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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 32
cccac0a2 33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
debd9a31 44
cccac0a2 45COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 46
592a09dc 47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
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60
61
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62 Conditional configuration
63
64 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
65 depend on conditions:
66
67 if <CONDITION>
68 ... regular configuration directives ...
69 [else
70 ... regular configuration directives ...]
71 endif
72
73 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
74 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
75 configuration directives.
76
77 These individual conditions types are supported:
78
79 true
80 Always evaluates to true.
81 false
82 Always evaluates to false.
83 <integer> = <integer>
84 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
85
86
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87 SMP-Related Macros
88
89 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
90
91 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
92 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
93
94 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
95 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
96 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 97COMMENT_END
98
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99# Options Removed in 3.2
100NAME: ignore_expect_100
101TYPE: obsolete
102DOC_START
103 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
104DOC_END
105
106NAME: ftp_list_width
107TYPE: obsolete
108DOC_START
109 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
110DOC_END
111
112NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
113TYPE: obsolete
114DOC_START
115 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
116DOC_END
117
118# Options Removed in 3.1
119NAME: dns_testnames
120TYPE: obsolete
121DOC_START
122 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
123DOC_END
124
125NAME: extension_methods
126TYPE: obsolete
127DOC_START
128 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
129DOC_END
130
131# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
132NAME: incoming_rate
133TYPE: obsolete
134DOC_NONE
135
136NAME: server_http11
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: upgrade_http0.9
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
146DOC_END
147
148NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
152DOC_END
153
154# Options Removed in 3.0
155NAME: header_access
156TYPE: obsolete
157DOC_START
158 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
159 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
166DOC_END
167
5473c134 168COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 169 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 170 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
171COMMENT_END
172
41bd17a4 173NAME: auth_param
174TYPE: authparam
5817ee13 175LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 176DEFAULT: none
177DOC_START
41bd17a4 178 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
179 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 180
41bd17a4 181 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 182
41bd17a4 183 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
184 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
185 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
186 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
187 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
188 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
189 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
190 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
191 program entry).
cccac0a2 192
41bd17a4 193 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
194 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
195 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
196 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 197
41bd17a4 198 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
199 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
200 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
201 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
202 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
203 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
204 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
205 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
206 type acl.
cccac0a2 207
41bd17a4 208 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
209 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
210 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
211 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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212 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
213 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 214
41bd17a4 215 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 216
41bd17a4 217 "program" cmdline
218 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
219 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
220 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
221 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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222 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
223 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 224
41bd17a4 225 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
226 program is specified.
cccac0a2 227
41bd17a4 228 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
229 this line to something like
307b83b7 230
41bd17a4 231 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 232
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233 "utf8" on|off
234 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
235 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
236 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
237 username & password to the helper.
238
7353861b 239 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 240 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 241 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
242 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
243 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
244 authenticator processes.
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245
246 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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247 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
248 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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249 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
250 the maximum.
251
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252 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
253 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
254 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
255 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
256 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
257 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 258 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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259
260 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 261
41bd17a4 262 "realm" realmstring
263 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
264 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
265 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
266 password). There is no default.
267 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 268
41bd17a4 269 "credentialsttl" timetolive
270 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
271 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
272 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
273 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
274 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
275 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
276 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
277 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
278 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 279
41bd17a4 280 "casesensitive" on|off
281 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
282 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
283 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
284 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
285 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 286
41bd17a4 287 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 288
41bd17a4 289 "program" cmdline
290 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
291 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
292 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
293 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
294 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
295 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
296 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 297
41bd17a4 298 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
299 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 300
41bd17a4 301 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
302 something like
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7ce93108 304 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 305
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306 "utf8" on|off
307 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
308 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
309 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
310 username & password to the helper.
311
7353861b 312 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 313 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 314 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
315 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
316 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
317 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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318
319 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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320 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
321 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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322 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
323 the maximum.
324
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325 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
326 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
327 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
328 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
329 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
330 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
331 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
332
48d54e4d 333 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 334
41bd17a4 335 "realm" realmstring
336 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
337 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
338 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
339 password). There is no default.
340 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 341
41bd17a4 342 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
343 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
344 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 345
41bd17a4 346 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
347 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
348 valid for.
cccac0a2 349
41bd17a4 350 "nonce_max_count" number
351 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
352 used.
cccac0a2 353
41bd17a4 354 "nonce_strictness" on|off
355 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
356 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
357 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
358 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 359
41bd17a4 360 "check_nonce_count" on|off
361 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
362 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
363 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
364 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 365
41bd17a4 366 "post_workaround" on|off
367 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
368 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
369 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 370
41bd17a4 371 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 372
41bd17a4 373 "program" cmdline
374 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
375 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
376 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
377 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
378 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
379 is not used.
cccac0a2 380
41bd17a4 381 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 382
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383 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
384 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 385 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
386 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
387 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
388 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
389 processes.
cccac0a2 390
48d54e4d 391 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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392 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
393 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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394 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
395 the maximum.
396
397 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 398
41bd17a4 399 "keep_alive" on|off
400 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
401 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
402 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
403 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
404 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 405
41bd17a4 406 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 407
41bd17a4 408 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 409
41bd17a4 410 "program" cmdline
411 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
412 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
413 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
414 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
415 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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416 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
417 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
418 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 419 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
420 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 421
41bd17a4 422 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 423
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424 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
425 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 426 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
427 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
428 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
429 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
430 processes.
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431
432 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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433 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
434 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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435 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
436 the maximum.
437
438 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 439
41bd17a4 440 "keep_alive" on|off
441 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
442 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
443 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
444 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
445 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 446
41bd17a4 447 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 448
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450 Examples:
451
41bd17a4 452#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
453#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 454#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 455#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 456#
41bd17a4 457#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 458#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 459#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 460#
41bd17a4 461#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 462#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 463#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
464#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
465#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
466#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 467#
41bd17a4 468#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 469#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 470#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
471#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 472DOC_END
cccac0a2 473
41bd17a4 474NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
475TYPE: time_t
476DEFAULT: 1 hour
477LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
478DOC_START
479 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
480 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
481 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
482 have good reason to.
483DOC_END
cccac0a2 484
41bd17a4 485NAME: authenticate_ttl
486TYPE: time_t
487DEFAULT: 1 hour
488LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
489DOC_START
490 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
491 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
492 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
493 TTL are removed from memory.
494DOC_END
cccac0a2 495
41bd17a4 496NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
497TYPE: time_t
498LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
499DEFAULT: 0 seconds
500DOC_START
501 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
502 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
503 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
504 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
505 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
506 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
507 environment with relatively static address assignments.
508DOC_END
cccac0a2 509
3d1e3e43 510COMMENT_START
511 ACCESS CONTROLS
512 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
513COMMENT_END
514
41bd17a4 515NAME: external_acl_type
516TYPE: externalAclHelper
517LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 518DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 519DOC_START
41bd17a4 520 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
521 to look up the status
cccac0a2 522
41bd17a4 523 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 524
41bd17a4 525 Options:
cccac0a2 526
41bd17a4 527 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
528 for 1 hour)
529 negative_ttl=n
530 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
531 as ttl)
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532 children-max=n
533 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
534 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
535 children-startup=n
536 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
537 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
538 of this type. (default 0)
539 children-idle=n
540 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
541 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
542 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
543 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 544 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
545 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 546 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 547 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
548 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 549 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 550 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 551 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
552 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
055421ee 553 the default is currently 'ipv4'.
cccac0a2 554
41bd17a4 555 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 556
41bd17a4 557 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
558 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
559 %IDENT Ident user name
560 %SRC Client IP
561 %SRCPORT Client source port
562 %URI Requested URI
563 %DST Requested host
564 %PROTO Requested protocol
565 %PORT Requested port
566 %PATH Requested URL path
567 %METHOD Request method
568 %MYADDR Squid interface address
569 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
570 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
571 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
572 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
573 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
574 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 575
c68c9682 576 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 577 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 578 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 579 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 580 HTTP request header list member using ; as
581 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
582 character.
cccac0a2 583
c68c9682 584 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 585 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 586 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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587 %<{Hdr:;member}
588 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
589 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
590 character.
591
41bd17a4 592 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
593 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
594 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 595
41bd17a4 596 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
597 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
598 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
599 more details.
cccac0a2 600
41bd17a4 601 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 602
41bd17a4 603 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 604
41bd17a4 605 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 606
41bd17a4 607 user= The users name (login)
608 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
609 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
610 in error pages
611 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
612 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
613 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
614 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 615
41bd17a4 616 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
617 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 618
41bd17a4 619 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
620 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
621 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 622
41bd17a4 623 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
624 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
625 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 626DOC_END
627
41bd17a4 628NAME: acl
629TYPE: acl
630LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 631DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 632DOC_START
41bd17a4 633 Defining an Access List
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635 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
636 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
637 they are read from.
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639 acl aclname acltype argument ...
640 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 641
375eeb3b 642 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 643
41bd17a4 644 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
645 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
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648 to access some external data source.
649 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
650 don't are marked as [fast].
651 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
652 for further information
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654 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
655
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656 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address [fast]
657 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses [fast]
658 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
659 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address [fast]
cccac0a2 660
41bd17a4 661 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
662 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
663 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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665 # other *BSD variants.
666 # [fast]
41bd17a4 667 #
668 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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670 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
671
672 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
673 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
674 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 675 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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676 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
677 # regex matching client name [slow]
678 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 679 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 680 #
41bd17a4 681 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
682 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
683 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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685 acl aclname src_as number ...
686 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 687 # [fast]
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689 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
690 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
691 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
692 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
693 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
694 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 695
6db78a1a 696 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 697 # [fast]
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698 # match against a named cache_peer entry
699 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
700
375eeb3b 701 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 702 # [fast]
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704 # S - Sunday
705 # M - Monday
706 # T - Tuesday
707 # W - Wednesday
708 # H - Thursday
709 # F - Friday
710 # A - Saturday
711 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
712
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714 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
715 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
716 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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719 # ranges are alloed
720 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # local socket TCP port [fast]
721 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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723 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
724
725 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 726
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728 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 730 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 731 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 733 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 734 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 735 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 736
375eeb3b 737 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 738 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 739 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 740 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 741
41bd17a4 742 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
743 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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745 # supplied credentials [slow]
746 #
747 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 748 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
749 #
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751 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
752 #
41bd17a4 753 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
754 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
755 # in access.log.
756 #
757 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
758 # to check username/password combinations (see
759 # auth_param directive).
760 #
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762 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 763 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 764
41bd17a4 765 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 766 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 767 # Example:
768 #
769 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 770
41bd17a4 771 acl aclname maxconn number
772 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
b3567eb5 773 # more than <number> HTTP connections established. [fast]
1e5562e3 774
41bd17a4 775 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
776 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
777 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 778 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 779 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
780 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
781 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
782 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
783 # request is denied)
784 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
785 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
786 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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789 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
790 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
791 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
792
375eeb3b 793 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 794 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
795 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 796 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 797 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
798 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 799
41bd17a4 800 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
801 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
802 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 803 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 804
375eeb3b 805 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 806 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
807 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 808 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 809 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
810 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
811 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 812
41bd17a4 813 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
814 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
815 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 816 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 817
375eeb3b 818 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 819 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 820 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 821
41bd17a4 822 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
823 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 824 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 825
41bd17a4 826 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
827 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 828 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 829
41bd17a4 830 acl aclname ext_user username ...
831 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 832 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 833 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 834
0ab50441 835 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 836 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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839 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
840 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
841 #
842 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
843 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
844 # http_reply_access.
845
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847 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
848 acl myexample dst_as 1241
849 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
850 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
851 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 852
41bd17a4 853NOCOMMENT_START
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854#
855# Recommended minimum configuration:
856#
41bd17a4 857acl manager proto cache_object
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858acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
859acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
e0855596 860
ee776778 861# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
862# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
863# should be allowed
864acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
865acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
866acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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867acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
868acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 870acl SSL_ports port 443
871acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
872acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
873acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
874acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
875acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
876acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
877acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
878acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
879acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
880acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
881acl CONNECT method CONNECT
882NOCOMMENT_END
883DOC_END
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885NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
886TYPE: acl_access
887IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
888LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
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889DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
890DOC_START
891 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
892 find the original source of a request.
893
894 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
895 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
896 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
897 rightmost address being the most recent.
898
899 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
900 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
901 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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902 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
903 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
904 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
905 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
906 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
907 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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909 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
910 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 911 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 912 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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913 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
914 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 915
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917 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
918
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920
921 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
922 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
923 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
924 source address of the request. This may enable remote
925 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
926 based on the client's source addresses.
927
928 For example:
929
930 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
931 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
932 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
933 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
934DOC_END
935
936NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
937COMMENT: on|off
938TYPE: onoff
939IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
940DEFAULT: on
941LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
942DOC_START
943 Controls whether the indirect client address
944 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
945 direct client address in acl matching.
946DOC_END
947
948NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
949COMMENT: on|off
950TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 951IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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953LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
954DOC_START
955 Controls whether the indirect client address
956 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
957 direct client address in delay pools.
958DOC_END
959
960NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
961COMMENT: on|off
962TYPE: onoff
963IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
964DEFAULT: on
965LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
966DOC_START
967 Controls whether the indirect client address
968 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
969 direct client address in the access log.
970DOC_END
971
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972NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
973COMMENT: on|off
974TYPE: onoff
975IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 976DEFAULT: off
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977LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
978DOC_START
979 Controls whether the indirect client address
980 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
981 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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983 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
984 mode ports.
985
986 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
987 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
988 of folow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
989 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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991
41bd17a4 992NAME: http_access
993TYPE: acl_access
994LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 995DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
996DOC_START
997 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 998
41bd17a4 999 Access to the HTTP port:
1000 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1001
41bd17a4 1002 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 1003
41bd17a4 1004 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1005 the request.
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41bd17a4 1007 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1008 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1009 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1010 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1012 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1015 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1016
41bd17a4 1017NOCOMMENT_START
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1019#
1020# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1021#
1022# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
1023http_access allow manager localhost
1024http_access deny manager
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1026# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1027http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1029# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1030http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 1032# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1033# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1034# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1035#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1037#
1038# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1039#
c8f4eac4 1040
ee776778 1041# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1042# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1043# from where browsing should be allowed
1044http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1045http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1046
41bd17a4 1047# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1048http_access deny all
1049NOCOMMENT_END
1050DOC_END
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1052NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1053TYPE: acl_access
1054LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1055DEFAULT: none
1056DOC_START
1057 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1058
1059 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1060 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1061 output.
