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31
0f74202c 32COMMENT_START
cccac0a2 33 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
34 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 35
cccac0a2 36 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
37 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
38 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 39
cccac0a2 40 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
41 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
42 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
43 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
44 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
45 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
46 case.
debd9a31 47
cccac0a2 48COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 49
cccac0a2 50COMMENT_START
51 NETWORK OPTIONS
52 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53COMMENT_END
54
55NAME: http_port ascii_port
56TYPE: http_port_list
57DEFAULT: none
58LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
59DOC_START
60 Usage: port [options]
61 hostname:port [options]
62 1.2.3.4:port [options]
63
64 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
65 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
66 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
67 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
7f7db318 68 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
cccac0a2 69 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
70 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
71 address, so you can use the port number alone.
72
7f7db318 73 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
cccac0a2 74 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
75
12ca901d 76 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
77 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
78 be plain proxy ports with no options.
cccac0a2 79
80 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
81
116c6cca 82 Options:
83
7d90757b 84 transparent Support for transparent interception of
85 outgoing requests without browser settings.
116c6cca 86
53e738c6 87 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
88 connections using the client IP address.
89
7d90757b 90 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
91 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
116c6cca 92
53e738c6 93 defaultsite=domainname
94 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
95 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
96 accelerators should consider the default.
97 Implies accel.
98
116c6cca 99 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
7d90757b 100 domain support. Implies accel.
116c6cca 101
7d90757b 102 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
103 Implies accel.
116c6cca 104
105 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
7d90757b 106 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
116c6cca 107
116c6cca 108 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
7d90757b 109 Defaults to http.
cccac0a2 110
5529ca8a 111 disable-pmtu-discovery=
6845f129 112 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
113 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
114 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
115 support is enabled.
116 always disable always PMTU discovery.
5529ca8a 117
7d90757b 118 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
119 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
120 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
121 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
122 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
123 have such setup and experience that certain clients
124 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
125 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
5529ca8a 126
cccac0a2 127 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
7f7db318 128 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
cccac0a2 129 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
130 visible on the internal address.
8d6275c0 131
cccac0a2 132NOCOMMENT_START
133# Squid normally listens to port 3128
58c1507a 134http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
cccac0a2 135NOCOMMENT_END
136DOC_END
137
138NAME: https_port
139IFDEF: USE_SSL
140TYPE: https_port_list
141DEFAULT: none
142LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
143DOC_START
6845f129 144 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
cccac0a2 145
6845f129 146 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
147 requests.
cccac0a2 148
6845f129 149 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
150 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
151 accelerator level.
cccac0a2 152
153 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
154 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
b8c0c06d 155
cccac0a2 156 Options:
157
8507a94c 158 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
159 defaultsite or vhost.
160
cccac0a2 161 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
8507a94c 162 this port. Implies accel.
cccac0a2 163
8507a94c 164 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
7d90757b 165 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
166 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
167 Implies accel.
168
8507a94c 169 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
170 Defaults to https.
cccac0a2 171
7d90757b 172 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
7f7db318 173
cccac0a2 174 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
175 if not specified, the certificate file is
176 assumed to be a combined certificate and
7d90757b 177 key file.
cccac0a2 178
179 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
180 1 automatic (default)
181 2 SSLv2 only
182 3 SSLv3 only
183 4 TLSv1 only
184
7d90757b 185 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 186
5ac1a5b3 187 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
cccac0a2 188 being:
189 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
190 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
191 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
192 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
193 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
194 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
7d90757b 195 documentation for a complete list of options.
cccac0a2 196
197 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
7d90757b 198 requesting a client certificate.
cccac0a2 199
200 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
201 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
8507a94c 202 clientca will be used.
cccac0a2 203
204 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
7d90757b 205 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
a82a4fe4 206
207 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
208 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
209 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
cccac0a2 210
211 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
7d90757b 212 DH key exchanges.
cccac0a2 213
214 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
215 DELAYED_AUTH
216 Don't request client certificates
217 immediately, but wait until acl processing
7d90757b 218 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
7f7db318 219 NO_DEFAULT_CA
a82a4fe4 220 Don't use the default CA lists built in
7d90757b 221 to OpenSSL.
b13877cc 222 NO_SESSION_REUSE
223 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
224 will result in a new SSL session.
a82a4fe4 225 VERIFY_CRL
226 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
7d90757b 227 certificates.
a82a4fe4 228 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
229 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
7d90757b 230 client certificate chain.
116c6cca 231
6b2936d5 232 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
233
7d90757b 234 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
116c6cca 235
236 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
7d90757b 237 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
cccac0a2 238
239DOC_END
240
5473c134 241COMMENT_START
242 SSL OPTIONS
243 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
244COMMENT_END
245
cccac0a2 246NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
247IFDEF: USE_SSL
248TYPE: onoff
249DEFAULT: off
250LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
251DOC_START
252 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
253 messages.
254DOC_END
255
256NAME: ssl_engine
257IFDEF: USE_SSL
258TYPE: string
259LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
260DEFAULT: none
261DOC_START
8507a94c 262 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
cccac0a2 263 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
264DOC_END
265
266NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
267IFDEF: USE_SSL
268DEFAULT: none
269LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
270TYPE: string
271DOC_START
272 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
273DOC_END
274
275NAME: sslproxy_client_key
276IFDEF: USE_SSL
277DEFAULT: none
278LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
279TYPE: string
280DOC_START
281 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
282DOC_END
283
284NAME: sslproxy_version
285IFDEF: USE_SSL
286DEFAULT: 1
287LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
288TYPE: int
289DOC_START
290 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
291DOC_END
292
293NAME: sslproxy_options
294IFDEF: USE_SSL
295DEFAULT: none
296LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
297TYPE: string
298DOC_START
299 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
300DOC_END
301
302NAME: sslproxy_cipher
303IFDEF: USE_SSL
304DEFAULT: none
305LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
306TYPE: string
307DOC_START
308 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
309DOC_END
310
311NAME: sslproxy_cafile
312IFDEF: USE_SSL
313DEFAULT: none
314LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
315TYPE: string
316DOC_START
317 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
318 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
319DOC_END
320
321NAME: sslproxy_capath
322IFDEF: USE_SSL
323DEFAULT: none
324LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
325TYPE: string
326DOC_START
327 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
328 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
329DOC_END
330
331NAME: sslproxy_flags
332IFDEF: USE_SSL
333DEFAULT: none
334LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
335TYPE: string
336DOC_START
337 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
338 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates even if they fail to
339 verify.
340 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
341 to OpenSSL.
342DOC_END
343
307b83b7 344NAME: sslpassword_program
345IFDEF: USE_SSL
346DEFAULT: none
347LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
348TYPE: string
349DOC_START
350 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
351 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
352 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
353 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
354DOC_END
355
cccac0a2 356COMMENT_START
357 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
358 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
359COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 360
cccac0a2 361NAME: cache_peer
362TYPE: peer
363DEFAULT: none
364LOC: Config.peers
365DOC_START
366 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
9e7dbc51 367
633bb1cd 368 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
0fdafae7 369
cccac0a2 370 For example,
d1b63fc8 371
cccac0a2 372 # proxy icp
373 # hostname type port port options
374 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
633bb1cd 375 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 proxy-only default
376 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
377 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
cccac0a2 378
379 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
380
633bb1cd 381 proxy-port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
cccac0a2 382 requests.
383
633bb1cd 384 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
cccac0a2 385 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
386 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
387 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
388 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
633bb1cd 389 NOTE: Also requires icp_port option enabled to send/receive
390 requests via this method.
cccac0a2 391
392 options: proxy-only
393 weight=n
394 basetime=n
395 ttl=n
396 no-query
397 background-ping
398 default
399 round-robin
400 weighted-round-robin
401 carp
402 multicast-responder
403 closest-only
404 no-digest
405 no-netdb-exchange
406 no-delay
407 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
408 connect-timeout=nn
409 digest-url=url
410 allow-miss
7d90757b 411 max-conn=n
cccac0a2 412 htcp
527ee50d 413 htcp-oldsquid
cccac0a2 414 originserver
415 name=xxx
416 forceddomain=name
417 ssl
418 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
419 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
420 sslversion=1|2|3|4
421 sslcipher=...
422 ssloptions=...
423 front-end-https[=on|auto]
b8c0c06d 424
53e738c6 425 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
426 from this cache should not be saved locally.
cccac0a2 427
633bb1cd 428 use 'weight=n' to affect the selection of a peer
429 during any weighted peer-selection mechanisms.
430 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
431 larger weights are favored more.
432 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
433 protocol is not in use.
cccac0a2 434
435 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
436 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
437 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
438 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
7f7db318 439 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 440
441 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
442 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
443 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
444 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
445 hosts, you must configure other group members as
446 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
447
448 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
449 neighbor.
450
451 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
7f7db318 452 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
453 round trip time updated and is usually used in
cccac0a2 454 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
455
456 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
633bb1cd 457 be used as a "last-resort" if a peer cannot be located
458 by any of the peer-selection mechanisms.
459 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
cccac0a2 460
461 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
462 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
463 absence of any ICP queries.
464
7f7db318 465 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
466 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
467 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
468 time. Closer parents are used more often.
cccac0a2 469 Usually used for background-ping parents.
470
471 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
7f7db318 472 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
cccac0a2 473 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
474 balancing hash function based on their weigth.
475
7f7db318 476 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
cccac0a2 477 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
478 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
479 will be accepted from it.
480
481 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
482 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
483 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
484
485 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
486 this neighbor.
487
488 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
489 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
490
491 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
492 from influencing the delay pools.
493
494 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
495 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
496 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
7f7db318 497 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
cccac0a2 498
499 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
65fca573 500 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
501 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
502 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
503 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
504 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
505 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
53e738c6 506 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
7f7db318 507 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
cccac0a2 508 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
509
510 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
511 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
512 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
513 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
514 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
515 information which is added to the username. This can
516 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
517 the login=username:password option above.
518
519 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
520 specific connect timeout (also see the
521 peer_connect_timeout directive)
522
523 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
524 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
525 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
526 location.
527
528 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
529 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
530 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
531 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
532 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
533 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
534 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
535 source is a peer)
536
7d90757b 537 use 'max-conn=n' to limit the amount of connections Squid
cccac0a2 538 may open to this peer.
539
540 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
541 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
542 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
d3803853 543
527ee50d 544 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
545
cccac0a2 546 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
547 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
548
549 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
7f7db318 550 host but different ports. This name can be used to
cccac0a2 551 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
552 directives.
553
554 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
555 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
556 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
53e738c6 557 name and using redirectors to feed this domain name
cccac0a2 558 is not feasible.
559
7f7db318 560 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
53e738c6 561 be SSL/TLS encrypted.
cccac0a2 562
563 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
564 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
565
566 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
567 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
7f7db318 568 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
cccac0a2 569 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
570
571 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
572 when connecting to this peer
573 1 = automatic (default)
574 2 = SSL v2 only
575 3 = SSL v3 only
576 4 = TLS v1 only
577
7d90757b 578 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL ciphers
579 to use when connecting to this peer.
cccac0a2 580
581 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
582 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
583 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
584 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
585 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
586 a more complete list.
587
53e738c6 588 use sslcafile=... to specify a file containing
589 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
590 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 591
53e738c6 592 use sslcapath=... to specify a directory containing
593 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
594 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 595
7d90757b 596 use sslcrlfile=... to specify a certificate revocation
597 list file to use when verifying the peer certificate.
598
cccac0a2 599 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
600 SSL implementation:
601 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
602 Accept certificates even if they fail to
603 verify.
7f7db318 604 NO_DEFAULT_CA
cccac0a2 605 Don't use the default CA list built in
606 to OpenSSL.
607 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
7f7db318 608 Don't verify the peer certificate
cccac0a2 609 matches the server name
610
7d90757b 611 use ssldomain= to specify the peer name as advertised
cccac0a2 612 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
613 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
614 peer hostname will be used.
615
616 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
53e738c6 617 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend in front
cccac0a2 618 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
7f7db318 619 on this header. If set to auto the header will
cccac0a2 620 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
621 URL.
cccac0a2 622DOC_END
623
624NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
625TYPE: hostdomain
626DEFAULT: none
627LOC: none
628DOC_START
629 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
630 queried. Usage:
631
632 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
633 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
634
635 For example, specifying
636
637 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
638
639 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
640 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
641 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
7f7db318 642 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
cccac0a2 643 NOT in that domain.
644
645 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
646 either on the same or separate lines.
647 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
648 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
649 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
650 for all requests.
651 * There are no defaults.
652 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
653 section.
654DOC_END
655
cccac0a2 656NAME: neighbor_type_domain
657TYPE: hostdomaintype
658DEFAULT: none
659LOC: none
660DOC_START
661 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
662
663 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
664 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
665 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
666 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
667 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
668 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
669
670EXAMPLE:
671 cache_peer parent cache.foo.org 3128 3130
672 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
673 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
674DOC_END
675
cccac0a2 676NAME: dead_peer_timeout
677COMMENT: (seconds)
678DEFAULT: 10 seconds
679TYPE: time_t
680LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
681DOC_START
682 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
683 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
684 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
685 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
686 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
687 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
688
689 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
690 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
691 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
692 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
693 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
694 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
695 instead of to your parents.
