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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
592a09dc 50COMMENT_START
51 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
52 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
53 supported.
54
55 For example,
56
57 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
58
59 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
60 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
61 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
62 configuration files.
63COMMENT_END
64
5473c134 65COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 66 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 67 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
68COMMENT_END
69
41bd17a4 70NAME: auth_param
71TYPE: authparam
72LOC: Config.authConfiguration
cccac0a2 73DEFAULT: none
74DOC_START
41bd17a4 75 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
76 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 77
41bd17a4 78 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 79
41bd17a4 80 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
81 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
82 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
83 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
84 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
85 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
86 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
87 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
88 program entry).
cccac0a2 89
41bd17a4 90 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
91 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
92 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
93 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 94
41bd17a4 95 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
96 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
97 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
98 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
99 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
100 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
101 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
102 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
103 type acl.
cccac0a2 104
41bd17a4 105 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
106 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
107 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
108 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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109 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have authentication
110 disabled.
cccac0a2 111
41bd17a4 112 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 113
41bd17a4 114 "program" cmdline
115 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
116 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
117 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
118 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
119 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 120
41bd17a4 121 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
122 program is specified.
cccac0a2 123
41bd17a4 124 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
125 this line to something like
307b83b7 126
41bd17a4 127 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 128
41bd17a4 129 "children" numberofchildren
130 The number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
131 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
132 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
133 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
134 authenticator processes.
135 auth_param basic children 5
9e7dbc51 136
41bd17a4 137 "concurrency" concurrency
138 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
139 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
140 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
141 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
142 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
143 wating for the response.
144 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
145 auth_param basic concurrency 0
0fdafae7 146
41bd17a4 147 "realm" realmstring
148 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
149 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
150 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
151 password). There is no default.
152 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 153
41bd17a4 154 "credentialsttl" timetolive
155 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
156 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
157 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
158 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
159 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
160 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
161 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
162 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
163 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 164
41bd17a4 165 "casesensitive" on|off
166 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
167 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
168 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
169 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
170 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 171
41bd17a4 172 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 173
41bd17a4 174 "program" cmdline
175 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
176 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
177 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
178 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
179 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
180 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
181 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 182
41bd17a4 183 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
184 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 185
41bd17a4 186 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
187 something like
cccac0a2 188
41bd17a4 189 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 190
41bd17a4 191 "children" numberofchildren
192 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
193 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
194 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
195 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
196 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
197 auth_param digest children 5
cccac0a2 198
41bd17a4 199 "realm" realmstring
200 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
201 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
202 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
203 password). There is no default.
204 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 205
41bd17a4 206 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
207 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
208 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 209
41bd17a4 210 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
211 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
212 valid for.
cccac0a2 213
41bd17a4 214 "nonce_max_count" number
215 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
216 used.
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 "nonce_strictness" on|off
219 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
220 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
221 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
222 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 223
41bd17a4 224 "check_nonce_count" on|off
225 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
226 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
227 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
228 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 229
41bd17a4 230 "post_workaround" on|off
231 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
232 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
233 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 234
41bd17a4 235 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 236
41bd17a4 237 "program" cmdline
238 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
239 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
240 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
241 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
242 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
243 is not used.
cccac0a2 244
41bd17a4 245 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 246
41bd17a4 247 "children" numberofchildren
248 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
249 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
250 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
251 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
252 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
253 processes.
cccac0a2 254
41bd17a4 255 auth_param ntlm children 5
cccac0a2 256
41bd17a4 257 "keep_alive" on|off
258 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
259 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
260 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
261 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
262 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 263
41bd17a4 264 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 265
41bd17a4 266 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 267
41bd17a4 268 "program" cmdline
269 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
270 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
271 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
272 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
273 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
274 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
275 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
276 is not used.
277 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
278 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 279
41bd17a4 280 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 281
41bd17a4 282 "children" numberofchildren
283 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
284 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
285 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
286 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
287 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
288 processes.
289 auth_param negotiate children 5
d3803853 290
41bd17a4 291 "keep_alive" on|off
292 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
293 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
294 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
295 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
296 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 297
41bd17a4 298 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 299
41bd17a4 300NOCOMMENT_START
301#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
302#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
303#auth_param negotiate children 5
304#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
305#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
306#auth_param ntlm children 5
307#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
308#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
309#auth_param digest children 5
310#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
311#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
312#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
313#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
314#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
315#auth_param basic children 5
316#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
317#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
318NOCOMMENT_END
319DOC_END
cccac0a2 320
41bd17a4 321NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
322TYPE: time_t
323DEFAULT: 1 hour
324LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
325DOC_START
326 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
327 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
328 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
329 have good reason to.
330DOC_END
cccac0a2 331
41bd17a4 332NAME: authenticate_ttl
333TYPE: time_t
334DEFAULT: 1 hour
335LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
336DOC_START
337 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
338 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
339 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
340 TTL are removed from memory.
341DOC_END
cccac0a2 342
41bd17a4 343NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
344TYPE: time_t
345LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
346DEFAULT: 0 seconds
347DOC_START
348 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
349 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
350 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
351 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
352 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
353 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
354 environment with relatively static address assignments.
355DOC_END
cccac0a2 356
3d1e3e43 357COMMENT_START
358 ACCESS CONTROLS
359 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
360COMMENT_END
361
41bd17a4 362NAME: external_acl_type
363TYPE: externalAclHelper
364LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 365DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 366DOC_START
41bd17a4 367 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
368 to look up the status
cccac0a2 369
41bd17a4 370 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 371
41bd17a4 372 Options:
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
375 for 1 hour)
376 negative_ttl=n
377 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
378 as ttl)
379 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
380 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
381 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
382 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
383 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
384 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
385 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
386 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
387 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 388 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
389 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
390 'ipv4' is the default unless --with-localhost-ipv6 is used.
391 --with-localhost-ipv6 changes the default to 'ipv6'.
392 SPECIAL NOTE: these options override --with-localhost-ipv6
cccac0a2 393
41bd17a4 394 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 395
41bd17a4 396 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
397 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
398 %IDENT Ident user name
399 %SRC Client IP
400 %SRCPORT Client source port
401 %URI Requested URI
402 %DST Requested host
403 %PROTO Requested protocol
404 %PORT Requested port
405 %PATH Requested URL path
406 %METHOD Request method
407 %MYADDR Squid interface address
408 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
409 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
410 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
411 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
412 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
413 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
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415 %>{Header} HTTP request header
416 %>{Hdr:member}
417 HTTP request header list member
418 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 419 HTTP request header list member using ; as
420 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
421 character.
cccac0a2 422
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423 %<{Header} HTTP reply header
424 %<{Hdr:member}
425 HTTP reply header list member
426 %<{Hdr:;member}
427 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
428 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
429 character.
430
41bd17a4 431 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
432 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
433 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 434
41bd17a4 435 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
436 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
437 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
438 more details.
cccac0a2 439
41bd17a4 440 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 441
41bd17a4 442 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 443
41bd17a4 444 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 445
41bd17a4 446 user= The users name (login)
447 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
448 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
449 in error pages
450 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
451 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
452 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
453 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 454
41bd17a4 455 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
456 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 457
41bd17a4 458 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
459 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
460 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 461
41bd17a4 462 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
463 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
464 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 465DOC_END
466
41bd17a4 467NAME: acl
468TYPE: acl
469LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 470DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 471DOC_START
41bd17a4 472 Defining an Access List
cccac0a2 473
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474 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
475 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
476 they are read from.
cccac0a2 477
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478 acl aclname acltype argument ...
479 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 480
375eeb3b 481 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 482
41bd17a4 483 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
484 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
cccac0a2 485
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486
487 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
488
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489 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address
490 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses
491 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address
492 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address
cccac0a2 493
41bd17a4 494 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
495 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
496 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
497 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
498 #
499 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
500 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
501 # find out its MAC address.
934b03fc 502
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503 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, from client IP
504 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
505 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ... # regex matching client name
506 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ... # regex matching server
41bd17a4 507 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
508 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
509 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9bc73deb 510
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511 acl aclname src_as number ...
512 acl aclname dst_as number ...
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513 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
514 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
515 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
516 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
517 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
518 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
519 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 520
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521 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
522 # day-abbrevs:
523 # S - Sunday
524 # M - Monday
525 # T - Tuesday
526 # W - Wednesday
527 # H - Thursday
528 # F - Friday
529 # A - Saturday
530 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
531
532 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
41bd17a4 533 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
e988aa40 534
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535 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
536 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
537 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
197f6b3c 538 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name
e988aa40 539
375eeb3b 540 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
e988aa40 541
375eeb3b 542 acl aclname method GET POST ...
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543
544 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
545
375eeb3b 546 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
41bd17a4 547 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
e988aa40 548
375eeb3b 549 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
41bd17a4 550 # pattern match on Referer header
551 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 552
375eeb3b 553 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 554 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
555 # string match on ident output.
556 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 557
41bd17a4 558 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
559 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
560 # list of valid usernames
561 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
562 #
563 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
564 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
565 # in access.log.
566 #
567 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
568 # to check username/password combinations (see
569 # auth_param directive).
570 #
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571 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent/intercepting proxy
572 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 573 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 574
41bd17a4 575 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
576 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
577 # Example:
578 #
579 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 580
41bd17a4 581 acl aclname maxconn number
582 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
583 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
1e5562e3 584
41bd17a4 585 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
586 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
587 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
588 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
589 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
590 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
591 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
592 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
593 # request is denied)
594 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
595 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
596 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
cccac0a2 597
375eeb3b 598 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 599 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
600 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
601 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
602 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
603 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 604
41bd17a4 605 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
606 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
607 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
608 # ACLs.
cccac0a2 609
375eeb3b 610 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 611 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
612 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
613 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
614 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
615 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
616 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 617
41bd17a4 618 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
619 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
620 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
621 # ACLs.
cccac0a2 622
375eeb3b 623 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 624 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
625 # external_acl_type directive.
cccac0a2 626
41bd17a4 627 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
628 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
629 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
cccac0a2 630
41bd17a4 631 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
632 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
633 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
cccac0a2 634
41bd17a4 635 acl aclname ext_user username ...
636 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
637 # string match on username returned by external acl helper
638 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
cccac0a2 639
41bd17a4 640Examples:
641acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
642acl myexample dst_as 1241
643acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
644acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
645acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 646
41bd17a4 647NOCOMMENT_START
648#Recommended minimum configuration:
41bd17a4 649acl manager proto cache_object
ee776778 650acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
41bd17a4 651acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
ee776778 652#
653# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
654# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
655# should be allowed
656acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
657acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
658acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
659#
41bd17a4 660acl SSL_ports port 443
661acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
662acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
663acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
664acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
665acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
666acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
667acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
668acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
669acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
670acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
671acl CONNECT method CONNECT
672NOCOMMENT_END
673DOC_END
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675NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
676TYPE: acl_access
677IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
678LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
679DEFAULT: none
680DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
681DOC_START
682 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
683 find the original source of a request.
684
685 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
686 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
687 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
688 rightmost address being the most recent.
689
690 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
691 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
692 to see where that host received the request from. If the
693 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, and if
694 acl_uses_indirect_client is on, then we continue backtracking
695 until we reach an address for which we are not allowed to
696 follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
697 address in the list. (If acl_uses_indirect_client is off, then
698 it's impossible to backtrack through more than one level of
699 X-Forwarded-For addresses.)
700
701 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
702 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
703 be treated as the client address for access control, delay
704 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
705 delay_pool_uses_indirect_client and log_uses_indirect_client
706 options.
707
708 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
709
710 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
711 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
712 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
713 source address of the request. This may enable remote
714 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
715 based on the client's source addresses.
716
717 For example:
718
719 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
720 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
721 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
722 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
723DOC_END
724
725NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
726COMMENT: on|off
727TYPE: onoff
728IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
729DEFAULT: on
730LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
731DOC_START
732 Controls whether the indirect client address
733 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
734 direct client address in acl matching.
735DOC_END
736
737NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
738COMMENT: on|off
739TYPE: onoff
97a616ca 740IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR DELAY_POOLS
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741DEFAULT: on
742LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
743DOC_START
744 Controls whether the indirect client address
745 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
746 direct client address in delay pools.
747DOC_END
748
749NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
750COMMENT: on|off
751TYPE: onoff
752IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
753DEFAULT: on
754LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
755DOC_START
756 Controls whether the indirect client address
757 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
758 direct client address in the access log.
759DOC_END
760
41bd17a4 761NAME: http_access
762TYPE: acl_access
763LOC: Config.accessList.http
764DEFAULT: none
765DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
766DOC_START
767 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 768
41bd17a4 769 Access to the HTTP port:
770 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 771
41bd17a4 772 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 773
41bd17a4 774 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
775 the request.
cccac0a2 776
41bd17a4 777 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
778 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
779 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
780 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
781 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
782 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 783
41bd17a4 784NOCOMMENT_START
785#Recommended minimum configuration:
786#
787# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
788http_access allow manager localhost
789http_access deny manager
790# Deny requests to unknown ports
791http_access deny !Safe_ports
792# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
793http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
794#
795# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
796# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
797# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
798#http_access deny to_localhost
799#
800# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
c8f4eac4 801
ee776778 802# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
803# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
804# from where browsing should be allowed
805http_access allow localnet
7d90757b 806
41bd17a4 807# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
808http_access deny all
809NOCOMMENT_END
810DOC_END
7d90757b 811
41bd17a4 812NAME: http_reply_access
813TYPE: acl_access
814LOC: Config.accessList.reply
815DEFAULT: none
816DOC_START
817 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 818
41bd17a4 819 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 820
41bd17a4 821 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
822 all replies
1a224843 823
41bd17a4 824 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
825 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
826 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
cccac0a2 827DOC_END
828
41bd17a4 829NAME: icp_access
830TYPE: acl_access
831LOC: Config.accessList.icp
832DEFAULT: none
833DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 834DOC_START
41bd17a4 835 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
836 access lists
5473c134 837
41bd17a4 838 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 839
41bd17a4 840 See http_access for details
841
842NOCOMMENT_START
ee776778 843#Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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844#icp_access allow localnet
845#icp_access deny all
41bd17a4 846NOCOMMENT_END
5473c134 847DOC_END
848
41bd17a4 849NAME: htcp_access
850IFDEF: USE_HTCP
851TYPE: acl_access
852LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
853DEFAULT: none
854DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 855DOC_START
41bd17a4 856 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
857 access lists
5473c134 858
41bd17a4 859 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 860
41bd17a4 861 See http_access for details
5473c134 862
0b48417e 863 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
864 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
865 using the htcp or htcp-oldsquid options.
