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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
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32
33 This is the documentation for the Squid configuration file.
34 This documentation can also be found online at:
35 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/
36
37 You may wish to look at the Squid home page and wiki for the
38 FAQ and other documentation:
39 http://www.squid-cache.org/
40 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
41 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples
42
43 This documentation shows what the defaults for various directives
44 happen to be. If you don't need to change the default, you should
45 leave the line out of your squid.conf in most cases.
46
47 In some cases "none" refers to no default setting at all,
48 while in other cases it refers to the value of the option
49 - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the case.
debd9a31 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 52
592a09dc 53COMMENT_START
54 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
5945964d 55 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards are
592a09dc 56 supported.
57
58 For example,
59
60 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
61
62 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
63 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
64 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
65 configuration files.
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66
67
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68 Conditional configuration
69
70 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
71 depend on conditions:
72
73 if <CONDITION>
74 ... regular configuration directives ...
75 [else
76 ... regular configuration directives ...]
77 endif
78
79 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
80 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
81 configuration directives.
82
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83 NOTE: An else-if condition is not supported.
84
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85 These individual conditions types are supported:
86
87 true
88 Always evaluates to true.
89 false
90 Always evaluates to false.
91 <integer> = <integer>
92 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
93
94
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95 SMP-Related Macros
96
97 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
98
99 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
100 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
101
102 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
103 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
104 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 105COMMENT_END
106
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107# Options Removed in 3.2
108NAME: ignore_expect_100
109TYPE: obsolete
110DOC_START
111 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
112DOC_END
113
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114NAME: dns_v4_fallback
115TYPE: obsolete
116DOC_START
117 Remove this line.
118DOC_END
119
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120NAME: ftp_list_width
121TYPE: obsolete
122DOC_START
123 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
124DOC_END
125
126NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
127TYPE: obsolete
128DOC_START
129 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
130DOC_END
131
132# Options Removed in 3.1
133NAME: dns_testnames
134TYPE: obsolete
135DOC_START
136 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
137DOC_END
138
139NAME: extension_methods
140TYPE: obsolete
141DOC_START
142 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
143DOC_END
144
145# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
146NAME: incoming_rate
147TYPE: obsolete
148DOC_NONE
149
150NAME: server_http11
151TYPE: obsolete
152DOC_START
153 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
154DOC_END
155
156NAME: upgrade_http0.9
157TYPE: obsolete
158DOC_START
159 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
166DOC_END
167
168# Options Removed in 3.0
169NAME: header_access
170TYPE: obsolete
171DOC_START
172 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
173 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
174DOC_END
175
176NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
177TYPE: obsolete
178DOC_START
179 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
180DOC_END
181
5473c134 182COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 183 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 184 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
185COMMENT_END
186
41bd17a4 187NAME: auth_param
188TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 189IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 190LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 191DEFAULT: none
192DOC_START
41bd17a4 193 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
194 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 195
41bd17a4 196 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 197
41bd17a4 198 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
199 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
200 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
201 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
202 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
203 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
204 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
205 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
206 program entry).
cccac0a2 207
41bd17a4 208 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
209 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
210 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
211 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 212
41bd17a4 213 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
214 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
215 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
216 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
217 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
218 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
219 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
220 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
221 type acl.
cccac0a2 222
41bd17a4 223 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
224 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
225 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
226 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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227 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
228 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 229
41bd17a4 230 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 231
41bd17a4 232 "program" cmdline
233 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
234 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
235 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
236 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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237 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
238 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 239
41bd17a4 240 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
241 program is specified.
cccac0a2 242
41bd17a4 243 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
244 this line to something like
307b83b7 245
41bd17a4 246 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 247
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248 "utf8" on|off
249 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
250 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
251 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
252 username & password to the helper.
253
7353861b 254 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 255 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 256 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
257 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
258 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
259 authenticator processes.
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260
261 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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262 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
263 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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264 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
265 the maximum.
266
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267 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
268 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
269 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
270 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
271 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
272 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 273 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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274
275 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 276
41bd17a4 277 "realm" realmstring
278 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
279 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
280 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
281 password). There is no default.