696DOC_END
697
cccac0a2 698NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
699TYPE: wordlist
700DEFAULT: none
701LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
702DOC_START
703 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
704 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
705 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
706 list this option multiple times.
7d90757b 707 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
cccac0a2 708NOCOMMENT_START
709#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
710hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
711NOCOMMENT_END
712DOC_END
934b03fc 713
6192e873 714NAME: cache no_cache
cccac0a2 715TYPE: acl_access
716DEFAULT: none
717LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
718DOC_START
719 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
720 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
721 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
6a566b9c 722
cccac0a2 723 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
724 NOT be cached.
1e5562e3 725
6192e873 726 Default is to allow all to be cached
cccac0a2 727NOCOMMENT_START
728#We recommend you to use the following two lines.
729acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
6192e873 730cache deny QUERY
cccac0a2 731NOCOMMENT_END
732DOC_END
733
cccac0a2 734COMMENT_START
5473c134 735 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
cccac0a2 736 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
737COMMENT_END
738
739NAME: cache_mem
740COMMENT: (bytes)
741TYPE: b_size_t
742DEFAULT: 8 MB
743LOC: Config.memMaxSize
744DOC_START
745 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
746 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
747 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
748 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
749
750 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
751 for:
752 * In-Transit objects
753 * Hot Objects
754 * Negative-Cached objects
755
756 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
757 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
758 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
759 priority.
760
761 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
762 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
763 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
764 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
765 not needed for in-transit objects.
766
767 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
768 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
769 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
770 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
771 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
772 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
773 objects.
774DOC_END
775
cccac0a2 776NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
777COMMENT: (bytes)
778TYPE: b_size_t
779DEFAULT: 8 KB
780LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
781DOC_START
6845f129 782 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
783 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
784 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
785 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem .
cccac0a2 786DOC_END
787
cccac0a2 788NAME: memory_replacement_policy
789TYPE: removalpolicy
790LOC: Config.memPolicy
791DEFAULT: lru
792DOC_START
793 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
794 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
795
796 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
797DOC_END
934b03fc 798
cccac0a2 799COMMENT_START
5473c134 800 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
cccac0a2 801 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
802COMMENT_END
9bc73deb 803
cccac0a2 804NAME: cache_dir
805TYPE: cachedir
806DEFAULT: none
807DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
808LOC: Config.cacheSwap
809DOC_START
810 Usage:
7f7db318 811
cccac0a2 812 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
cf5cc17e 813
cccac0a2 814 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
815 cache among different disk partitions.
8e8d4f30 816
cccac0a2 817 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
5ac1a5b3 818 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
cccac0a2 819 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
934b03fc 820
cccac0a2 821 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
822 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
7f7db318 823 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
cccac0a2 824 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
825 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
1e5562e3 826
cccac0a2 827 The ufs store type:
828
829 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
830 been there.
831
832 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
833
834 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
835 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
836 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
837 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
838 subtract 20% and use that value.
839
840 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
841 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
842
843 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
844 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
845 is 256.
846
847 The aufs store type:
848
849 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
850 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
851 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
852
853 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
854
855 see argument descriptions under ufs above
856
857 The diskd store type:
858
859 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
860 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
861 disk-I/O.
862
863 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
864
865 see argument descriptions under ufs above
866
867 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
868 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
869 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
870
871 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
872 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
44f991b5 873 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
cccac0a2 874
af9ad249 875 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
876 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
877 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
878 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
879 time.
880
1a224843 881 The coss store type:
882
883 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
884 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
885 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
886 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
887 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
7f7db318 888 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
1a224843 889 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
890
b8c0c06d 891 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
c8f4eac4 892 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
893 this will be created by squid -z.
894
7d90757b 895 The null store type:
896
897 no options are allowed or required
898
cccac0a2 899 Common options:
900
7f42bc3e 901 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
cccac0a2 902
903 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
904 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
905 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
906 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
907 ones with no max-size specification last.
1a224843 908
7f7db318 909 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
1a224843 910 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
911 option.
cccac0a2 912DOC_END
913
5473c134 914NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
915TYPE: string
916LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
917DEFAULT: least-load
918DOC_START
919 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
920DOC_END
921
922NAME: max_open_disk_fds
923TYPE: int
924LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
925DEFAULT: 0
926DOC_START
927 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
928 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
929 descriptors are open.
930
931 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
932DOC_END
933
934NAME: cache_replacement_policy
935TYPE: removalpolicy
936LOC: Config.replPolicy
937DEFAULT: lru
938DOC_START
939 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
940 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
941
942 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
943 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
944 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
945 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
946
947 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
948
949 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
950
951 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
952 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
953 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
954 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
955
956 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
957 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
958 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
959 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
960
961 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
962 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
963 replacement policies.
964
965 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
966 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
967 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
968
969 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
970 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
971 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
972DOC_END
973
974NAME: minimum_object_size
975COMMENT: (bytes)
976TYPE: b_int64_t
977DEFAULT: 0 KB
978LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
979DOC_START
980 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
981 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
982 means there is no minimum.
983DOC_END
984
985NAME: maximum_object_size
986COMMENT: (bytes)
987TYPE: b_int64_t
988DEFAULT: 4096 KB
989LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
990DOC_START
991 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
992 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
993 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
994 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
995 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
996 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
997
998 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
999 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
1000 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
1001DOC_END
1002
1003NAME: cache_swap_low
1004COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
1005TYPE: int
1006DEFAULT: 90
1007LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
1008DOC_NONE
1009
1010NAME: cache_swap_high
1011COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
1012TYPE: int
1013DEFAULT: 95
1014LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
1015DOC_START
1016
1017 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
1018 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
1019 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
1020 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
1021 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
1022 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
1023
1024 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
1025 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
1026 numbers closer together.
1027DOC_END
1028
1029COMMENT_START
1030 LOGFILE OPTIONS
1031 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1032COMMENT_END
1033
1034NAME: logformat
1035TYPE: logformat
1036LOC: Config.Log.logformats
1037DEFAULT: none
1038DOC_START
1039 Usage:
1040
cccac0a2 1041 logformat <name> <format specification>
1042
1043 Defines an access log format.
1044
1045 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
7f7db318 1046
cccac0a2 1047 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
fa38076e 1048 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
cccac0a2 1049 as required according to their context and the output format
fa38076e 1050 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
1051 output format is desired.
cccac0a2 1052
1053 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
7f7db318 1054
fa38076e 1055 " output in quoted string format
1056 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
1057 # output in URL quoted format
1058 ' output as-is
1059
cccac0a2 1060 - left aligned
7f7db318 1061 width field width. If starting with 0 the
cccac0a2 1062 output is zero padded
1063 {arg} argument such as header name etc
1064
1065 Format codes:
1066
1067 >a Client source IP address
1068 >A Client FQDN
44eb213b 1069 >p Client source port
cccac0a2 1070 <A Server IP address or peer name
1071 la Local IP address (http_port)
1072 lp Local port number (http_port)
1073 ts Seconds since epoch
1074 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
1075 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
7d90757b 1076 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
cccac0a2 1077 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
7d90757b 1078 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
cccac0a2 1079 tr Response time (milliseconds)
1080 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
1081 on the format header[:[separator]element]
1082 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
1083 as for >h
1084 un User name
7d90757b 1085 ul User name from authentication
1086 ui User name from ident
1087 us User name from SSL
1088 ue User name from external acl helper
cccac0a2 1089 Hs HTTP status code
1090 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
1091 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
1092 mt MIME content type
1093 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
1094 ru Request URL
fef92cc1 1095 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
cccac0a2 1096 rv Request protocol version
1097 et Tag returned by external acl
1098 ea Log string returned by external acl
1099 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
6845f129 1100 <sH Reply high offset sent
03b29b6c 1101 <sS Upstream object size
cccac0a2 1102 % a literal % character
1103
1104logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
1105logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
1106logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
1107logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
1108DOC_END
1109
1110NAME: access_log cache_access_log
1111TYPE: access_log
1112LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
1113DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1114DOC_START
1115 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
1116 ICP request. The format is:
1117 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
1118 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
1119
1120 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
1121 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
1122 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
1123 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
7f7db318 1124
c33aa074 1125 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
1126 a logformat name should not be specified.
1127
9197cd13 1128 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
1129
cca42e6e 1130 access_log syslog[:facility.priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
9197cd13 1131 where facility could be any of:
49c73073 1132 authpriv, daemon, local0 .. local7 or user.
9197cd13 1133
1134 And priority could be any of:
dc37dc56 1135 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
7d90757b 1136NOCOMMENT_START
1137access_log @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
1138NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 1139DOC_END
1140
cccac0a2 1141NAME: cache_log
1142TYPE: string
1143DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
1144LOC: Config.Log.log
1145DOC_START
1146 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
1147 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
1148 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
1149DOC_END
1150
cccac0a2 1151NAME: cache_store_log
1152TYPE: string
1153DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
1154LOC: Config.Log.store
1155DOC_START
1156 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
1157 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
1158 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
1159 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
1160 disable it.
1161DOC_END
1162
e2529a2c 1163NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
cccac0a2 1164TYPE: string
1165LOC: Config.Log.swap
1166DEFAULT: none
1167DOC_START
e2529a2c 1168 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
1169 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
1170 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
cccac0a2 1171 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
1172 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
1173 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
1174 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
1175
7f7db318 1176 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
cccac0a2 1177 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
1178 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
1179 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
7f7db318 1180
cccac0a2 1181 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
7f7db318 1182 these swap logs will have names such as:
cccac0a2 1183
1184 cache_swap_log.00
1185 cache_swap_log.01
1186 cache_swap_log.02
1187
1188 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
1189 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
1190 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
7d90757b 1191 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
cccac0a2 1192 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
7f7db318 1193 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
7d90757b 1194 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
cccac0a2 1195DOC_END
1196
5473c134 1197NAME: logfile_rotate
1198TYPE: int
1199DEFAULT: 10
1200LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
1201DOC_START
1202 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
1203 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
1204 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
1205 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
1206 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
1207 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
1208
1209 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
1210 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
1211 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
1212 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
1213 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
1214 <pid>'.
1215DOC_END
1216
cccac0a2 1217NAME: emulate_httpd_log
1218COMMENT: on|off
1219TYPE: onoff
1220DEFAULT: off
1221LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
1222DOC_START
1223 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
1224 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
1225 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
1226 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
7f7db318 1227 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
cccac0a2 1228DOC_END
1229
1230NAME: log_ip_on_direct
1231COMMENT: on|off
1232TYPE: onoff
1233DEFAULT: on
1234LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
1235DOC_START
1236 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
1237 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
1238 prefer the old way set this to off.
1239DOC_END
1240
1241NAME: mime_table
1242TYPE: string
1243DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
1244LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
1245DOC_START
1246 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
1247 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
1248 information if you do.
1249DOC_END
1250
cccac0a2 1251NAME: log_mime_hdrs
1252COMMENT: on|off
1253TYPE: onoff
1254LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
1255DEFAULT: off
1256DOC_START
1257 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
1258 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
1259 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
1260 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
1261 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
1262DOC_END
1263
cccac0a2 1264NAME: useragent_log
1265TYPE: string
1266LOC: Config.Log.useragent
1267DEFAULT: none
1268IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
1269DOC_START
1270 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
1271 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
1272 is disabled.
1273DOC_END
1274
7d90757b 1275NAME: referer_log referrer_log
cccac0a2 1276TYPE: string
1277LOC: Config.Log.referer
1278DEFAULT: none
1279IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
1280DOC_START
1281 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
1282 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
7d90757b 1283 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
1284 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
1285 and we accept both.
cccac0a2 1286DOC_END
1287
cccac0a2 1288NAME: pid_filename
1289TYPE: string
1290DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
1291LOC: Config.pidFilename
1292DOC_START
1293 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
1294DOC_END
1295
cccac0a2 1296NAME: debug_options
d9e04dc7 1297TYPE: debug
cccac0a2 1298DEFAULT: ALL,1
1299LOC: Config.debugOptions
1300DOC_START
1301 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
1302 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
1303 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
1304 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
1305 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
1306 "ALL,1".
1307DOC_END
1308
cccac0a2 1309NAME: log_fqdn
1310COMMENT: on|off
1311TYPE: onoff
1312DEFAULT: off
1313LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
1314DOC_START
1315 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
1316 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
1317 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
1318 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
1319 browsing.
1320DOC_END
1321
cccac0a2 1322NAME: client_netmask
1323TYPE: address
1324LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
1325DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
1326DOC_START
1327 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
1328 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
1329 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
1330 the last digit set to '0'.
1331DOC_END
0976f8db 1332
5473c134 1333NAME: forward_log
1334IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
1335TYPE: string
1336DEFAULT: none
1337LOC: Config.Log.forward
1338DOC_START
1339 Logs the server-side requests.
1340
1341 This is currently work in progress.
1342DOC_END
1343
1344NAME: strip_query_terms
1345TYPE: onoff
1346LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
1347DEFAULT: on
1348DOC_START
1349 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
1350 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
1351DOC_END
1352
1353NAME: buffered_logs
1354COMMENT: on|off
1355TYPE: onoff
1356DEFAULT: off
1357LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
1358DOC_START
1359 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
1360 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
1361 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
1362 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
1363 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
1364DOC_END
1365
cccac0a2 1366COMMENT_START
1367 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1368 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1369COMMENT_END
1370
1371NAME: ftp_user
1372TYPE: string
1373DEFAULT: Squid@
1374LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
1375DOC_START
1376 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
1377 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
1378 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
1379
7f7db318 1380 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
cccac0a2 1381 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
1382 depending on how the cache is used.
