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9cef6668 1#
6845f129 2# SQUID Web Proxy Cache http://www.squid-cache.org/
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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 32
cccac0a2 33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
debd9a31 44
cccac0a2 45COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 46
592a09dc 47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
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60
61
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62 Conditional configuration
63
64 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
65 depend on conditions:
66
67 if <CONDITION>
68 ... regular configuration directives ...
69 [else
70 ... regular configuration directives ...]
71 endif
72
73 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
74 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
75 configuration directives.
76
77 These individual conditions types are supported:
78
79 true
80 Always evaluates to true.
81 false
82 Always evaluates to false.
83 <integer> = <integer>
84 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
85
86
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87 SMP-Related Macros
88
89 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
90
91 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
92 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
93
94 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
95 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
96 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 97COMMENT_END
98
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99# Options Removed in 3.2
100NAME: ignore_expect_100
101TYPE: obsolete
102DOC_START
103 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
104DOC_END
105
106NAME: ftp_list_width
107TYPE: obsolete
108DOC_START
109 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
110DOC_END
111
112NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
113TYPE: obsolete
114DOC_START
115 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
116DOC_END
117
118# Options Removed in 3.1
119NAME: dns_testnames
120TYPE: obsolete
121DOC_START
122 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
123DOC_END
124
125NAME: extension_methods
126TYPE: obsolete
127DOC_START
128 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
129DOC_END
130
131# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
132NAME: incoming_rate
133TYPE: obsolete
134DOC_NONE
135
136NAME: server_http11
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: upgrade_http0.9
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
146DOC_END
147
148NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
152DOC_END
153
154# Options Removed in 3.0
155NAME: header_access
156TYPE: obsolete
157DOC_START
158 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
159 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
166DOC_END
167
5473c134 168COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 169 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 170 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
171COMMENT_END
172
41bd17a4 173NAME: auth_param
174TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 175IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 176LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 177DEFAULT: none
178DOC_START
41bd17a4 179 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
180 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 181
41bd17a4 182 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 183
41bd17a4 184 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
185 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
186 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
187 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
188 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
189 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
190 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
191 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
192 program entry).
cccac0a2 193
41bd17a4 194 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
195 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
196 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
197 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 198
41bd17a4 199 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
200 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
201 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
202 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
203 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
204 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
205 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
206 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
207 type acl.
cccac0a2 208
41bd17a4 209 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
210 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
211 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
212 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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213 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
214 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 215
41bd17a4 216 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 "program" cmdline
219 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
220 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
221 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
222 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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223 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
224 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 225
41bd17a4 226 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
227 program is specified.
cccac0a2 228
41bd17a4 229 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
230 this line to something like
307b83b7 231
41bd17a4 232 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 233
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234 "utf8" on|off
235 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
236 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
237 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
238 username & password to the helper.
239
7353861b 240 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 241 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 242 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
243 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
244 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
245 authenticator processes.
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246
247 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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248 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
249 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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250 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
251 the maximum.
252
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253 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
254 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
255 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
256 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
257 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
258 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 259 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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260
261 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 262
41bd17a4 263 "realm" realmstring
264 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
265 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
266 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
267 password). There is no default.
268 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 269
41bd17a4 270 "credentialsttl" timetolive
271 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
272 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
273 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
274 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
275 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
276 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
277 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
278 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
279 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 280
41bd17a4 281 "casesensitive" on|off
282 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
283 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
284 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
285 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
286 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 287
41bd17a4 288 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 289
41bd17a4 290 "program" cmdline
291 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
292 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
293 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
294 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
295 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
296 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
297 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 298
41bd17a4 299 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
300 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 301
41bd17a4 302 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
303 something like
cccac0a2 304
7ce93108 305 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 306
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307 "utf8" on|off
308 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
309 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
310 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
311 username & password to the helper.
312
7353861b 313 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 314 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 315 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
316 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
317 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
318 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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319
320 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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321 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
322 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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323 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
324 the maximum.
325
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326 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
327 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
328 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
329 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
330 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
331 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
332 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
333
48d54e4d 334 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 335
41bd17a4 336 "realm" realmstring
337 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
338 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
339 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
340 password). There is no default.
341 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 342
41bd17a4 343 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
344 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
345 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 346
41bd17a4 347 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
348 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
349 valid for.
cccac0a2 350
41bd17a4 351 "nonce_max_count" number
352 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
353 used.
cccac0a2 354
41bd17a4 355 "nonce_strictness" on|off
356 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
357 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
358 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
359 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 360
41bd17a4 361 "check_nonce_count" on|off
362 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
363 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
364 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
365 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 366
41bd17a4 367 "post_workaround" on|off
368 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
369 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
370 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 371
41bd17a4 372 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374 "program" cmdline
375 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
376 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
377 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
378 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
379 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
380 is not used.
cccac0a2 381
41bd17a4 382 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 383
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384 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
385 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 386 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
387 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
388 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
389 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
390 processes.
cccac0a2 391
48d54e4d 392 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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393 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
394 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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395 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
396 the maximum.
397
398 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 399
41bd17a4 400 "keep_alive" on|off
401 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
402 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
403 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
404 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
405 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 406
41bd17a4 407 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 408
41bd17a4 409 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 410
41bd17a4 411 "program" cmdline
412 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
413 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
414 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
415 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
416 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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417 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
418 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
419 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 420 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
421 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 422
41bd17a4 423 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 424
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425 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
426 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 427 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
428 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
429 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
430 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
431 processes.
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432
433 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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434 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
435 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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436 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
437 the maximum.
438
439 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 440
41bd17a4 441 "keep_alive" on|off
442 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
443 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
444 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
445 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
446 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 447
41bd17a4 448 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 449
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451 Examples:
452
41bd17a4 453#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
454#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 455#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 456#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 457#
41bd17a4 458#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 459#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 460#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 461#
41bd17a4 462#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 463#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 464#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
465#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
466#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
467#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 468#
41bd17a4 469#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 470#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 471#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
472#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 473DOC_END
cccac0a2 474
41bd17a4 475NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
476TYPE: time_t
477DEFAULT: 1 hour
478LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
479DOC_START
480 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
481 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
482 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
483 have good reason to.
484DOC_END
cccac0a2 485
41bd17a4 486NAME: authenticate_ttl
487TYPE: time_t
488DEFAULT: 1 hour
489LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
490DOC_START
491 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
492 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
493 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
494 TTL are removed from memory.
495DOC_END
cccac0a2 496
41bd17a4 497NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
498TYPE: time_t
499LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
500DEFAULT: 0 seconds
501DOC_START
502 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
503 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
504 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
505 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
506 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
507 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
508 environment with relatively static address assignments.
509DOC_END
cccac0a2 510
3d1e3e43 511COMMENT_START
512 ACCESS CONTROLS
513 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
514COMMENT_END
515
41bd17a4 516NAME: external_acl_type
517TYPE: externalAclHelper
518LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 519DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 520DOC_START
41bd17a4 521 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
522 to look up the status
cccac0a2 523
41bd17a4 524 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 525
41bd17a4 526 Options:
cccac0a2 527
41bd17a4 528 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
529 for 1 hour)
530 negative_ttl=n
531 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
532 as ttl)
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533 children-max=n
534 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
535 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
536 children-startup=n
537 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
538 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
539 of this type. (default 0)
540 children-idle=n
541 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
542 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
543 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
544 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 545 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
546 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 547 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 548 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
549 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 550 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 551 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 552 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
553 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
055421ee 554 the default is currently 'ipv4'.
cccac0a2 555
41bd17a4 556 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 557
41bd17a4 558 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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559 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
560 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
561 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 562 %IDENT Ident user name
563 %SRC Client IP
564 %SRCPORT Client source port
565 %URI Requested URI
566 %DST Requested host
567 %PROTO Requested protocol
568 %PORT Requested port
569 %PATH Requested URL path
570 %METHOD Request method
571 %MYADDR Squid interface address
572 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
573 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
574 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
575 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
576 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
577 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 578
c68c9682 579 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 580 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 581 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 582 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 583 HTTP request header list member using ; as
584 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
585 character.
cccac0a2 586
c68c9682 587 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 588 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 589 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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590 %<{Hdr:;member}
591 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
592 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
593 character.
594
41bd17a4 595 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
596 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
597 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 598
41bd17a4 599 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
600 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
601 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
602 more details.
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41bd17a4 604 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 605
41bd17a4 606 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 607
41bd17a4 608 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 609
41bd17a4 610 user= The users name (login)
611 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
612 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
613 in error pages
614 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
615 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
616 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
617 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 618
41bd17a4 619 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
620 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 621
41bd17a4 622 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
623 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
624 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 625
41bd17a4 626 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
627 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
628 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 629DOC_END
630
41bd17a4 631NAME: acl
632TYPE: acl
633LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 634DEFAULT: all src all
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635DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
636DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
637DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
638DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
cccac0a2 639DOC_START
41bd17a4 640 Defining an Access List
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642 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
643 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
644 they are read from.
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646 acl aclname acltype argument ...
647 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 648
375eeb3b 649 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 650
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652 To make them case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
653 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line without -i.
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656 to access some external data source.
657 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
658 don't are marked as [fast].
659 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
660 for further information
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662 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
663
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664 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
665 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
666 acl aclname dst ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
667 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 668
41bd17a4 669 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
670 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
671 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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673 # other *BSD variants.
674 # [fast]
41bd17a4 675 #
676 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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677 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
678 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
679
680 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
681 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
682 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 683 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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684 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
685 # regex matching client name [slow]
686 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 687 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 688 #
41bd17a4 689 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
690 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
691 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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693 acl aclname src_as number ...
694 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 695 # [fast]
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696 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
697 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
698 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
699 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
700 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
701 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
702 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
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6db78a1a 704 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 705 # [fast]
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706 # match against a named cache_peer entry
707 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
708
375eeb3b 709 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 710 # [fast]
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712 # S - Sunday
713 # M - Monday
714 # T - Tuesday
715 # W - Wednesday
716 # H - Thursday
717 # F - Friday
718 # A - Saturday
719 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
720
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722 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
723 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
724 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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726 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
727 # ranges are alloed
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728 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
729 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
730
b3567eb5 731 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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733 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
734
735 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 736
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738 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 740 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 741 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
e988aa40 742
375eeb3b 743 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 744 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 745 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 746
375eeb3b 747 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 748 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 749 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 750 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 751
41bd17a4 752 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
753 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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755 # supplied credentials [slow]
756 #
757 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 758 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
759 #
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761 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
762 #
41bd17a4 763 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
764 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
765 # in access.log.
766 #
767 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
768 # to check username/password combinations (see
769 # auth_param directive).
770 #
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772 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 773 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 774
41bd17a4 775 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 776 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 777 # Example:
778 #
779 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 780
41bd17a4 781 acl aclname maxconn number
782 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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783 # more than <number> TCP connections established. [fast]
784 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
785 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 786
41bd17a4 787 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
788 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
789 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 790 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 791 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
792 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
793 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
794 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
795 # request is denied)
796 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
797 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
798 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
cccac0a2 799
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800 acl aclname random probability
801 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
802 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
803 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
804
375eeb3b 805 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 806 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
807 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 808 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 809 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
810 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 811
41bd17a4 812 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
813 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
814 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 815 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 816
375eeb3b 817 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 818 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
819 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 820 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 821 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
822 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
823 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 824
41bd17a4 825 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
826 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
827 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 828 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 829
375eeb3b 830 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 831 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 832 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 833
41bd17a4 834 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
835 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 836 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 837
41bd17a4 838 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
839 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 840 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 841
41bd17a4 842 acl aclname ext_user username ...
843 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 844 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 845 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 846
0ab50441 847 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 848 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
cccac0a2 849
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850 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
851 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
852 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
853 #
854 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
855 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
856 # http_reply_access.
857
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859 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
860 acl myexample dst_as 1241
861 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
862 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
863 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 864
41bd17a4 865NOCOMMENT_START
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867# Recommended minimum configuration:
868#
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ee776778 870# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
871# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
872# should be allowed
873acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
874acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
875acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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876acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
877acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 879acl SSL_ports port 443
880acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
881acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
882acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
883acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
884acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
885acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
886acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
887acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
888acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
889acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
890acl CONNECT method CONNECT
891NOCOMMENT_END
892DOC_END
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894NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
895TYPE: acl_access
896IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
897LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
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898DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
899DOC_START
900 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
901 find the original source of a request.
902
903 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
904 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
905 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
906 rightmost address being the most recent.
907
908 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
909 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
910 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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911 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
912 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
913 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
914 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
915 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
916 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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918 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
919 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 920 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 921 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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922 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
923 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 924
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926 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
927
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928 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
929
930 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
931 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
932 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
933 source address of the request. This may enable remote
934 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
935 based on the client's source addresses.
936
937 For example:
938
939 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
940 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
941 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
942 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
943DOC_END
944
945NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
946COMMENT: on|off
947TYPE: onoff
948IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
949DEFAULT: on
950LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
951DOC_START
952 Controls whether the indirect client address
953 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
954 direct client address in acl matching.
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956 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
957 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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959
960NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
961COMMENT: on|off
962TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 963IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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965LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
966DOC_START
967 Controls whether the indirect client address
968 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
969 direct client address in delay pools.
970DOC_END
971
972NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
973COMMENT: on|off
974TYPE: onoff
975IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
976DEFAULT: on
977LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
978DOC_START
979 Controls whether the indirect client address
980 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
981 direct client address in the access log.
982DOC_END
983
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984NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
985COMMENT: on|off
986TYPE: onoff
987IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 988DEFAULT: off
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989LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
990DOC_START
991 Controls whether the indirect client address
992 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
993 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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995 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
996 mode ports.
997
998 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
999 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
1000 of folow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
1001 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1003
41bd17a4 1004NAME: http_access
1005TYPE: acl_access
1006LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1007DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1008DOC_START
1009 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1010
41bd17a4 1011 Access to the HTTP port:
1012 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1013
41bd17a4 1014 NOTE on default values:
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41bd17a4 1016 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1017 the request.
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41bd17a4 1019 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1020 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1021 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1022 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1024 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1027 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1028
41bd17a4 1029NOCOMMENT_START
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1031#
1032# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1033#
1034# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
3c722b3a 1035http_access allow localhost manager
41bd17a4 1036http_access deny manager
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1038# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1039http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1041# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1042http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 1044# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1045# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1046# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1047#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1049#
1050# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1051#
c8f4eac4 1052
ee776778 1053# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1054# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1055# from where browsing should be allowed
1056http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1057http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1058
41bd17a4 1059# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1060http_access deny all
1061NOCOMMENT_END
1062DOC_END
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1064NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1065TYPE: acl_access
1066LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1067DEFAULT: none
1068DOC_START
1069 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1070
1071 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1072 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1073 output.