866
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868#Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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869#htcp_access allow localnet
870#htcp_access deny all
ee776778 871NOCOMMENT_END
41bd17a4 872DOC_END
5473c134 873
41bd17a4 874NAME: htcp_clr_access
875IFDEF: USE_HTCP
876TYPE: acl_access
877LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
878DEFAULT: none
879DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
880DOC_START
881 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
882 on defined access lists
5473c134 883
41bd17a4 884 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 885
41bd17a4 886 See http_access for details
5473c134 887
41bd17a4 888#Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
889acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
890htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
5473c134 891DOC_END
892
41bd17a4 893NAME: miss_access
894TYPE: acl_access
895LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 896DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 897DOC_START
41bd17a4 898 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
899 a parent. For example:
5473c134 900
41bd17a4 901 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
902 miss_access allow localclients
903 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 904
41bd17a4 905 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
906 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 907
41bd17a4 908 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
909 to fetch MISSES from us.
41bd17a4 910DOC_END
911
912NAME: ident_lookup_access
913TYPE: acl_access
914IFDEF: USE_IDENT
915DEFAULT: none
916DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
917LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
5473c134 918DOC_START
41bd17a4 919 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
920 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
921 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
922 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
923 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
924 any requests.
5473c134 925
41bd17a4 926 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
927 can follow this example:
5473c134 928
41bd17a4 929 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
930 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
931 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 932
41bd17a4 933 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
934 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
935 the correct result.
936DOC_END
5473c134 937
5b0f5383 938NAME: reply_body_max_size
939COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
940TYPE: acl_b_size_t
941DEFAULT: none
942LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
943DOC_START
944 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
945 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
946 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
947 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
948 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
949 for this reply.
950
951 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
952 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
953 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
954 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
955 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
956 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
957 and they will receive a partial reply.
958
959 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
960 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
961 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
962 use this option if you have downstream caches.
963
964 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
965 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
966 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
967 the size of your largest error page.
968
969 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
970 no limit imposed.
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971
972 Configuration Format is:
973 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
974 ie.
975 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
976
5b0f5383 977DOC_END
978
979COMMENT_START
980 NETWORK OPTIONS
981 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
982COMMENT_END
983
984NAME: http_port ascii_port
985TYPE: http_port_list
986DEFAULT: none
987LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
988DOC_START
989 Usage: port [options]
990 hostname:port [options]
991 1.2.3.4:port [options]
992
993 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
994 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
995 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
996 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
997 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
998 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
999 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
1000 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1001
1002 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1003 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1004
1005 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1006 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1007 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1008
1009 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1010
1011 Options:
1012
e77bdb4e 1013 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1014 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1015 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1016
1017 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1018 connections using the client IP address.
13b5cd0c 1019 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1020
1021 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1022 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1023
1024 defaultsite=domainname
1025 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1026 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1027 accelerators should consider the default.
1028 Implies accel.
1029
1030 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1031 domain support. Implies accel.
1032
1033 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1034 Implies accel.
1035
1036 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1037 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
1038
1039 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1040 Defaults to http.
1041
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1042 connection-auth[=on|off]
1043 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1044 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
1045 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1046
5b0f5383 1047 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1048 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1049 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1050 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1051 support is enabled.
1052 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1053
1054 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1055 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1056 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1057 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1058 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1059 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1060 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1061 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1062
4c9da963 1063 sslBump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
1064 establish secure connection with the client and with
1065 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1066 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1067 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1068
1069 When this option is enabled, additional options become
1070 available to specify SSL-related properties of the
1071 client-side connection: cert, key, version, cipher,
1072 options, clientca, cafile, capath, crlfile, dhparams,
1073 sslflags, and sslcontext. See the https_port directive
1074 for more information on these options.
1075
1076 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1077 the SslBump feature.
1078
81b6e9a7 1079 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1080 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1081
b2130d58 1082 keepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
1083 Enable TCP keepalive probes of idle connections
1084 idle is the initial time before TCP starts probing
1085 the connection, interval how often to probe, and
1086 timeout the time before giving up.
1087
5b0f5383 1088 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1089 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1090 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1091 visible on the internal address.
1092
1093NOCOMMENT_START
1094# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1095http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1096NOCOMMENT_END
1097DOC_END
1098
1099NAME: https_port
1100IFDEF: USE_SSL
1101TYPE: https_port_list
1102DEFAULT: none
1103LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1104DOC_START
1105 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1106
1107 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1108 requests.
1109
1110 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1111 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1112 accelerator level.
1113
1114 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1115 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1116
1117 Options:
1118
1119 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1120 defaultsite or vhost.
1121
1122 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1123 this port. Implies accel.
1124
1125 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1126 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1127 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1128 Implies accel.
1129
1130 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1131 Defaults to https.
1132
1133 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1134
1135 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1136 if not specified, the certificate file is
1137 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1138 key file.
1139
1140 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1141 1 automatic (default)
1142 2 SSLv2 only
1143 3 SSLv3 only
1144 4 TLSv1 only
1145
1146 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1147
1148 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1149 being:
1150 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1151 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1152 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1153 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1154 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1155 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1156 documentation for a complete list of options.
1157
1158 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1159 requesting a client certificate.
1160
1161 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1162 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1163 clientca will be used.
1164
1165 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1166 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1167
1168 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1169 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1170 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1171
1172 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1173 DH key exchanges.
1174
1175 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1176 DELAYED_AUTH
1177 Don't request client certificates
1178 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1179 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1180 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1181 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1182 to OpenSSL.
1183 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1184 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1185 will result in a new SSL session.
1186 VERIFY_CRL
1187 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1188 certificates.
1189 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1190 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1191 client certificate chain.
1192
1193 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1194
1195 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1196
1197 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1198 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1199
81b6e9a7 1200 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1201 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1202
5b0f5383 1203DOC_END
1204
41bd17a4 1205NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1206TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1207DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1208LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
5473c134 1209DOC_START
41bd17a4 1210 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
1211 connections with, based on the username or source address
1212 making the request.
5473c134 1213
41bd17a4 1214 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1215
41bd17a4 1216 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1217 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1218
41bd17a4 1219 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
1220 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2c73de90 1221 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1222 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1223
41bd17a4 1224 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
1225 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474 and
1226 RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1227
41bd17a4 1228 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1229 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
1230 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
1231 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
cccac0a2 1232
41bd17a4 1233 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1234 matching line.
cccac0a2 1235
41bd17a4 1236 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1237 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1238 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
1239 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 1240DOC_END
1241
41bd17a4 1242NAME: clientside_tos
1243TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1244DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1245LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
cccac0a2 1246DOC_START
41bd17a4 1247 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
1248 connections with, based on the username or source address
1249 making the request.
1250DOC_END
cccac0a2 1251
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1252NAME: zph_tos_local
1253TYPE: int
1254IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1255DEFAULT: 0
1256LOC: Config.zph_tos_local
1257DOC_START
1258 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark local hits. Read above
1259 (tcp_outgoing_tos) for details/requirements about TOS.
1260 Default: 0 (disabled).
1261DOC_END
1262
1263NAME: zph_tos_peer
1264TYPE: int
1265IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1266DEFAULT: 0
1267LOC: Config.zph_tos_peer
1268DOC_START
1269 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark peer hits. Read above
1270 (tcp_outgoing_tos) for details/requirements about TOS.
1271 Default: 0 (disabled).
1272DOC_END
1273
1274NAME: zph_tos_parent
1275COMMENT: on|off
1276TYPE: onoff
1277IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1278DEFAULT: on
1279LOC: Config.onoff.zph_tos_parent
1280DOC_START
1281 Set this to off if you want only sibling hits to be marked.
1282 If set to on (default), parent hits are being marked too.
1283DOC_END
1284
1285NAME: zph_preserve_miss_tos
1286COMMENT: on|off
1287TYPE: onoff
1288IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1289DEFAULT: on
1290LOC: Config.onoff.zph_preserve_miss_tos
1291DOC_START
1292 If set to on (default), any HTTP response towards clients will
1293 have the TOS value of the response comming from the remote
1294 server masked with the value of zph_preserve_miss_tos_mask.
1295 For this to work correctly, you will need to patch your linux
1296 kernel with the TOS preserving ZPH patch.
1297 The kernel patch can be downloaded from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1298DOC_END
1299
1300NAME: zph_preserve_miss_tos_mask
1301TYPE: int
1302IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1303DEFAULT: 255
1304LOC: Config.zph_preserve_miss_tos_mask
1305DOC_START
1306 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS received from the
1307 remote server, before copying the value to the TOS send towards
1308 clients.
1309 Default: 255 (TOS from server is not changed).
1310DOC_END
1311
41bd17a4 1312NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1313TYPE: acl_address
1314DEFAULT: none
1315LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1316DOC_START
1317 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1318 based on the username or source address of the user making
1319 the request.
7f7db318 1320
41bd17a4 1321 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
c33aa074 1322
41bd17a4 1323 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1324 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1325 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1326 source address 10.1.0.3.
9197cd13 1327
17148b2f 1328 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1329 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1330 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1331 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1332 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1333
41bd17a4 1334 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1335 matching line.
cccac0a2 1336
41bd17a4 1337 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1338 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1339 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1340 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cc192b50 1341
1342
1343 IPv6 Magic:
1344
1345 Squid is built with a capability of bridging the IPv4 and IPv6 internets.
1346 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1347 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1348 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1349
1350 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1351 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1352 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1353
1354 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1355 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1356 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1357
1358 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1359 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1360
1361 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
17148b2f 1362 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
cccac0a2 1363DOC_END
1364
41bd17a4 1365COMMENT_START
1366 SSL OPTIONS
1367 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1368COMMENT_END
1369
1370NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1371IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1372TYPE: onoff
1373DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1374LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1375DOC_START
41bd17a4 1376 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1377 messages.
cccac0a2 1378DOC_END
1379
41bd17a4 1380NAME: ssl_engine
1381IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1382TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1383LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1384DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1385DOC_START
41bd17a4 1386 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1387 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1388DOC_END
1389
41bd17a4 1390NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1391IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1392DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1393LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1394TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1395DOC_START
41bd17a4 1396 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1397DOC_END
1398
41bd17a4 1399NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1400IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1401DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1402LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1403TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1404DOC_START
41bd17a4 1405 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1406DOC_END
1407
41bd17a4 1408NAME: sslproxy_version
1409IFDEF: USE_SSL
1410DEFAULT: 1
1411LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1412TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1413DOC_START
41bd17a4 1414 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1415DOC_END
1416
41bd17a4 1417NAME: sslproxy_options
1418IFDEF: USE_SSL
1419DEFAULT: none
1420LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1421TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1422DOC_START
41bd17a4 1423 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1424DOC_END
1425
41bd17a4 1426NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1427IFDEF: USE_SSL
1428DEFAULT: none
1429LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1430TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1431DOC_START
41bd17a4 1432 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1433DOC_END
1434
41bd17a4 1435NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1436IFDEF: USE_SSL
1437DEFAULT: none
1438LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1439TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1440DOC_START
41bd17a4 1441 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1442 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1443DOC_END
0976f8db 1444
41bd17a4 1445NAME: sslproxy_capath
1446IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1447DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1448LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1449TYPE: string
5473c134 1450DOC_START
41bd17a4 1451 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1452 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1453DOC_END
1454
4c9da963 1455NAME: ssl_bump
1456IFDEF: USE_SSL
1457TYPE: acl_access
1458LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1459DEFAULT: none
1460DOC_START
1461 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1462 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1463 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1464 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1465
1466 By default, no requests are bumped.
1467
1468 See also: http_port sslBump
1469
1470NOCOMMENT_START
1471# Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1472# those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1473#
1474# acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1475# acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1476# acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1477# ssl_bump deny localhost
1478# ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1479# ssl_bump allow all
1480NOCOMMENT_END
1481DOC_END
1482
41bd17a4 1483NAME: sslproxy_flags
1484IFDEF: USE_SSL
1485DEFAULT: none
1486LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1487TYPE: string
5473c134 1488DOC_START
41bd17a4 1489 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1490 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1491 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1492 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1493 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1494DOC_END
1495
4c9da963 1496
1497NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1498IFDEF: USE_SSL
1499DEFAULT: none
1500LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1501TYPE: acl_access
1502DOC_START
1503 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1504
1505 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1506 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1507 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1508
1509 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1510 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1511 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1512
1513 This option must use fast ACL expressions only. Expressions that use
1514 external lookups or communication result in unpredictable behavior or
1515 crashes.
1516
1517 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1518 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1519 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1520 the connection may be insecure.
1521
1522 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1523
1524NOCOMMENT_START
1525#Default setting:
1526# sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1527NOCOMMENT_END
1528DOC_END
1529
1530
1531
41bd17a4 1532NAME: sslpassword_program
1533IFDEF: USE_SSL
1534DEFAULT: none
1535LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1536TYPE: string
5473c134 1537DOC_START
41bd17a4 1538 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1539 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1540 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1541 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
5473c134 1542DOC_END
1543
cccac0a2 1544COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1545 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 1546 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1547COMMENT_END
1548
41bd17a4 1549NAME: cache_peer
1550TYPE: peer
1551DEFAULT: none
1552LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 1553DOC_START
41bd17a4 1554 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
cccac0a2 1555
41bd17a4 1556 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
cccac0a2 1557
41bd17a4 1558 For example,
cccac0a2 1559
41bd17a4 1560 # proxy icp
1561 # hostname type port port options
1562 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
1563 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 proxy-only default
1564 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1565 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
cccac0a2 1566
41bd17a4 1567 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
d5277f40 1568
41bd17a4 1569 proxy-port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
1570 requests.
8d6275c0 1571
41bd17a4 1572 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
1573 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
df2eec10 1574 specify '0' for the ICP port.
