cccac0a2 7261DOC_END
7262
cccac0a2 7263NAME: netdb_ping_period
7264TYPE: time_t
7265LOC: Config.Netdb.period
7266DEFAULT: 5 minutes
7267DOC_START
7268 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
7269 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
7270 network. The default is five minutes.
7271DOC_END
7272
cccac0a2 7273NAME: query_icmp
7274COMMENT: on|off
7275TYPE: onoff
7276DEFAULT: off
7277LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
7278DOC_START
7279 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
7280 replies, enable this option.
7281
7282 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 7283 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
7284 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 7285 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
7286 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
7287 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
7288 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
7289 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
7290DOC_END
7291
7292NAME: test_reachability
7293COMMENT: on|off
7294TYPE: onoff
7295DEFAULT: off
7296LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
7297DOC_START
7298 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
7299 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
7300 database, or has a zero RTT.
7301DOC_END
7302
5473c134 7303NAME: icp_query_timeout
7304COMMENT: (msec)
7305DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7306DEFAULT_DOC: Dynamic detection.
5473c134 7307TYPE: int
7308LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 7309DOC_START
5473c134 7310 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
7311 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
7312 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
7313 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
7314 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
7315 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 7316
5473c134 7317 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 7318DOC_END
7319
5473c134 7320NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
7321COMMENT: (msec)
7322DEFAULT: 2000
7323TYPE: int
7324LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 7325DOC_START
5473c134 7326 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
7327 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
7328 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
7329 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
7330 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
7331 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 7332DOC_END
7333
5473c134 7334NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
7335COMMENT: (msec)
7336DEFAULT: 5
7337TYPE: int
7338LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 7339DOC_START
5473c134 7340 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
7341 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
7342 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
7343 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
7344 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
7345 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
7346 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 7347DOC_END
7348
5473c134 7349NAME: background_ping_rate
7350COMMENT: time-units
7351TYPE: time_t
7352DEFAULT: 10 seconds
7353LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 7354DOC_START
5473c134 7355 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
7356 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 7357DOC_END
7358
5473c134 7359COMMENT_START
7360 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
7361 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7362COMMENT_END
7363
7364NAME: mcast_groups
7365TYPE: wordlist
7366LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 7367DEFAULT: none
7368DOC_START
5473c134 7369 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
7370 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 7371
5473c134 7372 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
7373 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
7374 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
7375 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
7376 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
7377 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
7378 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 7379
5473c134 7380 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
7381 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 7382
5473c134 7383 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
7384 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 7385
5473c134 7386 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 7387
5473c134 7388 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
7389DOC_END
8c01ada0 7390
5473c134 7391NAME: mcast_miss_addr
7392IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
7393TYPE: address
7394LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 7395DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7396DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 7397DOC_START
7398 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
7399 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 7400
5473c134 7401 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
7402 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 7403DOC_END
7404
5473c134 7405NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
7406IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 7407TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7408LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
7409DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 7410DOC_START
5473c134 7411 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
7412 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
7413 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
7414DOC_END
cccac0a2 7415
5473c134 7416NAME: mcast_miss_port
7417IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 7418TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7419LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
7420DEFAULT: 3135
7421DOC_START
7422 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
7423 'mcast_miss_addr'.
7424DOC_END
cccac0a2 7425
5473c134 7426NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
7427IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
7428TYPE: string
7429LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
7430DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
7431DOC_START
7432 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
7433 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
7434DOC_END
8c01ada0 7435
5473c134 7436NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
7437COMMENT: (msec)
7438DEFAULT: 2000
7439TYPE: int
7440LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
7441DOC_START
7442 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
7443 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
7444 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
7445 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
7446 seconds.
cccac0a2 7447DOC_END
7448
5473c134 7449COMMENT_START
7450 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
7451 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7452COMMENT_END
7453
cccac0a2 7454NAME: icon_directory
7455TYPE: string
7456LOC: Config.icons.directory
7457DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
7458DOC_START
7459 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
7460 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
7461DOC_END
7462
f024c970 7463NAME: global_internal_static
7464TYPE: onoff
7465LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
7466DEFAULT: on
7467DOC_START
7468 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
7469 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
7470 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
7471 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
7472 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
7473 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
7474 the server generating a directory listing.
7475DOC_END
7476
5473c134 7477NAME: short_icon_urls
7478TYPE: onoff
7479LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
7480DEFAULT: on
7481DOC_START
7482 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
7483 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
7484 it's own name and port in the URL.
7485
7486 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
7487 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
7488DOC_END
7489
7490COMMENT_START
7491 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
7492 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7493COMMENT_END
7494
7495NAME: error_directory
7496TYPE: string
7497LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 7498DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7499DEFAULT_DOC: Send error pages in the clients preferred language
5473c134 7500DOC_START
7501 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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7502 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
7503 the error/template files to another directory and point
7504 this tag at them.
7505
7506 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
7507 on error pages if used.
5473c134 7508
7509 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
7510 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 7511 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 7512 contributing your translation back to the project.
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7513 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
7514
7515 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
7516 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
7517DOC_END
7518
7519NAME: error_default_language
7520IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
7521TYPE: string
7522LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
7523DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7524DEFAULT_DOC: Generate English language pages.