7f7db318 1383 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
cccac0a2 1384 (for example perl.com).
1385DOC_END
1386
1387NAME: ftp_list_width
1388TYPE: size_t
1389DEFAULT: 32
1390LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
1391DOC_START
1392 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
1393 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
1394 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
1395DOC_END
1396
1397NAME: ftp_passive
1398TYPE: onoff
1399DEFAULT: on
1400LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
1401DOC_START
1402 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
7f7db318 1403 connections, turn off this option.
cccac0a2 1404DOC_END
1405
1406NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
1407TYPE: onoff
1408DEFAULT: on
1409LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
1410DOC_START
1411 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
1412 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
1413 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
1414 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
7f7db318 1415 connection turn this off.
cccac0a2 1416DOC_END
1417
8d6275c0 1418NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
1419TYPE: onoff
1420DEFAULT: on
1421LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
1422DOC_START
1423The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
1424as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
1425implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
1426the FTP protocol.
1427
1428If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
1429path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
1430try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
1431operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
1432is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
1433DOC_END
1434
5473c134 1435NAME: diskd_program
1436TYPE: string
1437DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
1438LOC: Config.Program.diskd
cccac0a2 1439DOC_START
5473c134 1440 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
1441 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
1442 diskd as one of the store io modules.
a78278e2 1443DOC_END
1444
5473c134 1445NAME: unlinkd_program
1446IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
1447TYPE: string
1448DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
1449LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
a78278e2 1450DOC_START
5473c134 1451 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
cccac0a2 1452DOC_END
1453
5473c134 1454NAME: pinger_program
cccac0a2 1455TYPE: string
5473c134 1456DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
1457LOC: Config.Program.pinger
1458IFDEF: USE_ICMP
cccac0a2 1459DOC_START
5473c134 1460 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
cccac0a2 1461DOC_END
1462
5473c134 1463NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
1464TYPE: wordlist
1465LOC: Config.Program.redirect
1466DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1467DOC_START
5473c134 1468 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
1469 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
cccac0a2 1470
5473c134 1471 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
cccac0a2 1472
5473c134 1473 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method <NL>
1474
1475 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
1476 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
1477
1478 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
1479 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
1480 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
cccac0a2 1481
5473c134 1482 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
cccac0a2 1483DOC_END
1484
dc62e7f7 1485NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
cccac0a2 1486TYPE: int
1487DEFAULT: 5
1488LOC: Config.redirectChildren
1489DOC_START
1490 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
1491 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
1492 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
1493 and other system resources.
1494DOC_END
1495
dc62e7f7 1496NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
cccac0a2 1497TYPE: int
1498DEFAULT: 0
1499LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
1500DOC_START
1501 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
7d90757b 1502 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
1503 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
cccac0a2 1504DOC_END
1505
dc62e7f7 1506NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
cccac0a2 1507TYPE: onoff
1508DEFAULT: on
1509LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
1510DOC_START
1511 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
7f7db318 1512 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
cccac0a2 1513 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
1514
1515 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
1516 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
1517DOC_END
1518
8d6275c0 1519NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
cccac0a2 1520TYPE: acl_access
1521DEFAULT: none
1522LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
1523DOC_START
1524 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
1525 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
1526 are sent.
1527DOC_END
1528
1529NAME: auth_param
1530TYPE: authparam
1531LOC: Config.authConfiguration
1532DEFAULT: none
1533DOC_START
7d90757b 1534 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
1535 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 1536
7d90757b 1537 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 1538
7d90757b 1539 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
1540 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
1541 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
1542 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
1543 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
1544 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
1545 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
1546 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
1547 program entry).
1548
1549 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
1550 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
1551 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
1552 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
1553
1554 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
1555 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
1556 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
1557 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
1558 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
1559 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
1560 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
1561 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
1562 type acl.
1563
1564 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
1565 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
1566 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
1567 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
cccac0a2 1568
1569 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
7f7db318 1570
cccac0a2 1571 "program" cmdline
7d90757b 1572 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
1573 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
0a0c70cd 1574 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
1575 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
1576 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 1577
7d90757b 1578 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
1579 program is specified.
cccac0a2 1580
7d90757b 1581 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
1582 this line to something like
cccac0a2 1583
6845f129 1584 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
cccac0a2 1585
1586 "children" numberofchildren
7d90757b 1587 The number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
1588 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
1589 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
1590 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
1591 authenticator processes.
cccac0a2 1592 auth_param basic children 5
1593
1594 "concurrency" concurrency
1595 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
1596 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
7d90757b 1597 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
1598 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
1599 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
1600 wating for the response.
1601 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
cccac0a2 1602 auth_param basic concurrency 0
1603
1604 "realm" realmstring
1605 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1606 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
1607 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1608 password). There is no default.
1609 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1610
1611 "credentialsttl" timetolive
1612 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
1613 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
1614 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
1615 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
5ac1a5b3 1616 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
cccac0a2 1617 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
1618 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
1619 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
1620 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
1621
6845f129 1622 "casesensitive" on|off
1623 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
1624 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
1625 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
1626 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
1627 auth_param basic casesensitive off
64658378 1628
cccac0a2 1629 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
1630
1631 "program" cmdline
1632 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
1633 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
63a24aeb 1634 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
4c9fa5d5 1635 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
1636 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
0a0c70cd 1637 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
1638 available as %m in the returned error page.
4c9fa5d5 1639
7d90757b 1640 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
4c9fa5d5 1641 program is specified.
1642
7d90757b 1643 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
1644 something like
cccac0a2 1645
1646 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
1647
cccac0a2 1648 "children" numberofchildren
1649 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1650 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1651 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
1652 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
1653 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
1654 auth_param digest children 5
1655
1656 "realm" realmstring
1657 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1658 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
1659 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1660 password). There is no default.
1661 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1662
1663 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
1664 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
1665 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
1666
1667 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
1668 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
1669 valid for.
1670
1671 "nonce_max_count" number
1672 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
1673 used.
1674
1675 "nonce_strictness" on|off
5ac1a5b3 1676 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
cccac0a2 1677 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
1678 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
1679 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
1680
1681 "check_nonce_count" on|off
1682 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
1683 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
1684 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
1685 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
1686
1687 "post_workaround" on|off
1688 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
1689 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
5ac1a5b3 1690 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 1691
cccac0a2 1692 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1693
1694 "program" cmdline
5ac1a5b3 1695 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
bdf7e1b4 1696 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
1697 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
5ac1a5b3 1698 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
1699 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
cccac0a2 1700 is not used.
1701
1702 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1703
1704 "children" numberofchildren
1705 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1706 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1707 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
5ac1a5b3 1708 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
cccac0a2 1709 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1710 processes.
dd9b1776 1711
cccac0a2 1712 auth_param ntlm children 5
1713
dd9b1776 1714 "keep_alive" on|off
1715 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1716 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1717 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1718 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1719 supported by the proxy.
1720
1721 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
1722
6bf4f823 1723 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 1724
6bf4f823 1725 "program" cmdline
1726 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
1727 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
1728 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
1729 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
1730 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
1731 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
1732 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
1733 is not used.
1734 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
26819f1e 1735 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
6bf4f823 1736
1737 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
1738
1739 "children" numberofchildren
1740 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1741 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1742 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
1743 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
1744 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1745 processes.
1746 auth_param negotiate children 5
699acd19 1747
6bf4f823 1748 "keep_alive" on|off
1749 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1750 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1751 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1752 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1753 supported by the proxy.
1754
1755 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 1756
1757NOCOMMENT_START
6845f129 1758#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
6bf4f823 1759#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1760#auth_param negotiate children 5
1761#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
26819f1e 1762#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1763#auth_param ntlm children 5
1764#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
2d70df72 1765#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1766#auth_param digest children 5
1767#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1768#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1769#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1770#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
94439e4e 1771#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6845f129 1772#auth_param basic children 5
1773#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1774#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
6b698a21 1775NOCOMMENT_END
1776DOC_END
0976f8db 1777
6b698a21 1778NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1779TYPE: time_t
1780DEFAULT: 1 hour
1781LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1782DOC_START
7d90757b 1783 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
1784 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
1785 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
1786 have good reason to.
6b698a21 1787DOC_END
0976f8db 1788
6b698a21 1789NAME: authenticate_ttl
1790TYPE: time_t
1791DEFAULT: 1 hour
1792LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1793DOC_START
1794 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
1795 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
1796 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
1797 TTL are removed from memory.
1798DOC_END
0976f8db 1799
6b698a21 1800NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
1801TYPE: time_t
1802LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
1803DEFAULT: 0 seconds
1804DOC_START
1805 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
1806 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
1807 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
1808 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
1809 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
1810 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
1811 environment with relatively static address assignments.
1812DOC_END
0976f8db 1813
6b698a21 1814NAME: external_acl_type
1815TYPE: externalAclHelper
1816LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
1817DEFAULT: none
1818DOC_START
1819 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
1820 to look up the status
7f7db318 1821
6b698a21 1822 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
7f7db318 1823
6b698a21 1824 Options:
0976f8db 1825
6b698a21 1826 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
1827 for 1 hour)
1828 negative_ttl=n
1829 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
1830 as ttl)
1831 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
7d90757b 1832 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
1833 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
1834 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
6b698a21 1835 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
1836 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
1837 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
1838 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
dc1af3cf 1839 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
7f7db318 1840
6b698a21 1841 FORMAT specifications
1842
1843 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
66b4345b 1844 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
6b698a21 1845 %IDENT Ident user name
1846 %SRC Client IP
1847 %SRCPORT Client source port
3cf6e9c5 1848 %URI Requested URI
6b698a21 1849 %DST Requested host
1850 %PROTO Requested protocol
1851 %PORT Requested port
1852 %PATH Requested URL path
1853 %METHOD Request method
1854 %MYADDR Squid interface address
1855 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
7d90757b 1856 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
4ac9968f 1857 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
3d61c476 1858 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
4ac9968f 1859 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
1860 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
6b698a21 1861 %{Header} HTTP request header
1862 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
1863 %{Hdr:;member}
1864 HTTP request header list member using ; as
1865 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
1866 character.
1867
7d90757b 1868 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
1869 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
1870 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
6b698a21 1871
1872 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
1873 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
1874 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
7d90757b 1875 more details.
6b698a21 1876
1877 General result syntax:
7f7db318 1878
6b698a21 1879 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
0976f8db 1880
6b698a21 1881 Defined keywords:
0976f8db 1882
6b698a21 1883 user= The users name (login)
1884 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
1885 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
1886 in error pages
1887 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
1888 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
1889 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
1890 %ea in logformat specifications
0976f8db 1891
7d90757b 1892 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
1893 each value in both requests and responses.
1894
1895 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
1896 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
1897 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
dc1af3cf 1898
7d90757b 1899 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
1900 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
1901 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
6b698a21 1902DOC_END
0976f8db 1903
6b698a21 1904COMMENT_START
1905 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
1906 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1907COMMENT_END
0976f8db 1908
6b698a21 1909NAME: request_header_max_size
1910COMMENT: (KB)
1911TYPE: b_size_t
5b648f60 1912DEFAULT: 20 KB
6b698a21 1913LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
1914DOC_START
1915 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
1916 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
1917 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
1918 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
1919 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
1920DOC_END
0976f8db 1921
6b698a21 1922NAME: request_body_max_size
47f6e231 1923COMMENT: (bytes)
1924TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 1925DEFAULT: 0 KB
1926LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
1927DOC_START
1928 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
1929 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
1930 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
1931 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
1932 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
1933 be no limit imposed.
1934DOC_END
0976f8db 1935
6b698a21 1936NAME: refresh_pattern
1937TYPE: refreshpattern
1938LOC: Config.Refresh
1939DEFAULT: none
1940DOC_START
1941 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
0976f8db 1942
6b698a21 1943 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
1944 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
0976f8db 1945
6b698a21 1946 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
1947 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
1948 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
1949 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
1950 has taken the appropriate actions.
0976f8db 1951
6b698a21 1952 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
1953 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
1954 will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 1955
6b698a21 1956 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
1957 expiry time will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 1958
6b698a21 1959 options: override-expire
1960 override-lastmod
1961 reload-into-ims
1962 ignore-reload
38f9c547 1963 ignore-no-cache
1964 ignore-no-store
1965 ignore-private
1966 ignore-auth
6845f129 1967 refresh-ims
0976f8db 1968
6b698a21 1969 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
1970 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
1971 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
1972 for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 1973
6b698a21 1974 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
7f7db318 1975 that were modified recently.
0976f8db 1976
6b698a21 1977 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
1978 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
1979 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
1980 liable for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 1981
6b698a21 1982 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
1983 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
1984 this feature could make you liable for problems which
1985 it causes.
7f7db318 1986
6845f129 1987 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
1988 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
1989 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
1990 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
1991 send it anyway.
38f9c547 1992
6845f129 1993 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
1994 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
1995 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
1996 liable for problems which it causes.
38f9c547 1997
6845f129 1998 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
1999 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2000 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2001 liable for problems which it causes.
38f9c547 2002
6845f129 2003 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
7d90757b 2004 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
2005 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
2006 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
6845f129 2007 it causes.
