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32
0f74202c 33COMMENT_START
cccac0a2 34 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
35 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
38 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
39 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 40
cccac0a2 41 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
42 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
43 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
44 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
45 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
46 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
47 case.
debd9a31 48
cccac0a2 49COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_START
52 NETWORK OPTIONS
53 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
54COMMENT_END
55
56NAME: http_port ascii_port
57TYPE: http_port_list
58DEFAULT: none
59LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
60DOC_START
61 Usage: port [options]
62 hostname:port [options]
63 1.2.3.4:port [options]
64
65 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
66 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
67 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
68 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
7f7db318 69 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
cccac0a2 70 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
71 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
72 address, so you can use the port number alone.
73
7f7db318 74 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
cccac0a2 75 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
76
77 The -a command line option will override the *first* port
78 number listed here. That option will NOT override an IP
79 address, however.
80
81 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
82
116c6cca 83 Options:
84
85 transparent Support for transparent proxies
86
87 accel Accelerator mode. Also set implicit by the other
88 accelerator directives
89
90 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
91 domain support
92
93 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support
94
95 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
96 than the http_port number
97
98 defaultsite= Main web site name for accelerators
99
100 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
101 Defaults to http
cccac0a2 102
fc68f6b1 103 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing
104 outgoing connections using the client
105 IP address.
106
5529ca8a 107 disable-pmtu-discovery=
6845f129 108 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
109 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
110 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
111 support is enabled.
112 always disable always PMTU discovery.
5529ca8a 113
114 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies Path-MTU
115 discovery can not work on traffic towards the clients. This is
116 the case when the intercepting device does not fully track
117 connections and fails to forward ICMP must fragment messages
118 to the cache server. If you have such setup and experience that
119 certain clients sporadically hang or never complete requests set
120 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
121
cccac0a2 122 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
7f7db318 123 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
cccac0a2 124 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
125 visible on the internal address.
126NOCOMMENT_START
127# Squid normally listens to port 3128
58c1507a 128http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
cccac0a2 129NOCOMMENT_END
130DOC_END
131
132NAME: https_port
133IFDEF: USE_SSL
134TYPE: https_port_list
135DEFAULT: none
136LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
137DOC_START
6845f129 138 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
cccac0a2 139
6845f129 140 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
141 requests.
cccac0a2 142
6845f129 143 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
144 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
145 accelerator level.
cccac0a2 146
147 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
148 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
b8c0c06d 149
cccac0a2 150 Options:
151
152 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
116c6cca 153 this port
cccac0a2 154
155 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests
116c6cca 156 with. Defaults to https
cccac0a2 157
158 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format)
7f7db318 159
cccac0a2 160 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
161 if not specified, the certificate file is
162 assumed to be a combined certificate and
163 key file
164
165 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
166 1 automatic (default)
167 2 SSLv2 only
168 3 SSLv3 only
169 4 TLSv1 only
170
171 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers
172
5ac1a5b3 173 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
cccac0a2 174 being:
175 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
176 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
177 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
178 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
179 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
180 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
116c6cca 181 documentation for a complete list of options
cccac0a2 182
183 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
184 requesting a client certificate
185
186 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
187 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
116c6cca 188 clientca will be used
cccac0a2 189
190 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
a82a4fe4 191 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates
192
193 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
194 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
195 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
cccac0a2 196
197 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
198 DH key exchanges
199
200 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
201 DELAYED_AUTH
202 Don't request client certificates
203 immediately, but wait until acl processing
a82a4fe4 204 requires a certificate (not yet implemented)
7f7db318 205 NO_DEFAULT_CA
a82a4fe4 206 Don't use the default CA lists built in
116c6cca 207 to OpenSSL
b13877cc 208 NO_SESSION_REUSE
209 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
210 will result in a new SSL session.
a82a4fe4 211 VERIFY_CRL
212 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
213 certificates
214 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
215 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
216 client certificate chain
116c6cca 217
6b2936d5 218 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
219
116c6cca 220 accel Accelerator mode. Also set implicit by the other
221 accelerator directives
222
223 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
224 domain support
225
226 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support
227
228 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
229 than the https_port number
cccac0a2 230
231DOC_END
232
233NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
234IFDEF: USE_SSL
235TYPE: onoff
236DEFAULT: off
237LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
238DOC_START
239 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
240 messages.
241DOC_END
242
243NAME: ssl_engine
244IFDEF: USE_SSL
245TYPE: string
246LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
247DEFAULT: none
248DOC_START
249 The openssl engine to use. You will need to set this if you
250 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
251DOC_END
252
253NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
254IFDEF: USE_SSL
255DEFAULT: none
256LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
257TYPE: string
258DOC_START
259 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
260DOC_END
261
262NAME: sslproxy_client_key
263IFDEF: USE_SSL
264DEFAULT: none
265LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
266TYPE: string
267DOC_START
268 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
269DOC_END
270
271NAME: sslproxy_version
272IFDEF: USE_SSL
273DEFAULT: 1
274LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
275TYPE: int
276DOC_START
277 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
278DOC_END
279
280NAME: sslproxy_options
281IFDEF: USE_SSL
282DEFAULT: none
283LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
284TYPE: string
285DOC_START
286 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
287DOC_END
288
289NAME: sslproxy_cipher
290IFDEF: USE_SSL
291DEFAULT: none
292LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
293TYPE: string
294DOC_START
295 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
296DOC_END
297
298NAME: sslproxy_cafile
299IFDEF: USE_SSL
300DEFAULT: none
301LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
302TYPE: string
303DOC_START
304 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
305 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
306DOC_END
307
308NAME: sslproxy_capath
309IFDEF: USE_SSL
310DEFAULT: none
311LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
312TYPE: string
313DOC_START
314 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
315 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
316DOC_END
317
318NAME: sslproxy_flags
319IFDEF: USE_SSL
320DEFAULT: none
321LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
322TYPE: string
323DOC_START
324 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
325 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates even if they fail to
326 verify.
327 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
328 to OpenSSL.
329DOC_END
330
307b83b7 331NAME: sslpassword_program
332IFDEF: USE_SSL
333DEFAULT: none
334LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
335TYPE: string
336DOC_START
337 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
338 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
339 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
340 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
341DOC_END
342
cccac0a2 343NAME: icp_port udp_port
344TYPE: ushort
345DEFAULT: 0
346LOC: Config.Port.icp
347DOC_START
348 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
349 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
350 Default is disabled (0).
351NOCOMMENT_START
58c1507a 352icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 353NOCOMMENT_END
354DOC_END
355
356NAME: htcp_port
357IFDEF: USE_HTCP
358TYPE: ushort
359DEFAULT: 4827
360LOC: Config.Port.htcp
361DOC_START
362 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
363 and from neighbor caches. Default is 4827. To disable use
364 "0".
365DOC_END
366
367
368NAME: mcast_groups
369TYPE: wordlist
370LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
371DEFAULT: none
372DOC_START
373 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
374 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
375
376 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
377 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
378 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
379 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
380 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
381 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
382 receive replies from multicast group members.
383
384 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
385 is already in use by another group of caches.
386
387 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
388 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
389
390 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
391
392 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
393DOC_END
394
395
396NAME: udp_incoming_address
397TYPE: address
398LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
399DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
400DOC_NONE
401
402NAME: udp_outgoing_address
403TYPE: address
404LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
405DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
406DOC_START
407 udp_incoming_address is used for the ICP socket receiving packets
408 from other caches.
409 udp_outgoing_address is used for ICP packets sent out to other
410 caches.
411
412 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
413
f939c0ca 414 A udp_incoming_address value of 0.0.0.0 indicates Squid
415 should listen for UDP messages on all available interfaces.
cccac0a2 416
417 If udp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
7f7db318 418 it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address. Only
cccac0a2 419 change this if you want to have ICP queries sent using another
420 address than where this Squid listens for ICP queries from other
421 caches.
422
423 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
424 have the same value since they both use port 3130.
425DOC_END
9e7dbc51 426
cccac0a2 427COMMENT_START
428 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
429 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
430COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 431
cccac0a2 432NAME: cache_peer
433TYPE: peer
434DEFAULT: none
435LOC: Config.peers
436DOC_START
437 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
9e7dbc51 438
cccac0a2 439 cache_peer hostname type http_port icp_port [options]
0fdafae7 440
cccac0a2 441 For example,
d1b63fc8 442
cccac0a2 443 # proxy icp
444 # hostname type port port options
445 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
446 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
447 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
448 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
449
450 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
451
452 proxy_port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
453 requests.
454
455 icp_port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
456 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
457 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
458 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
459 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
460
461 options: proxy-only
462 weight=n
463 basetime=n
464 ttl=n
465 no-query
466 background-ping
467 default
468 round-robin
469 weighted-round-robin
470 carp
471 multicast-responder
472 closest-only
473 no-digest
474 no-netdb-exchange
475 no-delay
476 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
477 connect-timeout=nn
478 digest-url=url
479 allow-miss
480 max-conn
481 htcp
527ee50d 482 htcp-oldsquid
cccac0a2 483 originserver
484 name=xxx
485 forceddomain=name
486 ssl
487 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
488 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
489 sslversion=1|2|3|4
490 sslcipher=...
491 ssloptions=...
492 front-end-https[=on|auto]
b8c0c06d 493
7f7db318 494 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
cccac0a2 495 from this cache should not be saved locally.
496
497 use 'weight=n' to specify a weighted parent.
498 The weight must be an integer. The default weight
499 is 1, larger weights are favored more.
500
501 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
502 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
503 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
504 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
7f7db318 505 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 506
507 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
508 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
509 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
510 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
511 hosts, you must configure other group members as
512 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
513
514 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
515 neighbor.
516
517 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
7f7db318 518 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
519 round trip time updated and is usually used in
cccac0a2 520 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
521
522 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
523 be used as a "last-resort." You should probably
524 only use 'default' in situations where you cannot
525 use ICP with your parent cache(s).
526
527 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
528 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
529 absence of any ICP queries.
530
7f7db318 531 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
532 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
533 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
534 time. Closer parents are used more often.
cccac0a2 535 Usually used for background-ping parents.
536
537 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
7f7db318 538 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
cccac0a2 539 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
540 balancing hash function based on their weigth.
541
7f7db318 542 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
cccac0a2 543 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
544 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
545 will be accepted from it.
546
547 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
548 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
549 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
550
551 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
552 this neighbor.
553
554 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
555 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
556
557 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
558 from influencing the delay pools.
559
560 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
561 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
562 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
7f7db318 563 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
cccac0a2 564
565 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
65fca573 566 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
567 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
568 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
569 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
570 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
571 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
572 one proxy login.
7f7db318 573 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
cccac0a2 574 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
575
576 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
577 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
578 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
579 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
580 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
581 information which is added to the username. This can
582 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
583 the login=username:password option above.
584
585 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
586 specific connect timeout (also see the
587 peer_connect_timeout directive)
588
589 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
590 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
591 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
592 location.
593
594 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
595 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
596 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
597 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
598 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
599 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
600 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
601 source is a peer)
602
603 use 'max-conn' to limit the amount of connections Squid
604 may open to this peer.
605
606 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
607 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
608 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
d3803853 609
527ee50d 610 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
611
cccac0a2 612 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
613 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
614
615 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
7f7db318 616 host but different ports. This name can be used to
cccac0a2 617 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
618 directives.
619
620 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
621 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
622 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
623 name and using redirectors to feed this domainname
624 is not feasible.
625
7f7db318 626 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
cccac0a2 627 bs SSL/TLS encrypted.
628
629 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
630 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
631
632 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
633 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
7f7db318 634 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
cccac0a2 635 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
636
637 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
638 when connecting to this peer
639 1 = automatic (default)
640 2 = SSL v2 only
641 3 = SSL v3 only
642 4 = TLS v1 only
643
644 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL chipers
645 to use when connecting to this peer
646
647 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
648 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
649 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
650 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
651 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
652 a more complete list.
653
654 use cafile=... to specify a file containing additional
655 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
656
657 use capath=... to specify a directory containing additional
658 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
659
660 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
661 SSL implementation:
662 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
663 Accept certificates even if they fail to
664 verify.
7f7db318 665 NO_DEFAULT_CA
cccac0a2 666 Don't use the default CA list built in
667 to OpenSSL.
668 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
7f7db318 669 Don't verify the peer certificate
cccac0a2 670 matches the server name
671
672 use sslname= to specify the peer name as advertised
673 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
674 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
675 peer hostname will be used.
676
677 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
678 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend infront
679 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
7f7db318 680 on this header. If set to auto the header will
cccac0a2 681 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
682 URL.
683
684 NOTE: non-ICP neighbors must be specified as 'parent'.
685DOC_END
686
687NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
688TYPE: hostdomain
689DEFAULT: none
690LOC: none
691DOC_START
692 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
693 queried. Usage:
694
695 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
696 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
697
698 For example, specifying
699
700 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
701
702 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
703 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
704 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
7f7db318 705 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
cccac0a2 706 NOT in that domain.