1062
1063 If not set then only http_access is used.
1064DOC_END
1065
41bd17a4 1066NAME: http_reply_access
1067TYPE: acl_access
1068LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1069DEFAULT: none
1070DOC_START
1071 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1072
41bd17a4 1073 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1074
41bd17a4 1075 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1076 all replies
1a224843 1077
41bd17a4 1078 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1079 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1080 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1082 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1083 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1084DOC_END
1085
41bd17a4 1086NAME: icp_access
1087TYPE: acl_access
1088LOC: Config.accessList.icp
41bd17a4 1089DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1090DOC_START
41bd17a4 1091 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1092 access lists
5473c134 1093
41bd17a4 1094 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1096 See http_access for details
1097
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1099 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1101# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1103#icp_access deny all
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1105
41bd17a4 1106NAME: htcp_access
1107IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1108TYPE: acl_access
1109LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
41bd17a4 1110DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1111DOC_START
41bd17a4 1112 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1113 access lists
5473c134 1114
41bd17a4 1115 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1117 See http_access for details
5473c134 1118
0b48417e 1119 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1120 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1121 using the htcp option.
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1124 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1126# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1128#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1129DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1131NAME: htcp_clr_access
1132IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1133TYPE: acl_access
1134LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
41bd17a4 1135DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1136DOC_START
1137 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1138 on defined access lists
5473c134 1139
41bd17a4 1140 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1142 See http_access for details
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1145 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1147# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1148acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1149htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
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1151
41bd17a4 1152NAME: miss_access
1153TYPE: acl_access
1154LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 1155DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 1156DOC_START
41bd17a4 1157 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1158 a parent. For example:
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41bd17a4 1160 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1161 miss_access allow localclients
1162 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 1163
41bd17a4 1164 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
1165 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 1166
41bd17a4 1167 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
1168 to fetch MISSES from us.
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1170 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1171 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1172DOC_END
1173
1174NAME: ident_lookup_access
1175TYPE: acl_access
1176IFDEF: USE_IDENT
41bd17a4 1177DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1178LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1179DOC_START
41bd17a4 1180 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1181 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1182 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1183 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1184 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1185 any requests.
5473c134 1186
41bd17a4 1187 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1188 can follow this example:
5473c134 1189
4daaf3cb 1190 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1191 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1192 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1193
4daaf3cb 1194 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1195 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1196 the correct result.
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1198 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1199 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1200DOC_END
5473c134 1201
5b0f5383 1202NAME: reply_body_max_size
1203COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1204TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1205DEFAULT: none
1206LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1207DOC_START
1208 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1209 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1210 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1211 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1212 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1213 for this reply.
1214
1215 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1216 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1217 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1218 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1219 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1220 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1221 and they will receive a partial reply.
1222
1223 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1224 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1225 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1226 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1227
1228 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1229 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1230 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1231 the size of your largest error page.
1232
1233 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1234 no limit imposed.
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1236 Configuration Format is:
1237 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1238 ie.
1239 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1240
5b0f5383 1241DOC_END
1242
1243COMMENT_START
1244 NETWORK OPTIONS
1245 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1246COMMENT_END
1247
1248NAME: http_port ascii_port
1249TYPE: http_port_list
1250DEFAULT: none
1251LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1252DOC_START
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1253 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1254 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1255 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
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1257 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1258 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1259 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1260 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1261 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1262 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1263 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1264
1265 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1266 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1267
1268 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1269 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1270 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1271
1272 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1273
c7b1dd5d 1274 Modes:
5b0f5383 1275
e77bdb4e 1276 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1277 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1278 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1279
1280 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1281 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1282 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1283
1284 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1285 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1286
3a0c8eb5 1287 ssl-bump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
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1289 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1290 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1291 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1292
1293 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1294 the SslBump feature.
1295
1296 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1297
1298
1299 Accelerator Mode Options:
1300
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1301 allow-direct Allow direct forwarding in accelerator mode. Normally
1302 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1303 never_direct was used.
1304
5b0f5383 1305 defaultsite=domainname
1306 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1307 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1308 accelerators should consider the default.
1309 Implies accel.
1310
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1311 vhost Using the Host header for virtual domain support.
1312 Also uses the port as specified in Host: header.
5b0f5383 1313
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1314 vport IP based virtual host support. Using the http_port number
1315 in passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1316
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1317 vport=NN Uses the specified port number rather than the
1318 http_port number.
5b0f5383 1319
1320 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
c7b1dd5d 1321 Defaults to http://.
5b0f5383 1322
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1324
1325 Warning: This option violates HTTP specifications if
1326 used in non-accelerator setups.
1327
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1329 SSL Bump Mode Options:
1330
1331 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1332
1333 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1334 if not specified, the certificate file is
1335 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1336 key file.
1337
1338 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1339 1 automatic (default)
1340 2 SSLv2 only
1341 3 SSLv3 only
1342 4 TLSv1 only
1343
1344 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1345
1346 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1347 being:
1348 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1349 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1350 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1351 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1352 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1353 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1354 documentation for a complete list of options.
1355
1356 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1357 requesting a client certificate.
1358
1359 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1360 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1361 clientca will be used.
1362
1363 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1364 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1365
1366 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1367 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1368 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1369
1370 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1371 DH key exchanges.
1372
1373 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1374 DELAYED_AUTH
1375 Don't request client certificates
1376 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1377 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1378 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1379 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1380 to OpenSSL.
1381 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1382 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1383 will result in a new SSL session.
1384 VERIFY_CRL
1385 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1386 certificates.
1387 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1388 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1389 client certificate chain.
1390
1391 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1392
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1394 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1395 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1396 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1397 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1398 certificate will be selfsigned.
1399 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1400 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1401 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1402 years.
1403 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1404 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1405
1406 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1407 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1408 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
1409 default value is 4MB. An average XXX-bit certificate
1410 consumes about XXX bytes of RAM.
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1412 Other Options:
1413
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1414 connection-auth[=on|off]
1415 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1416 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1418
5b0f5383 1419 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1420 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1421 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1422 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1423 support is enabled.
1424 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1425
1426 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1427 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1428 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1429 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1430 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1431 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1432 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1433 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1434
81b6e9a7 1435 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1436 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1437
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1440 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1441 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1442 timeout the time before giving up.
1443
5b0f5383 1444 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1445 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1446 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1447 visible on the internal address.
1448
1449NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 1450
5b0f5383 1451# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1452http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1453NOCOMMENT_END
1454DOC_END
1455
1456NAME: https_port
1457IFDEF: USE_SSL
1458TYPE: https_port_list
1459DEFAULT: none
1460LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1461DOC_START
1462 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1463
1464 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1465 requests.
1466
1467 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1468 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1469 accelerator level.
1470
1471 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1472 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1473
1474 Options:
1475
1476 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1477 defaultsite or vhost.
1478
1479 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1480 this port. Implies accel.
1481
1482 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1483 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1484 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1485 Implies accel.
1486
1487 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1488 Defaults to https.
1489
1490 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1491
1492 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1493 if not specified, the certificate file is
1494 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1495 key file.
1496
1497 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1498 1 automatic (default)
1499 2 SSLv2 only
1500 3 SSLv3 only
1501 4 TLSv1 only
1502
1503 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1504
1505 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1506 being:
1507 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1508 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1509 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1510 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1511 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1512 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1513 documentation for a complete list of options.
1514
1515 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1516 requesting a client certificate.
1517
1518 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1519 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1520 clientca will be used.
1521
1522 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1523 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1524
1525 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1526 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1527 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1528
1529 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1530 DH key exchanges.
1531
1532 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1533 DELAYED_AUTH
1534 Don't request client certificates
1535 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1536 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1537 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1538 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1539 to OpenSSL.
1540 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1541 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1542 will result in a new SSL session.
1543 VERIFY_CRL
1544 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1545 certificates.
1546 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1547 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1548 client certificate chain.
1549
1550 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1551
1552 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1553
1554 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1555 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1556
81b6e9a7 1557 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1558 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1559
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1561
41bd17a4 1562NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1563TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1564DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1565LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 1566DOC_START
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1568 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1569
41bd17a4 1570 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1571
41bd17a4 1572 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1573 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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1576 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1577 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1578 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1579
41bd17a4 1580 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1582 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1583
41bd17a4 1584 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1585 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1587 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 1588
41bd17a4 1589 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1590 matching line.
cccac0a2 1591DOC_END
1592
41bd17a4 1593NAME: clientside_tos
1594TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1595DEFAULT: none
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1597DOC_START
1598 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1599 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1600
1601 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1602
1603 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1604 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1605
1606 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1607 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1608 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1609 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1610
1611 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1612 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1613DOC_END
1614
1615NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1616TYPE: acl_nfmark
1617IFDEF: SO_MARK
1618DEFAULT: none
1619LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1620DOC_START
1621 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1622 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1623
1624 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1625
1626 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1627 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1628
1629 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1630 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1631 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1632 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1633DOC_END
1634
1635NAME: clientside_mark
1636TYPE: acl_nfmark
1637IFDEF: SO_MARK
1638DEFAULT: none
1639LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
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1642 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1643
1644 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1645
1646 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1647 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1648
1649 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1650 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1651 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1652 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1653
1654 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1655 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 1656DOC_END
cccac0a2 1657
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1659TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 1660IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 1661DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1662LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
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575cb927 1664 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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1665 connections with, based on where the reply was sourced. For
1666 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1667 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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1670 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1671 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1674 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1675 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1676
1677 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
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1680
1681 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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1683 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1684
1685 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1686
1687 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1688
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1690 over the preserve-miss feature (see below).
575cb927 1691
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1693 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1694 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1695 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1696 with all variants of netfilter.
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575cb927 1698 disable-preserve-miss
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1700 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1701 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1702 and masked with miss-mark.
1703 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1704 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1705 (MARK target).
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1707 miss-mask=0xFF
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1709 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1710 the TOS sent towards clients.
1711 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1712 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1713
1714 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1715 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1716 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1717 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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1720
41bd17a4 1721NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1722TYPE: acl_address
1723DEFAULT: none
1724LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1725DOC_START
1726 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1727 based on the username or source address of the user making
1728 the request.
7f7db318 1729
41bd17a4 1730 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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41bd17a4 1732 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1733 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1734 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1735 source address 10.1.0.3.
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1738 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1739 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1740 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1741 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1742
41bd17a4 1743 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1744 matching line.
cccac0a2 1745
41bd17a4 1746 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1747 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1748 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1749 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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1752 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
1753 When needing to contact peers use the no-tproxy cache_peer option to
1754 re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
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1756 IPv6 Magic:
1757
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1759 internets.
cc192b50 1760 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1761 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1762 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1763
1764 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1765 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1766 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1767
1768 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1769 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1770 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
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1772 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1773 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
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1775 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
17148b2f 1776 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
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1778 WARNING:
1779 'dst ipv6' bases its selection assuming DIRECT access.
1780 If peers are used the peername ACL are needed to select outgoing
1781 address which can link to the peer.
1782
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1784 previously in the http_access rules to locate the destination IP.
1785 Some more magic may be needed for that:
1786 http_access allow to_ipv6 !all
1787 (meaning, allow if to IPv6 but not from anywhere ;)
1788
cccac0a2 1789DOC_END
1790
41bd17a4 1791COMMENT_START
1792 SSL OPTIONS
1793 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1794COMMENT_END
1795
1796NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1797IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1798TYPE: onoff
1799DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1800LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1801DOC_START
41bd17a4 1802 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1803 messages.
cccac0a2 1804DOC_END
1805
41bd17a4 1806NAME: ssl_engine
1807IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1808TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1809LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1810DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1811DOC_START
41bd17a4 1812 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1813 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1814DOC_END
1815
41bd17a4 1816NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1817IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1818DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1819LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1820TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1821DOC_START
41bd17a4 1822 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1823DOC_END
1824
41bd17a4 1825NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1826IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1827DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1828LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1829TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1830DOC_START
41bd17a4 1831 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1832DOC_END
1833
41bd17a4 1834NAME: sslproxy_version
1835IFDEF: USE_SSL
1836DEFAULT: 1
1837LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1838TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1839DOC_START
41bd17a4 1840 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1841DOC_END
1842
41bd17a4 1843NAME: sslproxy_options
1844IFDEF: USE_SSL
1845DEFAULT: none
1846LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1847TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1848DOC_START
41bd17a4 1849 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1851 The most important being:
1852
1853 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1854 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1855 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1856 SINGLE_DH_USE
1857 Always create a new key when using
1858 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1859
1860 These options vary depending on your SSL engine.
1861 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1862 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 1863DOC_END
1864
41bd17a4 1865NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1866IFDEF: USE_SSL
1867DEFAULT: none
1868LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1869TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1870DOC_START
41bd17a4 1871 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1873 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 1874DOC_END
1875
41bd17a4 1876NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1877IFDEF: USE_SSL
1878DEFAULT: none
1879LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1880TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1881DOC_START
41bd17a4 1882 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1883 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1884DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1886NAME: sslproxy_capath
1887IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1888DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1889LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1890TYPE: string
5473c134 1891DOC_START
41bd17a4 1892 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1893 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1894DOC_END
1895
4c9da963 1896NAME: ssl_bump
1897IFDEF: USE_SSL
1898TYPE: acl_access
1899LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1900DEFAULT: none
1901DOC_START
1902 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1903 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1904 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1905 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1906
1907 By default, no requests are bumped.
1908
1909 See also: http_port sslBump
1910
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1912 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1914
1915 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1916 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1917
1918 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1919 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1920 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1921 ssl_bump deny localhost
1922 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1923 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 1924DOC_END
1925
41bd17a4 1926NAME: sslproxy_flags
1927IFDEF: USE_SSL
1928DEFAULT: none
1929LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1930TYPE: string
5473c134 1931DOC_START
41bd17a4 1932 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1933 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1934 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1935 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1936 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1937DOC_END
1938
4c9da963 1939
1940NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1941IFDEF: USE_SSL
1942DEFAULT: none
1943LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1944TYPE: acl_access
1945DOC_START
1946 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1947
1948 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1949 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1950 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1951
1952 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1953 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1954 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1955
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1957 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1958 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 1959
1960 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1961 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1962 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1963 the connection may be insecure.
1964
1965 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1966
e0855596 1967 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 1968DOC_END
1969
1970
1971
41bd17a4 1972NAME: sslpassword_program
1973IFDEF: USE_SSL
1974DEFAULT: none
1975LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1976TYPE: string
5473c134 1977DOC_START
41bd17a4 1978 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1979 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1980 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1981 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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1983 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
1984 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
1985 keys.
5473c134 1986DOC_END
1987
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1989 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
1990 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1991COMMENT_END
1992
1993NAME: sslcrtd_program
1994TYPE: eol
1995IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
1996DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
1997LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
1998DOC_START
1999 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2000 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2001 For more information use:
2002 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2003DOC_END
2004
2005NAME: sslcrtd_children
2006TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2007IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2008DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2009LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2010DOC_START
2011 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2012 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2013
2014 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2015 tuning.