38f9c547 2008
4c3ef9b2 2009 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2010 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2011 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2012 if one is available.
2013
6b698a21 2014 Basically a cached object is:
0976f8db 2015
6b698a21 2016 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2017 STALE if age > max
2018 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2019 FRESH if age < min
2020 else STALE
0976f8db 2021
6b698a21 2022 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2023 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
7f7db318 2024 match the default will be used.
0976f8db 2025
6b698a21 2026 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2027 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2028 used.
0976f8db 2029
6b698a21 2030Suggested default:
2031NOCOMMENT_START
2032refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2033refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
2034refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2035NOCOMMENT_END
2036DOC_END
0976f8db 2037
6b698a21 2038NAME: quick_abort_min
2039COMMENT: (KB)
47f6e231 2040TYPE: kb_int64_t
6b698a21 2041DEFAULT: 16 KB
2042LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2043DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2044
6b698a21 2045NAME: quick_abort_max
2046COMMENT: (KB)
47f6e231 2047TYPE: kb_int64_t
6b698a21 2048DEFAULT: 16 KB
2049LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2050DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2051
6b698a21 2052NAME: quick_abort_pct
2053COMMENT: (percent)
2054TYPE: int
2055DEFAULT: 95
2056LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2057DOC_START
2058 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2059 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2060 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2061 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2062 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2063 downloads.
0976f8db 2064
6b698a21 2065 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2066 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2067 then.
0976f8db 2068
6b698a21 2069 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2070 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2071
6b698a21 2072 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2073 it will abort the retrieval.
0976f8db 2074
6b698a21 2075 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
2076 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2077
6b698a21 2078 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2079 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
2080 to '0 KB'.
0976f8db 2081
6b698a21 2082 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
7f7db318 2083 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
6b698a21 2084DOC_END
0976f8db 2085
6b698a21 2086NAME: read_ahead_gap
2087COMMENT: buffer-size
47f6e231 2088TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2089LOC: Config.readAheadGap
2090DEFAULT: 16 KB
2091DOC_START
2092 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
2093 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
2094DOC_END
0976f8db 2095
6b698a21 2096NAME: negative_ttl
2097COMMENT: time-units
2098TYPE: time_t
2099LOC: Config.negativeTtl
2100DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2101DOC_START
2102 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
2103 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
2104 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
2105 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
2106 negative caching of DNS lookups.
2107DOC_END
0976f8db 2108
6b698a21 2109NAME: positive_dns_ttl
2110COMMENT: time-units
2111TYPE: time_t
2112LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
2113DEFAULT: 6 hours
2114DOC_START
7d90757b 2115 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
2116 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
2117 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
6b698a21 2118DOC_END
0976f8db 2119
6b698a21 2120NAME: negative_dns_ttl
2121COMMENT: time-units
2122TYPE: time_t
2123LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
7d90757b 2124DEFAULT: 1 minutes
6b698a21 2125DOC_START
2126 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
7d90757b 2127 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
2128 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
2129 much below 10 seconds.
6b698a21 2130DOC_END
0976f8db 2131
6b698a21 2132NAME: range_offset_limit
2133COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2134TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2135LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
2136DEFAULT: 0 KB
2137DOC_START
2138 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
2139 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
7f7db318 2140 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
6b698a21 2141 is NOT cached.
0976f8db 2142
6b698a21 2143 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
2144 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
2145 sending anything to the client.
0976f8db 2146
6b698a21 2147 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
7f7db318 2148 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
0976f8db 2149
6b698a21 2150 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
2151 client requested. (default)
2152DOC_END
0976f8db 2153
5473c134 2154NAME: minimum_expiry_time
2155COMMENT: (seconds)
777831e0 2156TYPE: time_t
5473c134 2157LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
2158DEFAULT: 60 seconds
777831e0 2159DOC_START
5473c134 2160 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
2161 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
2162 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy enorinments it
2163 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
2164 is most likely better to make your server return a
2165 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
2166 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
2167 often be best set to 0.
777831e0 2168DOC_END
2169
5473c134 2170NAME: store_avg_object_size
2171COMMENT: (kbytes)
2172TYPE: kb_size_t
2173DEFAULT: 13 KB
2174LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
6b698a21 2175DOC_START
5473c134 2176 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
2177 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
6b698a21 2178DOC_END
0976f8db 2179
5473c134 2180NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
2181TYPE: int
2182DEFAULT: 20
2183LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
6b698a21 2184DOC_START
5473c134 2185 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
2186 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
2187 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
6b698a21 2188DOC_END
0976f8db 2189
5473c134 2190COMMENT_START
2191 HTTP OPTIONS
2192 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2193COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2194
5473c134 2195NAME: broken_posts
2196TYPE: acl_access
2197DEFAULT: none
2198LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
6b698a21 2199DOC_START
5473c134 2200 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
2201 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
0976f8db 2202
5473c134 2203 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
2204 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
0976f8db 2205
5473c134 2206 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
6b698a21 2207
5473c134 2208 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
2209 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
2210 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
2211 a request with an extra CRLF.
2212
2213Example:
2214 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
2215 broken_posts allow buggy_server
6b698a21 2216DOC_END
2217
5473c134 2218NAME: via
2219IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2220COMMENT: on|off
6b698a21 2221TYPE: onoff
6b698a21 2222DEFAULT: on
5473c134 2223LOC: Config.onoff.via
6b698a21 2224DOC_START
5473c134 2225 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
2226 replies as required by RFC2616.
6b698a21 2227DOC_END
0976f8db 2228
5473c134 2229NAME: ie_refresh
2230COMMENT: on|off
2231TYPE: onoff
2232LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
2233DEFAULT: off
2234DOC_START
2235 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
2236 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
2237 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
2238 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
2239 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
2240 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
2241 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
2242 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
2243 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
2244 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
2245 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
2246 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
2247 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
2248 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
2249 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
2250 force fresh content.
2251DOC_END
2252
2253NAME: vary_ignore_expire
2254COMMENT: on|off
2255TYPE: onoff
2256LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
2257DEFAULT: off
2258DOC_START
2259 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
2260 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
2261 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
2262 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
2263 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
2264 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
2265 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
2266DOC_END
2267
2268NAME: extension_methods
2269TYPE: wordlist
2270LOC: Config.ext_methods
2271DEFAULT: none
2272DOC_START
2273 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
2274 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
2275DOC_END
2276
2277NAME: request_entities
2278TYPE: onoff
2279LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
2280DEFAULT: off
2281DOC_START
2282 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
2283 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
2284 even if not explicitly forbidden.
2285
2286 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
2287 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
2288 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
2289 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
2290 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
2291DOC_END
2292
2293NAME: request_header_access
2294IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2295TYPE: http_header_access[]
2296LOC: Config.request_header_access
2297DEFAULT: none
2298DOC_START
2299 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2300
2301 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2302 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
2303 causes.
2304
2305 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
2306 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
2307 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
2308 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
2309 mangling.
2310
2311 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
2312 client to the server.
2313
2314 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
2315 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
2316 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
2317
2318 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
2319 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
2320
2321 request_header_access From deny all
2322 request_header_access Referer deny all
2323 request_header_access Server deny all
2324 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
2325 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
2326 request_header_access Link deny all
2327
2328 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
2329 you should use:
2330
2331 request_header_access Allow allow all
2332 request_header_access Authorization allow all
2333 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
2334 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
2335 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
2336 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
2337 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
2338 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
2339 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
2340 request_header_access Date allow all
2341 request_header_access Expires allow all
2342 request_header_access Host allow all
2343 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
2344 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
2345 request_header_access Location allow all
2346 request_header_access Pragma allow all
2347 request_header_access Accept allow all
2348 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
2349 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
2350 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
2351 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
2352 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
2353 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
2354 request_header_access Title allow all
2355 request_header_access Connection allow all
2356 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
2357 request_header_access All deny all
2358
2359 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
2360 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
2361
2362 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
2363 performed).
2364DOC_END
2365
2366NAME: reply_header_access
2367IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2368TYPE: http_header_access[]
2369LOC: Config.reply_header_access
2370DEFAULT: none
2371DOC_START
2372 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2373
2374 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2375 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
2376 causes.
2377
2378 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
2379 server to the client.
2380
2381 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
2382 direction.
2383
2384 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
2385 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
2386 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
2387 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
2388 mangling.
2389
2390 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
2391 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
2392 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
2393
2394 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
2395 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
2396
2397 reply_header_access From deny all
2398 reply_header_access Referer deny all
2399 reply_header_access Server deny all
2400 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
2401 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
2402 reply_header_access Link deny all
2403
2404 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
2405 you should use:
2406
2407 reply_header_access Allow allow all
2408 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
2409 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
2410 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
2411 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
2412 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
2413 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
2414 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
2415 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
2416 reply_header_access Date allow all
2417 reply_header_access Expires allow all
2418 reply_header_access Host allow all
2419 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
2420 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
2421 reply_header_access Location allow all
2422 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
2423 reply_header_access Accept allow all
2424 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
2425 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
2426 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
2427 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
2428 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
2429 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
2430 reply_header_access Title allow all
2431 reply_header_access Connection allow all
2432 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
2433 reply_header_access All deny all
2434
2435 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
2436 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
2437
2438 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
2439 performed).
2440DOC_END
2441
2442NAME: header_replace
2443IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2444TYPE: http_header_replace[]
2445LOC: Config.request_header_access
2446DEFAULT: none
2447DOC_START
2448 Usage: header_replace header_name message
2449 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
2450
2451 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
2452 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
2453 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
2454 option.
2455
2456 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
2457
2458 By default, headers are removed if denied.
2459DOC_END
2460
2461NAME: relaxed_header_parser
2462COMMENT: on|off|warn
2463TYPE: tristate
2464LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
2465DEFAULT: on
2466DOC_START
2467 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
2468 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
2469 what the sending application intended even if the message
2470 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
2471 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
2472
2473 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
2474 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
2475
2476 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
2477 or response to be rejected.
2478DOC_END
2479
2480COMMENT_START
2481 TIMEOUTS
2482 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2483COMMENT_END
2484
2485NAME: forward_timeout
2486COMMENT: time-units
2487TYPE: time_t
2488LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
2489DEFAULT: 4 minutes
2490DOC_START
2491 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
2492 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
2493DOC_END
2494
2495NAME: connect_timeout
2496COMMENT: time-units
2497TYPE: time_t
2498LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
2499DEFAULT: 1 minute
2500DOC_START
2501 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
2502 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
2503 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
2504DOC_END
2505
2506NAME: peer_connect_timeout
2507COMMENT: time-units
2508TYPE: time_t
2509LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
2510DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2511DOC_START
2512 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
2513 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
2514 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
2515 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
2516DOC_END
2517
2518NAME: read_timeout
2519COMMENT: time-units
2520TYPE: time_t
2521LOC: Config.Timeout.read
2522DEFAULT: 15 minutes
2523DOC_START
2524 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
2525 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
2526 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
2527 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
2528 default is 15 minutes.
2529DOC_END
2530
2531NAME: request_timeout
2532TYPE: time_t
2533LOC: Config.Timeout.request
2534DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2535DOC_START
2536 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
2537 connection establishment.
2538DOC_END
2539
2540NAME: persistent_request_timeout
2541TYPE: time_t
2542LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
2543DEFAULT: 1 minute
2544DOC_START
2545 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
2546 connection after the previous request completes.
2547DOC_END
2548
2549NAME: client_lifetime
2550COMMENT: time-units
2551TYPE: time_t
2552LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
2553DEFAULT: 1 day
2554DOC_START
2555 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
2556 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
2557 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
2558 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
2559 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
2560 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
2561 day, 1440 minutes.
2562
2563 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
2564 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
2565 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
2566 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
2567 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
2568 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
2569DOC_END
2570
2571NAME: half_closed_clients
2572TYPE: onoff
2573LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
2574DEFAULT: on
2575DOC_START
2576 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
2577 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
2578 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
2579 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
2580 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
2581 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
2582 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
2583 "no more data to read."
2584DOC_END
2585
2586NAME: pconn_timeout
2587TYPE: time_t
2588LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
2589DEFAULT: 120 seconds
2590DOC_START
2591 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
6b698a21 2592 proxies.
2593DOC_END
0976f8db 2594
6b698a21 2595NAME: ident_timeout
2596TYPE: time_t
2597IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2598LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
2599DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2600DOC_START
2601 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
7f7db318 2602
6b698a21 2603 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
7f7db318 2604 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6b698a21 2605 many ident requests going at once.
2606DOC_END
0976f8db 2607
6b698a21 2608NAME: shutdown_lifetime
2609COMMENT: time-units
2610TYPE: time_t
2611LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
2612DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2613DOC_START
2614 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
2615 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
2616 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
2617 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
2618 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
2619DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2620
6b698a21 2621COMMENT_START
2622 ACCESS CONTROLS
2623 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2624COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 2625
6b698a21 2626NAME: acl
2627TYPE: acl
2628LOC: Config.aclList
2629DEFAULT: none
2630DOC_START
2631 Defining an Access List
9e7dbc51 2632
6b698a21 2633 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
2634 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
9e7dbc51 2635
6b698a21 2636 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
9e7dbc51 2637
6b698a21 2638 acltype is one of the types described below
9e7dbc51 2639
6b698a21 2640 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2641 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2642
6b698a21 2643 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
2644 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
2645 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
2646 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
9e7dbc51 2647
5b807763 2648 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
2649 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
2650 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
5cb988c7 2651 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
5b807763 2652 #
2653 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
2654 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
2655 # find out its MAC address.