707
708 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
709 either on the same or separate lines.
710 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
711 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
712 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
713 for all requests.
714 * There are no defaults.
715 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
716 section.
717DOC_END
718
719
720NAME: neighbor_type_domain
721TYPE: hostdomaintype
722DEFAULT: none
723LOC: none
724DOC_START
725 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
726
727 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
728 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
729 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
730 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
731 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
732 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
733
734EXAMPLE:
735 cache_peer parent cache.foo.org 3128 3130
736 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
737 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
738DOC_END
739
740NAME: icp_query_timeout
741COMMENT: (msec)
742DEFAULT: 0
743TYPE: int
744LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
745DOC_START
746 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
747 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
748 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
749 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
750 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
751 timeout (the old default), you would write:
752
753 icp_query_timeout 2000
754DOC_END
755
756NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
757COMMENT: (msec)
758DEFAULT: 2000
759TYPE: int
760LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
761DOC_START
762 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
763 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
764 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
765 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
766 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
767 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
768DOC_END
769
770NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
771COMMENT: (msec)
772DEFAULT: 5
773TYPE: int
774LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
775DOC_START
776 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
777 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
778 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
779 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
780 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
781 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
782 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
783DOC_END
784
785NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
786COMMENT: (msec)
787DEFAULT: 2000
788TYPE: int
789LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
790DOC_START
791 For Multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
792 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
793 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
794 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
795 seconds.
796DOC_END
797
798NAME: dead_peer_timeout
799COMMENT: (seconds)
800DEFAULT: 10 seconds
801TYPE: time_t
802LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
803DOC_START
804 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
805 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
806 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
807 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
808 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
809 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
810
811 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
812 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
813 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
814 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
815 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
816 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
817 instead of to your parents.
818DOC_END
819
820
821NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
822TYPE: wordlist
823DEFAULT: none
824LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
825DOC_START
826 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
827 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
828 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
829 list this option multiple times.
830NOCOMMENT_START
831#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
832hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
833NOCOMMENT_END
834DOC_END
934b03fc 835
6a566b9c 836
6192e873 837NAME: cache no_cache
cccac0a2 838TYPE: acl_access
839DEFAULT: none
840LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
841DOC_START
842 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
843 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
844 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
6a566b9c 845
cccac0a2 846 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
847 NOT be cached.
1e5562e3 848
6192e873 849 Default is to allow all to be cached
cccac0a2 850NOCOMMENT_START
851#We recommend you to use the following two lines.
852acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
6192e873 853cache deny QUERY
cccac0a2 854NOCOMMENT_END
855DOC_END
856
857NAME: background_ping_rate
858COMMENT: time-units
859TYPE: time_t
860DEFAULT: 10 seconds
861LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
862DOC_START
863 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
864 have background-ping set.
865DOC_END
1e5562e3 866
934b03fc 867
cccac0a2 868COMMENT_START
869 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE CACHE SIZE
870 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
871COMMENT_END
872
873NAME: cache_mem
874COMMENT: (bytes)
875TYPE: b_size_t
876DEFAULT: 8 MB
877LOC: Config.memMaxSize
878DOC_START
879 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
880 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
881 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
882 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
883
884 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
885 for:
886 * In-Transit objects
887 * Hot Objects
888 * Negative-Cached objects
889
890 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
891 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
892 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
893 priority.
894
895 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
896 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
897 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
898 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
899 not needed for in-transit objects.
900
901 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
902 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
903 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
904 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
905 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
906 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
907 objects.
908DOC_END
909
910
911NAME: cache_swap_low
912COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
913TYPE: int
914DEFAULT: 90
915LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
916DOC_NONE
917
918NAME: cache_swap_high
919COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
920TYPE: int
921DEFAULT: 95
922LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
923DOC_START
924
925 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
926 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
927 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
928 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
929 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
930 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
7f7db318 931
cccac0a2 932 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
933 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
934 numbers closer together.
935DOC_END
936
937NAME: maximum_object_size
938COMMENT: (bytes)
939TYPE: b_size_t
940DEFAULT: 4096 KB
941LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
942DOC_START
943 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
944 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
945 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
946 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
947 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
948 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
949
950 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
951 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
952 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
953DOC_END
954
955NAME: minimum_object_size
956COMMENT: (bytes)
957TYPE: b_size_t
958DEFAULT: 0 KB
959LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
960DOC_START
961 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
962 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
963 means there is no minimum.
964DOC_END
965
966NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
967COMMENT: (bytes)
968TYPE: b_size_t
969DEFAULT: 8 KB
970LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
971DOC_START
6845f129 972 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
973 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
974 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
975 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem .
cccac0a2 976DOC_END
977
978NAME: ipcache_size
979COMMENT: (number of entries)
980TYPE: int
981DEFAULT: 1024
982LOC: Config.ipcache.size
983DOC_NONE
984
985NAME: ipcache_low
986COMMENT: (percent)
987TYPE: int
988DEFAULT: 90
989LOC: Config.ipcache.low
990DOC_NONE
991
992NAME: ipcache_high
993COMMENT: (percent)
994TYPE: int
995DEFAULT: 95
996LOC: Config.ipcache.high
997DOC_START
998 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
999DOC_END
1000
1001NAME: fqdncache_size
1002COMMENT: (number of entries)
1003TYPE: int
1004DEFAULT: 1024
1005LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
1006DOC_START
1007 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
1008DOC_END
1009
1010NAME: cache_replacement_policy
1011TYPE: removalpolicy
1012LOC: Config.replPolicy
1013DEFAULT: lru
1014DOC_START
1015 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
1016 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
1017
1018 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
1019 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
1020 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
1021 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
1022
1023 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
1024
1025 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
1026
1027 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
1028 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
1029 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
1030 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
1031
1032 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
1033 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
1034 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
1035 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
1036
1037 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
1038 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
1039 replacement policies.
1040
1041 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
1042 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
1043 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
1044
1045 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
1046 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
1047 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
1048DOC_END
1049
1050NAME: memory_replacement_policy
1051TYPE: removalpolicy
1052LOC: Config.memPolicy
1053DEFAULT: lru
1054DOC_START
1055 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
1056 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
1057
1058 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
1059DOC_END
934b03fc 1060
1f7c9178 1061
cccac0a2 1062COMMENT_START
1063 LOGFILE PATHNAMES AND CACHE DIRECTORIES
1064 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1065COMMENT_END
9bc73deb 1066
cccac0a2 1067NAME: cache_dir
1068TYPE: cachedir
1069DEFAULT: none
1070DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
1071LOC: Config.cacheSwap
1072DOC_START
1073 Usage:
7f7db318 1074
cccac0a2 1075 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
cf5cc17e 1076
cccac0a2 1077 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
1078 cache among different disk partitions.
8e8d4f30 1079
cccac0a2 1080 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
5ac1a5b3 1081 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
cccac0a2 1082 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
934b03fc 1083
cccac0a2 1084 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
1085 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
7f7db318 1086 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
cccac0a2 1087 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
1088 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
1e5562e3 1089
cccac0a2 1090 The ufs store type:
1091
1092 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
1093 been there.
1094
1095 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
1096
1097 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
1098 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
1099 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
1100 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
1101 subtract 20% and use that value.
1102
1103 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
1104 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
1105
1106 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
1107 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
1108 is 256.
1109
1110 The aufs store type:
1111
1112 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
1113 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
1114 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
1115
1116 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
1117
1118 see argument descriptions under ufs above
1119
1120 The diskd store type:
1121
1122 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
1123 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
1124 disk-I/O.
1125
1126 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
1127
1128 see argument descriptions under ufs above
1129
1130 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
1131 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
1132 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
1133
1134 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
1135 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
44f991b5 1136 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
cccac0a2 1137
af9ad249 1138 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
1139 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
1140 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
1141 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
1142 time.
1143
1a224843 1144 The coss store type:
1145
1146 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
1147 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
1148 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
1149 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
1150 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
7f7db318 1151 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
1a224843 1152 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
1153
b8c0c06d 1154 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
c8f4eac4 1155 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
1156 this will be created by squid -z.
1157
cccac0a2 1158 Common options:
1159
7f42bc3e 1160 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
cccac0a2 1161
1162 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
1163 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
1164 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
1165 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
1166 ones with no max-size specification last.
1a224843 1167
7f7db318 1168 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
1a224843 1169 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
1170 option.
c8f4eac4 1171
1172 The null store type:
1173
1174 no options are allowed or required
cccac0a2 1175DOC_END
1176
1177
1178NAME: logformat
1179TYPE: logformat
1180LOC: Config.Log.logformats
1181DEFAULT: none
1182DOC_START
1183 Usage:
1184
1185 logformat <name> <format specification>
1186
1187 Defines an access log format.
1188
1189 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
7f7db318 1190
cccac0a2 1191 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
fa38076e 1192 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
cccac0a2 1193 as required according to their context and the output format
fa38076e 1194 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
1195 output format is desired.
cccac0a2 1196
1197 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
7f7db318 1198
fa38076e 1199 " output in quoted string format
1200 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
1201 # output in URL quoted format
1202 ' output as-is
1203
cccac0a2 1204 - left aligned
7f7db318 1205 width field width. If starting with 0 the
cccac0a2 1206 output is zero padded
1207 {arg} argument such as header name etc
1208
1209 Format codes:
1210
1211 >a Client source IP address
1212 >A Client FQDN
44eb213b 1213 >p Client source port
cccac0a2 1214 <A Server IP address or peer name
1215 la Local IP address (http_port)
1216 lp Local port number (http_port)
1217 ts Seconds since epoch
1218 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
1219 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
1220 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:S %z
1221 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
1222 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:S %z
1223 tr Response time (milliseconds)
1224 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
1225 on the format header[:[separator]element]
1226 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
1227 as for >h
1228 un User name
1229 ul User login
1230 ui User ident
1231 ue User from external acl
1232 Hs HTTP status code
1233 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
1234 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
1235 mt MIME content type
1236 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
1237 ru Request URL
fef92cc1 1238 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
cccac0a2 1239 rv Request protocol version
1240 et Tag returned by external acl
1241 ea Log string returned by external acl
1242 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
6845f129 1243 <sH Reply high offset sent
03b29b6c 1244 <sS Upstream object size
cccac0a2 1245 % a literal % character
1246
1247logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
1248logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
1249logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
1250logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
1251DOC_END
1252
1253NAME: access_log cache_access_log
1254TYPE: access_log
1255LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
1256DEFAULT: none
1257DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@
1258DOC_START
1259 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
1260 ICP request. The format is:
1261 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
1262 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
1263
1264 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
1265 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
1266 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
1267 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
7f7db318 1268
c33aa074 1269 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
1270 a logformat name should not be specified.
1271
9197cd13 1272 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
1273
1274 access_log syslog[:facility|priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
1275 where facility could be any of:
1276 LOG_AUTHPRIV, LOG_DAEMON, LOG_LOCAL0 .. LOG_LOCAL7 or LOG_USER.
1277
1278 And priority could be any of:
1279 LOG_ERR, LOG_WARNING, LOG_NOTICE, LOG_INFO, LOG_DEBUG.
cccac0a2 1280DOC_END
1281
1282
1283NAME: cache_log
1284TYPE: string
1285DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
1286LOC: Config.Log.log
1287DOC_START
1288 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
1289 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
1290 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
1291DOC_END
1292
1293
1294NAME: cache_store_log
1295TYPE: string
1296DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
1297LOC: Config.Log.store
1298DOC_START
1299 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
1300 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
1301 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
1302 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
1303 disable it.
1304DOC_END
1305
1306
e2529a2c 1307NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
cccac0a2 1308TYPE: string
1309LOC: Config.Log.swap
1310DEFAULT: none
1311DOC_START
e2529a2c 1312 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
1313 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
1314 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
cccac0a2 1315 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
1316 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
1317 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
1318 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
1319
7f7db318 1320 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
cccac0a2 1321 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
1322 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
1323 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
7f7db318 1324
cccac0a2 1325 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
7f7db318 1326 these swap logs will have names such as:
cccac0a2 1327
1328 cache_swap_log.00
1329 cache_swap_log.01
1330 cache_swap_log.02
1331
1332 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
1333 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
1334 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
7f7db318 1335 lines in this file, these log files will NOT correspond to
cccac0a2 1336 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
7f7db318 1337 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
cccac0a2 1338 better to keep these log files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
1339DOC_END
1340
1341
1342NAME: emulate_httpd_log
1343COMMENT: on|off
1344TYPE: onoff
1345DEFAULT: off
1346LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
1347DOC_START
1348 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
1349 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
1350 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
1351 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
7f7db318 1352 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
cccac0a2 1353DOC_END
1354
1355NAME: log_ip_on_direct
1356COMMENT: on|off
1357TYPE: onoff
1358DEFAULT: on
1359LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
1360DOC_START
1361 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
1362 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
1363 prefer the old way set this to off.
1364DOC_END
1365
1366NAME: mime_table
1367TYPE: string
1368DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
1369LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
1370DOC_START
1371 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
1372 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
1373 information if you do.