2016
2017 startup=N
2018
2019 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2020 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2021 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2022
2023 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2024 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2025
2026 idle=N
2027
2028 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2029 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2030 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2031 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2032
2033 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2034DOC_END
2035
cccac0a2 2036COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2037 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2038 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2039COMMENT_END
2040
41bd17a4 2041NAME: cache_peer
2042TYPE: peer
2043DEFAULT: none
2044LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2045DOC_START
41bd17a4 2046 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 2048 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2049
41bd17a4 2050 For example,
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41bd17a4 2052 # proxy icp
2053 # hostname type port port options
2054 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2055 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2056 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2057 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
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2059 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2060
2061 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2062
2063 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2064 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2065 For web servers this is usually 80
2066
2067 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2068 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2069 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2070
2071
2072 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2073
2074 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2075 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2076
2077
2078 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2079
2080 multicast-responder
2081 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2082 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2083 replies will be accepted from it.
2084
2085 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2086 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2087
2088 background-ping
2089 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2090 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2091 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2092
2093
2094 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2095
2096 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2097 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2098
2099
2100 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2101 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2103 list of options described below.
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18191440 2105 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2106
18191440 2107 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2108 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2109 only-clr.
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2112 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 2114 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2116 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2117
18191440 2118 htcp=forward-clr
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2119 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2120
2121
2122 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2123
2124 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2125 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2126
2127
2128 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2129 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2130 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2131
2132 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2133 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2134 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2135
2136 weighted-round-robin
2137 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2138 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2139 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2140 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2141 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2142
2143 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2144 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2145 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2146
2147 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2148
2149 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2151 multicast-siblings
2152 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2153 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2154 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
2155 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
2156 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2157 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2158 members of the same multicast group.
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2160
2161 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2162
2163 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2164 peer-selection mechanisms.
2165 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2166 larger weights are favored more.
2167 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2168 protocol is not in use.
2169
2170 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2171 times of parents.
2172 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2173 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2174 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2175
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2177 to this address.
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2179 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2180 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2181 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2182
2183 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2184 delay pools.
2185
2186 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2187 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2188 than the Squid default location.
2189
2190
2191 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
2192
2193 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2194 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2195 is a web server.
2196
2197 forceddomain=name
2198 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2199 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2200 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2201 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2202
2203 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2204
2205 no-netdb-exchange
2206 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2207
2208
2209 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2210
2211 login=user:password
2212 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2213 requires proxy authentication.
2214
2215 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2216 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2217
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2219 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2220 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2221 without alteration to the peer.
2222 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2223
2224 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2225 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2226 connection-auth options are also used.
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2229 Authentication is not required by this option.
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2232 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2234 they may be sent instead.
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2236 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2237 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2238 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2239 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2240 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2241
2242 login=*:password
2243 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2244 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2245 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2246 needed to identify each user.
2247 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2248 information which is added to the username. This can
2249 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2250 the login=username:password option above.
2251
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2253 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2254 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2255 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2256 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2257
2258 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
2259 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2260 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2261 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2262 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2263 used.
2264
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2266 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2267 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2268 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2269 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2270 of the peer.
2271
2272
2273 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2274
2275 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2276
2277 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2278 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2279 this peer.
2280
2281 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2282 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2283 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2284 reference a combined file containing both the
2285 certificate and the key.
2286
2287 sslversion=1|2|3|4
2288 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2289 1 = automatic (default)
2290 2 = SSL v2 only
2291 3 = SSL v3 only
2292 4 = TLS v1 only
2293
2294 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2295 to this peer.
2296
2297 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
2298 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2299 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2300 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2301 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
2302 a more complete list.
2303
2304 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2305 when verifying the peer certificate.
2306
2307 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2308 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2309
2310 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2311 verifying the peer certificate.
2312
2313 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2314
41bd17a4 2315 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2316 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2317 verify.
2318 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2319 Don't use the default CA list built in
2320 to OpenSSL.
2321 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2322 Don't verify the peer certificate
2323 matches the server name
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2325 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2326 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2327 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2328 used.
2329
2330 front-end-https
2331 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2332 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2333 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2334 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2335 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2336
2337
2338 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2339
2340 connect-timeout=N
2341 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2342 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2343
2344 connect-fail-limit=N
2345 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2346 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2347
2348 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2349 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2350 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2351 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2352 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2353 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2354 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2355
2356 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2357 peer. see also
2358
2359 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2360 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2361 but different ports.
2362 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2363 directives to dentify the peer.
2364 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2365 peername ACL type.
2366
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2368 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2369
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2371
41bd17a4 2372DOC_END
cccac0a2 2373
41bd17a4 2374NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2375TYPE: hostdomain
2376DEFAULT: none
2377LOC: none
2378DOC_START
2379 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2380 queried. Usage:
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41bd17a4 2382 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2383 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2384
41bd17a4 2385 For example, specifying
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41bd17a4 2387 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
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41bd17a4 2389 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2390 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2391 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2392 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2393 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2394
41bd17a4 2395 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2396 either on the same or separate lines.
2397 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2398 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2399 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2400 for all requests.
2401 * There are no defaults.
2402 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2403 section.
2404DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2406NAME: cache_peer_access
2407TYPE: peer_access
2408DEFAULT: none
2409LOC: none
2410DOC_START
2411 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2412 using ACL elements.
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41bd17a4 2414 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2415
41bd17a4 2416 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2417 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2418 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2419DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2421NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2422TYPE: hostdomaintype
2423DEFAULT: none
2424LOC: none
2425DOC_START
2426 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2427
41bd17a4 2428 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2429 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2430 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2431 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2432 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2433 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2434
41bd17a4 2435EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2436 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2437 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2438 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2439DOC_END
6bf4f823 2440
41bd17a4 2441NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2442COMMENT: (seconds)
2443DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2444TYPE: time_t
2445LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2446DOC_START
2447 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2448 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2449 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2450 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2451 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2452 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2453
41bd17a4 2454 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2455 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2456 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2457 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2458 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2459 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2460 instead of to your parents.
2461DOC_END
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2463NAME: forward_max_tries
2464DEFAULT: 10
2465TYPE: int
2466LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2467DOC_START
2468 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2469 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
2470DOC_END
2471
41bd17a4 2472NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2473TYPE: wordlist
2474DEFAULT: none
2475LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2476DOC_START
2477 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2478 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2479 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2480 list this option multiple times.
2481 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
cccac0a2 2482NOCOMMENT_START
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2484# We recommend you to use at least the following line.
41bd17a4 2485hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 2486NOCOMMENT_END
2487DOC_END
0976f8db 2488
41bd17a4 2489COMMENT_START
2490 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2491 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2492COMMENT_END
2493
2494NAME: cache_mem
2495COMMENT: (bytes)
2496TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2497DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2498LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2499DOC_START
41bd17a4 2500 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2501 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2502 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2503 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2504
2505 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2506 for:
2507 * In-Transit objects
2508 * Hot Objects
2509 * Negative-Cached objects
2510
2511 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2512 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2513 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2514 priority.
2515
2516 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2517 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2518 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2519 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2520 not needed for in-transit objects.
2521
2522 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2523 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2524 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2525 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2526 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2527 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2528 objects.
6b698a21 2529DOC_END
0976f8db 2530
41bd17a4 2531NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2532COMMENT: (bytes)
2533TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2534DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2535LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2536DOC_START
41bd17a4 2537 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2538 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2539 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2540 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2541DOC_END
0976f8db 2542
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2543NAME: memory_cache_mode
2544TYPE: memcachemode
2545LOC: Config
2546DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2547DOC_START
ea21d497 2548 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2549
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2550 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2551
2552 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2553 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2554 a second time before cached in memory.
2555
2556 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2557DOC_END
2558
41bd17a4 2559NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2560TYPE: removalpolicy
2561LOC: Config.memPolicy
2562DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2563DOC_START
41bd17a4 2564 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2565 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2566
41bd17a4 2567 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2568DOC_END
6b698a21 2569
41bd17a4 2570COMMENT_START
2571 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2572 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2573COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2574
41bd17a4 2575NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2576TYPE: removalpolicy
2577LOC: Config.replPolicy
2578DEFAULT: lru
2579DOC_START
2580 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2581 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2582
41bd17a4 2583 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2584 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2585 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2586 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2587
41bd17a4 2588 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2589
41bd17a4 2590 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2591
41bd17a4 2592 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2593 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2594 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2595 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2596
41bd17a4 2597 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2598 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2599 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2600 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2601
41bd17a4 2602 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2603 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2604 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2605
41bd17a4 2606 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2607 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2608 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2609
41bd17a4 2610 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2611 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2612 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2613DOC_END
0976f8db 2614
41bd17a4 2615NAME: cache_dir
2616TYPE: cachedir
2617DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2618LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2619DOC_START
41bd17a4 2620 Usage:
0976f8db 2621
41bd17a4 2622 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2623
41bd17a4 2624 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2625 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2626
41bd17a4 2627 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2628 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2629 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2630
41bd17a4 2631 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2632 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2633 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2634 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2635 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
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2637 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
2638 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2639 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2640
41bd17a4 2641 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2642
41bd17a4 2643 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2644 been there.
0976f8db 2645
41bd17a4 2646 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2647
41bd17a4 2648 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2649 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2650 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2651 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2652 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2653
56fba4d0 2654 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2655 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2656
56fba4d0 2657 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2658 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2659 is 256.
0976f8db 2660
41bd17a4 2661 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2662
41bd17a4 2663 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2664 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2665 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2666
41bd17a4 2667 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2668
41bd17a4 2669 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2670
41bd17a4 2671 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2672
41bd17a4 2673 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2674 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2675 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2676
41bd17a4 2677 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2678
41bd17a4 2679 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2680
41bd17a4 2681 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2682 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2683 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2684
41bd17a4 2685 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2686 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2687 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2688
41bd17a4 2689 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2690 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2691 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2692 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2693 time.
0976f8db 2694
41bd17a4 2695 The coss store type:
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2697 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2698 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2699 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2700
41bd17a4 2701 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2702 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2703 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2704 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2705 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2706 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2707 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2708
41bd17a4 2709 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2710 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2711 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2712
41bd17a4 2713 Common options:
0976f8db 2714
41bd17a4 2715 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2716
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2717 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
2718 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
2719 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
2720 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
2721
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2722 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
2723 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 2724 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2725 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2726 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2727
41bd17a4 2728 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2729 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2730 option.
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2733# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2734#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2735NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2736DOC_END
0976f8db 2737
41bd17a4 2738NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2739TYPE: string
2740LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2741DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2742DOC_START
41bd17a4 2743 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2744DOC_END
0976f8db 2745
41bd17a4 2746NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2747TYPE: int
2748LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2749DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2750DOC_START
41bd17a4 2751 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2752 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2753 descriptors are open.
2754
2755 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2756DOC_END
0976f8db 2757
41bd17a4 2758NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2759COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2760TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2761DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2762LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2763DOC_START
41bd17a4 2764 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2765 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2766 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2767DOC_END
0976f8db 2768
41bd17a4 2769NAME: maximum_object_size
2770COMMENT: (bytes)
2771TYPE: b_int64_t
2772DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2773LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2774DOC_START
41bd17a4 2775 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2776 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2777 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2778 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2779 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2780 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2781
41bd17a4 2782 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2783 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2784 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2785DOC_END
0976f8db 2786
41bd17a4 2787NAME: cache_swap_low
2788COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2789TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2790DEFAULT: 90
2791LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2792DOC_NONE
2793
2794NAME: cache_swap_high
2795COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2796TYPE: int
2797DEFAULT: 95
2798LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2799DOC_START
41bd17a4 2800
2801 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2802 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2803 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2804 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2805 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2806 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2807
2808 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2809 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2810 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2811DOC_END
0976f8db 2812
5473c134 2813COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2814 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2815 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2816COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2817
41bd17a4 2818NAME: logformat
2819TYPE: logformat
2820LOC: Config.Log.logformats
5473c134 2821DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2822DOC_START
41bd17a4 2823 Usage:
0976f8db 2824
41bd17a4 2825 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2826
41bd17a4 2827 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2828
41bd17a4 2829 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2830
41bd17a4 2831 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2832 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2833 as required according to their context and the output format
2834 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2835 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2836
41bd17a4 2837 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2838
41bd17a4 2839 " output in quoted string format
2840 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2841 # output in URL quoted format
2842 ' output as-is
5473c134 2843
41bd17a4 2844 - left aligned
2845 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2846 output is zero padded
2847 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2848
41bd17a4 2849 Format codes:
5473c134 2850
3ff65596 2851 % a literal % character
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2852 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
2853 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
2854 a similar internal error identifier.
2855 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
2856
2857 Connection related format codes:
2858
41bd17a4 2859 >a Client source IP address
2860 >A Client FQDN
2861 >p Client source port
2862 <A Server IP address or peer name
2863 la Local IP address (http_port)
2864 lp Local port number (http_port)
152e24b3 2865 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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2866
2867 Time related format codes:
2868
41bd17a4 2869 ts Seconds since epoch
2870 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2871 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2872 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2873 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2874 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2875 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2876 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
2877
2878 HTTP cache related format codes:
2879
ca2e92d8 2880 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 2881 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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2882 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
2883 Optional header name argument as for >h
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2884 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2885 as for >h
2886 [http::]un User name
2887 [http::]ul User name from authentication
2888 [http::]ui User name from ident
2889 [http::]us User name from SSL
2890 [http::]ue User name from external acl helper
2891 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2892 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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2893 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
2894 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
2895 transfer encoding and control messages.
2896 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
2897 received bodies.
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2898 [http::]Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2899 [http::]Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2900 [http::]mt MIME content type
2901 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2902 [http::]ru Request URL
2903 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2904 [http::]rv Request protocol version
2905 [http::]et Tag returned by external acl
2906 [http::]ea Log string returned by external acl
2907 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
2908 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
2909 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
2910 are not included
2911 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
2912 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
2913 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
2914 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
2915 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
2916 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
2917 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
2918 and stops when the last response byte is received.
2919 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
2920 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
2921 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
2922 with the last I/O with the last peer.
2923
2924 If ICAP is enabled, the following two codes become available (as
2925 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
2926
2927 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
2928 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
2929 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
2930 transaction is in progress.
2931
2932 icap::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response
2933 related to the HTTP transaction. Like
2934 <h, accepts an optional header name
2935 argument. Will not change semantics
2936 when multiple ICAP transactions per HTTP
2937 transaction are supported.
2938
2939 If adaptation is enabled the following two codes become available:
2940
2941 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
2942 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
2943 the order of transaction start time. Each time
2944 value is recorded as an integer number,
2945 representing response time of one or more
2946 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
2947 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
2948 being retried or repeated, its time is not
2949 logged individually but added to the
2950 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
2951 adapt::all_trs.