2656
6b698a21 2657 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
2658 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
2659 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
2660 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
7660b45d 2661 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
2662 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
2663 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9e7dbc51 2664
a0ec9f68 2665 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
2666
6b698a21 2667 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
2668 day-abbrevs:
2669 S - Sunday
2670 M - Monday
2671 T - Tuesday
2672 W - Wednesday
2673 H - Thursday
2674 F - Friday
2675 A - Saturday
2676 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
2677 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
2678 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
2679 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
2680 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
2681 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
2682 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
2683 acl aclname method GET POST ...
2684 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
00634927 2685 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
6845f129 2686 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
2687 # pattern match on Referer header
2688 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
6b698a21 2689 acl aclname ident username ...
2690 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
2691 # string match on ident output.
9e7dbc51 2692 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
6b698a21 2693 acl aclname src_as number ...
2694 acl aclname dst_as number ...
2695 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
9e7dbc51 2696 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
2697 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
6468fe10 2698 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
2699 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
d87ebd78 2700 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
2701 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
6468fe10 2702
6b698a21 2703 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
2704 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
2705 # list of valid usernames
c68e9c6b 2706 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
73e67ee0 2707 #
2708 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
2709 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
2710 # in access.log.
c68e9c6b 2711 #
2712 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
2713 # to check username/password combinations (see
f7d2a450 2714 # auth_param directive).
c68e9c6b 2715 #
d048c262 2716 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy as
2717 # the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
2718 # to respond to proxy authentication.
934b03fc 2719
6b698a21 2720 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
2721 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
dba79ac5 2722 # Example:
96d88dcb 2723 #
dba79ac5 2724 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
2725
6b698a21 2726 acl aclname maxconn number
2727 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
9bc73deb 2728 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
2729
6b698a21 2730 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
2731 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
c23e89cd 2732 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
60d096f4 2733 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
7f7db318 2734 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
be5caa55 2735 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
c23e89cd 2736 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
7f7db318 2737 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
be5caa55 2738 # request is denied)
2739 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
c23e89cd 2740 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
be5caa55 2741 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
60d096f4 2742
53e738c6 2743 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
2744 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
2745 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
2746 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
2747 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
2748 # to match the returned file type.
2749
2750 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
2751 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
2752 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
2753 # ACLs.
2754
cccac0a2 2755 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
5ac1a5b3 2756 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
c4ab8329 2757 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
5ac1a5b3 2758 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
c4ab8329 2759 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
2760 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
2761 # http_reply_access.
2762
7df0bfd7 2763 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
7d90757b 2764 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
7df0bfd7 2765 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
2766 # ACLs.
2767
cccac0a2 2768 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
2769 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
d9572179 2770 # external_acl_type directive.
c4ab8329 2771
cccac0a2 2772 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
2773 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2774 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2775
cccac0a2 2776 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
2777 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2778 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2779
cccac0a2 2780 acl aclname ext_user username ...
2781 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
7d90757b 2782 # string match on username returned by external acl helper
d95b862f 2783 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
2784
cccac0a2 2785Examples:
5b807763 2786acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
cccac0a2 2787acl myexample dst_as 1241
2788acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
2789acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
2790acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
c68e9c6b 2791
cccac0a2 2792NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2793#Recommended minimum configuration:
cccac0a2 2794acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
2795acl manager proto cache_object
2796acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
2797acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
ec19153f 2798acl SSL_ports port 443
cccac0a2 2799acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
2800acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
ec19153f 2801acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
cccac0a2 2802acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
2803acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
2804acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
2805acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
2806acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
2807acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
2808acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
2809acl CONNECT method CONNECT
2810NOCOMMENT_END
2811DOC_END
2812
2813NAME: http_access
2814TYPE: acl_access
2815LOC: Config.accessList.http
2816DEFAULT: none
2817DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2818DOC_START
2819 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
2820
2821 Access to the HTTP port:
2822 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2823
2824 NOTE on default values:
2825
2826 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
2827 the request.
2828
2829 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
2830 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
7f7db318 2831 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
cccac0a2 2832 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
2833 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
2834 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
2835
2836NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2837#Recommended minimum configuration:
2838#
2839# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
cccac0a2 2840http_access allow manager localhost
2841http_access deny manager
6b53c392 2842# Deny requests to unknown ports
cccac0a2 2843http_access deny !Safe_ports
6b53c392 2844# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
cccac0a2 2845http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
c68e9c6b 2846#
7f7db318 2847# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
2848# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
4cc6eb12 2849# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
2850#http_access deny to_localhost
c68e9c6b 2851#
4cc6eb12 2852# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
2853
59f4a63e 2854# Example rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
b9d7fe3e 2855# to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
2856# be allowed
2857#acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
2858#http_access allow our_networks
2859
6b53c392 2860# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
cccac0a2 2861http_access deny all
2862NOCOMMENT_END
2863DOC_END
c4ab8329 2864
cccac0a2 2865NAME: http_reply_access
2866TYPE: acl_access
2867LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2868DEFAULT: none
2869DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2870DOC_START
6845f129 2871 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
c4ab8329 2872
6845f129 2873 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
0976f8db 2874
6845f129 2875 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
cccac0a2 2876 all replies
0976f8db 2877
6845f129 2878 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
2879 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2880 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
cccac0a2 2881DOC_END
6b53c392 2882
cccac0a2 2883NAME: icp_access
2884TYPE: acl_access
2885LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2886DEFAULT: none
2887DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2888DOC_START
2889 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2890 access lists
934b03fc 2891
cccac0a2 2892 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 2893
cccac0a2 2894 See http_access for details
0976f8db 2895
cccac0a2 2896NOCOMMENT_START
403b5e7b 2897#Allow ICP queries from everyone
cccac0a2 2898icp_access allow all
2899NOCOMMENT_END
2900DOC_END
934b03fc 2901
5401aa8d 2902NAME: htcp_access
2903IFDEF: USE_HTCP
2904TYPE: acl_access
2905LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
2906DEFAULT: none
2907DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2908DOC_START
2909 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
2910 access lists
2911
2912 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2913
2914 See http_access for details
2915
2916#Allow HTCP queries from everyone
2917htcp_access allow all
2918DOC_END
2919
2920NAME: htcp_clr_access
2921IFDEF: USE_HTCP
2922TYPE: acl_access
2923LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
2924DEFAULT: none
2925DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2926DOC_START
2927 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
2928 on defined access lists
2929
2930 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2931
2932 See http_access for details
2933
2934#Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
2935acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
2936htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
2937DOC_END
2938
cccac0a2 2939NAME: miss_access
2940TYPE: acl_access
2941LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2942DEFAULT: none
2943DOC_START
2944 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2945 a parent. For example:
934b03fc 2946
cccac0a2 2947 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2948 miss_access allow localclients
2949 miss_access deny !localclients
934b03fc 2950
7f7db318 2951 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
cccac0a2 2952 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
934b03fc 2953
cccac0a2 2954 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2955 to fetch MISSES from us.
6b53c392 2956
cccac0a2 2957NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2958#Default setting:
2959# miss_access allow all
cccac0a2 2960NOCOMMENT_END
2961DOC_END
2962
cccac0a2 2963NAME: cache_peer_access
2964TYPE: peer_access
2965DEFAULT: none
2966LOC: none
2967DOC_START
2968 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2969 using ACL elements.
2970
2971 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2972
2973 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2974 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
2975 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
2976DOC_END
2977
2978NAME: ident_lookup_access
2979TYPE: acl_access
2980IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2981DEFAULT: none
2982DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2983LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
2984DOC_START
2985 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
2986 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
2987 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
2988 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
2989 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
2990 any requests.
2991
2992 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
2993 can follow this example:
2994
2995 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
2996 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
2997 ident_lookup_access deny all
2998
2999 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
3000 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
3001 the correct result.
3002DOC_END
3003
3004NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
3005TYPE: acl_tos
3006DEFAULT: none
3007LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
3008DOC_START
3009 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
3010 connections with, based on the username or source address
3011 making the request.
3012
3013 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
3014
3015 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
3016 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
3017
3018 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
3019 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
3020 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
3021 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
3022
3023 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
7d90757b 3024 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474 and
3025 RFC3260.
cccac0a2 3026
7d90757b 3027 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
3028 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
3029 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
3030 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
cccac0a2 3031
3032 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
3033 matching line.
7d90757b 3034
3035 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
3036 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
3037 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
3038 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 3039DOC_END
3040
057f5854 3041NAME: clientside_tos
3042TYPE: acl_tos
3043DEFAULT: none
3044LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
3045DOC_START
3046 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
3047 connections with, based on the username or source address
3048 making the request.
3049DOC_END
3050
cccac0a2 3051NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
3052TYPE: acl_address
3053DEFAULT: none
3054LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
3055DOC_START
3056 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
7d90757b 3057 based on the username or source address of the user making
cccac0a2 3058 the request.
7f7db318 3059
cccac0a2 3060 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
3061
5ac1a5b3 3062 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
7f7db318 3063 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
cccac0a2 3064 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
3065 source address 10.1.0.3.
3066
3067 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
3068 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
3069 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
3070 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
3071 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
3072
3073 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
3074 matching line.
7d90757b 3075
3076 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
3077 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
3078 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
3079 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 3080DOC_END
3081
4eb368f9 3082NAME: reply_header_max_size
3083COMMENT: (KB)
3084TYPE: b_size_t
3085DEFAULT: 20 KB
3086LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3087DOC_START
3088 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3089 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3090 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3091 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3092 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3093DOC_END
3094
cccac0a2 3095NAME: reply_body_max_size
3096COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
3097TYPE: acl_b_size_t
3098DEFAULT: none
3099LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
3100DOC_START
6845f129 3101 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
cccac0a2 3102 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
5ac1a5b3 3103 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
cccac0a2 3104 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
5ac1a5b3 3105 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
cccac0a2 3106 for this reply.
3107
7f7db318 3108 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
cccac0a2 3109 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
3110 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
3111 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
3112 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
3113 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
3114 and they will receive a partial reply.
3115
3116 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
3117 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
3118 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
3119 use this option if you have downstream caches.
3120
3121 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
3122 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
3123 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
3124 the size of your largest error page.
3125
3126 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
3127 no limit imposed.
3128DOC_END
3129
3130NAME: log_access
3131TYPE: acl_access
3132LOC: Config.accessList.log
3133DEFAULT: none
3134COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3135DOC_START
6845f129 3136 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
cccac0a2 3137 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3138 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
3139DOC_END
0976f8db 3140
cccac0a2 3141COMMENT_START
3142 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3143 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3144COMMENT_END
3145
3146NAME: cache_mgr
3147TYPE: string
3148DEFAULT: webmaster
3149LOC: Config.adminEmail
3150DOC_START
3151 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3152 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3153DOC_END
3154
abacf776 3155NAME: mail_from
3156TYPE: string
3157DEFAULT: none
3158LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3159DOC_START
3160 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3161 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 3162 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 3163 src/globals.h before building squid.
3164DOC_END
3165
d084bf20 3166NAME: mail_program
3167TYPE: eol
3168DEFAULT: mail
3169LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3170DOC_START
3171 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
3172 The default is "mail". The specified program must complain
3173 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
3174 mail_program recipient < mailfile
3175 Optional command line options can be specified.
3176DOC_END
3177
cccac0a2 3178NAME: cache_effective_user
3179TYPE: string
5483d916 3180DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 3181LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 3182DOC_START
3183 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3184 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 3185 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 3186 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 3187DOC_END
3188
cccac0a2 3189NAME: cache_effective_group
3190TYPE: string
3191DEFAULT: none
3192LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3193DOC_START
64e288bd 3194 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
3195 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
3196 from the groups membership.
3197
e3d74828 3198 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3199 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3200 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 3201 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 3202 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 3203 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 3204 group.
64e288bd 3205
3206 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
3207 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
3208 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 3209DOC_END
3210
d3caee79 3211NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3212COMMENT: on|off
3213TYPE: onoff
3214DEFAULT: off
3215LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3216DOC_START
3217 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3218DOC_END
3219
cccac0a2 3220NAME: visible_hostname
3221TYPE: string
3222LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3223DEFAULT: none
3224DOC_START
3225 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3226 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3227 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3228 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3229 names with this setting.
3230DOC_END
3231
cccac0a2 3232NAME: unique_hostname
3233TYPE: string
3234LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3235DEFAULT: none
3236DOC_START
3237 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3238 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3239 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3240DOC_END
3241
cccac0a2 3242NAME: hostname_aliases
3243TYPE: wordlist
3244LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3245DEFAULT: none
3246DOC_START
7f7db318 3247 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3248DOC_END
0976f8db 3249
cccac0a2 3250COMMENT_START
3251 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3252 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3253
3254 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3255 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3256 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3257 create cache hierarchies.
3258
3259 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3260 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3261 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3262
3263 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3264 following information from this configuration file:
3265
3266 http_port
3267 icp_port
3268 cache_mgr
3269
3270 All current information is processed regularly and made
3271 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3272COMMENT_END
3273
3274NAME: announce_period
3275TYPE: time_t
3276LOC: Config.Announce.period
3277DEFAULT: 0
3278DOC_START
3279 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3280 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3281 messages.