1374DOC_END
1375
1376
1377NAME: log_mime_hdrs
1378COMMENT: on|off
1379TYPE: onoff
1380LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
1381DEFAULT: off
1382DOC_START
1383 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
1384 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
1385 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
1386 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
1387 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
1388DOC_END
1389
1390
1391NAME: useragent_log
1392TYPE: string
1393LOC: Config.Log.useragent
1394DEFAULT: none
1395IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
1396DOC_START
1397 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
1398 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
1399 is disabled.
1400DOC_END
1401
1402
1403NAME: referer_log
1404TYPE: string
1405LOC: Config.Log.referer
1406DEFAULT: none
1407IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
1408DOC_START
1409 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
1410 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
1411DOC_END
1412
1413
1414NAME: pid_filename
1415TYPE: string
1416DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
1417LOC: Config.pidFilename
1418DOC_START
1419 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
1420DOC_END
1421
1422
1423NAME: debug_options
d9e04dc7 1424TYPE: debug
cccac0a2 1425DEFAULT: ALL,1
1426LOC: Config.debugOptions
1427DOC_START
1428 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
1429 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
1430 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
1431 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
1432 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
1433 "ALL,1".
1434DOC_END
1435
1436
1437NAME: log_fqdn
1438COMMENT: on|off
1439TYPE: onoff
1440DEFAULT: off
1441LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
1442DOC_START
1443 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
1444 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
1445 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
1446 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
1447 browsing.
1448DOC_END
1449
1450
1451NAME: client_netmask
1452TYPE: address
1453LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
1454DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
1455DOC_START
1456 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
1457 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
1458 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
1459 the last digit set to '0'.
1460DOC_END
0976f8db 1461
0976f8db 1462
cccac0a2 1463COMMENT_START
1464 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1465 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1466COMMENT_END
1467
1468NAME: ftp_user
1469TYPE: string
1470DEFAULT: Squid@
1471LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
1472DOC_START
1473 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
1474 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
1475 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
1476
7f7db318 1477 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
cccac0a2 1478 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
1479 depending on how the cache is used.
7f7db318 1480 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
cccac0a2 1481 (for example perl.com).
1482DOC_END
1483
1484NAME: ftp_list_width
1485TYPE: size_t
1486DEFAULT: 32
1487LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
1488DOC_START
1489 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
1490 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
1491 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
1492DOC_END
1493
1494NAME: ftp_passive
1495TYPE: onoff
1496DEFAULT: on
1497LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
1498DOC_START
1499 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
7f7db318 1500 connections, turn off this option.
cccac0a2 1501DOC_END
1502
1503NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
1504TYPE: onoff
1505DEFAULT: on
1506LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
1507DOC_START
1508 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
1509 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
1510 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
1511 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
7f7db318 1512 connection turn this off.
cccac0a2 1513DOC_END
1514
1515NAME: check_hostnames
1516TYPE: onoff
a78278e2 1517DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 1518LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
1519DOC_START
a78278e2 1520 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
1521 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
1522 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
1523DOC_END
1524
1525NAME: allow_underscore
1526TYPE: onoff
1527DEFAULT: on
1528LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
1529DOC_START
1530 Underscore characers is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
1531 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
1532 Squid to be strict about the standard.
1533 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 1534DOC_END
1535
dad0fe12 1536NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
1537TYPE: onoff
1538DEFAULT: on
1539LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
1540DOC_START
1541The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
1542as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
5ac1a5b3 1543implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
dad0fe12 1544the FTP protocol.
1545
1546If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
7f7db318 1547path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
1548try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
dad0fe12 1549operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
1550is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
1551DOC_END
1552
cccac0a2 1553NAME: cache_dns_program
1554TYPE: string
1555IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
1556DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
1557LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
1558DOC_START
1559 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
1560DOC_END
1561
1562NAME: dns_children
1563TYPE: int
1564IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
1565DEFAULT: 5
1566LOC: Config.dnsChildren
1567DOC_START
1568 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
1569 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
1570 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
1571 is 32. The default is 5.
1572
1573 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
1574DOC_END
1575
1576NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
1577TYPE: time_t
1578DEFAULT: 5 seconds
1579LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
1580IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1581DOC_START
1582 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
1583 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
1584
1585DOC_END
1586
1587NAME: dns_timeout
1588TYPE: time_t
1589DEFAULT: 5 minutes
1590LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
1591IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1592DOC_START
1593 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7f7db318 1594 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
1595 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 1596DOC_END
1597
1598NAME: dns_defnames
1599COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 1600TYPE: onoff
1601DEFAULT: off
1602LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 1603DOC_START
68836b58 1604 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
1605 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
cccac0a2 1606 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
68836b58 1607 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 1608DOC_END
1609
1610NAME: dns_nameservers
1611TYPE: wordlist
1612DEFAULT: none
1613LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
1614DOC_START
1615 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
1616 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
1617 /etc/resolv.conf file.
1618 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
1619 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
1620 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
1621 configurations are supported.
1622
1623 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
1624DOC_END
1625
1626NAME: hosts_file
1627TYPE: string
1628DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
1629LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
1630DOC_START
1631 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
1632 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7f7db318 1633 default locations:
cccac0a2 1634 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
1635 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6845f129 1636 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
fc4d8ed8 1637 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6845f129 1638 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
cccac0a2 1639 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
6845f129 1640 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
1641 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 1642
1643 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
1644 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
5ac1a5b3 1645 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
cccac0a2 1646 character are comments.
1647
7f7db318 1648 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
cccac0a2 1649 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7f7db318 1650 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
cccac0a2 1651 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
1652 definitions.
1653DOC_END
1654
1655NAME: diskd_program
1656TYPE: string
1657DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
1658LOC: Config.Program.diskd
1659DOC_START
1660 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
7f7db318 1661 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
cccac0a2 1662 diskd as one of the store io modules.
1663DOC_END
1664
1665NAME: unlinkd_program
1666IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
1667TYPE: string
1668DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
1669LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
1670DOC_START
1671 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
1672DOC_END
1673
1674NAME: pinger_program
1675TYPE: string
1676DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
1677LOC: Config.Program.pinger
1678IFDEF: USE_ICMP
1679DOC_START
1680 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
1681DOC_END
1682
1683
346be6ad 1684NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
cccac0a2 1685TYPE: wordlist
1686LOC: Config.Program.redirect
1687DEFAULT: none
1688DOC_START
1689 Specify the location of the executable for the URL redirector.
1690 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
1691 See the FAQ (section 15) for information on how to write one.
1692 By default, a redirector is not used.
1693DOC_END
1694
1695
dc62e7f7 1696NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
cccac0a2 1697TYPE: int
1698DEFAULT: 5
1699LOC: Config.redirectChildren
1700DOC_START
1701 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
1702 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
1703 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
1704 and other system resources.
1705DOC_END
1706
dc62e7f7 1707NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
cccac0a2 1708TYPE: int
1709DEFAULT: 0
1710LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
1711DOC_START
1712 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
7f7db318 1713 parallell. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
cccac0a2 1714 is a old-style singlethreaded redirector.
1715DOC_END
1716
dc62e7f7 1717NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
cccac0a2 1718TYPE: onoff
1719DEFAULT: on
1720LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
1721DOC_START
1722 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
7f7db318 1723 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
cccac0a2 1724 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
1725
1726 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
1727 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
1728DOC_END
1729
1730NAME: redirector_access
1731TYPE: acl_access
1732DEFAULT: none
1733LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
1734DOC_START
1735 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
1736 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
1737 are sent.
1738DOC_END
1739
1740NAME: auth_param
1741TYPE: authparam
1742LOC: Config.authConfiguration
1743DEFAULT: none
1744DOC_START
1745 This is used to pass parameters to the various authentication
1746 schemes.
1747 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
7f7db318 1748
1749 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
cccac0a2 1750 would tell the basic authentication scheme it's program parameter.
1751
7f7db318 1752 The order authentication prompts are presented to the client_agent
5ac1a5b3 1753 is dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file.
cccac0a2 1754 IE has a bug (it's not rfc 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
1755 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure schemes
1756 are presented. For now use the order in the file below. If other browsers
5ac1a5b3 1757 have difficulties (don't recognize the schemes offered even if you are using
7f7db318 1758 basic) either put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting
cccac0a2 1759 out their program entry).
1760
1761 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be shutdown
1762 by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on the fly and
1763 activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a different helper,
1764 but not unconfigure the helper completely.
1765
1766 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
7f7db318 1767
cccac0a2 1768 "program" cmdline
1769 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a
1770 program reads a line containing "username password" and replies
0a0c70cd 1771 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
1772 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
1773 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
1774 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a program
1775 is specified.
cccac0a2 1776
1777 If you want to use the traditional proxy authentication,
6845f129 1778 jump over to the ../helpers/basic_auth/NCSA directory and
cccac0a2 1779 type:
1780 % make
1781 % make install
1782
1783 Then, set this line to something like
1784
6845f129 1785 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
cccac0a2 1786
1787 "children" numberofchildren
1788 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1789 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1790 process a backlog of usercode/password verifications, slowing
1791 it down. When password verifications are done via a (slow)
1792 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1793 processes.
1794 auth_param basic children 5
1795
1796 "concurrency" concurrency
1797 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
1798 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
1799 one request at a time.
1800 auth_param basic concurrency 0
1801
1802 "realm" realmstring
1803 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1804 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
1805 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1806 password). There is no default.
1807 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1808
1809 "credentialsttl" timetolive
1810 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
1811 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
1812 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
1813 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
5ac1a5b3 1814 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
cccac0a2 1815 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
1816 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
1817 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
1818 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
1819
6845f129 1820 "casesensitive" on|off
1821 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
1822 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
1823 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
1824 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
1825 auth_param basic casesensitive off
64658378 1826
cccac0a2 1827 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
1828
1829 "program" cmdline
1830 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
1831 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
63a24aeb 1832 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
4c9fa5d5 1833 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
1834 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
0a0c70cd 1835 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
1836 available as %m in the returned error page.
4c9fa5d5 1837
1838 By default, the digest authentication is not used unless a
1839 program is specified.
1840
1841 If you want to use a digest authenticator, jump over to the
6845f129 1842 helpers/digest_auth/ directory and choose the authenticator
4c9fa5d5 1843 to use. In it's directory type
6845f129 1844 % make
1845 % make install
cccac0a2 1846
1847 Then, set this line to something like
1848
1849 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
1850
1851
1852 "children" numberofchildren
1853 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1854 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1855 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
1856 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
1857 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
1858 auth_param digest children 5
1859
1860 "realm" realmstring
1861 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1862 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
1863 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1864 password). There is no default.
1865 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1866
1867 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
1868 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
1869 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
1870
1871 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
1872 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
1873 valid for.
1874
1875 "nonce_max_count" number
1876 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
1877 used.
1878
1879 "nonce_strictness" on|off
5ac1a5b3 1880 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
cccac0a2 1881 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
1882 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
1883 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
1884
1885 "check_nonce_count" on|off
1886 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
1887 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
1888 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
1889 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
1890
1891 "post_workaround" on|off
1892 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
1893 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
5ac1a5b3 1894 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 1895
cccac0a2 1896 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1897
1898 "program" cmdline
5ac1a5b3 1899 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
bdf7e1b4 1900 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
1901 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
5ac1a5b3 1902 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
1903 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
cccac0a2 1904 is not used.
1905
1906 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1907
1908 "children" numberofchildren
1909 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1910 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1911 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
5ac1a5b3 1912 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
cccac0a2 1913 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1914 processes.
dd9b1776 1915
cccac0a2 1916 auth_param ntlm children 5
1917
dd9b1776 1918 "keep_alive" on|off
1919 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1920 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1921 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1922 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1923 supported by the proxy.
1924
1925 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
1926
6bf4f823 1927 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 1928
6bf4f823 1929 "program" cmdline
1930 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
1931 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
1932 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
1933 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
1934 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
1935 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
1936 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
1937 is not used.
1938 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
26819f1e 1939 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
6bf4f823 1940
1941 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
1942
1943 "children" numberofchildren
1944 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1945 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1946 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
1947 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
1948 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1949 processes.
1950 auth_param negotiate children 5
1951
1952 "keep_alive" on|off
1953 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1954 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1955 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1956 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1957 supported by the proxy.
1958
1959 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 1960
1961NOCOMMENT_START
6845f129 1962#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
6bf4f823 1963#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1964#auth_param negotiate children 5
1965#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
26819f1e 1966#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1967#auth_param ntlm children 5
1968#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
2d70df72 1969#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1970#auth_param digest children 5
1971#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1972#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1973#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1974#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
94439e4e 1975#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6845f129 1976#auth_param basic children 5
1977#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1978#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
6b698a21 1979NOCOMMENT_END
1980DOC_END
0976f8db 1981
6b698a21 1982NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1983TYPE: time_t
1984DEFAULT: 1 hour
1985LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1986DOC_START
1987 The time period between garbage collection across the
5ac1a5b3 1988 username cache. This is a tradeoff between memory utilization
6b698a21 1989 (long intervals - say 2 days) and CPU (short intervals -
1990 say 1 minute). Only change if you have good reason to.
