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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
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32
33 This is the documentation for the Squid configuration file.
34 This documentation can also be found online at:
35 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/
36
37 You may wish to look at the Squid home page and wiki for the
38 FAQ and other documentation:
39 http://www.squid-cache.org/
40 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
41 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples
42
43 This documentation shows what the defaults for various directives
44 happen to be. If you don't need to change the default, you should
45 leave the line out of your squid.conf in most cases.
46
47 In some cases "none" refers to no default setting at all,
48 while in other cases it refers to the value of the option
49 - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the case.
debd9a31 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 52
592a09dc 53COMMENT_START
54 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
5945964d 55 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards are
592a09dc 56 supported.
57
58 For example,
59
60 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
61
62 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
63 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
64 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
65 configuration files.
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66
67
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68 Conditional configuration
69
70 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
71 depend on conditions:
72
73 if <CONDITION>
74 ... regular configuration directives ...
75 [else
76 ... regular configuration directives ...]
77 endif
78
79 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
80 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
81 configuration directives.
82
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83 NOTE: An else-if condition is not supported.
84
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85 These individual conditions types are supported:
86
87 true
88 Always evaluates to true.
89 false
90 Always evaluates to false.
91 <integer> = <integer>
92 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
93
94
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95 SMP-Related Macros
96
97 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
98
99 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
100 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
101
102 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
103 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
104 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 105COMMENT_END
106
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107# Options Removed in 3.2
108NAME: ignore_expect_100
109TYPE: obsolete
110DOC_START
111 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
112DOC_END
113
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114NAME: dns_v4_fallback
115TYPE: obsolete
116DOC_START
117 Remove this line.
118DOC_END
119
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120NAME: ftp_list_width
121TYPE: obsolete
122DOC_START
123 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
124DOC_END
125
126NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
127TYPE: obsolete
128DOC_START
129 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
130DOC_END
131
132# Options Removed in 3.1
133NAME: dns_testnames
134TYPE: obsolete
135DOC_START
136 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
137DOC_END
138
139NAME: extension_methods
140TYPE: obsolete
141DOC_START
142 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
143DOC_END
144
145# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
146NAME: incoming_rate
147TYPE: obsolete
148DOC_NONE
149
150NAME: server_http11
151TYPE: obsolete
152DOC_START
153 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
154DOC_END
155
156NAME: upgrade_http0.9
157TYPE: obsolete
158DOC_START
159 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
166DOC_END
167
168# Options Removed in 3.0
169NAME: header_access
170TYPE: obsolete
171DOC_START
172 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
173 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
174DOC_END
175
176NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
177TYPE: obsolete
178DOC_START
179 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
180DOC_END
181
5473c134 182COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 183 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 184 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
185COMMENT_END
186
41bd17a4 187NAME: auth_param
188TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 189IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 190LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 191DEFAULT: none
192DOC_START
41bd17a4 193 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
194 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 195
41bd17a4 196 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 197
41bd17a4 198 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
199 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
200 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
201 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
202 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
203 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
204 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
205 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
206 program entry).
cccac0a2 207
41bd17a4 208 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
209 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
210 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
211 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 212
41bd17a4 213 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
214 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
215 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
216 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
217 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
218 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
219 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
220 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
221 type acl.
cccac0a2 222
41bd17a4 223 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
224 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
225 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
226 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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227 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
228 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 229
41bd17a4 230 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 231
41bd17a4 232 "program" cmdline
233 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
234 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
235 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
236 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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237 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
238 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 239
41bd17a4 240 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
241 program is specified.
cccac0a2 242
41bd17a4 243 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
244 this line to something like
307b83b7 245
41bd17a4 246 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 247
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248 "utf8" on|off
249 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
250 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
251 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
252 username & password to the helper.
253
7353861b 254 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 255 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 256 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
257 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
258 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
259 authenticator processes.
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260
261 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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262 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
263 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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264 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
265 the maximum.
266
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267 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
268 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
269 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
270 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
271 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
272 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 273 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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274
275 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 276
41bd17a4 277 "realm" realmstring
278 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
279 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
280 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
281 password). There is no default.
282 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 283
41bd17a4 284 "credentialsttl" timetolive
285 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
286 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
287 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
288 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
289 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
290 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
291 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
292 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
293 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 294
41bd17a4 295 "casesensitive" on|off
296 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
297 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
298 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
299 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
300 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 301
41bd17a4 302 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 303
41bd17a4 304 "program" cmdline
305 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
306 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
307 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
308 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
309 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
310 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
311 available as %m in the returned error page.
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41bd17a4 313 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
314 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 315
41bd17a4 316 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
317 something like
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7ce93108 319 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 320
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321 "utf8" on|off
322 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
323 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
324 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
325 username & password to the helper.
326
7353861b 327 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 328 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 329 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
330 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
331 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
332 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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333
334 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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335 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
336 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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337 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
338 the maximum.
339
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340 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
341 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
342 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
343 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
344 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
345 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
346 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
347
48d54e4d 348 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 349
41bd17a4 350 "realm" realmstring
351 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
352 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
353 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
354 password). There is no default.
355 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 356
41bd17a4 357 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
358 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
359 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 360
41bd17a4 361 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
362 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
363 valid for.
cccac0a2 364
41bd17a4 365 "nonce_max_count" number
366 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
367 used.
cccac0a2 368
41bd17a4 369 "nonce_strictness" on|off
370 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
371 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
372 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
373 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 374
41bd17a4 375 "check_nonce_count" on|off
376 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
377 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
378 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
379 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 380
41bd17a4 381 "post_workaround" on|off
382 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
383 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
384 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 385
41bd17a4 386 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 387
41bd17a4 388 "program" cmdline
389 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
390 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
391 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
392 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
393 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
394 is not used.
cccac0a2 395
41bd17a4 396 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 397
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398 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
399 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 400 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
401 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
402 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
403 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
404 processes.
cccac0a2 405
48d54e4d 406 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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407 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
408 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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409 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
410 the maximum.
411
412 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 413
41bd17a4 414 "keep_alive" on|off
415 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
416 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
417 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
418 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
419 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 420
41bd17a4 421 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 422
41bd17a4 423 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 424
41bd17a4 425 "program" cmdline
426 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
427 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
428 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
429 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
430 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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431 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
432 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
433 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 434 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
435 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 436
41bd17a4 437 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 438
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439 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
440 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 441 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
442 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
443 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
444 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
445 processes.
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446
447 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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448 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
449 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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450 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
451 the maximum.
452
453 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 454
41bd17a4 455 "keep_alive" on|off
456 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
457 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
458 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
459 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
460 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 462 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 463
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465 Examples:
466
41bd17a4 467#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
468#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 469#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 470#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 471#
41bd17a4 472#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 473#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 474#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 475#
41bd17a4 476#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 477#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 478#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
479#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
480#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
481#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
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41bd17a4 483#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 484#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 485#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
486#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 487DOC_END
cccac0a2 488
41bd17a4 489NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
490TYPE: time_t
491DEFAULT: 1 hour
492LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
493DOC_START
494 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
495 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
496 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
497 have good reason to.
498DOC_END
cccac0a2 499
41bd17a4 500NAME: authenticate_ttl
501TYPE: time_t
502DEFAULT: 1 hour
503LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
504DOC_START
505 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
506 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
507 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
508 TTL are removed from memory.
509DOC_END
cccac0a2 510
41bd17a4 511NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
512TYPE: time_t
513LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
514DEFAULT: 0 seconds
515DOC_START
516 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
517 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
518 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
519 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
520 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
521 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
522 environment with relatively static address assignments.
523DOC_END
cccac0a2 524
3d1e3e43 525COMMENT_START
526 ACCESS CONTROLS
527 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
528COMMENT_END
529
41bd17a4 530NAME: external_acl_type
531TYPE: externalAclHelper
532LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 533DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 534DOC_START
41bd17a4 535 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
536 to look up the status
cccac0a2 537
41bd17a4 538 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 539
41bd17a4 540 Options:
cccac0a2 541
41bd17a4 542 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
543 for 1 hour)
544 negative_ttl=n
545 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
546 as ttl)
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547 children-max=n
548 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
549 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
550 children-startup=n
551 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
552 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
553 of this type. (default 0)
554 children-idle=n
555 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
556 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
557 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
558 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 559 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
560 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 561 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 562 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
563 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 564 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 565 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
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566 ipv4 / ipv6 IP protocol used to communicate with this helper.
567 The default is to auto-detect IPv6 and use it when available.
cccac0a2 568
41bd17a4 569 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 570
41bd17a4 571 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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572 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
573 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
574 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 575 %IDENT Ident user name
576 %SRC Client IP
577 %SRCPORT Client source port
578 %URI Requested URI
579 %DST Requested host
580 %PROTO Requested protocol
581 %PORT Requested port
582 %PATH Requested URL path
583 %METHOD Request method
584 %MYADDR Squid interface address
585 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
586 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
587 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
588 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
589 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
590 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 591
c68c9682 592 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 593 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 594 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 595 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 596 HTTP request header list member using ; as
597 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
598 character.
cccac0a2 599
c68c9682 600 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 601 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 602 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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603 %<{Hdr:;member}
604 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
605 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
606 character.
607
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608 %% The percent sign. Useful for helpers which need
609 an unchanging input format.
610
41bd17a4 611 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
612 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
613 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
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41bd17a4 615 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
616 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
617 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
618 more details.
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41bd17a4 620 General result syntax:
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41bd17a4 622 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
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41bd17a4 624 Defined keywords:
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41bd17a4 626 user= The users name (login)
627 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
628 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
629 in error pages
630 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
631 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
632 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
633 %ea in logformat specifications
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41bd17a4 635 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
636 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 637
41bd17a4 638 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
639 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
640 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 641
41bd17a4 642 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
643 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
644 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 645DOC_END
646
41bd17a4 647NAME: acl
648TYPE: acl
649LOC: Config.aclList
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650IFDEF USE_SSL
651DEFAULT: ssl::certHasExpired ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED
652DEFAULT: ssl::certNotYetValid ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID
653DEFAULT: ssl::certDomainMismatch ssl_error SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH
654DEFAULT: ssl::certUntrusted ssl_error X509_V_ERR_INVALID_CA X509_V_ERR_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED
655DEFAULT: ssl::certSelfSigned ssl_error X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
656ENDIF
1f5bd0a4 657DEFAULT: all src all
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658DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
659DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
660DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
661DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
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41bd17a4 663 Defining an Access List
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665 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
666 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
667 they are read from.
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669 acl aclname acltype argument ...
670 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 671
375eeb3b 672 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
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674 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE.
675 To make them case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
676 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line without -i.
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679 to access some external data source.
680 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
681 don't are marked as [fast].
682 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
683 for further information
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685 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
686
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687 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
688 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
689 acl aclname dst ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
690 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 691
41bd17a4 692 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
693 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
694 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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696 # other *BSD variants.
697 # [fast]
41bd17a4 698 #
699 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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700 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
701 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
702
703 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
704 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
705 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 706 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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707 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
708 # regex matching client name [slow]
709 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 710 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 711 #
41bd17a4 712 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
713 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
714 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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716 acl aclname src_as number ...
717 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 718 # [fast]
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720 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
721 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
722 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
723 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
724 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
725 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
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6db78a1a 727 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 728 # [fast]
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729 # match against a named cache_peer entry
730 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
731
375eeb3b 732 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 733 # [fast]
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734 # day-abbrevs:
735 # S - Sunday
736 # M - Monday
737 # T - Tuesday
738 # W - Wednesday
739 # H - Thursday
740 # F - Friday
741 # A - Saturday
742 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
743
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744 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
745 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
746 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
747 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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749 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
750 # ranges are alloed
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751 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
752 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
753
b3567eb5 754 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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756 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
757
758 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
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760 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
761 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 763 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 764 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 766 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 767 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 768 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 769
375eeb3b 770 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 771 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 772 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 773 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 774
41bd17a4 775 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
776 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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778 # supplied credentials [slow]
779 #
780 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 781 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
782 #
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784 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
785 #
41bd17a4 786 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
787 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
788 # in access.log.
789 #
790 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
791 # to check username/password combinations (see
792 # auth_param directive).
793 #
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795 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 796 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 797
41bd17a4 798 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 799 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 800 # Example:
801 #
802 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
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41bd17a4 804 acl aclname maxconn number
805 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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806 # more than <number> TCP connections established. [fast]
807 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
808 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 809
41bd17a4 810 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
811 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
812 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 813 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 814 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
815 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
816 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
817 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
818 # request is denied)
819 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
820 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
821 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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823 acl aclname random probability
824 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
825 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
826 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
827
375eeb3b 828 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 829 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
830 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 831 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 832 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
833 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 834
41bd17a4 835 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
836 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
837 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 838 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 839
375eeb3b 840 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 841 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
842 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 843 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 844 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
845 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
846 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 847
41bd17a4 848 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
849 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
850 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 851 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 852
375eeb3b 853 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 854 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 855 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 856
41bd17a4 857 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
858 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 859 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 860
41bd17a4 861 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
862 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 863 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 864
41bd17a4 865 acl aclname ext_user username ...
866 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 867 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 868 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 869
0ab50441 870 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 871 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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873 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
874 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
875 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
876 #
877 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
878 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
879 # http_reply_access.
880
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881IFDEF USE_SSL
882 acl aclname ssl_error errorname
883 # match against SSL certificate validation error [fast]
884 # For valid error names see in @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@/templates/error-details.txt template file
885 # The user aditionaly can use as error name the following error name
886 # shortcuts:
887 # [ssl::]certHasExpired: certificate "not after" field is in the past
888 # [ssl::]certNotYetValid: certificate "not before" field is in the
889 # future
890 # [ssl::]certDomainMismatch: The certificate CN domain does not match
891 # connecting host name
892 # [ssl::]certUntrusted: The certificate is untrusted because of an
893 # error says that the certificate issuer is not trusted.
894 # [ssl::]certSelfSigned: The certificate is self signed
895 #
896 # The ssl::certHasExpired, ssl::certNotYetValid ssl::certDomainMismatch,
897 # ssl::certUntrusted and ssl::certSelfSigned also exists as predefined
898 # acl lists.
899 #
900 # NOTE: The ssl_error acl has effect only when used with
901 # sslproxy_cert_error, sslproxy_cert_sign and sslproxy_cert_adapt
902 # access lists.
903ENDIF
904
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906 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
907 acl myexample dst_as 1241
908 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
909 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
910 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 911
41bd17a4 912NOCOMMENT_START
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914# Recommended minimum configuration:
915#
e0855596 916
ee776778 917# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
918# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
919# should be allowed
920acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
921acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
922acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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923acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
924acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 926acl SSL_ports port 443
927acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
928acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
929acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
930acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
931acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
932acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
933acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
934acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
935acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
936acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
937acl CONNECT method CONNECT
938NOCOMMENT_END
939DOC_END
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941NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
942TYPE: acl_access
943IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
944LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
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945DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
946DOC_START
947 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
948 find the original source of a request.
949
950 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
951 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
952 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
953 rightmost address being the most recent.
954
955 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
956 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
957 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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958 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
959 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
960 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
961 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
962 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
963 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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965 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
966 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 967 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 968 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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969 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
970 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
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973 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
974
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976
977 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
978 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
979 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
980 source address of the request. This may enable remote
981 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
982 based on the client's source addresses.
983
984 For example:
985
986 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
987 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
988 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
989 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
990DOC_END
991
992NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
993COMMENT: on|off
994TYPE: onoff
995IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
996DEFAULT: on
997LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
998DOC_START
999 Controls whether the indirect client address
1000 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1001 direct client address in acl matching.
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1003 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
1004 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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1006
1007NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1008COMMENT: on|off
1009TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 1010IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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1011DEFAULT: on
1012LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1013DOC_START
1014 Controls whether the indirect client address
1015 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1016 direct client address in delay pools.
1017DOC_END
1018
1019NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
1020COMMENT: on|off
1021TYPE: onoff
1022IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1023DEFAULT: on
1024LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
1025DOC_START
1026 Controls whether the indirect client address
1027 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1028 direct client address in the access log.
1029DOC_END
1030
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1031NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1032COMMENT: on|off
1033TYPE: onoff
1034IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 1035DEFAULT: off
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1036LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1037DOC_START
1038 Controls whether the indirect client address
1039 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1040 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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1042 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
1043 mode ports.
1044
1045 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
1046 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
b01a2238 1047 of follow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
4d7ab5a2 1048 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1050
41bd17a4 1051NAME: http_access
1052TYPE: acl_access
1053LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1054DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1055DOC_START
1056 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
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41bd17a4 1058 Access to the HTTP port:
1059 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1061 NOTE on default values:
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41bd17a4 1063 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1064 the request.