1074
1075 If not set then only http_access is used.
1076DOC_END
1077
41bd17a4 1078NAME: http_reply_access
1079TYPE: acl_access
1080LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1081DEFAULT: none
1082DOC_START
1083 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1084
41bd17a4 1085 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1086
41bd17a4 1087 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1088 all replies
1a224843 1089
41bd17a4 1090 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1091 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1092 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1094 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1095 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1096DOC_END
1097
41bd17a4 1098NAME: icp_access
1099TYPE: acl_access
1100LOC: Config.accessList.icp
41bd17a4 1101DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1102DOC_START
41bd17a4 1103 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1104 access lists
5473c134 1105
41bd17a4 1106 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1107
41bd17a4 1108 See http_access for details
1109
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1111 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1113# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1115#icp_access deny all
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1117
41bd17a4 1118NAME: htcp_access
1119IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1120TYPE: acl_access
1121LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
41bd17a4 1122DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1123DOC_START
41bd17a4 1124 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1125 access lists
5473c134 1126
41bd17a4 1127 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1129 See http_access for details
5473c134 1130
0b48417e 1131 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1132 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1133 using the htcp option.
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1136 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1138# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1140#htcp_access deny all
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41bd17a4 1143NAME: htcp_clr_access
1144IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1145TYPE: acl_access
1146LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
41bd17a4 1147DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1148DOC_START
1149 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1150 on defined access lists
5473c134 1151
41bd17a4 1152 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1153
41bd17a4 1154 See http_access for details
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1157 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1159# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1160acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1161htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
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1163
41bd17a4 1164NAME: miss_access
1165TYPE: acl_access
1166LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1167DEFAULT: none
5473c134 1168DOC_START
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1169 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1170
1171 For example;
1172 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1173 a parent.
5473c134 1174
41bd17a4 1175 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1176 miss_access allow localclients
1177 miss_access deny !localclients
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1179 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch relayed/MISS
1180 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1181 objects (HITs).
1182
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1185 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1187 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1188 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1189DOC_END
1190
1191NAME: ident_lookup_access
1192TYPE: acl_access
1193IFDEF: USE_IDENT
41bd17a4 1194DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1195LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1196DOC_START
41bd17a4 1197 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1198 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1199 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1200 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1201 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1202 any requests.
5473c134 1203
41bd17a4 1204 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1205 can follow this example:
5473c134 1206
4daaf3cb 1207 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1208 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1209 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1210
4daaf3cb 1211 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1212 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1213 the correct result.
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1215 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1216 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1217DOC_END
5473c134 1218
5b0f5383 1219NAME: reply_body_max_size
1220COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1221TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1222DEFAULT: none
1223LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1224DOC_START
1225 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1226 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1227 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1228 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1229 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1230 for this reply.
1231
1232 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1233 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1234 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1235 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1236 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1237 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1238 and they will receive a partial reply.
1239
1240 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1241 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1242 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1243 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1244
1245 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1246 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1247 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1248 the size of your largest error page.
1249
1250 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1251 no limit imposed.
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1253 Configuration Format is:
1254 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1255 ie.
1256 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1257
5b0f5383 1258DOC_END
1259
1260COMMENT_START
1261 NETWORK OPTIONS
1262 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1263COMMENT_END
1264
1265NAME: http_port ascii_port
1266TYPE: http_port_list
1267DEFAULT: none
1268LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1269DOC_START
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1270 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1271 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1272 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1273
1274 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1275 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1276 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1277 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1278 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1279 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1280 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1281
1282 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1283 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1284
1285 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1286 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1287 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1288
1289 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1290
c7b1dd5d 1291 Modes:
5b0f5383 1292
e77bdb4e 1293 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1294 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1295 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1296
1297 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1298 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1299 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1300
7f45065d 1301 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1302
3a0c8eb5 1303 ssl-bump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
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1305 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1306 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1307 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1308
1309 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1310 the SslBump feature.
1311
1312 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1313
1314
1315 Accelerator Mode Options:
1316
5b0f5383 1317 defaultsite=domainname
1318 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1319 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1320 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1321
cf673853 1322 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1323
1324 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
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1326 https_port
5b0f5383 1327
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1329 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1330
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1332 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1333
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1335 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1336 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1337 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1338
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1340
7f45065d 1341 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1343
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1345 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1346 never_direct was used.
1347
1348 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1349 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1350 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1351 http_access rules when using this.
1352
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1354 SSL Bump Mode Options:
1355
1356 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1357
1358 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1359 if not specified, the certificate file is
1360 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1361 key file.
1362
1363 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1364 1 automatic (default)
1365 2 SSLv2 only
1366 3 SSLv3 only
1367 4 TLSv1 only
1368
1369 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1370
1371 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1372 being:
1373 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1374 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1375 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1376 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1377 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1378 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1379 documentation for a complete list of options.
1380
1381 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1382 requesting a client certificate.
1383
1384 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1385 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1386 clientca will be used.
1387
1388 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1389 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1390
1391 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1392 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1393 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1394
1395 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1396 DH key exchanges.
1397
1398 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1399 DELAYED_AUTH
1400 Don't request client certificates
1401 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1402 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1403 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1404 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1405 to OpenSSL.
1406 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1407 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1408 will result in a new SSL session.
1409 VERIFY_CRL
1410 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1411 certificates.
1412 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1413 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1414 client certificate chain.
1415
1416 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1417
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1419 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1420 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1421 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1422 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1423 certificate will be selfsigned.
1424 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1425 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1426 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1427 years.
1428 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1429 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1430
1431 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1432 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1433 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
1434 default value is 4MB. An average XXX-bit certificate
1435 consumes about XXX bytes of RAM.
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1437 Other Options:
1438
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1440 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1441 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1443
5b0f5383 1444 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1445 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1446 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1447 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1448 support is enabled.
1449 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1450
1451 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1452 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1453 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1454 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1455 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1456 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1457 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1458 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1459
81b6e9a7 1460 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1461 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1462
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1465 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1466 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1467 timeout the time before giving up.
1468
5b0f5383 1469 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1470 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1471 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1472 visible on the internal address.
1473
1474NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1476# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1477http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1478NOCOMMENT_END
1479DOC_END
1480
1481NAME: https_port
1482IFDEF: USE_SSL
1483TYPE: https_port_list
1484DEFAULT: none
1485LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1486DOC_START
7f45065d 1487 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1488
1489 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1490 requests.
1491
1492 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1493 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1494 accelerator level.
1495
1496 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1497 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1498
7f45065d 1499 Modes:
5b0f5383 1500
7f45065d 1501 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1502
7f45065d 1503 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
5b0f5383 1504
5b0f5383 1505
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1507
1508
1509 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1510
1511 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1512
1513 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1514 if not specified, the certificate file is
1515 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1516 key file.
1517
1518 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1519 1 automatic (default)
1520 2 SSLv2 only
1521 3 SSLv3 only
1522 4 TLSv1 only
1523
1524 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1525
1526 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1527 being:
1528 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1529 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1530 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1531 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1532 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1533 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1534 documentation for a complete list of options.
1535
1536 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1537 requesting a client certificate.
1538
1539 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1540 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1541 clientca will be used.
1542
1543 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1544 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1545
1546 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1547 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1548 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1549
1550 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1551 DH key exchanges.
1552
1553 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1554 DELAYED_AUTH
1555 Don't request client certificates
1556 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1557 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1558 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1559 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1560 to OpenSSL.
1561 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1562 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1563 will result in a new SSL session.
1564 VERIFY_CRL
1565 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1566 certificates.
1567 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1568 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1569 client certificate chain.
1570
1571 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1572
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1574
41bd17a4 1575NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1576TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1577DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1578LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 1579DOC_START
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1580 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets outgoing
1581 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1582
41bd17a4 1583 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1584
41bd17a4 1585 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1586 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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1589 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1590 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1591 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1592
41bd17a4 1593 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1595 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1596
41bd17a4 1597 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1598 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1600 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 1601
41bd17a4 1602 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1603 matching line.
cccac0a2 1604DOC_END
1605
41bd17a4 1606NAME: clientside_tos
1607TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1608DEFAULT: none
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1610DOC_START
1611 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1612 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1613
1614 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1615
1616 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1617 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1618
1619 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1620 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1621 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1622 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1623
1624 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1625 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1626DOC_END
1627
1628NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1629TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1630IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1632LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1633DOC_START
1634 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1635 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1636
1637 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1638
1639 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1640 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1641
1642 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1643 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1644 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1645 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1646DOC_END
1647
1648NAME: clientside_mark
1649TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1650IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1652LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
cccac0a2 1653DOC_START
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1655 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1656
1657 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1658
1659 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1660 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1661
1662 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1663 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1664 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1665 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1666
1667 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1668 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 1669DOC_END
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1672TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 1673IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 1674DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1675LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 1676DOC_START
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1679 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1680 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
7172612f 1681
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1683 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1684 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1687 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1688 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1689
1690 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
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1693
1694 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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1696 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1697
1698 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1699
1700 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1701
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1703 over the preserve-miss feature (see below).
575cb927 1704
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1706 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1707 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1708 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1709 with all variants of netfilter.
575cb927 1710
575cb927 1711 disable-preserve-miss
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1713 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1714 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1715 and masked with miss-mark.
1716 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1717 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1718 (MARK target).
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1720 miss-mask=0xFF
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1722 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1723 the TOS sent towards clients.
1724 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1725 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1726
1727 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1728 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1729 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1730 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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41bd17a4 1734NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1735TYPE: acl_address
1736DEFAULT: none
1737LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1738DOC_START
1739 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1740 based on the username or source address of the user making
1741 the request.
7f7db318 1742
41bd17a4 1743 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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1746 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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1749 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1750
1751 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
1752 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1753
1754 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
1755 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1756
1757 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
1758 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1759
41bd17a4 1760 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1761 matching line.
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1763 Squid will add an implicit IP version test to each line.
1764 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
1765 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
1766
1767
1768 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 1769 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1770 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1771 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 1773 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
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1776 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
cc192b50 1777
cccac0a2 1778DOC_END
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1780NAME: client_dst_passthru
1781TYPE: onoff
1782DEFAULT: on
1783LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
1784DOC_START
1785 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
1786 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
1787 source.
1788
1789 This option (on by default) prevents cache_peer and alternative DNS
1790 entries being used on intercepted traffic. Both of which lead to
1791 the security vulnerability outlined below.
1792
1793 SECURITY WARNING:
1794
1795 This directive should only be disabled if cache_peer are required.
1796
1797 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
1798 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
1799 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
1800 security policy and sandboxing protections.
1801
1802 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
1803 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
1804 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
1805 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
1806 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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cccac0a2 1808DOC_END
1809
41bd17a4 1810COMMENT_START
1811 SSL OPTIONS
1812 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1813COMMENT_END
1814
1815NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1816IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1817TYPE: onoff
1818DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1819LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1820DOC_START
41bd17a4 1821 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1822 messages.
cccac0a2 1823DOC_END
1824
41bd17a4 1825NAME: ssl_engine
1826IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1827TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1828LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1829DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1830DOC_START
41bd17a4 1831 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1832 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1833DOC_END
1834
41bd17a4 1835NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1836IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1837DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1838LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1839TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1840DOC_START
41bd17a4 1841 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1842DOC_END
1843
41bd17a4 1844NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1845IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1846DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1847LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1848TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1849DOC_START
41bd17a4 1850 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1851DOC_END
1852
41bd17a4 1853NAME: sslproxy_version
1854IFDEF: USE_SSL
1855DEFAULT: 1
1856LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1857TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1858DOC_START
41bd17a4 1859 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1860DOC_END
1861
41bd17a4 1862NAME: sslproxy_options
1863IFDEF: USE_SSL
1864DEFAULT: none
1865LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1866TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1867DOC_START
41bd17a4 1868 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1870 The most important being:
1871
1872 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1873 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1874 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1875 SINGLE_DH_USE
1876 Always create a new key when using
1877 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1878
1879 These options vary depending on your SSL engine.
1880 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1881 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 1882DOC_END
1883
41bd17a4 1884NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1885IFDEF: USE_SSL
1886DEFAULT: none
1887LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1888TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1889DOC_START
41bd17a4 1890 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1892 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 1893DOC_END
1894
41bd17a4 1895NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1896IFDEF: USE_SSL
1897DEFAULT: none
1898LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1899TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1900DOC_START
41bd17a4 1901 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1902 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1903DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1905NAME: sslproxy_capath
1906IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1907DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1908LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1909TYPE: string
5473c134 1910DOC_START
41bd17a4 1911 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1912 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1913DOC_END
1914
4c9da963 1915NAME: ssl_bump
1916IFDEF: USE_SSL
1917TYPE: acl_access
1918LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1919DEFAULT: none
1920DOC_START
1921 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1922 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1923 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1924 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1925
1926 By default, no requests are bumped.
1927
e0c0d54c 1928 See also: http_port ssl-bump
4c9da963 1929
e0c0d54c 1930 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 1931 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1933
1934 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1935 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1936
1937 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1938 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1939 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1940 ssl_bump deny localhost
1941 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1942 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 1943DOC_END
1944
41bd17a4 1945NAME: sslproxy_flags
1946IFDEF: USE_SSL
1947DEFAULT: none
1948LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1949TYPE: string
5473c134 1950DOC_START
41bd17a4 1951 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1952 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1953 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1954 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1955 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1956DOC_END
1957
4c9da963 1958NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1959IFDEF: USE_SSL
1960DEFAULT: none
1961LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1962TYPE: acl_access
1963DOC_START
1964 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1965
1966 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1967 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1968 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1969
1970 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1971 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1972 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1973
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1975 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1976 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 1977
1978 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1979 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1980 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1981 the connection may be insecure.
1982
1983 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1984
e0855596 1985 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 1986DOC_END
1987
41bd17a4 1988NAME: sslpassword_program
1989IFDEF: USE_SSL
1990DEFAULT: none
1991LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1992TYPE: string
5473c134 1993DOC_START
41bd17a4 1994 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1995 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1996 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1997 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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1999 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2000 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2001 keys.
5473c134 2002DOC_END
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2005 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2006 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2007COMMENT_END
2008
2009NAME: sslcrtd_program
2010TYPE: eol
2011IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2012DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2013LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2014DOC_START
2015 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2016 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2017 For more information use:
2018 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2019DOC_END
2020
2021NAME: sslcrtd_children
2022TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2023IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2024DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2025LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2026DOC_START
2027 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2028 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2029
2030 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2031 tuning.
2032
2033 startup=N
2034
2035 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2036 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2037 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2038
2039 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2040 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2041
2042 idle=N
2043
2044 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2045 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2046 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2047 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2048
2049 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2050DOC_END
2051
cccac0a2 2052COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2053 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2054 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2055COMMENT_END
2056
41bd17a4 2057NAME: cache_peer
2058TYPE: peer
2059DEFAULT: none
2060LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2061DOC_START
41bd17a4 2062 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 2064 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2065
41bd17a4 2066 For example,
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41bd17a4 2068 # proxy icp
2069 # hostname type port port options
2070 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2071 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2072 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2073 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
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2075 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2076
2077 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2078
2079 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2080 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2081 For web servers this is usually 80
2082
2083 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2084 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2085 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2086
2087
2088 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2089
2090 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2091 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2092
2093
2094 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2095
2096 multicast-responder
2097 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2098 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2099 replies will be accepted from it.
2100
2101 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2102 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2103
2104 background-ping
2105 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2106 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2107 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2108
2109
2110 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2111
2112 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2113 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2114
2115
2116 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2117 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2119 list of options described below.