282 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 283
41bd17a4 284 "credentialsttl" timetolive
285 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
286 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
287 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
288 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
289 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
290 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
291 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
292 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
293 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 294
41bd17a4 295 "casesensitive" on|off
296 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
297 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
298 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
299 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
300 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 301
41bd17a4 302 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 303
41bd17a4 304 "program" cmdline
305 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
306 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
307 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
308 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
309 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
310 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
311 available as %m in the returned error page.
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41bd17a4 313 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
314 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 315
41bd17a4 316 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
317 something like
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7ce93108 319 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 320
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321 "utf8" on|off
322 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
323 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
324 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
325 username & password to the helper.
326
7353861b 327 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 328 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 329 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
330 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
331 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
332 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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333
334 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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335 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
336 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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337 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
338 the maximum.
339
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340 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
341 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
342 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
343 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
344 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
345 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
346 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
347
48d54e4d 348 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 349
41bd17a4 350 "realm" realmstring
351 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
352 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
353 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
354 password). There is no default.
355 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 356
41bd17a4 357 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
358 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
359 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 360
41bd17a4 361 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
362 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
363 valid for.
cccac0a2 364
41bd17a4 365 "nonce_max_count" number
366 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
367 used.
cccac0a2 368
41bd17a4 369 "nonce_strictness" on|off
370 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
371 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
372 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
373 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 374
41bd17a4 375 "check_nonce_count" on|off
376 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
377 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
378 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
379 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 380
41bd17a4 381 "post_workaround" on|off
382 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
383 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
384 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 385
41bd17a4 386 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 387
41bd17a4 388 "program" cmdline
389 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
390 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
391 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
392 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
393 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
394 is not used.
cccac0a2 395
41bd17a4 396 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 397
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398 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
399 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 400 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
401 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
402 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
403 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
404 processes.
cccac0a2 405
48d54e4d 406 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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407 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
408 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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409 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
410 the maximum.
411
412 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 413
41bd17a4 414 "keep_alive" on|off
415 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
416 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
417 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
418 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
419 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 420
41bd17a4 421 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 422
41bd17a4 423 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 424
41bd17a4 425 "program" cmdline
426 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
427 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
428 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
429 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
430 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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431 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
432 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
433 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 434 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
435 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 436
41bd17a4 437 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 438
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439 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
440 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 441 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
442 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
443 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
444 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
445 processes.
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446
447 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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448 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
449 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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450 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
451 the maximum.
452
453 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 454
41bd17a4 455 "keep_alive" on|off
456 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
457 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
458 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
459 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
460 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 462 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 463
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465 Examples:
466
41bd17a4 467#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
468#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 469#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 470#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 471#
41bd17a4 472#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 473#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 474#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 475#
41bd17a4 476#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 477#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 478#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
479#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
480#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
481#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
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41bd17a4 483#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 484#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 485#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
486#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 487DOC_END
cccac0a2 488
41bd17a4 489NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
490TYPE: time_t
491DEFAULT: 1 hour
492LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
493DOC_START
494 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
495 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
496 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
497 have good reason to.
498DOC_END
cccac0a2 499
41bd17a4 500NAME: authenticate_ttl
501TYPE: time_t
502DEFAULT: 1 hour
503LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
504DOC_START
505 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
506 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
507 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
508 TTL are removed from memory.
509DOC_END
cccac0a2 510
41bd17a4 511NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
512TYPE: time_t
513LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
514DEFAULT: 0 seconds
515DOC_START
516 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
517 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
518 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
519 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
520 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
521 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
522 environment with relatively static address assignments.
523DOC_END
cccac0a2 524
3d1e3e43 525COMMENT_START
526 ACCESS CONTROLS
527 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
528COMMENT_END
529
41bd17a4 530NAME: external_acl_type
531TYPE: externalAclHelper
532LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 533DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 534DOC_START
41bd17a4 535 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
536 to look up the status
cccac0a2 537
41bd17a4 538 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 539
41bd17a4 540 Options:
cccac0a2 541
41bd17a4 542 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
543 for 1 hour)
544 negative_ttl=n
545 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
546 as ttl)
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547 children-max=n
548 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
549 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
550 children-startup=n
551 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
552 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
553 of this type. (default 0)
554 children-idle=n
555 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
556 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
557 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
558 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 559 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
560 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 561 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 562 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
563 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 564 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 565 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
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566 ipv4 / ipv6 IP protocol used to communicate with this helper.