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41bd17a4 1066 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1067 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1068 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1069 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1071 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1074 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1075
41bd17a4 1076NOCOMMENT_START
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1078#
1079# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1080#
1081# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
3c722b3a 1082http_access allow localhost manager
41bd17a4 1083http_access deny manager
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1085# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1086http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1088# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1089http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 1091# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1092# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1093# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1094#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1096#
1097# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1098#
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ee776778 1100# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1101# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1102# from where browsing should be allowed
1103http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1104http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1105
41bd17a4 1106# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1107http_access deny all
1108NOCOMMENT_END
1109DOC_END
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1111NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1112TYPE: acl_access
1113LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1114DEFAULT: none
1115DOC_START
1116 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1117
1118 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1119 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1120 output.
1121
1122 If not set then only http_access is used.
1123DOC_END
1124
41bd17a4 1125NAME: http_reply_access
1126TYPE: acl_access
1127LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1128DEFAULT: none
1129DOC_START
1130 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1131
41bd17a4 1132 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1133
41bd17a4 1134 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1135 all replies
1a224843 1136
41bd17a4 1137 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1138 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1139 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1140
1141 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1142 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1143DOC_END
1144
41bd17a4 1145NAME: icp_access
1146TYPE: acl_access
1147LOC: Config.accessList.icp
41bd17a4 1148DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1149DOC_START
41bd17a4 1150 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1151 access lists
5473c134 1152
41bd17a4 1153 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1154
41bd17a4 1155 See http_access for details
1156
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1158 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1160# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1162#icp_access deny all
5473c134 1163DOC_END
1164
41bd17a4 1165NAME: htcp_access
1166IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1167TYPE: acl_access
1168LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
41bd17a4 1169DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1170DOC_START
41bd17a4 1171 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1172 access lists
5473c134 1173
41bd17a4 1174 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1175
41bd17a4 1176 See http_access for details
5473c134 1177
0b48417e 1178 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1179 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1180 using the htcp option.
0b48417e 1181
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1183 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1185# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1187#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1188DOC_END
5473c134 1189
41bd17a4 1190NAME: htcp_clr_access
1191IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1192TYPE: acl_access
1193LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
41bd17a4 1194DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1195DOC_START
1196 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1197 on defined access lists
5473c134 1198
41bd17a4 1199 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1200
41bd17a4 1201 See http_access for details
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1204 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1206# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1207acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1208htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
5473c134 1209DOC_END
1210
41bd17a4 1211NAME: miss_access
1212TYPE: acl_access
1213LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1214DEFAULT: none
5473c134 1215DOC_START
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1216 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1217
1218 For example;
1219 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1220 a parent.
5473c134 1221
41bd17a4 1222 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1223 miss_access allow localclients
1224 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 1225
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1226 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch relayed/MISS
1227 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1228 objects (HITs).
1229
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1232 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1234 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1235 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1236DOC_END
1237
1238NAME: ident_lookup_access
1239TYPE: acl_access
1240IFDEF: USE_IDENT
41bd17a4 1241DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1242LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1243DOC_START
41bd17a4 1244 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1245 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1246 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1247 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1248 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1249 any requests.
5473c134 1250
41bd17a4 1251 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1252 can follow this example:
5473c134 1253
4daaf3cb 1254 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1255 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1256 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1257
4daaf3cb 1258 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1259 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1260 the correct result.
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1262 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1263 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1264DOC_END
5473c134 1265
5b0f5383 1266NAME: reply_body_max_size
1267COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1268TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1269DEFAULT: none
1270LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1271DOC_START
1272 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1273 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1274 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1275 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1276 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1277 for this reply.
1278
1279 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1280 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1281 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1282 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1283 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1284 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1285 and they will receive a partial reply.
1286
1287 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1288 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1289 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1290 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1291
1292 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1293 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1294 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1295 the size of your largest error page.
1296
1297 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1298 no limit imposed.
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1300 Configuration Format is:
1301 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1302 ie.
1303 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1304
5b0f5383 1305DOC_END
1306
1307COMMENT_START
1308 NETWORK OPTIONS
1309 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1310COMMENT_END
1311
1312NAME: http_port ascii_port
1313TYPE: http_port_list
1314DEFAULT: none
1315LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1316DOC_START
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1317 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1318 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1319 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1320
1321 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1322 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1323 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1324 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1325 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1326 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1327 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1328
1329 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1330 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1331
1332 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1333 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1334 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1335
1336 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1337
c7b1dd5d 1338 Modes:
5b0f5383 1339
e77bdb4e 1340 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1341 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1342 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1343
1344 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1345 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1346 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1347
7f45065d 1348 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1349
3a0c8eb5 1350 ssl-bump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
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1352 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1353 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1354 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1355
1356 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1357 the SslBump feature.
1358
1359 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1360
1361
1362 Accelerator Mode Options:
1363
5b0f5383 1364 defaultsite=domainname
1365 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1366 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1367 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1368
cf673853 1369 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1370
1371 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
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1373 https_port
5b0f5383 1374
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1376 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1377
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1378 vport=NN Virtual host port support. Using the specified port
1379 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1380
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1381 act-as-origin
1382 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1383 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1384 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1385
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1387
7f45065d 1388 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1390
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1392 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1393 never_direct was used.
1394
1395 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1396 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1397 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1398 http_access rules when using this.
1399
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1401 SSL Bump Mode Options:
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1403
1404 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
1405 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1406 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1407 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1408 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1409 certificate will be selfsigned.
1410 If there is a CA certificate lifetime of the generated
1411 certificate equals lifetime of the CA certificate. If
1412 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1413 years.
1414 This option is enabled by default when ssl-bump is used.
1415 See the ssl-bump option above for more information.
1416
1417 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1418 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1419 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
1420 default value is 4MB. An average XXX-bit certificate
1421 consumes about XXX bytes of RAM.
1422
1423 TLS / SSL Options:
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1425 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1426
1427 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1428 if not specified, the certificate file is
1429 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1430 key file.
1431
1432 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1433 1 automatic (default)
1434 2 SSLv2 only
1435 3 SSLv3 only
1436 4 TLSv1 only
1437
1438 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
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1440 additional settings. If those settings are
1441 omitted the ciphers may be silently ignored
1442 by the OpenSSL library.
c7b1dd5d 1443
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1446 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1447 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1448 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1449 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1450 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
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1452 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
1453 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
1454 strength to some attacks.
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1455 See OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1456 complete list of options.
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1458 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1459 requesting a client certificate.
1460
1461 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1462 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1463 clientca will be used.
1464
1465 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1466 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1467
1468 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1469 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1470 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1471
1472 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
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1473 DH key exchanges. See OpenSSL documentation for details
1474 on how to create this file.
1475 WARNING: EDH ciphers will be silently disabled if this
1476 option is not set.
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1477
1478 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1479 DELAYED_AUTH
1480 Don't request client certificates
1481 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1482 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1483 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1484 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1485 to OpenSSL.
1486 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1487 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1488 will result in a new SSL session.
1489 VERIFY_CRL
1490 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1491 certificates.
1492 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1493 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1494 client certificate chain.
1495
1496 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1497
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1499
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1500 connection-auth[=on|off]
1501 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1502 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1503 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1504
5b0f5383 1505 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1506 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1507 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1508 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1509 support is enabled.
1510 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1511
1512 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1513 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1514 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1515 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1516 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1517 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1518 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1519 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1520
81b6e9a7 1521 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1522 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1523
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1526 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1527 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1528 timeout the time before giving up.
1529
5b0f5383 1530 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1531 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1532 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1533 visible on the internal address.
1534
1535NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1537# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1538http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1539NOCOMMENT_END
1540DOC_END
1541
1542NAME: https_port
1543IFDEF: USE_SSL
1544TYPE: https_port_list
1545DEFAULT: none
1546LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1547DOC_START
7f45065d 1548 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1549
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1551 over TLS or SSL connections. Commonly referred to as HTTPS.
5b0f5383 1552
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1554 accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the accelerator level.
5b0f5383 1555
1556 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1557 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1558
7f45065d 1559 Modes:
5b0f5383 1560
7f45065d 1561 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1562
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1564 connections using the client IP address.
1565 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
1566
1567 ssl-bump Intercept each SSL request matching ssl_bump ACL,
1568 establish secure connection with the client and with
1569 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1570 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1571 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1572
1573 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1574 the SslBump feature.
1575
1576 Requires tproxy.
1577
7f45065d 1578 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
5b0f5383 1579
5b0f5383 1580
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1582
1583
1584 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1585
1586 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1587
1588 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1589 if not specified, the certificate file is
1590 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1591 key file.
1592
1593 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1594 1 automatic (default)
1595 2 SSLv2 only
1596 3 SSLv3 only
1597 4 TLSv1 only
1598
1599 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1600
1601 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1602 being:
1603 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1604 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1605 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1606 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1607 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1608 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1609 documentation for a complete list of options.
1610
1611 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1612 requesting a client certificate.
1613
1614 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1615 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1616 clientca will be used.
1617
1618 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1619 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1620
1621 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1622 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1623 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1624
1625 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1626 DH key exchanges.
1627
1628 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1629 DELAYED_AUTH
1630 Don't request client certificates
1631 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1632 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1633 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1634 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1635 to OpenSSL.
1636 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1637 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1638 will result in a new SSL session.
1639 VERIFY_CRL
1640 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1641 certificates.
1642 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1643 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1644 client certificate chain.
1645
1646 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1647
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1649 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1650 destination hosts of bumped SSL requests.When
1651 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1652 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1653 certificate will be selfsigned.
1654 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1655 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1656 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1657 years.
1658 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1659 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1660
1661 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1662 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1663 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
1664 default value is 4MB. An average XXX-bit certificate
1665 consumes about XXX bytes of RAM.
1666
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1669
41bd17a4 1670NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1671TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1672DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1673LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
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1676 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1677
41bd17a4 1678 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1679
41bd17a4 1680 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1681 and good_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1682
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1684 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1685 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1686 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
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41bd17a4 1688 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1690 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1691
41bd17a4 1692 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1693 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1695 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 1696
41bd17a4 1697 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1698 matching line.
cccac0a2 1699DOC_END
1700
41bd17a4 1701NAME: clientside_tos
1702TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1703DEFAULT: none
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1705DOC_START
1706 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1707 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1708
1709 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1710
1711 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1712 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1713
1714 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1715 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1716 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1717 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1718
1719 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1720 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1721DOC_END
1722
1723NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1724TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1725IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1727LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1728DOC_START
1729 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1730 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1731
1732 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1733
1734 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1735 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1736
1737 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1738 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1739 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1740 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1741DOC_END
1742
1743NAME: clientside_mark
1744TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1745IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1747LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
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1750 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1751
1752 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1753
1754 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1755 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1756
1757 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1758 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1759 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1760 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1761
1762 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1763 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 1764DOC_END
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1767TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 1768IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 1769DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1770LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 1771DOC_START
575cb927 1772 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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1774 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1775 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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1778 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1779 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1782 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1783 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1784
1785 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
7172612f 1786
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1788
1789 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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1791 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1792
1793 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1794
1795 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1796
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1798 over the preserve-miss feature (see below), unless
1799 mask is specified, in which case only the bits
1800 specified in the mask are written.
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1803 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1804 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1805 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1806 with all variants of netfilter.
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575cb927 1808 disable-preserve-miss
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1810 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1811 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1812 and masked with miss-mark.
1813 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1814 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1815 (MARK target).
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1817 miss-mask=0xFF
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1819 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1820 the TOS sent towards clients.
1821 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1822 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1823
1824 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1825 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1826 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1827 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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1830
41bd17a4 1831NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1832TYPE: acl_address
1833DEFAULT: none
1834LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1835DOC_START
1836 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1837 based on the username or source address of the user making
1838 the request.
7f7db318 1839
41bd17a4 1840 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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1843 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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1846 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1847
1848 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
1849 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1850
1851 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
1852 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1853
1854 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
1855 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
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41bd17a4 1857 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1858 matching line.
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1861 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
1862 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
1863
1864
1865 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 1866 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1867 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1868 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 1870 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
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1873 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
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1877NAME: host_verify_strict
1878TYPE: onoff
1879DEFAULT: off
1880LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
1881DOC_START
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1883 traffic, Squid always verifies that the destination IP address matches
2962f8b8 1884 the Host header domain or IP (called 'authority form URL').
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1886 This enforcement is performed to satisfy a MUST-level requirement in
1887 RFC 2616 section 14.23: "The Host field value MUST represent the naming
1888 authority of the origin server or gateway given by the original URL".
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1890 When set to ON:
1891 Squid always responds with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error
1892 page and logs a security warning if there is no match.
1893
1894 Squid verifies that the destination IP address matches
1895 the Host header for forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic
1896 as well. For those traffic types, Squid also enables the
1897 following checks, comparing the corresponding Host header
1898 and Request-URI components:
1899
1900 * The host names (domain or IP) must be identical,
1901 but valueless or missing Host header disables all checks.
1902 For the two host names to match, both must be either IP
1903 or FQDN.
1904
1905 * Port numbers must be identical, but if a port is missing
1906 the scheme-default port is assumed.
1907
1908
1909 When set to OFF (the default):
1910 Squid allows suspicious requests to continue but logs a
1911 security warning and blocks caching of the response.
1912
1913 * Forward-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
1914
1915 * Reverse-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
1916
1917 * Intercepted traffic which passes verification is handled
1918 normally.
1919
1920 For now it also forces suspicious requests to go DIRECT to the
1921 original destination, overriding client_dst_passthru for
1922 intercepted requests which fail Host: verification.
1923
1924 For now suspicious intercepted CONNECT requests are always
1925 responded to with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error page.
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1927
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1929TYPE: onoff
1930DEFAULT: on
1931LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
1932DOC_START
1933 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
1934 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
1935 source.
1936
1937 This option (on by default) prevents cache_peer and alternative DNS
1938 entries being used on intercepted traffic. Both of which lead to
1939 the security vulnerability outlined below.
1940
1941 SECURITY WARNING:
1942
1943 This directive should only be disabled if cache_peer are required.
1944
1945 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
1946 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
1947 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
1948 security policy and sandboxing protections.
1949
1950 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
1951 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
1952 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
1953 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
1954 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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cccac0a2 1956DOC_END
1957
41bd17a4 1958COMMENT_START
1959 SSL OPTIONS
1960 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1961COMMENT_END
1962
1963NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1964IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1965TYPE: onoff
1966DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1967LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1968DOC_START
41bd17a4 1969 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1970 messages.
cccac0a2 1971DOC_END
1972
41bd17a4 1973NAME: ssl_engine
1974IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1975TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1976LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1977DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1978DOC_START
41bd17a4 1979 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1980 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1981DOC_END
1982
41bd17a4 1983NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1984IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1985DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1986LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1987TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1988DOC_START
41bd17a4 1989 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1990DOC_END
1991
41bd17a4 1992NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1993IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1994DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1995LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1996TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1997DOC_START
41bd17a4 1998 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1999DOC_END
2000
41bd17a4 2001NAME: sslproxy_version
2002IFDEF: USE_SSL
2003DEFAULT: 1
2004LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
2005TYPE: int
cccac0a2 2006DOC_START
41bd17a4 2007 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2008DOC_END
2009
41bd17a4 2010NAME: sslproxy_options
2011IFDEF: USE_SSL
2012DEFAULT: none
2013LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
2014TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2015DOC_START
943c5f16 2016 SSL implementation options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2018 The most important being:
2019
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2020 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2021 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2022 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2023 SINGLE_DH_USE
2024 Always create a new key when using temporary/ephemeral
2025 DH key exchanges
2026 SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
2027 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets. Some servers
2028 may have problems understanding the TLS extension due
2029 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2030 ALL Enable various bug workarounds suggested as "harmless"
2031 by OpenSSL. Be warned that this may reduce SSL/TLS
2032 strength to some attacks.
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2035 complete list of possible options.