2b94f655 2120
18191440 2121 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2122
18191440 2123 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2124 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2125 only-clr.
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2128 This cannot be used with no-clr.
2b94f655 2129
18191440 2130 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2132 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2133
18191440 2134 htcp=forward-clr
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2135 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2136
2137
2138 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2139
2140 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2141 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2142
2143
2144 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2145 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2146 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2147
2148 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2149 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2150 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2151
2152 weighted-round-robin
2153 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2154 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2155 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2156 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2157 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2158
2159 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2160 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2161 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2162
2163 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2164
2165 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2167 multicast-siblings
2168 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2169 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2170 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
2171 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
2172 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2173 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2174 members of the same multicast group.
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2176
2177 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2178
2179 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2180 peer-selection mechanisms.
2181 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2182 larger weights are favored more.
2183 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2184 protocol is not in use.
2185
2186 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2187 times of parents.
2188 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2189 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2190 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2191
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2193 to this address.
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2195 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2196 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2197 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2198
2199 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2200 delay pools.
2201
2202 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2203 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2204 than the Squid default location.
2205
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2208
2209 carp-key=key-specification
2210 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2211 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2212 scheme, host, port, path, params
2213 Order is not important.
2214
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2216
2217 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2218 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2219 is a web server.
2220
2221 forceddomain=name
2222 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2223 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2224 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2225 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2226
2227 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2228
2229 no-netdb-exchange
2230 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2231
2232
2233 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2234
2235 login=user:password
2236 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2237 requires proxy authentication.
2238
2239 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2240 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2241
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2243 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2244 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2245 without alteration to the peer.
2246 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2247
2248 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2249 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2250 connection-auth options are also used.
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2253 Authentication is not required by this option.
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2256 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2258 they may be sent instead.
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2260 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2261 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2262 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2263 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2264 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2265
2266 login=*:password
2267 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2268 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2269 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2270 needed to identify each user.
2271 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2272 information which is added to the username. This can
2273 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2274 the login=username:password option above.
2275
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2277 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2278 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2279 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2280 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2281
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2283 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2284 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2285
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2287 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2288 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2289 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2290 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2291 used.
2292
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2294 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2295 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2296
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2298 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2299 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2300 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2301 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2302 of the peer.
2303
2304
2305 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2306
2307 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2308
2309 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2310 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2311 this peer.
2312
2313 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2314 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2315 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2316 reference a combined file containing both the
2317 certificate and the key.
2318
2319 sslversion=1|2|3|4
2320 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2321 1 = automatic (default)
2322 2 = SSL v2 only
2323 3 = SSL v3 only
2324 4 = TLS v1 only
2325
2326 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2327 to this peer.
2328
2329 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
2330 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2331 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2332 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2333 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
2334 a more complete list.
2335
2336 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2337 when verifying the peer certificate.
2338
2339 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2340 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2341
2342 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2343 verifying the peer certificate.
2344
2345 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2346
41bd17a4 2347 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2348 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2349 verify.
2350 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2351 Don't use the default CA list built in
2352 to OpenSSL.
2353 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2354 Don't verify the peer certificate
2355 matches the server name
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2357 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2358 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2359 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2360 used.
2361
2362 front-end-https
2363 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2364 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2365 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2366 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2367 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2368
2369
2370 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2371
2372 connect-timeout=N
2373 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2374 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2375
2376 connect-fail-limit=N
2377 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2378 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2379
2380 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2381 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2382 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2383 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2384 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2385 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2386 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2387
2388 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2389 peer. see also
2390
2391 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2392 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2393 but different ports.
2394 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2395 directives to dentify the peer.
2396 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2397 peername ACL type.
2398
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2400 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2401
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2403
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41bd17a4 2406NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2407TYPE: hostdomain
2408DEFAULT: none
2409LOC: none
2410DOC_START
2411 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2412 queried. Usage:
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41bd17a4 2414 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2415 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2416
41bd17a4 2417 For example, specifying
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41bd17a4 2419 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 2420
41bd17a4 2421 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2422 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2423 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2424 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2425 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2426
41bd17a4 2427 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2428 either on the same or separate lines.
2429 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2430 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2431 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2432 for all requests.
2433 * There are no defaults.
2434 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2435 section.
2436DOC_END
dd9b1776 2437
41bd17a4 2438NAME: cache_peer_access
2439TYPE: peer_access
2440DEFAULT: none
2441LOC: none
2442DOC_START
2443 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2444 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2445
41bd17a4 2446 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2447
41bd17a4 2448 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2449 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2450 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2451DOC_END
dd9b1776 2452
41bd17a4 2453NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2454TYPE: hostdomaintype
2455DEFAULT: none
2456LOC: none
2457DOC_START
2458 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2459
41bd17a4 2460 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2461 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2462 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2463 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2464 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2465 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2466
41bd17a4 2467EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2468 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2469 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2470 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2471DOC_END
6bf4f823 2472
41bd17a4 2473NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2474COMMENT: (seconds)
2475DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2476TYPE: time_t
2477LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2478DOC_START
2479 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2480 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2481 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2482 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2483 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2484 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2485
41bd17a4 2486 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2487 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2488 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2489 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2490 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2491 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2492 instead of to your parents.
2493DOC_END
cccac0a2 2494
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2495NAME: forward_max_tries
2496DEFAULT: 10
2497TYPE: int
2498LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2499DOC_START
2500 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2501 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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2502
2503 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
2504 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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2505DOC_END
2506
41bd17a4 2507NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2508TYPE: wordlist
2509DEFAULT: none
2510LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2511DOC_START
2512 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2513 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2514 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2515 list this option multiple times.
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2517 Example:
2518 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
2519
2520 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
6b698a21 2521DOC_END
0976f8db 2522
41bd17a4 2523COMMENT_START
2524 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2525 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2526COMMENT_END
2527
2528NAME: cache_mem
2529COMMENT: (bytes)
2530TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2531DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2532LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2533DOC_START
41bd17a4 2534 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2535 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2536 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2537 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2538
2539 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2540 for:
2541 * In-Transit objects
2542 * Hot Objects
2543 * Negative-Cached objects
2544
2545 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2546 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2547 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2548 priority.
2549
2550 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2551 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2552 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2553 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2554 not needed for in-transit objects.
2555
2556 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2557 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2558 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2559 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2560 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2561 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2562 objects.
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2563
2564 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
2565 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
2566 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
2567 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 2568DOC_END
0976f8db 2569
41bd17a4 2570NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2571COMMENT: (bytes)
2572TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2573DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2574LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2575DOC_START
41bd17a4 2576 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2577 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2578 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2579 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2580DOC_END
0976f8db 2581
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2582NAME: memory_cache_shared
2583COMMENT: on|off
2584TYPE: YesNoNone
2585LOC: Config.memShared
2586DEFAULT: none
70f856bc 2587DEFAULT_DOC: "on" where supported if doing memory caching with multiple SMP workers.
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2588DOC_START
2589 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
2590
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2591 The shared memory cache is meant to occupy cache_mem bytes and replace
2592 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
2593 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
2594 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
2595 caching is enabled).
2596
65b81b27 2597 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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2598 following conditions are satisfied: Squid runs in SMP mode with
2599 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
2600 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
2601 and GCC-style atomic operations).
2602
2603 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
2604 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
2605 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
2606
2607 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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2608DOC_END
2609
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2610NAME: memory_cache_mode
2611TYPE: memcachemode
2612LOC: Config
2613DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2614DOC_START
ea21d497 2615 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2616
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2617 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2618
2619 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2620 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2621 a second time before cached in memory.
2622
2623 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2624DOC_END
2625
41bd17a4 2626NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2627TYPE: removalpolicy
2628LOC: Config.memPolicy
2629DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2630DOC_START
41bd17a4 2631 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2632 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2633
41bd17a4 2634 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2635DOC_END
6b698a21 2636
41bd17a4 2637COMMENT_START
2638 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2639 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2640COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2641
41bd17a4 2642NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2643TYPE: removalpolicy
2644LOC: Config.replPolicy
2645DEFAULT: lru
2646DOC_START
2647 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2648 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2649
41bd17a4 2650 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2651 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2652 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2653 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2654
41bd17a4 2655 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2656
41bd17a4 2657 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2658
41bd17a4 2659 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2660 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2661 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2662 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2663
41bd17a4 2664 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2665 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2666 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2667 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2668
41bd17a4 2669 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2670 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2671 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2672
41bd17a4 2673 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2674 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2675 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2676
41bd17a4 2677 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2678 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2679 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2680DOC_END
0976f8db 2681
41bd17a4 2682NAME: cache_dir
2683TYPE: cachedir
2684DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2685LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2686DOC_START
41bd17a4 2687 Usage:
0976f8db 2688
41bd17a4 2689 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2690
41bd17a4 2691 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2692 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2693
41bd17a4 2694 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2695 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2696 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2697
41bd17a4 2698 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2699 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2700 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2701 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2702 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2703
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2704 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
2705 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2706 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2707
41bd17a4 2708 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2709
41bd17a4 2710 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2711 been there.
0976f8db 2712
41bd17a4 2713 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2714
41bd17a4 2715 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2716 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2717 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2718 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2719 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2720
56fba4d0 2721 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2722 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2723
56fba4d0 2724 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2725 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2726 is 256.
0976f8db 2727
41bd17a4 2728 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2729
41bd17a4 2730 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2731 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2732 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2733
41bd17a4 2734 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2735
41bd17a4 2736 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2737
41bd17a4 2738 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2739
41bd17a4 2740 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2741 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2742 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2743
41bd17a4 2744 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2745
41bd17a4 2746 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2747
41bd17a4 2748 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2749 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2750 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2751
41bd17a4 2752 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2753 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2754 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2755
41bd17a4 2756 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2757 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2758 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2759 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2760 time.
0976f8db 2761
2e55f083 2762 The rock store type:
e2851fe7 2763
df881a0f 2764 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes <max-size=bytes> [options]
e2851fe7 2765
2e55f083 2766 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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2767 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots,
2768 one entry per slot. The database size is specified in MB. The
2769 slot size is specified in bytes using the max-size option. See
2770 below for more info on the max-size option.
2771
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2772 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
2773 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
2774 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
2775 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
2776 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
2777 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
2778 expected swap wait time.
2779
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2780 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
2781 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap in and swap out requests that
2782 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
2783 delayed. This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
2784 many" writes and then start blocking Squid and other processes
2785 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
2786 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
2787 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
2788 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
2789 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
2790
2791
41bd17a4 2792 The coss store type:
0976f8db 2793
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2794 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2795 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2796 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2797
41bd17a4 2798 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2799 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2800 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2801 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2802 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2803 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2804 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2805
41bd17a4 2806 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2807 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2808 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2809
41bd17a4 2810 Common options:
0976f8db 2811
41bd17a4 2812 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2813
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2814 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
2815 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
2816 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
2817 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
2818
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2819 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
2820 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 2821 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2822 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2823 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2824
41bd17a4 2825 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2826 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2827 option.
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2829
2830# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2831#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2832NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2833DOC_END
0976f8db 2834
41bd17a4 2835NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2836TYPE: string
2837LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2838DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2839DOC_START
41bd17a4 2840 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2841DOC_END
0976f8db 2842
41bd17a4 2843NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2844TYPE: int
2845LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2846DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2847DOC_START
41bd17a4 2848 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2849 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2850 descriptors are open.
2851
2852 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2853DOC_END
0976f8db 2854
41bd17a4 2855NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2856COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2857TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2858DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2859LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2860DOC_START
41bd17a4 2861 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2862 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2863 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2864DOC_END
0976f8db 2865
41bd17a4 2866NAME: maximum_object_size
2867COMMENT: (bytes)
2868TYPE: b_int64_t
2869DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2870LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2871DOC_START
41bd17a4 2872 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2873 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2874 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2875 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2876 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2877 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2878
41bd17a4 2879 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2880 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2881 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2882DOC_END
0976f8db 2883
41bd17a4 2884NAME: cache_swap_low
2885COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2886TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2887DEFAULT: 90
2888LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2889DOC_NONE
2890
2891NAME: cache_swap_high
2892COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2893TYPE: int
2894DEFAULT: 95
2895LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2896DOC_START
41bd17a4 2897
2898 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2899 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2900 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2901 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2902 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2903 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2904
2905 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2906 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2907 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2908DOC_END
0976f8db 2909
5473c134 2910COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2911 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2912 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2913COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2914
41bd17a4 2915NAME: logformat
2916TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 2917LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 2918DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2919DOC_START
41bd17a4 2920 Usage:
0976f8db 2921
41bd17a4 2922 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2923
41bd17a4 2924 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2925
41bd17a4 2926 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2927
41bd17a4 2928 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2929 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2930 as required according to their context and the output format
2931 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2932 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2933
41bd17a4 2934 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2935
41bd17a4 2936 " output in quoted string format
2937 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2938 # output in URL quoted format
2939 ' output as-is
5473c134 2940
41bd17a4 2941 - left aligned
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2943 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
2944 [width_min][.width_max]
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2946 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 2947
41bd17a4 2948 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2949
41bd17a4 2950 Format codes:
5473c134 2951
3ff65596 2952 % a literal % character
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2953 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
2954 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
2955 a similar internal error identifier.
2956 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
2957
2958 Connection related format codes:
2959
41bd17a4 2960 >a Client source IP address
2961 >A Client FQDN
2962 >p Client source port
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2963 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
2964 >la Local IP address the client connected to
2965 >lp Local port number the client connected to
2966
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2967 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
2968 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
2969
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2970 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
2971 <A Server FQDN or peer name
2972 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 2973 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 2974 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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2975
2976 Time related format codes:
2977
41bd17a4 2978 ts Seconds since epoch
2979 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2980 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2981 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2982 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2983 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2984 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2985 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
2986
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2987 Access Control related format codes:
2988
2989 et Tag returned by external acl
2990 ea Log string returned by external acl
2991 un User name (any available)
2992 ul User name from authentication
2993 ue User name from external acl helper
2994 ui User name from ident
2995 us User name from SSL
2996
2997 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 2998
ca2e92d8 2999 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 3000 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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3001 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
3002 Optional header name argument as for >h
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3003 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
3004 as for >h
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3005 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
3006 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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3007 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
3008 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
3009 transfer encoding and control messages.
3010 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
3011 received bodies.
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3012 [http::]mt MIME content type
3013 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
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3014 [http::]>rm Request method from client
3015 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
3016 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
3017 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
3018 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
3ff65596 3019 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
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3020 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
3021 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sento to server or peer
3ff65596 3022 [http::]rv Request protocol version
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3023 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
3024 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
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3025 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
3026 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
3027 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
3028 are not included
3029 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
3030 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
3031 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
3032 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
3033 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
3034 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
3035 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
3036 and stops when the last response byte is received.
3037 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
3038 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
3039 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
3040 with the last I/O with the last peer.
3041
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3042 Squid handling related format codes:
3043
3044 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
3045 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
3046
5038f9d8 3047 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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3048 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
3049
3050 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
3051 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
3052 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
3053 transaction is in progress.
3054
5038f9d8 3055 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
3ff65596 3056
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3057 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
3058 meta-information from the last eCAP
3059 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
3060 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
3061 argument.