41bd17a4 1575 NOTE: Also requires icp_port option enabled to send/receive
1576 requests via this method.
a78278e2 1577
41bd17a4 1578 options: proxy-only
1579 weight=n
1580 basetime=n
1581 ttl=n
1582 no-query
1583 background-ping
1584 default
1585 round-robin
1586 weighted-round-robin
1587 carp
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1588 userhash
1589 sourcehash
41bd17a4 1590 multicast-responder
1591 closest-only
1592 no-digest
1593 no-netdb-exchange
1594 no-delay
1595 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
1596 connect-timeout=nn
1597 digest-url=url
1598 allow-miss
1599 max-conn=n
1600 htcp
1601 htcp-oldsquid
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1602 htcp-no-clr
1603 htcp-no-purge-clr
1604 htcp-only-clr
1605 htcp-forward-clr
41bd17a4 1606 originserver
1607 name=xxx
1608 forceddomain=name
1609 ssl
1610 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
1611 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
1612 sslversion=1|2|3|4
1613 sslcipher=...
1614 ssloptions=...
1615 front-end-https[=on|auto]
d67acb4e 1616 connection-auth[=on|off|auto]
cccac0a2 1617
41bd17a4 1618 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
1619 from this cache should not be saved locally.
cccac0a2 1620
41bd17a4 1621 use 'weight=n' to affect the selection of a peer
1622 during any weighted peer-selection mechanisms.
1623 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
1624 larger weights are favored more.
1625 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
1626 protocol is not in use.
cccac0a2 1627
41bd17a4 1628 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
1629 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
1630 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
1631 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
1632 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 1633
41bd17a4 1634 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
1635 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
1636 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
1637 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
1638 hosts, you must configure other group members as
1639 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
5473c134 1640
41bd17a4 1641 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
1642 neighbor.
5473c134 1643
41bd17a4 1644 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
1645 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
1646 round trip time updated and is usually used in
1647 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
cccac0a2 1648
41bd17a4 1649 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
1650 be used as a "last-resort" if a peer cannot be located
1651 by any of the peer-selection mechanisms.
1652 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
cccac0a2 1653
41bd17a4 1654 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
1655 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
1656 absence of any ICP queries.
cccac0a2 1657
41bd17a4 1658 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
1659 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
1660 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
1661 time. Closer parents are used more often.
1662 Usually used for background-ping parents.
cccac0a2 1663
41bd17a4 1664 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
1665 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
1666 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
382db7eb 1667 balancing hash function based on their weight.
cccac0a2 1668
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1669 use 'userhash' to load-balance amongst a set of parents
1670 based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
1671
1672 use 'sourcehash' to load-balance amongst a set of parents
1673 based on the client source ip.
1674
41bd17a4 1675 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
1676 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
1677 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
1678 will be accepted from it.
cccac0a2 1679
41bd17a4 1680 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
1681 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
1682 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
cccac0a2 1683
41bd17a4 1684 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
1685 this neighbor.
cccac0a2 1686
41bd17a4 1687 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
1688 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
cccac0a2 1689
41bd17a4 1690 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
1691 from influencing the delay pools.
7d90757b 1692
41bd17a4 1693 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
1694 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
1695 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
1696 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
7d90757b 1697
41bd17a4 1698 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
1699 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
1700 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
1701 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
1702 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
1703 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
1704 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
1705 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
1706 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
1707 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
7d90757b 1708
41bd17a4 1709 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
1710 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
1711 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
1712 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
1713 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
1714 information which is added to the username. This can
1715 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
1716 the login=username:password option above.
cccac0a2 1717
41bd17a4 1718 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
1719 specific connect timeout (also see the
1720 peer_connect_timeout directive)
7f7db318 1721
41bd17a4 1722 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
1723 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
1724 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
1725 location.
cccac0a2 1726
41bd17a4 1727 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
1728 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
1729 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
1730 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
1731 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
1732 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
1733 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
1734 source is a peer)
cccac0a2 1735
41bd17a4 1736 use 'max-conn=n' to limit the amount of connections Squid
1737 may open to this peer.
cccac0a2 1738
41bd17a4 1739 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
1740 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
1741 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
0b48417e 1742 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1743 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
cccac0a2 1744
41bd17a4 1745 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
0b48417e 1746 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1747 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
cccac0a2 1748
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1749 use 'htcp-no-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor but without
1750 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
1751 htcp-only-clr.
1752
1753 use 'htcp-no-purge-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor
1754 including CLRs but only when they do not result from
1755 PURGE requests.
1756
1757 use 'htcp-only-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY
1758 CLR requests. This cannot be used with htcp-no-clr.
1759
1760 use 'htcp-forward-clr' to forward any HTCP CLR requests
1761 this proxy receives to the peer.
1762
41bd17a4 1763 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
1764 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
cccac0a2 1765
41bd17a4 1766 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
1767 host but different ports. This name can be used to
1768 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
1769 directives.
cccac0a2 1770
41bd17a4 1771 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
1772 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
1773 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
1774 name and using redirectors to feed this domain name
1775 is not feasible.
64658378 1776
41bd17a4 1777 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
1778 be SSL/TLS encrypted.
cccac0a2 1779
41bd17a4 1780 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
1781 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
4c9fa5d5 1782
41bd17a4 1783 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
1784 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
1785 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
1786 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
4c9fa5d5 1787
41bd17a4 1788 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
1789 when connecting to this peer
1790 1 = automatic (default)
1791 2 = SSL v2 only
1792 3 = SSL v3 only
1793 4 = TLS v1 only
cccac0a2 1794
41bd17a4 1795 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL ciphers
1796 to use when connecting to this peer.
cccac0a2 1797
41bd17a4 1798 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
1799 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1800 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1801 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1802 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
1803 a more complete list.
cccac0a2 1804
41bd17a4 1805 use sslcafile=... to specify a file containing
1806 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1807 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 1808
41bd17a4 1809 use sslcapath=... to specify a directory containing
1810 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1811 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 1812
41bd17a4 1813 use sslcrlfile=... to specify a certificate revocation
1814 list file to use when verifying the peer certificate.
1815
1816 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
1817 SSL implementation:
1818 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
1819 Accept certificates even if they fail to
1820 verify.
1821 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1822 Don't use the default CA list built in
1823 to OpenSSL.
1824 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
1825 Don't verify the peer certificate
1826 matches the server name
cccac0a2 1827
41bd17a4 1828 use ssldomain= to specify the peer name as advertised
1829 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
1830 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
1831 peer hostname will be used.
cccac0a2 1832
41bd17a4 1833 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
1834 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend in front
1835 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
1836 on this header. If set to auto the header will
1837 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
1838 URL.
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1839
1840 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid that this peer does
1841 not support Microsoft connection oriented authentication,
1842 and any such challenges received from there should be
1843 ignored. Default is auto to automatically determine the
1844 status of the peer.
41bd17a4 1845DOC_END
cccac0a2 1846
41bd17a4 1847NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
1848TYPE: hostdomain
1849DEFAULT: none
1850LOC: none
1851DOC_START
1852 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
1853 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 1854
41bd17a4 1855 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
1856 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 1857
41bd17a4 1858 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 1859
41bd17a4 1860 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 1861
41bd17a4 1862 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
1863 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
1864 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
1865 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
1866 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 1867
41bd17a4 1868 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
1869 either on the same or separate lines.
1870 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
1871 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
1872 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
1873 for all requests.
1874 * There are no defaults.
1875 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
1876 section.
1877DOC_END
dd9b1776 1878
41bd17a4 1879NAME: cache_peer_access
1880TYPE: peer_access
1881DEFAULT: none
1882LOC: none
1883DOC_START
1884 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
1885 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 1886
41bd17a4 1887 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 1888
41bd17a4 1889 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
1890 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
1891 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
1892DOC_END
dd9b1776 1893
41bd17a4 1894NAME: neighbor_type_domain
1895TYPE: hostdomaintype
1896DEFAULT: none
1897LOC: none
1898DOC_START
1899 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 1900
41bd17a4 1901 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
1902 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
1903 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
1904 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
1905 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
1906 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 1907
41bd17a4 1908EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 1909 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 1910 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
1911 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
1912DOC_END
6bf4f823 1913
41bd17a4 1914NAME: dead_peer_timeout
1915COMMENT: (seconds)
1916DEFAULT: 10 seconds
1917TYPE: time_t
1918LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
1919DOC_START
1920 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
1921 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
1922 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
1923 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
1924 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
1925 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 1926
41bd17a4 1927 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
1928 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
1929 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
1930 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
1931 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
1932 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
1933 instead of to your parents.
1934DOC_END
cccac0a2 1935
41bd17a4 1936NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
1937TYPE: wordlist
1938DEFAULT: none
1939LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
1940DOC_START
1941 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
1942 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
1943 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
1944 list this option multiple times.
1945 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
cccac0a2 1946NOCOMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1947#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
1948hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 1949NOCOMMENT_END
1950DOC_END
0976f8db 1951
41bd17a4 1952COMMENT_START
1953 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
1954 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1955COMMENT_END
1956
1957NAME: cache_mem
1958COMMENT: (bytes)
1959TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 1960DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 1961LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 1962DOC_START
41bd17a4 1963 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
1964 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
1965 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
1966 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
1967
1968 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
1969 for:
1970 * In-Transit objects
1971 * Hot Objects
1972 * Negative-Cached objects
1973
1974 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
1975 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
1976 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
1977 priority.
1978
1979 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
1980 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
1981 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
1982 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
1983 not needed for in-transit objects.
1984
1985 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
1986 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
1987 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
1988 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
1989 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
1990 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
1991 objects.
6b698a21 1992DOC_END
0976f8db 1993
41bd17a4 1994NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
1995COMMENT: (bytes)
1996TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 1997DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 1998LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 1999DOC_START
41bd17a4 2000 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2001 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2002 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2003 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2004DOC_END
0976f8db 2005
41bd17a4 2006NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2007TYPE: removalpolicy
2008LOC: Config.memPolicy
2009DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2010DOC_START
41bd17a4 2011 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2012 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2013
41bd17a4 2014 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2015DOC_END
6b698a21 2016
41bd17a4 2017COMMENT_START
2018 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2019 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2020COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2021
41bd17a4 2022NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2023TYPE: removalpolicy
2024LOC: Config.replPolicy
2025DEFAULT: lru
2026DOC_START
2027 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2028 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2029
41bd17a4 2030 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2031 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2032 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2033 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2034
41bd17a4 2035 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2036
41bd17a4 2037 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2038
41bd17a4 2039 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2040 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2041 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2042 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2043
41bd17a4 2044 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2045 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2046 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2047 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2048
41bd17a4 2049 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2050 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2051 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2052
41bd17a4 2053 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2054 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2055 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2056
41bd17a4 2057 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2058 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2059 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2060DOC_END
0976f8db 2061
41bd17a4 2062NAME: cache_dir
2063TYPE: cachedir
2064DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2065LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2066DOC_START
41bd17a4 2067 Usage:
0976f8db 2068
41bd17a4 2069 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2070
41bd17a4 2071 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2072 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2073
41bd17a4 2074 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2075 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2076 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2077
41bd17a4 2078 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2079 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2080 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2081 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2082 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2083
41bd17a4 2084 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2085
41bd17a4 2086 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2087 been there.
0976f8db 2088
41bd17a4 2089 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2090
41bd17a4 2091 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2092 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2093 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2094 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2095 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2096
41bd17a4 2097 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
2098 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2099
41bd17a4 2100 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
2101 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2102 is 256.
0976f8db 2103
41bd17a4 2104 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2105
41bd17a4 2106 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2107 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2108 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2109
41bd17a4 2110 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2111
41bd17a4 2112 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2113
41bd17a4 2114 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2115
41bd17a4 2116 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2117 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2118 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2119
41bd17a4 2120 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2121
41bd17a4 2122 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2123
41bd17a4 2124 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2125 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2126 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2127
41bd17a4 2128 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2129 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2130 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2131
41bd17a4 2132 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2133 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2134 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2135 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2136 time.
0976f8db 2137
41bd17a4 2138 The coss store type:
0976f8db 2139
41bd17a4 2140 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2141 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2142 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2143 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2144 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2145 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2146 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2147
41bd17a4 2148 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2149 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2150 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2151
41bd17a4 2152 Common options:
0976f8db 2153
41bd17a4 2154 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2155
41bd17a4 2156 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
2157 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
2158 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2159 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2160 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2161
41bd17a4 2162 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2163 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2164 option.
bebc043b 2165NOCOMMENT_START
df2eec10 2166# cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2167NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2168DOC_END
0976f8db 2169
41bd17a4 2170NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2171TYPE: string
2172LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2173DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2174DOC_START
41bd17a4 2175 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2176DOC_END
0976f8db 2177
41bd17a4 2178NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2179TYPE: int
2180LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2181DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2182DOC_START
41bd17a4 2183 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2184 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2185 descriptors are open.