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2037
41bd17a4 2038NAME: sslproxy_cipher
2039IFDEF: USE_SSL
2040DEFAULT: none
2041LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
2042TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2043DOC_START
41bd17a4 2044 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2046 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 2047DOC_END
2048
41bd17a4 2049NAME: sslproxy_cafile
2050IFDEF: USE_SSL
2051DEFAULT: none
2052LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
2053TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2054DOC_START
41bd17a4 2055 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
2056 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2057DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2059NAME: sslproxy_capath
2060IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 2061DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2062LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
2063TYPE: string
5473c134 2064DOC_START
41bd17a4 2065 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
2066 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 2067DOC_END
2068
4c9da963 2069NAME: ssl_bump
2070IFDEF: USE_SSL
2071TYPE: acl_access
2072LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
2073DEFAULT: none
2074DOC_START
2075 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
2076 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
2077 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
2078 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
2079
2080 By default, no requests are bumped.
2081
e0c0d54c 2082 See also: http_port ssl-bump
4c9da963 2083
e0c0d54c 2084 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 2085 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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2087
2088 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
2089 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
2090
2091 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
2092 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
2093 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
2094 ssl_bump deny localhost
2095 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
2096 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 2097DOC_END
2098
41bd17a4 2099NAME: sslproxy_flags
2100IFDEF: USE_SSL
2101DEFAULT: none
2102LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
2103TYPE: string
5473c134 2104DOC_START
41bd17a4 2105 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 2106 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
2107 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 2108 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
2109 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 2110DOC_END
2111
4c9da963 2112NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
2113IFDEF: USE_SSL
2114DEFAULT: none
2115LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
2116TYPE: acl_access
2117DOC_START
2118 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
2119
2120 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
2121 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
2122 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
2123
2124 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
2125 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
2126 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
2127
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2129 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
2130 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 2131
2132 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
2133 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
2134 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
2135 the connection may be insecure.
2136
2137 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
2138
e0855596 2139 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 2140DOC_END
2141
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2142NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign
2143IFDEF: USE_SSL
2144DEFAULT: none
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2145POSTSCRIPTUM: signUntrusted ssl::certUntrusted
2146POSTSCRIPTUM: signSelf ssl::certSelfSigned
2147POSTSCRIPTUM: signTrusted all
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2149LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_sign
2150DOC_START
2151
2152 sslproxy_cert_sign <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
2153
2154 The following certificate signing algorithms supported:
2155 signTrusted
2156 the current signing algorithm using a configured CA certificate
2157 that is usually placed in and trusted by end-user browsers
2158 signUntrusted
2159 sign to guarantee an X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED browser error
2160 signSelf
2161 sign using a self-signed certificate with the right CN to
2162 generate a X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT error in the
2163 browser.
2164
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2166
2167 When the acl(s) match, the corresponding signing algorithm is used to
2168 generate the certificate. Otherwise, the default signing algorithm used
2169
2170 BUG: The SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch ssl
2171 errors can not be used with ssl_error acl type.
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2174NAME: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2175IFDEF: USE_SSL
2176DEFAULT: none
2177TYPE: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2178LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_adapt
2179DOC_START
2180
2181 sslproxy_cert_adapt <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
2182
2183 The following certificate adaptation algorithms supported:
2184 setValidAfter
2185 sets the "Not After" property to the "Not After" propery of
2186 the ca certificate used to sign generated certificates
2187 setValidBefore
2188 sets the "Not Before" property to the "Not Before" property of
2189 the ca certificate used to sign generated certificates
2190 setCommonName
2191 sets certificate Subject.CN property to the
2192 host name from specified as a CN parameter (setCommonName{CN})
2193 or, if no explicit CN parameter was specified, extracted from
2194 the CONNECT request. It is a misconfiguration to use setName
2195 without an explicit parameter for intercepted or tproxied SSL
2196 transactions.
2197
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2199
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2200 When the acl(s) match, the corresponding adaptation algorithm is
2201 applied to the fake/generated certificate. Otherwise, the
2202 default mimicking action takes place.
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2204 BUG: The SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch ssl
2205 errors can not be used with ssl_error acl type
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2207
41bd17a4 2208NAME: sslpassword_program
2209IFDEF: USE_SSL
2210DEFAULT: none
2211LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
2212TYPE: string
5473c134 2213DOC_START
41bd17a4 2214 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
2215 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
2216 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
2217 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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2219 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2220 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2221 keys.
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2225 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2226 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2227COMMENT_END
2228
2229NAME: sslcrtd_program
2230TYPE: eol
2231IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2232DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2233LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2234DOC_START
2235 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2236 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2237 For more information use:
2238 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2239DOC_END
2240
2241NAME: sslcrtd_children
2242TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2243IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2244DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2245LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2246DOC_START
2247 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2248 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2249
2250 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2251 tuning.
2252
2253 startup=N
2254
2255 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2256 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2257 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2258
2259 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2260 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2261
2262 idle=N
2263
2264 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2265 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2266 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2267 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2268
2269 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2270DOC_END
2271
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41bd17a4 2273 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2274 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2275COMMENT_END
2276
41bd17a4 2277NAME: cache_peer
2278TYPE: peer
2279DEFAULT: none
2280LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2281DOC_START
41bd17a4 2282 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
2b94f655 2283
41bd17a4 2284 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2285
41bd17a4 2286 For example,
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41bd17a4 2288 # proxy icp
2289 # hostname type port port options
2290 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2291 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2292 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2293 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2e9993e1 2294 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 default
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2296
2297 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2298
2299 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2300 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2301 For web servers this is usually 80
2302
2303 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2304 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2305 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2306
2307
2308 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2309
2310 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2311 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2312
2313
2314 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2315
2316 multicast-responder
2317 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2318 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2319 replies will be accepted from it.
2320
2321 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2322 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2323
2324 background-ping
2325 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2326 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2327 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2328
2329
2330 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2331
2332 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2333 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2334
2335
2336 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2337 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2339 list of options described below.
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18191440 2341 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2342
18191440 2343 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2344 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2345 only-clr.
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2348 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 2350 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2352 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2353
18191440 2354 htcp=forward-clr
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2356
2357
2358 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2359
2360 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2361 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2362
2363
2364 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2365 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2366 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2367
2368 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2369 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2370 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2371
2372 weighted-round-robin
2373 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2374 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2375 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2376 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2377 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2378
2379 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2380 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2381 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2382
2383 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2384
2385 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2387 multicast-siblings
2388 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2389 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2e9993e1 2390 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a multicast
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2392 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2393 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2394 members of the same multicast group.
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2396
2397 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2398
2399 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2400 peer-selection mechanisms.
2401 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2402 larger weights are favored more.
2403 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2404 protocol is not in use.
2405
2406 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2407 times of parents.
2408 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2409 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2410 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2411
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2412 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
2413 to this address.
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2414 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
2415 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2416 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2417 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2418
2419 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2420 delay pools.
2421
2422 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2423 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2424 than the Squid default location.
2425
2426
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2428
2429 carp-key=key-specification
2430 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2431 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2432 scheme, host, port, path, params
2433 Order is not important.
2434
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2435 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
2436
2437 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2438 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2439 is a web server.
2440
2441 forceddomain=name
2442 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2443 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2444 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2445 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2446
2447 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2448
2449 no-netdb-exchange
2450 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2451
2452
2453 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2454
2455 login=user:password
2456 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2457 requires proxy authentication.
2458
2459 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2460 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2461
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2462 login=PASSTHRU
2463 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2464 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2465 without alteration to the peer.
2466 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2467
2468 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2469 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2470 connection-auth options are also used.
ee0b94f4 2471
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2472 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
2473 Authentication is not required by this option.
11e4c5e5 2474
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2475 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
2476 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2477 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
2478 they may be sent instead.
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2479
2480 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2481 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2482 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2483 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2484 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2485
2486 login=*:password
2487 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2488 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2489 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2490 needed to identify each user.
2491 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2492 information which is added to the username. This can
2493 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2494 the login=username:password option above.
2495
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2496 login=NEGOTIATE
2497 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2498 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2499 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2500 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2501
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2503 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2504 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2505
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2506 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
2507 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2508 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2509 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2510 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2511 used.
2512
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2514 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2515 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2516
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2517 connection-auth=on|off
2518 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2519 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2520 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2521 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2522 of the peer.
2523
2524
2525 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2526
2527 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2528
2529 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2530 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2531 this peer.
2532
2533 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2534 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2535 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2536 reference a combined file containing both the
2537 certificate and the key.
2538
2539 sslversion=1|2|3|4
2540 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2541 1 = automatic (default)
2542 2 = SSL v2 only
2543 3 = SSL v3 only
2544 4 = TLS v1 only
2545
2546 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2547 to this peer.
2548
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2549 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL implementation options:
2550
2551 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2552 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2553 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2554 SINGLE_DH_USE
2555 Always create a new key when using
2556 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
2557 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
2558 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
2559 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
2560 strength to some attacks.
2561
2562 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2563 more complete list.
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2564
2565 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2566 when verifying the peer certificate.
2567
2568 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2569 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2570
2571 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2572 verifying the peer certificate.
2573
2574 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2575
41bd17a4 2576 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2577 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2578 verify.
2579 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2580 Don't use the default CA list built in
2581 to OpenSSL.
2582 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2583 Don't verify the peer certificate
2584 matches the server name
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2586 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2587 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2588 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2589 used.
2590
2591 front-end-https
2592 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2593 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2594 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2595 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2596 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2597
2598
2599 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2600
2601 connect-timeout=N
2602 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2603 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2604
2605 connect-fail-limit=N
2606 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2607 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2608
2609 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2610 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2611 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2612 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2613 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2614 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2615 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2616
2617 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2618 peer. see also
2619
2620 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2621 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2622 but different ports.
2623 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2624 directives to dentify the peer.
2625 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2626 peername ACL type.
2627
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2628 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
2629 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2630
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2631 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
2632
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41bd17a4 2635NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2636TYPE: hostdomain
2637DEFAULT: none
2638LOC: none
2639DOC_START
2640 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2641 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 2642
41bd17a4 2643 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2644 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2645
41bd17a4 2646 For example, specifying
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41bd17a4 2648 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 2649
41bd17a4 2650 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2651 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2652 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2653 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2654 NOT in that domain.
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41bd17a4 2656 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2657 either on the same or separate lines.
2658 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2659 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2660 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2661 for all requests.
2662 * There are no defaults.
2663 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2664 section.
2665DOC_END
dd9b1776 2666
41bd17a4 2667NAME: cache_peer_access
2668TYPE: peer_access
2669DEFAULT: none
2670LOC: none
2671DOC_START
2672 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2673 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2674
41bd17a4 2675 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2676
41bd17a4 2677 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2678 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2679 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2680DOC_END
dd9b1776 2681
41bd17a4 2682NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2683TYPE: hostdomaintype
2684DEFAULT: none
2685LOC: none
2686DOC_START
2687 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2688
41bd17a4 2689 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2690 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2691 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2692 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2693 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2694 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2695
41bd17a4 2696EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2697 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2698 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2699 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2700DOC_END
6bf4f823 2701
41bd17a4 2702NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2703COMMENT: (seconds)
2704DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2705TYPE: time_t
2706LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2707DOC_START
2708 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2709 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2710 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2711 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2712 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2713 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2714
41bd17a4 2715 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2716 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2717 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2718 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2719 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2720 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2721 instead of to your parents.
2722DOC_END
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2724NAME: forward_max_tries
2725DEFAULT: 10
2726TYPE: int
2727LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2728DOC_START
2729 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2730 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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2731
2732 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
2733 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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2734DOC_END
2735
41bd17a4 2736NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2737TYPE: wordlist
2738DEFAULT: none
2739LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2740DOC_START
2741 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2742 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2743 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2744 list this option multiple times.
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2746 Example:
2747 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
2748
2749 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
6b698a21 2750DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2752COMMENT_START
2753 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2754 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2755COMMENT_END
2756
2757NAME: cache_mem
2758COMMENT: (bytes)
2759TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2760DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2761LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2762DOC_START
41bd17a4 2763 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2764 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2765 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2766 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2767
2768 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2769 for:
2770 * In-Transit objects
2771 * Hot Objects
2772 * Negative-Cached objects
2773
2774 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2775 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2776 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2777 priority.
2778
2779 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2780 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2781 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2782 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2783 not needed for in-transit objects.
2784
2785 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2786 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2787 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2788 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2789 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2790 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2791 objects.
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2793 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
2794 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
2795 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
2796 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 2797DOC_END
0976f8db 2798
41bd17a4 2799NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2800COMMENT: (bytes)
2801TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2802DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2803LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2804DOC_START
41bd17a4 2805 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2806 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2807 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2808 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2809DOC_END
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2812COMMENT: on|off
2813TYPE: YesNoNone
2814LOC: Config.memShared
2815DEFAULT: none
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2818 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
2819
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2821 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
2822 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
2823 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
2824 caching is enabled).
2825
65b81b27 2826 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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2828 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
2829 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
2830 and GCC-style atomic operations).
2831
2832 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
2833 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
2834 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
2835
2836 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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2838
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2839NAME: memory_cache_mode
2840TYPE: memcachemode
2841LOC: Config
2842DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2843DOC_START
ea21d497 2844 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2845
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2846 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2847
2848 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2849 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2850 a second time before cached in memory.
2851
2852 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2853DOC_END
2854
41bd17a4 2855NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2856TYPE: removalpolicy
2857LOC: Config.memPolicy
2858DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2859DOC_START
41bd17a4 2860 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2861 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2862
41bd17a4 2863 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2864DOC_END
6b698a21 2865
41bd17a4 2866COMMENT_START
2867 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2868 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2869COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2870
41bd17a4 2871NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2872TYPE: removalpolicy
2873LOC: Config.replPolicy
2874DEFAULT: lru
2875DOC_START
2876 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2877 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2878
41bd17a4 2879 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2880 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2881 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2882 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2883
41bd17a4 2884 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2885
41bd17a4 2886 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2887
41bd17a4 2888 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2889 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2890 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2891 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2892
41bd17a4 2893 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2894 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2895 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2896 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2897
41bd17a4 2898 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2899 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2900 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2901
41bd17a4 2902 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2903 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2904 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2905
41bd17a4 2906 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2907 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2908 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2909DOC_END
0976f8db 2910
41bd17a4 2911NAME: cache_dir
2912TYPE: cachedir
2913DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2914LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2915DOC_START
41bd17a4 2916 Usage:
0976f8db 2917
41bd17a4 2918 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2919
41bd17a4 2920 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2921 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2922
41bd17a4 2923 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2924 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2925 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2926
41bd17a4 2927 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2928 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2929 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2930 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2931 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
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2934 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2935 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2936
41bd17a4 2937 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2938
41bd17a4 2939 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2940 been there.
0976f8db 2941
41bd17a4 2942 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2943
41bd17a4 2944 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2945 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2946 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2947 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2948 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2949
56fba4d0 2950 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2951 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2952
56fba4d0 2953 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2954 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2955 is 256.
0976f8db 2956
41bd17a4 2957 The aufs store type:
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41bd17a4 2959 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2960 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2961 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2962
41bd17a4 2963 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2964
41bd17a4 2965 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2966
41bd17a4 2967 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2968
41bd17a4 2969 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2970 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2971 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2972
41bd17a4 2973 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2974
41bd17a4 2975 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2976
41bd17a4 2977 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2978 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2979 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2980
41bd17a4 2981 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2982 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2983 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2984
41bd17a4 2985 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2986 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2987 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2988 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2989 time.
0976f8db 2990
2e55f083 2991 The rock store type:
e2851fe7 2992
df881a0f 2993 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes <max-size=bytes> [options]
e2851fe7 2994
2e55f083 2995 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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2996 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots,
2997 one entry per slot. The database size is specified in MB. The
2998 slot size is specified in bytes using the max-size option. See
2999 below for more info on the max-size option.
3000
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3001 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
3002 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
3003 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
3004 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
3005 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
3006 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
3007 expected swap wait time.
3008
df881a0f 3009 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
1e614370 3010 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap out requests that
df881a0f 3011 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
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3012 delayed. Individual swap in requests (i.e., hits or reads) are
3013 not delayed, but they do contribute to measured swap rate and
3014 since they are placed in the same FIFO queue as swap out
3015 requests, they may wait longer if max-swap-rate is smaller.
3016 This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
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3017 many" writes and then start blocking Squid and other processes
3018 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
3019 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
3020 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
3021 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
3022 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
3023
3024
41bd17a4 3025 The coss store type:
0976f8db 3026
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3027 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
3028 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
3029 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
3030
41bd17a4 3031 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
3032 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
3033 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
3034 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
3035 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
3036 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
3037 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 3038
41bd17a4 3039 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
3040 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
3041 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 3042
41bd17a4 3043 Common options:
0976f8db 3044
41bd17a4 3045 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 3046
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3047 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
3048 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
3049 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
3050 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
3051
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3053 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 3054 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
3055 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
3056 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 3057
41bd17a4 3058 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
3059 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
3060 option.
bebc043b 3061NOCOMMENT_START
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3062
3063# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
3064#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 3065NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 3066DOC_END
0976f8db 3067
41bd17a4 3068NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3069TYPE: string
3070LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3071DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 3072DOC_START
41bd17a4 3073 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 3074DOC_END
0976f8db 3075
41bd17a4 3076NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3077TYPE: int
3078LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3079DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 3080DOC_START
41bd17a4 3081 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3082 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3083 descriptors are open.