1991DOC_END
0976f8db 1992
6b698a21 1993NAME: authenticate_ttl
1994TYPE: time_t
1995DEFAULT: 1 hour
1996LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1997DOC_START
1998 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
1999 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
2000 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
2001 TTL are removed from memory.
2002DOC_END
0976f8db 2003
6b698a21 2004NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
2005TYPE: time_t
2006LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
2007DEFAULT: 0 seconds
2008DOC_START
2009 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
2010 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
2011 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
2012 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
2013 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
2014 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
2015 environment with relatively static address assignments.
2016DOC_END
0976f8db 2017
6b698a21 2018NAME: external_acl_type
2019TYPE: externalAclHelper
2020LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
2021DEFAULT: none
2022DOC_START
2023 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
2024 to look up the status
7f7db318 2025
6b698a21 2026 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
7f7db318 2027
6b698a21 2028 Options:
0976f8db 2029
6b698a21 2030 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
2031 for 1 hour)
2032 negative_ttl=n
2033 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
2034 as ttl)
2035 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
2036 external acl lookups of this type.
2037 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Use 0 for old style
2038 helpers who can only process a single request at a
2039 time.
2040 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
2041 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
2042 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
2043 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
dc1af3cf 2044 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
7f7db318 2045
6b698a21 2046 FORMAT specifications
2047
2048 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
66b4345b 2049 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
6b698a21 2050 %IDENT Ident user name
2051 %SRC Client IP
2052 %SRCPORT Client source port
2053 %DST Requested host
2054 %PROTO Requested protocol
2055 %PORT Requested port
2056 %PATH Requested URL path
2057 %METHOD Request method
2058 %MYADDR Squid interface address
2059 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
4ac9968f 2060 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
3d61c476 2061 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
4ac9968f 2062 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
2063 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
6b698a21 2064 %{Header} HTTP request header
2065 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
2066 %{Hdr:;member}
2067 HTTP request header list member using ; as
2068 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
2069 character.
2070
2071 In addition, any string specified in the referencing acl will
2072 also be included in the helper request line, after the specified
2073 formats (see the "acl external" directive)
2074
2075 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
2076 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
2077 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
dc1af3cf 2078 more details. To protect from odd characters the data is URL
2079 escaped.
6b698a21 2080
2081 General result syntax:
7f7db318 2082
6b698a21 2083 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
0976f8db 2084
6b698a21 2085 Defined keywords:
0976f8db 2086
6b698a21 2087 user= The users name (login)
2088 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
2089 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
2090 in error pages
2091 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
2092 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
2093 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
2094 %ea in logformat specifications
0976f8db 2095
dc1af3cf 2096 Keyword values need to be URL escaped if they may contain
2097 contain whitespace or quotes.
2098
2099 In Squid-2.5 compatibility mode quoting using " and \ is used
2100 instead of URL escaping.
6b698a21 2101DOC_END
0976f8db 2102
6b698a21 2103COMMENT_START
2104 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
2105 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2106COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2107
6b698a21 2108NAME: request_header_max_size
2109COMMENT: (KB)
2110TYPE: b_size_t
5b648f60 2111DEFAULT: 20 KB
6b698a21 2112LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
2113DOC_START
2114 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
2115 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2116 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
2117 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2118 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2119DOC_END
0976f8db 2120
6b698a21 2121NAME: request_body_max_size
2122COMMENT: (KB)
2123TYPE: b_size_t
2124DEFAULT: 0 KB
2125LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
2126DOC_START
2127 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
2128 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
2129 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
2130 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
2131 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
2132 be no limit imposed.
2133DOC_END
0976f8db 2134
6b698a21 2135NAME: refresh_pattern
2136TYPE: refreshpattern
2137LOC: Config.Refresh
2138DEFAULT: none
2139DOC_START
2140 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
0976f8db 2141
6b698a21 2142 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2143 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
0976f8db 2144
6b698a21 2145 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2146 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2147 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2148 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2149 has taken the appropriate actions.
0976f8db 2150
6b698a21 2151 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2152 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2153 will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 2154
6b698a21 2155 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2156 expiry time will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 2157
6b698a21 2158 options: override-expire
2159 override-lastmod
2160 reload-into-ims
2161 ignore-reload
38f9c547 2162 ignore-no-cache
2163 ignore-no-store
2164 ignore-private
2165 ignore-auth
6845f129 2166 refresh-ims
0976f8db 2167
6b698a21 2168 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
2169 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
2170 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
2171 for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2172
6b698a21 2173 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
7f7db318 2174 that were modified recently.
0976f8db 2175
6b698a21 2176 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2177 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2178 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2179 liable for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2180
6b698a21 2181 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2182 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2183 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2184 it causes.
7f7db318 2185
6845f129 2186 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2187 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2188 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2189 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2190 send it anyway.
38f9c547 2191
6845f129 2192 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2193 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2194 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2195 liable for problems which it causes.
38f9c547 2196
6845f129 2197 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2198 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2199 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2200 liable for problems which it causes.
38f9c547 2201
6845f129 2202 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2203 irrespective of ``Cache-control'' headers received from
2204 a server. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2205 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2206 it causes.
38f9c547 2207
4c3ef9b2 2208 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2209 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2210 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2211 if one is available.
2212
6b698a21 2213 Basically a cached object is:
0976f8db 2214
6b698a21 2215 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2216 STALE if age > max
2217 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2218 FRESH if age < min
2219 else STALE
0976f8db 2220
6b698a21 2221 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2222 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
7f7db318 2223 match the default will be used.
0976f8db 2224
6b698a21 2225 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2226 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2227 used.
0976f8db 2228
6b698a21 2229Suggested default:
2230NOCOMMENT_START
2231refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2232refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
2233refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2234NOCOMMENT_END
2235DOC_END
0976f8db 2236
6b698a21 2237NAME: quick_abort_min
2238COMMENT: (KB)
2239TYPE: kb_size_t
2240DEFAULT: 16 KB
2241LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2242DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2243
6b698a21 2244NAME: quick_abort_max
2245COMMENT: (KB)
2246TYPE: kb_size_t
2247DEFAULT: 16 KB
2248LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2249DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2250
6b698a21 2251NAME: quick_abort_pct
2252COMMENT: (percent)
2253TYPE: int
2254DEFAULT: 95
2255LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2256DOC_START
2257 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2258 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2259 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2260 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2261 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2262 downloads.
0976f8db 2263
6b698a21 2264 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2265 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2266 then.
0976f8db 2267
6b698a21 2268 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2269 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2270
6b698a21 2271 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2272 it will abort the retrieval.
0976f8db 2273
6b698a21 2274 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
2275 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2276
6b698a21 2277 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2278 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
2279 to '0 KB'.
0976f8db 2280
6b698a21 2281 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
7f7db318 2282 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
6b698a21 2283DOC_END
0976f8db 2284
6b698a21 2285NAME: read_ahead_gap
2286COMMENT: buffer-size
2287TYPE: kb_size_t
2288LOC: Config.readAheadGap
2289DEFAULT: 16 KB
2290DOC_START
2291 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
2292 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
2293DOC_END
0976f8db 2294
6b698a21 2295NAME: negative_ttl
2296COMMENT: time-units
2297TYPE: time_t
2298LOC: Config.negativeTtl
2299DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2300DOC_START
2301 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
2302 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
2303 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
2304 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
2305 negative caching of DNS lookups.
2306DOC_END
0976f8db 2307
0976f8db 2308
6b698a21 2309NAME: positive_dns_ttl
2310COMMENT: time-units
2311TYPE: time_t
2312LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
2313DEFAULT: 6 hours
2314DOC_START
2315 Time-to-Live (TTL) for positive caching of successful DNS lookups.
2316 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). If you want to minimize the
2317 use of Squid's ipcache, set this to 1, not 0.
2318DOC_END
0976f8db 2319
0976f8db 2320
6b698a21 2321NAME: negative_dns_ttl
2322COMMENT: time-units
2323TYPE: time_t
2324LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
2325DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2326DOC_START
2327 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
2328DOC_END
0976f8db 2329
6b698a21 2330NAME: range_offset_limit
2331COMMENT: (bytes)
2332TYPE: b_size_t
2333LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
2334DEFAULT: 0 KB
2335DOC_START
2336 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
2337 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
7f7db318 2338 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
6b698a21 2339 is NOT cached.
0976f8db 2340
6b698a21 2341 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
2342 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
2343 sending anything to the client.
0976f8db 2344
6b698a21 2345 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
7f7db318 2346 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
0976f8db 2347
6b698a21 2348 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
2349 client requested. (default)
2350DOC_END
0976f8db 2351
0976f8db 2352
6b698a21 2353COMMENT_START
2354 TIMEOUTS
2355 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2356COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2357
777831e0 2358NAME: forward_timeout
2359COMMENT: time-units
2360TYPE: time_t
2361LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
2362DEFAULT: 4 minutes
2363DOC_START
6845f129 2364 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
2365 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
777831e0 2366DOC_END
2367
6b698a21 2368NAME: connect_timeout
2369COMMENT: time-units
2370TYPE: time_t
2371LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
777831e0 2372DEFAULT: 1 minute
6b698a21 2373DOC_START
6845f129 2374 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
2375 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
2376 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
6b698a21 2377DOC_END
0976f8db 2378
6b698a21 2379NAME: peer_connect_timeout
2380COMMENT: time-units
2381TYPE: time_t
2382LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
2383DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2384DOC_START
2385 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
2386 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
2387 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
2388 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
2389DOC_END
0976f8db 2390
6b698a21 2391NAME: read_timeout
2392COMMENT: time-units
2393TYPE: time_t
2394LOC: Config.Timeout.read
2395DEFAULT: 15 minutes
2396DOC_START
2397 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
2398 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
2399 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
2400 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
2401 default is 15 minutes.
2402DOC_END
0976f8db 2403
0976f8db 2404
6b698a21 2405NAME: request_timeout
2406TYPE: time_t
2407LOC: Config.Timeout.request
2408DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2409DOC_START
2410 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
2411 connection establishment.
2412DOC_END
0976f8db 2413
0976f8db 2414
6b698a21 2415NAME: persistent_request_timeout
2416TYPE: time_t
2417LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
2418DEFAULT: 1 minute
2419DOC_START
2420 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
2421 connection after the previous request completes.
2422DOC_END
0976f8db 2423
0976f8db 2424
6b698a21 2425NAME: client_lifetime
2426COMMENT: time-units
2427TYPE: time_t
2428LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
2429DEFAULT: 1 day
2430DOC_START
7f7db318 2431 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
6b698a21 2432 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
2433 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
2434 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
2435 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
2436 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
2437 day, 1440 minutes.
2438
2439 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
2440 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
2441 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
2442 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
2443 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
2444 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
2445DOC_END
2446
2447NAME: half_closed_clients
2448TYPE: onoff
2449LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
2450DEFAULT: on
2451DOC_START
2452 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
2453 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
2454 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
2455 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
2456 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
2457 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
2458 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
2459 "no more data to read."
2460DOC_END
0976f8db 2461
6b698a21 2462NAME: pconn_timeout
2463TYPE: time_t
2464LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
2465DEFAULT: 120 seconds
2466DOC_START
2467 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
2468 proxies.
2469DOC_END
0976f8db 2470
6b698a21 2471NAME: ident_timeout
2472TYPE: time_t
2473IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2474LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
2475DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2476DOC_START
2477 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
7f7db318 2478
6b698a21 2479 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
7f7db318 2480 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6b698a21 2481 many ident requests going at once.
2482DOC_END
0976f8db 2483
0976f8db 2484
6b698a21 2485NAME: shutdown_lifetime
2486COMMENT: time-units
2487TYPE: time_t
2488LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
2489DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2490DOC_START
2491 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
2492 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
2493 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
2494 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
2495 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
2496DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2497
6b698a21 2498COMMENT_START
2499 ACCESS CONTROLS
2500 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2501COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 2502
6b698a21 2503NAME: acl
2504TYPE: acl
2505LOC: Config.aclList
2506DEFAULT: none
2507DOC_START
2508 Defining an Access List
9e7dbc51 2509
6b698a21 2510 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
2511 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
9e7dbc51 2512
6b698a21 2513 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
9e7dbc51 2514
6b698a21 2515 acltype is one of the types described below
9e7dbc51 2516
6b698a21 2517 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2518 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2519
6b698a21 2520 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
2521 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
2522 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
2523 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
9e7dbc51 2524
5b807763 2525 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
2526 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
2527 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
5cb988c7 2528 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
5b807763 2529 #
2530 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
2531 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
2532 # find out its MAC address.