3282
3283 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3284 below.
3285
3286NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3287#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3288#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3289NOCOMMENT_END
3290DOC_END
3291
cccac0a2 3292NAME: announce_host
3293TYPE: string
3294DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3295LOC: Config.Announce.host
3296DOC_NONE
3297
3298NAME: announce_file
3299TYPE: string
3300DEFAULT: none
3301LOC: Config.Announce.file
3302DOC_NONE
3303
3304NAME: announce_port
3305TYPE: ushort
3306DEFAULT: 3131
3307LOC: Config.Announce.port
3308DOC_START
3309 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3310 number where the registration message will be sent.
3311
3312 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3313 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3314 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3315 message.
3316DOC_END
3317
8d6275c0 3318COMMENT_START
3319 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
3320 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3321COMMENT_END
3322
cccac0a2 3323NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
3324IFDEF: ESI
3325TYPE: string
3326LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3327DEFAULT: unset-id
3328DOC_START
3329 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3330 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3331 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3332 an identification token.
3333DOC_END
3334
3335NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
3336IFDEF: ESI
3337COMMENT: on|off
3338TYPE: onoff
3339DEFAULT: off
3340LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3341DOC_START
3342 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3343 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3344DOC_END
3345
3346NAME: esi_parser
3347IFDEF: ESI
964b44c3 3348COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3349TYPE: string
3350LOC: ESIParser::Type
3351DEFAULT: custom
3352DOC_START
3353 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3354 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3355 encodings.
3356DOC_END
0976f8db 3357
9edd9041 3358COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3359 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 3360 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3361COMMENT_END
3362
3363NAME: delay_pools
3364TYPE: delay_pool_count
3365DEFAULT: 0
3366IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3367LOC: Config.Delay
3368DOC_START
3369 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3370 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3371 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3372DOC_END
3373
3374NAME: delay_class
3375TYPE: delay_pool_class
3376DEFAULT: none
3377IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3378LOC: Config.Delay
3379DOC_START
3380 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3381 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3382 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3383 and here would be:
3384
3385Example:
3386 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3387 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3388 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3389 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3390 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3391
3392 The delay pool classes are:
3393
3394 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3395 bucket.
3396
3397 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3398 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3399 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3400
3401 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3402 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3403 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3404 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3405 32 of the IP address.
3406
3407 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3408 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3409 only takes effect if the username is established
3410 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3411 http_access rules.
3412
3413 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3414 external_acl's tag= reply).
3415
3416 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3417 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3418 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3419 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3420DOC_END
3421
3422NAME: delay_access
3423TYPE: delay_pool_access
3424DEFAULT: none
3425IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3426LOC: Config.Delay
3427DOC_START
3428 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3429
3430 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3431 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3432 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3433 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3434
3435 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3436 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3437
3438Example:
3439 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3440 delay_access 1 deny all
3441 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3442 delay_access 2 deny all
3443 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3444DOC_END
3445
3446NAME: delay_parameters
3447TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3448DEFAULT: none
3449IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3450LOC: Config.Delay
3451DOC_START
3452 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3453 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3454 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3455
3456delay_parameters pool aggregate
3457
3458 For a class 2 delay pool:
3459
3460delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3461
3462 For a class 3 delay pool:
3463
3464delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3465
3466 For a class 4 delay pool:
3467
3468delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3469
3470 For a class 5 delay pool:
3471
3472delay_parameters pool tag
3473
3474 The variables here are:
3475
3476 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3477 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3478 delay_class lines.
3479
3480 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3481 (class 1, 2, 3).
3482
3483 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3484 buckets (class 2, 3).
3485
3486 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3487 (class 3).
3488
3489 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3490 (class 4).
3491
3492 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3493 (class 5).
3494
3495 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3496 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3497 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3498 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3499
3500 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3501 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3502 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3503
3504delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3505
3506 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3507
3508 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3509 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3510 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3511 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3512 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3513 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3514 large downloads more significantly:
3515
3516delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3517
3518 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3519
3520 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3521 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
3522
3523delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
3524DOC_END
3525
3526NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3527COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3528TYPE: ushort
3529DEFAULT: 50
3530IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3531LOC: Config.Delay.initial
3532DOC_START
3533 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3534 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3535 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3536 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
3537 "seen" by squid).
3538DOC_END
3539
cccac0a2 3540COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3541 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 3542 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3543COMMENT_END
3544
8d6275c0 3545NAME: wccp_router
3546TYPE: address
3547LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3548DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3549IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3550DOC_NONE
3551NAME: wccp2_router
3552TYPE: sockaddr_in_list
3553LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 3554DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 3555IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 3556DOC_START
8d6275c0 3557 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3558 Squid.
cccac0a2 3559
8d6275c0 3560 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 3561
8d6275c0 3562 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 3563
8d6275c0 3564 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
3565 which version of WCCP to use.
3566DOC_END
3567
3568NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 3569TYPE: int
8d6275c0 3570LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3571DEFAULT: 4
3572IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 3573DOC_START
8d6275c0 3574 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
3575 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
3576 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
3577 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
3578 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 3579
8d6275c0 3580 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
3581 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
3582 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
3583 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 3584DOC_END
3585
8d6275c0 3586NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
3587TYPE: onoff
3588LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
3589DEFAULT: on
3590IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3591DOC_START
3592 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
3593 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
3594DOC_END
cccac0a2 3595
8d6275c0 3596NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
3597TYPE: int
3598LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
3599DEFAULT: 1
3600IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 3601DOC_START
699acd19 3602 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 3603 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 3604
8d6275c0 3605 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
3606 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 3607
8d6275c0 3608 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
3609 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 3610DOC_END
3611
8d6275c0 3612NAME: wccp2_return_method
3613TYPE: int
3614LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
3615DEFAULT: 1
3616IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 3617DOC_START
699acd19 3618 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 3619 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
3620 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 3621
8d6275c0 3622 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
3623 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 3624
8d6275c0 3625 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
3626 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 3627
699acd19 3628 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 3629 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
3630 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
3631 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 3632DOC_END
3633
8d6275c0 3634NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
3635TYPE: int
3636LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
3637DEFAULT: 1
3638IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 3639DOC_START
8d6275c0 3640 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
3641 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 3642
8d6275c0 3643 1 - Hash assignment
3644 2 - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 3645
8d6275c0 3646 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
3647 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
3648DOC_END
cccac0a2 3649
8d6275c0 3650NAME: wccp2_service
3651TYPE: wccp2_service
3652LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
3653DEFAULT: none
3654DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
3655IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3656DOC_START
3657 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
3658 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
3659 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
3660 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
3661 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
3662 using the wccp2_service_info option.
3663
3664 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
3665 just specifying the service id will suffice.
3666
3667 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
3668 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
3669
3670 Examples:
3671
3672 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
3673 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
3674 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
3675 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
3676
3677DOC_END
3678
3679NAME: wccp2_service_info
3680TYPE: wccp2_service_info
3681LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
3682DEFAULT: none
3683IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3684DOC_START
3685 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
3686 traffic you wish to have diverted.
3687
3688 The format is:
3689
3690 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
3691 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
3692
3693 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
3694 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
3695 + source_port_hash, dest_port_hash
3696 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
3697 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
3698 + ports_source
3699
3700 The port list can be one to eight entries.
3701
3702 Example:
3703
3704 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
3705 priority=240 ports=80
3706
3707 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
3708 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
3709DOC_END
3710
3711NAME: wccp2_weight
3712TYPE: int
3713LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
3714DEFAULT: 10000
3715IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3716DOC_START
3717 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
3718 hash proportional to their weight.
3719DOC_END
3720
3721NAME: wccp_address
3722TYPE: address
3723LOC: Config.Wccp.address
3724DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3725IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3726DOC_NONE
3727NAME: wccp2_address
3728TYPE: address
3729LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
3730DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3731IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3732DOC_START
3733 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
3734 interface address.
3735
3736 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
3737DOC_END
3738
3739COMMENT_START
3740 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
3741 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3742
3743 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
3744COMMENT_END
3745
3746NAME: client_persistent_connections
3747TYPE: onoff
3748LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
3749DEFAULT: on
3750DOC_NONE
3751
3752NAME: server_persistent_connections
3753TYPE: onoff
3754LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
3755DEFAULT: on
3756DOC_START
3757 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
3758 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
3759 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
3760 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
3761DOC_END
3762
3763NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
3764TYPE: onoff
3765LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
3766DEFAULT: off
3767DOC_START
3768 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
3769 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
3770 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
3771DOC_END
3772
3773NAME: detect_broken_pconn
3774TYPE: onoff
3775LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
3776DEFAULT: off
3777DOC_START
3778 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
3779 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
3780 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
3781 has mostly been seen on redirects.
3782
3783 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
3784 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
3785 after 10 seconds timeout.
3786DOC_END
3787
3788COMMENT_START
3789 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
3790 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3791COMMENT_END
3792
3793NAME: digest_generation
3794IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3795TYPE: onoff
3796LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
3797DEFAULT: on
3798DOC_START
3799 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
3800 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
3801 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
3802DOC_END
3803
3804NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
3805IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3806TYPE: int
3807LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
3808DEFAULT: 5
3809DOC_START
3810 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
3811 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
3812 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
3813DOC_END
3814
3815NAME: digest_rebuild_period
3816IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3817COMMENT: (seconds)
3818TYPE: time_t
3819LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
3820DEFAULT: 1 hour
3821DOC_START
3822 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
3823DOC_END
3824
3825NAME: digest_rewrite_period
3826COMMENT: (seconds)
3827IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3828TYPE: time_t
3829LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
3830DEFAULT: 1 hour
3831DOC_START
3832 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
3833 disk.
3834DOC_END
3835
3836NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
3837COMMENT: (bytes)
3838TYPE: b_size_t
3839IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3840LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
3841DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
3842DOC_START
3843 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
3844 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
3845 default swap page.
3846DOC_END
3847
3848NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
3849COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3850IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3851TYPE: int
3852LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
3853DEFAULT: 10
3854DOC_START
3855 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
3856 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
3857DOC_END
3858
1db9eacd 3859COMMENT_START
5473c134 3860 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 3861 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3862COMMENT_END
3863
5473c134 3864NAME: snmp_port
3865TYPE: ushort
3866LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 3867DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 3868IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 3869DOC_START
87630341 3870 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
3871 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
3872 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
3873 set to "0" (disabled)
3874NOCOMMENT_START
3875#snmp_port 3401
3876NOCOMMENT_END
8d6275c0 3877DOC_END
3878
5473c134 3879NAME: snmp_access
3880TYPE: acl_access
3881LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 3882DEFAULT: none
5473c134 3883DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3884IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 3885DOC_START
5473c134 3886 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 3887
5473c134 3888 All access to the agent is denied by default.
3889 usage:
8d6275c0 3890
5473c134 3891 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 3892
5473c134 3893Example:
3894 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3895 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 3896DOC_END
3897
5473c134 3898NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3899TYPE: address
3900LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
3901DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3902IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3903DOC_NONE
3904NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
3905TYPE: address
3906LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
3907DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3908IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 3909DOC_START
5473c134 3910 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 3911
5473c134 3912 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
3913 messages from SNMP agents.
3914 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
3915 agents.
cccac0a2 3916
5473c134 3917 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
3918 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 3919
5473c134 3920 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
3921 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
3922 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
3923 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 3924
5473c134 3925 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
3926 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 3927DOC_END
3928
5473c134 3929COMMENT_START
3930 ICP OPTIONS
3931 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3932COMMENT_END
3933
3934NAME: icp_port udp_port
3935TYPE: ushort
3936DEFAULT: 0
3937LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 3938DOC_START
5473c134 3939 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
3940 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
3941 Default is disabled (0).
3942NOCOMMENT_START
3943icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
3944NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 3945DOC_END
3946
5473c134 3947NAME: htcp_port
3948IFDEF: USE_HTCP
3949TYPE: ushort
87630341 3950DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 3951LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 3952DOC_START
5473c134 3953 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 3954 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
3955 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
3956NOCOMMENT_START
3957#htcp_port 4827
3958NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 3959DOC_END
3960
3961NAME: log_icp_queries
3962COMMENT: on|off
3963TYPE: onoff
3964DEFAULT: on
3965LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
3966DOC_START
3967 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
3968 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
3969 up or to simplify log analysis.
3970DOC_END
3971
5473c134 3972NAME: udp_incoming_address
3973TYPE: address
3974LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
3975DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3976DOC_NONE
cccac0a2 3977
5473c134 3978NAME: udp_outgoing_address
3979TYPE: address
3980LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
3981DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
cccac0a2 3982DOC_START
5473c134 3983 udp_incoming_address is used for the ICP socket receiving packets
3984 from other caches.
3985 udp_outgoing_address is used for ICP packets sent out to other
3986 caches.
cccac0a2 3987
5473c134 3988 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 3989
5473c134 3990 A udp_incoming_address value of 0.0.0.0 indicates Squid
3991 should listen for UDP messages on all available interfaces.
cccac0a2 3992
5473c134 3993 If udp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
3994 it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address. Only
3995 change this if you want to have ICP queries sent using another
3996 address than where this Squid listens for ICP queries from other
3997 caches.