3084
3085 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 3086DOC_END
0976f8db 3087
41bd17a4 3088NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 3089COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 3090TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 3091DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 3092LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 3093DOC_START
41bd17a4 3094 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3095 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
3096 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 3097DOC_END
0976f8db 3098
41bd17a4 3099NAME: maximum_object_size
3100COMMENT: (bytes)
3101TYPE: b_int64_t
3102DEFAULT: 4096 KB
3103LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 3104DOC_START
41bd17a4 3105 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3106 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
3107 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
3108 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
3109 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
3110 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 3111
41bd17a4 3112 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
3113 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
3114 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 3115DOC_END
0976f8db 3116
41bd17a4 3117NAME: cache_swap_low
3118COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 3119TYPE: int
41bd17a4 3120DEFAULT: 90
3121LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
3122DOC_NONE
3123
3124NAME: cache_swap_high
3125COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3126TYPE: int
3127DEFAULT: 95
3128LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 3129DOC_START
41bd17a4 3130
3131 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
3132 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3133 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3134 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3135 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3136 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3137
3138 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3139 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3140 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 3141DOC_END
0976f8db 3142
5473c134 3143COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 3144 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 3145 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3146COMMENT_END
0976f8db 3147
41bd17a4 3148NAME: logformat
3149TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 3150LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 3151DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 3152DOC_START
41bd17a4 3153 Usage:
0976f8db 3154
41bd17a4 3155 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 3156
41bd17a4 3157 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 3158
41bd17a4 3159 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 3160
41bd17a4 3161 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
3162 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
3163 as required according to their context and the output format
3164 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
3165 output format is desired.
6b698a21 3166
41bd17a4 3167 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 3168
41bd17a4 3169 " output in quoted string format
3170 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
3171 # output in URL quoted format
3172 ' output as-is
5473c134 3173
41bd17a4 3174 - left aligned
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3176 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
3177 [width_min][.width_max]
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3178 When minimum starts with 0, the field is zero-padded.
3179 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 3180
41bd17a4 3181 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 3182
41bd17a4 3183 Format codes:
5473c134 3184
3ff65596 3185 % a literal % character
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3186 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
3187 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
3188 a similar internal error identifier.
3189 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
3190
3191 Connection related format codes:
3192
41bd17a4 3193 >a Client source IP address
3194 >A Client FQDN
3195 >p Client source port
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3196 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
3197 >la Local IP address the client connected to
3198 >lp Local port number the client connected to
3199
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3200 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
3201 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
3202
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3203 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
3204 <A Server FQDN or peer name
3205 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 3206 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 3207 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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3208
3209 Time related format codes:
3210
41bd17a4 3211 ts Seconds since epoch
3212 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
3213 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3214 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3215 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3216 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3217 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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3219
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3220 Access Control related format codes:
3221
3222 et Tag returned by external acl
3223 ea Log string returned by external acl
3224 un User name (any available)
3225 ul User name from authentication
3226 ue User name from external acl helper
3227 ui User name from ident
3228 us User name from SSL
3229
3230 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 3231
ca2e92d8 3232 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 3233 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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3234 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
3235 Optional header name argument as for >h
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3236 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
3237 as for >h
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3238 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
3239 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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3240 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
3241 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
3242 transfer encoding and control messages.
3243 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
3244 received bodies.
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3245 [http::]mt MIME content type
3246 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
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3247 [http::]>rm Request method from client
3248 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
3249 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
3250 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
3251 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
3ff65596 3252 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
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3253 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
3254 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sento to server or peer
3ff65596 3255 [http::]rv Request protocol version
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3256 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
3257 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
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3258 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
3259 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
3260 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
3261 are not included
3262 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
3263 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
3264 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
3265 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
3266 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
3267 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
3268 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
3269 and stops when the last response byte is received.
3270 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
3271 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
3272 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
3273 with the last I/O with the last peer.
3274
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3275 Squid handling related format codes:
3276
3277 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
3278 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
3279
5038f9d8 3280 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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3281 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
3282
3283 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
3284 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
3285 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
3286 transaction is in progress.
3287
5038f9d8 3288 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
3ff65596 3289
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3290 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
3291 meta-information from the last eCAP
3292 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
3293 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
3294 argument.
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3296 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
3297 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
3298 the order of transaction start time. Each time
3299 value is recorded as an integer number,
3300 representing response time of one or more
3301 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
3302 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3303 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3304 logged individually but added to the
3305 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3306 adapt::all_trs.
3307
3308 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3309 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3310 individual transactions are never added
3311 together. Instead, all transaction response
3312 times are recorded individually.
3313
3314 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3315 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3316 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 3317
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3318 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
3319
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3320logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
3321logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
3322logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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3323logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
3324logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
3325
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3326 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
3327 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
3328 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
3329
3330 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
3331 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 3332
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3334
41bd17a4 3335NAME: access_log cache_access_log
3336TYPE: access_log
3337LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 3338DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 3339DOC_START
41bd17a4 3340 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
3341 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 3342 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 3343 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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3344
3345 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 3346 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3347 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3348 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3349
3350 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3351
bb7a1781 3352 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3353 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3354
3355 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3356 each request.
3357 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3358
3359 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3360 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3361 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3362
3363 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3364
3365 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3366 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3367 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 3368
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3369 where facility could be any of:
3370 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3371
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3372 And priority could be any of:
3373 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3374
3375 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3376 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 3377 Place Format: //host:port
df2eec10 3378
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3379 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3380 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 3381 Place Format: //host:port
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3383 Default:
82b7abe3 3384 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3385DOC_END
5473c134 3386
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3388TYPE: access_log
3389IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3390LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3391DEFAULT: none
3392DOC_START
3393 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3394 transaction.
3395
3396 The icap_log option format is:
3397 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3398 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3399
3400 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3401 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3402 features.
3403
3404 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3405 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3406 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3407 log line.
3408
3409 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3410 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3411 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3412 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3413 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3414 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3415 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3416
3417 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3418
3419 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3420
3421 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3422 option in Squid configuration file.
3423
3424 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3425
3426 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3427 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3428
3429 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3430 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3431
3432 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3433 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3434 the socket).
3435
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3436 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
3437 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3438 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3439 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3440 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3441 computed.
3442
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3444 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3445 the ICAP transaction is created and
3446 stops when the transaction is completed.
3447 Similar to tr.
3448
3449 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3450 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3451 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3452 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3453 is received.
3454
3455 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3456 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3457 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3458 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3459 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3460 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3461
3462 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3463
3464 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3465
3466 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3467
3468 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3469 definition, is called icap_squid:
3470
3471logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3472
5038f9d8 3473 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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3475
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3476NAME: logfile_daemon
3477TYPE: string
3478DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3479LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3480DOC_START
3481 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3482 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3484 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3485 L<data>\n - logfile data
3486 R\n - rotate file
3487 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 3488 O\n - reopen file
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3489 F\n - flush file
3490 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3491 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3492
3493 No responses is expected.
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3494DOC_END
3495
5b0f5383 3496NAME: log_access
3497TYPE: acl_access
3498LOC: Config.accessList.log
3499DEFAULT: none
3500COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3501DOC_START
3502 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3503 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3504 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3505
3506 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3507 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3508DOC_END
3509
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3510NAME: log_icap
3511TYPE: acl_access
3512IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3513LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3514DEFAULT: none
3515DOC_START
3516 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3517 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3518DOC_END
3519
41bd17a4 3520NAME: cache_store_log
3521TYPE: string
df2eec10 3522DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3523LOC: Config.Log.store
3524DOC_START
3525 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3526 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3528 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3529 disable it.
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3531 Example:
3532 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3533DOC_END
3534
41bd17a4 3535NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3536TYPE: string
3537LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3538DEFAULT: none
3539DOC_START
41bd17a4 3540 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3541 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3542 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3543 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3544 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3545 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3546 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
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41bd17a4 3548 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3549 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3550 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3551 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3552
41bd17a4 3553 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3554 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 3555
41bd17a4 3556 cache_swap_log.00
3557 cache_swap_log.01
3558 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3559
41bd17a4 3560 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3561 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3562 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3563 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3564 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3565 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3566 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3567DOC_END
3568
41bd17a4 3569NAME: logfile_rotate
3570TYPE: int
3571DEFAULT: 10
3572LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3573DOC_START
41bd17a4 3574 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3575 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3576 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3577 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3578 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3579 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3580
41bd17a4 3581 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3582 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3583 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3584 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3585 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3586 <pid>'.
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3588 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3589 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3590DOC_END
5473c134 3591
41bd17a4 3592NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 3593TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 3594DOC_START
20efa1c2 3595 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 3596DOC_END
3597
41bd17a4 3598NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 3599TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3600DOC_START
8652f8e7 3601 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 3602DOC_END
5473c134 3603
41bd17a4 3604NAME: mime_table
3605TYPE: string
3606DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3607LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3608DOC_START
3609 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3610 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3611 information if you do.
5473c134 3612DOC_END
3613
41bd17a4 3614NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3615COMMENT: on|off
3616TYPE: onoff
3617LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3618DEFAULT: off
3619DOC_START
3620 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3621 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3622 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3623 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3624 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3625DOC_END
5473c134 3626
41bd17a4 3627NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 3628TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3629DOC_START
20efa1c2 3630 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 3631DOC_END
3632
41bd17a4 3633NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 3634TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3635DOC_START
20efa1c2 3636 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 3637DOC_END
3638
41bd17a4 3639NAME: pid_filename
3640TYPE: string
3641DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3642LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3643DOC_START
41bd17a4 3644 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3645DOC_END
3646
41bd17a4 3647NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3648TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3649DOC_START
c581e96b 3650 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3651DOC_END
3652
41bd17a4 3653NAME: client_netmask
3654TYPE: address
3655LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3656DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3657DOC_START
41bd17a4 3658 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3659 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3660 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3661 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3662DOC_END
3663
41bd17a4 3664NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 3665TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3666DOC_START
20efa1c2 3667 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 3668DOC_END
3669
41bd17a4 3670NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3671TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3672LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3673DEFAULT: on
3674DOC_START
41bd17a4 3675 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3676 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3677DOC_END
3678
41bd17a4 3679NAME: buffered_logs
3680COMMENT: on|off
3681TYPE: onoff
3682DEFAULT: off
3683LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3684DOC_START
41bd17a4 3685 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3686 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3687 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3688 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3689 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 3690DOC_END
0976f8db 3691
2b753521 3692NAME: netdb_filename
3693TYPE: string
221faecb 3694DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 3695LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3696IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3697DOC_START
3698 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3699 To disable, enter "none".
3700DOC_END
3701
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3702COMMENT_START
3703 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3704 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3705COMMENT_END
3706
3707NAME: cache_log
3708TYPE: string
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3709DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3710LOC: Debug::cache_log
3711DOC_START
3712 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3713 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3714 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3715DOC_END
3716
3717NAME: debug_options
3718TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3719DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3720LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3721DOC_START
3722 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3723 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3724 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3725 log file, so be careful.
3726
3727 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3728 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3729
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3730 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
3731 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3732 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3733 events affecting Squid.
3734DOC_END
3735
3736NAME: coredump_dir
3737TYPE: string
3738LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3739DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3740DOC_START
3741 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3742 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3743 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3744 and coredump files will be left there.
3745
3746NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 3747
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3748# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3749coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3750NOCOMMENT_END
3751DOC_END
3752
3753
41bd17a4 3754COMMENT_START
3755 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3756 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3757COMMENT_END
3758
3759NAME: ftp_user
3760TYPE: string
3761DEFAULT: Squid@
3762LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3763DOC_START
41bd17a4 3764 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3765 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3766 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3767
41bd17a4 3768 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3769 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3770 depending on how the cache is used.
3771 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3772 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3773DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3775NAME: ftp_passive
3776TYPE: onoff
3777DEFAULT: on
3778LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3779DOC_START
41bd17a4 3780 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3781 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 3782
3783 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3784DOC_END
3785
3786NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3787TYPE: onoff
3788DEFAULT: off
3789LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3790DOC_START
3791 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3792
3793 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3794 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3795 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3796
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3798 useful.
a689bd4e 3799 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3800 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3801
3802 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3803 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3804
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3806DOC_END
3807
3808NAME: ftp_epsv
3809TYPE: onoff
3810DEFAULT: on
3811LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3812DOC_START
3813 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3814
3815 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3816 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3817 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3818 will never be needed.
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3820 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3821 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3822 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3823
3824 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3825DOC_END
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3827NAME: ftp_eprt
3828TYPE: onoff
3829DEFAULT: on
3830LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3831DOC_START
3832 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3833
3834 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3835 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3836 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3837
3838 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3839 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3840
3841 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3842 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3843 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3844 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3845
3846 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3847 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3848DOC_END
3849
41bd17a4 3850NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3851TYPE: onoff
3852DEFAULT: on
3853LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3854DOC_START
3855 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3856 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3857 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3858 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3859 connection turn this off.
3860DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3861
41bd17a4 3862NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3863TYPE: onoff
3864DEFAULT: on
3865LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3866DOC_START
3867 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3868 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3869 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3870 the FTP protocol.
3871
3872 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3873 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3874 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3875 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3876 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3877DOC_END
3878
3879COMMENT_START
3880 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3881 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3882COMMENT_END
3883
3884NAME: diskd_program
3885TYPE: string
3886DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3887LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3888DOC_START
3889 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3890 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3891 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3892DOC_END
3893
3894NAME: unlinkd_program
3895IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3896TYPE: string
3897DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3898LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3899DOC_START
3900 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3901DOC_END
3902
3903NAME: pinger_program
3904TYPE: string
3905DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3906LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3907IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3908DOC_START
3909 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3910DOC_END
3911
cc192b50 3912NAME: pinger_enable
3913TYPE: onoff
3914DEFAULT: on
3915LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3916IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3917DOC_START
3918 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3919 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3920 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3921DOC_END
3922
3923
41bd17a4 3924COMMENT_START
3925 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3926 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3927COMMENT_END
3928
3929NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3930TYPE: wordlist
3931LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3932DEFAULT: none
3933DOC_START
2c7aad89 3934 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 3935 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3936
2c7aad89 3937 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 3938
c71adec1 3939 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3940
3941 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3942 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3943 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3944 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3945
3946 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3947 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3948
3949 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3950 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2c7aad89 3951 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily), etc.
41bd17a4 3952
3953 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3954DOC_END
3955
3956NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3957TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3958DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3959LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3960DOC_START
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3961 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3962 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3963 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3964 and other system resources noticably.
3965
3966 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3967 tuning.
3968
3969 startup=
3970
3971 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3972 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3973 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3974
3975 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3976 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3977
3978 idle=
3979
3980 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3981 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3982 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3983 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3984
3985 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3986
41bd17a4 3987 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3988 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3989 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3991 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3992 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3993 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3994 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3995 to that request.
41bd17a4 3996DOC_END
3997
3998NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3999TYPE: onoff
4000DEFAULT: on
4001LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
4002DOC_START
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4003 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
4004 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
4005 any Host: header in redirected requests.
4006
4007 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
4008 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
4009 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
4010
41bd17a4 4011 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
4012 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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4013
4014 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
4015 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
4016 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 4017DOC_END
4018
4019NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
4020TYPE: acl_access
4021DEFAULT: none
4022LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
4023DOC_START
4024 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
4025 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
4026 are sent.
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4027
4028 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4029 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4030DOC_END
4031
4032NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
4033TYPE: onoff
4034LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4035DEFAULT: off
4036DOC_START
4037 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4038 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
4039 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4040 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4041 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4042 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4043 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
4044 users may have access to pages they should not
4045 be allowed to request.
4046DOC_END
4047
4048COMMENT_START
4049 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
4050 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4051COMMENT_END
4052
f04b37d8 4053NAME: cache no_cache
4054TYPE: acl_access
4055DEFAULT: none
4056LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 4057DOC_START
240887f0 4058 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 4059 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
4060 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 4061
240887f0 4062 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
4063 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 4064
240887f0 4065 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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4066
4067 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4068 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4069DOC_END
4070
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4071NAME: max_stale
4072COMMENT: time-units
4073TYPE: time_t
4074LOC: Config.maxStale
4075DEFAULT: 1 week
4076DOC_START
4077 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
4078 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
4079 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
4080DOC_END
4081
41bd17a4 4082NAME: refresh_pattern
4083TYPE: refreshpattern
4084LOC: Config.Refresh
4085DEFAULT: none
4086DOC_START
4087 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 4088
6b698a21 4089 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
4090 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 4091
41bd17a4 4092 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
4093 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
4094 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
4095 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
4096 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 4097
41bd17a4 4098 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
4099 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
4100 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 4101
41bd17a4 4102 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
4103 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 4104
41bd17a4 4105 options: override-expire
4106 override-lastmod
4107 reload-into-ims
4108 ignore-reload
4109 ignore-no-cache
4110 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 4111 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 4112 ignore-private
4113 ignore-auth
570d3f75 4114 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 4115 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 4116 store-stale
a0ec9f68 4117
41bd17a4 4118 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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4119 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
4120 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
4121 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
4122 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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4124 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
4125 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
4126 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
4127 the object fresh for that period of time.