2952
2953 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
2954 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
2955 individual transactions are never added
2956 together. Instead, all transaction response
2957 times are recorded individually.
2958
2959 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
2960 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
2961 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 2962
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2963 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
2964
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2966logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
2967logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2968logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
5473c134 2969DOC_END
2970
41bd17a4 2971NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2972TYPE: access_log
2973LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 2974DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2975DOC_START
41bd17a4 2976 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2977 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 2978 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 2979 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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2981 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 2982 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2983 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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2984 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
2985
2986 ===== Modules Currently available =====
2987
bb7a1781 2988 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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2989 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
2990
2991 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
2992 each request.
2993 Place: the filename and path to be written.
2994
2995 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
2996 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
2997 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
2998
2999 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3000
3001 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3002 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3003 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 3004
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3006 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3007
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3008 And priority could be any of:
3009 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3010
3011 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3012 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3013 Place Format: \\host:port
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3016 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3017 Place Format: \\host:port
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3018
3019 Default:
82b7abe3 3020 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3021DOC_END
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3023NAME: icap_log
3024TYPE: access_log
3025IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3026LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3027DEFAULT: none
3028DOC_START
3029 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3030 transaction.
3031
3032 The icap_log option format is:
3033 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3034 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3035
3036 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3037 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3038 features.
3039
3040 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3041 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3042 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3043 log line.
3044
3045 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3046 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3047 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3048 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3049 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3050 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3051 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3052
3053 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3054
3055 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3056
3057 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3058 option in Squid configuration file.
3059
3060 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3061
3062 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3063 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3064
3065 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3066 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3067
3068 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3069 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3070 the socket).
3071
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3073 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3074 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3075 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3076 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3077 computed.
3078
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3080 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3081 the ICAP transaction is created and
3082 stops when the transaction is completed.
3083 Similar to tr.
3084
3085 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3086 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3087 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3088 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3089 is received.
3090
3091 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3092 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3093 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3094 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3095 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3096 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3097
3098 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3099
3100 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3101
3102 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3103
3104 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3105 definition, is called icap_squid:
3106
3107logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3108
3109 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %icap::<last_h
3110DOC_END
3111
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3112NAME: logfile_daemon
3113TYPE: string
3114DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3115LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3116DOC_START
3117 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3118 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3119
3120 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3121 L<data>\n - logfile data
3122 R\n - rotate file
3123 T\n - truncate file
3124 O\n - repoen file
3125 F\n - flush file
3126 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3127 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3128
3129 No responses is expected.
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3131
5b0f5383 3132NAME: log_access
3133TYPE: acl_access
3134LOC: Config.accessList.log
3135DEFAULT: none
3136COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3137DOC_START
3138 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3139 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3140 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3141
3142 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3143 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3144DOC_END
3145
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3146NAME: log_icap
3147TYPE: acl_access
3148IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3149LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3150DEFAULT: none
3151DOC_START
3152 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3153 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3154DOC_END
3155
41bd17a4 3156NAME: cache_store_log
3157TYPE: string
df2eec10 3158DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3159LOC: Config.Log.store
3160DOC_START
3161 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3162 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3163 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
3164 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3165 disable it.
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3166
3167 Example:
3168 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3169DOC_END
3170
41bd17a4 3171NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3172TYPE: string
3173LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3174DEFAULT: none
3175DOC_START
41bd17a4 3176 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3177 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3178 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3179 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3180 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3181 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3182 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 3183
41bd17a4 3184 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3185 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3186 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3187 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3188
41bd17a4 3189 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3190 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 3191
41bd17a4 3192 cache_swap_log.00
3193 cache_swap_log.01
3194 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3195
41bd17a4 3196 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3197 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3198 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3199 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3200 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3201 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3202 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3203DOC_END
3204
41bd17a4 3205NAME: logfile_rotate
3206TYPE: int
3207DEFAULT: 10
3208LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3209DOC_START
41bd17a4 3210 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3211 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3212 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3213 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3214 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3215 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3216
41bd17a4 3217 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3218 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3219 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3220 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3221 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3222 <pid>'.
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3223
3224 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3225 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3226DOC_END
5473c134 3227
41bd17a4 3228NAME: emulate_httpd_log
3229COMMENT: on|off
3230TYPE: onoff
3231DEFAULT: off
3232LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
3233DOC_START
3234 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
3235 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
3236 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
3237 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
3238 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
5473c134 3239DOC_END
3240
41bd17a4 3241NAME: log_ip_on_direct
3242COMMENT: on|off
3243TYPE: onoff
5473c134 3244DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 3245LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 3246DOC_START
41bd17a4 3247 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
3248 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
3249 prefer the old way set this to off.
3250DOC_END
5473c134 3251
41bd17a4 3252NAME: mime_table
3253TYPE: string
3254DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3255LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3256DOC_START
3257 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3258 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3259 information if you do.
5473c134 3260DOC_END
3261
41bd17a4 3262NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3263COMMENT: on|off
3264TYPE: onoff
3265LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3266DEFAULT: off
3267DOC_START
3268 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3269 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3270 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3271 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3272 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3273DOC_END
5473c134 3274
41bd17a4 3275NAME: useragent_log
3276TYPE: string
3277LOC: Config.Log.useragent
3278DEFAULT: none
3279IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
5473c134 3280DOC_START
41bd17a4 3281 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
3282 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
3283 is disabled.
5473c134 3284DOC_END
3285
41bd17a4 3286NAME: referer_log referrer_log
3287TYPE: string
3288LOC: Config.Log.referer
3289DEFAULT: none
3290IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
5473c134 3291DOC_START
41bd17a4 3292 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
3293 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
3294 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
3295 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
3296 and we accept both.
5473c134 3297DOC_END
3298
41bd17a4 3299NAME: pid_filename
3300TYPE: string
3301DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3302LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3303DOC_START
41bd17a4 3304 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3305DOC_END
3306
41bd17a4 3307NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3308TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3309DOC_START
c581e96b 3310 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3311DOC_END
3312
41bd17a4 3313NAME: client_netmask
3314TYPE: address
3315LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3316DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3317DOC_START
41bd17a4 3318 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3319 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3320 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3321 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3322DOC_END
3323
41bd17a4 3324NAME: forward_log
3325IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
3326TYPE: string
3327DEFAULT: none
3328LOC: Config.Log.forward
5473c134 3329DOC_START
41bd17a4 3330 Logs the server-side requests.
5473c134 3331
41bd17a4 3332 This is currently work in progress.
5473c134 3333DOC_END
3334
41bd17a4 3335NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3336TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3337LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3338DEFAULT: on
3339DOC_START
41bd17a4 3340 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3341 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3342DOC_END
3343
41bd17a4 3344NAME: buffered_logs
3345COMMENT: on|off
3346TYPE: onoff
3347DEFAULT: off
3348LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3349DOC_START
41bd17a4 3350 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3351 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3352 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3353 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3354 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 3355DOC_END
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2b753521 3357NAME: netdb_filename
3358TYPE: string
3359DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
3360LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3361IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3362DOC_START
3363 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3364 To disable, enter "none".
3365DOC_END
3366
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3367COMMENT_START
3368 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3369 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3370COMMENT_END
3371
3372NAME: cache_log
3373TYPE: string
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3374DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3375LOC: Debug::cache_log
3376DOC_START
3377 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3378 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3379 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3380DOC_END
3381
3382NAME: debug_options
3383TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3384DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3385LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3386DOC_START
3387 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3388 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3389 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3390 log file, so be careful.
3391
3392 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3393 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3394
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3396 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3397 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3398 events affecting Squid.
3399DOC_END
3400
3401NAME: coredump_dir
3402TYPE: string
3403LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3404DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3405DOC_START
3406 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3407 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3408 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3409 and coredump files will be left there.
3410
3411NOCOMMENT_START
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3414coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3415NOCOMMENT_END
3416DOC_END
3417
3418
41bd17a4 3419COMMENT_START
3420 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3421 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3422COMMENT_END
3423
3424NAME: ftp_user
3425TYPE: string
3426DEFAULT: Squid@
3427LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3428DOC_START
41bd17a4 3429 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3430 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3431 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3432
41bd17a4 3433 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3434 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3435 depending on how the cache is used.
3436 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3437 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3438DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3440NAME: ftp_passive
3441TYPE: onoff
3442DEFAULT: on
3443LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3444DOC_START
41bd17a4 3445 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3446 connections, turn off this option.
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3448 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3449DOC_END
3450
3451NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3452TYPE: onoff
3453DEFAULT: off
3454LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3455DOC_START
3456 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3457
3458 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3459 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3460 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3461
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3463 useful.
a689bd4e 3464 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3465 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3466
3467 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3468 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3469
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3471DOC_END
3472
3473NAME: ftp_epsv
3474TYPE: onoff
3475DEFAULT: on
3476LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3477DOC_START
3478 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3479
3480 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3482 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3483 will never be needed.
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3485 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3486 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3487 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3488
3489 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3490DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3491
41bd17a4 3492NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3493TYPE: onoff
3494DEFAULT: on
3495LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3496DOC_START
3497 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3498 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3499 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3500 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3501 connection turn this off.
3502DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3503
41bd17a4 3504NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3505TYPE: onoff
3506DEFAULT: on
3507LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3508DOC_START
3509 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3510 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3511 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3512 the FTP protocol.
3513
3514 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3515 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3516 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3517 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3518 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3519DOC_END
3520
3521COMMENT_START
3522 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3523 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3524COMMENT_END
3525
3526NAME: diskd_program
3527TYPE: string
3528DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3529LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3530DOC_START
3531 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3532 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3533 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3534DOC_END
3535
3536NAME: unlinkd_program
3537IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3538TYPE: string
3539DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3540LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3541DOC_START
3542 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3543DOC_END
3544
3545NAME: pinger_program
3546TYPE: string
3547DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3548LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3549IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3550DOC_START
3551 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3552DOC_END
3553
cc192b50 3554NAME: pinger_enable
3555TYPE: onoff
3556DEFAULT: on
3557LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3558IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3559DOC_START
3560 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3562 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3563DOC_END
3564
3565
41bd17a4 3566COMMENT_START
3567 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3568 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3569COMMENT_END
3570
3571NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3572TYPE: wordlist
3573LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3574DEFAULT: none
3575DOC_START
3576 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
3577 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3578
3579 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
3580
c71adec1 3581 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3582
3583 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3584 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3585 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3586 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3587
3588 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3589 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3590
3591 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3592 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
3593 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
3594
3595 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3596DOC_END
3597
3598NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3599TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3600DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3601LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3602DOC_START
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3603 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3604 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3605 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3606 and other system resources noticably.
3607
3608 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3609 tuning.
3610
3611 startup=
3612
3613 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3614 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3615 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3616
3617 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3618 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3619
3620 idle=
3621
3622 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3623 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3624 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3625 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3626
3627 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3628
41bd17a4 3629 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3630 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3631 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3633 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3634 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3635 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3636 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3637 to that request.
41bd17a4 3638DOC_END
3639
3640NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3641TYPE: onoff
3642DEFAULT: on
3643LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3644DOC_START
3645 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
3646 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
3647 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
3648
3649 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3650 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
3651DOC_END
3652
3653NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3654TYPE: acl_access
3655DEFAULT: none
3656LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3657DOC_START
3658 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3659 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3660 are sent.
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3661
3662 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3663 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3664DOC_END
3665
3666NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3667TYPE: onoff
3668LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3669DEFAULT: off
3670DOC_START
3671 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3672 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3673 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3674 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3675 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3676 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3677 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3678 users may have access to pages they should not
3679 be allowed to request.
3680DOC_END
3681
3682COMMENT_START
3683 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3684 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3685COMMENT_END
3686
f04b37d8 3687NAME: cache no_cache
3688TYPE: acl_access
3689DEFAULT: none
3690LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3691DOC_START
240887f0 3692 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3693 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3694 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3695
240887f0 3696 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3697 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3698
240887f0 3699 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3700
3701 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3702 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3703DOC_END
3704
3705NAME: refresh_pattern
3706TYPE: refreshpattern
3707LOC: Config.Refresh
3708DEFAULT: none
3709DOC_START
3710 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3711
6b698a21 3712 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3713 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3714
41bd17a4 3715 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3716 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3717 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3718 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3719 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3720
41bd17a4 3721 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3722 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3723 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3724
41bd17a4 3725 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3726 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3727
41bd17a4 3728 options: override-expire
3729 override-lastmod
3730 reload-into-ims
3731 ignore-reload
3732 ignore-no-cache
3733 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3734 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3735 ignore-private
3736 ignore-auth
3737 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 3738 store-stale
a0ec9f68 3739
41bd17a4 3740 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3741 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3742 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3743 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3744 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3746 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3747 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3748 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3749 the object fresh for that period of time.
3750
41bd17a4 3751 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3752 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3753
41bd17a4 3754 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3755 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3756 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3757 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3758
41bd17a4 3759 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3760 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3761 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3762 it causes.
9bc73deb 3763
41bd17a4 3764 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3765 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3766 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3767 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3768 send it anyway.
3769
3770 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3771 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3772 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3773 liable for problems which it causes.
3774
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3775 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3776 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3777 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3778 liable for problems which it causes.
3779
41bd17a4 3780 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3781 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3782 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3783 liable for problems which it causes.
3784
3785 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3786 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3787 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3788 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3789 it causes.
3790
3791 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3792 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3793 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3794 if one is available.
3795
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3796 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
3797 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
3798 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
3799 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
3800 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
3801
41bd17a4 3802 Basically a cached object is:
3803
3804 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3805 STALE if age > max
3806 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3807 FRESH if age < min
3808 else STALE
3809
3810 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3811 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3812 match the default will be used.
3813
3814 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3815 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3816 used.
3817
41bd17a4 3818NOCOMMENT_START
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3819
3820# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3821refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3822refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3823refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3824refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3825NOCOMMENT_END
3826DOC_END
3827
3828NAME: quick_abort_min
3829COMMENT: (KB)
3830TYPE: kb_int64_t
3831DEFAULT: 16 KB
3832LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3833DOC_NONE
3834
3835NAME: quick_abort_max
3836COMMENT: (KB)
3837TYPE: kb_int64_t
3838DEFAULT: 16 KB
3839LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3840DOC_NONE
3841
3842NAME: quick_abort_pct
3843COMMENT: (percent)
3844TYPE: int
3845DEFAULT: 95
3846LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3847DOC_START
3848 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3849 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3850 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3851 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3852 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3853 downloads.
3854
3855 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3856 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3857 then.
3858
3859 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3860 it will finish the retrieval.
3861
3862 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3863 it will abort the retrieval.
3864
3865 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3866 it will finish the retrieval.
3867
3868 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3869 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3870 to '0 KB'.