2186
2187 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2188DOC_END
0976f8db 2189
41bd17a4 2190NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2191COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2192TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2193DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2194LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2195DOC_START
41bd17a4 2196 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2197 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2198 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2199DOC_END
0976f8db 2200
41bd17a4 2201NAME: maximum_object_size
2202COMMENT: (bytes)
2203TYPE: b_int64_t
2204DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2205LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2206DOC_START
41bd17a4 2207 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2208 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2209 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2210 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2211 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2212 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2213
41bd17a4 2214 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2215 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2216 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2217DOC_END
0976f8db 2218
41bd17a4 2219NAME: cache_swap_low
2220COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2221TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2222DEFAULT: 90
2223LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2224DOC_NONE
2225
2226NAME: cache_swap_high
2227COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2228TYPE: int
2229DEFAULT: 95
2230LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2231DOC_START
41bd17a4 2232
2233 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2234 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2235 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2236 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2237 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2238 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2239
2240 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2241 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2242 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2243DOC_END
0976f8db 2244
5473c134 2245COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2246 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2247 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2248COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2249
41bd17a4 2250NAME: logformat
2251TYPE: logformat
2252LOC: Config.Log.logformats
5473c134 2253DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2254DOC_START
41bd17a4 2255 Usage:
0976f8db 2256
41bd17a4 2257 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2258
41bd17a4 2259 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2260
41bd17a4 2261 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2262
41bd17a4 2263 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2264 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2265 as required according to their context and the output format
2266 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2267 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2268
41bd17a4 2269 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2270
41bd17a4 2271 " output in quoted string format
2272 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2273 # output in URL quoted format
2274 ' output as-is
5473c134 2275
41bd17a4 2276 - left aligned
2277 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2278 output is zero padded
2279 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2280
41bd17a4 2281 Format codes:
5473c134 2282
41bd17a4 2283 >a Client source IP address
2284 >A Client FQDN
2285 >p Client source port
2286 <A Server IP address or peer name
2287 la Local IP address (http_port)
2288 lp Local port number (http_port)
2289 ts Seconds since epoch
2290 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2291 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
2292 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2293 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
2294 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2295 tr Response time (milliseconds)
2296 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
2297 on the format header[:[separator]element]
2298 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2299 as for >h
2300 un User name
2301 ul User name from authentication
2302 ui User name from ident
2303 us User name from SSL
2304 ue User name from external acl helper
2305 Hs HTTP status code
2306 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2307 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2308 mt MIME content type
2309 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2310 ru Request URL
2311 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2312 rv Request protocol version
2313 et Tag returned by external acl
2314 ea Log string returned by external acl
2315 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
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2316 >st Request size including HTTP headers
2317 st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
41bd17a4 2318 <sH Reply high offset sent
2319 <sS Upstream object size
2320 % a literal % character
5473c134 2321
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2322 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
2323
2324logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
2325logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
41bd17a4 2326logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2327logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
5473c134 2328DOC_END
2329
41bd17a4 2330NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2331TYPE: access_log
2332LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
02424612 2333DEFAULT: none
01ddaf65 2334DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2335DOC_START
41bd17a4 2336 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2337 ICP request. The format is:
2338 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2339 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
5473c134 2340
41bd17a4 2341 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
2342 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2343 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
2344 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
5473c134 2345
41bd17a4 2346 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
2347 a logformat name should not be specified.
5473c134 2348
41bd17a4 2349 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
5473c134 2350
41bd17a4 2351 access_log syslog[:facility.priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
2352 where facility could be any of:
2353 authpriv, daemon, local0 .. local7 or user.
5473c134 2354
41bd17a4 2355 And priority could be any of:
2356 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
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2357
2358 Default:
2359 access_log @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 2360DOC_END
5473c134 2361
5b0f5383 2362NAME: log_access
2363TYPE: acl_access
2364LOC: Config.accessList.log
2365DEFAULT: none
2366COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2367DOC_START
2368 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2369 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2370 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
2371DOC_END
2372
41bd17a4 2373NAME: cache_log
2374TYPE: string
02424612 2375DEFAULT: none
01ddaf65 2376DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
41bd17a4 2377LOC: Config.Log.log
2378DOC_START
2379 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
2380 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
2381 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
2382DOC_END
5473c134 2383
41bd17a4 2384NAME: cache_store_log
2385TYPE: string
df2eec10 2386DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2387LOC: Config.Log.store
2388DOC_START
2389 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
2390 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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2391 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
2392 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 2393 disable it.
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2394NOCOMMENT_START
2395# cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
2396NOCOMMENT_END
5473c134 2397DOC_END
2398
41bd17a4 2399NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
2400TYPE: string
2401LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 2402DEFAULT: none
2403DOC_START
41bd17a4 2404 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
2405 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
2406 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
2407 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
2408 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
2409 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
2410 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 2411
41bd17a4 2412 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
2413 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
2414 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
2415 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 2416
41bd17a4 2417 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
2418 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 2419
41bd17a4 2420 cache_swap_log.00
2421 cache_swap_log.01
2422 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 2423
41bd17a4 2424 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
2425 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
2426 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
2427 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
2428 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
2429 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
2430 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 2431DOC_END
2432
41bd17a4 2433NAME: logfile_rotate
2434TYPE: int
2435DEFAULT: 10
2436LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 2437DOC_START
41bd17a4 2438 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2439 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
2440 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
2441 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
2442 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
2443 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 2444
41bd17a4 2445 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2446 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2447 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2448 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2449 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2450 <pid>'.
2451DOC_END
5473c134 2452
41bd17a4 2453NAME: emulate_httpd_log
2454COMMENT: on|off
2455TYPE: onoff
2456DEFAULT: off
2457LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
2458DOC_START
2459 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
2460 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
2461 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
2462 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
2463 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
5473c134 2464DOC_END
2465
41bd17a4 2466NAME: log_ip_on_direct
2467COMMENT: on|off
2468TYPE: onoff
5473c134 2469DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 2470LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 2471DOC_START
41bd17a4 2472 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
2473 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
2474 prefer the old way set this to off.
2475DOC_END
5473c134 2476
41bd17a4 2477NAME: mime_table
2478TYPE: string
2479DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
2480LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
2481DOC_START
2482 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
2483 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
2484 information if you do.
5473c134 2485DOC_END
2486
41bd17a4 2487NAME: log_mime_hdrs
2488COMMENT: on|off
2489TYPE: onoff
2490LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
2491DEFAULT: off
2492DOC_START
2493 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
2494 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
2495 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
2496 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
2497 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
2498DOC_END
5473c134 2499
41bd17a4 2500NAME: useragent_log
2501TYPE: string
2502LOC: Config.Log.useragent
2503DEFAULT: none
2504IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
5473c134 2505DOC_START
41bd17a4 2506 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
2507 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
2508 is disabled.
5473c134 2509DOC_END
2510
41bd17a4 2511NAME: referer_log referrer_log
2512TYPE: string
2513LOC: Config.Log.referer
2514DEFAULT: none
2515IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
5473c134 2516DOC_START
41bd17a4 2517 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
2518 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
2519 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
2520 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
2521 and we accept both.
5473c134 2522DOC_END
2523
41bd17a4 2524NAME: pid_filename
2525TYPE: string
2526DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
2527LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 2528DOC_START
41bd17a4 2529 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 2530DOC_END
2531
41bd17a4 2532NAME: debug_options
fb6a61d1 2533TYPE: eol
41bd17a4 2534DEFAULT: ALL,1
2535LOC: Config.debugOptions
5473c134 2536DOC_START
41bd17a4 2537 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
2538 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
2539 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
2540 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
2541 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
2542 "ALL,1".
5473c134 2543DOC_END
2544
41bd17a4 2545NAME: log_fqdn
2546COMMENT: on|off
2547TYPE: onoff
2548DEFAULT: off
2549LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
5473c134 2550DOC_START
41bd17a4 2551 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
2552 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
2553 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
2554 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
2555 browsing.
5473c134 2556DOC_END
2557
41bd17a4 2558NAME: client_netmask
2559TYPE: address
2560LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
2561DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
5473c134 2562DOC_START
41bd17a4 2563 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
2564 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
2565 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
2566 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 2567DOC_END
2568
41bd17a4 2569NAME: forward_log
2570IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
2571TYPE: string
2572DEFAULT: none
2573LOC: Config.Log.forward
5473c134 2574DOC_START
41bd17a4 2575 Logs the server-side requests.
5473c134 2576
41bd17a4 2577 This is currently work in progress.
5473c134 2578DOC_END
2579
41bd17a4 2580NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 2581TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 2582LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 2583DEFAULT: on
2584DOC_START
41bd17a4 2585 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
2586 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 2587DOC_END
2588
41bd17a4 2589NAME: buffered_logs
2590COMMENT: on|off
2591TYPE: onoff
2592DEFAULT: off
2593LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 2594DOC_START
41bd17a4 2595 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
2596 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
2597 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
2598 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
2599 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 2600DOC_END
0976f8db 2601
2b753521 2602NAME: netdb_filename
2603TYPE: string
2604DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2605LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 2606IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 2607DOC_START
2608 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
2609 To disable, enter "none".
2610DOC_END
2611
41bd17a4 2612COMMENT_START
2613 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
2614 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2615COMMENT_END
2616
2617NAME: ftp_user
2618TYPE: string
2619DEFAULT: Squid@
2620LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 2621DOC_START
41bd17a4 2622 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
2623 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
2624 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 2625
41bd17a4 2626 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
2627 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
2628 depending on how the cache is used.
2629 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
2630 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 2631DOC_END
0976f8db 2632
41bd17a4 2633NAME: ftp_list_width
2634TYPE: size_t
2635DEFAULT: 32
2636LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
6b698a21 2637DOC_START
41bd17a4 2638 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
2639 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
2640 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
6b698a21 2641DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2642
41bd17a4 2643NAME: ftp_passive
2644TYPE: onoff
2645DEFAULT: on
2646LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 2647DOC_START
41bd17a4 2648 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
2649 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 2650
2651 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
2652DOC_END
2653
2654NAME: ftp_epsv_all
2655TYPE: onoff
2656DEFAULT: off
2657LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
2658DOC_START
2659 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
2660
2661 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
2662 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
2663 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
2664
2665 When a client only expects to do two-way FTP transfers this may be useful.
2666 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
2667 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
2668
2669 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
2670 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
2671
2672 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default)
41bd17a4 2673DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2674
41bd17a4 2675NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
2676TYPE: onoff
2677DEFAULT: on
2678LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
2679DOC_START
2680 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
2681 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
2682 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
2683 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
2684 connection turn this off.
2685DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2686
41bd17a4 2687NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
2688TYPE: onoff
2689DEFAULT: on
2690LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
2691DOC_START
2692 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
2693 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
2694 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
2695 the FTP protocol.
2696
2697 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
2698 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
2699 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
2700 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
2701 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
2702DOC_END
2703
2704COMMENT_START
2705 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
2706 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2707COMMENT_END
2708
2709NAME: diskd_program
2710TYPE: string
2711DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
2712LOC: Config.Program.diskd
2713DOC_START
2714 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
2715 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
2716 diskd as one of the store io modules.
2717DOC_END
2718
2719NAME: unlinkd_program
2720IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
2721TYPE: string
2722DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
2723LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
2724DOC_START
2725 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
2726DOC_END
2727
2728NAME: pinger_program
2729TYPE: string
2730DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 2731LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 2732IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2733DOC_START
2734 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
2735DOC_END
2736
cc192b50 2737NAME: pinger_enable
2738TYPE: onoff
2739DEFAULT: on
2740LOC: Config.pinger.enable
2741IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2742DOC_START
2743 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
2744 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple squid -k reconfigure.
2745DOC_END
2746
2747
41bd17a4 2748COMMENT_START
2749 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
2750 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2751COMMENT_END
2752
2753NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
2754TYPE: wordlist
2755LOC: Config.Program.redirect
2756DEFAULT: none
2757DOC_START
2758 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
2759 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
2760
2761 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
2762
c71adec1 2763 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
2764
2765 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
2766 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
2767 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
2768 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 2769
2770 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
2771 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
2772
2773 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
2774 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2775 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
2776
2777 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
2778DOC_END
2779
2780NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
2781TYPE: int
2782DEFAULT: 5
2783LOC: Config.redirectChildren
2784DOC_START
2785 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
2786 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
2787 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
2788 and other system resources.
2789DOC_END
2790
2791NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
2792TYPE: int
2793DEFAULT: 0
2794LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
2795DOC_START
2796 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
2797 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
2798 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
2799DOC_END
2800
2801NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
2802TYPE: onoff
2803DEFAULT: on
2804LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
2805DOC_START
2806 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
2807 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
2808 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
2809
2810 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
2811 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
2812DOC_END
2813
2814NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
2815TYPE: acl_access
2816DEFAULT: none
2817LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
2818DOC_START
2819 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
2820 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
2821 are sent.
2822DOC_END
2823
2824NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
2825TYPE: onoff
2826LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
2827DEFAULT: off
2828DOC_START
2829 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
2830 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
2831 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
2832 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
2833 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
2834 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
2835 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
2836 users may have access to pages they should not
2837 be allowed to request.
2838DOC_END
2839
2840COMMENT_START
2841 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
2842 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2843COMMENT_END
2844
f04b37d8 2845NAME: cache no_cache
2846TYPE: acl_access
2847DEFAULT: none
2848LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 2849DOC_START
240887f0 2850 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 2851 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
2852 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 2853
240887f0 2854 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
2855 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 2856
240887f0 2857 Default is to allow all to be cached.
41bd17a4 2858DOC_END
2859
2860NAME: refresh_pattern
2861TYPE: refreshpattern
2862LOC: Config.Refresh
2863DEFAULT: none
2864DOC_START
2865 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 2866
6b698a21 2867 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2868 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2869
41bd17a4 2870 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2871 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2872 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2873 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2874 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 2875
41bd17a4 2876 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2877 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2878 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 2879
41bd17a4 2880 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2881 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 2882
41bd17a4 2883 options: override-expire
2884 override-lastmod
2885 reload-into-ims
2886 ignore-reload
2887 ignore-no-cache
2888 ignore-no-store
2889 ignore-private
2890 ignore-auth
2891 refresh-ims
a0ec9f68 2892
41bd17a4 2893 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
9b2ad080
HN
2894 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
2895 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
2896 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
2897 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
6468fe10 2898
41bd17a4 2899 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
2900 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 2901
41bd17a4 2902 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2903 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2904 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2905 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 2906
41bd17a4 2907 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2908 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2909 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2910 it causes.
9bc73deb 2911
41bd17a4 2912 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2913 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2914 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2915 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2916 send it anyway.
2917
2918 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2919 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2920 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2921 liable for problems which it causes.
2922
2923 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2924 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2925 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2926 liable for problems which it causes.
2927
2928 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2929 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
2930 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
2931 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
2932 it causes.
2933
2934 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2935 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2936 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2937 if one is available.
2938
2939 Basically a cached object is:
2940
2941 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2942 STALE if age > max
2943 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2944 FRESH if age < min
2945 else STALE
2946
2947 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2948 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
2949 match the default will be used.
2950
2951 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2952 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2953 used.
2954
2955Suggested default:
2956NOCOMMENT_START
2957refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2958refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 2959refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 2960refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2961NOCOMMENT_END
2962DOC_END
2963
2964NAME: quick_abort_min
2965COMMENT: (KB)
2966TYPE: kb_int64_t
2967DEFAULT: 16 KB
2968LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2969DOC_NONE
2970
2971NAME: quick_abort_max
2972COMMENT: (KB)
2973TYPE: kb_int64_t
2974DEFAULT: 16 KB
2975LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2976DOC_NONE
2977
2978NAME: quick_abort_pct
2979COMMENT: (percent)
2980TYPE: int
2981DEFAULT: 95
2982LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2983DOC_START
2984 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2985 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2986 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2987 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2988 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2989 downloads.