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3063 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
3064 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
3065 the order of transaction start time. Each time
3066 value is recorded as an integer number,
3067 representing response time of one or more
3068 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
3069 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3070 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3071 logged individually but added to the
3072 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3073 adapt::all_trs.
3074
3075 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3076 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3077 individual transactions are never added
3078 together. Instead, all transaction response
3079 times are recorded individually.
3080
3081 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3082 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3083 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 3084
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3086
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3087logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
3088logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
3089logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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3090logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
3091logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
3092
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3093 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
3094 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
3095 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
3096
3097 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
3098 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 3099
5473c134 3100DOC_END
3101
41bd17a4 3102NAME: access_log cache_access_log
3103TYPE: access_log
3104LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 3105DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 3106DOC_START
41bd17a4 3107 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
3108 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 3109 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 3110 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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3111
3112 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 3113 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3114 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3115 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3116
3117 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3118
bb7a1781 3119 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3120 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3121
3122 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3123 each request.
3124 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3125
3126 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3127 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3128 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3129
3130 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3131
3132 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3133 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3134 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 3135
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3136 where facility could be any of:
3137 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3138
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3139 And priority could be any of:
3140 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3141
3142 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3143 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3144 Place Format: \\host:port
df2eec10 3145
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3146 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3147 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3148 Place Format: \\host:port
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3150 Default:
82b7abe3 3151 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3152DOC_END
5473c134 3153
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3154NAME: icap_log
3155TYPE: access_log
3156IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3157LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3158DEFAULT: none
3159DOC_START
3160 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3161 transaction.
3162
3163 The icap_log option format is:
3164 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3165 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3166
3167 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3168 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3169 features.
3170
3171 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3172 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3173 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3174 log line.
3175
3176 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3177 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3178 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3179 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3180 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3181 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3182 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3183
3184 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3185
3186 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3187
3188 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3189 option in Squid configuration file.
3190
3191 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3192
3193 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3194 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3195
3196 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3197 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3198
3199 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3200 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3201 the socket).
3202
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3203 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
3204 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3205 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3206 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3207 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3208 computed.
3209
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3211 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3212 the ICAP transaction is created and
3213 stops when the transaction is completed.
3214 Similar to tr.
3215
3216 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3217 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3218 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3219 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3220 is received.
3221
3222 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3223 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3224 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3225 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3226 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3227 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3228
3229 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3230
3231 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3232
3233 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3234
3235 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3236 definition, is called icap_squid:
3237
3238logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3239
5038f9d8 3240 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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3242
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3243NAME: logfile_daemon
3244TYPE: string
3245DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3246LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3247DOC_START
3248 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3249 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3250
3251 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3252 L<data>\n - logfile data
3253 R\n - rotate file
3254 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 3255 O\n - reopen file
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3256 F\n - flush file
3257 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3258 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3259
3260 No responses is expected.
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3262
5b0f5383 3263NAME: log_access
3264TYPE: acl_access
3265LOC: Config.accessList.log
3266DEFAULT: none
3267COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3268DOC_START
3269 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3270 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3271 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3272
3273 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3274 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3275DOC_END
3276
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3277NAME: log_icap
3278TYPE: acl_access
3279IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3280LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3281DEFAULT: none
3282DOC_START
3283 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3284 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3285DOC_END
3286
41bd17a4 3287NAME: cache_store_log
3288TYPE: string
df2eec10 3289DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3290LOC: Config.Log.store
3291DOC_START
3292 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3293 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3294 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
3295 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3296 disable it.
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3298 Example:
3299 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3300DOC_END
3301
41bd17a4 3302NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3303TYPE: string
3304LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3305DEFAULT: none
3306DOC_START
41bd17a4 3307 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3308 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3309 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3310 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3311 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3312 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3313 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 3314
41bd17a4 3315 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3316 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3317 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3318 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3319
41bd17a4 3320 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3321 these swap logs will have names such as:
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41bd17a4 3323 cache_swap_log.00
3324 cache_swap_log.01
3325 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3326
41bd17a4 3327 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3328 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3329 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3330 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3331 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3332 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3333 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3334DOC_END
3335
41bd17a4 3336NAME: logfile_rotate
3337TYPE: int
3338DEFAULT: 10
3339LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3340DOC_START
41bd17a4 3341 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3342 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3343 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3344 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3345 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3346 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
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41bd17a4 3348 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3349 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3350 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3351 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3352 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3353 <pid>'.
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3355 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3356 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3357DOC_END
5473c134 3358
41bd17a4 3359NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 3360TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 3361DOC_START
20efa1c2 3362 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 3363DOC_END
3364
41bd17a4 3365NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 3366TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3367DOC_START
8652f8e7 3368 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 3369DOC_END
5473c134 3370
41bd17a4 3371NAME: mime_table
3372TYPE: string
3373DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3374LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3375DOC_START
3376 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3377 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3378 information if you do.
5473c134 3379DOC_END
3380
41bd17a4 3381NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3382COMMENT: on|off
3383TYPE: onoff
3384LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3385DEFAULT: off
3386DOC_START
3387 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3388 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3389 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3390 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3391 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3392DOC_END
5473c134 3393
41bd17a4 3394NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 3395TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3396DOC_START
20efa1c2 3397 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 3398DOC_END
3399
41bd17a4 3400NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 3401TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3402DOC_START
20efa1c2 3403 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 3404DOC_END
3405
41bd17a4 3406NAME: pid_filename
3407TYPE: string
3408DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3409LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3410DOC_START
41bd17a4 3411 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3412DOC_END
3413
41bd17a4 3414NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3415TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3416DOC_START
c581e96b 3417 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3418DOC_END
3419
41bd17a4 3420NAME: client_netmask
3421TYPE: address
3422LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3423DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3424DOC_START
41bd17a4 3425 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3426 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3427 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3428 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3429DOC_END
3430
41bd17a4 3431NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 3432TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3433DOC_START
20efa1c2 3434 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 3435DOC_END
3436
41bd17a4 3437NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3438TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3439LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3440DEFAULT: on
3441DOC_START
41bd17a4 3442 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3443 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3444DOC_END
3445
41bd17a4 3446NAME: buffered_logs
3447COMMENT: on|off
3448TYPE: onoff
3449DEFAULT: off
3450LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3451DOC_START
41bd17a4 3452 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3453 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3454 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3455 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3456 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 3457DOC_END
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2b753521 3459NAME: netdb_filename
3460TYPE: string
221faecb 3461DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 3462LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3463IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3464DOC_START
3465 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3466 To disable, enter "none".
3467DOC_END
3468
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3470 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3471 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3472COMMENT_END
3473
3474NAME: cache_log
3475TYPE: string
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3477LOC: Debug::cache_log
3478DOC_START
3479 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3480 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3481 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3482DOC_END
3483
3484NAME: debug_options
3485TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3486DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3487LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3488DOC_START
3489 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3490 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3491 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3492 log file, so be careful.
3493
3494 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3495 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3496
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3498 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3499 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3500 events affecting Squid.
3501DOC_END
3502
3503NAME: coredump_dir
3504TYPE: string
3505LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3507DOC_START
3508 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3509 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3510 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3511 and coredump files will be left there.
3512
3513NOCOMMENT_START
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3516coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3517NOCOMMENT_END
3518DOC_END
3519
3520
41bd17a4 3521COMMENT_START
3522 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3523 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3524COMMENT_END
3525
3526NAME: ftp_user
3527TYPE: string
3528DEFAULT: Squid@
3529LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3530DOC_START
41bd17a4 3531 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3532 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3533 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3534
41bd17a4 3535 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3536 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3537 depending on how the cache is used.
3538 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3539 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3540DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3542NAME: ftp_passive
3543TYPE: onoff
3544DEFAULT: on
3545LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3546DOC_START
41bd17a4 3547 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3548 connections, turn off this option.
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3550 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3551DOC_END
3552
3553NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3554TYPE: onoff
3555DEFAULT: off
3556LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3557DOC_START
3558 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3559
3560 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3561 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3562 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3563
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3565 useful.
a689bd4e 3566 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3567 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3568
3569 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3570 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3571
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3573DOC_END
3574
3575NAME: ftp_epsv
3576TYPE: onoff
3577DEFAULT: on
3578LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3579DOC_START
3580 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3581
3582 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3584 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3585 will never be needed.
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3587 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3588 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3589 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3590
3591 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3592DOC_END
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3594NAME: ftp_eprt
3595TYPE: onoff
3596DEFAULT: on
3597LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3598DOC_START
3599 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3600
3601 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3602 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3603 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3604
3605 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3606 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3607
3608 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3609 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3610 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3611 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3612
3613 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3614 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3615DOC_END
3616
41bd17a4 3617NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3618TYPE: onoff
3619DEFAULT: on
3620LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3621DOC_START
3622 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3623 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3624 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3625 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3626 connection turn this off.
3627DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3628
41bd17a4 3629NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3630TYPE: onoff
3631DEFAULT: on
3632LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3633DOC_START
3634 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3635 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3636 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3637 the FTP protocol.
3638
3639 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3640 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3641 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3642 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3643 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3644DOC_END
3645
3646COMMENT_START
3647 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3648 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3649COMMENT_END
3650
3651NAME: diskd_program
3652TYPE: string
3653DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3654LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3655DOC_START
3656 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3657 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3658 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3659DOC_END
3660
3661NAME: unlinkd_program
3662IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3663TYPE: string
3664DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3665LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3666DOC_START
3667 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3668DOC_END
3669
3670NAME: pinger_program
3671TYPE: string
3672DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3673LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3674IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3675DOC_START
3676 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3677DOC_END
3678
cc192b50 3679NAME: pinger_enable
3680TYPE: onoff
3681DEFAULT: on
3682LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3683IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3684DOC_START
3685 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3686 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3687 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3688DOC_END
3689
3690
41bd17a4 3691COMMENT_START
3692 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3693 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3694COMMENT_END
3695
3696NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3697TYPE: wordlist
3698LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3699DEFAULT: none
3700DOC_START
2c7aad89 3701 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 3702 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3703
2c7aad89 3704 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 3705
c71adec1 3706 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3707
3708 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3709 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3710 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3711 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3712
3713 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3714 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3715
3716 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3717 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2c7aad89 3718 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily), etc.
41bd17a4 3719
3720 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3721DOC_END
3722
3723NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3724TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3725DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3726LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3727DOC_START
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3728 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3729 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3730 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3731 and other system resources noticably.
3732
3733 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3734 tuning.
3735
3736 startup=
3737
3738 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3739 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3740 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3741
3742 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3743 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3744
3745 idle=
3746
3747 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3748 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3749 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3750 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3751
3752 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3753
41bd17a4 3754 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3755 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3756 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3757
3758 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3759 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3760 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3761 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3762 to that request.
41bd17a4 3763DOC_END
3764
3765NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3766TYPE: onoff
3767DEFAULT: on
3768LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3769DOC_START
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3770 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
3771 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
3772 any Host: header in redirected requests.
3773
3774 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
3775 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
3776 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
3777
41bd17a4 3778 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3779 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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3780
3781 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
3782 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
3783 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 3784DOC_END
3785
3786NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3787TYPE: acl_access
3788DEFAULT: none
3789LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3790DOC_START
3791 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3792 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3793 are sent.
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3794
3795 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3796 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3797DOC_END
3798
3799NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3800TYPE: onoff
3801LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3802DEFAULT: off
3803DOC_START
3804 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3805 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3806 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3807 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3808 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3809 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3810 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3811 users may have access to pages they should not
3812 be allowed to request.
3813DOC_END
3814
3815COMMENT_START
3816 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3817 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3818COMMENT_END
3819
f04b37d8 3820NAME: cache no_cache
3821TYPE: acl_access
3822DEFAULT: none
3823LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3824DOC_START
240887f0 3825 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3826 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3827 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3828
240887f0 3829 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3830 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3831
240887f0 3832 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3833
3834 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3835 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3836DOC_END
3837
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3838NAME: max_stale
3839COMMENT: time-units
3840TYPE: time_t
3841LOC: Config.maxStale
3842DEFAULT: 1 week
3843DOC_START
3844 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
3845 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
3846 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
3847DOC_END
3848
41bd17a4 3849NAME: refresh_pattern
3850TYPE: refreshpattern
3851LOC: Config.Refresh
3852DEFAULT: none
3853DOC_START
3854 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3855
6b698a21 3856 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3857 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3858
41bd17a4 3859 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3860 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3861 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3862 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3863 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3864
41bd17a4 3865 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3866 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3867 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3868
41bd17a4 3869 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3870 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3871
41bd17a4 3872 options: override-expire
3873 override-lastmod
3874 reload-into-ims
3875 ignore-reload
3876 ignore-no-cache
3877 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3878 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3879 ignore-private
3880 ignore-auth
570d3f75 3881 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 3882 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 3883 store-stale
a0ec9f68 3884
41bd17a4 3885 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3886 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3887 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3888 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3889 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3891 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3892 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3893 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3894 the object fresh for that period of time.
3895
41bd17a4 3896 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3897 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3898
41bd17a4 3899 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3900 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3901 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3902 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3903
41bd17a4 3904 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3905 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3906 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3907 it causes.
9bc73deb 3908
41bd17a4 3909 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3910 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3911 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3912 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3913 send it anyway.
3914
3915 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3916 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3917 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3918 liable for problems which it causes.
3919
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3920 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3921 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3922 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3923 liable for problems which it causes.
3924
41bd17a4 3925 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3926 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3927 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3928 liable for problems which it causes.
3929
3930 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3931 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3932 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3933 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3934 it causes.
3935
3936 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3937 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3938 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3939 if one is available.
3940
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3941 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
3942 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
3943 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
3944 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
3945 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
3946
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3947 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
3948 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
3949 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
3950
41bd17a4 3951 Basically a cached object is:
3952
3953 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3954 STALE if age > max
3955 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3956 FRESH if age < min
3957 else STALE
3958
3959 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3960 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3961 match the default will be used.
3962
3963 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3964 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3965 used.
3966
41bd17a4 3967NOCOMMENT_START
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3968
3969# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3970refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3971refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3972refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3973refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3974NOCOMMENT_END
3975DOC_END
3976
3977NAME: quick_abort_min
3978COMMENT: (KB)
3979TYPE: kb_int64_t
3980DEFAULT: 16 KB
3981LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3982DOC_NONE
3983
3984NAME: quick_abort_max
3985COMMENT: (KB)
3986TYPE: kb_int64_t
3987DEFAULT: 16 KB
3988LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3989DOC_NONE
3990
3991NAME: quick_abort_pct
3992COMMENT: (percent)
3993TYPE: int
3994DEFAULT: 95
3995LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3996DOC_START
3997 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3998 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3999 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
4000 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
4001 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
4002 downloads.
4003
4004 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
4005 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
4006 then.
4007
4008 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
4009 it will finish the retrieval.
4010
4011 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
4012 it will abort the retrieval.
4013
4014 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
4015 it will finish the retrieval.
4016
4017 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
4018 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
4019 to '0 KB'.