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7525DOC_START
7526 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
7527 if no existing translation matches the clients language
7528 preferences.
7529
7530 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
7531
7532 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
7533 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
7534 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
7535 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 7536DOC_END
7537
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7538NAME: error_log_languages
7539IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
7540TYPE: onoff
7541LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
7542DEFAULT: on
7543DOC_START
7544 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
7545 auto-negotiate for translations.
7546
7547 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
7548 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 7549 of its error page translations.
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7550DOC_END
7551
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7552NAME: err_page_stylesheet
7553TYPE: string
7554LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
7555DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
7556DOC_START
7557 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
7558
7559 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
7560DOC_END
7561
5473c134 7562NAME: err_html_text
7563TYPE: eol
7564LOC: Config.errHtmlText
7565DEFAULT: none
7566DOC_START
7567 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
7568 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
7569 organizations Web page.
7570
7571 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
7572 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
7573 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
7574 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
7575DOC_END
7576
7577NAME: email_err_data
7578COMMENT: on|off
7579TYPE: onoff
7580LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
7581DEFAULT: on
7582DOC_START
7583 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
7584 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
7585 so that the email body contains the data.
7586 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
7587DOC_END
7588
7589NAME: deny_info
7590TYPE: denyinfo
7591LOC: Config.denyInfoList
7592DEFAULT: none
7593DOC_START
7594 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
7595 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 7596 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 7597
7598 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
7599 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
7600 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
7601 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
7602
7603 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
7604 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
7605 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
7606 the first authentication related acl encountered
7607 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
7608 acl processed on the last http_access line.
3af10ac0
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7609 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
7610 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 7611
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7612 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
7613 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
7614 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 7615
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7616 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
7617 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
7618 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
7619
5473c134 7620 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
7621 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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7622
7623 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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7624 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
7625 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
7626 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
7627 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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7628
7629 URL FORMAT TAGS:
7630 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
7631 %B - FTP path URL
7632 %e - Error number
7633 %E - Error description
7634 %h - Squid hostname
7635 %H - Request domain name
7636 %i - Client IP Address
7637 %M - Request Method
7638 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
7639 %p - Request Port number
7640 %P - Request Protocol name
7641 %R - Request URL path
7642 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
7643 %U - Full canonical URL from client
7644 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
7645 %u - Full canonical URL from client
7646 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 7647 %x - Error name
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7648 %% - Literal percent (%) code
7649
5473c134 7650DOC_END
7651
7652COMMENT_START
7653 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
7654 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7655COMMENT_END
7656
7657NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 7658TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7659LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 7660DEFAULT: on
7661DOC_START
5473c134 7662 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
9967aef6 7663 (not cacheable request type) direct to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 7664
638402dd 7665 When this is set to "off", Squid will prefer to send these
5473c134 7666 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 7667
5473c134 7668 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
7669 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
7670 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 7671
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7672 This option only sets a preference. If the parent is unavailable a
7673 direct connection to the origin server may still be attempted. To
7674 completely prevent direct connections use never_direct.
8d6275c0 7675DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 7676
5473c134 7677NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 7678TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7679LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 7680DEFAULT: off
7681DOC_START
5473c134 7682 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
7683 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
7684 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 7685
5473c134 7686 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
7687 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
7688 fails.
7689
7690 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
7691 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
7692 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 7693DOC_END
7694
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7695NAME: cache_miss_revalidate
7696COMMENT: on|off
7697TYPE: onoff
7698DEFAULT: on
7699LOC: Config.onoff.cache_miss_revalidate
7700DOC_START
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7701 RFC 7232 defines a conditional request mechanism to prevent
7702 response objects being unnecessarily transferred over the network.
7703 If that mechanism is used by the client and a cache MISS occurs
7704 it can prevent new cache entries being created.
7705
7706 This option determines whether Squid on cache MISS will pass the
7707 client revalidation request to the server or tries to fetch new
7708 content for caching. It can be useful while the cache is mostly
7709 empty to more quickly have the cache populated by generating
7710 non-conditional GETs.
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7711
7712 When set to 'on' (default), Squid will pass all client If-* headers
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7713 to the server. This permits server responses without a cacheable
7714 payload to be delivered and on MISS no new cache entry is created.
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7715
7716 When set to 'off' and if the request is cacheable, Squid will
7717 remove the clients If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match headers from
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7718 the request sent to the server. This requests a 200 status response
7719 from the server to create a new cache entry with.
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7720DOC_END
7721
5473c134 7722NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 7723TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 7724LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 7725DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7726DEFAULT_DOC: Prevent any cache_peer being used for this request.
0b0cfcf2 7727DOC_START
5473c134 7728 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 7729
5473c134 7730 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
7731 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
7732 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
7733 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
7734 something like:
0b0cfcf2 7735
5473c134 7736 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
7737 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 7738
5473c134 7739 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 7740
5473c134 7741 acl FTP proto FTP
7742 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 7743
5473c134 7744 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
7745 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
7746 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
7747 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
7748 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 7749
5473c134 7750 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
7751 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
7752 always_direct deny local-external
7753 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 7754
5473c134 7755 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
7756 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
7757 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
7758 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 7759
5473c134 7760 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
7761 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 7762 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 7763
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7764 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
7765 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 7766DOC_END
0976f8db 7767
5473c134 7768NAME: never_direct
7769TYPE: acl_access
7770LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
7771DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7772DEFAULT_DOC: Allow DNS results to be used for this request.