3871
3872 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3873 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3874DOC_END
60d096f4 3875
41bd17a4 3876NAME: read_ahead_gap
3877COMMENT: buffer-size
3878TYPE: b_int64_t
3879LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3880DEFAULT: 16 KB
3881DOC_START
3882 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3883 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3884DOC_END
53e738c6 3885
41bd17a4 3886NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 3887IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3888COMMENT: time-units
3889TYPE: time_t
3890LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3891DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3892DOC_START
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3893 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3894 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3895 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3896 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3897 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3898 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3899
3900 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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3901
3902 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3903 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3904 causes.
41bd17a4 3905DOC_END
53e738c6 3906
41bd17a4 3907NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3908COMMENT: time-units
3909TYPE: time_t
3910LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3911DEFAULT: 6 hours
3912DOC_START
3913 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3914 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3915 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3916DOC_END
c4ab8329 3917
41bd17a4 3918NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3919COMMENT: time-units
3920TYPE: time_t
3921LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3922DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3923DOC_START
3924 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3925 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3926 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3927 much below 10 seconds.
3928DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3929
41bd17a4 3930NAME: range_offset_limit
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3931COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
3932TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 3933LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 3934DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3935DOC_START
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3936 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
3937
3938 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
3939 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
3940 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
3941 the result is NOT cached.
3942
41bd17a4 3943 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3944 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3945 sending anything to the client.
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3946
3947 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
3948 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
3949 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
3950 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
3951
3952 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
3953
3954 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
3955 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
3956
3957 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 3958 client requested. (default)
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3959
3960 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 3961 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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3962
3963 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
3964
3965 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
3966 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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3967 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
3968 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 3969DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3971NAME: minimum_expiry_time
3972COMMENT: (seconds)
3973TYPE: time_t
3974LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
3975DEFAULT: 60 seconds
3976DOC_START
3977 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
3978 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 3979 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 3980 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
3981 is most likely better to make your server return a
3982 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
3983 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
3984 often be best set to 0.
3985DOC_END
c68e9c6b 3986
41bd17a4 3987NAME: store_avg_object_size
3988COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 3989TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 3990DEFAULT: 13 KB
3991LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3992DOC_START
3993 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3994 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 3995DOC_END
3996
41bd17a4 3997NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3998TYPE: int
3999DEFAULT: 20
4000LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4001DOC_START
4002 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4003 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4004 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4005DOC_END
4006
4007COMMENT_START
4008 HTTP OPTIONS
4009 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4010COMMENT_END
4011
f04b37d8 4012NAME: request_header_max_size
4013COMMENT: (KB)
4014TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4015DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4016LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4017DOC_START
4018 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4019 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4020 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4021 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4022 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4023DOC_END
4024
4025NAME: reply_header_max_size
4026COMMENT: (KB)
4027TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4028DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4029LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4030DOC_START
4031 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4032 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4033 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4034 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4035 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4036DOC_END
4037
4038NAME: request_body_max_size
4039COMMENT: (bytes)
4040TYPE: b_int64_t
4041DEFAULT: 0 KB
4042LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4043DOC_START
4044 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4045 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4046 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4047 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4048 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4049 be no limit imposed.
4050DOC_END
4051
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4052NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4053COMMENT: (bytes)
4054TYPE: b_int64_t
4055DEFAULT: 64 KB
4056LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4057DOC_START
4058 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4059 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4060 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4061 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4062 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4063 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4064
4065 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4066 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4067 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4068 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4069 as if dechunking was disabled.
4070
4071 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4072 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4073
4074 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4075 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4076 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4077DOC_END
4078
41bd17a4 4079NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4080IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4081TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4082DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4083LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4084DOC_START
41bd17a4 4085 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4086 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4087
41bd17a4 4088 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4089 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4090
41bd17a4 4091 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4092
41bd17a4 4093 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4094 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4095 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4096 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 4097
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4098 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4099 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4100
41bd17a4 4101Example:
4102 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4103 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4104DOC_END
cccac0a2 4105
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4106NAME: icap_uses_indirect_client
4107COMMENT: on|off
4108TYPE: onoff
0dae2bca 4109IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&ICAP_CLIENT
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4110DEFAULT: on
4111LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.icap_uses_indirect_client
4112DOC_START
4113 Controls whether the indirect client address
4114 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) instead of the
4115 direct client address is passed to an ICAP
4116 server as "X-Client-IP".
4117DOC_END
4118
41bd17a4 4119NAME: via
626096be 4120IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4121COMMENT: on|off
4122TYPE: onoff
4123DEFAULT: on
4124LOC: Config.onoff.via
4125DOC_START
4126 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4127 replies as required by RFC2616.
4128DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4129
41bd17a4 4130NAME: ie_refresh
4131COMMENT: on|off
4132TYPE: onoff
4133LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4134DEFAULT: off
4135DOC_START
4136 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4137 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4138 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4139 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4140 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4141 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4142 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4143 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4144 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4145 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4146 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4147 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4148 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4149 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4150 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4151 force fresh content.
4152DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4154NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4155COMMENT: on|off
4156TYPE: onoff
4157LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4158DEFAULT: off
4159DOC_START
4160 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4161 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4162 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4163 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4164 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4165
4166 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4167 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4168DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4170NAME: request_entities
4171TYPE: onoff
4172LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4173DEFAULT: off
4174DOC_START
4175 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4176 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4177 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 4178
41bd17a4 4179 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4180 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4181 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4182 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4183 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4184DOC_END
6b53c392 4185
41bd17a4 4186NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4187IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4188TYPE: http_header_access[]
4189LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4190DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4191DOC_START
41bd17a4 4192 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4193
41bd17a4 4194 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4195 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4196 causes.
0976f8db 4197
41bd17a4 4198 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4199 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4200 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4201 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4202 mangling.
934b03fc 4203
41bd17a4 4204 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4205 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4206
41bd17a4 4207 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4208 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4209 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4210
41bd17a4 4211 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4212 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4213
41bd17a4 4214 request_header_access From deny all
4215 request_header_access Referer deny all
4216 request_header_access Server deny all
4217 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4218 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4219 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4220
41bd17a4 4221 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4222 you should use:
5401aa8d 4223
41bd17a4 4224 request_header_access Allow allow all
4225 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4226 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4227 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4228 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4229 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4230 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4231 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4232 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4233 request_header_access Date allow all
4234 request_header_access Expires allow all
4235 request_header_access Host allow all
4236 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4237 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4238 request_header_access Location allow all
4239 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4240 request_header_access Accept allow all
4241 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4242 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4243 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4244 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4245 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4246 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4247 request_header_access Title allow all
4248 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4249 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4250
41bd17a4 4251 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4252 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4253
41bd17a4 4254 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4255 performed).
5401aa8d 4256DOC_END
4257
41bd17a4 4258NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4259IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4260TYPE: http_header_access[]
4261LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4262DEFAULT: none
4263DOC_START
41bd17a4 4264 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4265
41bd17a4 4266 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4267 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4268 causes.
934b03fc 4269
41bd17a4 4270 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4271 server to the client.
934b03fc 4272
41bd17a4 4273 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4274 direction.
6b53c392 4275
41bd17a4 4276 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4277 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4278 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4279 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4280 mangling.
cccac0a2 4281
41bd17a4 4282 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4283 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4284 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4285
41bd17a4 4286 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4287 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4288
41bd17a4 4289 reply_header_access From deny all
4290 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4291 reply_header_access Server deny all
4292 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4293 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4294 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4295
41bd17a4 4296 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4297 you should use:
cccac0a2 4298
41bd17a4 4299 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4300 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4301 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4302 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4303 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4304 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4305 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4306 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4307 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4308 reply_header_access Date allow all
4309 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4310 reply_header_access Host allow all
4311 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4312 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4313 reply_header_access Location allow all
4314 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4315 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4316 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4317 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4318 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4319 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4320 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4321 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4322 reply_header_access Title allow all
4323 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4324 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4325
41bd17a4 4326 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4327 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4328
41bd17a4 4329 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4330 performed).
cccac0a2 4331DOC_END
4332
41bd17a4 4333NAME: header_replace
626096be 4334IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4335TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4336LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4337DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4338DOC_START
4339 Usage: header_replace header_name message
4340 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4341
41bd17a4 4342 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4343 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
4344 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
4345 option.
cccac0a2 4346
41bd17a4 4347 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4348
41bd17a4 4349 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4350DOC_END
cccac0a2 4351
41bd17a4 4352NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4353COMMENT: on|off|warn
4354TYPE: tristate
4355LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4356DEFAULT: on
4357DOC_START
4358 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4359 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4360 what the sending application intended even if the message
4361 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4362 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4363
41bd17a4 4364 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4365 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4366
41bd17a4 4367 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4368 or response to be rejected.
4369DOC_END
7d90757b 4370
41bd17a4 4371COMMENT_START
4372 TIMEOUTS
4373 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4374COMMENT_END
4375
4376NAME: forward_timeout
4377COMMENT: time-units
4378TYPE: time_t
4379LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4380DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4381DOC_START
4382 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4383 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4384DOC_END
4385
41bd17a4 4386NAME: connect_timeout
4387COMMENT: time-units
4388TYPE: time_t
4389LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4390DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4391DOC_START
41bd17a4 4392 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4393 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4394 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4395DOC_END
4396
41bd17a4 4397NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4398COMMENT: time-units
4399TYPE: time_t
4400LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4401DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4402DOC_START
41bd17a4 4403 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4404 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4405 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4406 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4407DOC_END
7f7db318 4408
41bd17a4 4409NAME: read_timeout
4410COMMENT: time-units
4411TYPE: time_t
4412LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4413DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4414DOC_START
4415 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4416 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4417 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4418 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4419 default is 15 minutes.
4420DOC_END
cccac0a2 4421
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4422NAME: write_timeout
4423COMMENT: time-units
4424TYPE: time_t
4425LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4426DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4427DOC_START
4428 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4429 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4430 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4431 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4432 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4433 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4434 default is 15 minutes.
4435DOC_END
4436
41bd17a4 4437NAME: request_timeout
4438TYPE: time_t
4439LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4440DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4441DOC_START
4442 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4443 connection establishment.
4444DOC_END
cccac0a2 4445
41bd17a4 4446NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4447TYPE: time_t
4448LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4449DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4450DOC_START
4451 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4452 connection after the previous request completes.
4453DOC_END
cccac0a2 4454
41bd17a4 4455NAME: client_lifetime
4456COMMENT: time-units
4457TYPE: time_t
4458LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4459DEFAULT: 1 day
4460DOC_START
4461 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4462 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4463 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4464 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4465 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4466 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4467 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4468
41bd17a4 4469 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4470 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4471 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4472 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4473 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4474 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4475DOC_END
4476
41bd17a4 4477NAME: half_closed_clients
4478TYPE: onoff
4479LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4480DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4481DOC_START
41bd17a4 4482 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4483 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4484 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4485 fully-closed TCP connection.
4486
4487 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4488 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4489
abdf1651 4490 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4491 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4492 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4493 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4494DOC_END
4495
41bd17a4 4496NAME: pconn_timeout
4497TYPE: time_t
4498LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4499DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4500DOC_START
41bd17a4 4501 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4502 proxies.
4503DOC_END
cccac0a2 4504
41bd17a4 4505NAME: ident_timeout
4506TYPE: time_t
4507IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4508LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4509DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4510DOC_START
4511 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4512
41bd17a4 4513 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4514 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4515 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4516DOC_END
4517
41bd17a4 4518NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4519COMMENT: time-units
4520TYPE: time_t
4521LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4522DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4523DOC_START
41bd17a4 4524 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4525 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4526 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4527 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4528 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4529DOC_END
0976f8db 4530
cccac0a2 4531COMMENT_START
4532 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4533 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4534COMMENT_END
4535
4536NAME: cache_mgr
4537TYPE: string
4538DEFAULT: webmaster
4539LOC: Config.adminEmail
4540DOC_START
4541 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4542 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4543DOC_END
4544
abacf776 4545NAME: mail_from
4546TYPE: string
4547DEFAULT: none
4548LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4549DOC_START
4550 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4551 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4552 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4553 src/globals.h before building squid.
4554DOC_END
4555
d084bf20 4556NAME: mail_program
4557TYPE: eol
4558DEFAULT: mail
4559LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4560DOC_START
4561 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4562 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4563 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4564 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4565
d084bf20 4566 Optional command line options can be specified.
4567DOC_END
4568
cccac0a2 4569NAME: cache_effective_user
4570TYPE: string
5483d916 4571DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4572LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4573DOC_START
4574 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4575 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4576 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4577 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4578DOC_END
4579
cccac0a2 4580NAME: cache_effective_group
4581TYPE: string
4582DEFAULT: none
4583LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4584DOC_START
64e288bd 4585 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4586 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4587 from the groups membership.
4588
e3d74828 4589 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4590 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4591 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4592 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4593 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4594 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4595 group.
64e288bd 4596
4597 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4598 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4599 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4600DOC_END
4601
d3caee79 4602NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4603COMMENT: on|off
4604TYPE: onoff
4605DEFAULT: off
4606LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4607DOC_START
4608 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4609DOC_END
4610
cccac0a2 4611NAME: visible_hostname
4612TYPE: string
4613LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4614DEFAULT: none
4615DOC_START
4616 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4617 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4618 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4619 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4620 names with this setting.
4621DOC_END
4622
cccac0a2 4623NAME: unique_hostname
4624TYPE: string
4625LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4626DEFAULT: none
4627DOC_START
4628 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4629 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4630 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4631DOC_END
4632
cccac0a2 4633NAME: hostname_aliases
4634TYPE: wordlist
4635LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4636DEFAULT: none
4637DOC_START
7f7db318 4638 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4639DOC_END
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4641NAME: umask
4642TYPE: int
4643LOC: Config.umask
4644DEFAULT: 027
4645DOC_START
4646 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4647 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4648
4649 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4650 your value with 0.
4651DOC_END
4652
cccac0a2 4653COMMENT_START
4654 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4655 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4656
4657 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4658 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4659 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4660 create cache hierarchies.
4661
4662 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4663 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4664 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4665
4666 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4667 following information from this configuration file:
4668
4669 http_port
4670 icp_port
4671 cache_mgr
4672
4673 All current information is processed regularly and made
4674 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4675COMMENT_END
4676
4677NAME: announce_period
4678TYPE: time_t
4679LOC: Config.Announce.period
4680DEFAULT: 0
4681DOC_START
4682 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4683 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4684 messages.
4685
e0855596 4686 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 4687
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4688 Example:
4689 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4690DOC_END
4691
cccac0a2 4692NAME: announce_host
4693TYPE: string
4694DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4695LOC: Config.Announce.host
4696DOC_NONE
4697
4698NAME: announce_file
4699TYPE: string
4700DEFAULT: none
4701LOC: Config.Announce.file
4702DOC_NONE
4703
4704NAME: announce_port
4705TYPE: ushort
4706DEFAULT: 3131
4707LOC: Config.Announce.port
4708DOC_START
4709 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4710 number where the registration message will be sent.