4020
4021 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
4022 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
4023DOC_END
60d096f4 4024
41bd17a4 4025NAME: read_ahead_gap
4026COMMENT: buffer-size
4027TYPE: b_int64_t
4028LOC: Config.readAheadGap
4029DEFAULT: 16 KB
4030DOC_START
4031 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
4032 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
4033DOC_END
53e738c6 4034
41bd17a4 4035NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 4036IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4037COMMENT: time-units
4038TYPE: time_t
4039LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 4040DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 4041DOC_START
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4042 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
4043 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
4044 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
4045 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
4046 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
4047 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
4048
4049 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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4050
4051 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4052 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4053 causes.
41bd17a4 4054DOC_END
53e738c6 4055
41bd17a4 4056NAME: positive_dns_ttl
4057COMMENT: time-units
4058TYPE: time_t
4059LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
4060DEFAULT: 6 hours
4061DOC_START
4062 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
4063 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
4064 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
4065DOC_END
c4ab8329 4066
41bd17a4 4067NAME: negative_dns_ttl
4068COMMENT: time-units
4069TYPE: time_t
4070LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
4071DEFAULT: 1 minutes
4072DOC_START
4073 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
4074 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
4075 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
4076 much below 10 seconds.
4077DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4079NAME: range_offset_limit
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4080COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
4081TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 4082LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 4083DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4084DOC_START
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4085 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
4086
4087 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
4088 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
4089 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
4090 the result is NOT cached.
4091
41bd17a4 4092 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
4093 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
4094 sending anything to the client.
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4095
4096 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
4097 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
4098 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
4099 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
4100
4101 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
4102
4103 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
4104 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
4105
4106 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 4107 client requested. (default)
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4108
4109 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 4110 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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4111
4112 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
4113
4114 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
4115 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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4116 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
4117 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 4118DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4120NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4121COMMENT: (seconds)
4122TYPE: time_t
4123LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4124DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4125DOC_START
4126 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4127 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 4128 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 4129 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4130 is most likely better to make your server return a
4131 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4132 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4133 often be best set to 0.
4134DOC_END
c68e9c6b 4135
41bd17a4 4136NAME: store_avg_object_size
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4137COMMENT: (bytes)
4138TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 4139DEFAULT: 13 KB
4140LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4141DOC_START
4142 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4143 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 4144DOC_END
4145
41bd17a4 4146NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4147TYPE: int
4148DEFAULT: 20
4149LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4150DOC_START
4151 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4152 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4153 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4154DOC_END
4155
4156COMMENT_START
4157 HTTP OPTIONS
4158 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4159COMMENT_END
4160
f04b37d8 4161NAME: request_header_max_size
4162COMMENT: (KB)
4163TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4164DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4165LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4166DOC_START
4167 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4168 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4169 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4170 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4171 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4172DOC_END
4173
4174NAME: reply_header_max_size
4175COMMENT: (KB)
4176TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4177DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4178LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4179DOC_START
4180 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4181 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4182 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4183 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4184 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4185DOC_END
4186
4187NAME: request_body_max_size
4188COMMENT: (bytes)
4189TYPE: b_int64_t
4190DEFAULT: 0 KB
4191LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4192DOC_START
4193 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4194 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4195 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4196 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4197 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4198 be no limit imposed.
4199DOC_END
4200
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4201NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4202COMMENT: (bytes)
4203TYPE: b_size_t
4204DEFAULT: 512 KB
4205LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4206DOC_START
4207 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4208 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4209 a large file.
4210DOC_END
4211
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4212NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4213COMMENT: (bytes)
4214TYPE: b_int64_t
4215DEFAULT: 64 KB
4216LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4217DOC_START
4218 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4219 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4220 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4221 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4222 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4223 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4224
4225 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4226 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4227 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4228 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4229 as if dechunking was disabled.
4230
4231 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4232 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4233
4234 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4235 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4236 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4237DOC_END
4238
41bd17a4 4239NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4240IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4241TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4242DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4243LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4244DOC_START
41bd17a4 4245 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4246 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4247
41bd17a4 4248 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4249 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4250
41bd17a4 4251 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4252
41bd17a4 4253 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4254 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4255 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4256 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 4257
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4258 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4259 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4260
41bd17a4 4261Example:
4262 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4263 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4264DOC_END
cccac0a2 4265
22fff3bf 4266NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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4267COMMENT: on|off
4268TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 4269IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 4270DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 4271LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 4272DOC_START
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4273 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
4274 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
4275
4276 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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4277DOC_END
4278
41bd17a4 4279NAME: via
626096be 4280IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4281COMMENT: on|off
4282TYPE: onoff
4283DEFAULT: on
4284LOC: Config.onoff.via
4285DOC_START
4286 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4287 replies as required by RFC2616.
4288DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4289
41bd17a4 4290NAME: ie_refresh
4291COMMENT: on|off
4292TYPE: onoff
4293LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4294DEFAULT: off
4295DOC_START
4296 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4297 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4298 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4299 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4300 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4301 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4302 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4303 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4304 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4305 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4306 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4307 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4308 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4309 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4310 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4311 force fresh content.
4312DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 4313
41bd17a4 4314NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4315COMMENT: on|off
4316TYPE: onoff
4317LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4318DEFAULT: off
4319DOC_START
4320 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4321 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4322 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4323 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4324 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4325
4326 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4327 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4328DOC_END
c4ab8329 4329
41bd17a4 4330NAME: request_entities
4331TYPE: onoff
4332LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4333DEFAULT: off
4334DOC_START
4335 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4336 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4337 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 4338
41bd17a4 4339 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4340 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4341 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4342 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4343 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4344DOC_END
6b53c392 4345
41bd17a4 4346NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4347IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4348TYPE: http_header_access[]
4349LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4350DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4351DOC_START
41bd17a4 4352 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4353
41bd17a4 4354 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4355 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4356 causes.
0976f8db 4357
41bd17a4 4358 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4359 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4360 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4361 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4362 mangling.
934b03fc 4363
41bd17a4 4364 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4365 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4366
41bd17a4 4367 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4368 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4369 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4370
41bd17a4 4371 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4372 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4373
41bd17a4 4374 request_header_access From deny all
4375 request_header_access Referer deny all
4376 request_header_access Server deny all
4377 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4378 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4379 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4380
41bd17a4 4381 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4382 you should use:
5401aa8d 4383
41bd17a4 4384 request_header_access Allow allow all
4385 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4386 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4387 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4388 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4389 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4390 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4391 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4392 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4393 request_header_access Date allow all
4394 request_header_access Expires allow all
4395 request_header_access Host allow all
4396 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4397 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4398 request_header_access Location allow all
4399 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4400 request_header_access Accept allow all
4401 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4402 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4403 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4404 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4405 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4406 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4407 request_header_access Title allow all
4408 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4409 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4410
41bd17a4 4411 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4412 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4413
41bd17a4 4414 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4415 performed).
5401aa8d 4416DOC_END
4417
41bd17a4 4418NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4419IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4420TYPE: http_header_access[]
4421LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4422DEFAULT: none
4423DOC_START
41bd17a4 4424 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4425
41bd17a4 4426 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4427 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4428 causes.
934b03fc 4429
41bd17a4 4430 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4431 server to the client.
934b03fc 4432
41bd17a4 4433 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4434 direction.
6b53c392 4435
41bd17a4 4436 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4437 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4438 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4439 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4440 mangling.
cccac0a2 4441
41bd17a4 4442 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4443 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4444 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4445
41bd17a4 4446 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4447 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4448
41bd17a4 4449 reply_header_access From deny all
4450 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4451 reply_header_access Server deny all
4452 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4453 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4454 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4455
41bd17a4 4456 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4457 you should use:
cccac0a2 4458
41bd17a4 4459 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4460 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4461 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4462 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4463 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4464 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4465 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4466 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4467 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4468 reply_header_access Date allow all
4469 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4470 reply_header_access Host allow all
4471 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4472 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4473 reply_header_access Location allow all
4474 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4475 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4476 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4477 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4478 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4479 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4480 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4481 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4482 reply_header_access Title allow all
4483 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4484 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4485
41bd17a4 4486 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4487 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4488
41bd17a4 4489 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4490 performed).
cccac0a2 4491DOC_END
4492
75e4f2ea 4493NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 4494IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4495TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4496LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4497DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4498DOC_START
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4499 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4500 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4501
41bd17a4 4502 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
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4503 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4504 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
41bd17a4 4505 option.
cccac0a2 4506
41bd17a4 4507 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4508
41bd17a4 4509 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4510DOC_END
cccac0a2 4511
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4512NAME: reply_header_replace
4513IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4514TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4515LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4516DEFAULT: none
4517DOC_START
4518 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4519 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4520
4521 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4522 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4523 with some fixed string.
4524
4525 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4526
4527 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4528DOC_END
4529
41bd17a4 4530NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4531COMMENT: on|off|warn
4532TYPE: tristate
4533LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4534DEFAULT: on
4535DOC_START
4536 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4537 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4538 what the sending application intended even if the message
4539 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4540 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4541
41bd17a4 4542 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4543 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4544
41bd17a4 4545 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4546 or response to be rejected.
4547DOC_END
7d90757b 4548
41bd17a4 4549COMMENT_START
4550 TIMEOUTS
4551 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4552COMMENT_END
4553
4554NAME: forward_timeout
4555COMMENT: time-units
4556TYPE: time_t
4557LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4558DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4559DOC_START
4560 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4561 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4562DOC_END
4563
41bd17a4 4564NAME: connect_timeout
4565COMMENT: time-units
4566TYPE: time_t
4567LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4568DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4569DOC_START
41bd17a4 4570 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4571 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4572 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4573DOC_END
4574
41bd17a4 4575NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4576COMMENT: time-units
4577TYPE: time_t
4578LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4579DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4580DOC_START
41bd17a4 4581 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4582 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4583 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4584 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4585DOC_END
7f7db318 4586
41bd17a4 4587NAME: read_timeout
4588COMMENT: time-units
4589TYPE: time_t
4590LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4591DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4592DOC_START
4593 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4594 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4595 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4596 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4597 default is 15 minutes.
4598DOC_END
cccac0a2 4599
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4600NAME: write_timeout
4601COMMENT: time-units
4602TYPE: time_t
4603LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4604DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4605DOC_START
4606 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4607 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4608 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4609 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4610 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4611 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4612 default is 15 minutes.
4613DOC_END
4614
41bd17a4 4615NAME: request_timeout
4616TYPE: time_t
4617LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4618DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4619DOC_START
4620 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4621 connection establishment.
4622DOC_END
cccac0a2 4623
41bd17a4 4624NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4625TYPE: time_t
4626LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4627DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4628DOC_START
4629 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4630 connection after the previous request completes.
4631DOC_END
cccac0a2 4632
41bd17a4 4633NAME: client_lifetime
4634COMMENT: time-units
4635TYPE: time_t
4636LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4637DEFAULT: 1 day
4638DOC_START
4639 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4640 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4641 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4642 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4643 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4644 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4645 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4646
41bd17a4 4647 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4648 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4649 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4650 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4651 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4652 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4653DOC_END
4654
41bd17a4 4655NAME: half_closed_clients
4656TYPE: onoff
4657LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4658DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4659DOC_START
41bd17a4 4660 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4661 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4662 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4663 fully-closed TCP connection.
4664
4665 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4666 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4667
abdf1651 4668 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4669 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4670 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4671 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4672DOC_END
4673
41bd17a4 4674NAME: pconn_timeout
4675TYPE: time_t
4676LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4677DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4678DOC_START
41bd17a4 4679 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4680 proxies.
4681DOC_END
cccac0a2 4682
41bd17a4 4683NAME: ident_timeout
4684TYPE: time_t
4685IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4686LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4687DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4688DOC_START
4689 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4690
41bd17a4 4691 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4692 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4693 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4694DOC_END
4695
41bd17a4 4696NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4697COMMENT: time-units
4698TYPE: time_t
4699LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4700DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4701DOC_START
41bd17a4 4702 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4703 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4704 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4705 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4706 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4707DOC_END
0976f8db 4708
cccac0a2 4709COMMENT_START
4710 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4711 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4712COMMENT_END
4713
4714NAME: cache_mgr
4715TYPE: string
4716DEFAULT: webmaster
4717LOC: Config.adminEmail
4718DOC_START
4719 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4720 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4721DOC_END
4722
abacf776 4723NAME: mail_from
4724TYPE: string
4725DEFAULT: none
4726LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4727DOC_START
4728 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4729 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4730 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4731 src/globals.h before building squid.
4732DOC_END
4733
d084bf20 4734NAME: mail_program
4735TYPE: eol
4736DEFAULT: mail
4737LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4738DOC_START
4739 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4740 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4741 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4742 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4743
d084bf20 4744 Optional command line options can be specified.
4745DOC_END
4746
cccac0a2 4747NAME: cache_effective_user
4748TYPE: string
5483d916 4749DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4750LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4751DOC_START
4752 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4753 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4754 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4755 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4756DOC_END
4757
cccac0a2 4758NAME: cache_effective_group
4759TYPE: string
4760DEFAULT: none
4761LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4762DOC_START
64e288bd 4763 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4764 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4765 from the groups membership.
4766
e3d74828 4767 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4768 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4769 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4770 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4771 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4772 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4773 group.
64e288bd 4774
4775 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4776 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4777 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4778DOC_END
4779
d3caee79 4780NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4781COMMENT: on|off
4782TYPE: onoff
4783DEFAULT: off
4784LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4785DOC_START
4786 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4787DOC_END
4788
cccac0a2 4789NAME: visible_hostname
4790TYPE: string
4791LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4792DEFAULT: none
4793DOC_START
4794 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4795 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4796 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4797 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4798 names with this setting.
4799DOC_END
4800
cccac0a2 4801NAME: unique_hostname
4802TYPE: string
4803LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4804DEFAULT: none
4805DOC_START
4806 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4807 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4808 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4809DOC_END
4810
cccac0a2 4811NAME: hostname_aliases
4812TYPE: wordlist
4813LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4814DEFAULT: none
4815DOC_START
7f7db318 4816 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4817DOC_END
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4819NAME: umask
4820TYPE: int
4821LOC: Config.umask
4822DEFAULT: 027
4823DOC_START
4824 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4825 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4826
4827 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4828 your value with 0.
4829DOC_END
4830
cccac0a2 4831COMMENT_START
4832 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4833 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4834
4835 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4836 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4837 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4838 create cache hierarchies.
4839
4840 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4841 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4842 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4843
4844 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4845 following information from this configuration file:
4846
4847 http_port
4848 icp_port
4849 cache_mgr
4850
4851 All current information is processed regularly and made
4852 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4853COMMENT_END
4854
4855NAME: announce_period
4856TYPE: time_t
4857LOC: Config.Announce.period
4858DEFAULT: 0
4859DOC_START
4860 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4861 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4862 messages.
4863
e0855596 4864 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 4865
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4866 Example:
4867 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4868DOC_END
4869
cccac0a2 4870NAME: announce_host
4871TYPE: string
4872DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4873LOC: Config.Announce.host
4874DOC_NONE
4875
4876NAME: announce_file
4877TYPE: string
4878DEFAULT: none
4879LOC: Config.Announce.file
4880DOC_NONE
4881
4882NAME: announce_port
ae870270 4883TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 4884DEFAULT: 3131
4885LOC: Config.Announce.port
4886DOC_START
4887 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4888 number where the registration message will be sent.