3998
3999 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4000 have the same value since they both use port 3130.
cccac0a2 4001DOC_END
4002
5473c134 4003NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 4004TYPE: int
5473c134 4005DEFAULT: 4
4006LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 4007DOC_START
5473c134 4008 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4009 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 4010DOC_END
4011
5473c134 4012NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
4013TYPE: int
4014DEFAULT: 400
4015LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 4016DOC_START
5473c134 4017 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4018 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 4019DOC_END
4020
cccac0a2 4021NAME: netdb_low
4022TYPE: int
4023DEFAULT: 900
4024LOC: Config.Netdb.low
4025DOC_NONE
4026
4027NAME: netdb_high
4028TYPE: int
4029DEFAULT: 1000
4030LOC: Config.Netdb.high
4031DOC_START
4032 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
4033 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
4034 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
4035 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
4036DOC_END
4037
cccac0a2 4038NAME: netdb_ping_period
4039TYPE: time_t
4040LOC: Config.Netdb.period
4041DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4042DOC_START
4043 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
4044 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
4045 network. The default is five minutes.
4046DOC_END
4047
cccac0a2 4048NAME: query_icmp
4049COMMENT: on|off
4050TYPE: onoff
4051DEFAULT: off
4052LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
4053DOC_START
4054 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
4055 replies, enable this option.
4056
4057 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 4058 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
4059 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 4060 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
4061 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
4062 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
4063 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
4064 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
4065DOC_END
4066
4067NAME: test_reachability
4068COMMENT: on|off
4069TYPE: onoff
4070DEFAULT: off
4071LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
4072DOC_START
4073 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
4074 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
4075 database, or has a zero RTT.
4076DOC_END
4077
5473c134 4078NAME: icp_query_timeout
4079COMMENT: (msec)
4080DEFAULT: 0
4081TYPE: int
4082LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 4083DOC_START
5473c134 4084 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
4085 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
4086 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
4087 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
4088 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
4089 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 4090
5473c134 4091 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 4092DOC_END
4093
5473c134 4094NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
4095COMMENT: (msec)
4096DEFAULT: 2000
4097TYPE: int
4098LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 4099DOC_START
5473c134 4100 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4101 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
4102 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
4103 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4104 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4105 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4106DOC_END
4107
5473c134 4108NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
4109COMMENT: (msec)
4110DEFAULT: 5
4111TYPE: int
4112LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 4113DOC_START
5473c134 4114 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4115 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
4116 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
4117 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
4118 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4119 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4120 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4121DOC_END
4122
5473c134 4123NAME: background_ping_rate
4124COMMENT: time-units
4125TYPE: time_t
4126DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4127LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 4128DOC_START
5473c134 4129 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
4130 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 4131DOC_END
4132
5473c134 4133NAME: icp_hit_stale
4134COMMENT: on|off
4135TYPE: onoff
4136DEFAULT: off
4137LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
4138DOC_START
4139 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
4140 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
4141 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
4142 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
4143 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
4144 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
4145 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
8c01ada0 4146DOC_END
4147
5473c134 4148COMMENT_START
4149 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
4150 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4151COMMENT_END
4152
4153NAME: mcast_groups
4154TYPE: wordlist
4155LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 4156DEFAULT: none
4157DOC_START
5473c134 4158 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
4159 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 4160
5473c134 4161 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
4162 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
4163 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
4164 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
4165 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
4166 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
4167 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 4168
5473c134 4169 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
4170 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 4171
5473c134 4172 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
4173 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 4174
5473c134 4175 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 4176
5473c134 4177 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
4178DOC_END
8c01ada0 4179
5473c134 4180NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4181IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4182TYPE: address
4183LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4184DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4185DOC_START
4186 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4187 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 4188
5473c134 4189 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4190 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 4191DOC_END
4192
5473c134 4193NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
4194IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4195TYPE: ushort
4196LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4197DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 4198DOC_START
5473c134 4199 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4200 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4201 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4202DOC_END
cccac0a2 4203
5473c134 4204NAME: mcast_miss_port
4205IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4206TYPE: ushort
4207LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4208DEFAULT: 3135
4209DOC_START
4210 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4211 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4212DOC_END
cccac0a2 4213
5473c134 4214NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4215IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4216TYPE: string
4217LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4218DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4219DOC_START
4220 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4221 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4222DOC_END
8c01ada0 4223
5473c134 4224NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
4225COMMENT: (msec)
4226DEFAULT: 2000
4227TYPE: int
4228LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
4229DOC_START
4230 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
4231 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
4232 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
4233 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
4234 seconds.
cccac0a2 4235DOC_END
4236
5473c134 4237COMMENT_START
4238 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
4239 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4240COMMENT_END
4241
cccac0a2 4242NAME: icon_directory
4243TYPE: string
4244LOC: Config.icons.directory
4245DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4246DOC_START
4247 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4248 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4249DOC_END
4250
f024c970 4251NAME: global_internal_static
4252TYPE: onoff
4253LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4254DEFAULT: on
4255DOC_START
4256 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4257 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4258 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4259 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4260 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4261 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4262 the server generating a directory listing.
4263DOC_END
4264
5473c134 4265NAME: short_icon_urls
4266TYPE: onoff
4267LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4268DEFAULT: on
4269DOC_START
4270 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
4271 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
4272 it's own name and port in the URL.
4273
4274 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
4275 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
4276DOC_END
4277
4278COMMENT_START
4279 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
4280 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4281COMMENT_END
4282
4283NAME: error_directory
4284TYPE: string
4285LOC: Config.errorDirectory
4286DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
4287DOC_START
4288 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
4289 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
4290 language or company copy the template English files to another
4291 directory and point this tag at them.
4292
4293 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4294 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
4295 langauge that Squid does not currently provide please consider
4296 contributing your translation back to the project.
4297DOC_END
4298
4299NAME: err_html_text
4300TYPE: eol
4301LOC: Config.errHtmlText
4302DEFAULT: none
4303DOC_START
4304 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
4305 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
4306 organizations Web page.
4307
4308 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
4309 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
4310 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
4311 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
4312DOC_END
4313
4314NAME: email_err_data
4315COMMENT: on|off
4316TYPE: onoff
4317LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
4318DEFAULT: on
4319DOC_START
4320 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
4321 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
4322 so that the email body contains the data.
4323 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
4324DOC_END
4325
4326NAME: deny_info
4327TYPE: denyinfo
4328LOC: Config.denyInfoList
4329DEFAULT: none
4330DOC_START
4331 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
4332 or deny_info http://... acl
4333 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
4334
4335 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
4336 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
4337 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
4338 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
4339
4340 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
4341 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
4342 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
4343 the first authentication related acl encountered
4344 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
4345 acl processed on the last http_access line.
4346
4347 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
4348 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
4349
4350 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
4351 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
4352 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
4353
4354 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
4355 by specifying TCP_RESET.
4356DOC_END
4357
4358COMMENT_START
4359 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
4360 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4361COMMENT_END
4362
4363NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4364TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4365LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4366DEFAULT: on
4367DOC_START
5473c134 4368 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4369 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
4370 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 4371
5473c134 4372 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
4373 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 4374
5473c134 4375 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4376 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4377 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 4378
5473c134 4379 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
4380 this directive.
8d6275c0 4381DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 4382
5473c134 4383NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4384TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4385LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4386DEFAULT: off
4387DOC_START
5473c134 4388 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
4389 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
4390 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 4391
5473c134 4392 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4393 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4394 fails.
4395
4396 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4397 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4398 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 4399DOC_END
4400
5473c134 4401NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 4402TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 4403LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 4404DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 4405DOC_START
5473c134 4406 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 4407
5473c134 4408 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
4409 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
4410 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
4411 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
4412 something like:
0b0cfcf2 4413
5473c134 4414 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
4415 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 4416
5473c134 4417 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 4418
5473c134 4419 acl FTP proto FTP
4420 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 4421
5473c134 4422 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
4423 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
4424 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
4425 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
4426 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 4427
5473c134 4428 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4429 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4430 always_direct deny local-external
4431 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 4432
5473c134 4433 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
4434 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
4435 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
4436 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 4437
5473c134 4438 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
4439 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
4440 the replies see no_cache.
4441
4442 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
4443 and local_ip.
cccac0a2 4444DOC_END
0976f8db 4445
5473c134 4446NAME: never_direct
4447TYPE: acl_access
4448LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
4449DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4450DOC_START
5473c134 4451 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4452
4453 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
4454 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
4455
4456 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
4457 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
4458 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
4459 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
4460
4461 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4462 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
4463 never_direct deny local-servers
4464 never_direct allow all
4465
4466 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
4467 servers inside the firewall use something like:
4468
4469 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
4470 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4471 always_direct deny local-external
4472 always_direct allow local-intranet
4473 never_direct allow all
4474
4475 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
4476 and firewall_ip.
8d6275c0 4477DOC_END
0976f8db 4478
5473c134 4479COMMENT_START
4480 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
4481 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4482COMMENT_END
4483
cccac0a2 4484NAME: incoming_icp_average
4485TYPE: int
4486DEFAULT: 6
4487LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
4488DOC_NONE
4489
4490NAME: incoming_http_average
4491TYPE: int
4492DEFAULT: 4
4493LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
4494DOC_NONE
4495
4496NAME: incoming_dns_average
4497TYPE: int
4498DEFAULT: 4
4499LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
4500DOC_NONE
4501
4502NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
4503TYPE: int
4504DEFAULT: 8
4505LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
4506DOC_NONE
4507
4508NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
4509TYPE: int
4510DEFAULT: 8
4511LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
4512DOC_NONE
4513
4514NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
4515TYPE: int
4516DEFAULT: 8
4517LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
4518DOC_START
5473c134 4519 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
4520 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
4521 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
4522DOC_END
4523
4524NAME: accept_filter
4525IFDEF: SO_ACCEPTFILTER
4526TYPE: string
4527DEFAULT: none
4528LOC: Config.accept_filter
4529DOC_START
4530 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
4531 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
4532 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
4533
4534 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 4535 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
5473c134 4536 See the accf_http(9) man page.
4537
4538EXAMPLE:
4539accept_filter httpready
4540DOC_END
4541
4542NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
4543COMMENT: (bytes)
4544TYPE: b_size_t
4545DEFAULT: 0 bytes
4546LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
4547DOC_START
4548 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
4549 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
4550 the default buffer size.
4551DOC_END
4552
4553COMMENT_START
4554 ICAP OPTIONS
4555 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4556COMMENT_END
4557
4558NAME: icap_enable
4559TYPE: onoff
4560IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4561COMMENT: on|off
4562LOC: TheICAPConfig.onoff
4563DEFAULT: off
4564DOC_START
53e738c6 4565 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 4566DOC_END
4567
4568NAME: icap_connect_timeout
4569TYPE: time_t
4570DEFAULT: none
4571LOC: TheICAPConfig.connect_timeout_raw
4572IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4573DOC_START
4574 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4575 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
4576 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
4577
4578 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
4579 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
4580 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
4581DOC_END
4582
4583NAME: icap_io_timeout
4584COMMENT: time-units
4585TYPE: time_t
4586DEFAULT: none
4587LOC: TheICAPConfig.io_timeout_raw
4588IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4589DOC_START
4590 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
4591 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
4592 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
4593 failure.
4594
4595 The default is read_timeout.
4596DOC_END
4597
4598NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
4599TYPE: int
4600IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4601LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_failure_limit
4602DEFAULT: 10
4603DOC_START
4604 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
4605 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
4606 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
4607 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
4608 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
4609 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
4610
4611 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
4612 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
4613 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 4614DOC_END
4615
5473c134 4616NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 4617TYPE: int
5473c134 4618IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4619LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_revival_delay
4620DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 4621DOC_START
5473c134 4622 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
4623 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
4624 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
4625 fetched.
cccac0a2 4626
5473c134 4627 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
4628 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 4629DOC_END
4630
5473c134 4631NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 4632TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4633IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4634COMMENT: on|off
4635LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_enable
cccac0a2 4636DEFAULT: off
4637DOC_START
53e738c6 4638 Set this to 'on' if you want to enable the ICAP preview
4639 feature in Squid.
cccac0a2 4640DOC_END
4641
5473c134 4642NAME: icap_preview_size
4643TYPE: int
4644IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4645LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_size
4646DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 4647DOC_START
53e738c6 4648 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
4649 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
4650 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 4651DOC_END
4652
5473c134 4653NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
4654TYPE: int
4655IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4656LOC: TheICAPConfig.default_options_ttl
4657DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 4658DOC_START
53e738c6 4659 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 4660 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 4661DOC_END
4662
5473c134 4663NAME: icap_persistent_connections
4664TYPE: onoff
4665IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4666COMMENT: on|off
4667LOC: TheICAPConfig.reuse_connections
4668DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 4669DOC_START
5473c134 4670 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
4671 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 4672DOC_END
4673
5473c134 4674NAME: icap_send_client_ip
4675TYPE: onoff
4676IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4677COMMENT: on|off
4678LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_ip
4679DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 4680DOC_START
53e738c6 4681 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 4682DOC_END
4683
5473c134 4684NAME: icap_send_client_username
4685TYPE: onoff
4686IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4687COMMENT: on|off
4688LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_username
4689DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 4690DOC_START
5473c134 4691 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
4692 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
4693 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
4694 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 4695DOC_END
4696
5473c134 4697NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 4698TYPE: string
5473c134 4699IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4700LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_header
4701DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 4702DOC_START
5473c134 4703 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 4704DOC_END
4705
5473c134 4706NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 4707TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4708IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4709COMMENT: on|off
4710LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_encode
4711DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 4712DOC_START
5473c134 4713 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 4714DOC_END
4715
5473c134 4716NAME: icap_service
4717TYPE: icap_service_type
4718IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4719LOC: TheICAPConfig
4720DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4721DOC_START
53e738c6 4722 Defines a single ICAP service
cccac0a2 4723
53e738c6 4724 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
7d90757b 4725
53e738c6 4726 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
4727 This specifies at which point of request processing the ICAP
4728 service should be plugged in.