4128
41bd17a4 4129 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
4130 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 4131
41bd17a4 4132 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
4133 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
4134 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4135 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 4136
41bd17a4 4137 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
4138 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4139 this feature could make you liable for problems which
4140 it causes.
9bc73deb 4141
41bd17a4 4142 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
4143 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
4144 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
4145 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
4146 send it anyway.
4147
4148 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
4149 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4150 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4151 liable for problems which it causes.
4152
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4153 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
4154 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4155 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4156 liable for problems which it causes.
4157
41bd17a4 4158 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
4159 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4160 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4161 liable for problems which it causes.
4162
4163 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
4164 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
4165 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
4166 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
4167 it causes.
4168
4169 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
4170 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
4171 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
4172 if one is available.
4173
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4174 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
4175 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
4176 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
4177 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
4178 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
4179
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4180 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
4181 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
4182 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
4183
41bd17a4 4184 Basically a cached object is:
4185
4186 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
4187 STALE if age > max
4188 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
4189 FRESH if age < min
4190 else STALE
4191
4192 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
4193 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
4194 match the default will be used.
4195
4196 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
4197 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
4198 used.
4199
41bd17a4 4200NOCOMMENT_START
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4201
4202# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 4203refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
4204refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 4205refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 4206refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
4207NOCOMMENT_END
4208DOC_END
4209
4210NAME: quick_abort_min
4211COMMENT: (KB)
4212TYPE: kb_int64_t
4213DEFAULT: 16 KB
4214LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
4215DOC_NONE
4216
4217NAME: quick_abort_max
4218COMMENT: (KB)
4219TYPE: kb_int64_t
4220DEFAULT: 16 KB
4221LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
4222DOC_NONE
4223
4224NAME: quick_abort_pct
4225COMMENT: (percent)
4226TYPE: int
4227DEFAULT: 95
4228LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
4229DOC_START
4230 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
4231 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
4232 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
4233 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
4234 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
4235 downloads.
4236
4237 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
4238 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
4239 then.
4240
4241 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
4242 it will finish the retrieval.
4243
4244 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
4245 it will abort the retrieval.
4246
4247 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
4248 it will finish the retrieval.
4249
4250 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
4251 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
4252 to '0 KB'.
4253
4254 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
4255 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
4256DOC_END
60d096f4 4257
41bd17a4 4258NAME: read_ahead_gap
4259COMMENT: buffer-size
4260TYPE: b_int64_t
4261LOC: Config.readAheadGap
4262DEFAULT: 16 KB
4263DOC_START
4264 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
4265 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
4266DOC_END
53e738c6 4267
41bd17a4 4268NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 4269IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4270COMMENT: time-units
4271TYPE: time_t
4272LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 4273DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 4274DOC_START
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4275 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
4276 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
4277 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
4278 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
4279 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
4280 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
4281
4282 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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4283
4284 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4285 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4286 causes.
41bd17a4 4287DOC_END
53e738c6 4288
41bd17a4 4289NAME: positive_dns_ttl
4290COMMENT: time-units
4291TYPE: time_t
4292LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
4293DEFAULT: 6 hours
4294DOC_START
4295 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
4296 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
4297 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
4298DOC_END
c4ab8329 4299
41bd17a4 4300NAME: negative_dns_ttl
4301COMMENT: time-units
4302TYPE: time_t
4303LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
4304DEFAULT: 1 minutes
4305DOC_START
4306 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
4307 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
4308 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
4309 much below 10 seconds.
4310DOC_END
7df0bfd7 4311
41bd17a4 4312NAME: range_offset_limit
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4313COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
4314TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 4315LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 4316DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4317DOC_START
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4318 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
4319
4320 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
4321 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
4322 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
4323 the result is NOT cached.
4324
41bd17a4 4325 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
4326 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
4327 sending anything to the client.
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4328
4329 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
4330 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
4331 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
4332 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
4333
4334 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
4335
4336 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
4337 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
4338
4339 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 4340 client requested. (default)
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4341
4342 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 4343 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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4344
4345 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
4346
4347 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
4348 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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4349 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
4350 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 4351DOC_END
d95b862f 4352
41bd17a4 4353NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4354COMMENT: (seconds)
4355TYPE: time_t
4356LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4357DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4358DOC_START
4359 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4360 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 4361 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 4362 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4363 is most likely better to make your server return a
4364 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4365 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4366 often be best set to 0.
4367DOC_END
c68e9c6b 4368
41bd17a4 4369NAME: store_avg_object_size
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4370COMMENT: (bytes)
4371TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 4372DEFAULT: 13 KB
4373LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4374DOC_START
4375 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4376 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 4377DOC_END
4378
41bd17a4 4379NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4380TYPE: int
4381DEFAULT: 20
4382LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4383DOC_START
4384 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4385 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4386 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4387DOC_END
4388
4389COMMENT_START
4390 HTTP OPTIONS
4391 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4392COMMENT_END
4393
f04b37d8 4394NAME: request_header_max_size
4395COMMENT: (KB)
4396TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4397DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4398LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4399DOC_START
4400 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4401 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4402 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4403 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4404 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4405DOC_END
4406
4407NAME: reply_header_max_size
4408COMMENT: (KB)
4409TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4410DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4411LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4412DOC_START
4413 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4414 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4415 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4416 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4417 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4418DOC_END
4419
4420NAME: request_body_max_size
4421COMMENT: (bytes)
4422TYPE: b_int64_t
4423DEFAULT: 0 KB
4424LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4425DOC_START
4426 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4427 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4428 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4429 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4430 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4431 be no limit imposed.
4432DOC_END
4433
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4434NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4435COMMENT: (bytes)
4436TYPE: b_size_t
4437DEFAULT: 512 KB
4438LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4439DOC_START
4440 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4441 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4442 a large file.
4443DOC_END
4444
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4445NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4446COMMENT: (bytes)
4447TYPE: b_int64_t
4448DEFAULT: 64 KB
4449LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4450DOC_START
4451 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4452 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4453 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4454 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4455 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4456 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4457
4458 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4459 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4460 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4461 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4462 as if dechunking was disabled.
4463
4464 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4465 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4466
4467 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4468 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4469 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4470DOC_END
4471
41bd17a4 4472NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4473IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4474TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4475DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4476LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4477DOC_START
41bd17a4 4478 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4479 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4480
41bd17a4 4481 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4482 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4483
41bd17a4 4484 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4485
41bd17a4 4486 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4487 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4488 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4489 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 4490
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4491 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4492 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4493
41bd17a4 4494Example:
4495 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4496 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4497DOC_END
cccac0a2 4498
22fff3bf 4499NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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4500COMMENT: on|off
4501TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 4502IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 4503DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 4504LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 4505DOC_START
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4506 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
4507 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
4508
4509 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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4510DOC_END
4511
41bd17a4 4512NAME: via
626096be 4513IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4514COMMENT: on|off
4515TYPE: onoff
4516DEFAULT: on
4517LOC: Config.onoff.via
4518DOC_START
4519 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4520 replies as required by RFC2616.
4521DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4522
41bd17a4 4523NAME: ie_refresh
4524COMMENT: on|off
4525TYPE: onoff
4526LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4527DEFAULT: off
4528DOC_START
4529 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4530 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4531 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4532 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4533 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4534 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4535 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4536 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4537 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4538 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4539 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4540 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4541 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4542 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4543 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4544 force fresh content.
4545DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 4546
41bd17a4 4547NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4548COMMENT: on|off
4549TYPE: onoff
4550LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4551DEFAULT: off
4552DOC_START
4553 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4554 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4555 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4556 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4557 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4558
4559 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4560 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4561DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4563NAME: request_entities
4564TYPE: onoff
4565LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4566DEFAULT: off
4567DOC_START
4568 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4569 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4570 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 4571
41bd17a4 4572 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4573 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4574 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4575 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4576 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4577DOC_END
6b53c392 4578
41bd17a4 4579NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4580IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4581TYPE: http_header_access[]
4582LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4583DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4584DOC_START
41bd17a4 4585 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4586
41bd17a4 4587 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4588 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4589 causes.
0976f8db 4590
41bd17a4 4591 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4592 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4593 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4594 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4595 mangling.
934b03fc 4596
41bd17a4 4597 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4598 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4599
41bd17a4 4600 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4601 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4602 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4603
41bd17a4 4604 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4605 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4606
41bd17a4 4607 request_header_access From deny all
4608 request_header_access Referer deny all
4609 request_header_access Server deny all
4610 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4611 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4612 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4613
41bd17a4 4614 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4615 you should use:
5401aa8d 4616
41bd17a4 4617 request_header_access Allow allow all
4618 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4619 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4620 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4621 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4622 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4623 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4624 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4625 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4626 request_header_access Date allow all
4627 request_header_access Expires allow all
4628 request_header_access Host allow all
4629 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4630 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4631 request_header_access Location allow all
4632 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4633 request_header_access Accept allow all
4634 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4635 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4636 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4637 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4638 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4639 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4640 request_header_access Title allow all
4641 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4642 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4643
41bd17a4 4644 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4645 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4646
41bd17a4 4647 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4648 performed).
5401aa8d 4649DOC_END
4650
41bd17a4 4651NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4652IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4653TYPE: http_header_access[]
4654LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4655DEFAULT: none
4656DOC_START
41bd17a4 4657 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4658
41bd17a4 4659 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4660 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4661 causes.
934b03fc 4662
41bd17a4 4663 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4664 server to the client.
934b03fc 4665
41bd17a4 4666 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4667 direction.
6b53c392 4668
41bd17a4 4669 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4670 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4671 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4672 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4673 mangling.
cccac0a2 4674
41bd17a4 4675 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4676 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4677 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4678
41bd17a4 4679 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4680 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4681
41bd17a4 4682 reply_header_access From deny all
4683 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4684 reply_header_access Server deny all
4685 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4686 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4687 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4688
41bd17a4 4689 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4690 you should use:
cccac0a2 4691
41bd17a4 4692 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4693 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4694 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4695 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4696 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4697 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4698 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4699 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4700 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4701 reply_header_access Date allow all
4702 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4703 reply_header_access Host allow all
4704 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4705 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4706 reply_header_access Location allow all
4707 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4708 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4709 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4710 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4711 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4712 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4713 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4714 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4715 reply_header_access Title allow all
4716 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4717 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4718
41bd17a4 4719 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4720 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4721
41bd17a4 4722 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4723 performed).
cccac0a2 4724DOC_END
4725
75e4f2ea 4726NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 4727IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4728TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4729LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4730DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4731DOC_START
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4732 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4733 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4734
41bd17a4 4735 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
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4736 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4737 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
41bd17a4 4738 option.
cccac0a2 4739
41bd17a4 4740 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4741
41bd17a4 4742 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4743DOC_END
cccac0a2 4744
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4745NAME: reply_header_replace
4746IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4747TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4748LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4749DEFAULT: none
4750DOC_START
4751 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4752 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4753
4754 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4755 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4756 with some fixed string.
4757
4758 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4759
4760 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4761DOC_END
4762
41bd17a4 4763NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4764COMMENT: on|off|warn
4765TYPE: tristate
4766LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4767DEFAULT: on
4768DOC_START
4769 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4770 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4771 what the sending application intended even if the message
4772 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4773 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4774
41bd17a4 4775 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4776 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4777
41bd17a4 4778 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4779 or response to be rejected.
4780DOC_END
7d90757b 4781
41bd17a4 4782COMMENT_START
4783 TIMEOUTS
4784 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4785COMMENT_END
4786
4787NAME: forward_timeout
4788COMMENT: time-units
4789TYPE: time_t
4790LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4791DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4792DOC_START
4793 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4794 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4795DOC_END
4796
41bd17a4 4797NAME: connect_timeout
4798COMMENT: time-units
4799TYPE: time_t
4800LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4801DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4802DOC_START
41bd17a4 4803 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4804 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4805 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4806DOC_END
4807
41bd17a4 4808NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4809COMMENT: time-units
4810TYPE: time_t
4811LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4812DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4813DOC_START
41bd17a4 4814 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4815 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4816 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4817 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4818DOC_END
7f7db318 4819
41bd17a4 4820NAME: read_timeout
4821COMMENT: time-units
4822TYPE: time_t
4823LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4824DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4825DOC_START
4826 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4827 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4828 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4829 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4830 default is 15 minutes.
4831DOC_END
cccac0a2 4832
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4833NAME: write_timeout
4834COMMENT: time-units
4835TYPE: time_t
4836LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4837DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4838DOC_START
4839 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4840 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4841 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4842 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4843 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4844 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4845 default is 15 minutes.
4846DOC_END
4847
41bd17a4 4848NAME: request_timeout
4849TYPE: time_t
4850LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4851DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4852DOC_START
6b2a2108 4853 How long to wait for complete HTTP request headers after initial
41bd17a4 4854 connection establishment.
4855DOC_END
cccac0a2 4856
97b32442 4857NAME: client_idle_pconn_timeout persistent_request_timeout
41bd17a4 4858TYPE: time_t
97b32442 4859LOC: Config.Timeout.clientIdlePconn
41bd17a4 4860DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4861DOC_START
4862 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
97b32442 4863 client connection after the previous request completes.
41bd17a4 4864DOC_END
cccac0a2 4865
41bd17a4 4866NAME: client_lifetime
4867COMMENT: time-units
4868TYPE: time_t
4869LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4870DEFAULT: 1 day
4871DOC_START
4872 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4873 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4874 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4875 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4876 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4877 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4878 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4879
41bd17a4 4880 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4881 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4882 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4883 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4884 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4885 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4886DOC_END
4887
41bd17a4 4888NAME: half_closed_clients
4889TYPE: onoff
4890LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4891DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4892DOC_START
41bd17a4 4893 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4894 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4895 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4896 fully-closed TCP connection.
4897
4898 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4899 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4900
abdf1651 4901 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4902 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4903 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4904 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4905DOC_END
4906
97b32442 4907NAME: server_idle_pconn_timeout pconn_timeout
41bd17a4 4908TYPE: time_t
97b32442 4909LOC: Config.Timeout.serverIdlePconn
41bd17a4 4910DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4911DOC_START
41bd17a4 4912 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4913 proxies.
4914DOC_END
cccac0a2 4915
41bd17a4 4916NAME: ident_timeout
4917TYPE: time_t
4918IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4919LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4920DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4921DOC_START
4922 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4923
41bd17a4 4924 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4925 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4926 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4927DOC_END
4928
41bd17a4 4929NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4930COMMENT: time-units
4931TYPE: time_t
4932LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4933DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4934DOC_START
41bd17a4 4935 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4936 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4937 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4938 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4939 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4940DOC_END
0976f8db 4941
cccac0a2 4942COMMENT_START
4943 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4944 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4945COMMENT_END
4946
4947NAME: cache_mgr
4948TYPE: string
4949DEFAULT: webmaster
4950LOC: Config.adminEmail
4951DOC_START
4952 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4953 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4954DOC_END
4955
abacf776 4956NAME: mail_from
4957TYPE: string
4958DEFAULT: none
4959LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4960DOC_START
4961 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4962 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4963 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4964 src/globals.h before building squid.
4965DOC_END
4966
d084bf20 4967NAME: mail_program
4968TYPE: eol
4969DEFAULT: mail
4970LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4971DOC_START
4972 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4973 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4974 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4975 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4976
d084bf20 4977 Optional command line options can be specified.
4978DOC_END
4979
cccac0a2 4980NAME: cache_effective_user
4981TYPE: string
5483d916 4982DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4983LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4984DOC_START
4985 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4986 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4987 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4988 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4989DOC_END
4990
cccac0a2 4991NAME: cache_effective_group
4992TYPE: string
4993DEFAULT: none
4994LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4995DOC_START
64e288bd 4996 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4997 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4998 from the groups membership.
4999
e3d74828 5000 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
5001 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
5002 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 5003 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 5004 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 5005 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 5006 group.
64e288bd 5007
5008 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
5009 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
5010 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 5011DOC_END
5012
d3caee79 5013NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
5014COMMENT: on|off
5015TYPE: onoff
5016DEFAULT: off
5017LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
5018DOC_START
5019 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
5020DOC_END
5021
cccac0a2 5022NAME: visible_hostname
5023TYPE: string
5024LOC: Config.visibleHostname
5025DEFAULT: none
5026DOC_START
5027 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 5028 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 5029 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
5030 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
5031 names with this setting.