567 The default is to auto-detect IPv6 and use it when available.
cccac0a2 568
41bd17a4 569 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 570
41bd17a4 571 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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572 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
573 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
574 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 575 %IDENT Ident user name
576 %SRC Client IP
577 %SRCPORT Client source port
578 %URI Requested URI
579 %DST Requested host
580 %PROTO Requested protocol
581 %PORT Requested port
582 %PATH Requested URL path
583 %METHOD Request method
584 %MYADDR Squid interface address
585 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
586 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
587 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
588 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
589 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
590 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 591
c68c9682 592 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 593 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 594 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 595 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 596 HTTP request header list member using ; as
597 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
598 character.
cccac0a2 599
c68c9682 600 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 601 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 602 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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603 %<{Hdr:;member}
604 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
605 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
606 character.
607
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608 %% The percent sign. Useful for helpers which need
609 an unchanging input format.
610
41bd17a4 611 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
612 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
613 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 614
41bd17a4 615 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
616 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
617 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
618 more details.
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41bd17a4 620 General result syntax:
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41bd17a4 622 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
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41bd17a4 624 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 625
41bd17a4 626 user= The users name (login)
627 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
628 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
629 in error pages
630 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
631 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
632 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
633 %ea in logformat specifications
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41bd17a4 635 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
636 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 637
41bd17a4 638 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
639 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
640 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 641
41bd17a4 642 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
643 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
644 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 645DOC_END
646
41bd17a4 647NAME: acl
648TYPE: acl
649LOC: Config.aclList
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651DEFAULT: ssl::certHasExpired ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED
652DEFAULT: ssl::certNotYetValid ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID
653DEFAULT: ssl::certDomainMismatch ssl_error SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH
654DEFAULT: ssl::certUntrusted ssl_error X509_V_ERR_INVALID_CA X509_V_ERR_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED
655DEFAULT: ssl::certSelfSigned ssl_error X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
656ENDIF
1f5bd0a4 657DEFAULT: all src all
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658DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
659DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
660DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
661DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
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41bd17a4 663 Defining an Access List
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665 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
666 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
667 they are read from.
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669 acl aclname acltype argument ...
670 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
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375eeb3b 672 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
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674 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE.
675 To make them case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
676 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line without -i.
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679 to access some external data source.
680 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
681 don't are marked as [fast].
682 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
683 for further information
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685 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
686
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687 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
688 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
689 acl aclname dst ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
690 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 691
41bd17a4 692 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
693 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
694 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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696 # other *BSD variants.
697 # [fast]
41bd17a4 698 #
699 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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700 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
701 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
702
703 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
704 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
705 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 706 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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707 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
708 # regex matching client name [slow]
709 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 710 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 711 #
41bd17a4 712 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
713 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
714 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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716 acl aclname src_as number ...
717 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 718 # [fast]
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720 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
721 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
722 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
723 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
724 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
725 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
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6db78a1a 727 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 728 # [fast]
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729 # match against a named cache_peer entry
730 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
731
375eeb3b 732 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 733 # [fast]
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735 # S - Sunday
736 # M - Monday
737 # T - Tuesday
738 # W - Wednesday
739 # H - Thursday
740 # F - Friday
741 # A - Saturday
742 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
743
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744 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
745 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
746 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
747 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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750 # ranges are alloed
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751 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
752 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
753
b3567eb5 754 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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756 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
757
758 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
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760 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
761 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 763 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 764 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 766 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 767 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 768 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 769
375eeb3b 770 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 771 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 772 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 773 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 774
41bd17a4 775 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
776 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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778 # supplied credentials [slow]
779 #
780 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 781 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
782 #
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784 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
785 #
41bd17a4 786 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
787 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
788 # in access.log.