8d6275c0 7773DOC_START
5473c134 7774 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
7775
7776 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
7777 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
7778
7779 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
7780 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
7781 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
7782 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
7783
7784 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 7785 never_direct deny local-servers
7786 never_direct allow all
7787
7788 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
7789 servers inside the firewall use something like:
7790
7791 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
7792 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
7793 always_direct deny local-external
7794 always_direct allow local-intranet
7795 never_direct allow all
7796
b3567eb5
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7797 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
7798 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 7799DOC_END
0976f8db 7800
5473c134 7801COMMENT_START
7802 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
7803 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7804COMMENT_END
7805
65d448bc 7806NAME: incoming_udp_average incoming_icp_average
cccac0a2 7807TYPE: int
7808DEFAULT: 6
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7809LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.average
7810DOC_START
7811 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7812 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7813 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7814DOC_END
cccac0a2 7815
65d448bc 7816NAME: incoming_tcp_average incoming_http_average
cccac0a2 7817TYPE: int
7818DEFAULT: 4
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7819LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.average
7820DOC_START
7821 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7822 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7823 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7824DOC_END
cccac0a2 7825
7826NAME: incoming_dns_average
7827TYPE: int
7828DEFAULT: 4
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7829LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.average
7830DOC_START
7831 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7832 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7833 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7834DOC_END
cccac0a2 7835
65d448bc 7836NAME: min_udp_poll_cnt min_icp_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 7837TYPE: int
7838DEFAULT: 8
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7839LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.min_poll
7840DOC_START
7841 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7842 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7843 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7844DOC_END
cccac0a2 7845
7846NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
7847TYPE: int
7848DEFAULT: 8
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7849LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.min_poll
7850DOC_START
7851 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7852 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7853 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7854DOC_END
cccac0a2 7855
65d448bc 7856NAME: min_tcp_poll_cnt min_http_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 7857TYPE: int
7858DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc 7859LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.min_poll
cccac0a2 7860DOC_START
5473c134 7861 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7862 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7863 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7864DOC_END
7865
7866NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 7867TYPE: string
7868DEFAULT: none
7869LOC: Config.accept_filter
7870DOC_START
0b4d4be5 7871 FreeBSD:
7872
5473c134 7873 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
7874 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
7875 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
7876
7877 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 7878 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 7879 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
7880
7881 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
7882 to Squid until there is some data to process.
7883 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
7884
7885 Linux:
7886
7887 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
7888 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
7889 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
7890 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
7891 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 7892EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 7893# FreeBSD
5473c134 7894accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 7895# Linux
7896accept_filter data
5473c134 7897DOC_END
7898
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7899NAME: client_ip_max_connections
7900TYPE: int
7901LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
7902DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 7903DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
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7904DOC_START
7905 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
7906 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
7907 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
7908
7909 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
7910 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
7911
7912 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
7913
7914 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
7915 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
7916DOC_END
7917
5473c134 7918NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
7919COMMENT: (bytes)
7920TYPE: b_size_t
7921DEFAULT: 0 bytes
638402dd 7922DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system TCP defaults.
5473c134 7923LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
7924DOC_START
7925 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
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7926 as easy to change your kernel's default.
7927 Omit from squid.conf to use the default buffer size.
5473c134 7928DOC_END
7929
7930COMMENT_START
7931 ICAP OPTIONS
7932 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7933COMMENT_END
7934
7935NAME: icap_enable
7936TYPE: onoff
7937IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7938COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7939LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 7940DEFAULT: off
7941DOC_START
53e738c6 7942 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 7943DOC_END
7944
7945NAME: icap_connect_timeout
7946TYPE: time_t
7947DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 7948LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 7949IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7950DOC_START
7951 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
7952 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
7953 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
7954
7955 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
7956 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
7957 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
7958DOC_END
7959
7960NAME: icap_io_timeout
7961COMMENT: time-units
7962TYPE: time_t
7963DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7964DEFAULT_DOC: Use read_timeout.
26cc52cb 7965LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 7966IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7967DOC_START
7968 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
7969 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
7970 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
7971 failure.
5473c134 7972DOC_END
7973
7974NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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7975COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
7976TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 7977IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 7978LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 7979DEFAULT: 10
7980DOC_START
7981 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
7982 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
7983 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
7984 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 7985 OPTIONS.
5473c134 7986
7987 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
7988 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
7989 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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7990
7991 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
7992 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
7993 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
7994 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
7995 value into ten time slots of equal length.
7996
7997 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
7998 effect on service failure expiration.
7999
8000 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
8001 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
8002 setting.