4889
4890 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4891 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4892 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4893 message.
4894DOC_END
4895
8d6275c0 4896COMMENT_START
4897 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4898 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4899COMMENT_END
4900
cccac0a2 4901NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4902TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 4903DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4904LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4905DOC_START
4906 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4907 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4908 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4909 an identification token.
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4910
4911 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 4912DOC_END
4913
4914NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4915COMMENT: on|off
4916TYPE: onoff
4917DEFAULT: off
4918LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4919DOC_START
4920 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4921 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4922DOC_END
4923
4924NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4925IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4926COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4927TYPE: string
4928LOC: ESIParser::Type
4929DEFAULT: custom
4930DOC_START
4931 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4932 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4933 encodings.
4934DOC_END
0976f8db 4935
9edd9041 4936COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4937 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4938 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4939COMMENT_END
4940
4941NAME: delay_pools
4942TYPE: delay_pool_count
4943DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 4944IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4945LOC: Config.Delay
4946DOC_START
4947 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4948 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4949 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4950DOC_END
4951
4952NAME: delay_class
4953TYPE: delay_pool_class
4954DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4955IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4956LOC: Config.Delay
4957DOC_START
4958 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4959 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4960 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4961 and here would be:
4962
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4963 Example:
4964 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4965 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4966 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4967 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4968 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4969
4970 The delay pool classes are:
4971
4972 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4973 bucket.
4974
4975 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4976 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4977 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4978
4979 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4980 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4981 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4982 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4983 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4984
4985 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4986 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4987 only takes effect if the username is established
4988 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4989 http_access rules.
4990
4991 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4992 external_acl's tag= reply).
4993
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4994
4995 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
4996 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
4997 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
4998
9edd9041 4999 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
5000 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
5001 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
5002 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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5003
5004 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
5005 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 5006DOC_END
5007
5008NAME: delay_access
5009TYPE: delay_pool_access
5010DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5011IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5012LOC: Config.Delay
5013DOC_START
5014 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
5015
5016 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
5017 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
5018 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
5019 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
5020
5021 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
5022 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
5023
5024Example:
5025 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
5026 delay_access 1 deny all
5027 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
5028 delay_access 2 deny all
5029 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
5030DOC_END
5031
5032NAME: delay_parameters
5033TYPE: delay_pool_rates
5034DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5035IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5036LOC: Config.Delay
5037DOC_START
5038 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
5039 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 5040 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 5041
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5042 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
5043 delay_pools pool 1
5044 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 5045
5046 For a class 2 delay pool:
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5047 delay_pools pool 2
5048 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 5049
5050 For a class 3 delay pool:
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5051 delay_pools pool 3
5052 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 5053
5054 For a class 4 delay pool:
0b68481a
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5055 delay_pools pool 4
5056 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 5057
5058 For a class 5 delay pool:
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5059 delay_pools pool 5
5060 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 5061
0b68481a 5062 The option variables are:
9edd9041 5063
5064 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
5065 number specified in delay_pools as used in
5066 delay_class lines.
5067
fdb47ac6 5068 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 5069 (class 1, 2, 3).
5070
fdb47ac6 5071 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 5072 buckets (class 2, 3).
5073
fdb47ac6 5074 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 5075 (class 3).
5076
fdb47ac6 5077 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 5078 (class 4).
5079
fdb47ac6 5080 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 5081 (class 5).
5082
5083 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
5084 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
5085 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
5086 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
5087
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5088 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
5089
5090
9edd9041 5091 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 5092 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 5093 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
5094
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5095 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
5096
5097 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 5098
5099 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
5100
0b68481a 5101
9edd9041 5102 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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5103 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
5104 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
5105 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 5106 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
5107 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
5108 large downloads more significantly:
5109
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5110 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
5111
5112 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
5113 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
5114 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 5115
9edd9041 5116
5117 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 5118 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 5119
0b68481a 5120 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
9edd9041 5121DOC_END
5122
5123NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
5124COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 5125TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 5126DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5127IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5128LOC: Config.Delay.initial
5129DOC_START
5130 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5131 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5132 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5133 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5134 "seen" by squid).
5135DOC_END
5136
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5137COMMENT_START
5138 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5139 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5140COMMENT_END
5141
5142NAME: client_delay_pools
5143TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5144DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5145IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5146LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5147DOC_START
5148 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5149 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5150
5151Example:
5152 client_delay_pools 2
5153DOC_END
5154
5155NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5156COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 5157TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 5158DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5159IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5160LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5161DOC_START
5162 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5163 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5164 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5165 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5166
5167 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5168 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5169 from client_delay_parameters.
5170
5171Example:
5172 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5173DOC_END
5174
5175NAME: client_delay_parameters
5176TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5177DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5178IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5179LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5180DOC_START
5181
5182 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5183 following format:
5184
5185 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5186
5187 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5188
5189 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5190
5191 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5192 speed_limit additions.
5193
5194 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5195 examples.
5196
5197Example:
5198 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5199 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5200DOC_END
5201
5202NAME: client_delay_access
5203TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5204DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5205IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5206LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5207DOC_START
5208
5209 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5210 request:
5211
5212 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5213
5214 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5215 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5216 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5217 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5218 limited.
5219
5220 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5221 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5222 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5223 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5224
5225 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5226
5227Example:
5228 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5229 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5230DOC_END
5231
cccac0a2 5232COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5233 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5234 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5235COMMENT_END
5236
8d6275c0 5237NAME: wccp_router
5238TYPE: address
5239LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5240DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5241IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5242DOC_START
5243 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5244 Squid.
5245
5246 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5247
5248 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5249
5250 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5251 which version of WCCP to use.
5252DOC_END
df2eec10 5253
8d6275c0 5254NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5255TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5256LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5257DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5258IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5259DOC_START
8d6275c0 5260 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5261 Squid.
cccac0a2 5262
8d6275c0 5263 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5264
8d6275c0 5265 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5266
8d6275c0 5267 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5268 which version of WCCP to use.
5269DOC_END
5270
5271NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5272TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5273LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5274DEFAULT: 4
5275IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5276DOC_START
8d6275c0 5277 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5278 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5279 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5280 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5281 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5282
8d6275c0 5283 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5284 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5285 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5286 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5287DOC_END
5288
8d6275c0 5289NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5290TYPE: onoff
5291LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5292DEFAULT: on
5293IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5294DOC_START
5295 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5296 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5297DOC_END
cccac0a2 5298
8d6275c0 5299NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5300TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5301LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5302DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5303IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5304DOC_START
699acd19 5305 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5306 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5307
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5308 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5309 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5310
8d6275c0 5311 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5312 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5313DOC_END
5314
8d6275c0 5315NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5316TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5317LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5318DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5319IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5320DOC_START
699acd19 5321 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5322 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5323 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
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5325 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5326 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5327
8d6275c0 5328 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5329 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5330
699acd19 5331 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5332 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5333 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5334 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5335DOC_END
5336
8d6275c0 5337NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5338TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5339LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5340DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5341IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5342DOC_START
8d6275c0 5343 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5344 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5345
451c4786 5346 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5347 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5348
8d6275c0 5349 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5350 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5351DOC_END
cccac0a2 5352
8d6275c0 5353NAME: wccp2_service
5354TYPE: wccp2_service
5355LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5356DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5357IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5358DOC_START
5359 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5360 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5361 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5362 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5363 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5364 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5365
5366 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5367 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5368
5369 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5370 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5371
5372 Examples:
5373
5374 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5375 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5376 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5377 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5378DOC_END
5379
5380NAME: wccp2_service_info
5381TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5382LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5383DEFAULT: none
5384IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5385DOC_START
5386 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5387 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5388
5389 The format is:
5390
5391 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5392 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5393
5394 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5395 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5396 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5397 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5398 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5399 + ports_source
5400
5401 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5402
5403 Example:
5404
5405 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5406 priority=240 ports=80
5407
5408 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5409 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5410DOC_END
5411
5412NAME: wccp2_weight
5413TYPE: int
5414LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5415DEFAULT: 10000
5416IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5417DOC_START
5418 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5419 hash proportional to their weight.
5420DOC_END
5421
5422NAME: wccp_address
5423TYPE: address
5424LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5425DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5426IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5427DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5428
8d6275c0 5429NAME: wccp2_address
5430TYPE: address
5431LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5432DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5433IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5434DOC_START
5435 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5436 interface address.
5437
5438 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5439DOC_END
5440
5441COMMENT_START
5442 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5443 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5444
5445 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5446COMMENT_END
5447
5448NAME: client_persistent_connections
5449TYPE: onoff
5450LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5451DEFAULT: on
5452DOC_NONE
5453
5454NAME: server_persistent_connections
5455TYPE: onoff
5456LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5457DEFAULT: on
5458DOC_START
5459 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5460 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5461 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5462 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5463DOC_END
5464
5465NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5466TYPE: onoff
5467LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5468DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5469DOC_START
5470 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5471 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5472 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5473DOC_END
5474
5475NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5476TYPE: onoff
5477LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5478DEFAULT: off
5479DOC_START
5480 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5481 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5482 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5483 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5484
5485 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5486 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5487 after 10 seconds timeout.
5488DOC_END
5489
5490COMMENT_START
5491 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5492 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5493COMMENT_END
5494
5495NAME: digest_generation
5496IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5497TYPE: onoff
5498LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5499DEFAULT: on
5500DOC_START
5501 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5502 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5503 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5504DOC_END
5505
5506NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5507IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5508TYPE: int
5509LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5510DEFAULT: 5
5511DOC_START
5512 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5513 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5514 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5515DOC_END
5516
5517NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5518IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5519COMMENT: (seconds)
5520TYPE: time_t
5521LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5522DEFAULT: 1 hour
5523DOC_START
749ceff8 5524 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5525DOC_END
5526
5527NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5528COMMENT: (seconds)
5529IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5530TYPE: time_t
5531LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5532DEFAULT: 1 hour
5533DOC_START
749ceff8 5534 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5535 disk.
5536DOC_END
5537
5538NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5539COMMENT: (bytes)
5540TYPE: b_size_t
5541IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5542LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5543DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5544DOC_START
5545 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5546 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5547 default swap page.
5548DOC_END
5549
5550NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5551COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5552IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5553TYPE: int
5554LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5555DEFAULT: 10
5556DOC_START
5557 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5558 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5559DOC_END
5560
1db9eacd 5561COMMENT_START
5473c134 5562 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5563 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5564COMMENT_END
5565
5473c134 5566NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 5567TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5568LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5569DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5570IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5571DOC_START
87630341 5572 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5573 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5574 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5575 set to "0" (disabled)
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5576
5577 Example:
5578 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5579DOC_END
5580
5473c134 5581NAME: snmp_access
5582TYPE: acl_access
5583LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5584DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5585IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5586DOC_START
5473c134 5587 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5588
5473c134 5589 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5590 usage:
8d6275c0 5591
5473c134 5592 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5593
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5594 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5595 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5596Example:
5597 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5598 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5599DOC_END
5600
5473c134 5601NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5602TYPE: address
5603LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5604DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5605IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5606DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5607
5473c134 5608NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5609TYPE: address
5610LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5611DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5612IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5613DOC_START
df2eec10 5614 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5615
5473c134 5616 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5617 messages from SNMP agents.
5618 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5619 agents.
cccac0a2 5620
0eb08770 5621 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5622 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5623
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5624 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5625 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5626 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5627 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5628
5473c134 5629 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5630 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5631DOC_END
5632
5473c134 5633COMMENT_START
5634 ICP OPTIONS
5635 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5636COMMENT_END
5637
5638NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 5639TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5640DEFAULT: 0
5641LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5642DOC_START
5473c134 5643 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5644 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5645 Default is disabled (0).
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5646
5647 Example:
5648 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5649DOC_END
5650
5473c134 5651NAME: htcp_port
5652IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 5653TYPE: u_short
87630341 5654DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5655LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5656DOC_START
5473c134 5657 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5658 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5659 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5660
5661 Example:
5662 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5663DOC_END
5664
5665NAME: log_icp_queries
5666COMMENT: on|off
5667TYPE: onoff
5668DEFAULT: on
5669LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5670DOC_START
5671 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5672 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5673 up or to simplify log analysis.
5674DOC_END
5675
5473c134 5676NAME: udp_incoming_address
5677TYPE: address
5678LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5679DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5680DOC_START
5681 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5682 caches.
5683
5684 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5685
5686 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5687 a specific interface/address.
5688
5689 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5690 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5691
5692 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5693
5694 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5695 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5696DOC_END
cccac0a2 5697
5473c134 5698NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5699TYPE: address
5700LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5701DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5702DOC_START
8524d4b2 5703 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5704 caches.
cccac0a2 5705
5473c134 5706 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5707
8524d4b2 5708 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5709 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5710 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5711 caches.
5712
8524d4b2 5713 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5714 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5715
5716 see also; udp_incoming_address
5717
5473c134 5718 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5719 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5720DOC_END
5721
3d1e3e43 5722NAME: icp_hit_stale
5723COMMENT: on|off
5724TYPE: onoff
5725DEFAULT: off
5726LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5727DOC_START
5728 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5729 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5730 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5731 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5732 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5733 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5734 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5735DOC_END
5736
5473c134 5737NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5738TYPE: int
5473c134 5739DEFAULT: 4
5740LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5741DOC_START
5473c134 5742 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5743 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5744DOC_END
5745
5473c134 5746NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5747TYPE: int
5748DEFAULT: 400
5749LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5750DOC_START
5473c134 5751 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5752 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5753DOC_END
5754
cccac0a2 5755NAME: netdb_low
5756TYPE: int
5757DEFAULT: 900
5758LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5759DOC_NONE
5760
5761NAME: netdb_high
5762TYPE: int
5763DEFAULT: 1000
5764LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5765DOC_START
5766 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5767 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5768 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5769 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5770DOC_END
5771
cccac0a2 5772NAME: netdb_ping_period
5773TYPE: time_t
5774LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5775DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5776DOC_START
5777 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5778 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5779 network. The default is five minutes.
5780DOC_END
5781
cccac0a2 5782NAME: query_icmp
5783COMMENT: on|off
5784TYPE: onoff
5785DEFAULT: off
5786LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5787DOC_START
5788 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5789 replies, enable this option.
5790
5791 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5792 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5793 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5794 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5795 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5796 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5797 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5798 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5799DOC_END
5800
5801NAME: test_reachability
5802COMMENT: on|off
5803TYPE: onoff
5804DEFAULT: off
5805LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5806DOC_START
5807 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5808 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5809 database, or has a zero RTT.