4729 bypass = 1|0
4730 If set to 1 and the ICAP server cannot be reached, the request will go
4731 through without being processed by an ICAP server
4732 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
5473c134 4733
53e738c6 4734 Note: reqmod_precache and respmod_postcache is not yet implemented
5473c134 4735
4736Example:
4737icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
4738icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 4739DOC_END
4740
5473c134 4741NAME: icap_class
4742TYPE: icap_class_type
4743IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4744LOC: TheICAPConfig
4745DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4746DOC_START
53e738c6 4747 Defines an ICAP service chain. If there are multiple services per
4748 vectoring point, they are processed in the specified order.
5473c134 4749
53e738c6 4750 icap_class classname servicename...
5473c134 4751
4752Example:
4753icap_class class_1 service_1 service_2
4754icap class class_2 service_1 service_3
cccac0a2 4755DOC_END
4756
5473c134 4757NAME: icap_access
4758TYPE: icap_access_type
4759IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4760LOC: TheICAPConfig
cccac0a2 4761DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4762DOC_START
53e738c6 4763 Redirects a request through an ICAP service class, depending
4764 on given acls
5473c134 4765
53e738c6 4766 icap_access classname allow|deny [!]aclname...
5473c134 4767
53e738c6 4768 The icap_access statements are processed in the order they appear in
4769 this configuration file. If an access list matches, the processing stops.
4770 For an "allow" rule, the specified class is used for the request. A "deny"
4771 rule simply stops processing without using the class. You can also use the
4772 special classname "None".
cccac0a2 4773
53e738c6 4774 For backward compatibility, it is also possible to use services
4775 directly here.
5473c134 4776Example:
4777icap_access class_1 allow all
cccac0a2 4778DOC_END
4779
5473c134 4780COMMENT_START
4781 DNS OPTIONS
4782 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4783COMMENT_END
4784
4785NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 4786TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 4787DEFAULT: off
5473c134 4788LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 4789DOC_START
5473c134 4790 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
4791 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
4792 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 4793DOC_END
4794
5473c134 4795NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 4796TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 4797DEFAULT: on
5473c134 4798LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 4799DOC_START
5473c134 4800 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
4801 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
4802 Squid to be strict about the standard.
4803 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 4804DOC_END
4805
5473c134 4806NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 4807TYPE: string
5473c134 4808IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
4809DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
4810LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 4811DOC_START
5473c134 4812 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 4813DOC_END
4814
5473c134 4815NAME: dns_children
4816TYPE: int
4817IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
4818DEFAULT: 5
4819LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 4820DOC_START
5473c134 4821 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
4822 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
4823 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
4824 is 32. The default is 5.
58850d15 4825
5473c134 4826 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
58850d15 4827DOC_END
4828
5473c134 4829NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
4830TYPE: time_t
4831DEFAULT: 5 seconds
4832LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
4833IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 4834DOC_START
5473c134 4835 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
4836 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 4837
cccac0a2 4838DOC_END
4839
5473c134 4840NAME: dns_timeout
4841TYPE: time_t
4842DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4843LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
4844IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 4845DOC_START
5473c134 4846 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
4847 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
4848 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 4849DOC_END
4850
5473c134 4851NAME: dns_defnames
4852COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 4853TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 4854DEFAULT: off
5473c134 4855LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 4856DOC_START
5473c134 4857 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
4858 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
4859 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
4860 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 4861DOC_END
4862
5473c134 4863NAME: dns_nameservers
4864TYPE: wordlist
4865DEFAULT: none
4866LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 4867DOC_START
5473c134 4868 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
4869 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
4870 /etc/resolv.conf file.
4871 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
4872 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
4873 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
4874 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 4875
5473c134 4876 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 4877DOC_END
4878
5473c134 4879NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 4880TYPE: string
5473c134 4881DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
4882LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 4883DOC_START
5473c134 4884 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
4885 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
4886 default locations:
4887 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
4888 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
4889 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
4890 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
4891 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
4892 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
4893 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
4894 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 4895
5473c134 4896 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
4897 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
4898 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
4899 character are comments.
cccac0a2 4900
5473c134 4901 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
4902 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
4903 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
4904 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
4905 definitions.
cccac0a2 4906DOC_END
4907
5473c134 4908NAME: dns_testnames
4909TYPE: wordlist
4910LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
4911DEFAULT: none
4912DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
4913DOC_START
4914 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
4915
4916 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
cccac0a2 4917DOC_END
4918
5473c134 4919NAME: append_domain
4920TYPE: string
4921LOC: Config.appendDomain
4922DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 4923DOC_START
5473c134 4924 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
4925 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
4926
4927 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
4928 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
4929 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
4930
4931Example:
4932 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 4933DOC_END
4934
5473c134 4935NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
4936TYPE: onoff
4937LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 4938DEFAULT: on
4939DOC_START
5473c134 4940 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
4941 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
4942 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
4943 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
4944 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 4945DOC_END
4946
6bc15a4f 4947NAME: ipcache_size
4948COMMENT: (number of entries)
4949TYPE: int
4950DEFAULT: 1024
4951LOC: Config.ipcache.size
4952DOC_NONE
4953
4954NAME: ipcache_low
4955COMMENT: (percent)
4956TYPE: int
4957DEFAULT: 90
4958LOC: Config.ipcache.low
4959DOC_NONE
4960
4961NAME: ipcache_high
4962COMMENT: (percent)
4963TYPE: int
4964DEFAULT: 95
4965LOC: Config.ipcache.high
4966DOC_START
4967 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
4968DOC_END
4969
4970NAME: fqdncache_size
4971COMMENT: (number of entries)
4972TYPE: int
4973DEFAULT: 1024
4974LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
4975DOC_START
4976 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
4977DOC_END
4978
a58ff010 4979COMMENT_START
5473c134 4980 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 4981 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4982COMMENT_END
4983
5473c134 4984NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 4985COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 4986TYPE: onoff
4987DEFAULT: on
4988LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 4989DOC_START
5473c134 4990 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
4991 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
4992 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
4993 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 4994DOC_END
4995
5473c134 4996NAME: memory_pools_limit
4997COMMENT: (bytes)
4998TYPE: b_size_t
4999DEFAULT: 5 MB
5000LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 5001DOC_START
5473c134 5002 Used only with memory_pools on:
5003 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 5004
5473c134 5005 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
5006 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
5007 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
5008 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
5009 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
5010 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
5011 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 5012
5473c134 5013 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5014 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 5015
5473c134 5016 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
5017 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5018
5019 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
5020 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
5021 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
5022 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 5023DOC_END
5024
5473c134 5025NAME: forwarded_for
5026COMMENT: on|off
5027TYPE: onoff
5028DEFAULT: on
5029LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 5030DOC_START
5473c134 5031 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
5032 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
5033 this:
5f8252d2 5034
5473c134 5035 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
5036
5037 If you disable this, it will appear as
5038
5039 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
5f8252d2 5040DOC_END
5041
5473c134 5042NAME: cachemgr_passwd
5043TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
5044DEFAULT: none
5045LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 5046DOC_START
5473c134 5047 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 5048
5473c134 5049 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
5050
5051 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
5052 5min
5053 60min
5054 asndb
5055 authenticator
5056 cbdata
5057 client_list
5058 comm_incoming
5059 config *
5060 counters
5061 delay
5062 digest_stats
5063 dns
5064 events
5065 filedescriptors
5066 fqdncache
5067 histograms
5068 http_headers
5069 info
5070 io
5071 ipcache
5072 mem
5073 menu
5074 netdb
5075 non_peers
5076 objects
5077 offline_toggle *
5078 pconn
5079 peer_select
5080 redirector
5081 refresh
5082 server_list
5083 shutdown *
5084 store_digest
5085 storedir
5086 utilization
5087 via_headers
5088 vm_objects
5089
5090 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
5091 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
5092
5093 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
5094 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
5095 password to "none".
5096
5097 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
5098
5099Example:
5100 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
5101 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
5102 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 5103DOC_END
5104
5473c134 5105NAME: client_db
a58ff010 5106COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5107TYPE: onoff
5108DEFAULT: on
5109LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 5110DOC_START
5473c134 5111 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
5112 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 5113DOC_END
5114
5473c134 5115NAME: refresh_all_ims
5116COMMENT: on|off
5117TYPE: onoff
5118DEFAULT: off
5119LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 5120DOC_START
5473c134 5121 When you enable this option, squid will always check
5122 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
5123 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
5124 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
5125 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 5126
5473c134 5127 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
5128 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 5129DOC_END
5130
5473c134 5131NAME: reload_into_ims
5132IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 5133COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5134TYPE: onoff
5135DEFAULT: off
5136LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 5137DOC_START
5473c134 5138 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
5139 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
5140 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
5141 feature could make you liable for problems which it
5142 causes.
5143
5144 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 5145DOC_END
5146
5473c134 5147NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
5148TYPE: int
5149LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
5150DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 5151DOC_START
5473c134 5152 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
5153 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
5154 each address is tried once).
5155
5156 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
5157 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
5158 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
5159
5160 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
5161 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 5162DOC_END
5163
5473c134 5164NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 5165TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5166LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 5167DEFAULT: off
5168DOC_START
5473c134 5169 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
5170 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
5171 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
5172 control errors.
5f8252d2 5173DOC_END
5174
5473c134 5175NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 5176TYPE: string
5473c134 5177LOC: Config.as_whois_server
5178DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5179DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 5180DOC_START
5473c134 5181 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
5182 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 5183DOC_END
5184
5473c134 5185NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 5186TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5187LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 5188DEFAULT: off
5189DOC_START
5473c134 5190 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
5191 objects.
a58ff010 5192DOC_END
5193
5473c134 5194NAME: uri_whitespace
5195TYPE: uri_whitespace
5196LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
5197DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 5198DOC_START
5473c134 5199 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
5200 URI. Options:
a58ff010 5201
5473c134 5202 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
5203 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
5204 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
5205 Request" message.
5206 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
5207 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
5208 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
5209 are in use.
5210 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
5211 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
5212 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
5213 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
5214 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
5215 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
5216 violation.
5217DOC_END
a58ff010 5218
5473c134 5219NAME: coredump_dir
5220TYPE: string
5221LOC: Config.coredump_dir
5222DEFAULT: none
5223DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
5224DOC_START
5225 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5226 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5227 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5228 and coredump files will be left there.
a58ff010 5229
5473c134 5230NOCOMMENT_START
5231# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5232coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
5233NOCOMMENT_END
5234DOC_END
a58ff010 5235
5473c134 5236NAME: redirector_bypass
5237TYPE: onoff
5238LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
5239DEFAULT: off
5240DOC_START
5241 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
5242 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
5243 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
5244 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
5245 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
5246 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
5247 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
5248 users may have access to pages they should not
5249 be allowed to request.
a58ff010 5250DOC_END
5251
5473c134 5252NAME: chroot
5253TYPE: string
5254LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 5255DEFAULT: none
5256DOC_START
5473c134 5257 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
5258 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
5259 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
5260 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will may get an
5261 error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5262DOC_END
a58ff010 5263
5473c134 5264NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
5265TYPE: onoff
5266LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
5267DEFAULT: on
5268DOC_START
5269 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
5270 found not to preserve user session state across requests
5271 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 5272
5473c134 5273 By default Squid rotates IP's per request. By disabling
5274 this directive only connection failure triggers rotation.
a58ff010 5275DOC_END
5276
5473c134 5277NAME: pipeline_prefetch
5278TYPE: onoff
5279LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
5280DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 5281DOC_START
5473c134 5282 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
5283 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5284 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 5285
5473c134 5286 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
5287 reasons.
5288DOC_END
a58ff010 5289
5473c134 5290NAME: high_response_time_warning
5291TYPE: int
5292COMMENT: (msec)
5293LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
5294DEFAULT: 0
5295DOC_START
5296 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
5297 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
5298 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 5299DOC_END
5300
5473c134 5301NAME: high_page_fault_warning
5302TYPE: int
5303LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
5304DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 5305DOC_START
5473c134 5306 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
5307 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5308 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
5309 per second.
5310DOC_END
cc9f92d4 5311
5473c134 5312NAME: high_memory_warning
5313TYPE: b_size_t
5314LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
5315DEFAULT: 0
5316DOC_START
5317 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
5318 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5319 the administrators attention.
5320DOC_END
cc9f92d4 5321
5473c134 5322NAME: sleep_after_fork
5323COMMENT: (microseconds)
5324TYPE: int
5325LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
5326DEFAULT: 0
5327DOC_START
5328 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
5329 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
5330 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
5331 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
5332 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
5333 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
5334 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
5335 until all the child processes have been started.
5336 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
5337 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 5338DOC_END
5339
cccac0a2 5340EOF