2990
2991 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2992 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2993 then.
2994
2995 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2996 it will finish the retrieval.
2997
2998 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2999 it will abort the retrieval.
3000
3001 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3002 it will finish the retrieval.
3003
3004 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3005 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3006 to '0 KB'.
3007
3008 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3009 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3010DOC_END
60d096f4 3011
41bd17a4 3012NAME: read_ahead_gap
3013COMMENT: buffer-size
3014TYPE: b_int64_t
3015LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3016DEFAULT: 16 KB
3017DOC_START
3018 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3019 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3020DOC_END
53e738c6 3021
41bd17a4 3022NAME: negative_ttl
ac9cc053 3023IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3024COMMENT: time-units
3025TYPE: time_t
3026LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3027DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3028DOC_START
ac9cc053
AJ
3029 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3030 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3031 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3032 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3033 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3034 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3035
3036 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
39956c7c
AJ
3037
3038 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3039 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3040 causes.
41bd17a4 3041DOC_END
53e738c6 3042
41bd17a4 3043NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3044COMMENT: time-units
3045TYPE: time_t
3046LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3047DEFAULT: 6 hours
3048DOC_START
3049 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3050 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3051 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3052DOC_END
c4ab8329 3053
41bd17a4 3054NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3055COMMENT: time-units
3056TYPE: time_t
3057LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3058DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3059DOC_START
3060 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3061 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3062 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3063 much below 10 seconds.
3064DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3065
41bd17a4 3066NAME: range_offset_limit
3067COMMENT: (bytes)
3068TYPE: b_int64_t
3069LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
3070DEFAULT: 0 KB
3071DOC_START
3072 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
3073 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
3074 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
3075 is NOT cached.
c4ab8329 3076
41bd17a4 3077 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3078 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3079 sending anything to the client.
a7ad6e4e 3080
41bd17a4 3081 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
3082 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
a7ad6e4e 3083
41bd17a4 3084 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
3085 client requested. (default)
3086DOC_END
d95b862f 3087
41bd17a4 3088NAME: minimum_expiry_time
3089COMMENT: (seconds)
3090TYPE: time_t
3091LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
3092DEFAULT: 60 seconds
3093DOC_START
3094 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
3095 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 3096 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 3097 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
3098 is most likely better to make your server return a
3099 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
3100 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
3101 often be best set to 0.
3102DOC_END
c68e9c6b 3103
41bd17a4 3104NAME: store_avg_object_size
3105COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 3106TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 3107DEFAULT: 13 KB
3108LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3109DOC_START
3110 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3111 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 3112DOC_END
3113
41bd17a4 3114NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3115TYPE: int
3116DEFAULT: 20
3117LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3118DOC_START
3119 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3120 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
3121 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
3122DOC_END
3123
3124COMMENT_START
3125 HTTP OPTIONS
3126 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3127COMMENT_END
3128
f04b37d8 3129NAME: request_header_max_size
3130COMMENT: (KB)
3131TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3132DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3133LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
3134DOC_START
3135 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
3136 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3137 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
3138 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3139 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3140DOC_END
3141
3142NAME: reply_header_max_size
3143COMMENT: (KB)
3144TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3145DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3146LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3147DOC_START
3148 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3149 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3150 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3151 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3152 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3153DOC_END
3154
3155NAME: request_body_max_size
3156COMMENT: (bytes)
3157TYPE: b_int64_t
3158DEFAULT: 0 KB
3159LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
3160DOC_START
3161 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
3162 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
3163 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
3164 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
3165 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
3166 be no limit imposed.
3167DOC_END
3168
41bd17a4 3169NAME: broken_posts
cccac0a2 3170TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 3171DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3172LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 3173DOC_START
41bd17a4 3174 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
3175 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 3176
41bd17a4 3177 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
3178 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 3179
41bd17a4 3180 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 3181
41bd17a4 3182 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3183 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3184 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3185 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 3186
41bd17a4 3187Example:
3188 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3189 broken_posts allow buggy_server
3190DOC_END
cccac0a2 3191
41bd17a4 3192NAME: via
3193IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3194COMMENT: on|off
3195TYPE: onoff
3196DEFAULT: on
3197LOC: Config.onoff.via
3198DOC_START
3199 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3200 replies as required by RFC2616.
3201DOC_END
4cc6eb12 3202
41bd17a4 3203NAME: ie_refresh
3204COMMENT: on|off
3205TYPE: onoff
3206LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3207DEFAULT: off
3208DOC_START
3209 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3210 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3211 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3212 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3213 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3214 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3215 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3216 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
3217 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3218 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3219 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3220 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3221 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3222 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3223 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3224 force fresh content.
3225DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 3226
41bd17a4 3227NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3228COMMENT: on|off
3229TYPE: onoff
3230LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3231DEFAULT: off
3232DOC_START
3233 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3234 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3235 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3236 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3237 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
3238 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
3239 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 3240DOC_END
c4ab8329 3241
41bd17a4 3242NAME: request_entities
3243TYPE: onoff
3244LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
3245DEFAULT: off
3246DOC_START
3247 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
3248 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
3249 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 3250
41bd17a4 3251 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
3252 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
3253 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
3254 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
3255 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 3256DOC_END
6b53c392 3257
41bd17a4 3258NAME: request_header_access
3259IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3260TYPE: http_header_access[]
3261LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3262DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 3263DOC_START
41bd17a4 3264 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 3265
41bd17a4 3266 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3267 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3268 causes.
0976f8db 3269
41bd17a4 3270 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3271 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3272 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3273 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3274 mangling.
934b03fc 3275
41bd17a4 3276 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3277 client to the server.
5401aa8d 3278
41bd17a4 3279 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3280 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3281 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 3282
41bd17a4 3283 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3284 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 3285
41bd17a4 3286 request_header_access From deny all
3287 request_header_access Referer deny all
3288 request_header_access Server deny all
3289 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3290 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3291 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 3292
41bd17a4 3293 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3294 you should use:
5401aa8d 3295
41bd17a4 3296 request_header_access Allow allow all
3297 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3298 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3299 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3300 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3301 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3302 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3303 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3304 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3305 request_header_access Date allow all
3306 request_header_access Expires allow all
3307 request_header_access Host allow all
3308 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3309 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3310 request_header_access Location allow all
3311 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3312 request_header_access Accept allow all
3313 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3314 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3315 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3316 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3317 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3318 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3319 request_header_access Title allow all
3320 request_header_access Connection allow all
3321 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3322 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 3323
41bd17a4 3324 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3325 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 3326
41bd17a4 3327 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3328 performed).
5401aa8d 3329DOC_END
3330
41bd17a4 3331NAME: reply_header_access
3332IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3333TYPE: http_header_access[]
3334LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 3335DEFAULT: none
3336DOC_START
41bd17a4 3337 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 3338
41bd17a4 3339 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3340 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3341 causes.
934b03fc 3342
41bd17a4 3343 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3344 server to the client.
934b03fc 3345
41bd17a4 3346 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3347 direction.
6b53c392 3348
41bd17a4 3349 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3350 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3351 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3352 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3353 mangling.
cccac0a2 3354
41bd17a4 3355 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3356 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3357 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 3358
41bd17a4 3359 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3360 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 3361
41bd17a4 3362 reply_header_access From deny all
3363 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3364 reply_header_access Server deny all
3365 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3366 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3367 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3368
41bd17a4 3369 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3370 you should use:
cccac0a2 3371
41bd17a4 3372 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3373 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3374 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3375 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3376 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3377 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3378 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3379 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3380 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3381 reply_header_access Date allow all
3382 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3383 reply_header_access Host allow all
3384 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3385 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3386 reply_header_access Location allow all
3387 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3388 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3389 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3390 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3391 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3392 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3393 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3394 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3395 reply_header_access Title allow all
3396 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3397 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3398 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 3399
41bd17a4 3400 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3401 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3402
41bd17a4 3403 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3404 performed).
cccac0a2 3405DOC_END
3406
41bd17a4 3407NAME: header_replace
3408IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3409TYPE: http_header_replace[]
3410LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3411DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3412DOC_START
3413 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3414 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 3415
41bd17a4 3416 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3417 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3418 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3419 option.
cccac0a2 3420
41bd17a4 3421 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 3422
41bd17a4 3423 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3424DOC_END
cccac0a2 3425
41bd17a4 3426NAME: relaxed_header_parser
3427COMMENT: on|off|warn
3428TYPE: tristate
3429LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
3430DEFAULT: on
3431DOC_START
3432 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
3433 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
3434 what the sending application intended even if the message
3435 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
3436 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 3437
41bd17a4 3438 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
3439 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 3440
41bd17a4 3441 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
3442 or response to be rejected.
3443DOC_END
7d90757b 3444
41bd17a4 3445COMMENT_START
3446 TIMEOUTS
3447 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3448COMMENT_END
3449
3450NAME: forward_timeout
3451COMMENT: time-units
3452TYPE: time_t
3453LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
3454DEFAULT: 4 minutes
3455DOC_START
3456 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
3457 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 3458DOC_END
3459
41bd17a4 3460NAME: connect_timeout
3461COMMENT: time-units
3462TYPE: time_t
3463LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
3464DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 3465DOC_START
41bd17a4 3466 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
3467 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
3468 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 3469DOC_END
3470
41bd17a4 3471NAME: peer_connect_timeout
3472COMMENT: time-units
3473TYPE: time_t
3474LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
3475DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 3476DOC_START
41bd17a4 3477 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
3478 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
3479 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
3480 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
3481DOC_END
7f7db318 3482
41bd17a4 3483NAME: read_timeout
3484COMMENT: time-units
3485TYPE: time_t
3486LOC: Config.Timeout.read
3487DEFAULT: 15 minutes
3488DOC_START
3489 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
3490 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
3491 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
3492 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
3493 default is 15 minutes.
3494DOC_END
cccac0a2 3495
41bd17a4 3496NAME: request_timeout
3497TYPE: time_t
3498LOC: Config.Timeout.request
3499DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3500DOC_START
3501 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
3502 connection establishment.
3503DOC_END
cccac0a2 3504
41bd17a4 3505NAME: persistent_request_timeout
3506TYPE: time_t
3507LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
3508DEFAULT: 2 minutes
3509DOC_START
3510 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
3511 connection after the previous request completes.
3512DOC_END
cccac0a2 3513
41bd17a4 3514NAME: client_lifetime
3515COMMENT: time-units
3516TYPE: time_t
3517LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
3518DEFAULT: 1 day
3519DOC_START
3520 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
3521 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
3522 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
3523 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
3524 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
3525 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
3526 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 3527
41bd17a4 3528 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
3529 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
3530 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
3531 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
3532 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
3533 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 3534DOC_END
3535
41bd17a4 3536NAME: half_closed_clients
3537TYPE: onoff
3538LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
3539DEFAULT: on
4eb368f9 3540DOC_START
41bd17a4 3541 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
3542 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
3543 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
3544 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
3545 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
3546 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
3547 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
3548 "no more data to read."
4eb368f9 3549DOC_END
3550
41bd17a4 3551NAME: pconn_timeout
3552TYPE: time_t
3553LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
3554DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 3555DOC_START
41bd17a4 3556 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
3557 proxies.
3558DOC_END
cccac0a2 3559
41bd17a4 3560NAME: ident_timeout
3561TYPE: time_t
3562IFDEF: USE_IDENT
3563LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
3564DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3565DOC_START
3566 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 3567
41bd17a4 3568 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
3569 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
3570 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 3571DOC_END
3572
41bd17a4 3573NAME: shutdown_lifetime
3574COMMENT: time-units
3575TYPE: time_t
3576LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
3577DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 3578DOC_START
41bd17a4 3579 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
3580 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
3581 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
3582 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
3583 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 3584DOC_END
0976f8db 3585
cccac0a2 3586COMMENT_START
3587 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3588 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3589COMMENT_END
3590
3591NAME: cache_mgr
3592TYPE: string
3593DEFAULT: webmaster
3594LOC: Config.adminEmail
3595DOC_START
3596 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3597 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3598DOC_END
3599
abacf776 3600NAME: mail_from
3601TYPE: string
3602DEFAULT: none
3603LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3604DOC_START
3605 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3606 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 3607 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 3608 src/globals.h before building squid.
3609DOC_END
3610
d084bf20 3611NAME: mail_program
3612TYPE: eol
3613DEFAULT: mail
3614LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3615DOC_START
3616 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 3617 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 3618 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 3619 mail-program recipient < mailfile
3620
d084bf20 3621 Optional command line options can be specified.
3622DOC_END
3623
cccac0a2 3624NAME: cache_effective_user
3625TYPE: string
5483d916 3626DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 3627LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 3628DOC_START
3629 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3630 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 3631 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 3632 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 3633DOC_END
3634
cccac0a2 3635NAME: cache_effective_group
3636TYPE: string
3637DEFAULT: none
3638LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3639DOC_START
64e288bd 3640 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
3641 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
3642 from the groups membership.
3643
e3d74828 3644 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3645 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3646 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 3647 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 3648 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 3649 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 3650 group.
64e288bd 3651
3652 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
3653 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
3654 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 3655DOC_END
3656
d3caee79 3657NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3658COMMENT: on|off
3659TYPE: onoff
3660DEFAULT: off
3661LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3662DOC_START
3663 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3664DOC_END
3665
cccac0a2 3666NAME: visible_hostname
3667TYPE: string
3668LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3669DEFAULT: none
3670DOC_START
3671 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3672 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3673 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3674 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3675 names with this setting.
3676DOC_END
3677
cccac0a2 3678NAME: unique_hostname
3679TYPE: string
3680LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3681DEFAULT: none
3682DOC_START
3683 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3684 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3685 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3686DOC_END
3687
cccac0a2 3688NAME: hostname_aliases
3689TYPE: wordlist
3690LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3691DEFAULT: none
3692DOC_START
7f7db318 3693 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3694DOC_END
0976f8db 3695
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AJ
3696NAME: umask
3697TYPE: int
3698LOC: Config.umask
3699DEFAULT: 027
3700DOC_START
3701 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
3702 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
3703
3704 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
3705 your value with 0.
3706DOC_END
3707
cccac0a2 3708COMMENT_START
3709 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3710 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3711
3712 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3713 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3714 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3715 create cache hierarchies.