8003
8004 For example,
8005 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
8006 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 8007DOC_END
8008
5473c134 8009NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 8010TYPE: int
5473c134 8011IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8012LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 8013DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 8014DOC_START
5473c134 8015 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
8016 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
8017 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
8018 fetched.
cccac0a2 8019
5473c134 8020 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
8021 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 8022DOC_END
8023
5473c134 8024NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 8025TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8026IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8027COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 8028LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 8029DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 8030DOC_START
ac7a62f9 8031 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
8032 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
8033 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
8034 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
8035
8036 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
8037 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
8038 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
8039
8040 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
8041 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
8042Example:
8043icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 8044DOC_END
8045
5473c134 8046NAME: icap_preview_size
8047TYPE: int
8048IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8049LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 8050DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 8051DEFAULT_DOC: No preview sent.
cccac0a2 8052DOC_START
53e738c6 8053 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
638402dd 8054 This value might be overwritten on a per server basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 8055DOC_END
8056
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8057NAME: icap_206_enable
8058TYPE: onoff
8059IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8060COMMENT: on|off
8061LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
8062DEFAULT: on
8063DOC_START
8064 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
8065 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
8066 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
8067 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
8068
8069 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
8070 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
8071 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
8072 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
8073 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
8074
8075 Example:
8076 icap_206_enable off
8077DOC_END
8078
5473c134 8079NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
8080TYPE: int
8081IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8082LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 8083DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 8084DOC_START
53e738c6 8085 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 8086 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 8087DOC_END
8088
5473c134 8089NAME: icap_persistent_connections
8090TYPE: onoff
8091IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8092COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 8093LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 8094DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 8095DOC_START
5473c134 8096 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
8097 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 8098DOC_END
8099
22fff3bf 8100NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 8101TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 8102IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 8103COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 8104LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 8105DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 8106DOC_START
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8107 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
8108 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
8109 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
8110
8111 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 8112DOC_END
8113
22fff3bf 8114NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 8115TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 8116IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 8117COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 8118LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 8119DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 8120DOC_START
5473c134 8121 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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8122 the adaptation service.
8123
8124 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 8125 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
8126 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 8127DOC_END
8128
5473c134 8129NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 8130TYPE: string
5473c134 8131IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8132LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 8133DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 8134DOC_START
db49f682 8135 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 8136DOC_END
8137
5473c134 8138NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 8139TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8140IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8141COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 8142LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 8143DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 8144DOC_START
5473c134 8145 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 8146DOC_END
8147
5473c134 8148NAME: icap_service
8149TYPE: icap_service_type
8150IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8151LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 8152DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8153DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8154 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 8155
c25c2836 8156 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
7d90757b 8157
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8158 id: ID
8159 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
8160 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
8161 services in squid.conf.
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8162
8163 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 8164 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
8165 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
8166 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 8167
c25c2836 8168 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
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8169 ICAP server and service location.
8170
8171 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
8172 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
8173 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
8174 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
8175 service_names differ.
8176
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8177 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
8178 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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8179
8180 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
8181 the following name=value options:
8182
8183 bypass=on|off|1|0
8184 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
8185 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
8186 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
8187 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
8188 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
8189 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
8190 returned to the HTTP client.
8191
8192 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
8193
8194 routing=on|off|1|0
8195 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
8196 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
8197 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
8198 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
8199 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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8200 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
8201 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
8202 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
8203
8204 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
8205 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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8206
8207 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
8208 response header is ignored.
8209
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8210 ipv6=on|off
8211 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
8212 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
8213 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
8214
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8215 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
8216 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
8217 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
8218 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
8219 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
8220 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
8221 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
8222
8223 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
8224 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
8225 workers may use a given service.
8226
8227 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
8228 otherwise it is set to "wait".
8229
8230
8231 max-conn=number
8232 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
8233 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
8234
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8235 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
8236 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 8237
5473c134 8238Example:
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8239icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
8240icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod routing=on
cccac0a2 8241DOC_END
8242
5473c134 8243NAME: icap_class
8244TYPE: icap_class_type
8245IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 8246LOC: none
5473c134 8247DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8248DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8249 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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8250 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
8251 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 8252
62c7f90e 8253 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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8254 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
8255 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 8256DOC_END
8257
5473c134 8258NAME: icap_access
8259TYPE: icap_access_type
8260IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 8261LOC: none
cccac0a2 8262DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8263DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8264 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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8265 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
8266 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 8267DOC_END
8268
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8269COMMENT_START
8270 eCAP OPTIONS
8271 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8272COMMENT_END
8273
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8274NAME: ecap_enable
8275TYPE: onoff
8276IFDEF: USE_ECAP
8277COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 8278LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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8279DEFAULT: off
8280DOC_START
8281 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
8282DOC_END
8283
8284NAME: ecap_service
8285TYPE: ecap_service_type
8286IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 8287LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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8288DEFAULT: none
8289DOC_START
8290 Defines a single eCAP service
8291
c25c2836 8292 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 8293
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8294 id: ID
8295 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
8296 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
8297 services in squid.conf.
8298
8299 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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8300 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
8301 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
8302 are not yet supported.
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8303
8304 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
8305 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
8306 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
8307 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
8308 the service provider.
8309
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8310 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
8311 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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8312
8313 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
8314 the following name=value options:
8315
8316 bypass=on|off|1|0
8317 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
8318 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
8319 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 8320 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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8321 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
8322 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
21a26d31 8323 HTTP client.
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8324
8325 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
8326
8327 routing=on|off|1|0
8328 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
8329 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
8330 returning a chain of services to be used next.
8331
8332 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
8333 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
8334
8335 Routing is not allowed by default.
8336
8337 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
8338 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
8339
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8341Example:
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8342ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
8343ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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8344DOC_END
8345
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8346NAME: loadable_modules
8347TYPE: wordlist
8348IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
8349LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
8350DEFAULT: none
8351DOC_START
8352 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
8353 preloaded module(s).