4711
4712 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4713 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4714 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4715 message.
4716DOC_END
4717
8d6275c0 4718COMMENT_START
4719 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4720 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4721COMMENT_END
4722
cccac0a2 4723NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4724TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 4725DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4726LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4727DOC_START
4728 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4729 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4730 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4731 an identification token.
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4732
4733 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 4734DOC_END
4735
4736NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4737COMMENT: on|off
4738TYPE: onoff
4739DEFAULT: off
4740LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4741DOC_START
4742 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4743 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4744DOC_END
4745
4746NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4747IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4748COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4749TYPE: string
4750LOC: ESIParser::Type
4751DEFAULT: custom
4752DOC_START
4753 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4754 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4755 encodings.
4756DOC_END
0976f8db 4757
9edd9041 4758COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4759 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4760 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4761COMMENT_END
4762
4763NAME: delay_pools
4764TYPE: delay_pool_count
4765DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 4766IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4767LOC: Config.Delay
4768DOC_START
4769 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4770 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4771 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4772DOC_END
4773
4774NAME: delay_class
4775TYPE: delay_pool_class
4776DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4777IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4778LOC: Config.Delay
4779DOC_START
4780 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4781 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4782 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4783 and here would be:
4784
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4785 Example:
4786 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4787 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4788 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4789 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4790 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4791
4792 The delay pool classes are:
4793
4794 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4795 bucket.
4796
4797 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4798 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4799 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4800
4801 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4802 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4803 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4804 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4805 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4806
4807 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4808 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4809 only takes effect if the username is established
4810 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4811 http_access rules.
4812
4813 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4814 external_acl's tag= reply).
4815
4816 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4817 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4818 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4819 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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4820
4821 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4822 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 4823DOC_END
4824
4825NAME: delay_access
4826TYPE: delay_pool_access
4827DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4828IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4829LOC: Config.Delay
4830DOC_START
4831 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
4832
4833 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4834 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4835 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4836 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4837
4838 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
4839 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4840
4841Example:
4842 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4843 delay_access 1 deny all
4844 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4845 delay_access 2 deny all
4846 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4847DOC_END
4848
4849NAME: delay_parameters
4850TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4851DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4852IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4853LOC: Config.Delay
4854DOC_START
4855 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4856 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
4857 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4858
4859delay_parameters pool aggregate
4860
4861 For a class 2 delay pool:
4862
4863delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
4864
4865 For a class 3 delay pool:
4866
4867delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
4868
4869 For a class 4 delay pool:
4870
4871delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
4872
4873 For a class 5 delay pool:
4874
4875delay_parameters pool tag
4876
4877 The variables here are:
4878
4879 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4880 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4881 delay_class lines.
4882
4883 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
4884 (class 1, 2, 3).
4885
4886 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
4887 buckets (class 2, 3).
4888
4889 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
4890 (class 3).
4891
4892 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
4893 (class 4).
4894
4895 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
4896 (class 5).
4897
4898 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4899 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4900 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4901 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4902
4903 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
4904 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
4905 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4906
4907delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4908
4909 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4910
4911 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
4912 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
4913 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
4914 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
4915 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4916 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4917 large downloads more significantly:
4918
4919delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4920
4921 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4922
4923 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
4924 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
4925
4926delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4927DOC_END
4928
4929NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4930COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4931TYPE: ushort
4932DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 4933IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4934LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4935DOC_START
4936 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4937 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4938 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4939 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4940 "seen" by squid).
4941DOC_END
4942
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4943COMMENT_START
4944 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
4945 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4946COMMENT_END
4947
4948NAME: client_delay_pools
4949TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
4950DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 4951IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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4952LOC: Config.ClientDelay
4953DOC_START
4954 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
4955 preceed other client_delay_* options.
4956
4957Example:
4958 client_delay_pools 2
4959DOC_END
4960
4961NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
4962COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
4963TYPE: ushort
4964DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 4965IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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4966LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
4967DOC_START
4968 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
4969 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
4970 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
4971 buckets are periodically deleted up.
4972
4973 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
4974 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
4975 from client_delay_parameters.
4976
4977Example:
4978 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
4979DOC_END
4980
4981NAME: client_delay_parameters
4982TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
4983DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4984IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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4985LOC: Config.ClientDelay
4986DOC_START
4987
4988 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
4989 following format:
4990
4991 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
4992
4993 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
4994
4995 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
4996
4997 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
4998 speed_limit additions.
4999
5000 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5001 examples.
5002
5003Example:
5004 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5005 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5006DOC_END
5007
5008NAME: client_delay_access
5009TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5010DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5011IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5012LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5013DOC_START
5014
5015 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5016 request:
5017
5018 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5019
5020 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5021 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5022 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5023 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5024 limited.
5025
5026 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5027 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5028 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5029 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5030
5031 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5032
5033Example:
5034 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5035 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5036DOC_END
5037
cccac0a2 5038COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5039 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5040 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5041COMMENT_END
5042
8d6275c0 5043NAME: wccp_router
5044TYPE: address
5045LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5046DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5047IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5048DOC_START
5049 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5050 Squid.
5051
5052 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5053
5054 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5055
5056 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5057 which version of WCCP to use.
5058DOC_END
df2eec10 5059
8d6275c0 5060NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5061TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5062LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5063DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5064IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5065DOC_START
8d6275c0 5066 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5067 Squid.
cccac0a2 5068
8d6275c0 5069 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5070
8d6275c0 5071 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5072
8d6275c0 5073 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5074 which version of WCCP to use.
5075DOC_END
5076
5077NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5078TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5079LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5080DEFAULT: 4
5081IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5082DOC_START
8d6275c0 5083 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5084 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5085 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5086 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5087 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5088
8d6275c0 5089 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5090 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5091 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5092 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5093DOC_END
5094
8d6275c0 5095NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5096TYPE: onoff
5097LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5098DEFAULT: on
5099IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5100DOC_START
5101 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5102 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5103DOC_END
cccac0a2 5104
8d6275c0 5105NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5106TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5107LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5108DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5109IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5110DOC_START
699acd19 5111 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5112 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5113
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5114 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5115 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5116
8d6275c0 5117 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5118 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5119DOC_END
5120
8d6275c0 5121NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5122TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5123LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5124DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5125IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5126DOC_START
699acd19 5127 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5128 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5129 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5130
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5131 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5132 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5133
8d6275c0 5134 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5135 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5136
699acd19 5137 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5138 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5139 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5140 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5141DOC_END
5142
8d6275c0 5143NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5144TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5145LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5146DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5147IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5148DOC_START
8d6275c0 5149 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5150 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5151
451c4786 5152 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5153 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5154
8d6275c0 5155 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5156 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5157DOC_END
cccac0a2 5158
8d6275c0 5159NAME: wccp2_service
5160TYPE: wccp2_service
5161LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5162DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5163IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5164DOC_START
5165 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5166 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5167 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5168 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5169 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5170 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5171
5172 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5173 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5174
5175 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5176 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5177
5178 Examples:
5179
5180 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5181 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5182 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5183 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5184DOC_END
5185
5186NAME: wccp2_service_info
5187TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5188LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5189DEFAULT: none
5190IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5191DOC_START
5192 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5193 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5194
5195 The format is:
5196
5197 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5198 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5199
5200 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5201 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5202 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5203 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5204 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5205 + ports_source
5206
5207 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5208
5209 Example:
5210
5211 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5212 priority=240 ports=80
5213
5214 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5215 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5216DOC_END
5217
5218NAME: wccp2_weight
5219TYPE: int
5220LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5221DEFAULT: 10000
5222IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5223DOC_START
5224 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5225 hash proportional to their weight.
5226DOC_END
5227
5228NAME: wccp_address
5229TYPE: address
5230LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5231DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5232IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5233DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5234
8d6275c0 5235NAME: wccp2_address
5236TYPE: address
5237LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5238DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5239IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5240DOC_START
5241 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5242 interface address.
5243
5244 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5245DOC_END
5246
5247COMMENT_START
5248 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5249 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5250
5251 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5252COMMENT_END
5253
5254NAME: client_persistent_connections
5255TYPE: onoff
5256LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5257DEFAULT: on
5258DOC_NONE
5259
5260NAME: server_persistent_connections
5261TYPE: onoff
5262LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5263DEFAULT: on
5264DOC_START
5265 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5266 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5267 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5268 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5269DOC_END
5270
5271NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5272TYPE: onoff
5273LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5274DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5275DOC_START
5276 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5277 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5278 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5279DOC_END
5280
5281NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5282TYPE: onoff
5283LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5284DEFAULT: off
5285DOC_START
5286 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5287 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5288 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5289 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5290
5291 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5292 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5293 after 10 seconds timeout.
5294DOC_END
5295
5296COMMENT_START
5297 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5298 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5299COMMENT_END
5300
5301NAME: digest_generation
5302IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5303TYPE: onoff
5304LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5305DEFAULT: on
5306DOC_START
5307 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5308 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5309 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5310DOC_END
5311
5312NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5313IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5314TYPE: int
5315LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5316DEFAULT: 5
5317DOC_START
5318 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5319 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5320 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5321DOC_END
5322
5323NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5324IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5325COMMENT: (seconds)
5326TYPE: time_t
5327LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5328DEFAULT: 1 hour
5329DOC_START
749ceff8 5330 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5331DOC_END
5332
5333NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5334COMMENT: (seconds)
5335IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5336TYPE: time_t
5337LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5338DEFAULT: 1 hour
5339DOC_START
749ceff8 5340 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5341 disk.
5342DOC_END
5343
5344NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5345COMMENT: (bytes)
5346TYPE: b_size_t
5347IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5348LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5349DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5350DOC_START
5351 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5352 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5353 default swap page.
5354DOC_END
5355
5356NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5357COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5358IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5359TYPE: int
5360LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5361DEFAULT: 10
5362DOC_START
5363 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5364 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5365DOC_END
5366
1db9eacd 5367COMMENT_START
5473c134 5368 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5369 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5370COMMENT_END
5371
5473c134 5372NAME: snmp_port
5373TYPE: ushort
5374LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5375DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5376IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5377DOC_START
87630341 5378 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5379 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5380 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5381 set to "0" (disabled)
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5382
5383 Example:
5384 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5385DOC_END
5386
5473c134 5387NAME: snmp_access
5388TYPE: acl_access
5389LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5390DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5391IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5392DOC_START
5473c134 5393 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5394
5473c134 5395 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5396 usage:
8d6275c0 5397
5473c134 5398 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5399
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5400 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5401 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5402Example:
5403 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5404 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5405DOC_END
5406
5473c134 5407NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5408TYPE: address
5409LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5410DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5411IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5412DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5413
5473c134 5414NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5415TYPE: address
5416LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5417DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5418IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5419DOC_START
df2eec10 5420 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5421
5473c134 5422 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5423 messages from SNMP agents.
5424 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5425 agents.
cccac0a2 5426
0eb08770 5427 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5428 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5429
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5430 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5431 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5432 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5433 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5434
5473c134 5435 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5436 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5437DOC_END
5438
5473c134 5439COMMENT_START
5440 ICP OPTIONS
5441 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5442COMMENT_END
5443
5444NAME: icp_port udp_port
5445TYPE: ushort
5446DEFAULT: 0
5447LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5448DOC_START
5473c134 5449 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5450 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5451 Default is disabled (0).
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5452
5453 Example:
5454 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5455DOC_END
5456
5473c134 5457NAME: htcp_port
5458IFDEF: USE_HTCP
5459TYPE: ushort
87630341 5460DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5461LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5462DOC_START
5473c134 5463 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5464 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5465 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5466
5467 Example:
5468 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5469DOC_END
5470
5471NAME: log_icp_queries
5472COMMENT: on|off
5473TYPE: onoff
5474DEFAULT: on
5475LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5476DOC_START
5477 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5478 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5479 up or to simplify log analysis.
5480DOC_END
5481
5473c134 5482NAME: udp_incoming_address
5483TYPE: address
5484LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5485DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5486DOC_START
5487 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5488 caches.
5489
5490 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5491
5492 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5493 a specific interface/address.
5494
5495 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5496 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5497
5498 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5499
5500 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5501 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5502DOC_END
cccac0a2 5503
5473c134 5504NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5505TYPE: address
5506LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5507DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5508DOC_START
8524d4b2 5509 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5510 caches.
cccac0a2 5511
5473c134 5512 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5513
8524d4b2 5514 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5515 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5516 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5517 caches.
5518
8524d4b2 5519 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5520 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5521
5522 see also; udp_incoming_address
5523
5473c134 5524 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5525 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5526DOC_END
5527
3d1e3e43 5528NAME: icp_hit_stale
5529COMMENT: on|off
5530TYPE: onoff
5531DEFAULT: off
5532LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5533DOC_START
5534 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5535 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5536 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5537 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5538 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5539 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5540 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5541DOC_END
5542
5473c134 5543NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5544TYPE: int
5473c134 5545DEFAULT: 4
5546LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5547DOC_START
5473c134 5548 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5549 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5550DOC_END
5551
5473c134 5552NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5553TYPE: int
5554DEFAULT: 400
5555LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5556DOC_START
5473c134 5557 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5558 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5559DOC_END
5560
cccac0a2 5561NAME: netdb_low
5562TYPE: int
5563DEFAULT: 900
5564LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5565DOC_NONE
5566
5567NAME: netdb_high
5568TYPE: int
5569DEFAULT: 1000
5570LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5571DOC_START
5572 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5573 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5574 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5575 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5576DOC_END
5577
cccac0a2 5578NAME: netdb_ping_period
5579TYPE: time_t
5580LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5581DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5582DOC_START
5583 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5584 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5585 network. The default is five minutes.
5586DOC_END
5587
cccac0a2 5588NAME: query_icmp
5589COMMENT: on|off
5590TYPE: onoff
5591DEFAULT: off
5592LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5593DOC_START
5594 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5595 replies, enable this option.
5596
5597 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5598 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5599 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5600 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5601 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5602 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5603 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5604 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5605DOC_END
5606
5607NAME: test_reachability
5608COMMENT: on|off
5609TYPE: onoff
5610DEFAULT: off
5611LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5612DOC_START
5613 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5614 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5615 database, or has a zero RTT.