5810DOC_END
5811
5473c134 5812NAME: icp_query_timeout
5813COMMENT: (msec)
5814DEFAULT: 0
5815TYPE: int
5816LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5817DOC_START
5473c134 5818 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5819 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5820 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5821 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5822 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5823 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5824
5473c134 5825 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5826DOC_END
5827
5473c134 5828NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5829COMMENT: (msec)
5830DEFAULT: 2000
5831TYPE: int
5832LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5833DOC_START
5473c134 5834 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5835 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5836 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5837 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5838 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5839 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5840DOC_END
5841
5473c134 5842NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5843COMMENT: (msec)
5844DEFAULT: 5
5845TYPE: int
5846LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5847DOC_START
5473c134 5848 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5849 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5850 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5851 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5852 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5853 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5854 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5855DOC_END
5856
5473c134 5857NAME: background_ping_rate
5858COMMENT: time-units
5859TYPE: time_t
5860DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5861LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5862DOC_START
5473c134 5863 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5864 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5865DOC_END
5866
5473c134 5867COMMENT_START
5868 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5869 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5870COMMENT_END
5871
5872NAME: mcast_groups
5873TYPE: wordlist
5874LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5875DEFAULT: none
5876DOC_START
5473c134 5877 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5878 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5879
5473c134 5880 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5881 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5882 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5883 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5884 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5885 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5886 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5887
5473c134 5888 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5889 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5890
5473c134 5891 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5892 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5893
5473c134 5894 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5895
5473c134 5896 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5897DOC_END
8c01ada0 5898
5473c134 5899NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5900IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5901TYPE: address
5902LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 5903DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5904DOC_START
5905 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5906 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5907
5473c134 5908 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5909 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5910DOC_END
5911
5473c134 5912NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5913IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5914TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5915LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5916DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5917DOC_START
5473c134 5918 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5919 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5920 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5921DOC_END
cccac0a2 5922
5473c134 5923NAME: mcast_miss_port
5924IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5925TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5926LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5927DEFAULT: 3135
5928DOC_START
5929 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5930 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5931DOC_END
cccac0a2 5932
5473c134 5933NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5934IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5935TYPE: string
5936LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5937DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5938DOC_START
5939 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5940 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5941DOC_END
8c01ada0 5942
5473c134 5943NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5944COMMENT: (msec)
5945DEFAULT: 2000
5946TYPE: int
5947LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5948DOC_START
5949 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5950 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5951 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5952 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5953 seconds.
cccac0a2 5954DOC_END
5955
5473c134 5956COMMENT_START
5957 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5958 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5959COMMENT_END
5960
cccac0a2 5961NAME: icon_directory
5962TYPE: string
5963LOC: Config.icons.directory
5964DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5965DOC_START
5966 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5967 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5968DOC_END
5969
f024c970 5970NAME: global_internal_static
5971TYPE: onoff
5972LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5973DEFAULT: on
5974DOC_START
5975 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5976 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5977 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5978 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5979 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5980 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5981 the server generating a directory listing.
5982DOC_END
5983
5473c134 5984NAME: short_icon_urls
5985TYPE: onoff
5986LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5987DEFAULT: on
5988DOC_START
5989 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5990 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5991 it's own name and port in the URL.
5992
5993 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5994 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5995DOC_END
5996
5997COMMENT_START
5998 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5999 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6000COMMENT_END
6001
6002NAME: error_directory
6003TYPE: string
6004LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 6005DEFAULT: none
5473c134 6006DOC_START
6007 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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6008 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
6009 the error/template files to another directory and point
6010 this tag at them.
6011
6012 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
6013 on error pages if used.
5473c134 6014
6015 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6016 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 6017 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 6018 contributing your translation back to the project.
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6019 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
6020
6021 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
6022 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
6023DOC_END
6024
6025NAME: error_default_language
6026IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6027TYPE: string
6028LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
6029DEFAULT: none
6030DOC_START
6031 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
6032 if no existing translation matches the clients language
6033 preferences.
6034
6035 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
6036
6037 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6038 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
6039 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
6040 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 6041DOC_END
6042
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6043NAME: error_log_languages
6044IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6045TYPE: onoff
6046LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
6047DEFAULT: on
6048DOC_START
6049 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
6050 auto-negotiate for translations.
6051
6052 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
6053 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 6054 of its error page translations.
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6055DOC_END
6056
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6057NAME: err_page_stylesheet
6058TYPE: string
6059LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
6060DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
6061DOC_START
6062 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
6063
6064 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
6065DOC_END
6066
5473c134 6067NAME: err_html_text
6068TYPE: eol
6069LOC: Config.errHtmlText
6070DEFAULT: none
6071DOC_START
6072 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
6073 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
6074 organizations Web page.
6075
6076 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
6077 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
6078 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
6079 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
6080DOC_END
6081
6082NAME: email_err_data
6083COMMENT: on|off
6084TYPE: onoff
6085LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
6086DEFAULT: on
6087DOC_START
6088 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
6089 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
6090 so that the email body contains the data.
6091 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
6092DOC_END
6093
6094NAME: deny_info
6095TYPE: denyinfo
6096LOC: Config.denyInfoList
6097DEFAULT: none
6098DOC_START
6099 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
6100 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 6101 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 6102
6103 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
6104 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
6105 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
6106 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
6107
6108 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
6109 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
6110 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
6111 the first authentication related acl encountered
6112 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
6113 acl processed on the last http_access line.
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6115 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 6116
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6118 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
6119 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 6120
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6121 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
6122 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
6123 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
6124
5473c134 6125 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
6126 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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6127
6128 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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6129 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
6130 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6131 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6132 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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6133
6134 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6135 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6136 %B - FTP path URL
6137 %e - Error number
6138 %E - Error description
6139 %h - Squid hostname
6140 %H - Request domain name
6141 %i - Client IP Address
6142 %M - Request Method
6143 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6144 %p - Request Port number
6145 %P - Request Protocol name
6146 %R - Request URL path
6147 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6148 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6149 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6150 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6151 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 6152 %x - Error name
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6153 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6154
5473c134 6155DOC_END
6156
6157COMMENT_START
6158 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6159 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6160COMMENT_END
6161
6162NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6163TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6164LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6165DEFAULT: on
6166DOC_START
5473c134 6167 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6168 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6169 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 6170
5473c134 6171 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6172 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 6173
5473c134 6174 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6175 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6176 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 6177
5473c134 6178 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6179 this directive.
8d6275c0 6180DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 6181
5473c134 6182NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6183TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6184LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6185DEFAULT: off
6186DOC_START
5473c134 6187 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6188 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6189 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 6190
5473c134 6191 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6192 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6193 fails.
6194
6195 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6196 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6197 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 6198DOC_END
6199
5473c134 6200NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 6201TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 6202LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6203DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6204DOC_START
5473c134 6205 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6206
5473c134 6207 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6208 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6209 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6210 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6211 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6212
5473c134 6213 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6214 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6215
5473c134 6216 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6217
5473c134 6218 acl FTP proto FTP
6219 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6220
5473c134 6221 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6222 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6223 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6224 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6225 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6226
5473c134 6227 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6228 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6229 always_direct deny local-external
6230 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6231
5473c134 6232 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6233 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6234 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6235 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6236
5473c134 6237 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6238 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6239 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6240
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6241 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6242 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6243DOC_END
0976f8db 6244
5473c134 6245NAME: never_direct
6246TYPE: acl_access
6247LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6248DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6249DOC_START
5473c134 6250 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6251
6252 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6253 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6254
6255 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6256 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6257 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6258 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6259
6260 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6261 never_direct deny local-servers
6262 never_direct allow all
6263
6264 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6265 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6266
6267 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6268 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6269 always_direct deny local-external
6270 always_direct allow local-intranet
6271 never_direct allow all
6272
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6273 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6274 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6275DOC_END
0976f8db 6276
5473c134 6277COMMENT_START
6278 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6279 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6280COMMENT_END
6281
cccac0a2 6282NAME: incoming_icp_average
6283TYPE: int
6284DEFAULT: 6
6285LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
6286DOC_NONE
6287
6288NAME: incoming_http_average
6289TYPE: int
6290DEFAULT: 4
6291LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
6292DOC_NONE
6293
6294NAME: incoming_dns_average
6295TYPE: int
6296DEFAULT: 4
6297LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
6298DOC_NONE
6299
6300NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6301TYPE: int
6302DEFAULT: 8
6303LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
6304DOC_NONE
6305
6306NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6307TYPE: int
6308DEFAULT: 8
6309LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
6310DOC_NONE
6311
6312NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6313TYPE: int
6314DEFAULT: 8
6315LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
6316DOC_START
5473c134 6317 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6318 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6319 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6320DOC_END
6321
6322NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6323TYPE: string
6324DEFAULT: none
6325LOC: Config.accept_filter
6326DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6327 FreeBSD:
6328
5473c134 6329 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6330 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6331 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6332
6333 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6334 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6335 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6336
6337 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6338 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6339 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6340
6341 Linux:
6342
6343 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6344 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6345 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6346 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6347 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6348EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6349# FreeBSD
5473c134 6350accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6351# Linux
6352accept_filter data
5473c134 6353DOC_END
6354
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6355NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6356TYPE: int
6357LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6358DEFAULT: -1
6359DOC_START
6360 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6361 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6362 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6363
6364 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6365 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6366
6367 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6368
6369 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6370 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6371DOC_END
6372
5473c134 6373NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6374COMMENT: (bytes)
6375TYPE: b_size_t
6376DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6377LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6378DOC_START
6379 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6380 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6381 the default buffer size.
6382DOC_END
6383
6384COMMENT_START
6385 ICAP OPTIONS
6386 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6387COMMENT_END
6388
6389NAME: icap_enable
6390TYPE: onoff
6391IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6392COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6393LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6394DEFAULT: off
6395DOC_START
53e738c6 6396 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6397DOC_END
6398
6399NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6400TYPE: time_t
6401DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6402LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6403IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6404DOC_START
6405 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6406 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6407 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6408
6409 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6410 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6411 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6412DOC_END
6413
6414NAME: icap_io_timeout
6415COMMENT: time-units
6416TYPE: time_t
6417DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6418LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6419IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6420DOC_START
6421 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6422 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6423 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6424 failure.
6425
6426 The default is read_timeout.
6427DOC_END
6428
6429NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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6430COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
6431TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6432IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6433LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6434DEFAULT: 10
6435DOC_START
6436 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6437 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6438 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6439 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6440 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6441
6442 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6443 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6444 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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6445
6446 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6447 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6448 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6449 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6450 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6451
6452 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6453 effect on service failure expiration.
6454
6455 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6456 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6457 setting.
6458
6459 For example,
6460 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6461 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6462DOC_END
6463
5473c134 6464NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6465TYPE: int
5473c134 6466IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6467LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6468DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6469DOC_START
5473c134 6470 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6471 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6472 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6473 fetched.
cccac0a2 6474
5473c134 6475 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6476 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6477DOC_END
6478
5473c134 6479NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6480TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6481IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6482COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6483LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6484DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6485DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6486 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6487 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6488 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6489 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6490
6491 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6492 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6493 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6494
6495 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6496 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6497Example:
6498icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6499DOC_END
6500
5473c134 6501NAME: icap_preview_size
6502TYPE: int
6503IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6504LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6505DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6506DOC_START
53e738c6 6507 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6508 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6509 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6510DOC_END
6511
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6512NAME: icap_206_enable
6513TYPE: onoff
6514IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6515COMMENT: on|off
6516LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6517DEFAULT: on
6518DOC_START
6519 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6520 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6521 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6522 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6523
6524 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6525 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6526 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6527 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6528 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6529
6530 Example:
6531 icap_206_enable off
6532DOC_END
6533
5473c134 6534NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6535TYPE: int
6536IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6537LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6538DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6539DOC_START
53e738c6 6540 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6541 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6542DOC_END
6543
5473c134 6544NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6545TYPE: onoff
6546IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6547COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6548LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6549DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6550DOC_START
5473c134 6551 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6552 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6553DOC_END
6554
22fff3bf 6555NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 6556TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6557IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6558COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6559LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 6560DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6561DOC_START
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6562 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
6563 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
6564 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
6565
6566 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 6567DOC_END
6568
22fff3bf 6569NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 6570TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6571IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6572COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6573LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 6574DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6575DOC_START
5473c134 6576 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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6577 the adaptation service.
6578
6579 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 6580 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6581 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6582DOC_END
6583
5473c134 6584NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6585TYPE: string
5473c134 6586IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6587LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6588DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6589DOC_START
db49f682 6590 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 6591DOC_END
6592
5473c134 6593NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6594TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6595IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6596COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6597LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6598DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6599DOC_START
5473c134 6600 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6601DOC_END
6602
5473c134 6603NAME: icap_service
6604TYPE: icap_service_type
6605IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6606LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6607DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6608DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6609 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6610
c25c2836 6611 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
7d90757b 6612
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6613 id: ID
6614 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
6615 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
6616 services in squid.conf.
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6617
6618 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6619 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6620 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6621 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 6622
c25c2836 6623 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
a22e6cd3
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6624 ICAP server and service location.
6625
6626 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6627 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6628 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6629 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6630 service_names differ.
6631
6632
6633 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6634 the following name=value options:
6635
6636 bypass=on|off|1|0
6637 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6638 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6639 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6640 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6641 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6642 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6643 returned to the HTTP client.
6644
6645 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6646
6647 routing=on|off|1|0
6648 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6649 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6650 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6651 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6652 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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6653 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
6654 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
6655 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
6656
6657 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
6658 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
a22e6cd3
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6659
6660 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6661 response header is ignored.
6662
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6663 ipv6=on|off
6664 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6665 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6666 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6667
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6668 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
6669 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
6670 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
6671 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
6672 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
6673 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
6674 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
6675
6676 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
6677 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
6678 workers may use a given service.
6679
6680 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
6681 otherwise it is set to "wait".
6682
6683
6684 max-conn=number
6685 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
6686 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
6687
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6688 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6689 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 6690
5473c134 6691Example:
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6692icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
6693icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod routing=on
cccac0a2 6694DOC_END
6695
5473c134 6696NAME: icap_class
6697TYPE: icap_class_type
6698IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6699LOC: none
5473c134 6700DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6701DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6702 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
62c7f90e
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6703 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6704 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 6705
62c7f90e 6706 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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6707 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6708 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 6709DOC_END
6710
5473c134 6711NAME: icap_access
6712TYPE: icap_access_type
6713IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6714LOC: none
cccac0a2 6715DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6716DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6717 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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6718 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6719 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 6720DOC_END
6721
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6722COMMENT_START
6723 eCAP OPTIONS
6724 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6725COMMENT_END
6726
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6727NAME: ecap_enable
6728TYPE: onoff
6729IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6730COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6731LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6732DEFAULT: off
6733DOC_START
6734 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6735DOC_END
6736
6737NAME: ecap_service
6738TYPE: ecap_service_type
6739IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6740LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6741DEFAULT: none
6742DOC_START
6743 Defines a single eCAP service
6744
c25c2836 6745 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 6746
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6747 id: ID
6748 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
6749 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
6750 services in squid.conf.
6751
6752 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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6753 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6754 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6755 are not yet supported.
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6756
6757 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6758 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
6759 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
6760 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
6761 the service provider.
6762
6763
6764 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
6765 the following name=value options:
6766
6767 bypass=on|off|1|0
6768 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
6769 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
6770 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 6771 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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6772 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
6773 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
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6775
6776 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6777
6778 routing=on|off|1|0
6779 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
6780 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6781 returning a chain of services to be used next.
6782
6783 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
6784 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
6785
6786 Routing is not allowed by default.
6787
6788 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
6789 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
6790
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6792Example:
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6793ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
6794ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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6795DOC_END
6796
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6797NAME: loadable_modules
6798TYPE: wordlist
6799IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6800LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6801DEFAULT: none
6802DOC_START
6803 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6804 preloaded module(s).