2533
6b698a21 2534 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
2535 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
2536 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
2537 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
7660b45d 2538 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
2539 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
2540 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9e7dbc51 2541
a0ec9f68 2542 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
2543
6b698a21 2544 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
2545 day-abbrevs:
2546 S - Sunday
2547 M - Monday
2548 T - Tuesday
2549 W - Wednesday
2550 H - Thursday
2551 F - Friday
2552 A - Saturday
2553 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
2554 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
2555 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
2556 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
2557 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
2558 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
2559 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
2560 acl aclname method GET POST ...
2561 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
00634927 2562 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
6845f129 2563 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
2564 # pattern match on Referer header
2565 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
6b698a21 2566 acl aclname ident username ...
2567 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
2568 # string match on ident output.
9e7dbc51 2569 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
6b698a21 2570 acl aclname src_as number ...
2571 acl aclname dst_as number ...
2572 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
9e7dbc51 2573 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
2574 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
6468fe10 2575 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
2576 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
d87ebd78 2577 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
2578 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
6468fe10 2579
6b698a21 2580 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
2581 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
2582 # list of valid usernames
c68e9c6b 2583 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
73e67ee0 2584 #
2585 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
2586 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
2587 # in access.log.
c68e9c6b 2588 #
2589 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
2590 # to check username/password combinations (see
f7d2a450 2591 # auth_param directive).
c68e9c6b 2592 #
d048c262 2593 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy as
2594 # the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
2595 # to respond to proxy authentication.
934b03fc 2596
6b698a21 2597 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
2598 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
dba79ac5 2599 # Example:
96d88dcb 2600 #
dba79ac5 2601 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
2602
6b698a21 2603 acl aclname maxconn number
2604 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
9bc73deb 2605 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
2606
6b698a21 2607 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
2608 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
c23e89cd 2609 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
60d096f4 2610 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
7f7db318 2611 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
be5caa55 2612 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
c23e89cd 2613 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
7f7db318 2614 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
be5caa55 2615 # request is denied)
2616 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
c23e89cd 2617 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
be5caa55 2618 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
60d096f4 2619
cccac0a2 2620 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
5ac1a5b3 2621 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
c4ab8329 2622 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
5ac1a5b3 2623 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
c4ab8329 2624 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
2625 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
2626 # http_reply_access.
2627
7df0bfd7 2628 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
2629 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
2630 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
2631 # ACLs.
2632
2633 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
2634 # regex match agains the mime type of the request generated
2635 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
2636 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
2637 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
2638 # to match the returned file type.
2639
00634927 2640 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
2641 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
2642 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
2643 # ACLs.
2644
cccac0a2 2645 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
2646 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
d9572179 2647 # external_acl_type directive.
c4ab8329 2648
cccac0a2 2649 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
2650 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2651 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2652
cccac0a2 2653 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
2654 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2655 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2656
cccac0a2 2657 acl aclname ext_user username ...
2658 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
2659 # string match on username returned by external acl processing
d95b862f 2660 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
2661
cccac0a2 2662Examples:
5b807763 2663acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
cccac0a2 2664acl myexample dst_as 1241
2665acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
2666acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
2667acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
c68e9c6b 2668
cccac0a2 2669NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2670#Recommended minimum configuration:
cccac0a2 2671acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
2672acl manager proto cache_object
2673acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
2674acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
ec19153f 2675acl SSL_ports port 443
cccac0a2 2676acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
2677acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
ec19153f 2678acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
cccac0a2 2679acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
2680acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
2681acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
2682acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
2683acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
2684acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
2685acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
2686acl CONNECT method CONNECT
2687NOCOMMENT_END
2688DOC_END
2689
2690NAME: http_access
2691TYPE: acl_access
2692LOC: Config.accessList.http
2693DEFAULT: none
2694DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2695DOC_START
2696 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
2697
2698 Access to the HTTP port:
2699 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2700
2701 NOTE on default values:
2702
2703 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
2704 the request.
2705
2706 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
2707 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
7f7db318 2708 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
cccac0a2 2709 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
2710 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
2711 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
2712
2713NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2714#Recommended minimum configuration:
2715#
2716# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
cccac0a2 2717http_access allow manager localhost
2718http_access deny manager
6b53c392 2719# Deny requests to unknown ports
cccac0a2 2720http_access deny !Safe_ports
6b53c392 2721# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
cccac0a2 2722http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
c68e9c6b 2723#
7f7db318 2724# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
2725# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
4cc6eb12 2726# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
2727#http_access deny to_localhost
c68e9c6b 2728#
4cc6eb12 2729# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
2730
59f4a63e 2731# Example rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
b9d7fe3e 2732# to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
2733# be allowed
2734#acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
2735#http_access allow our_networks
2736
6b53c392 2737# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
cccac0a2 2738http_access deny all
2739NOCOMMENT_END
2740DOC_END
c4ab8329 2741
cccac0a2 2742NAME: http_reply_access
2743TYPE: acl_access
2744LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2745DEFAULT: none
2746DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2747DOC_START
6845f129 2748 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
c4ab8329 2749
6845f129 2750 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
0976f8db 2751
6845f129 2752 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
cccac0a2 2753 all replies
0976f8db 2754
6845f129 2755 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
2756 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2757 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
0976f8db 2758
cccac0a2 2759NOCOMMENT_START
c4ab8329 2760#Recommended minimum configuration:
2761#
2762# Insert your own rules here.
2763#
2764#
2765# and finally allow by default
cccac0a2 2766http_reply_access allow all
2767NOCOMMENT_END
2768DOC_END
6b53c392 2769
6b53c392 2770
cccac0a2 2771NAME: icp_access
2772TYPE: acl_access
2773LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2774DEFAULT: none
2775DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2776DOC_START
2777 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2778 access lists
934b03fc 2779
cccac0a2 2780 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 2781
cccac0a2 2782 See http_access for details
0976f8db 2783
cccac0a2 2784NOCOMMENT_START
403b5e7b 2785#Allow ICP queries from everyone
cccac0a2 2786icp_access allow all
2787NOCOMMENT_END
2788DOC_END
934b03fc 2789
2790
5401aa8d 2791NAME: htcp_access
2792IFDEF: USE_HTCP
2793TYPE: acl_access
2794LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
2795DEFAULT: none
2796DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2797DOC_START
2798 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
2799 access lists
2800
2801 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2802
2803 See http_access for details
2804
2805#Allow HTCP queries from everyone
2806htcp_access allow all
2807DOC_END
2808
2809NAME: htcp_clr_access
2810IFDEF: USE_HTCP
2811TYPE: acl_access
2812LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
2813DEFAULT: none
2814DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2815DOC_START
2816 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
2817 on defined access lists
2818
2819 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2820
2821 See http_access for details
2822
2823#Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
2824acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
2825htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
2826DOC_END
2827
2828
cccac0a2 2829NAME: miss_access
2830TYPE: acl_access
2831LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2832DEFAULT: none
2833DOC_START
2834 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2835 a parent. For example:
934b03fc 2836
cccac0a2 2837 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2838 miss_access allow localclients
2839 miss_access deny !localclients
934b03fc 2840
7f7db318 2841 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
cccac0a2 2842 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
934b03fc 2843
cccac0a2 2844 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2845 to fetch MISSES from us.
6b53c392 2846
cccac0a2 2847NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2848#Default setting:
2849# miss_access allow all
cccac0a2 2850NOCOMMENT_END
2851DOC_END
2852
2853
2854NAME: cache_peer_access
2855TYPE: peer_access
2856DEFAULT: none
2857LOC: none
2858DOC_START
2859 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2860 using ACL elements.
2861
2862 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2863
2864 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2865 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
2866 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
2867DOC_END
2868
2869NAME: ident_lookup_access
2870TYPE: acl_access
2871IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2872DEFAULT: none
2873DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2874LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
2875DOC_START
2876 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
2877 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
2878 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
2879 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
2880 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
2881 any requests.
2882
2883 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
2884 can follow this example:
2885
2886 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
2887 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
2888 ident_lookup_access deny all
2889
2890 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
2891 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
2892 the correct result.
2893DOC_END
2894
2895NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
2896TYPE: acl_tos
2897DEFAULT: none
2898LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
2899DOC_START
2900 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
2901 connections with, based on the username or source address
2902 making the request.
2903
2904 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2905
2906 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2907 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
2908
2909 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2910 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2911 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
2912 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2913
2914 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
2915 know what you're specifying. For more, see RFC 2474
2916
2917 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a byte, value 0 - 255, or
2918 "default" to use whatever default your host has.
2919
2920 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2921 matching line.
2922DOC_END
2923
2924NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2925TYPE: acl_address
2926DEFAULT: none
2927LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2928DOC_START
2929 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2930 based on the username or sourceaddress of the user making
2931 the request.
7f7db318 2932
cccac0a2 2933 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
2934
5ac1a5b3 2935 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
7f7db318 2936 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
cccac0a2 2937 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
2938 source address 10.1.0.3.
2939
2940 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2941 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2942 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
2943 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
2944 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
2945
2946 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2947 matching line.
2948DOC_END
2949
4eb368f9 2950NAME: reply_header_max_size
2951COMMENT: (KB)
2952TYPE: b_size_t
2953DEFAULT: 20 KB
2954LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
2955DOC_START
2956 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
2957 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2958 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
2959 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2960 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2961DOC_END
2962
cccac0a2 2963NAME: reply_body_max_size
2964COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
2965TYPE: acl_b_size_t
2966DEFAULT: none
2967LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
2968DOC_START
6845f129 2969 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
cccac0a2 2970 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
5ac1a5b3 2971 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
cccac0a2 2972 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
5ac1a5b3 2973 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
cccac0a2 2974 for this reply.
2975
7f7db318 2976 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
cccac0a2 2977 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
2978 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
2979 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
2980 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
2981 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
2982 and they will receive a partial reply.
2983
2984 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
2985 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
2986 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
2987 use this option if you have downstream caches.
2988
2989 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
2990 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
2991 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
2992 the size of your largest error page.
2993
2994 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
2995 no limit imposed.
2996DOC_END
2997
2998NAME: log_access
2999TYPE: acl_access
3000LOC: Config.accessList.log
3001DEFAULT: none
3002COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3003DOC_START
6845f129 3004 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
cccac0a2 3005 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3006 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
3007DOC_END
0976f8db 3008
cccac0a2 3009COMMENT_START
3010 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3011 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3012COMMENT_END
3013
3014NAME: cache_mgr
3015TYPE: string
3016DEFAULT: webmaster
3017LOC: Config.adminEmail
3018DOC_START
3019 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3020 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3021DOC_END
3022
3023
abacf776 3024NAME: mail_from
3025TYPE: string
3026DEFAULT: none
3027LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3028DOC_START
3029 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3030 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 3031 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 3032 src/globals.h before building squid.
3033DOC_END
3034
3035
d084bf20 3036NAME: mail_program
3037TYPE: eol
3038DEFAULT: mail
3039LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3040DOC_START
3041 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
3042 The default is "mail". The specified program must complain
3043 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
3044 mail_program recipient < mailfile
3045 Optional command line options can be specified.
3046DOC_END
3047
3048
cccac0a2 3049NAME: cache_effective_user
3050TYPE: string
3051DEFAULT: nobody
3052LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 3053DOC_START
3054 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3055 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
3056 to UID to nobody. If you define cache_effective_user, but not
3057 cache_effective_group, Squid sets the GID to the effective
3058 user's default group ID (taken from the password file) and
3059 supplementary group list from the from groups membership of
3060 cache_effective_user.
3061DOC_END
3062
cccac0a2 3063
3064NAME: cache_effective_group
3065TYPE: string
3066DEFAULT: none
3067LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3068DOC_START
e3d74828 3069 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3070 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3071 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
3072 all other group privileges of the effective user is ignored
3073 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
3074 root the user starting Squid must be member of the specified
3075 group.
cccac0a2 3076DOC_END
3077
3078
d3caee79 3079NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3080COMMENT: on|off
3081TYPE: onoff
3082DEFAULT: off
3083LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3084DOC_START
3085 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3086DOC_END
3087
3088
cccac0a2 3089NAME: visible_hostname
3090TYPE: string
3091LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3092DEFAULT: none
3093DOC_START
3094 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3095 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3096 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3097 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3098 names with this setting.
3099DOC_END
3100
3101
3102NAME: unique_hostname
3103TYPE: string
3104LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3105DEFAULT: none
3106DOC_START
3107 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3108 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3109 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3110DOC_END
3111
3112
3113NAME: hostname_aliases
3114TYPE: wordlist
3115LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3116DEFAULT: none
3117DOC_START
7f7db318 3118 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3119DOC_END
0976f8db 3120
cccac0a2 3121COMMENT_START
3122 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3123 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3124
3125 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3126 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3127 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3128 create cache hierarchies.
3129
3130 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3131 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3132 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3133
3134 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3135 following information from this configuration file:
3136
3137 http_port
3138 icp_port
3139 cache_mgr
3140
3141 All current information is processed regularly and made
3142 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3143COMMENT_END
3144
3145NAME: announce_period
3146TYPE: time_t
3147LOC: Config.Announce.period
3148DEFAULT: 0
3149DOC_START
3150 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3151 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3152 messages.