3716
3717 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3718 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3719 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3720
3721 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3722 following information from this configuration file:
3723
3724 http_port
3725 icp_port
3726 cache_mgr
3727
3728 All current information is processed regularly and made
3729 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3730COMMENT_END
3731
3732NAME: announce_period
3733TYPE: time_t
3734LOC: Config.Announce.period
3735DEFAULT: 0
3736DOC_START
3737 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3738 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3739 messages.
3740
3741 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3742 below.
3743
3744NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3745#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3746#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3747NOCOMMENT_END
3748DOC_END
3749
cccac0a2 3750NAME: announce_host
3751TYPE: string
3752DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3753LOC: Config.Announce.host
3754DOC_NONE
3755
3756NAME: announce_file
3757TYPE: string
3758DEFAULT: none
3759LOC: Config.Announce.file
3760DOC_NONE
3761
3762NAME: announce_port
3763TYPE: ushort
3764DEFAULT: 3131
3765LOC: Config.Announce.port
3766DOC_START
3767 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3768 number where the registration message will be sent.
3769
3770 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3771 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3772 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3773 message.
3774DOC_END
3775
8d6275c0 3776COMMENT_START
3777 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
3778 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3779COMMENT_END
3780
cccac0a2 3781NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
f41735ea 3782IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
cccac0a2 3783TYPE: string
3784LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3785DEFAULT: unset-id
3786DOC_START
3787 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3788 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3789 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3790 an identification token.
3791DOC_END
3792
3793NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
f41735ea 3794IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
cccac0a2 3795COMMENT: on|off
3796TYPE: onoff
3797DEFAULT: off
3798LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3799DOC_START
3800 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3801 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3802DOC_END
3803
3804NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 3805IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 3806COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3807TYPE: string
3808LOC: ESIParser::Type
3809DEFAULT: custom
3810DOC_START
3811 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3812 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3813 encodings.
3814DOC_END
0976f8db 3815
9edd9041 3816COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3817 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 3818 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3819COMMENT_END
3820
3821NAME: delay_pools
3822TYPE: delay_pool_count
3823DEFAULT: 0
3824IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3825LOC: Config.Delay
3826DOC_START
3827 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3828 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3829 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3830DOC_END
3831
3832NAME: delay_class
3833TYPE: delay_pool_class
3834DEFAULT: none
3835IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3836LOC: Config.Delay
3837DOC_START
3838 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3839 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3840 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3841 and here would be:
3842
3843Example:
3844 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3845 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3846 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3847 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3848 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3849
3850 The delay pool classes are:
3851
3852 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3853 bucket.
3854
3855 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3856 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3857 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3858
3859 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3860 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3861 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3862 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3863 32 of the IP address.
3864
3865 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3866 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3867 only takes effect if the username is established
3868 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3869 http_access rules.
3870
3871 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3872 external_acl's tag= reply).
3873
3874 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3875 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3876 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3877 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3878DOC_END
3879
3880NAME: delay_access
3881TYPE: delay_pool_access
3882DEFAULT: none
3883IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3884LOC: Config.Delay
3885DOC_START
3886 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3887
3888 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3889 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3890 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3891 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3892
3893 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3894 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3895
3896Example:
3897 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3898 delay_access 1 deny all
3899 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3900 delay_access 2 deny all
3901 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3902DOC_END
3903
3904NAME: delay_parameters
3905TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3906DEFAULT: none
3907IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3908LOC: Config.Delay
3909DOC_START
3910 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3911 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3912 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3913
3914delay_parameters pool aggregate
3915
3916 For a class 2 delay pool:
3917
3918delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3919
3920 For a class 3 delay pool:
3921
3922delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3923
3924 For a class 4 delay pool:
3925
3926delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3927
3928 For a class 5 delay pool:
3929
3930delay_parameters pool tag
3931
3932 The variables here are:
3933
3934 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3935 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3936 delay_class lines.
3937
3938 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3939 (class 1, 2, 3).
3940
3941 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3942 buckets (class 2, 3).
3943
3944 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3945 (class 3).
3946
3947 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3948 (class 4).
3949
3950 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3951 (class 5).
3952
3953 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3954 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3955 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3956 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3957
3958 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3959 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3960 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3961
3962delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3963
3964 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3965
3966 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3967 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3968 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3969 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3970 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3971 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3972 large downloads more significantly:
3973
3974delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3975
3976 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3977
3978 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3979 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
3980
3981delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
3982DOC_END
3983
3984NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3985COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3986TYPE: ushort
3987DEFAULT: 50
3988IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3989LOC: Config.Delay.initial
3990DOC_START
3991 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3992 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3993 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3994 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
3995 "seen" by squid).
3996DOC_END
3997
cccac0a2 3998COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3999 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 4000 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4001COMMENT_END
4002
8d6275c0 4003NAME: wccp_router
4004TYPE: address
4005LOC: Config.Wccp.router
4006DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4007IFDEF: USE_WCCP
e313ab0a
AJ
4008DOC_START
4009 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4010 Squid.
4011
4012 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
4013
4014 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
4015
4016 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4017 which version of WCCP to use.
4018DOC_END
df2eec10 4019
8d6275c0 4020NAME: wccp2_router
cc192b50 4021TYPE: IPAddress_list
8d6275c0 4022LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 4023DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4024IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4025DOC_START
8d6275c0 4026 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4027 Squid.
cccac0a2 4028
8d6275c0 4029 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 4030
8d6275c0 4031 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 4032
8d6275c0 4033 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4034 which version of WCCP to use.
4035DOC_END
4036
4037NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 4038TYPE: int
8d6275c0 4039LOC: Config.Wccp.version
4040DEFAULT: 4
4041IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 4042DOC_START
8d6275c0 4043 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
4044 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
4045 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
4046 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
4047 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 4048
8d6275c0 4049 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
4050 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
4051 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
4052 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 4053DOC_END
4054
8d6275c0 4055NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
4056TYPE: onoff
4057LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
4058DEFAULT: on
4059IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4060DOC_START
4061 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
4062 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
4063DOC_END
cccac0a2 4064
8d6275c0 4065NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 4066TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4067LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 4068DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4069IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4070DOC_START
699acd19 4071 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 4072 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4073
451c4786
AJ
4074 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4075 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4076
8d6275c0 4077 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4078 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 4079DOC_END
4080
8d6275c0 4081NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 4082TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4083LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 4084DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4085IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4086DOC_START
699acd19 4087 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 4088 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
4089 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4090
451c4786
AJ
4091 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4092 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4093
8d6275c0 4094 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4095 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 4096
699acd19 4097 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 4098 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
4099 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
4100 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 4101DOC_END
4102
8d6275c0 4103NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 4104TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 4105LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 4106DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 4107IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4108DOC_START
8d6275c0 4109 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
4110 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4111
451c4786
AJ
4112 hash - Hash assignment
4113 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 4114
8d6275c0 4115 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
4116 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
4117DOC_END
cccac0a2 4118
8d6275c0 4119NAME: wccp2_service
4120TYPE: wccp2_service
4121LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4122DEFAULT: none
4123DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
4124IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4125DOC_START
4126 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
4127 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
4128 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
4129 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
4130 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
4131 using the wccp2_service_info option.
4132
4133 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
4134 just specifying the service id will suffice.
4135
4136 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
4137 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
4138
4139 Examples:
4140
4141 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
4142 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
4143 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
4144 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 4145DOC_END
4146
4147NAME: wccp2_service_info
4148TYPE: wccp2_service_info
4149LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4150DEFAULT: none
4151IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4152DOC_START
4153 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
4154 traffic you wish to have diverted.
4155
4156 The format is:
4157
4158 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
4159 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
4160
4161 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
4162 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 4163 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 4164 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
4165 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
4166 + ports_source
4167
4168 The port list can be one to eight entries.
4169
4170 Example:
4171
4172 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
4173 priority=240 ports=80
4174
4175 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
4176 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
4177DOC_END
4178
4179NAME: wccp2_weight
4180TYPE: int
4181LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
4182DEFAULT: 10000
4183IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4184DOC_START
4185 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
4186 hash proportional to their weight.
4187DOC_END
4188
4189NAME: wccp_address
4190TYPE: address
4191LOC: Config.Wccp.address
4192DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4193IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4194DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4195
8d6275c0 4196NAME: wccp2_address
4197TYPE: address
4198LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
4199DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4200IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4201DOC_START
4202 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
4203 interface address.
4204
4205 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4206DOC_END
4207
4208COMMENT_START
4209 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
4210 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4211
4212 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
4213COMMENT_END
4214
4215NAME: client_persistent_connections
4216TYPE: onoff
4217LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4218DEFAULT: on
4219DOC_NONE
4220
4221NAME: server_persistent_connections
4222TYPE: onoff
4223LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4224DEFAULT: on
4225DOC_START
4226 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4227 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4228 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4229 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4230DOC_END
4231
4232NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
4233TYPE: onoff
4234LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
4235DEFAULT: off
4236DOC_START
4237 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
4238 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
4239 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
4240DOC_END
4241
4242NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4243TYPE: onoff
4244LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4245DEFAULT: off
4246DOC_START
4247 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4248 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4249 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4250 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4251
4252 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4253 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4254 after 10 seconds timeout.
4255DOC_END
4256
4257COMMENT_START
4258 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
4259 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4260COMMENT_END
4261
4262NAME: digest_generation
4263IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4264TYPE: onoff
4265LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4266DEFAULT: on
4267DOC_START
4268 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4269 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 4270 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 4271DOC_END
4272
4273NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4274IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4275TYPE: int
4276LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4277DEFAULT: 5
4278DOC_START
4279 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4280 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4281 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4282DOC_END
4283
4284NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4285IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4286COMMENT: (seconds)
4287TYPE: time_t
4288LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4289DEFAULT: 1 hour
4290DOC_START
749ceff8 4291 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 4292DOC_END
4293
4294NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4295COMMENT: (seconds)
4296IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4297TYPE: time_t
4298LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4299DEFAULT: 1 hour
4300DOC_START
749ceff8 4301 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 4302 disk.
4303DOC_END
4304
4305NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4306COMMENT: (bytes)
4307TYPE: b_size_t
4308IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4309LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4310DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4311DOC_START
4312 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4313 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4314 default swap page.
4315DOC_END
4316
4317NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4318COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4319IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4320TYPE: int
4321LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4322DEFAULT: 10
4323DOC_START
4324 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4325 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4326DOC_END
4327
1db9eacd 4328COMMENT_START
5473c134 4329 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 4330 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4331COMMENT_END
4332
5473c134 4333NAME: snmp_port
4334TYPE: ushort
4335LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 4336DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4337IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4338DOC_START
87630341 4339 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
4340 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
4341 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
4342 set to "0" (disabled)
4343NOCOMMENT_START
4344#snmp_port 3401
4345NOCOMMENT_END
8d6275c0 4346DOC_END
4347
5473c134 4348NAME: snmp_access
4349TYPE: acl_access
4350LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 4351DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4352DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4353IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4354DOC_START
5473c134 4355 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 4356
5473c134 4357 All access to the agent is denied by default.
4358 usage:
8d6275c0 4359
5473c134 4360 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 4361
5473c134 4362Example:
4363 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
4364 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 4365DOC_END
4366
5473c134 4367NAME: snmp_incoming_address
4368TYPE: address
4369LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
4370DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4371IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4372DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4373
5473c134 4374NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
4375TYPE: address
4376LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
4377DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4378IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 4379DOC_START
df2eec10 4380 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 4381
5473c134 4382 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
4383 messages from SNMP agents.
4384 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
4385 agents.
cccac0a2 4386
5473c134 4387 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
4388 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 4389
5473c134 4390 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4391 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
4392 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
4393 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 4394
5473c134 4395 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
4396 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 4397DOC_END
4398
5473c134 4399COMMENT_START
4400 ICP OPTIONS
4401 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4402COMMENT_END
4403
4404NAME: icp_port udp_port
4405TYPE: ushort
4406DEFAULT: 0
4407LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 4408DOC_START
5473c134 4409 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
4410 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
4411 Default is disabled (0).
4412NOCOMMENT_START
df2eec10 4413#icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
5473c134 4414NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 4415DOC_END
4416
5473c134 4417NAME: htcp_port
4418IFDEF: USE_HTCP
4419TYPE: ushort
87630341 4420DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4421LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 4422DOC_START
5473c134 4423 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 4424 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
4425 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
4426NOCOMMENT_START
4427#htcp_port 4827
4428NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 4429DOC_END
4430
4431NAME: log_icp_queries
4432COMMENT: on|off
4433TYPE: onoff
4434DEFAULT: on
4435LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
4436DOC_START
4437 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
4438 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
4439 up or to simplify log analysis.
4440DOC_END
4441
5473c134 4442NAME: udp_incoming_address
4443TYPE: address
4444LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
4445DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
8524d4b2 4446DOC_START
4447 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
4448 caches.
4449
4450 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4451
4452 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
4453 a specific interface/address.
4454
4455 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4456 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4457
4458 see also; udp_outgoing_address
4459
4460 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4461 have the same value since they both use the same port.
4462DOC_END
cccac0a2 4463
5473c134 4464NAME: udp_outgoing_address
4465TYPE: address
4466LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
4467DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
cccac0a2 4468DOC_START
8524d4b2 4469 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 4470 caches.
cccac0a2 4471
5473c134 4472 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 4473
8524d4b2 4474 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
4475 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
4476 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 4477 caches.
4478
8524d4b2 4479 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4480 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4481
4482 see also; udp_incoming_address
4483
5473c134 4484 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 4485 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 4486DOC_END
4487
3d1e3e43 4488NAME: icp_hit_stale
4489COMMENT: on|off
4490TYPE: onoff
4491DEFAULT: off
4492LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
4493DOC_START
4494 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
4495 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
4496 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
4497 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
4498 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
4499 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
4500 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
4501DOC_END
4502
5473c134 4503NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 4504TYPE: int
5473c134 4505DEFAULT: 4
4506LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 4507DOC_START
5473c134 4508 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4509 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 4510DOC_END
4511
5473c134 4512NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
4513TYPE: int
4514DEFAULT: 400
4515LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 4516DOC_START
5473c134 4517 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4518 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 4519DOC_END
4520
cccac0a2 4521NAME: netdb_low
4522TYPE: int
4523DEFAULT: 900
4524LOC: Config.Netdb.low
4525DOC_NONE
4526
4527NAME: netdb_high
4528TYPE: int
4529DEFAULT: 1000
4530LOC: Config.Netdb.high
4531DOC_START
4532 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
4533 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
4534 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
4535 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
4536DOC_END
4537
cccac0a2 4538NAME: netdb_ping_period
4539TYPE: time_t
4540LOC: Config.Netdb.period
4541DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4542DOC_START
4543 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
4544 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
4545 network. The default is five minutes.