5032DOC_END
5033
cccac0a2 5034NAME: unique_hostname
5035TYPE: string
5036LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
5037DEFAULT: none
5038DOC_START
5039 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 5040 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
5041 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 5042DOC_END
5043
cccac0a2 5044NAME: hostname_aliases
5045TYPE: wordlist
5046LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
5047DEFAULT: none
5048DOC_START
7f7db318 5049 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 5050DOC_END
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5052NAME: umask
5053TYPE: int
5054LOC: Config.umask
5055DEFAULT: 027
5056DOC_START
5057 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
5058 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
5059
5060 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
5061 your value with 0.
5062DOC_END
5063
cccac0a2 5064COMMENT_START
5065 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
5066 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5067
5068 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
5069 announcement service. This service is provided to help
5070 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
5071 create cache hierarchies.
5072
5073 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
5074 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
5075 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
5076
5077 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
5078 following information from this configuration file:
5079
5080 http_port
5081 icp_port
5082 cache_mgr
5083
5084 All current information is processed regularly and made
5085 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
5086COMMENT_END
5087
5088NAME: announce_period
5089TYPE: time_t
5090LOC: Config.Announce.period
5091DEFAULT: 0
5092DOC_START
5093 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
5094 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
5095 messages.
5096
e0855596 5097 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 5098
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5099 Example:
5100 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 5101DOC_END
5102
cccac0a2 5103NAME: announce_host
5104TYPE: string
5105DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
5106LOC: Config.Announce.host
5107DOC_NONE
5108
5109NAME: announce_file
5110TYPE: string
5111DEFAULT: none
5112LOC: Config.Announce.file
5113DOC_NONE
5114
5115NAME: announce_port
ae870270 5116TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 5117DEFAULT: 3131
5118LOC: Config.Announce.port
5119DOC_START
5120 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
5121 number where the registration message will be sent.
5122
5123 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
5124 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
5125 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
5126 message.
5127DOC_END
5128
8d6275c0 5129COMMENT_START
5130 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
5131 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5132COMMENT_END
5133
cccac0a2 5134NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 5135TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 5136DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5137LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 5138DOC_START
5139 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
5140 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
5141 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
5142 an identification token.
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5143
5144 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 5145DOC_END
5146
5147NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 5148COMMENT: on|off
5149TYPE: onoff
5150DEFAULT: off
5151LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
5152DOC_START
5153 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
5154 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
5155DOC_END
5156
5157NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 5158IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 5159COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 5160TYPE: string
5161LOC: ESIParser::Type
5162DEFAULT: custom
5163DOC_START
5164 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
5165 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
5166 encodings.
5167DOC_END
0976f8db 5168
9edd9041 5169COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5170 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 5171 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5172COMMENT_END
5173
5174NAME: delay_pools
5175TYPE: delay_pool_count
5176DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5177IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5178LOC: Config.Delay
5179DOC_START
5180 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
5181 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
5182 have a total of 2 delay pools.
5183DOC_END
5184
5185NAME: delay_class
5186TYPE: delay_pool_class
5187DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5188IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5189LOC: Config.Delay
5190DOC_START
5191 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
5192 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
5193 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
5194 and here would be:
5195
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5196 Example:
5197 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
5198 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
5199 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
5200 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
5201 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 5202
5203 The delay pool classes are:
5204
5205 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5206 bucket.
5207
5208 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5209 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 5210 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 5211
5212 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5213 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
5214 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
5215 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 5216 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 5217
5218 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
5219 additional limit on a per user basis. This
5220 only takes effect if the username is established
5221 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
5222 http_access rules.
5223
5224 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
5225 external_acl's tag= reply).
5226
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5227
5228 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
5229 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
5230 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
5231
9edd9041 5232 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
5233 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
5234 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
5235 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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5236
5237 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
5238 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 5239DOC_END
5240
5241NAME: delay_access
5242TYPE: delay_pool_access
5243DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5244IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5245LOC: Config.Delay
5246DOC_START
5247 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
5248
5249 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
5250 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
5251 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
5252 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
5253
5254 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
5255 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
5256
5257Example:
5258 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
5259 delay_access 1 deny all
5260 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
5261 delay_access 2 deny all
5262 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
5263DOC_END
5264
5265NAME: delay_parameters
5266TYPE: delay_pool_rates
5267DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5268IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5269LOC: Config.Delay
5270DOC_START
5271 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
5272 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 5273 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 5274
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5275 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
5276 delay_pools pool 1
5277 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 5278
5279 For a class 2 delay pool:
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5280 delay_pools pool 2
5281 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 5282
5283 For a class 3 delay pool:
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5284 delay_pools pool 3
5285 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 5286
5287 For a class 4 delay pool:
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5288 delay_pools pool 4
5289 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 5290
5291 For a class 5 delay pool:
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5292 delay_pools pool 5
5293 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 5294
0b68481a 5295 The option variables are:
9edd9041 5296
5297 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
5298 number specified in delay_pools as used in
5299 delay_class lines.
5300
fdb47ac6 5301 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 5302 (class 1, 2, 3).
5303
fdb47ac6 5304 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 5305 buckets (class 2, 3).
5306
fdb47ac6 5307 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 5308 (class 3).
5309
fdb47ac6 5310 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 5311 (class 4).
5312
fdb47ac6 5313 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 5314 (class 5).
5315
5316 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
5317 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
5318 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
5319 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
5320
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5321 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
5322
5323
9edd9041 5324 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 5325 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 5326 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
5327
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5328 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
5329
5330 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 5331
5332 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
5333
0b68481a 5334
9edd9041 5335 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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5336 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
5337 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
5338 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 5339 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
5340 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
5341 large downloads more significantly:
5342
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5343 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
5344
5345 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
5346 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
5347 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 5348
9edd9041 5349
5350 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 5351 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 5352
0b68481a 5353 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
9edd9041 5354DOC_END
5355
5356NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
5357COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 5358TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 5359DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5360IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5361LOC: Config.Delay.initial
5362DOC_START
5363 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5364 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5365 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5366 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5367 "seen" by squid).
5368DOC_END
5369
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5370COMMENT_START
5371 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5372 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5373COMMENT_END
5374
5375NAME: client_delay_pools
5376TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5377DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5378IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5379LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5380DOC_START
5381 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5382 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5383
5384Example:
5385 client_delay_pools 2
5386DOC_END
5387
5388NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5389COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 5390TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 5391DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5392IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5393LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5394DOC_START
5395 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5396 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5397 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5398 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5399
5400 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5401 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5402 from client_delay_parameters.
5403
5404Example:
5405 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5406DOC_END
5407
5408NAME: client_delay_parameters
5409TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5410DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5411IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5412LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5413DOC_START
5414
5415 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5416 following format:
5417
5418 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5419
5420 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5421
5422 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5423
5424 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5425 speed_limit additions.
5426
5427 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5428 examples.
5429
5430Example:
5431 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5432 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5433DOC_END
5434
5435NAME: client_delay_access
5436TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5437DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5438IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5439LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5440DOC_START
5441
5442 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5443 request:
5444
5445 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5446
5447 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5448 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5449 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5450 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5451 limited.
5452
5453 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5454 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5455 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5456 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5457
5458 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5459
5460Example:
5461 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5462 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5463DOC_END
5464
cccac0a2 5465COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5466 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5467 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5468COMMENT_END
5469
8d6275c0 5470NAME: wccp_router
5471TYPE: address
5472LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5473DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5474IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5475DOC_START
5476 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5477 Squid.
5478
5479 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5480
5481 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5482
5483 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5484 which version of WCCP to use.
5485DOC_END
df2eec10 5486
8d6275c0 5487NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5488TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5489LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5490DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5491IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5492DOC_START
8d6275c0 5493 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5494 Squid.
cccac0a2 5495
8d6275c0 5496 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5497
8d6275c0 5498 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5499
8d6275c0 5500 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5501 which version of WCCP to use.
5502DOC_END
5503
5504NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5505TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5506LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5507DEFAULT: 4
5508IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5509DOC_START
8d6275c0 5510 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5511 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5512 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5513 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5514 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5515
8d6275c0 5516 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5517 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5518 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5519 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5520DOC_END
5521
8d6275c0 5522NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5523TYPE: onoff
5524LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5525DEFAULT: on
5526IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5527DOC_START
5528 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5529 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5530DOC_END
cccac0a2 5531
8d6275c0 5532NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5533TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5534LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5535DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5536IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5537DOC_START
699acd19 5538 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5539 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5540
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5541 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5542 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5543
8d6275c0 5544 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5545 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5546DOC_END
5547
8d6275c0 5548NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5549TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5550LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5551DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5552IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5553DOC_START
699acd19 5554 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5555 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5556 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5557
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5558 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5559 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5560
8d6275c0 5561 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5562 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5563
699acd19 5564 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5565 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5566 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5567 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5568DOC_END
5569
8d6275c0 5570NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5571TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5572LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5573DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5574IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5575DOC_START
8d6275c0 5576 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5577 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5578
451c4786 5579 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5580 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5581
8d6275c0 5582 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5583 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5584DOC_END
cccac0a2 5585
8d6275c0 5586NAME: wccp2_service
5587TYPE: wccp2_service
5588LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5589DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5590IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5591DOC_START
5592 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5593 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5594 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5595 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5596 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5597 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5598
5599 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5600 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5601
5602 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5603 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5604
5605 Examples:
5606
5607 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5608 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5609 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5610 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5611DOC_END
5612
5613NAME: wccp2_service_info
5614TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5615LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5616DEFAULT: none
5617IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5618DOC_START
5619 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5620 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5621
5622 The format is:
5623
5624 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5625 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5626
5627 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5628 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5629 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5630 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5631 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5632 + ports_source
5633
5634 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5635
5636 Example:
5637
5638 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5639 priority=240 ports=80
5640
5641 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5642 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5643DOC_END
5644
5645NAME: wccp2_weight
5646TYPE: int
5647LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5648DEFAULT: 10000
5649IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5650DOC_START
5651 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5652 hash proportional to their weight.
5653DOC_END
5654
5655NAME: wccp_address
5656TYPE: address
5657LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5658DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5659IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5660DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5661
8d6275c0 5662NAME: wccp2_address
5663TYPE: address
5664LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5665DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5666IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5667DOC_START
5668 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5669 interface address.
5670
5671 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5672DOC_END
5673
5674COMMENT_START
5675 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5676 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5677
5678 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5679COMMENT_END
5680
5681NAME: client_persistent_connections
5682TYPE: onoff
5683LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5684DEFAULT: on
5685DOC_NONE
5686
5687NAME: server_persistent_connections
5688TYPE: onoff
5689LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5690DEFAULT: on
5691DOC_START
5692 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5693 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5694 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5695 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5696DOC_END
5697
5698NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5699TYPE: onoff
5700LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5701DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5702DOC_START
5703 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5704 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5705 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5706DOC_END
5707
5708NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5709TYPE: onoff
5710LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5711DEFAULT: off
5712DOC_START
5713 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5714 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5715 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5716 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5717
5718 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5719 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5720 after 10 seconds timeout.
5721DOC_END
5722
5723COMMENT_START
5724 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5725 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5726COMMENT_END
5727
5728NAME: digest_generation
5729IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5730TYPE: onoff
5731LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5732DEFAULT: on
5733DOC_START
5734 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5735 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5736 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5737DOC_END
5738
5739NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5740IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5741TYPE: int
5742LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5743DEFAULT: 5
5744DOC_START
5745 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5746 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5747 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5748DOC_END
5749
5750NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5751IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5752COMMENT: (seconds)
5753TYPE: time_t
5754LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5755DEFAULT: 1 hour
5756DOC_START
749ceff8 5757 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5758DOC_END
5759
5760NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5761COMMENT: (seconds)
5762IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5763TYPE: time_t
5764LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5765DEFAULT: 1 hour
5766DOC_START
749ceff8 5767 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5768 disk.
5769DOC_END
5770
5771NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5772COMMENT: (bytes)
5773TYPE: b_size_t
5774IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5775LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5776DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5777DOC_START
5778 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5779 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5780 default swap page.
5781DOC_END
5782
5783NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5784COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5785IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5786TYPE: int
5787LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5788DEFAULT: 10
5789DOC_START
5790 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5791 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5792DOC_END
5793
1db9eacd 5794COMMENT_START
5473c134 5795 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5796 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5797COMMENT_END
5798
5473c134 5799NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 5800TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5801LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5802DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5803IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5804DOC_START
87630341 5805 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5806 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5807 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5808 set to "0" (disabled)
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5809
5810 Example:
5811 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5812DOC_END
5813
5473c134 5814NAME: snmp_access
5815TYPE: acl_access
5816LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5817DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5818IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5819DOC_START
5473c134 5820 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5821
5473c134 5822 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5823 usage:
8d6275c0 5824
5473c134 5825 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5826
b3567eb5
FC
5827 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5828 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5829Example:
5830 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5831 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5832DOC_END
5833
5473c134 5834NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5835TYPE: address
5836LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5837DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5838IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5839DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5840
5473c134 5841NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5842TYPE: address
5843LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5844DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5845IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5846DOC_START
df2eec10 5847 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5848
5473c134 5849 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5850 messages from SNMP agents.
5851 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5852 agents.
cccac0a2 5853
0eb08770 5854 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5855 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5856
0eb08770
HN
5857 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5858 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5859 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5860 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5861
5473c134 5862 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5863 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5864DOC_END
5865
5473c134 5866COMMENT_START
5867 ICP OPTIONS
5868 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5869COMMENT_END
5870
5871NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 5872TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5873DEFAULT: 0
5874LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5875DOC_START
5473c134 5876 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5877 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5878 Default is disabled (0).
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5879
5880 Example:
5881 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5882DOC_END
5883
5473c134 5884NAME: htcp_port
5885IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 5886TYPE: u_short
87630341 5887DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5888LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5889DOC_START
5473c134 5890 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5891 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5892 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5893
5894 Example:
5895 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5896DOC_END
5897
5898NAME: log_icp_queries
5899COMMENT: on|off
5900TYPE: onoff
5901DEFAULT: on
5902LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5903DOC_START
5904 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5905 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5906 up or to simplify log analysis.
5907DOC_END
5908
5473c134 5909NAME: udp_incoming_address
5910TYPE: address
5911LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5912DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5913DOC_START
5914 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5915 caches.
5916
5917 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5918
5919 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5920 a specific interface/address.
5921
5922 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5923 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5924
5925 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5926
5927 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5928 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5929DOC_END
cccac0a2 5930
5473c134 5931NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5932TYPE: address
5933LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5934DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5935DOC_START
8524d4b2 5936 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5937 caches.
cccac0a2 5938
5473c134 5939 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5940
8524d4b2 5941 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5942 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5943 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5944 caches.
5945
8524d4b2 5946 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5947 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5948
5949 see also; udp_incoming_address
5950
5473c134 5951 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5952 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5953DOC_END
5954
3d1e3e43 5955NAME: icp_hit_stale
5956COMMENT: on|off
5957TYPE: onoff
5958DEFAULT: off
5959LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5960DOC_START
5961 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5962 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5963 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5964 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5965 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5966 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5967 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5968DOC_END
5969
5473c134 5970NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5971TYPE: int
5473c134 5972DEFAULT: 4
5973LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5974DOC_START
5473c134 5975 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5976 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5977DOC_END
5978
5473c134 5979NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5980TYPE: int
5981DEFAULT: 400
5982LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5983DOC_START
5473c134 5984 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5985 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5986DOC_END
5987
cccac0a2 5988NAME: netdb_low
5989TYPE: int
5990DEFAULT: 900
5991LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5992DOC_NONE
5993
5994NAME: netdb_high
5995TYPE: int
5996DEFAULT: 1000
5997LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5998DOC_START
5999 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
6000 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
6001 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
6002 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
6003DOC_END
6004
cccac0a2 6005NAME: netdb_ping_period
6006TYPE: time_t
6007LOC: Config.Netdb.period
6008DEFAULT: 5 minutes
6009DOC_START
6010 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
6011 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
6012 network. The default is five minutes.
6013DOC_END
6014
cccac0a2 6015NAME: query_icmp
6016COMMENT: on|off
6017TYPE: onoff
6018DEFAULT: off
6019LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
6020DOC_START
6021 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
6022 replies, enable this option.
6023
6024 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 6025 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
6026 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 6027 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
6028 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
6029 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
6030 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
6031 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
6032DOC_END
6033
6034NAME: test_reachability
6035COMMENT: on|off
6036TYPE: onoff
6037DEFAULT: off
6038LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
6039DOC_START
6040 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
6041 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
6042 database, or has a zero RTT.