3153
3154 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3155 below.
3156
3157NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3158#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3159#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3160NOCOMMENT_END
3161DOC_END
3162
3163
3164NAME: announce_host
3165TYPE: string
3166DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3167LOC: Config.Announce.host
3168DOC_NONE
3169
3170NAME: announce_file
3171TYPE: string
3172DEFAULT: none
3173LOC: Config.Announce.file
3174DOC_NONE
3175
3176NAME: announce_port
3177TYPE: ushort
3178DEFAULT: 3131
3179LOC: Config.Announce.port
3180DOC_START
3181 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3182 number where the registration message will be sent.
3183
3184 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3185 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3186 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3187 message.
3188DOC_END
3189
3190NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
3191IFDEF: ESI
3192TYPE: string
3193LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3194DEFAULT: unset-id
3195DOC_START
3196 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3197 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3198 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3199 an identification token.
3200DOC_END
3201
3202NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
3203IFDEF: ESI
3204COMMENT: on|off
3205TYPE: onoff
3206DEFAULT: off
3207LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3208DOC_START
3209 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3210 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3211DOC_END
3212
3213NAME: esi_parser
3214IFDEF: ESI
964b44c3 3215COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3216TYPE: string
3217LOC: ESIParser::Type
3218DEFAULT: custom
3219DOC_START
3220 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3221 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3222 encodings.
3223DOC_END
0976f8db 3224
9edd9041 3225
3226COMMENT_START
3227 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS (all require DELAY_POOLS compilation option)
3228 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3229COMMENT_END
3230
3231NAME: delay_pools
3232TYPE: delay_pool_count
3233DEFAULT: 0
3234IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3235LOC: Config.Delay
3236DOC_START
3237 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3238 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3239 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3240DOC_END
3241
3242NAME: delay_class
3243TYPE: delay_pool_class
3244DEFAULT: none
3245IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3246LOC: Config.Delay
3247DOC_START
3248 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3249 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3250 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3251 and here would be:
3252
3253Example:
3254 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3255 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3256 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3257 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3258 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3259
3260 The delay pool classes are:
3261
3262 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3263 bucket.
3264
3265 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3266 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3267 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3268
3269 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3270 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3271 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3272 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3273 32 of the IP address.
3274
3275 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3276 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3277 only takes effect if the username is established
3278 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3279 http_access rules.
3280
3281 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3282 external_acl's tag= reply).
3283
3284 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3285 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3286 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3287 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3288DOC_END
3289
3290NAME: delay_access
3291TYPE: delay_pool_access
3292DEFAULT: none
3293IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3294LOC: Config.Delay
3295DOC_START
3296 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3297
3298 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3299 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3300 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3301 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3302
3303 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3304 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3305
3306Example:
3307 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3308 delay_access 1 deny all
3309 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3310 delay_access 2 deny all
3311 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3312DOC_END
3313
3314NAME: delay_parameters
3315TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3316DEFAULT: none
3317IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3318LOC: Config.Delay
3319DOC_START
3320 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3321 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3322 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3323
3324delay_parameters pool aggregate
3325
3326 For a class 2 delay pool:
3327
3328delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3329
3330 For a class 3 delay pool:
3331
3332delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3333
3334 For a class 4 delay pool:
3335
3336delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3337
3338 For a class 5 delay pool:
3339
3340delay_parameters pool tag
3341
3342 The variables here are:
3343
3344 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3345 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3346 delay_class lines.
3347
3348 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3349 (class 1, 2, 3).
3350
3351 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3352 buckets (class 2, 3).
3353
3354 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3355 (class 3).
3356
3357 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3358 (class 4).
3359
3360 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3361 (class 5).
3362
3363 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3364 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3365 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3366 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3367
3368 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3369 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3370 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3371
3372delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3373
3374 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3375
3376 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3377 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3378 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3379 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3380 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3381 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3382 large downloads more significantly:
3383
3384delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3385
3386 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3387
3388 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3389 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
3390
3391delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
3392DOC_END
3393
3394NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3395COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3396TYPE: ushort
3397DEFAULT: 50
3398IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3399LOC: Config.Delay.initial
3400DOC_START
3401 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3402 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3403 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3404 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
3405 "seen" by squid).
3406DOC_END
3407
3408
cccac0a2 3409COMMENT_START
3410 MISCELLANEOUS
3411 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3412COMMENT_END
3413
3414NAME: dns_testnames
3415TYPE: wordlist
3416LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
3417DEFAULT: none
3418DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
3419DOC_START
3420 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
3421
3422 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
3423DOC_END
3424
3425
3426NAME: logfile_rotate
3427TYPE: int
3428DEFAULT: 10
3429LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
3430DOC_START
3431 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
87d69285 3432 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3433 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3434 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3435 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
cccac0a2 3436 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
3437
3438 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3439 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3440 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3441 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3442 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3443 <pid>'.
3444DOC_END
3445
3446
3447NAME: append_domain
3448TYPE: string
3449LOC: Config.appendDomain
3450DEFAULT: none
3451DOC_START
3452 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
3453 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
3454
7f7db318 3455 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
cccac0a2 3456 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
3457 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
3458
3459Example:
3460 append_domain .yourdomain.com
3461DOC_END
3462
3463
3464NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
3465COMMENT: (bytes)
3466TYPE: b_size_t
3467DEFAULT: 0 bytes
3468LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
3469DOC_START
3470 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
3471 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
3472 the default buffer size.
3473DOC_END
3474
3475NAME: err_html_text
3476TYPE: eol
3477LOC: Config.errHtmlText
3478DEFAULT: none
3479DOC_START
3480 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
3481 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
3482 organizations Web page.
3483
3484 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
3485 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
3486 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
3487 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
3488DOC_END
3489
3490NAME: email_err_data
3491COMMENT: on|off
3492TYPE: onoff
3493LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
3494DEFAULT: on
3495DOC_START
3496 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
3497 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
7f7db318 3498 so that the email body contains the data.
cccac0a2 3499 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
3500DOC_END
3501
3502
3503NAME: deny_info
3504TYPE: denyinfo
3505LOC: Config.denyInfoList
3506DEFAULT: none
3507DOC_START
3508 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
3509 or deny_info http://... acl
3510 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
3511
3512 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
3513 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. A single ACL will cause
3514 the http_access check to fail. If a 'deny_info' line exists
7f7db318 3515 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
cccac0a2 3516
3517 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
3518 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
3519
7f7db318 3520 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
cccac0a2 3521 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
3522 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
3523
3524 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
3525 by specifying TCP_RESET.
3526DOC_END
3527
3528NAME: memory_pools
3529COMMENT: on|off
3530TYPE: onoff
3531DEFAULT: on
3532LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
3533DOC_START
3534 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
3535 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
3536 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
3537 routines, disable this.
3538DOC_END
3539
3540NAME: memory_pools_limit
3541COMMENT: (bytes)
3542TYPE: b_size_t
e838cf2f 3543DEFAULT: 5 MB
cccac0a2 3544LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
3545DOC_START
3546 Used only with memory_pools on:
3547 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
3548
3549 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
3550 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
3551 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
3552 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
3553 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
3554 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
3555 configuration will use less memory.
3556
7e7e02e1 3557 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
3558 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
cccac0a2 3559
3560 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
3561 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
3562
3563 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
3564 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
3565 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
3566 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
3567DOC_END
3568
3569NAME: via
3570IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3571COMMENT: on|off
3572TYPE: onoff
3573DEFAULT: on
3574LOC: Config.onoff.via
3575DOC_START
3576 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3577 replies as required by RFC2616.
3578DOC_END
3579
3580NAME: forwarded_for
3581COMMENT: on|off
3582TYPE: onoff
3583DEFAULT: on
3584LOC: opt_forwarded_for
3585DOC_START
3586 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
3587 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
3588 this:
3589
3590 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
3591
3592 If you disable this, it will appear as
3593
3594 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
3595DOC_END
3596
3597NAME: log_icp_queries
3598COMMENT: on|off
3599TYPE: onoff
3600DEFAULT: on
3601LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
3602DOC_START
3603 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
3604 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
3605 up or to simplify log analysis.
3606DOC_END
3607
3608NAME: icp_hit_stale
3609COMMENT: on|off
3610TYPE: onoff
3611DEFAULT: off
3612LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
3613DOC_START
3614 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
3615 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
3616 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
7f7db318 3617 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
cccac0a2 3618 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
7f7db318 3619 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
cccac0a2 3620 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
3621DOC_END
3622
3623
3624NAME: minimum_direct_hops
3625TYPE: int
3626DEFAULT: 4
3627LOC: Config.minDirectHops
3628DOC_START
3629 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
3630 which are no more than this many hops away.
3631DOC_END
3632
3633NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
3634TYPE: int
3635DEFAULT: 400
3636LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
3637DOC_START
3638 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
3639 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
3640DOC_END
3641
3642NAME: cachemgr_passwd
3643TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
3644DEFAULT: none
3645LOC: Config.passwd_list
3646DOC_START
3647 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
3648
3649 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
3650
3651 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
3652 5min
3653 60min
3654 asndb
3655 authenticator
3656 cbdata
3657 client_list
3658 comm_incoming
3659 config *
3660 counters
3661 delay
3662 digest_stats
3663 dns
3664 events
3665 filedescriptors
3666 fqdncache
3667 histograms
3668 http_headers
3669 info
3670 io
3671 ipcache
3672 mem
3673 menu
3674 netdb
3675 non_peers
3676 objects
3677 offline_toggle *
3678 pconn
3679 peer_select
3680 redirector
3681 refresh
3682 server_list
3683 shutdown *
3684 store_digest
3685 storedir
3686 utilization
3687 via_headers
3688 vm_objects
3689
3690 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
3691 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
3692
3693 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
3694 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
3695 password to "none".
3696
3697 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
3698
3699Example:
3700 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
3701 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
3702 cachemgr_passwd disable all
3703DOC_END
3704
3705NAME: store_avg_object_size
3706COMMENT: (kbytes)
3707TYPE: kb_size_t
3708DEFAULT: 13 KB
3709LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3710DOC_START
3711 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3712 cache can hold. See doc/Release-Notes-1.1.txt. The default is
3713 13 KB.
3714DOC_END
3715
3716NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3717TYPE: int
3718DEFAULT: 20
3719LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3720DOC_START
3721 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3722 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
c8f4eac4 3723 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
cccac0a2 3724DOC_END
3725
3726NAME: client_db
3727COMMENT: on|off
3728TYPE: onoff
3729DEFAULT: on
3730LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
3731DOC_START
7f7db318 3732 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
cccac0a2 3733 turn off client_db here.
3734DOC_END
3735
3736
3737NAME: netdb_low
3738TYPE: int
3739DEFAULT: 900
3740LOC: Config.Netdb.low
3741DOC_NONE
3742
3743NAME: netdb_high
3744TYPE: int
3745DEFAULT: 1000
3746LOC: Config.Netdb.high
3747DOC_START
3748 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
3749 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
3750 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
3751 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
3752DOC_END
3753
3754
3755NAME: netdb_ping_period
3756TYPE: time_t
3757LOC: Config.Netdb.period
3758DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3759DOC_START
3760 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
3761 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
3762 network. The default is five minutes.
3763DOC_END
3764
3765
3766NAME: query_icmp
3767COMMENT: on|off
3768TYPE: onoff
3769DEFAULT: off
3770LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
3771DOC_START
3772 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
3773 replies, enable this option.
3774
3775 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 3776 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
3777 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 3778 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
3779 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
3780 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
3781 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
3782 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
3783DOC_END
3784
3785NAME: test_reachability
3786COMMENT: on|off
3787TYPE: onoff
3788DEFAULT: off
3789LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
3790DOC_START
3791 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
3792 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
3793 database, or has a zero RTT.
3794DOC_END
3795
3796NAME: buffered_logs
3797COMMENT: on|off
3798TYPE: onoff
3799DEFAULT: off
3800LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
3801DOC_START
3802 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3803 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3804 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3805 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3806 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
3807DOC_END
3808
4c3ef9b2 3809NAME: refresh_all_ims
3810COMMENT: on|off
3811TYPE: onoff
3812DEFAULT: off
3813LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
3814DOC_START
3815 When you enable this option, squid will always check
3816 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
3817 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
3818 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
3819 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
3820
3821 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
3822 based on the age of the cached version.
3823DOC_END
3824
cccac0a2 3825NAME: reload_into_ims
3826IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3827COMMENT: on|off
3828TYPE: onoff
3829DEFAULT: off
3830LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
3831DOC_START
3832 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
3833 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
3834 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
3835 feature could make you liable for problems which it
3836 causes.