4546DOC_END
4547
cccac0a2 4548NAME: query_icmp
4549COMMENT: on|off
4550TYPE: onoff
4551DEFAULT: off
4552LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
4553DOC_START
4554 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
4555 replies, enable this option.
4556
4557 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 4558 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
4559 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 4560 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
4561 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
4562 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
4563 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
4564 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
4565DOC_END
4566
4567NAME: test_reachability
4568COMMENT: on|off
4569TYPE: onoff
4570DEFAULT: off
4571LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
4572DOC_START
4573 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
4574 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
4575 database, or has a zero RTT.
4576DOC_END
4577
5473c134 4578NAME: icp_query_timeout
4579COMMENT: (msec)
4580DEFAULT: 0
4581TYPE: int
4582LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 4583DOC_START
5473c134 4584 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
4585 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
4586 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
4587 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
4588 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
4589 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 4590
5473c134 4591 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 4592DOC_END
4593
5473c134 4594NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
4595COMMENT: (msec)
4596DEFAULT: 2000
4597TYPE: int
4598LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 4599DOC_START
5473c134 4600 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4601 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
4602 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
4603 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4604 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4605 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4606DOC_END
4607
5473c134 4608NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
4609COMMENT: (msec)
4610DEFAULT: 5
4611TYPE: int
4612LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 4613DOC_START
5473c134 4614 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4615 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
4616 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
4617 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
4618 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4619 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4620 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4621DOC_END
4622
5473c134 4623NAME: background_ping_rate
4624COMMENT: time-units
4625TYPE: time_t
4626DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4627LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 4628DOC_START
5473c134 4629 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
4630 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 4631DOC_END
4632
5473c134 4633COMMENT_START
4634 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
4635 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4636COMMENT_END
4637
4638NAME: mcast_groups
4639TYPE: wordlist
4640LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 4641DEFAULT: none
4642DOC_START
5473c134 4643 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
4644 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 4645
5473c134 4646 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
4647 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
4648 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
4649 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
4650 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
4651 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
4652 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 4653
5473c134 4654 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
4655 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 4656
5473c134 4657 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
4658 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 4659
5473c134 4660 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 4661
5473c134 4662 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
4663DOC_END
8c01ada0 4664
5473c134 4665NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4666IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4667TYPE: address
4668LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4669DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4670DOC_START
4671 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4672 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 4673
5473c134 4674 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4675 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 4676DOC_END
4677
5473c134 4678NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
4679IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4680TYPE: ushort
4681LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4682DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 4683DOC_START
5473c134 4684 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4685 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4686 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4687DOC_END
cccac0a2 4688
5473c134 4689NAME: mcast_miss_port
4690IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4691TYPE: ushort
4692LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4693DEFAULT: 3135
4694DOC_START
4695 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4696 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4697DOC_END
cccac0a2 4698
5473c134 4699NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4700IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4701TYPE: string
4702LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4703DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4704DOC_START
4705 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4706 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4707DOC_END
8c01ada0 4708
5473c134 4709NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
4710COMMENT: (msec)
4711DEFAULT: 2000
4712TYPE: int
4713LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
4714DOC_START
4715 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
4716 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
4717 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
4718 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
4719 seconds.
cccac0a2 4720DOC_END
4721
5473c134 4722COMMENT_START
4723 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
4724 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4725COMMENT_END
4726
cccac0a2 4727NAME: icon_directory
4728TYPE: string
4729LOC: Config.icons.directory
4730DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4731DOC_START
4732 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4733 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4734DOC_END
4735
f024c970 4736NAME: global_internal_static
4737TYPE: onoff
4738LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4739DEFAULT: on
4740DOC_START
4741 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4742 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4743 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4744 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4745 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4746 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4747 the server generating a directory listing.
4748DOC_END
4749
5473c134 4750NAME: short_icon_urls
4751TYPE: onoff
4752LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4753DEFAULT: on
4754DOC_START
4755 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
4756 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
4757 it's own name and port in the URL.
4758
4759 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
4760 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
4761DOC_END
4762
4763COMMENT_START
4764 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
4765 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4766COMMENT_END
4767
4768NAME: error_directory
4769TYPE: string
4770LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 4771DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4772DOC_START
4773 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
43000484
AJ
4774 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
4775 the error/template files to another directory and point
4776 this tag at them.
4777
4778 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
4779 on error pages if used.
5473c134 4780
4781 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4782 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 4783 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 4784 contributing your translation back to the project.
43000484
AJ
4785 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
4786
4787 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
4788 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
4789DOC_END
4790
4791NAME: error_default_language
4792IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
4793TYPE: string
4794LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
4795DEFAULT: none
4796DOC_START
4797 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
4798 if no existing translation matches the clients language
4799 preferences.
4800
4801 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
4802
4803 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4804 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
4805 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
4806 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 4807DOC_END
4808
c411820c
AJ
4809NAME: error_log_languages
4810IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
4811TYPE: onoff
4812LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
4813DEFAULT: on
4814DOC_START
4815 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
4816 auto-negotiate for translations.
4817
4818 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
4819 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
4820 of is error page translations.
4821DOC_END
4822
5473c134 4823NAME: err_html_text
4824TYPE: eol
4825LOC: Config.errHtmlText
4826DEFAULT: none
4827DOC_START
4828 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
4829 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
4830 organizations Web page.
4831
4832 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
4833 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
4834 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
4835 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
4836DOC_END
4837
4838NAME: email_err_data
4839COMMENT: on|off
4840TYPE: onoff
4841LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
4842DEFAULT: on
4843DOC_START
4844 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
4845 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
4846 so that the email body contains the data.
4847 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
4848DOC_END
4849
4850NAME: deny_info
4851TYPE: denyinfo
4852LOC: Config.denyInfoList
4853DEFAULT: none
4854DOC_START
4855 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
4856 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 4857 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 4858
4859 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
4860 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
4861 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
4862 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
4863
4864 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
4865 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
4866 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
4867 the first authentication related acl encountered
4868 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
4869 acl processed on the last http_access line.
4870
43000484
AJ
4871 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
4872 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
4873 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 4874
4875 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
4876 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
4877 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
4878
4879 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
4880 by specifying TCP_RESET.
4881DOC_END
4882
4883COMMENT_START
4884 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
4885 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4886COMMENT_END
4887
4888NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4889TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4890LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4891DEFAULT: on
4892DOC_START
5473c134 4893 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4894 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
4895 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 4896
5473c134 4897 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
4898 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 4899
5473c134 4900 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4901 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4902 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 4903
5473c134 4904 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
4905 this directive.
8d6275c0 4906DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 4907
5473c134 4908NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4909TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4910LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4911DEFAULT: off
4912DOC_START
5473c134 4913 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
4914 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
4915 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 4916
5473c134 4917 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4918 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4919 fails.
4920
4921 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4922 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4923 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 4924DOC_END
4925
5473c134 4926NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 4927TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 4928LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 4929DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 4930DOC_START
5473c134 4931 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 4932
5473c134 4933 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
4934 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
4935 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
4936 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
4937 something like:
0b0cfcf2 4938
5473c134 4939 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
4940 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 4941
5473c134 4942 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 4943
5473c134 4944 acl FTP proto FTP
4945 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 4946
5473c134 4947 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
4948 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
4949 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
4950 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
4951 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 4952
5473c134 4953 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4954 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4955 always_direct deny local-external
4956 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 4957
5473c134 4958 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
4959 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
4960 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
4961 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 4962
5473c134 4963 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
4964 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
4965 the replies see no_cache.
4966
4967 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
4968 and local_ip.
cccac0a2 4969DOC_END
0976f8db 4970
5473c134 4971NAME: never_direct
4972TYPE: acl_access
4973LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
4974DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4975DOC_START
5473c134 4976 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4977
4978 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
4979 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
4980
4981 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
4982 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
4983 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
4984 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
4985
4986 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 4987 never_direct deny local-servers
4988 never_direct allow all
4989
4990 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
4991 servers inside the firewall use something like:
4992
4993 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
4994 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4995 always_direct deny local-external
4996 always_direct allow local-intranet
4997 never_direct allow all
4998
4999 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
5000 and firewall_ip.
8d6275c0 5001DOC_END
0976f8db 5002
5473c134 5003COMMENT_START
5004 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
5005 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5006COMMENT_END
5007
cccac0a2 5008NAME: incoming_icp_average
5009TYPE: int
5010DEFAULT: 6
5011LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
5012DOC_NONE
5013
5014NAME: incoming_http_average
5015TYPE: int
5016DEFAULT: 4
5017LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
5018DOC_NONE
5019
5020NAME: incoming_dns_average
5021TYPE: int
5022DEFAULT: 4
5023LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
5024DOC_NONE
5025
5026NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
5027TYPE: int
5028DEFAULT: 8
5029LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
5030DOC_NONE
5031
5032NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
5033TYPE: int
5034DEFAULT: 8
5035LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
5036DOC_NONE
5037
5038NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
5039TYPE: int
5040DEFAULT: 8
5041LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
5042DOC_START
5473c134 5043 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
5044 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
5045 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
5046DOC_END
5047
5048NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 5049TYPE: string
5050DEFAULT: none
5051LOC: Config.accept_filter
5052DOC_START
0b4d4be5 5053 FreeBSD:
5054
5473c134 5055 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
5056 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
5057 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
5058
5059 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 5060 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 5061 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
5062
5063 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
5064 to Squid until there is some data to process.
5065 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
5066
5067 Linux:
5068
5069 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
5070 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
5071 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
5072 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
5073 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 5074EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 5075# FreeBSD
5473c134 5076accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 5077# Linux
5078accept_filter data
5473c134 5079DOC_END
5080
5081NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
5082COMMENT: (bytes)
5083TYPE: b_size_t
5084DEFAULT: 0 bytes
5085LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
5086DOC_START
5087 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
5088 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
5089 the default buffer size.
5090DOC_END
5091
5092COMMENT_START
5093 ICAP OPTIONS
5094 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5095COMMENT_END
5096
5097NAME: icap_enable
5098TYPE: onoff
5099IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5100COMMENT: on|off
5101LOC: TheICAPConfig.onoff
5102DEFAULT: off
5103DOC_START
53e738c6 5104 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 5105DOC_END
5106
5107NAME: icap_connect_timeout
5108TYPE: time_t
5109DEFAULT: none
5110LOC: TheICAPConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5111IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5112DOC_START
5113 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5114 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
5115 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
5116
5117 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
5118 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
5119 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
5120DOC_END
5121
5122NAME: icap_io_timeout
5123COMMENT: time-units
5124TYPE: time_t
5125DEFAULT: none
5126LOC: TheICAPConfig.io_timeout_raw
5127IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5128DOC_START
5129 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
5130 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
5131 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
5132 failure.
5133
5134 The default is read_timeout.
5135DOC_END
5136
5137NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
5138TYPE: int
5139IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5140LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_failure_limit
5141DEFAULT: 10
5142DOC_START
5143 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
5144 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
5145 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
5146 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
5147 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
5148 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
5149
5150 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
5151 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
5152 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5153DOC_END
5154
5473c134 5155NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 5156TYPE: int
5473c134 5157IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5158LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_revival_delay
5159DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 5160DOC_START
5473c134 5161 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
5162 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
5163 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
5164 fetched.
cccac0a2 5165
5473c134 5166 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
5167 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 5168DOC_END
5169
5473c134 5170NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 5171TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5172IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5173COMMENT: on|off
5174LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 5175DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5176DOC_START
ac7a62f9 5177 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
5178 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
5179 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
5180 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
5181
5182 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
5183 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
5184 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
5185
5186 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
5187 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
5188Example:
5189icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 5190DOC_END
5191
5473c134 5192NAME: icap_preview_size
5193TYPE: int
5194IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5195LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_size
5196DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 5197DOC_START
53e738c6 5198 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
5199 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
5200 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5201DOC_END
5202
5473c134 5203NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
5204TYPE: int
5205IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5206LOC: TheICAPConfig.default_options_ttl
5207DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 5208DOC_START
53e738c6 5209 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 5210 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 5211DOC_END
5212
5473c134 5213NAME: icap_persistent_connections
5214TYPE: onoff
5215IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5216COMMENT: on|off
5217LOC: TheICAPConfig.reuse_connections
5218DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5219DOC_START
5473c134 5220 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
5221 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 5222DOC_END
5223
5473c134 5224NAME: icap_send_client_ip
5225TYPE: onoff
5226IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5227COMMENT: on|off
5228LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_ip
5229DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5230DOC_START
53e738c6 5231 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 5232DOC_END
5233
5473c134 5234NAME: icap_send_client_username
5235TYPE: onoff
5236IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5237COMMENT: on|off
5238LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_username
5239DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5240DOC_START
5473c134 5241 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
5242 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
5243 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
5244 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 5245DOC_END
5246
5473c134 5247NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 5248TYPE: string
5473c134 5249IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5250LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_header
5251DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 5252DOC_START
5473c134 5253 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 5254DOC_END
5255
5473c134 5256NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 5257TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5258IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5259COMMENT: on|off
5260LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_encode
5261DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5262DOC_START
5473c134 5263 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 5264DOC_END
5265
5473c134 5266NAME: icap_service
5267TYPE: icap_service_type
5268IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5269LOC: TheICAPConfig
5270DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5271DOC_START
53e738c6 5272 Defines a single ICAP service
cccac0a2 5273
53e738c6 5274 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
7d90757b 5275
53e738c6 5276 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 5277 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5278 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5279 are not yet supported.
53e738c6 5280 bypass = 1|0
f3db09e2 5281 If set to 1, the ICAP service is treated as optional. If the
5282 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
5283 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
5284 was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be bypassed.