8354Example:
8355loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
8356DOC_END
8357
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8358COMMENT_START
8359 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
8360 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8361COMMENT_END
8362
8363NAME: adaptation_service_set
8364TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
8365IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8366LOC: none
8367DEFAULT: none
8368DOC_START
8369
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8370 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
8371 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
8372
8373 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
8374
8375 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
8376 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
8377 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
8378 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
8379 intact.
62c7f90e 8380
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8381 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
8382 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 8383
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8384 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
8385 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
8386
8387 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
8388 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
8389 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
8390 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
8391 transaction fails as well.
8392
8393 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
8394 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
8395 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
8396 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
8397 matters.
8398
8399 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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8400
8401Example:
8402adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
8403adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
8404DOC_END
8405
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8406NAME: adaptation_service_chain
8407TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
8408IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8409LOC: none
8410DEFAULT: none
8411DOC_START
8412
8413 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
8414 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
8415 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
8416
8417 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
8418
8419 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
8420 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
8421 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
8422 the previous service in the chain.
8423
8424 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
8425 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
8426
8427 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
8428 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
8429 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
8430
8431 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
8432 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
8433
8434 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
8435 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
8436 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
8437 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
8438
8439 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
8440
8441Example:
8442adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
8443DOC_END
8444
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8445NAME: adaptation_access
8446TYPE: adaptation_access_type
8447IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8448LOC: none
8449DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8450DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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8451DOC_START
8452 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
8453
8454 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
8455 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
8456
8457 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
8458 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
8459 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
8460 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
8461
8462 - services serving different vectoring points
8463 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
8464 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
8465 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
8466
8467 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
8468 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
8469 adaptation_service_set for details.
8470
8471 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
8472 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
8473 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
8474 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
8475
8476 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
8477 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
8478
8479 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
8480
8481Example:
8482adaptation_access service_1 allow all
8483DOC_END
8484
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8485NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
8486TYPE: int
8487IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8488LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
8489DEFAULT: 16
8490DOC_START
8491 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
8492 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
8493 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
8494 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
8495 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
8496 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
8497
8498 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
8499
8500 See also: icap_service routing=1
8501DOC_END
8502
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8503NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
8504TYPE: string
8505IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8506LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
8507DEFAULT: none
8508DOC_START
8509 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
8510 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
8511 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
8512 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
8513 with the master transaction.
8514
8515 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
8516 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
8517
8518 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
8519 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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8520 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
8521
8522 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
8523 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
8524 to provide an option with a name specified in
8525 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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8527 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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8528 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
8529
8530 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
8531
8532Example:
8533# share authentication information among ICAP services
8534adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
8535DOC_END
8536
71be37e0 8537NAME: adaptation_meta
d7f4a0b7 8538TYPE: note
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8539IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8540LOC: Adaptation::Config::metaHeaders
8541DEFAULT: none
8542DOC_START
8543 This option allows Squid administrator to add custom ICAP request
8544 headers or eCAP options to Squid ICAP requests or eCAP transactions.
8545 Use it to pass custom authentication tokens and other
8546 transaction-state related meta information to an ICAP/eCAP service.
8547
8548 The addition of a meta header is ACL-driven:
8549 adaptation_meta name value [!]aclname ...
8550
8551 Processing for a given header name stops after the first ACL list match.
8552 Thus, it is impossible to add two headers with the same name. If no ACL
8553 lists match for a given header name, no such header is added. For
8554 example:
8555
8556 # do not debug transactions except for those that need debugging
8557 adaptation_meta X-Debug 1 needs_debugging
8558
8559 # log all transactions except for those that must remain secret
8560 adaptation_meta X-Log 1 !keep_secret
8561
8562 # mark transactions from users in the "G 1" group
8563 adaptation_meta X-Authenticated-Groups "G 1" authed_as_G1
8564
8565 The "value" parameter may be a regular squid.conf token or a "double
8566 quoted string". Within the quoted string, use backslash (\) to escape
8567 any character, which is currently only useful for escaping backslashes
8568 and double quotes. For example,
8569 "this string has one backslash (\\) and two \"quotes\""
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8570
8571 Used adaptation_meta header values may be logged via %note
8572 logformat code. If multiple adaptation_meta headers with the same name
8573 are used during master transaction lifetime, the header values are
8574 logged in the order they were used and duplicate values are ignored
8575 (only the first repeated value will be logged).
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8576DOC_END
8577
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8578NAME: icap_retry
8579TYPE: acl_access
8580IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8581LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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8582DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
8583DOC_START
8584 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
8585 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
8586 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
8587 that response are usually retriable.
8588
8589 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8590
8591 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
8592 due to persistent connection race conditions.
8593
8594 See also: icap_retry_limit
8595DOC_END
8596
8597NAME: icap_retry_limit
8598TYPE: int
8599IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8600LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
8601DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8602DEFAULT_DOC: No retries are allowed.
3ff65596 8603DOC_START
638402dd 8604 Limits the number of retries allowed.
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8605
8606 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
8607 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
8608 count against this limit.