7f7db318 3837
cccac0a2 3838 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
3839DOC_END
3840
3841NAME: always_direct
3842TYPE: acl_access
3843LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
3844DEFAULT: none
3845DOC_START
3846 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3847
3848 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
3849 ALWAYS be forwarded directly to origin servers. For example,
3850 to always directly forward requests for local servers use
3851 something like:
3852
3853 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
3854 always_direct allow local-servers
3855
3856 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
3857
3858 acl FTP proto FTP
3859 always_direct allow FTP
3860
3861 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
3862 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
3863 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
3864 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
3865 some other rule. Example:
3866
3867 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3868 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
3869 always_direct deny local-external
3870 always_direct allow local-servers
3871
3872 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
3873 and local_ip.
3874DOC_END
3875
3876NAME: never_direct
3877TYPE: acl_access
3878LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
3879DEFAULT: none
3880DOC_START
3881 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3882
3883 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
3884 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
3885
3886 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
3887 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
3888 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
3889 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
3890
3891 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
3892 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
3893 never_direct deny local-servers
3894 never_direct allow all
7f7db318 3895
3896 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
f939c0ca 3897 servers inside the firewall use something like:
cccac0a2 3898
3899 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
3900 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3901 always_direct deny local-external
3902 always_direct allow local-intranet
3903 never_direct allow all
7f7db318 3904
cccac0a2 3905 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
3906 and firewall_ip.
3907DOC_END
3908
8c01ada0 3909NAME: request_header_access
cccac0a2 3910IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3911TYPE: http_header_access[]
8c01ada0 3912LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3913DEFAULT: none
3914DOC_START
8c01ada0 3915 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 3916
3917 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3918 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3919 causes.
3920
3921 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3922 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3923 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3924 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3925 mangling.
3926
8c01ada0 3927 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3928 client to the server.
3929
cccac0a2 3930 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3931 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3932 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
3933
5ac1a5b3 3934 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
cccac0a2 3935 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
3936
8c01ada0 3937 request_header_access From deny all
3938 request_header_access Referer deny all
3939 request_header_access Server deny all
3940 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3941 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3942 request_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3943
3944 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3945 you should use:
3946
8c01ada0 3947 request_header_access Allow allow all
3948 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3949 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
141ab88c 3950 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3951 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
8c01ada0 3952 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3953 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3954 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3955 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3956 request_header_access Date allow all
3957 request_header_access Expires allow all
3958 request_header_access Host allow all
3959 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3960 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3961 request_header_access Location allow all
3962 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3963 request_header_access Accept allow all
3964 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3965 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3966 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3967 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3968 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3969 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3970 request_header_access Title allow all
3971 request_header_access Connection allow all
3972 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3973 request_header_access All deny all
3974
3975 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3976 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
3977
3978 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3979 performed).
3980DOC_END
3981
3982NAME: reply_header_access
3983IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3984TYPE: http_header_access[]
3985LOC: Config.reply_header_access
3986DEFAULT: none
3987DOC_START
3988 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3989
3990 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3991 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3992 causes.
3993
3994 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3995 server to the client.
3996
3997 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3998 direction.
3999
4000 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4001 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4002 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4003 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4004 mangling.
4005
4006 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4007 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4008 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
4009
5ac1a5b3 4010 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
8c01ada0 4011 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
4012
4013 reply_header_access From deny all
4014 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4015 reply_header_access Server deny all
4016 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4017 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4018 reply_header_access Link deny all
4019
4020 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4021 you should use:
4022
4023 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4024 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4025 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
141ab88c 4026 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4027 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
8c01ada0 4028 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4029 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4030 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4031 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4032 reply_header_access Date allow all
4033 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4034 reply_header_access Host allow all
4035 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4036 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4037 reply_header_access Location allow all
4038 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4039 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4040 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4041 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4042 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4043 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4044 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4045 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4046 reply_header_access Title allow all
4047 reply_header_access Connection allow all
4048 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
4049 reply_header_access All deny all
4050
4051 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4052 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4053
4054 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4055 performed).
4056DOC_END
4057
4058NAME: header_replace
4059IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4060TYPE: http_header_replace[]
8c01ada0 4061LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4062DEFAULT: none
4063DOC_START
4064 Usage: header_replace header_name message
4065 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
4066
4067 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4068 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
4069 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
4070 option.
4071
8c01ada0 4072 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
4073
cccac0a2 4074 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4075DOC_END
4076
4077NAME: icon_directory
4078TYPE: string
4079LOC: Config.icons.directory
4080DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4081DOC_START
4082 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4083 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4084DOC_END
4085
f024c970 4086NAME: global_internal_static
4087TYPE: onoff
4088LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4089DEFAULT: on
4090DOC_START
4091 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4092 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4093 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4094 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4095 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4096 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4097 the server generating a directory listing.
4098DOC_END
4099
e72a0ec0 4100NAME: short_icon_urls
4101TYPE: onoff
4102LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4103DEFAULT: on
4104DOC_START
7f7db318 4105 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5ac1a5b3 4106 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
e72a0ec0 4107 it's own name and port in the URL.
4108
4109 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
7f7db318 4110 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
e72a0ec0 4111DOC_END
4112
cccac0a2 4113NAME: error_directory
4114TYPE: string
4115LOC: Config.errorDirectory
4116DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
4117DOC_START
4118 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
4119 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
4120 language or company copy the template English files to another
4121 directory and point this tag at them.
4122DOC_END
4123
4124NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
4125TYPE: int
4126LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
4ed0e075 4127DEFAULT: 1
cccac0a2 4128DOC_START
4129 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
4130 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
4131 each address is tried once).
4132
4ed0e075 4133 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
cccac0a2 4134 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
4135 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
4ed0e075 4136
5ac1a5b3 4137 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
4ed0e075 4138 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
cccac0a2 4139DOC_END
4140
5894ad28 4141NAME: retry_on_error
4142TYPE: onoff
4143LOC: Config.retry.onerror
4144DEFAULT: off
4145DOC_START
4146 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
4147 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
4148 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
4149 control errors.
4150DOC_END
4151
cccac0a2 4152NAME: snmp_port
4153TYPE: ushort
4154LOC: Config.Port.snmp
4155DEFAULT: 3401
4156IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4157DOC_START
4158 Squid can now serve statistics and status information via SNMP.
4159 By default it listens to port 3401 on the machine. If you don't
4160 wish to use SNMP, set this to "0".
4ed0e075 4161
7f7db318 4162 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4ed0e075 4163 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4164 acts on cachable requests.
cccac0a2 4165DOC_END
4166
4167NAME: snmp_access
4168TYPE: acl_access
4169LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
4170DEFAULT: none
4171DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4172IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4173DOC_START
4174 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
4175
4176 All access to the agent is denied by default.
4177 usage:
4178
4179 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4180
4181Example:
4182 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
4183 snmp_access deny all
4184DOC_END
4185
4186NAME: snmp_incoming_address
4187TYPE: address
4188LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
4189DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4190IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4191DOC_NONE
4192NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
4193TYPE: address
4194LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
4195DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4196IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4197DOC_START
4198 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
4199
4200 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
4201 messages from SNMP agents.
4202 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
4203 agents.
4204
4205 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
4206 available network interfaces.
4207
4208 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
7f7db318 4209 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
cccac0a2 4210 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
4211 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
4212
4213 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
4214 the same value since they both use port 3401.
4215DOC_END
4216
4217NAME: as_whois_server
4218TYPE: string
4219LOC: Config.as_whois_server
4220DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
4221DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
4222DOC_START
4223 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
4224 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
4225DOC_END
4226
4227NAME: wccp_router
4228TYPE: address
4229LOC: Config.Wccp.router
4230DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4231IFDEF: USE_WCCP
0b0cfcf2 4232DOC_NONE
4233NAME: wccp2_router
4234TYPE: sockaddr_in_list
4235LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
4236DEFAULT: none
4237IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4238DOC_START
4239 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
0b0cfcf2 4240 Squid.
4241
4242 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
4243
4244 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
4245
4246 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4247 which version of WCCP to use.
cccac0a2 4248DOC_END
4249
4250NAME: wccp_version
4251TYPE: int
4252LOC: Config.Wccp.version
4253DEFAULT: 4
4254IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4255DOC_START
0b0cfcf2 4256 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
4257 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
4258 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
4259 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
4260 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
4261
4262 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
4263 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
4264 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
4265 do not specify this parameter.
4266DOC_END
4267
f67332d3 4268NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
4269TYPE: onoff
4270LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
4271DEFAULT: on
4272IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4273DOC_START
4274 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
4275 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
4276DOC_END
4277
0b0cfcf2 4278NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
4279TYPE: int
4280LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
4281DEFAULT: 1
4282IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4283DOC_START
4284 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
4285 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
4286
4287 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4288 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
4289
4290 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4291 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
4292DOC_END
4293
4294NAME: wccp2_return_method
4295TYPE: int
4296LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
4297DEFAULT: 1
4298IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4299DOC_START
4300 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
4301 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
4302 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
4303
4304 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4305 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
4306
4307 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4308 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
4309
4310 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
4311 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
4312 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
4313 option is set to GRE.
4314DOC_END
4315
b7d249f9 4316NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
4317TYPE: int
4318LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
4319DEFAULT: 1
4320IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4321DOC_START
4322 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
4323 Valid values are as follows:
4324
4325 1 - Hash assignment
4326 2 - Mask assignment
4327
4328 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
4329 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
4330DOC_END
4331
0b0cfcf2 4332NAME: wccp2_service
4333TYPE: wccp2_service
4334LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4335DEFAULT: none
4336DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
4337IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4338DOC_START
4339 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
4340 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
4341 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
4342 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
4343 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
4344 using the wccp2_service_info option.
4345
4346 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
4347 just specifying the service id will suffice.
4348
4349 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
4350 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
4351
4352 Examples:
4353
4354 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
4355 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
4356 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
4357 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
4358
cccac0a2 4359DOC_END
4360
0b0cfcf2 4361NAME: wccp2_service_info
4362TYPE: wccp2_service_info
4363LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4364DEFAULT: none
4365IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4366DOC_START
4367 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
4368 traffic you wish to have diverted.
4369
4370 The format is:
4371
4372 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
4373 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
4374
4375 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
4376 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
4377 + source_port_hash, dest_port_hash
4378 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
4379 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
4380 + ports_source
4381
4382 The port list can be one to eight entries.
4383
4384 Example:
4385
4386 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
4387 priority=240 ports=80
4388
4389 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
4390 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
4391DOC_END
4392
f16fbc82 4393NAME: wccp2_weight
4394TYPE: int
4395LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
4396DEFAULT: 10000
4397IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4398DOC_START
4399 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
4400 hash proportional to their weight.
4401DOC_END
4402
0b0cfcf2 4403NAME: wccp_address
cccac0a2 4404TYPE: address
0b0cfcf2 4405LOC: Config.Wccp.address
cccac0a2 4406DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4407IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4408DOC_NONE
0b0cfcf2 4409NAME: wccp2_address
cccac0a2 4410TYPE: address
0b0cfcf2 4411LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
4412DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4413IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4414DOC_START
0b0cfcf2 4415 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
4416 interface address.
cccac0a2 4417
6845f129 4418 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 4419DOC_END
0976f8db 4420
0976f8db 4421
cccac0a2 4422NAME: incoming_icp_average
4423TYPE: int
4424DEFAULT: 6
4425LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
4426DOC_NONE
4427
4428NAME: incoming_http_average
4429TYPE: int
4430DEFAULT: 4
4431LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
4432DOC_NONE
4433
4434NAME: incoming_dns_average
4435TYPE: int
4436DEFAULT: 4
4437LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
4438DOC_NONE
4439
4440NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
4441TYPE: int
4442DEFAULT: 8
4443LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
4444DOC_NONE
4445
4446NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
4447TYPE: int
4448DEFAULT: 8
4449LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
4450DOC_NONE
4451
4452NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
4453TYPE: int
4454DEFAULT: 8
4455LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
4456DOC_START
4457 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
4458 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
4459 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
4460DOC_END
4461
4462NAME: max_open_disk_fds
4463TYPE: int
4464LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
4465DEFAULT: 0
4466DOC_START
4467 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
4468 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
4469 descriptors are open.
4470
4471 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
4472DOC_END
4473
4474NAME: offline_mode
4475TYPE: onoff
4476LOC: Config.onoff.offline
4477DEFAULT: off
4478DOC_START
4479 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
4480 objects.
4481DOC_END
4482
4483NAME: uri_whitespace
4484TYPE: uri_whitespace
4485LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
4486DEFAULT: strip
4487DOC_START
4488 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
4489 URI. Options:
4490
4491 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
4492 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
4493 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
4494 Request" message.
4495 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
4496 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
4497 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
4498 are in use.
4499 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
4500 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
4501 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
4502 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
4503 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
4504 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
4505 violation.
4506DOC_END
4507
4508NAME: broken_posts
4509TYPE: acl_access
4510DEFAULT: none
4511LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
4512DOC_START
4513 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4514 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
4515
4516 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4517 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
4518
4519 Quote from RFC 2068 section 4.1 on this matter:
4520
4521 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4522 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4523 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4524 a request with an extra CRLF.
4525
4526Example:
4527 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4528 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4529DOC_END
4530
4531NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4532IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4533TYPE: address
4534LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4535DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4536DOC_START
4537 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4538 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
4539
4540 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4541 certain you understand what you are doing.