5285 If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as essential and all
5286 ICAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
5287 HTTP client.
53e738c6 5288 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
5473c134 5289
5473c134 5290Example:
5291icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
5292icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 5293DOC_END
5294
5473c134 5295NAME: icap_class
5296TYPE: icap_class_type
5297IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5298LOC: none
5473c134 5299DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5300DOC_START
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5301 This depricated option was documented to define an ICAP service
5302 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
5303 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 5304
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5305 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
5306 adaptation_service_set directive.
5473c134 5307
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5308 If you need adaptation service chains, patches or sponsorship
5309 is welcome.
cccac0a2 5310DOC_END
5311
5473c134 5312NAME: icap_access
5313TYPE: icap_access_type
5314IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5315LOC: none
cccac0a2 5316DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5317DOC_START
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5318 This option is depricated. Please use adaptation_access, which
5319 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
5320 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 5321DOC_END
5322
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5323COMMENT_START
5324 eCAP OPTIONS
5325 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5326COMMENT_END
5327
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5328NAME: ecap_enable
5329TYPE: onoff
5330IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5331COMMENT: on|off
5332LOC: Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
5333DEFAULT: off
5334DOC_START
5335 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
5336DOC_END
5337
5338NAME: ecap_service
5339TYPE: ecap_service_type
5340IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5341LOC: Ecap::TheConfig
5342DEFAULT: none
5343DOC_START
5344 Defines a single eCAP service
5345
5346 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
5347
5348 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
5349 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5350 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5351 are not yet supported.
5352 bypass = 1|0
5353 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
5354 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
5355 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
5356 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
5357 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
5358 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
5359 HTTP client.
5360 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
5361
5362Example:
5363ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
5364ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
5365DOC_END
5366
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5367NAME: loadable_modules
5368TYPE: wordlist
5369IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
5370LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
5371DEFAULT: none
5372DOC_START
5373 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
5374 preloaded module(s).
5375Example:
5376loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
5377DOC_END
5378
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5379COMMENT_START
5380 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
5381 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5382COMMENT_END
5383
5384NAME: adaptation_service_set
5385TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
5386IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5387LOC: none
5388DEFAULT: none
5389DOC_START
5390
5391 Defines a named adaptation service set. The set is populated in
5392 the order of adaptation_service_set directives in this file.
5393 When adaptation ACLs are processed, the first and only the first
5394 applicable adaptation service from the set will be used. Thus,
5395 the set should group similar, redundant services, rather than a
5396 chain of complementary services.
5397
5398 If you have a single adaptation service, you do not need to
5399 define a set containing it because adaptation_access accepts
5400 service names.
5401
5402 See also: adaptation_access
5403
5404Example:
5405adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
5406adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
5407DOC_END
5408
5409NAME: adaptation_access
5410TYPE: adaptation_access_type
5411IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5412LOC: none
5413DEFAULT: none
5414DOC_START
5415 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
5416
5417 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
5418 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
5419
5420 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
5421 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
5422 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
5423 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
5424
5425 - services serving different vectoring points
5426 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
5427 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
5428 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
5429
5430 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
5431 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
5432 adaptation_service_set for details.
5433
5434 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
5435 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
5436 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
5437 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
5438
5439 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
5440 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
5441
5442 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
5443
5444Example:
5445adaptation_access service_1 allow all
5446DOC_END
5447
5473c134 5448COMMENT_START
5449 DNS OPTIONS
5450 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5451COMMENT_END
5452
5453NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 5454TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5455DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5456LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 5457DOC_START
5473c134 5458 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
5459 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
5460 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 5461DOC_END
5462
5473c134 5463NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 5464TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5465DEFAULT: on
5473c134 5466LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 5467DOC_START
5473c134 5468 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
5469 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
5470 Squid to be strict about the standard.
5471 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 5472DOC_END
5473
5473c134 5474NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 5475TYPE: string
5473c134 5476IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
5477DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
5478LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 5479DOC_START
5473c134 5480 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 5481DOC_END
5482
5473c134 5483NAME: dns_children
5484TYPE: int
5485IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
5486DEFAULT: 5
5487LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 5488DOC_START
5473c134 5489 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
5490 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
5491 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
5492 is 32. The default is 5.
58850d15 5493
5473c134 5494 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
58850d15 5495DOC_END
5496
5473c134 5497NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
5498TYPE: time_t
5499DEFAULT: 5 seconds
5500LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
5501IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 5502DOC_START
5473c134 5503 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
5504 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 5505
cccac0a2 5506DOC_END
5507
5473c134 5508NAME: dns_timeout
5509TYPE: time_t
5510DEFAULT: 2 minutes
5511LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
5512IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 5513DOC_START
5473c134 5514 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
5515 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
5516 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 5517DOC_END
5518
5473c134 5519NAME: dns_defnames
5520COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 5521TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5522DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5523LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 5524DOC_START
5473c134 5525 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
5526 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
5527 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
5528 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 5529DOC_END
5530
5473c134 5531NAME: dns_nameservers
5532TYPE: wordlist
5533DEFAULT: none
5534LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 5535DOC_START
5473c134 5536 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
5537 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
5538 /etc/resolv.conf file.
5539 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
5540 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
5541 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
5542 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 5543
5473c134 5544 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 5545DOC_END
5546
5473c134 5547NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 5548TYPE: string
5473c134 5549DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
5550LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 5551DOC_START
5473c134 5552 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
5553 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
5554 default locations:
5555 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
5556 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5557 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
5558 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5559 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
5560 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
5561 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
5562 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 5563
5473c134 5564 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
5565 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
5566 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
5567 character are comments.
cccac0a2 5568
5473c134 5569 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
5570 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
5571 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
5572 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
5573 definitions.
cccac0a2 5574DOC_END
5575
5473c134 5576NAME: append_domain
5577TYPE: string
5578LOC: Config.appendDomain
5579DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 5580DOC_START
5473c134 5581 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
5582 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
5583
5584 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
5585 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
5586 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
5587
5588Example:
5589 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 5590DOC_END
5591
5473c134 5592NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
5593TYPE: onoff
5594LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 5595DEFAULT: on
5596DOC_START
5473c134 5597 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
5598 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
5599 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
5600 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
5601 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 5602DOC_END
5603
cc192b50 5604NAME: dns_v4_fallback
5605TYPE: onoff
5606DEFAULT: on
5607LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
5608DOC_START
5609 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
5610 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
5611 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
5612
5613 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
5614 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
5615
5616 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
5617 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
5618
5619 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
5620 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
5621 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
5622DOC_END
5623
6bc15a4f 5624NAME: ipcache_size
5625COMMENT: (number of entries)
5626TYPE: int
5627DEFAULT: 1024
5628LOC: Config.ipcache.size
5629DOC_NONE
5630
5631NAME: ipcache_low
5632COMMENT: (percent)
5633TYPE: int
5634DEFAULT: 90
5635LOC: Config.ipcache.low
5636DOC_NONE
5637
5638NAME: ipcache_high
5639COMMENT: (percent)
5640TYPE: int
5641DEFAULT: 95
5642LOC: Config.ipcache.high
5643DOC_START
5644 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
5645DOC_END
5646
5647NAME: fqdncache_size
5648COMMENT: (number of entries)
5649TYPE: int
5650DEFAULT: 1024
5651LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
5652DOC_START
5653 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
5654DOC_END
5655
a58ff010 5656COMMENT_START
5473c134 5657 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 5658 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5659COMMENT_END
5660
5473c134 5661NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 5662COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5663TYPE: onoff
5664DEFAULT: on
5665LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 5666DOC_START
5473c134 5667 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
5668 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
5669 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
5670 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 5671DOC_END
5672
5473c134 5673NAME: memory_pools_limit
5674COMMENT: (bytes)
5675TYPE: b_size_t
5676DEFAULT: 5 MB
5677LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 5678DOC_START
5473c134 5679 Used only with memory_pools on:
5680 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 5681
5473c134 5682 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
5683 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
5684 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
5685 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
5686 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
5687 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
5688 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 5689
5473c134 5690 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5691 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 5692
5473c134 5693 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
5694 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5695
5696 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
5697 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
5698 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
5699 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 5700DOC_END
5701
5473c134 5702NAME: forwarded_for
67c06f0d
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5703COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
5704TYPE: string
5473c134 5705DEFAULT: on
5706LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 5707DOC_START
67c06f0d
AJ
5708 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
5709 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 5710
5473c134 5711 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
5712
67c06f0d 5713 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 5714
5715 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
5716
5717 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
5718 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
5719
5720 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
5721 X-Forwarded-For header.
5722
5723 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
5724 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place itself as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 5725DOC_END
5726
5473c134 5727NAME: cachemgr_passwd
5728TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
5729DEFAULT: none
5730LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 5731DOC_START
5473c134 5732 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 5733
5473c134 5734 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
5735
5736 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
5737 5min
5738 60min
5739 asndb
5740 authenticator
5741 cbdata
5742 client_list
5743 comm_incoming
5744 config *
5745 counters
5746 delay
5747 digest_stats
5748 dns
5749 events
5750 filedescriptors
5751 fqdncache
5752 histograms
5753 http_headers
5754 info
5755 io
5756 ipcache
5757 mem
5758 menu
5759 netdb
5760 non_peers
5761 objects
5762 offline_toggle *
5763 pconn
5764 peer_select
b360c477 5765 reconfigure *
5473c134 5766 redirector
5767 refresh
5768 server_list
5769 shutdown *
5770 store_digest
5771 storedir
5772 utilization
5773 via_headers
5774 vm_objects
5775
5776 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
5777 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
5778
5779 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
5780 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
5781 password to "none".
5782
5783 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
5784
5785Example:
5786 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
5787 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
5788 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 5789DOC_END
5790
5473c134 5791NAME: client_db
a58ff010 5792COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5793TYPE: onoff
5794DEFAULT: on
5795LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 5796DOC_START
5473c134 5797 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
5798 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 5799DOC_END
5800
5473c134 5801NAME: refresh_all_ims
5802COMMENT: on|off
5803TYPE: onoff
5804DEFAULT: off
5805LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 5806DOC_START
5473c134 5807 When you enable this option, squid will always check
5808 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
5809 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
5810 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
5811 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 5812
5473c134 5813 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
5814 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 5815DOC_END
5816
5473c134 5817NAME: reload_into_ims
5818IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 5819COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5820TYPE: onoff
5821DEFAULT: off
5822LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 5823DOC_START
5473c134 5824 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
5825 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
5826 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
5827 feature could make you liable for problems which it
5828 causes.
5829
5830 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 5831DOC_END
5832
5473c134 5833NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
5834TYPE: int
5835LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
5836DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 5837DOC_START
5473c134 5838 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
5839 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
5840 each address is tried once).
5841
5842 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
5843 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
5844 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
5845
5846 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
5847 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 5848DOC_END
5849
5473c134 5850NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 5851TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5852LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 5853DEFAULT: off
5854DOC_START
5473c134 5855 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
5856 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
5857 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
5858 control errors.
5f8252d2 5859DOC_END
5860
5473c134 5861NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 5862TYPE: string
5473c134 5863LOC: Config.as_whois_server
5864DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5865DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 5866DOC_START
5473c134 5867 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
5868 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 5869DOC_END
5870
5473c134 5871NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 5872TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5873LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 5874DEFAULT: off
5875DOC_START
5473c134 5876 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
5877 objects.
a58ff010 5878DOC_END
5879
5473c134 5880NAME: uri_whitespace
5881TYPE: uri_whitespace
5882LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
5883DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 5884DOC_START
5473c134 5885 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
5886 URI. Options:
a58ff010 5887
5473c134 5888 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
5889 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
5890 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
5891 Request" message.
5892 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
5893 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
5894 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
5895 are in use.
5896 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
5897 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
5898 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
5899 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
5900 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
5901 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
5902 violation.
5903DOC_END
a58ff010 5904
5473c134 5905NAME: coredump_dir
5906TYPE: string
5907LOC: Config.coredump_dir
5908DEFAULT: none
5909DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
5910DOC_START
5911 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5912 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5913 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5914 and coredump files will be left there.
a58ff010 5915
5473c134 5916NOCOMMENT_START
5917# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5918coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
5919NOCOMMENT_END
5920DOC_END
a58ff010 5921
5473c134 5922NAME: chroot
5923TYPE: string
5924LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 5925DEFAULT: none
5926DOC_START
5473c134 5927 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
5928 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
5929 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
5930 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will may get an
5931 error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5932DOC_END
a58ff010 5933
5473c134 5934NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
5935TYPE: onoff
5936LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 5937DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5938DOC_START
cc192b50 5939 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
5940 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
5941 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
5942
5473c134 5943 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
5944 found not to preserve user session state across requests
5945 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 5946
cc192b50 5947 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 5948DOC_END
5949
5473c134 5950NAME: pipeline_prefetch
5951TYPE: onoff
5952LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
5953DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 5954DOC_START
5473c134 5955 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
5956 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5957 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 5958
5473c134 5959 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
5960 reasons.
5961DOC_END
a58ff010 5962
5473c134 5963NAME: high_response_time_warning
5964TYPE: int
5965COMMENT: (msec)
5966LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
5967DEFAULT: 0
5968DOC_START
5969 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
5970 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
5971 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 5972DOC_END
5973
5473c134 5974NAME: high_page_fault_warning
5975TYPE: int
5976LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
5977DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 5978DOC_START
5473c134 5979 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
5980 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5981 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
5982 per second.
5983DOC_END
cc9f92d4 5984
5473c134 5985NAME: high_memory_warning
5986TYPE: b_size_t
5987LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 5988DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 5989DOC_START
5990 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 5991 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 5992 the administrators attention.
5993DOC_END
cc9f92d4 5994
5473c134 5995NAME: sleep_after_fork
5996COMMENT: (microseconds)
5997TYPE: int
5998LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
5999DEFAULT: 0
6000DOC_START
6001 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
6002 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
6003 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
6004 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
6005 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
6006 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
6007 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
6008 until all the child processes have been started.
6009 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
6010 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 6011DOC_END
6012
b6696974
GS
6013NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6014COMMENT: on|off
6015TYPE: onoff
6016DEFAULT: on
6017LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
6018DOC_START
6019 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
6020 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
6021 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
6022 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
6023 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
6024 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
6025DOC_END
6026
cccac0a2 6027EOF