8609
8610 See also: icap_retry
8611DOC_END
8612
8613
5473c134 8614COMMENT_START
8615 DNS OPTIONS
8616 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8617COMMENT_END
8618
8619NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 8620TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8621DEFAULT: off
5473c134 8622LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 8623DOC_START
5473c134 8624 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
8625 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
8626 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 8627DOC_END
8628
5473c134 8629NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 8630TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8631DEFAULT: on
5473c134 8632LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 8633DOC_START
5473c134 8634 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
8635 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
8636 Squid to be strict about the standard.
8637 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 8638DOC_END
8639
5473c134 8640NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 8641TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 8642DEFAULT: 5 seconds
8643LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
cccac0a2 8644DOC_START
5473c134 8645 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
8646 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 8647DOC_END
8648
5473c134 8649NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 8650TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 8651DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 8652LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
cccac0a2 8653DOC_START
5473c134 8654 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
8655 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
8656 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 8657DOC_END
8658
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8659NAME: dns_packet_max
8660TYPE: b_ssize_t
638402dd 8661DEFAULT_DOC: EDNS disabled
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8662DEFAULT: none
8663LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
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8664DOC_START
8665 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
8666 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
8667
8668 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
8669 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
8670 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
8671 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
8672 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
8673
8674 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
8675 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
8676 necessary.
8677
8678 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
8679 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
8680 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
8681 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
8682 sizes being advertised by Squid.
8683 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
8684 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
8685DOC_END
8686
5473c134 8687NAME: dns_defnames
8688COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 8689TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8690DEFAULT: off
638402dd 8691DEFAULT_DOC: Search for single-label domain names is disabled.
5473c134 8692LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 8693DOC_START
5473c134 8694 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
8695 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
8696 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
8697 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 8698DOC_END
8699
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8700NAME: dns_multicast_local
8701COMMENT: on|off
8702TYPE: onoff
8703DEFAULT: off
8704DEFAULT_DOC: Search for .local and .arpa names is disabled.
8705LOC: Config.onoff.dns_mdns
8706DOC_START
8707 When set to on, Squid sends multicast DNS lookups on the local
8708 network for domains ending in .local and .arpa.
8709 This enables local servers and devices to be contacted in an
8710 ad-hoc or zero-configuration network environment.
8711DOC_END
8712
5473c134 8713NAME: dns_nameservers
8714TYPE: wordlist
8715DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8716DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
5473c134 8717LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 8718DOC_START
5473c134 8719 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
8720 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
8721 /etc/resolv.conf file.
638402dd 8722
5473c134 8723 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
8724 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
8725 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
8726 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 8727
5473c134 8728 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 8729DOC_END
8730
5473c134 8731NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 8732TYPE: string
5473c134 8733DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
8734LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 8735DOC_START
5473c134 8736 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
8737 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
8738 default locations:
8739 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
8740 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
8741 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
8742 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
8743 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
8744 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
8745 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
8746 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 8747
5473c134 8748 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
8749 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
8750 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
8751 character are comments.
cccac0a2 8752
5473c134 8753 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
8754 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
8755 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
8756 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
8757 definitions.
cccac0a2 8758DOC_END
8759
5473c134 8760NAME: append_domain
8761TYPE: string
8762LOC: Config.appendDomain
8763DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8764DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
6a2f3fcf 8765DOC_START
5473c134 8766 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
8767 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
8768
8769 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
8770 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
8771 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
8772
8773Example:
8774 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 8775DOC_END
8776
5473c134 8777NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
8778TYPE: onoff
8779LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 8780DEFAULT: on
8781DOC_START
5473c134 8782 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
8783 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
8784 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
8785 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
8786 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 8787DOC_END
8788
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8789NAME: dns_v4_first
8790TYPE: onoff
8791DEFAULT: off
8792LOC: Config.dns.v4_first
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8793DOC_START
8794 With the IPv6 Internet being as fast or faster than IPv4 Internet
8795 for most networks Squid prefers to contact websites over IPv6.
8796
8797 This option reverses the order of preference to make Squid contact
8798 dual-stack websites over IPv4 first. Squid will still perform both
8799 IPv6 and IPv4 DNS lookups before connecting.
8800
8801 WARNING:
8802 This option will restrict the situations under which IPv6
8803 connectivity is used (and tested). Hiding network problems
8804 which would otherwise be detected and warned about.
8805DOC_END
8806
6bc15a4f 8807NAME: ipcache_size
8808COMMENT: (number of entries)
8809TYPE: int
8810DEFAULT: 1024
8811LOC: Config.ipcache.size
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8812DOC_START
8813 Maximum number of DNS IP cache entries.
8814DOC_END
6bc15a4f 8815
8816NAME: ipcache_low
8817COMMENT: (percent)
8818TYPE: int
8819DEFAULT: 90
8820LOC: Config.ipcache.low
8821DOC_NONE
8822
8823NAME: ipcache_high
8824COMMENT: (percent)
8825TYPE: int
8826DEFAULT: 95
8827LOC: Config.ipcache.high
8828DOC_START
8829 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
8830DOC_END
8831
8832NAME: fqdncache_size
8833COMMENT: (number of entries)
8834TYPE: int
8835DEFAULT: 1024
8836LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
8837DOC_START
8838 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
8839DOC_END
8840
a58ff010 8841COMMENT_START
5473c134 8842 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 8843 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8844COMMENT_END
8845
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8846NAME: configuration_includes_quoted_values
8847COMMENT: on|off
bde7a8ce
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8848TYPE: configuration_includes_quoted_values
8849DEFAULT: off
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8850LOC: ConfigParser::RecognizeQuotedValues
8851DOC_START
8852 If set, Squid will recognize each "quoted string" after a configuration
8853 directive as a single parameter. The quotes are stripped before the
8854 parameter value is interpreted or used.