6805Example:
6806loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6807DOC_END
6808
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6809COMMENT_START
6810 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6811 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6812COMMENT_END
6813
6814NAME: adaptation_service_set
6815TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6816IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6817LOC: none
6818DEFAULT: none
6819DOC_START
6820
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6821 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6822 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6823
6824 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6825
6826 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6827 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6828 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6829 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6830 intact.
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6832 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6833 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
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6835 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6836 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6837
6838 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6839 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6840 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6841 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6842 transaction fails as well.
6843
6844 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6845 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6846 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6847 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6848 matters.
6849
6850 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6851
6852Example:
6853adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6854adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6855DOC_END
6856
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6857NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6858TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6859IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6860LOC: none
6861DEFAULT: none
6862DOC_START
6863
6864 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6865 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6866 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6867
6868 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6869
6870 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6871 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6872 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6873 the previous service in the chain.
6874
6875 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6876 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6877
6878 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6879 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6880 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6881
6882 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6883 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6884
6885 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6886 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6887 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6888 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6889
6890 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6891
6892Example:
6893adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6894DOC_END
6895
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6896NAME: adaptation_access
6897TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6898IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6899LOC: none
6900DEFAULT: none
6901DOC_START
6902 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6903
6904 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6905 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6906
6907 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6908 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6909 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6910 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6911
6912 - services serving different vectoring points
6913 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6914 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6915 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6916
6917 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6918 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6919 adaptation_service_set for details.
6920
6921 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6922 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6923 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6924 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6925
6926 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6927 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6928
6929 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6930
6931Example:
6932adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6933DOC_END
6934
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6935NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6936TYPE: int
6937IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6938LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6939DEFAULT: 16
6940DOC_START
6941 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6942 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6943 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6944 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6945 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6946 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6947
6948 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6949
6950 See also: icap_service routing=1
6951DOC_END
6952
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6953NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6954TYPE: string
6955IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6956LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6957DEFAULT: none
6958DOC_START
6959 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6960 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6961 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6962 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6963 with the master transaction.
6964
6965 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6966 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6967
6968 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6969 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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6970 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
6971
6972 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6973 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
6974 to provide an option with a name specified in
6975 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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6976
6977 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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6978 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6979
6980 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6981
6982Example:
6983# share authentication information among ICAP services
6984adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6985DOC_END
6986
6987NAME: icap_retry
6988TYPE: acl_access
6989IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6990LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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6991DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6992DOC_START
6993 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6994 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6995 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6996 that response are usually retriable.
6997
6998 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6999
7000 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
7001 due to persistent connection race conditions.
7002
7003 See also: icap_retry_limit
7004DOC_END
7005
7006NAME: icap_retry_limit
7007TYPE: int
7008IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7009LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
7010DEFAULT: 0
7011DOC_START
7012 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
7013 no retries are allowed.
7014
7015 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
7016 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
7017 count against this limit.
7018
7019 See also: icap_retry
7020DOC_END
7021
7022
5473c134 7023COMMENT_START
7024 DNS OPTIONS
7025 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7026COMMENT_END
7027
7028NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 7029TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7030DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7031LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 7032DOC_START
5473c134 7033 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
7034 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
7035 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 7036DOC_END
7037
5473c134 7038NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 7039TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7040DEFAULT: on
5473c134 7041LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 7042DOC_START
5473c134 7043 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
7044 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
7045 Squid to be strict about the standard.
7046 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 7047DOC_END
7048
5473c134 7049NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 7050TYPE: string
5473c134 7051IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
7052DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
7053LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 7054DOC_START
5473c134 7055 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 7056DOC_END
7057
5473c134 7058NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 7059TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 7060IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 7061DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 7062LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 7063DOC_START
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7064 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
7065 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
7066 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
7067 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
7068 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
7069
7070 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
7071 tuning.
7072
7073 startup=
7074
7075 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
7076 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
7077 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
7078
7079 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
7080 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
7081
7082 idle=
7083
7084 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
7085 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
7086 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
7087 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
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7089
5473c134 7090NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 7091TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 7092DEFAULT: 5 seconds
7093LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
7094IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 7095DOC_START
5473c134 7096 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
7097 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 7098DOC_END
7099
5473c134 7100NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 7101TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 7102DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 7103LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
7104IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 7105DOC_START
5473c134 7106 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7107 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
7108 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 7109DOC_END
7110
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7111NAME: dns_packet_max
7112TYPE: b_ssize_t
7113DEFAULT: none
7114LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
7115IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
7116DOC_START
7117 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
7118 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
7119
7120 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
7121 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
7122 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
7123 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
7124 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
7125
7126 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
7127 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
7128 necessary.
7129
7130 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
7131 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
7132 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
7133 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
7134 sizes being advertised by Squid.
7135 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
7136 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
7137DOC_END
7138
5473c134 7139NAME: dns_defnames
7140COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 7141TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7142DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7143LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 7144DOC_START
5473c134 7145 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
7146 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
7147 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
7148 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 7149DOC_END
7150
5473c134 7151NAME: dns_nameservers
7152TYPE: wordlist
7153DEFAULT: none
7154LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 7155DOC_START
5473c134 7156 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
7157 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
7158 /etc/resolv.conf file.
7159 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
7160 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
7161 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
7162 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 7163
5473c134 7164 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 7165DOC_END
7166
5473c134 7167NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 7168TYPE: string
5473c134 7169DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
7170LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 7171DOC_START
5473c134 7172 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
7173 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7174 default locations:
7175 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
7176 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7177 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
7178 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7179 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
7180 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
7181 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
7182 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 7183
5473c134 7184 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
7185 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
7186 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
7187 character are comments.
cccac0a2 7188
5473c134 7189 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7190 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7191 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7192 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7193 definitions.
cccac0a2 7194DOC_END
7195
5473c134 7196NAME: append_domain
7197TYPE: string
7198LOC: Config.appendDomain
7199DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 7200DOC_START
5473c134 7201 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7202 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7203
7204 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7205 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7206 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7207
7208Example:
7209 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 7210DOC_END
7211
5473c134 7212NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7213TYPE: onoff
7214LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 7215DEFAULT: on
f10a6c8a 7216IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
df6fd596 7217DOC_START
5473c134 7218 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7219 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7220 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7221 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7222 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 7223DOC_END
7224
cc192b50 7225NAME: dns_v4_fallback
7226TYPE: onoff
7227DEFAULT: on
7228LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
f10a6c8a 7229IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cc192b50 7230DOC_START
7231 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
7232 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
7233 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
7234
7235 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
7236 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
7237
7238 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
7239 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
7240
7241 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
7242 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
7243 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
7244DOC_END
7245
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7246NAME: dns_v4_first
7247TYPE: onoff
7248DEFAULT: off
7249LOC: Config.dns.v4_first
7250IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
7251DOC_START
7252 With the IPv6 Internet being as fast or faster than IPv4 Internet
7253 for most networks Squid prefers to contact websites over IPv6.
7254
7255 This option reverses the order of preference to make Squid contact
7256 dual-stack websites over IPv4 first. Squid will still perform both
7257 IPv6 and IPv4 DNS lookups before connecting.
7258
7259 WARNING:
7260 This option will restrict the situations under which IPv6
7261 connectivity is used (and tested). Hiding network problems
7262 which would otherwise be detected and warned about.
7263DOC_END
7264
6bc15a4f 7265NAME: ipcache_size
7266COMMENT: (number of entries)
7267TYPE: int
7268DEFAULT: 1024
7269LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7270DOC_NONE
7271
7272NAME: ipcache_low
7273COMMENT: (percent)
7274TYPE: int
7275DEFAULT: 90
7276LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7277DOC_NONE
7278
7279NAME: ipcache_high
7280COMMENT: (percent)
7281TYPE: int
7282DEFAULT: 95
7283LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7284DOC_START
7285 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7286DOC_END
7287
7288NAME: fqdncache_size
7289COMMENT: (number of entries)
7290TYPE: int
7291DEFAULT: 1024
7292LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7293DOC_START
7294 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7295DOC_END
7296
a58ff010 7297COMMENT_START
5473c134 7298 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7299 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7300COMMENT_END
7301
5473c134 7302NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7303COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7304TYPE: onoff
7305DEFAULT: on
7306LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7307DOC_START
5473c134 7308 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7309 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7310 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7311 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7312DOC_END
7313
5473c134 7314NAME: memory_pools_limit
7315COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7316TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7317DEFAULT: 5 MB
7318LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7319DOC_START
5473c134 7320 Used only with memory_pools on:
7321 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7322
5473c134 7323 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7324 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7325 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7326 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7327 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7328 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7329 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7330
89646bd7 7331 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7332 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7333
5473c134 7334 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7335 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7336
7337 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7338 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7339 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7340 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7341DOC_END
7342
5473c134 7343NAME: forwarded_for
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7344COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7345TYPE: string
5473c134 7346DEFAULT: on
7347LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7348DOC_START
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7349 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7350 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7351
5473c134 7352 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7353
67c06f0d 7354 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7355
7356 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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7357
7358 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7359 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7360
7361 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7362 X-Forwarded-For header.
7363
7364 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 7365 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7366DOC_END
7367
5473c134 7368NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7369TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7370DEFAULT: none
7371LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7372DOC_START
5473c134 7373 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7374
5473c134 7375 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7376
7377 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7378 5min
7379 60min
7380 asndb
7381 authenticator
7382 cbdata
7383 client_list
7384 comm_incoming
7385 config *
7386 counters
7387 delay
7388 digest_stats
7389 dns
7390 events
7391 filedescriptors
7392 fqdncache
7393 histograms
7394 http_headers
7395 info
7396 io
7397 ipcache
7398 mem
7399 menu
7400 netdb
7401 non_peers
7402 objects
7403 offline_toggle *
7404 pconn
7405 peer_select
b360c477 7406 reconfigure *
5473c134 7407 redirector
7408 refresh
7409 server_list
7410 shutdown *
7411 store_digest
7412 storedir
7413 utilization
7414 via_headers
7415 vm_objects
7416
7417 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7418 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7419
7420 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7421 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7422 password to "none".
7423
7424 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7425
7426Example:
7427 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7428 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7429 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7430DOC_END
7431
5473c134 7432NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7433COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7434TYPE: onoff
7435DEFAULT: on
7436LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7437DOC_START
5473c134 7438 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7439 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7440DOC_END
7441
5473c134 7442NAME: refresh_all_ims
7443COMMENT: on|off
7444TYPE: onoff
7445DEFAULT: off
7446LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7447DOC_START
5473c134 7448 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7449 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7450 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7451 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7452 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7453
5473c134 7454 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7455 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7456DOC_END
7457
5473c134 7458NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7459IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7460COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7461TYPE: onoff
7462DEFAULT: off
7463LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7464DOC_START
5473c134 7465 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7466 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7467 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7468 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7469 causes.
7470
7471 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7472DOC_END
7473
31ef19cd 7474NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 7475TYPE: int
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7476LOC: Config.connect_retries
7477DEFAULT: 0
a58ff010 7478DOC_START
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7479 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
7480 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
7481 complete within the connection timeout period.
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7482
7483 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
7484 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 7485
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7486 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
7487 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 7488
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7489 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
7490 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
7491 a useful server.
a58ff010 7492DOC_END
7493
5473c134 7494NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7495TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7496LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7497DEFAULT: off
7498DOC_START
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7499 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
7500 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
7501 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
7502 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
7503
7504 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
7505 work around access control errors.
7506
7507 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
7508 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 7509DOC_END
7510
5473c134 7511NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7512TYPE: string
5473c134 7513LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7514DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7515DOC_START
5473c134 7516 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7517 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7518DOC_END
7519
5473c134 7520NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7521TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7522LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7523DEFAULT: off
7524DOC_START
5473c134 7525 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7526 objects.
a58ff010 7527DOC_END
7528
5473c134 7529NAME: uri_whitespace
7530TYPE: uri_whitespace
7531LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7532DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7533DOC_START
5473c134 7534 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7535 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7536
5473c134 7537 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7538 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7539 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7540 Request" message.
7541 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7542 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7543 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7544 are in use.
7545 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7546 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7547 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7548 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7549 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7550 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7551 violation.
7552DOC_END
a58ff010 7553
5473c134 7554NAME: chroot
7555TYPE: string
7556LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7557DEFAULT: none
7558DOC_START
9f37c18a 7559 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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7560 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7561 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7562 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7563 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7564DOC_END
a58ff010 7565
5473c134 7566NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7567TYPE: onoff
7568LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7569DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7570DOC_START
cc192b50 7571 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7572 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7573 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7574
5473c134 7575 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7576 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7577 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7578
cc192b50 7579 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 7580DOC_END
7581
5473c134 7582NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7583TYPE: onoff
7584LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7585DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 7586DOC_START
5473c134 7587 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7588 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7589 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 7590
5473c134 7591 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7592 reasons.
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7593
7594 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 7595DOC_END
a58ff010 7596
5473c134 7597NAME: high_response_time_warning
7598TYPE: int
7599COMMENT: (msec)
7600LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7601DEFAULT: 0
7602DOC_START
7603 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7604 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7605 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 7606DOC_END
7607
5473c134 7608NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7609TYPE: int
7610LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7611DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 7612DOC_START
5473c134 7613 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7614 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7615 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7616 per second.
7617DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7618
5473c134 7619NAME: high_memory_warning
7620TYPE: b_size_t
7621LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 7622DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7623DOC_START
7624 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7625 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7626 the administrators attention.
7627DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7628
5473c134 7629NAME: sleep_after_fork
7630COMMENT: (microseconds)
7631TYPE: int
7632LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7633DEFAULT: 0
7634DOC_START
7635 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7636 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7637 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7638 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7639 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7640 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7641 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7642 until all the child processes have been started.
7643 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7644 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7645DOC_END
7646
b6696974 7647NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7648IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
b6696974
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7649COMMENT: on|off
7650TYPE: onoff
7651DEFAULT: on
7652LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7653DOC_START
7654 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7655 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7656 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7657 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7658 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7659 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7660DOC_END
7661
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7662NAME: eui_lookup
7663TYPE: onoff
7664IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7665DEFAULT: on
7666LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7667DOC_START
7668 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7669DOC_END
7670
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7671NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7672TYPE: int
7673DEFAULT: 0
7674LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7675DOC_START
7676 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7677
7678 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7679
7680 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7681 not all comm loops supports large values.
7682DOC_END
7683
13aeac35 7684NAME: workers
007d775d 7685TYPE: int
13aeac35 7686LOC: Config.workers
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AR
7687DEFAULT: 1
7688DOC_START
13aeac35 7689 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
007d775d
AR
7690 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7691 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
13aeac35
AR
7692 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7693
b87f6632
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7694 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7695 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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7696DOC_END
7697
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7698NAME: cpu_affinity_map
7699TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
7700LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
7701DEFAULT: none
7702DOC_START
7703 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
7704
7705 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
7706
7707 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
7708
7709 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
7710 four even cores, starting with core #1.
7711
7712 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
7713 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
7714
7715 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
7716
7717 See also: workers
7718DOC_END
7719
cccac0a2 7720EOF