5616DOC_END
5617
5473c134 5618NAME: icp_query_timeout
5619COMMENT: (msec)
5620DEFAULT: 0
5621TYPE: int
5622LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5623DOC_START
5473c134 5624 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5625 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5626 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5627 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5628 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5629 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5630
5473c134 5631 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5632DOC_END
5633
5473c134 5634NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5635COMMENT: (msec)
5636DEFAULT: 2000
5637TYPE: int
5638LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5639DOC_START
5473c134 5640 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5641 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5642 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5643 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5644 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5645 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5646DOC_END
5647
5473c134 5648NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5649COMMENT: (msec)
5650DEFAULT: 5
5651TYPE: int
5652LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5653DOC_START
5473c134 5654 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5655 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5656 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5657 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5658 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5659 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5660 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5661DOC_END
5662
5473c134 5663NAME: background_ping_rate
5664COMMENT: time-units
5665TYPE: time_t
5666DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5667LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5668DOC_START
5473c134 5669 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5670 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5671DOC_END
5672
5473c134 5673COMMENT_START
5674 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5675 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5676COMMENT_END
5677
5678NAME: mcast_groups
5679TYPE: wordlist
5680LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5681DEFAULT: none
5682DOC_START
5473c134 5683 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5684 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5685
5473c134 5686 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5687 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5688 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5689 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5690 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5691 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5692 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5693
5473c134 5694 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5695 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5696
5473c134 5697 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5698 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5699
5473c134 5700 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5701
5473c134 5702 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5703DOC_END
8c01ada0 5704
5473c134 5705NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5706IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5707TYPE: address
5708LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 5709DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5710DOC_START
5711 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5712 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5713
5473c134 5714 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5715 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5716DOC_END
5717
5473c134 5718NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5719IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5720TYPE: ushort
5721LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5722DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5723DOC_START
5473c134 5724 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5725 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5726 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5727DOC_END
cccac0a2 5728
5473c134 5729NAME: mcast_miss_port
5730IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5731TYPE: ushort
5732LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5733DEFAULT: 3135
5734DOC_START
5735 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5736 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5737DOC_END
cccac0a2 5738
5473c134 5739NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5740IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5741TYPE: string
5742LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5743DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5744DOC_START
5745 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5746 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5747DOC_END
8c01ada0 5748
5473c134 5749NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5750COMMENT: (msec)
5751DEFAULT: 2000
5752TYPE: int
5753LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5754DOC_START
5755 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5756 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5757 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5758 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5759 seconds.
cccac0a2 5760DOC_END
5761
5473c134 5762COMMENT_START
5763 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5764 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5765COMMENT_END
5766
cccac0a2 5767NAME: icon_directory
5768TYPE: string
5769LOC: Config.icons.directory
5770DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5771DOC_START
5772 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5773 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5774DOC_END
5775
f024c970 5776NAME: global_internal_static
5777TYPE: onoff
5778LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5779DEFAULT: on
5780DOC_START
5781 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5782 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5783 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5784 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5785 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5786 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5787 the server generating a directory listing.
5788DOC_END
5789
5473c134 5790NAME: short_icon_urls
5791TYPE: onoff
5792LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5793DEFAULT: on
5794DOC_START
5795 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5796 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5797 it's own name and port in the URL.
5798
5799 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5800 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5801DOC_END
5802
5803COMMENT_START
5804 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5805 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5806COMMENT_END
5807
5808NAME: error_directory
5809TYPE: string
5810LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 5811DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5812DOC_START
5813 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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5814 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
5815 the error/template files to another directory and point
5816 this tag at them.
5817
5818 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
5819 on error pages if used.
5473c134 5820
5821 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5822 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 5823 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 5824 contributing your translation back to the project.
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5825 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5826
5827 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
5828 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
5829DOC_END
5830
5831NAME: error_default_language
5832IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5833TYPE: string
5834LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
5835DEFAULT: none
5836DOC_START
5837 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
5838 if no existing translation matches the clients language
5839 preferences.
5840
5841 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
5842
5843 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5844 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
5845 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
5846 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 5847DOC_END
5848
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5849NAME: error_log_languages
5850IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5851TYPE: onoff
5852LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
5853DEFAULT: on
5854DOC_START
5855 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
5856 auto-negotiate for translations.
5857
5858 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
5859 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 5860 of its error page translations.
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5861DOC_END
5862
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5863NAME: err_page_stylesheet
5864TYPE: string
5865LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
5866DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
5867DOC_START
5868 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
5869
5870 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
5871DOC_END
5872
5473c134 5873NAME: err_html_text
5874TYPE: eol
5875LOC: Config.errHtmlText
5876DEFAULT: none
5877DOC_START
5878 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
5879 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
5880 organizations Web page.
5881
5882 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
5883 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
5884 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
5885 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
5886DOC_END
5887
5888NAME: email_err_data
5889COMMENT: on|off
5890TYPE: onoff
5891LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
5892DEFAULT: on
5893DOC_START
5894 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
5895 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
5896 so that the email body contains the data.
5897 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
5898DOC_END
5899
5900NAME: deny_info
5901TYPE: denyinfo
5902LOC: Config.denyInfoList
5903DEFAULT: none
5904DOC_START
5905 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
5906 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 5907 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 5908
5909 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
5910 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
5911 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
5912 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
5913
5914 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
5915 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
5916 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
5917 the first authentication related acl encountered
5918 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
5919 acl processed on the last http_access line.
5920
43000484
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5921 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
5922 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
5923 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 5924
5473c134 5925 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
5926 by specifying TCP_RESET.
15b02e9a
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5927
5928 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
06fcded4 5929 get redirected (302) to the specified URL after formatting tags have
15b02e9a
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5930 been replaced.
5931
5932 URL FORMAT TAGS:
5933 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
5934 %B - FTP path URL
5935 %e - Error number
5936 %E - Error description
5937 %h - Squid hostname
5938 %H - Request domain name
5939 %i - Client IP Address
5940 %M - Request Method
5941 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
5942 %p - Request Port number
5943 %P - Request Protocol name
5944 %R - Request URL path
5945 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
5946 %U - Full canonical URL from client
5947 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
5948 %u - Full canonical URL from client
5949 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
5950 %% - Literal percent (%) code
5951
5473c134 5952DOC_END
5953
5954COMMENT_START
5955 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
5956 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5957COMMENT_END
5958
5959NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 5960TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5961LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 5962DEFAULT: on
5963DOC_START
5473c134 5964 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
5965 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
5966 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 5967
5473c134 5968 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
5969 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 5970
5473c134 5971 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
5972 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
5973 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 5974
5473c134 5975 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
5976 this directive.
8d6275c0 5977DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 5978
5473c134 5979NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 5980TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5981LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 5982DEFAULT: off
5983DOC_START
5473c134 5984 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
5985 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
5986 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 5987
5473c134 5988 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
5989 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
5990 fails.
5991
5992 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
5993 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
5994 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 5995DOC_END
5996
5473c134 5997NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 5998TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 5999LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6000DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6001DOC_START
5473c134 6002 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6003
5473c134 6004 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6005 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6006 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6007 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6008 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6009
5473c134 6010 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6011 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6012
5473c134 6013 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6014
5473c134 6015 acl FTP proto FTP
6016 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6017
5473c134 6018 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6019 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6020 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6021 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6022 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6023
5473c134 6024 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6025 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6026 always_direct deny local-external
6027 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6028
5473c134 6029 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6030 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6031 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6032 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6033
5473c134 6034 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6035 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6036 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6037
b3567eb5
FC
6038 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6039 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6040DOC_END
0976f8db 6041
5473c134 6042NAME: never_direct
6043TYPE: acl_access
6044LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6045DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6046DOC_START
5473c134 6047 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6048
6049 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6050 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6051
6052 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6053 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6054 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6055 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6056
6057 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6058 never_direct deny local-servers
6059 never_direct allow all
6060
6061 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6062 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6063
6064 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6065 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6066 always_direct deny local-external
6067 always_direct allow local-intranet
6068 never_direct allow all
6069
b3567eb5
FC
6070 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6071 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6072DOC_END
0976f8db 6073
5473c134 6074COMMENT_START
6075 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6076 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6077COMMENT_END
6078
cccac0a2 6079NAME: incoming_icp_average
6080TYPE: int
6081DEFAULT: 6
6082LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
6083DOC_NONE
6084
6085NAME: incoming_http_average
6086TYPE: int
6087DEFAULT: 4
6088LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
6089DOC_NONE
6090
6091NAME: incoming_dns_average
6092TYPE: int
6093DEFAULT: 4
6094LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
6095DOC_NONE
6096
6097NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6098TYPE: int
6099DEFAULT: 8
6100LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
6101DOC_NONE
6102
6103NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6104TYPE: int
6105DEFAULT: 8
6106LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
6107DOC_NONE
6108
6109NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6110TYPE: int
6111DEFAULT: 8
6112LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
6113DOC_START
5473c134 6114 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6115 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6116 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6117DOC_END
6118
6119NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6120TYPE: string
6121DEFAULT: none
6122LOC: Config.accept_filter
6123DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6124 FreeBSD:
6125
5473c134 6126 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6127 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6128 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6129
6130 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6131 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6132 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6133
6134 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6135 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6136 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6137
6138 Linux:
6139
6140 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6141 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6142 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6143 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6144 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6145EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6146# FreeBSD
5473c134 6147accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6148# Linux
6149accept_filter data
5473c134 6150DOC_END
6151
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6152NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6153TYPE: int
6154LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6155DEFAULT: -1
6156DOC_START
6157 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6158 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6159 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6160
6161 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6162 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6163
6164 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6165
6166 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6167 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6168DOC_END
6169
5473c134 6170NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6171COMMENT: (bytes)
6172TYPE: b_size_t
6173DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6174LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6175DOC_START
6176 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6177 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6178 the default buffer size.
6179DOC_END
6180
6181COMMENT_START
6182 ICAP OPTIONS
6183 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6184COMMENT_END
6185
6186NAME: icap_enable
6187TYPE: onoff
6188IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6189COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6190LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6191DEFAULT: off
6192DOC_START
53e738c6 6193 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6194DOC_END
6195
6196NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6197TYPE: time_t
6198DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6199LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6200IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6201DOC_START
6202 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6203 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6204 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6205
6206 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6207 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6208 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6209DOC_END
6210
6211NAME: icap_io_timeout
6212COMMENT: time-units
6213TYPE: time_t
6214DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6215LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6216IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6217DOC_START
6218 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6219 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6220 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6221 failure.
6222
6223 The default is read_timeout.
6224DOC_END
6225
6226NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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6227COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
6228TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6229IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6230LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6231DEFAULT: 10
6232DOC_START
6233 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6234 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6235 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6236 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6237 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6238
6239 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6240 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6241 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
8277060a
CT
6242
6243 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6244 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6245 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6246 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6247 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6248
6249 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6250 effect on service failure expiration.
6251
6252 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6253 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6254 setting.
6255
6256 For example,
6257 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6258 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6259DOC_END
6260
5473c134 6261NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6262TYPE: int
5473c134 6263IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6264LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6265DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6266DOC_START
5473c134 6267 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6268 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6269 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6270 fetched.
cccac0a2 6271
5473c134 6272 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6273 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6274DOC_END
6275
5473c134 6276NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6277TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6278IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6279COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6280LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6281DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6282DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6283 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6284 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6285 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6286 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6287
6288 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6289 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6290 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6291
6292 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6293 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6294Example:
6295icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6296DOC_END
6297
5473c134 6298NAME: icap_preview_size
6299TYPE: int
6300IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6301LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6302DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6303DOC_START
53e738c6 6304 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6305 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6306 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6307DOC_END
6308
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6309NAME: icap_206_enable
6310TYPE: onoff
6311IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6312COMMENT: on|off
6313LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6314DEFAULT: on
6315DOC_START
6316 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6317 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6318 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6319 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6320
6321 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6322 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6323 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6324 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6325 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6326
6327 Example:
6328 icap_206_enable off
6329DOC_END
6330
5473c134 6331NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6332TYPE: int
6333IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6334LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6335DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6336DOC_START
53e738c6 6337 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6338 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6339DOC_END
6340
5473c134 6341NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6342TYPE: onoff
6343IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6344COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6345LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6346DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6347DOC_START
5473c134 6348 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6349 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6350DOC_END
6351
5473c134 6352NAME: icap_send_client_ip
6353TYPE: onoff
6354IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6355COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6356LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_ip
5473c134 6357DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6358DOC_START
53e738c6 6359 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 6360DOC_END
6361
5473c134 6362NAME: icap_send_client_username
6363TYPE: onoff
6364IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6365COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6366LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_username
5473c134 6367DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6368DOC_START
5473c134 6369 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
6370 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
6371 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6372 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6373DOC_END
6374
5473c134 6375NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6376TYPE: string
5473c134 6377IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6378LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6379DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6380DOC_START
5473c134 6381 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 6382DOC_END
6383
5473c134 6384NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6385TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6386IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6387COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6388LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6389DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6390DOC_START
5473c134 6391 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6392DOC_END
6393
5473c134 6394NAME: icap_service
6395TYPE: icap_service_type
6396IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6397LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6398DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6399DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6400 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6401
a22e6cd3 6402 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
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6404 service_name: ID
6405 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
6406
6407 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6408 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6409 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6410 are not yet supported.
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6411
6412 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
6413 ICAP server and service location.
6414
6415 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6416 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6417 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6418 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6419 service_names differ.
6420
6421
6422 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6423 the following name=value options:
6424
6425 bypass=on|off|1|0
6426 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6427 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6428 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6429 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6430 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6431 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6432 returned to the HTTP client.
6433
6434 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6435
6436 routing=on|off|1|0
6437 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6438 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6439 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6440 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6441 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
6442 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf and
6443 should have the same method and vectoring point as the current
6444 ICAP transaction. Services violating these rules are ignored.
6445 An empty X-Next-Services value results in an empty plan which
6446 ends the current adaptation.
6447
6448 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6449 response header is ignored.
6450
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6451 ipv6=on|off
6452 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6453 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6454 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6455
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6456 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6457 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 6458
5473c134 6459Example:
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6460icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
6461icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 6462DOC_END
6463
5473c134 6464NAME: icap_class
6465TYPE: icap_class_type
6466IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6467LOC: none
5473c134 6468DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6469DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6470 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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6471 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6472 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 6473
62c7f90e 6474 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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6475 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6476 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 6477DOC_END
6478
5473c134 6479NAME: icap_access
6480TYPE: icap_access_type
6481IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6482LOC: none
cccac0a2 6483DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6484DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6485 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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6486 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6487 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 6488DOC_END
6489
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6490COMMENT_START
6491 eCAP OPTIONS
6492 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6493COMMENT_END
6494
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6495NAME: ecap_enable
6496TYPE: onoff
6497IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6498COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6499LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6500DEFAULT: off
6501DOC_START
6502 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6503DOC_END
6504
6505NAME: ecap_service
6506TYPE: ecap_service_type
6507IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6508LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6509DEFAULT: none
6510DOC_START
6511 Defines a single eCAP service
6512
6513 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
6514
6515 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6516 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6517 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6518 are not yet supported.