4542DOC_END
4543
4544NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
964b44c3 4545IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
cccac0a2 4546TYPE: ushort
4547LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4548DEFAULT: 16
4549DOC_START
4550 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4551 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4552 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4553DOC_END
4554
4555NAME: mcast_miss_port
4556IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4557TYPE: ushort
4558LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4559DEFAULT: 3135
4560DOC_START
4561 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4562 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4563DOC_END
4564
4565NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4566IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4567TYPE: string
4568LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4569DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4570DOC_START
4571 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4572 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4573DOC_END
4574
4575NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
4576TYPE: onoff
4577LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
4578DEFAULT: on
4579DOC_START
4580 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4581 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cachable request type) direct
4582 to origin servers.
4583
7f7db318 4584 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
cccac0a2 4585 requests to parents.
4586
4587 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4588 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4589 ratio.
4590
7f7db318 4591 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
cccac0a2 4592 this directive.
4593DOC_END
4594
4595NAME: prefer_direct
4596TYPE: onoff
4597LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
4598DEFAULT: off
4599DOC_START
7f7db318 4600 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
cccac0a2 4601 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
7f7db318 4602 going direct fails set this to on.
cccac0a2 4603
4604 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4605 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4606 fails.
4607DOC_END
4608
4609NAME: strip_query_terms
4610TYPE: onoff
4611LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
4612DEFAULT: on
4613DOC_START
4614 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
4615 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
4616DOC_END
4617
4618NAME: coredump_dir
4619TYPE: string
4620LOC: Config.coredump_dir
4621DEFAULT: none
4622DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
4623DOC_START
4624 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
4625 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
4626 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
4627 and coredump files will be left there.
4628
4629NOCOMMENT_START
5ff76111 4630# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
cccac0a2 4631coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
4632NOCOMMENT_END
4633DOC_END
4634
4635NAME: redirector_bypass
4636TYPE: onoff
4637LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4638DEFAULT: off
4639DOC_START
4640 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4641 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
4642 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4643 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4644 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4645 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4646 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
7f7db318 4647 users may have access to pages they should not
cccac0a2 4648 be allowed to request.
4649DOC_END
4650
4651NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
4652TYPE: onoff
4653LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
4654DEFAULT: on
4655DOC_START
4656 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7f7db318 4657 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
cccac0a2 4658 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
4659 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
4660 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
4661DOC_END
4662
4663NAME: digest_generation
4664IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4665TYPE: onoff
4666LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4667DEFAULT: on
4668DOC_START
4669 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4670 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
4671 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
4672DOC_END
4673
4674NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4675IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4676TYPE: int
4677LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4678DEFAULT: 5
4679DOC_START
4680 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4681 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4682 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4683DOC_END
4684
4685NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4686IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4687COMMENT: (seconds)
4688TYPE: time_t
4689LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4690DEFAULT: 1 hour
4691DOC_START
4692 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
4693DOC_END
4694
4695NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4696COMMENT: (seconds)
4697IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4698TYPE: time_t
4699LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4700DEFAULT: 1 hour
4701DOC_START
4702 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
4703 disk.
4704DOC_END
4705
4706NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4707COMMENT: (bytes)
4708TYPE: b_size_t
4709IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4710LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4711DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4712DOC_START
4713 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4714 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4715 default swap page.
4716DOC_END
4717
4718NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4719COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4720IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4721TYPE: int
4722LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4723DEFAULT: 10
4724DOC_START
4725 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4726 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4727DOC_END
4728
4729NAME: chroot
4730TYPE: string
4731LOC: Config.chroot_dir
4732DEFAULT: none
4733DOC_START
4734 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
4735 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
7f7db318 4736 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
cccac0a2 4737 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will get an
4738 error.
4739DOC_END
4740
4741NAME: client_persistent_connections
4742TYPE: onoff
4743LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4744DEFAULT: on
4745DOC_NONE
4746
4747NAME: server_persistent_connections
4748TYPE: onoff
4749LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4750DEFAULT: on
4751DOC_START
4752 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4753 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4754 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4755 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4756DOC_END
4757
58850d15 4758NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
a12a049a 4759TYPE: onoff
58850d15 4760LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
4761DEFAULT: off
a12a049a 4762DOC_START
58850d15 4763 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
4764 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
4765 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
a12a049a 4766DOC_END
4767
21b92762 4768NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4769TYPE: onoff
4770LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4771DEFAULT: off
4772DOC_START
4773 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4774 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4775 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4776 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4777
4778 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4779 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4780 after 10 seconds timeout.
4781DOC_END
4782
58850d15 4783NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
4784TYPE: onoff
4785LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
4786DEFAULT: on
4787DOC_START
4788 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
4789 found not to preserve user session state across requests
4790 to different IP addresses.
4791
4792 By default Squid rotates IP's per request. By disabling
4793 this directive only connection failure triggers rotation.
4794DOC_END
4795
cccac0a2 4796NAME: pipeline_prefetch
4797TYPE: onoff
4798LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
4799DEFAULT: off
4800DOC_START
4801 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
4802 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5ac1a5b3 4803 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
cccac0a2 4804
4805 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
4806 reasons.
4807DOC_END
4808
4809NAME: extension_methods
4810TYPE: wordlist
4811LOC: Config.ext_methods
4812DEFAULT: none
4813DOC_START
4814 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
4815 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
4816DOC_END
4817
4818NAME: request_entities
4819TYPE: onoff
4820LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4821DEFAULT: off
4822DOC_START
4823 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4824 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4825 even if not explicitly forbidden.
4826
4827 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4828 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests.
4829DOC_END
4830
4831NAME: high_response_time_warning
4832TYPE: int
4833COMMENT: (msec)
4834LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
4835DEFAULT: 0
4836DOC_START
4837 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
4838 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
4839 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
4840DOC_END
4841
4842NAME: high_page_fault_warning
4843TYPE: int
4844LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
4845DEFAULT: 0
4846DOC_START
4847 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
4848 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
4849 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
4850 per second.
4851DOC_END
4852
4853NAME: high_memory_warning
4854TYPE: b_size_t
4855LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
4856DEFAULT: 0
4857DOC_START
4858 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
4859 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
4860 the administrators attention.
4861DOC_END
4862
4863NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
4864TYPE: string
4865LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
4866DEFAULT: least-load
4867DOC_START
4868 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
4869DOC_END
4870
4871NAME: forward_log
4872IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
4873TYPE: string
4874DEFAULT: none
4875LOC: Config.Log.forward
4876DOC_START
4877 Logs the server-side requests.
4878
4879 This is currently work in progress.
4880DOC_END
4881
4882NAME: ie_refresh
4883COMMENT: on|off
4884TYPE: onoff
4885LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4886DEFAULT: off
4887DOC_START
4888 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4889 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4890 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4891 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4892 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4893 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4894 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
7f7db318 4895 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
cccac0a2 4896 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4897 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4898 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4899 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4900 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4901 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4902 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4903 force fresh content.
4904DOC_END
4905
4906NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4907COMMENT: on|off
4908TYPE: onoff
4909LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4910DEFAULT: off
4911DOC_START
4912 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4913 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4914 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4915 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4916 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
4917 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
4918 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
4919DOC_END
4920
4921NAME: sleep_after_fork
4922COMMENT: (microseconds)
4923TYPE: int
4924LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
4925DEFAULT: 0
4926DOC_START
4927 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
4928 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
4929 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
4930 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7f7db318 4931 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
4932 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
cccac0a2 4933 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
4934 until all the child processes have been started.
b5d712b5 4935 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 millisencond) are
4936 rounded to 1000.
cccac0a2 4937DOC_END
4938
6a2f3fcf 4939NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4940COMMENT: (seconds)
4941TYPE: time_t
4942LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4943DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4944DOC_START
6845f129 4945 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4946 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
4947 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy enorinments it
4948 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4949 is most likely better to make your server return a
4950 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4c43e44e 4951 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4952 often be best set to 0.
6a2f3fcf 4953DOC_END
4954
df6fd596 4955NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4956COMMENT: on|off|warn
4957TYPE: tristate
4958LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4959DEFAULT: on
4960DOC_START
4961 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4962 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4963 what the sending application intended even if the message
4964 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4965 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
4966
4967 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4968 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
4969
4970 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4971 or response to be rejected.
4972DOC_END
4973
a58ff010 4974COMMENT_START
4975 ICAP OPTIONS
4976 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4977COMMENT_END
4978
4979NAME: icap_enable
4980TYPE: onoff
4981IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4982COMMENT: on|off
4983LOC: TheICAPConfig.onoff
4984DEFAULT: off
4985DOC_START
4986 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
4987DOC_END
4988
5f8252d2 4989NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
4990TYPE: int
4991IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4992LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_failure_limit
4993DEFAULT: 10
4994DOC_START
4995 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
4996 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
4997 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
4998 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
4999 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
5000 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
5001
5002 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
5003 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
5004 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
5005DOC_END
5006
5007NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
5008TYPE: int
5009IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5010LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_revival_delay
5011DEFAULT: 180
5012DOC_START
5013 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
5014 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
5015 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
5016 fetched.
5017
5018 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
5019 delay of 60 seconds.
5020DOC_END
5021
a58ff010 5022NAME: icap_preview_enable
5023TYPE: onoff
5024IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5025COMMENT: on|off
5026LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_enable
5027DEFAULT: off
5028DOC_START
5029 Set this to 'on' if you want to enable the ICAP preview
5030 feature in Squid.
5031DOC_END
5032
5033NAME: icap_preview_size
5034TYPE: int
5035IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5036LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_size
5037DEFAULT: -1
5038DOC_START
5039 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
5040 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
5041 basis by OPTIONS requests.
5042DOC_END
5043
78e8cfc4 5044NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
5045TYPE: int
5046IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5047LOC: TheICAPConfig.default_options_ttl
5048DEFAULT: 60
5049DOC_START
5050 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5051 an Options-TTL header.
5052DOC_END
5053
12b91c99 5054NAME: icap_persistent_connections
5055TYPE: onoff
5056IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5057COMMENT: on|off
5058LOC: TheICAPConfig.reuse_connections
5059DEFAULT: on
5060DOC_START
5061 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
5062 an ICAP server.
5063DOC_END
5064
a58ff010 5065NAME: icap_send_client_ip
5066TYPE: onoff
5067IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5068COMMENT: on|off
5069LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_ip
5070DEFAULT: off
5071DOC_START
5072 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
5073DOC_END
5074
12b91c99 5075NAME: icap_send_client_username
a58ff010 5076TYPE: onoff
5077IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5078COMMENT: on|off
12b91c99 5079LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_username
a58ff010 5080DEFAULT: off
5081DOC_START
5f8252d2 5082 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
5083 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
5084 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
5085 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
5086DOC_END
5087
5088NAME: icap_client_username_header
5089TYPE: string
5090IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5091LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_header
5092DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
5093DOC_START
5094 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
5095DOC_END
5096
5097NAME: icap_client_username_encode
5098TYPE: onoff
5099IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5100COMMENT: on|off
5101LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_encode
5102DEFAULT: off
5103DOC_START
5104 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
a58ff010 5105DOC_END
5106
a58ff010 5107NAME: icap_service
5108TYPE: icap_service_type
5109IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5110LOC: TheICAPConfig
5111DEFAULT: none
5112DOC_START
5113 Defines a single ICAP service
5114
5115 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
5116
5117 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
5118 This specifies at which point of request processing the ICAP
5119 service should be plugged in.
5120 bypass = 1|0
5121 If set to 1 and the ICAP server cannot be reached, the request will go
5122 through without being processed by an ICAP server
5123 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
5124
5125 Note: reqmod_precache and respmod_postcache is not yet implemented
5126
5127Example:
5128icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
5129icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
5130DOC_END
5131
5132NAME: icap_class
5133TYPE: icap_class_type
5134IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5135LOC: TheICAPConfig
5136DEFAULT: none
5137DOC_START
5138 Defines an ICAP service chain. If there are multiple services per
5139 vectoring point, they are processed in the specified order.
5140
5141 icap_class classname servicename...
5142
5143Example:
5144icap_class class_1 service_1 service_2
5145icap class class_2 service_1 service_3
5146DOC_END
5147
5148NAME: icap_access
5149TYPE: icap_access_type
5150IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5151LOC: TheICAPConfig
5152DEFAULT: none
5153DOC_START
5154 Redirects a request through an ICAP service class, depending
5155 on given acls
5156
5157 icap_access classname allow|deny [!]aclname...
5158
5159 The icap_access statements are processed in the order they appear in
5160 this configuration file. If an access list matches, the processing stops.
5161 For an "allow" rule, the specified class is used for the request. A "deny"
5162 rule simply stops processing without using the class. You can also use the
5163 special classname "None".
5164
5165 For backward compatibility, it is also possible to use services
5166 directly here.
5167Example:
5168icap_access class_1 allow all
5169DOC_END
5170
cccac0a2 5171EOF