8855 See "Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters"
8856 section for more details.
8857DOC_END
8858
5473c134 8859NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 8860COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8861TYPE: onoff
8862DEFAULT: on
8863LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 8864DOC_START
5473c134 8865 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
8866 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
8867 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
8868 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 8869DOC_END
8870
5473c134 8871NAME: memory_pools_limit
8872COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 8873TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 8874DEFAULT: 5 MB
8875LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 8876DOC_START
5473c134 8877 Used only with memory_pools on:
8878 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 8879
5473c134 8880 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
8881 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
8882 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
8883 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
8884 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
8885 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
8886 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 8887
89646bd7 8888 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 8889 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 8890
5473c134 8891 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 8892 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 8893
8894 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
8895 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
8896 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
8897 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 8898DOC_END
8899
5473c134 8900NAME: forwarded_for
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8901COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
8902TYPE: string
5473c134 8903DEFAULT: on
8904LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 8905DOC_START
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8906 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
8907 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 8908
5473c134 8909 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
8910
67c06f0d 8911 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 8912
8913 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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8914
8915 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
8916 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
8917
8918 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
8919 X-Forwarded-For header.
8920
8921 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 8922 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 8923DOC_END
8924
5473c134 8925NAME: cachemgr_passwd
8926TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
8927DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8928DEFAULT_DOC: No password. Actions which require password are denied.
5473c134 8929LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 8930DOC_START
5473c134 8931 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 8932
5473c134 8933 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
8934
8935 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
8936 5min
8937 60min
8938 asndb
8939 authenticator
8940 cbdata
8941 client_list
8942 comm_incoming
8943 config *
8944 counters
8945 delay
8946 digest_stats
8947 dns
8948 events
8949 filedescriptors
8950 fqdncache
8951 histograms
8952 http_headers
8953 info
8954 io
8955 ipcache
8956 mem
8957 menu
8958 netdb
8959 non_peers
8960 objects
8961 offline_toggle *
8962 pconn
8963 peer_select
b360c477 8964 reconfigure *
5473c134 8965 redirector
8966 refresh
8967 server_list
8968 shutdown *
8969 store_digest
8970 storedir
8971 utilization
8972 via_headers
8973 vm_objects
8974
8975 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
8976 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
8977
8978 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
8979 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
8980 password to "none".
8981
8982 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
8983
8984Example:
8985 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
8986 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
8987 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 8988DOC_END
8989
5473c134 8990NAME: client_db
a58ff010 8991COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8992TYPE: onoff
8993DEFAULT: on
8994LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 8995DOC_START
5473c134 8996 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
8997 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 8998DOC_END
8999
5473c134 9000NAME: refresh_all_ims
9001COMMENT: on|off
9002TYPE: onoff
9003DEFAULT: off
9004LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 9005DOC_START
5473c134 9006 When you enable this option, squid will always check
9007 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
9008 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
9009 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
9010 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 9011
5473c134 9012 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
9013 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 9014DOC_END
9015
5473c134 9016NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 9017IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 9018COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 9019TYPE: onoff
9020DEFAULT: off
9021LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 9022DOC_START
5473c134 9023 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
9024 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
9025 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
9026 feature could make you liable for problems which it
9027 causes.
9028
9029 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 9030DOC_END
9031
31ef19cd 9032NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 9033TYPE: int
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AJ
9034LOC: Config.connect_retries
9035DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9036DEFAULT_DOC: Do not retry failed connections.
a58ff010 9037DOC_START
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AJ
9038 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
9039 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
9040 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
9041
9042 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
9043 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 9044
31ef19cd
AJ
9045 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
9046 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 9047
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AJ
9048 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
9049 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
9050 a useful server.
a58ff010 9051DOC_END
9052
5473c134 9053NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 9054TYPE: onoff
5473c134 9055LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 9056DEFAULT: off
9057DOC_START
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9058 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
9059 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
9060 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
9061 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
9062
9063 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
9064 work around access control errors.
9065
9066 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
9067 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 9068DOC_END
9069
5473c134 9070NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 9071TYPE: string
5473c134 9072LOC: Config.as_whois_server
9073DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 9074DOC_START
5473c134 9075 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
9076 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 9077DOC_END
9078
5473c134 9079NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 9080TYPE: onoff
5473c134 9081LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 9082DEFAULT: off
9083DOC_START
5473c134 9084 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
9085 objects.
a58ff010 9086DOC_END
9087
5473c134 9088NAME: uri_whitespace
9089TYPE: uri_whitespace
9090LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
9091DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 9092DOC_START
5473c134 9093 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
9094 URI. Options:
a58ff010 9095
5473c134 9096 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
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9097 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396 and RFC3986
9098 for tolerant handling of generic URI.