6043DOC_END
6044
5473c134 6045NAME: icp_query_timeout
6046COMMENT: (msec)
6047DEFAULT: 0
6048TYPE: int
6049LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 6050DOC_START
5473c134 6051 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
6052 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
6053 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
6054 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
6055 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
6056 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 6057
5473c134 6058 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 6059DOC_END
6060
5473c134 6061NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
6062COMMENT: (msec)
6063DEFAULT: 2000
6064TYPE: int
6065LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 6066DOC_START
5473c134 6067 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
6068 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
6069 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
6070 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
6071 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
6072 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 6073DOC_END
6074
5473c134 6075NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
6076COMMENT: (msec)
6077DEFAULT: 5
6078TYPE: int
6079LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 6080DOC_START
5473c134 6081 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
6082 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
6083 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
6084 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
6085 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
6086 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
6087 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 6088DOC_END
6089
5473c134 6090NAME: background_ping_rate
6091COMMENT: time-units
6092TYPE: time_t
6093DEFAULT: 10 seconds
6094LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 6095DOC_START
5473c134 6096 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
6097 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 6098DOC_END
6099
5473c134 6100COMMENT_START
6101 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
6102 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6103COMMENT_END
6104
6105NAME: mcast_groups
6106TYPE: wordlist
6107LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 6108DEFAULT: none
6109DOC_START
5473c134 6110 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
6111 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 6112
5473c134 6113 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
6114 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
6115 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
6116 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
6117 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
6118 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
6119 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 6120
5473c134 6121 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
6122 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 6123
5473c134 6124 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
6125 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 6126
5473c134 6127 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 6128
5473c134 6129 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
6130DOC_END
8c01ada0 6131
5473c134 6132NAME: mcast_miss_addr
6133IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
6134TYPE: address
6135LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 6136DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 6137DOC_START
6138 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
6139 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 6140
5473c134 6141 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
6142 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 6143DOC_END
6144
5473c134 6145NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
6146IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 6147TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6148LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
6149DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 6150DOC_START
5473c134 6151 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
6152 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
6153 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
6154DOC_END
cccac0a2 6155
5473c134 6156NAME: mcast_miss_port
6157IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 6158TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6159LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
6160DEFAULT: 3135
6161DOC_START
6162 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
6163 'mcast_miss_addr'.
6164DOC_END
cccac0a2 6165
5473c134 6166NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
6167IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
6168TYPE: string
6169LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
6170DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
6171DOC_START
6172 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
6173 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
6174DOC_END
8c01ada0 6175
5473c134 6176NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
6177COMMENT: (msec)
6178DEFAULT: 2000
6179TYPE: int
6180LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
6181DOC_START
6182 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
6183 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
6184 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
6185 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
6186 seconds.
cccac0a2 6187DOC_END
6188
5473c134 6189COMMENT_START
6190 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
6191 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6192COMMENT_END
6193
cccac0a2 6194NAME: icon_directory
6195TYPE: string
6196LOC: Config.icons.directory
6197DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
6198DOC_START
6199 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
6200 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
6201DOC_END
6202
f024c970 6203NAME: global_internal_static
6204TYPE: onoff
6205LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
6206DEFAULT: on
6207DOC_START
6208 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
6209 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
6210 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
6211 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
6212 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
6213 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
6214 the server generating a directory listing.
6215DOC_END
6216
5473c134 6217NAME: short_icon_urls
6218TYPE: onoff
6219LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
6220DEFAULT: on
6221DOC_START
6222 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
6223 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
6224 it's own name and port in the URL.
6225
6226 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
6227 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
6228DOC_END
6229
6230COMMENT_START
6231 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
6232 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6233COMMENT_END
6234
6235NAME: error_directory
6236TYPE: string
6237LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 6238DEFAULT: none
5473c134 6239DOC_START
6240 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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6241 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
6242 the error/template files to another directory and point
6243 this tag at them.
6244
6245 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
6246 on error pages if used.
5473c134 6247
6248 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6249 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 6250 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 6251 contributing your translation back to the project.
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6252 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
6253
6254 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
6255 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
6256DOC_END
6257
6258NAME: error_default_language
6259IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6260TYPE: string
6261LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
6262DEFAULT: none
6263DOC_START
6264 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
6265 if no existing translation matches the clients language
6266 preferences.
6267
6268 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
6269
6270 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6271 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
6272 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
6273 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 6274DOC_END
6275
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6276NAME: error_log_languages
6277IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6278TYPE: onoff
6279LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
6280DEFAULT: on
6281DOC_START
6282 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
6283 auto-negotiate for translations.
6284
6285 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
6286 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 6287 of its error page translations.
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6288DOC_END
6289
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6290NAME: err_page_stylesheet
6291TYPE: string
6292LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
6293DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
6294DOC_START
6295 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
6296
6297 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
6298DOC_END
6299
5473c134 6300NAME: err_html_text
6301TYPE: eol
6302LOC: Config.errHtmlText
6303DEFAULT: none
6304DOC_START
6305 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
6306 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
6307 organizations Web page.
6308
6309 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
6310 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
6311 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
6312 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
6313DOC_END
6314
6315NAME: email_err_data
6316COMMENT: on|off
6317TYPE: onoff
6318LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
6319DEFAULT: on
6320DOC_START
6321 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
6322 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
6323 so that the email body contains the data.
6324 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
6325DOC_END
6326
6327NAME: deny_info
6328TYPE: denyinfo
6329LOC: Config.denyInfoList
6330DEFAULT: none
6331DOC_START
6332 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
6333 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 6334 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 6335
6336 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
6337 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
6338 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
6339 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
6340
6341 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
6342 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
6343 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
6344 the first authentication related acl encountered
6345 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
6346 acl processed on the last http_access line.
3af10ac0
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6347 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
6348 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 6349
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6350 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
6351 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
6352 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 6353
aed9a15b
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6354 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
6355 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
6356 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
6357
5473c134 6358 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
6359 by specifying TCP_RESET.
15b02e9a
AJ
6360
6361 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
aed9a15b
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6362 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
6363 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6364 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6365 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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6366
6367 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6368 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6369 %B - FTP path URL
6370 %e - Error number
6371 %E - Error description
6372 %h - Squid hostname
6373 %H - Request domain name
6374 %i - Client IP Address
6375 %M - Request Method
6376 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6377 %p - Request Port number
6378 %P - Request Protocol name
6379 %R - Request URL path
6380 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6381 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6382 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6383 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6384 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 6385 %x - Error name
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AJ
6386 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6387
5473c134 6388DOC_END
6389
6390COMMENT_START
6391 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6392 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6393COMMENT_END
6394
6395NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6396TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6397LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6398DEFAULT: on
6399DOC_START
5473c134 6400 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6401 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6402 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 6403
5473c134 6404 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6405 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 6406
5473c134 6407 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6408 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6409 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 6410
5473c134 6411 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6412 this directive.
8d6275c0 6413DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 6414
5473c134 6415NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6416TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6417LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6418DEFAULT: off
6419DOC_START
5473c134 6420 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6421 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6422 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 6423
5473c134 6424 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6425 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6426 fails.
6427
6428 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6429 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6430 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 6431DOC_END
6432
5473c134 6433NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 6434TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 6435LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6436DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6437DOC_START
5473c134 6438 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6439
5473c134 6440 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6441 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6442 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6443 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6444 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6445
5473c134 6446 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6447 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6448
5473c134 6449 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6450
5473c134 6451 acl FTP proto FTP
6452 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6453
5473c134 6454 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6455 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6456 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6457 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6458 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6459
5473c134 6460 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6461 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6462 always_direct deny local-external
6463 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6464
5473c134 6465 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6466 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6467 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6468 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6469
5473c134 6470 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6471 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6472 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6473
b3567eb5
FC
6474 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6475 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6476DOC_END
0976f8db 6477
5473c134 6478NAME: never_direct
6479TYPE: acl_access
6480LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6481DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6482DOC_START
5473c134 6483 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6484
6485 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6486 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6487
6488 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6489 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6490 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6491 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6492
6493 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6494 never_direct deny local-servers
6495 never_direct allow all
6496
6497 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6498 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6499
6500 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6501 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6502 always_direct deny local-external
6503 always_direct allow local-intranet
6504 never_direct allow all
6505
b3567eb5
FC
6506 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6507 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6508DOC_END
0976f8db 6509
5473c134 6510COMMENT_START
6511 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6512 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6513COMMENT_END
6514
cccac0a2 6515NAME: incoming_icp_average
6516TYPE: int
6517DEFAULT: 6
6518LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
6519DOC_NONE
6520
6521NAME: incoming_http_average
6522TYPE: int
6523DEFAULT: 4
6524LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
6525DOC_NONE
6526
6527NAME: incoming_dns_average
6528TYPE: int
6529DEFAULT: 4
6530LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
6531DOC_NONE
6532
6533NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6534TYPE: int
6535DEFAULT: 8
6536LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
6537DOC_NONE
6538
6539NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6540TYPE: int
6541DEFAULT: 8
6542LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
6543DOC_NONE
6544
6545NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6546TYPE: int
6547DEFAULT: 8
6548LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
6549DOC_START
5473c134 6550 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6551 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6552 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6553DOC_END
6554
6555NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6556TYPE: string
6557DEFAULT: none
6558LOC: Config.accept_filter
6559DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6560 FreeBSD:
6561
5473c134 6562 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6563 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6564 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6565
6566 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6567 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6568 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6569
6570 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6571 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6572 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6573
6574 Linux:
6575
6576 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6577 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6578 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6579 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6580 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6581EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6582# FreeBSD
5473c134 6583accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6584# Linux
6585accept_filter data
5473c134 6586DOC_END
6587
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6588NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6589TYPE: int
6590LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6591DEFAULT: -1
6592DOC_START
6593 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6594 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6595 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6596
6597 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6598 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6599
6600 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6601
6602 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6603 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6604DOC_END
6605
5473c134 6606NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6607COMMENT: (bytes)
6608TYPE: b_size_t
6609DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6610LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6611DOC_START
6612 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6613 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6614 the default buffer size.
6615DOC_END
6616
6617COMMENT_START
6618 ICAP OPTIONS
6619 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6620COMMENT_END
6621
6622NAME: icap_enable
6623TYPE: onoff
6624IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6625COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6626LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6627DEFAULT: off
6628DOC_START
53e738c6 6629 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6630DOC_END
6631
6632NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6633TYPE: time_t
6634DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6635LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6636IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6637DOC_START
6638 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6639 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6640 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6641
6642 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6643 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6644 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6645DOC_END
6646
6647NAME: icap_io_timeout
6648COMMENT: time-units
6649TYPE: time_t
6650DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6651LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6652IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6653DOC_START
6654 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6655 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6656 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6657 failure.
6658
6659 The default is read_timeout.
6660DOC_END
6661
6662NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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CT
6663COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
6664TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6665IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6666LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6667DEFAULT: 10
6668DOC_START
6669 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6670 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6671 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6672 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6673 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6674
6675 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6676 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6677 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
8277060a
CT
6678
6679 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6680 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6681 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6682 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6683 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6684
6685 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6686 effect on service failure expiration.
6687
6688 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6689 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6690 setting.
6691
6692 For example,
6693 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6694 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6695DOC_END
6696
5473c134 6697NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6698TYPE: int
5473c134 6699IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6700LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6701DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6702DOC_START
5473c134 6703 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6704 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6705 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6706 fetched.
cccac0a2 6707
5473c134 6708 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6709 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6710DOC_END
6711
5473c134 6712NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6713TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6714IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6715COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6716LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6717DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6718DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6719 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6720 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6721 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6722 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6723
6724 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6725 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6726 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6727
6728 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6729 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6730Example:
6731icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6732DOC_END
6733
5473c134 6734NAME: icap_preview_size
6735TYPE: int
6736IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6737LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6738DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6739DOC_START
53e738c6 6740 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6741 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6742 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6743DOC_END
6744
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6745NAME: icap_206_enable
6746TYPE: onoff
6747IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6748COMMENT: on|off
6749LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6750DEFAULT: on
6751DOC_START
6752 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6753 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6754 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6755 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6756
6757 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6758 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6759 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6760 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6761 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6762
6763 Example:
6764 icap_206_enable off
6765DOC_END
6766
5473c134 6767NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6768TYPE: int
6769IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6770LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6771DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6772DOC_START
53e738c6 6773 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6774 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6775DOC_END
6776
5473c134 6777NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6778TYPE: onoff
6779IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6780COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6781LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6782DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6783DOC_START
5473c134 6784 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6785 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6786DOC_END
6787
22fff3bf 6788NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 6789TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6790IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6791COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6792LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 6793DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6794DOC_START
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6795 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
6796 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
6797 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
6798
6799 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 6800DOC_END
6801
22fff3bf 6802NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 6803TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6804IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6805COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6806LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 6807DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6808DOC_START
5473c134 6809 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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6810 the adaptation service.
6811
6812 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 6813 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6814 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6815DOC_END
6816
5473c134 6817NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6818TYPE: string
5473c134 6819IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6820LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6821DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6822DOC_START
db49f682 6823 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 6824DOC_END
6825
5473c134 6826NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6827TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6828IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6829COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6830LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6831DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6832DOC_START
5473c134 6833 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6834DOC_END
6835
5473c134 6836NAME: icap_service
6837TYPE: icap_service_type
6838IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6839LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6840DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6841DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6842 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6843
c25c2836 6844 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
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6846 id: ID
6847 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
6848 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
6849 services in squid.conf.
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6850
6851 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6852 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6853 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6854 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 6855
c25c2836 6856 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
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6857 ICAP server and service location.
6858
6859 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6860 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6861 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6862 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6863 service_names differ.
6864
6865
6866 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6867 the following name=value options:
6868
6869 bypass=on|off|1|0
6870 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6871 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6872 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6873 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6874 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6875 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6876 returned to the HTTP client.
6877
6878 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6879
6880 routing=on|off|1|0
6881 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6882 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6883 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6884 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6885 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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6886 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
6887 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
6888 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
6889
6890 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
6891 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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6892
6893 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6894 response header is ignored.
6895
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6896 ipv6=on|off
6897 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6898 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6899 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6900
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6901 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
6902 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
6903 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
6904 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
6905 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
6906 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
6907 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
6908
6909 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
6910 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
6911 workers may use a given service.
6912
6913 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
6914 otherwise it is set to "wait".
6915
6916
6917 max-conn=number
6918 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
6919 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
6920
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6921 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6922 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 6923
5473c134 6924Example:
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6925icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
6926icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod routing=on
cccac0a2 6927DOC_END
6928
5473c134 6929NAME: icap_class
6930TYPE: icap_class_type
6931IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6932LOC: none
5473c134 6933DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6934DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6935 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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6936 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6937 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 6938
62c7f90e 6939 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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6940 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6941 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 6942DOC_END
6943
5473c134 6944NAME: icap_access
6945TYPE: icap_access_type
6946IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6947LOC: none
cccac0a2 6948DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6949DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6950 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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6951 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6952 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 6953DOC_END
6954
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6955COMMENT_START
6956 eCAP OPTIONS
6957 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6958COMMENT_END
6959
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6960NAME: ecap_enable
6961TYPE: onoff
6962IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6963COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6964LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6965DEFAULT: off
6966DOC_START
6967 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6968DOC_END
6969
6970NAME: ecap_service
6971TYPE: ecap_service_type
6972IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6973LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6974DEFAULT: none
6975DOC_START
6976 Defines a single eCAP service
6977
c25c2836 6978 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 6979
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6980 id: ID
6981 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
6982 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
6983 services in squid.conf.
6984
6985 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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6986 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6987 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6988 are not yet supported.
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6989
6990 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6991 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
6992 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
6993 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
6994 the service provider.
6995
6996
6997 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
6998 the following name=value options:
6999
7000 bypass=on|off|1|0
7001 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
7002 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
7003 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 7004 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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7005 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
7006 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
21a26d31 7007 HTTP client.
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7008
7009 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
7010
7011 routing=on|off|1|0
7012 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
7013 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
7014 returning a chain of services to be used next.
7015
7016 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
7017 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
7018
7019 Routing is not allowed by default.
7020
7021 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
7022 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
7023
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7024
7025Example:
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7026ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
7027ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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7028DOC_END
7029
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7030NAME: loadable_modules
7031TYPE: wordlist
7032IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
7033LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
7034DEFAULT: none
7035DOC_START
7036 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
7037 preloaded module(s).