6519 bypass = 1|0
6520 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
6521 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6522 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6523 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6524 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6525 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6526 HTTP client.
6527 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6528
6529Example:
6530ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6531ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6532DOC_END
6533
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6534NAME: loadable_modules
6535TYPE: wordlist
6536IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6537LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6538DEFAULT: none
6539DOC_START
6540 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6541 preloaded module(s).
6542Example:
6543loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6544DOC_END
6545
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6546COMMENT_START
6547 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6548 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6549COMMENT_END
6550
6551NAME: adaptation_service_set
6552TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6553IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6554LOC: none
6555DEFAULT: none
6556DOC_START
6557
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6558 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6559 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6560
6561 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6562
6563 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6564 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6565 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6566 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6567 intact.
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6569 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6570 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 6571
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6572 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6573 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6574
6575 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6576 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6577 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6578 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6579 transaction fails as well.
6580
6581 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6582 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6583 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6584 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6585 matters.
6586
6587 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6588
6589Example:
6590adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6591adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6592DOC_END
6593
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6594NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6595TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6596IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6597LOC: none
6598DEFAULT: none
6599DOC_START
6600
6601 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6602 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6603 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6604
6605 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6606
6607 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6608 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6609 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6610 the previous service in the chain.
6611
6612 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6613 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6614
6615 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6616 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6617 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6618
6619 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6620 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6621
6622 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6623 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6624 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6625 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6626
6627 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6628
6629Example:
6630adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6631DOC_END
6632
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6633NAME: adaptation_access
6634TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6635IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6636LOC: none
6637DEFAULT: none
6638DOC_START
6639 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6640
6641 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6642 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6643
6644 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6645 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6646 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6647 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6648
6649 - services serving different vectoring points
6650 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6651 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6652 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6653
6654 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6655 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6656 adaptation_service_set for details.
6657
6658 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6659 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6660 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6661 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6662
6663 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6664 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6665
6666 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6667
6668Example:
6669adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6670DOC_END
6671
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6672NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6673TYPE: int
6674IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6675LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6676DEFAULT: 16
6677DOC_START
6678 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6679 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6680 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6681 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6682 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6683 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6684
6685 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6686
6687 See also: icap_service routing=1
6688DOC_END
6689
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6690NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6691TYPE: string
6692IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6693LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6694DEFAULT: none
6695DOC_START
6696 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6697 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6698 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6699 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6700 with the master transaction.
6701
6702 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6703 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6704
6705 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6706 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
6707 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names. Squid will store
6708 and forward that ICAP header field to subsequent ICAP
6709 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6710
6711 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6712
6713Example:
6714# share authentication information among ICAP services
6715adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6716DOC_END
6717
6718NAME: icap_retry
6719TYPE: acl_access
6720IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6721LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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6722DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6723DOC_START
6724 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6725 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6726 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6727 that response are usually retriable.
6728
6729 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6730
6731 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6732 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6733
6734 See also: icap_retry_limit
6735DOC_END
6736
6737NAME: icap_retry_limit
6738TYPE: int
6739IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6740LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6741DEFAULT: 0
6742DOC_START
6743 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6744 no retries are allowed.
6745
6746 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6747 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6748 count against this limit.
6749
6750 See also: icap_retry
6751DOC_END
6752
6753
5473c134 6754COMMENT_START
6755 DNS OPTIONS
6756 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6757COMMENT_END
6758
6759NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6760TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6761DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6762LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6763DOC_START
5473c134 6764 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6765 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6766 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 6767DOC_END
6768
5473c134 6769NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6770TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6771DEFAULT: on
5473c134 6772LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6773DOC_START
5473c134 6774 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6775 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
6776 Squid to be strict about the standard.
6777 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 6778DOC_END
6779
5473c134 6780NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 6781TYPE: string
5473c134 6782IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6783DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
6784LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 6785DOC_START
5473c134 6786 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 6787DOC_END
6788
5473c134 6789NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 6790TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 6791IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 6792DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 6793LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 6794DOC_START
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6795 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
6796 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
6797 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
6798 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
6799 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
6800
6801 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
6802 tuning.
6803
6804 startup=
6805
6806 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
6807 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
6808 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
6809
6810 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
6811 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
6812
6813 idle=
6814
6815 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
6816 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
6817 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
6818 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 6819DOC_END
6820
5473c134 6821NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
6822TYPE: time_t
6823DEFAULT: 5 seconds
6824LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
6825IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6826DOC_START
5473c134 6827 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
6828 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 6829DOC_END
6830
5473c134 6831NAME: dns_timeout
6832TYPE: time_t
6833DEFAULT: 2 minutes
6834LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
6835IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6836DOC_START
5473c134 6837 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
6838 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
6839 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 6840DOC_END
6841
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6842NAME: dns_packet_max
6843TYPE: b_ssize_t
6844DEFAULT: none
6845LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
6846IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
6847DOC_START
6848 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
6849 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
6850
6851 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
6852 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
6853 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
6854 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
6855 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
6856
6857 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
6858 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
6859 necessary.
6860
6861 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
6862 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
6863 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
6864 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
6865 sizes being advertised by Squid.
6866 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
6867 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
6868DOC_END
6869
5473c134 6870NAME: dns_defnames
6871COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 6872TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6873DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6874LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 6875DOC_START
5473c134 6876 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
6877 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
6878 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
6879 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 6880DOC_END
6881
5473c134 6882NAME: dns_nameservers
6883TYPE: wordlist
6884DEFAULT: none
6885LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 6886DOC_START
5473c134 6887 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
6888 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
6889 /etc/resolv.conf file.
6890 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
6891 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
6892 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
6893 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 6894
5473c134 6895 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 6896DOC_END
6897
5473c134 6898NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 6899TYPE: string
5473c134 6900DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
6901LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 6902DOC_START
5473c134 6903 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
6904 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
6905 default locations:
6906 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
6907 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6908 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
6909 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6910 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
6911 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
6912 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
6913 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 6914
5473c134 6915 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
6916 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
6917 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
6918 character are comments.
cccac0a2 6919
5473c134 6920 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
6921 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
6922 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
6923 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
6924 definitions.
cccac0a2 6925DOC_END
6926
5473c134 6927NAME: append_domain
6928TYPE: string
6929LOC: Config.appendDomain
6930DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 6931DOC_START
5473c134 6932 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
6933 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
6934
6935 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
6936 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
6937 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
6938
6939Example:
6940 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 6941DOC_END
6942
5473c134 6943NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
6944TYPE: onoff
6945LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 6946DEFAULT: on
6947DOC_START
5473c134 6948 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
6949 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
6950 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
6951 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
6952 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 6953DOC_END
6954
cc192b50 6955NAME: dns_v4_fallback
6956TYPE: onoff
6957DEFAULT: on
6958LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
6959DOC_START
6960 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
6961 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
6962 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
6963
6964 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
6965 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
6966
6967 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
6968 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
6969
6970 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
6971 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
6972 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
6973DOC_END
6974
6bc15a4f 6975NAME: ipcache_size
6976COMMENT: (number of entries)
6977TYPE: int
6978DEFAULT: 1024
6979LOC: Config.ipcache.size
6980DOC_NONE
6981
6982NAME: ipcache_low
6983COMMENT: (percent)
6984TYPE: int
6985DEFAULT: 90
6986LOC: Config.ipcache.low
6987DOC_NONE
6988
6989NAME: ipcache_high
6990COMMENT: (percent)
6991TYPE: int
6992DEFAULT: 95
6993LOC: Config.ipcache.high
6994DOC_START
6995 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
6996DOC_END
6997
6998NAME: fqdncache_size
6999COMMENT: (number of entries)
7000TYPE: int
7001DEFAULT: 1024
7002LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7003DOC_START
7004 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7005DOC_END
7006
a58ff010 7007COMMENT_START
5473c134 7008 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7009 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7010COMMENT_END
7011
5473c134 7012NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7013COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7014TYPE: onoff
7015DEFAULT: on
7016LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7017DOC_START
5473c134 7018 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7019 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7020 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7021 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7022DOC_END
7023
5473c134 7024NAME: memory_pools_limit
7025COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7026TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7027DEFAULT: 5 MB
7028LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7029DOC_START
5473c134 7030 Used only with memory_pools on:
7031 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7032
5473c134 7033 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7034 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7035 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7036 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7037 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7038 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7039 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7040
89646bd7 7041 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7042 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7043
5473c134 7044 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7045 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7046
7047 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7048 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7049 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7050 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7051DOC_END
7052
5473c134 7053NAME: forwarded_for
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7054COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7055TYPE: string
5473c134 7056DEFAULT: on
7057LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7058DOC_START
67c06f0d
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7059 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7060 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7061
5473c134 7062 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7063
67c06f0d 7064 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7065
7066 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
7067
7068 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7069 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7070
7071 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7072 X-Forwarded-For header.
7073
7074 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
7075 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place itself as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7076DOC_END
7077
5473c134 7078NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7079TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7080DEFAULT: none
7081LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7082DOC_START
5473c134 7083 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7084
5473c134 7085 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7086
7087 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7088 5min
7089 60min
7090 asndb
7091 authenticator
7092 cbdata
7093 client_list
7094 comm_incoming
7095 config *
7096 counters
7097 delay
7098 digest_stats
7099 dns
7100 events
7101 filedescriptors
7102 fqdncache
7103 histograms
7104 http_headers
7105 info
7106 io
7107 ipcache
7108 mem
7109 menu
7110 netdb
7111 non_peers
7112 objects
7113 offline_toggle *
7114 pconn
7115 peer_select
b360c477 7116 reconfigure *
5473c134 7117 redirector
7118 refresh
7119 server_list
7120 shutdown *
7121 store_digest
7122 storedir
7123 utilization
7124 via_headers
7125 vm_objects
7126
7127 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7128 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7129
7130 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7131 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7132 password to "none".
7133
7134 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7135
7136Example:
7137 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7138 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7139 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7140DOC_END
7141
5473c134 7142NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7143COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7144TYPE: onoff
7145DEFAULT: on
7146LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7147DOC_START
5473c134 7148 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7149 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7150DOC_END
7151
5473c134 7152NAME: refresh_all_ims
7153COMMENT: on|off
7154TYPE: onoff
7155DEFAULT: off
7156LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7157DOC_START
5473c134 7158 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7159 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7160 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7161 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7162 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7163
5473c134 7164 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7165 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7166DOC_END
7167
5473c134 7168NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7169IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7170COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7171TYPE: onoff
7172DEFAULT: off
7173LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7174DOC_START
5473c134 7175 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7176 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7177 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7178 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7179 causes.
7180
7181 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7182DOC_END
7183
5473c134 7184NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
7185TYPE: int
7186LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
7187DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 7188DOC_START
5473c134 7189 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
7190 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
7191 each address is tried once).
7192
7193 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
7194 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
7195 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
7196
7197 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
7198 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 7199DOC_END
7200
5473c134 7201NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7202TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7203LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7204DEFAULT: off
7205DOC_START
5473c134 7206 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
7207 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
7208 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
7209 control errors.
5f8252d2 7210DOC_END
7211
5473c134 7212NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7213TYPE: string
5473c134 7214LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7215DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7216DOC_START
5473c134 7217 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7218 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7219DOC_END
7220
5473c134 7221NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7222TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7223LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7224DEFAULT: off
7225DOC_START
5473c134 7226 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7227 objects.
a58ff010 7228DOC_END
7229
5473c134 7230NAME: uri_whitespace
7231TYPE: uri_whitespace
7232LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7233DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7234DOC_START
5473c134 7235 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7236 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7237
5473c134 7238 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7239 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7240 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7241 Request" message.
7242 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7243 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7244 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7245 are in use.
7246 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7247 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7248 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7249 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7250 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7251 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7252 violation.
7253DOC_END
a58ff010 7254
5473c134 7255NAME: chroot
7256TYPE: string
7257LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7258DEFAULT: none
7259DOC_START
9f37c18a 7260 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
2d89f399
HN
7261 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7262 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7263 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7264 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7265DOC_END
a58ff010 7266
5473c134 7267NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7268TYPE: onoff
7269LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7270DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7271DOC_START
cc192b50 7272 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7273 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7274 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7275
5473c134 7276 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7277 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7278 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7279
cc192b50 7280 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 7281DOC_END
7282
5473c134 7283NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7284TYPE: onoff
7285LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7286DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 7287DOC_START
5473c134 7288 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7289 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7290 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 7291
5473c134 7292 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7293 reasons.
7294DOC_END
a58ff010 7295
5473c134 7296NAME: high_response_time_warning
7297TYPE: int
7298COMMENT: (msec)
7299LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7300DEFAULT: 0
7301DOC_START
7302 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7303 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7304 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 7305DOC_END
7306
5473c134 7307NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7308TYPE: int
7309LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7310DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 7311DOC_START
5473c134 7312 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7313 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7314 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7315 per second.
7316DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7317
5473c134 7318NAME: high_memory_warning
7319TYPE: b_size_t
7320LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 7321DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7322DOC_START
7323 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7324 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7325 the administrators attention.
7326DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7327
5473c134 7328NAME: sleep_after_fork
7329COMMENT: (microseconds)
7330TYPE: int
7331LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7332DEFAULT: 0
7333DOC_START
7334 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7335 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7336 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7337 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7338 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7339 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7340 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7341 until all the child processes have been started.
7342 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7343 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7344DOC_END
7345
b6696974 7346NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7347IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
b6696974
GS
7348COMMENT: on|off
7349TYPE: onoff
7350DEFAULT: on
7351LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7352DOC_START
7353 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7354 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7355 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7356 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7357 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7358 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7359DOC_END
7360
a98c2da5
AJ
7361NAME: eui_lookup
7362TYPE: onoff
7363IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7364DEFAULT: on
7365LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7366DOC_START
7367 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7368DOC_END
7369
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AJ
7370NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7371TYPE: int
7372DEFAULT: 0
7373LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7374DOC_START
7375 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7376
7377 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7378
7379 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7380 not all comm loops supports large values.
7381DOC_END
7382
13aeac35 7383NAME: workers
007d775d 7384TYPE: int
13aeac35 7385LOC: Config.workers
007d775d
AR
7386DEFAULT: 1
7387DOC_START
13aeac35 7388 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
007d775d
AR
7389 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7390 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
13aeac35
AR
7391 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7392
b87f6632
AR
7393 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7394 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
007d775d
AR
7395DOC_END
7396
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7397NAME: cpu_affinity_map
7398TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
7399LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
7400DEFAULT: none
7401DOC_START
7402 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
7403
7404 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
7405
7406 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
7407
7408 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
7409 four even cores, starting with core #1.
7410
7411 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
7412 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
7413
7414 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
7415
7416 See also: workers
7417DOC_END
7418
cccac0a2 7419EOF