9099 NOTE: This is one difference between generic URI and HTTP URLs.
9100
5473c134 9101 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
9102 Request" message.
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9103 This is the behaviour recommended by RFC2616 for safe
9104 handling of HTTP request URL.
9105
5473c134 9106 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
9107 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
9108 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
9109 are in use.
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9110 Note this may be considered a violation of RFC2616
9111 request parsing where whitespace is prohibited in the
9112 URL field.
9113
5473c134 9114 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
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9115 encoded according to RFC1738.
9116
5473c134 9117 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
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9118 first whitespace.
9119
9120
9121 NOTE the current Squid implementation of encode and chop violates
9122 RFC2616 by not using a 301 redirect after altering the URL.
5473c134 9123DOC_END
a58ff010 9124
5473c134 9125NAME: chroot
9126TYPE: string
9127LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 9128DEFAULT: none
9129DOC_START
9f37c18a 9130 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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9131 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
9132 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
9133 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
9134 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 9135DOC_END
a58ff010 9136
5473c134 9137NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
9138TYPE: onoff
9139LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 9140DEFAULT: off
5473c134 9141DOC_START
cc192b50 9142 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
9143 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
9144 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
9145
5473c134 9146 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
9147 found not to preserve user session state across requests
9148 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 9149
cc192b50 9150 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 9151DOC_END
9152
5473c134 9153NAME: pipeline_prefetch
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9154TYPE: pipelinePrefetch
9155LOC: Config.pipeline_max_prefetch
9156DEFAULT: 0
9157DEFAULT_DOC: Do not pre-parse pipelined requests.
a58ff010 9158DOC_START
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9159 HTTP clients may send a pipeline of 1+N requests to Squid using a
9160 single connection, without waiting for Squid to respond to the first
9161 of those requests. This option limits the number of concurrent
9162 requests Squid will try to handle in parallel. If set to N, Squid
9163 will try to receive and process up to 1+N requests on the same
9164 connection concurrently.
a58ff010 9165
079a8480 9166 Defaults to 0 (off) for bandwidth management and access logging
5473c134 9167 reasons.
a0e23afd 9168
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9169 NOTE: pipelining requires persistent connections to clients.
9170
a0e23afd 9171 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 9172DOC_END
a58ff010 9173
5473c134 9174NAME: high_response_time_warning
9175TYPE: int
9176COMMENT: (msec)
9177LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
9178DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9179DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 9180DOC_START
9181 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
9182 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
9183 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 9184DOC_END
9185
5473c134 9186NAME: high_page_fault_warning
9187TYPE: int
9188LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
9189DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9190DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
cc9f92d4 9191DOC_START
5473c134 9192 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
9193 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
9194 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
9195 per second.
9196DOC_END
cc9f92d4 9197
5473c134 9198NAME: high_memory_warning
9199TYPE: b_size_t
9200LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
f2228f3b 9201IFDEF: HAVE_MSTATS&&HAVE_GNUMALLOC_H
904971da 9202DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 9203DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 9204DOC_START
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9205 If the memory usage (as determined by gnumalloc, if available and used)
9206 exceeds this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 9207 the administrators attention.
9208DOC_END
4bf2a476 9209# TODO: link high_memory_warning to mempools?
cc9f92d4 9210
5473c134 9211NAME: sleep_after_fork
9212COMMENT: (microseconds)
9213TYPE: int
9214LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
9215DEFAULT: 0
9216DOC_START
9217 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
9218 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
9219 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
9220 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
9221 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
9222 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
9223 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
9224 until all the child processes have been started.
9225 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
9226 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 9227DOC_END
9228
b6696974 9229NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
7aa9bb3e 9230IFDEF: _SQUID_WINDOWS_
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9231COMMENT: on|off
9232TYPE: onoff
9233DEFAULT: on
9234LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
9235DOC_START
9236 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
9237 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
9238 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
9239 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
9240 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
9241 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
9242DOC_END
9243
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9244NAME: eui_lookup
9245TYPE: onoff
9246IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
9247DEFAULT: on
9248LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
9249DOC_START
9250 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
9251DOC_END
9252
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9253NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
9254TYPE: int
9255DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9256DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system limits set by ulimit.
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9257LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
9258DOC_START
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9259 Reduce the maximum number of filedescriptors supported below
9260 the usual operating system defaults.
f3f0f563 9261
638402dd 9262 Remove from squid.conf to inherit the current ulimit setting.
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9263
9264 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
638402dd 9265 not all I/O types supports large values (eg on Windows).
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9266DOC_END
9267
13aeac35 9268NAME: workers
007d775d 9269TYPE: int
13aeac35 9270LOC: Config.workers
007d775d 9271DEFAULT: 1
638402dd 9272DEFAULT_DOC: SMP support disabled.
007d775d 9273DOC_START
13aeac35 9274 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
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9275 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
9276 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
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9277 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
9278
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9279 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
9280 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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9281DOC_END
9282
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9283NAME: cpu_affinity_map
9284TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
9285LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
9286DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9287DEFAULT_DOC: Let operating system decide.
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9288DOC_START
9289 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
9290
9291 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
9292
9293 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
9294
9295 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
9296 four even cores, starting with core #1.
9297
9298 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
9299 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
9300
9301 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
9302
9303 See also: workers
9304DOC_END
9305
cccac0a2 9306EOF