7038Example:
7039loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
7040DOC_END
7041
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7042COMMENT_START
7043 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
7044 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7045COMMENT_END
7046
7047NAME: adaptation_service_set
7048TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
7049IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7050LOC: none
7051DEFAULT: none
7052DOC_START
7053
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7054 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
7055 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
7056
7057 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
7058
7059 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
7060 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
7061 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
7062 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
7063 intact.
62c7f90e 7064
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7065 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
7066 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 7067
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7068 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
7069 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
7070
7071 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
7072 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
7073 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
7074 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
7075 transaction fails as well.
7076
7077 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
7078 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
7079 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
7080 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
7081 matters.
7082
7083 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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7084
7085Example:
7086adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
7087adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
7088DOC_END
7089
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7090NAME: adaptation_service_chain
7091TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
7092IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7093LOC: none
7094DEFAULT: none
7095DOC_START
7096
7097 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
7098 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
7099 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
7100
7101 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
7102
7103 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
7104 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
7105 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
7106 the previous service in the chain.
7107
7108 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
7109 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
7110
7111 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
7112 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
7113 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
7114
7115 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
7116 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
7117
7118 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
7119 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
7120 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
7121 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
7122
7123 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
7124
7125Example:
7126adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
7127DOC_END
7128
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7129NAME: adaptation_access
7130TYPE: adaptation_access_type
7131IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7132LOC: none
7133DEFAULT: none
7134DOC_START
7135 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
7136
7137 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
7138 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
7139
7140 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
7141 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
7142 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
7143 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
7144
7145 - services serving different vectoring points
7146 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
7147 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
7148 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
7149
7150 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
7151 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
7152 adaptation_service_set for details.
7153
7154 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
7155 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
7156 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
7157 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
7158
7159 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
7160 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
7161
7162 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
7163
7164Example:
7165adaptation_access service_1 allow all
7166DOC_END
7167
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7168NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
7169TYPE: int
7170IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7171LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
7172DEFAULT: 16
7173DOC_START
7174 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
7175 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
7176 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
7177 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
7178 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
7179 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
7180
7181 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
7182
7183 See also: icap_service routing=1
7184DOC_END
7185
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7186NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
7187TYPE: string
7188IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7189LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
7190DEFAULT: none
7191DOC_START
7192 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
7193 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
7194 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
7195 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
7196 with the master transaction.
7197
7198 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
7199 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
7200
7201 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
7202 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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7203 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
7204
7205 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
7206 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
7207 to provide an option with a name specified in
7208 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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7210 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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7211 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
7212
7213 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
7214
7215Example:
7216# share authentication information among ICAP services
7217adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
7218DOC_END
7219
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7220NAME: adaptation_meta
7221TYPE: adaptation_meta_type
7222IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7223LOC: Adaptation::Config::metaHeaders
7224DEFAULT: none
7225DOC_START
7226 This option allows Squid administrator to add custom ICAP request
7227 headers or eCAP options to Squid ICAP requests or eCAP transactions.
7228 Use it to pass custom authentication tokens and other
7229 transaction-state related meta information to an ICAP/eCAP service.
7230
7231 The addition of a meta header is ACL-driven:
7232 adaptation_meta name value [!]aclname ...
7233
7234 Processing for a given header name stops after the first ACL list match.
7235 Thus, it is impossible to add two headers with the same name. If no ACL
7236 lists match for a given header name, no such header is added. For
7237 example:
7238
7239 # do not debug transactions except for those that need debugging
7240 adaptation_meta X-Debug 1 needs_debugging
7241
7242 # log all transactions except for those that must remain secret
7243 adaptation_meta X-Log 1 !keep_secret
7244
7245 # mark transactions from users in the "G 1" group
7246 adaptation_meta X-Authenticated-Groups "G 1" authed_as_G1
7247
7248 The "value" parameter may be a regular squid.conf token or a "double
7249 quoted string". Within the quoted string, use backslash (\) to escape
7250 any character, which is currently only useful for escaping backslashes
7251 and double quotes. For example,
7252 "this string has one backslash (\\) and two \"quotes\""
7253DOC_END
7254
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7255NAME: icap_retry
7256TYPE: acl_access
7257IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7258LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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7259DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
7260DOC_START
7261 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
7262 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
7263 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
7264 that response are usually retriable.
7265
7266 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
7267
7268 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
7269 due to persistent connection race conditions.
7270
7271 See also: icap_retry_limit
7272DOC_END
7273
7274NAME: icap_retry_limit
7275TYPE: int
7276IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7277LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
7278DEFAULT: 0
7279DOC_START
7280 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
7281 no retries are allowed.
7282
7283 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
7284 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
7285 count against this limit.
7286
7287 See also: icap_retry
7288DOC_END
7289
7290
5473c134 7291COMMENT_START
7292 DNS OPTIONS
7293 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7294COMMENT_END
7295
7296NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 7297TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7298DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7299LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 7300DOC_START
5473c134 7301 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
7302 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
7303 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 7304DOC_END
7305
5473c134 7306NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 7307TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7308DEFAULT: on
5473c134 7309LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 7310DOC_START
5473c134 7311 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
7312 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
7313 Squid to be strict about the standard.
7314 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 7315DOC_END
7316
5473c134 7317NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 7318TYPE: string
f64091a7 7319IFDEF: USE_DNSHELPER
5473c134 7320DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
7321LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 7322DOC_START
5473c134 7323 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 7324DOC_END
7325
5473c134 7326NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 7327TYPE: HelperChildConfig
f64091a7 7328IFDEF: USE_DNSHELPER
48d54e4d 7329DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 7330LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 7331DOC_START
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7332 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
7333 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
7334 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
7335 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
7336 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
7337
7338 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
7339 tuning.
7340
7341 startup=
7342
7343 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
7344 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
7345 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
7346
7347 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
7348 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
7349
7350 idle=
7351
7352 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
7353 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
7354 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
7355 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 7356DOC_END
7357
5473c134 7358NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 7359TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 7360DEFAULT: 5 seconds
7361LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
f64091a7 7362IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
cccac0a2 7363DOC_START
5473c134 7364 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
7365 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 7366DOC_END
7367
5473c134 7368NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 7369TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 7370DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 7371LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
f64091a7 7372IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
cccac0a2 7373DOC_START
5473c134 7374 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7375 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
7376 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 7377DOC_END
7378
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7379NAME: dns_packet_max
7380TYPE: b_ssize_t
7381DEFAULT: none
7382LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
f64091a7 7383IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
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7384DOC_START
7385 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
7386 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
7387
7388 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
7389 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
7390 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
7391 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
7392 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
7393
7394 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
7395 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
7396 necessary.
7397
7398 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
7399 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
7400 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
7401 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
7402 sizes being advertised by Squid.
7403 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
7404 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
7405DOC_END
7406
5473c134 7407NAME: dns_defnames
7408COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 7409TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7410DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7411LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 7412DOC_START
5473c134 7413 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
7414 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
7415 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
7416 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 7417DOC_END
7418
5473c134 7419NAME: dns_nameservers
7420TYPE: wordlist
7421DEFAULT: none
7422LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 7423DOC_START
5473c134 7424 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
7425 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
7426 /etc/resolv.conf file.
7427 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
7428 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
7429 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
7430 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 7431
5473c134 7432 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 7433DOC_END
7434
5473c134 7435NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 7436TYPE: string
5473c134 7437DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
7438LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 7439DOC_START
5473c134 7440 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
7441 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7442 default locations:
7443 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
7444 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7445 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
7446 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7447 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
7448 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
7449 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
7450 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 7451
5473c134 7452 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
7453 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
7454 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
7455 character are comments.
cccac0a2 7456
5473c134 7457 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7458 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7459 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7460 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7461 definitions.
cccac0a2 7462DOC_END
7463
5473c134 7464NAME: append_domain
7465TYPE: string
7466LOC: Config.appendDomain
7467DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 7468DOC_START
5473c134 7469 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7470 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7471
7472 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7473 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7474 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7475
7476Example:
7477 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 7478DOC_END
7479
5473c134 7480NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7481TYPE: onoff
7482LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 7483DEFAULT: on
f64091a7 7484IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
df6fd596 7485DOC_START
5473c134 7486 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7487 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7488 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7489 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7490 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 7491DOC_END
7492
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7493NAME: dns_v4_first
7494TYPE: onoff
7495DEFAULT: off
7496LOC: Config.dns.v4_first
f64091a7 7497IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
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7498DOC_START
7499 With the IPv6 Internet being as fast or faster than IPv4 Internet
7500 for most networks Squid prefers to contact websites over IPv6.
7501
7502 This option reverses the order of preference to make Squid contact
7503 dual-stack websites over IPv4 first. Squid will still perform both
7504 IPv6 and IPv4 DNS lookups before connecting.
7505
7506 WARNING:
7507 This option will restrict the situations under which IPv6
7508 connectivity is used (and tested). Hiding network problems
7509 which would otherwise be detected and warned about.
7510DOC_END
7511
6bc15a4f 7512NAME: ipcache_size
7513COMMENT: (number of entries)
7514TYPE: int
7515DEFAULT: 1024
7516LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7517DOC_NONE
7518
7519NAME: ipcache_low
7520COMMENT: (percent)
7521TYPE: int
7522DEFAULT: 90
7523LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7524DOC_NONE
7525
7526NAME: ipcache_high
7527COMMENT: (percent)
7528TYPE: int
7529DEFAULT: 95
7530LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7531DOC_START
7532 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7533DOC_END
7534
7535NAME: fqdncache_size
7536COMMENT: (number of entries)
7537TYPE: int
7538DEFAULT: 1024
7539LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7540DOC_START
7541 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7542DOC_END
7543
a58ff010 7544COMMENT_START
5473c134 7545 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7546 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7547COMMENT_END
7548
5473c134 7549NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7550COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7551TYPE: onoff
7552DEFAULT: on
7553LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7554DOC_START
5473c134 7555 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7556 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7557 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7558 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7559DOC_END
7560
5473c134 7561NAME: memory_pools_limit
7562COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7563TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7564DEFAULT: 5 MB
7565LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7566DOC_START
5473c134 7567 Used only with memory_pools on:
7568 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7569
5473c134 7570 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7571 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7572 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7573 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7574 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7575 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7576 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7577
89646bd7 7578 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7579 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7580
5473c134 7581 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7582 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7583
7584 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7585 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7586 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7587 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7588DOC_END
7589
5473c134 7590NAME: forwarded_for
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7591COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7592TYPE: string
5473c134 7593DEFAULT: on
7594LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7595DOC_START
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7596 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7597 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7598
5473c134 7599 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7600
67c06f0d 7601 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7602
7603 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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7604
7605 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7606 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7607
7608 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7609 X-Forwarded-For header.
7610
7611 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 7612 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7613DOC_END
7614
5473c134 7615NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7616TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7617DEFAULT: none
7618LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7619DOC_START
5473c134 7620 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7621
5473c134 7622 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7623
7624 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7625 5min
7626 60min
7627 asndb
7628 authenticator
7629 cbdata
7630 client_list
7631 comm_incoming
7632 config *
7633 counters
7634 delay
7635 digest_stats
7636 dns
7637 events
7638 filedescriptors
7639 fqdncache
7640 histograms
7641 http_headers
7642 info
7643 io
7644 ipcache
7645 mem
7646 menu
7647 netdb
7648 non_peers
7649 objects
7650 offline_toggle *
7651 pconn
7652 peer_select
b360c477 7653 reconfigure *
5473c134 7654 redirector
7655 refresh
7656 server_list
7657 shutdown *
7658 store_digest
7659 storedir
7660 utilization
7661 via_headers
7662 vm_objects
7663
7664 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7665 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7666
7667 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7668 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7669 password to "none".
7670
7671 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7672
7673Example:
7674 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7675 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7676 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7677DOC_END
7678
5473c134 7679NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7680COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7681TYPE: onoff
7682DEFAULT: on
7683LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7684DOC_START
5473c134 7685 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7686 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7687DOC_END
7688
5473c134 7689NAME: refresh_all_ims
7690COMMENT: on|off
7691TYPE: onoff
7692DEFAULT: off
7693LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7694DOC_START
5473c134 7695 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7696 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7697 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7698 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7699 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7700
5473c134 7701 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7702 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7703DOC_END
7704
5473c134 7705NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7706IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7707COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7708TYPE: onoff
7709DEFAULT: off
7710LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7711DOC_START
5473c134 7712 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7713 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7714 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7715 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7716 causes.
7717
7718 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7719DOC_END
7720
31ef19cd 7721NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 7722TYPE: int
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7723LOC: Config.connect_retries
7724DEFAULT: 0
a58ff010 7725DOC_START
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7726 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
7727 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
7728 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
7729
7730 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
7731 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 7732
31ef19cd
AJ
7733 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
7734 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 7735
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AJ
7736 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
7737 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
7738 a useful server.
a58ff010 7739DOC_END
7740
5473c134 7741NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7742TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7743LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7744DEFAULT: off
7745DOC_START
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7746 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
7747 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
7748 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
7749 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
7750
7751 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
7752 work around access control errors.
7753
7754 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
7755 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 7756DOC_END
7757
5473c134 7758NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7759TYPE: string
5473c134 7760LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7761DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7762DOC_START
5473c134 7763 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7764 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7765DOC_END
7766
5473c134 7767NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7768TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7769LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7770DEFAULT: off
7771DOC_START
5473c134 7772 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7773 objects.
a58ff010 7774DOC_END
7775
5473c134 7776NAME: uri_whitespace
7777TYPE: uri_whitespace
7778LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7779DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7780DOC_START
5473c134 7781 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7782 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7783
5473c134 7784 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7785 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7786 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7787 Request" message.
7788 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7789 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7790 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7791 are in use.
7792 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7793 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7794 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7795 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7796 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7797 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7798 violation.
7799DOC_END
a58ff010 7800
5473c134 7801NAME: chroot
7802TYPE: string
7803LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7804DEFAULT: none
7805DOC_START
9f37c18a 7806 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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HN
7807 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7808 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7809 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7810 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7811DOC_END
a58ff010 7812
5473c134 7813NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7814TYPE: onoff
7815LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7816DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7817DOC_START
cc192b50 7818 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7819 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7820 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7821
5473c134 7822 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7823 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7824 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7825
cc192b50 7826 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 7827DOC_END
7828
5473c134 7829NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7830TYPE: onoff
7831LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7832DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 7833DOC_START
5473c134 7834 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7835 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7836 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 7837
5473c134 7838 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7839 reasons.
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7840
7841 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 7842DOC_END
a58ff010 7843
5473c134 7844NAME: high_response_time_warning
7845TYPE: int
7846COMMENT: (msec)
7847LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7848DEFAULT: 0
7849DOC_START
7850 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7851 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7852 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 7853DOC_END
7854
5473c134 7855NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7856TYPE: int
7857LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7858DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 7859DOC_START
5473c134 7860 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7861 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7862 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7863 per second.
7864DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7865
5473c134 7866NAME: high_memory_warning
7867TYPE: b_size_t
7868LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 7869DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7870DOC_START
7871 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7872 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7873 the administrators attention.
7874DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7875
5473c134 7876NAME: sleep_after_fork
7877COMMENT: (microseconds)
7878TYPE: int
7879LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7880DEFAULT: 0
7881DOC_START
7882 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7883 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7884 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7885 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7886 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7887 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7888 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7889 until all the child processes have been started.
7890 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7891 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7892DOC_END
7893
b6696974 7894NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7895IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
b6696974
GS
7896COMMENT: on|off
7897TYPE: onoff
7898DEFAULT: on
7899LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7900DOC_START
7901 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7902 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7903 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7904 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7905 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7906 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7907DOC_END
7908
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7909NAME: eui_lookup
7910TYPE: onoff
7911IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7912DEFAULT: on
7913LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7914DOC_START
7915 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7916DOC_END
7917
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7918NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7919TYPE: int
7920DEFAULT: 0
7921LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7922DOC_START
7923 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7924
7925 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7926
7927 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7928 not all comm loops supports large values.
7929DOC_END
7930
13aeac35 7931NAME: workers
007d775d 7932TYPE: int
13aeac35 7933LOC: Config.workers
007d775d
AR
7934DEFAULT: 1
7935DOC_START
13aeac35 7936 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
007d775d
AR
7937 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7938 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
13aeac35
AR
7939 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7940
b87f6632
AR
7941 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7942 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
007d775d
AR
7943DOC_END
7944
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7945NAME: cpu_affinity_map
7946TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
7947LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
7948DEFAULT: none
7949DOC_START
7950 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
7951
7952 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
7953
7954 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
7955
7956 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
7957 four even cores, starting with core #1.
7958
7959 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
7960 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
7961
7962 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
7963
7964 See also: workers
7965DOC_END
7966
cccac0a2 7967EOF