789 #
790 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
791 # to check username/password combinations (see
792 # auth_param directive).
793 #
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795 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 796 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 797
41bd17a4 798 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 799 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 800 # Example:
801 #
802 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
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41bd17a4 804 acl aclname maxconn number
805 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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806 # more than <number> TCP connections established. [fast]
807 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
808 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 809
41bd17a4 810 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
811 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
812 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 813 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 814 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
815 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
816 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
817 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
818 # request is denied)
819 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
820 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
821 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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823 acl aclname random probability
824 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
825 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
826 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
827
375eeb3b 828 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 829 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
830 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 831 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 832 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
833 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 834
41bd17a4 835 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
836 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
837 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 838 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 839
375eeb3b 840 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 841 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
842 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 843 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 844 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
845 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
846 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 847
41bd17a4 848 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
849 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
850 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 851 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 852
375eeb3b 853 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 854 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 855 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 856
41bd17a4 857 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
858 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 859 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 860
41bd17a4 861 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
862 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 863 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 864
41bd17a4 865 acl aclname ext_user username ...
866 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 867 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 868 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 869
0ab50441 870 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 871 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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874 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
875 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
876 #
877 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
878 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
879 # http_reply_access.
880
38450a50 881IF USE_SSL
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883 # match against SSL certificate validation error [fast]
cf1c09f6 884 #
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885 # For valid error names see in @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@/templates/error-details.txt
886 # template file.
cf1c09f6 887 #
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889 # [ssl::]certHasExpired: the "not after" field is in the past
890 # [ssl::]certNotYetValid: the "not before" field is in the future
891 # [ssl::]certUntrusted: The certificate issuer is not to be trusted.
892 # [ssl::]certSelfSigned: The certificate is self signed.
893 # [ssl::]certDomainMismatch: The certificate CN domain does not
894 # match the name the name of the host we are connecting to.
895 #
896 # The ssl::certHasExpired, ssl::certNotYetValid, ssl::certDomainMismatch,
897 # ssl::certUntrusted, and ssl::certSelfSigned can also be used as
898 # predefined ACLs, just like the 'all' ACL.
899 #
900 # NOTE: The ssl_error ACL is only supported with sslproxy_cert_error,
901 # sslproxy_cert_sign, and sslproxy_cert_adapt options.
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903
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904 Examples:
905 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
906 acl myexample dst_as 1241
907 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
908 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
909 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 910
41bd17a4 911NOCOMMENT_START
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913# Recommended minimum configuration:
914#
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ee776778 916# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
917# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
918# should be allowed
919acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
920acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
921acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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922acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
923acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 925acl SSL_ports port 443
926acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
927acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
928acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
929acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
930acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
931acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
932acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
933acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
934acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
935acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
936acl CONNECT method CONNECT
937NOCOMMENT_END
938DOC_END
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940NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
941TYPE: acl_access
942IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
943LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
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944DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
945DOC_START
946 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
947 find the original source of a request.
948
949 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
950 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
951 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
952 rightmost address being the most recent.
953
954 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
955 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
956 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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958 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
959 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
960 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
961 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
962 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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964 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
965 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 966 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
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968 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
969 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
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972 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
973
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975
976 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
977 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
978 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
979 source address of the request. This may enable remote
980 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
981 based on the client's source addresses.
982
983 For example:
984
985 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
986 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
987 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
988 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
989DOC_END
990
991NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
992COMMENT: on|off
993TYPE: onoff
994IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
995DEFAULT: on
996LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
997DOC_START
998 Controls whether the indirect client address
999 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1000 direct client address in acl matching.
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1002 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
1003 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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1005
1006NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1007COMMENT: on|off
1008TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 1009IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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1011LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1012DOC_START
1013 Controls whether the indirect client address
1014 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1015 direct client address in delay pools.
1016DOC_END
1017
1018NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
1019COMMENT: on|off
1020TYPE: onoff
1021IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1022DEFAULT: on
1023LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
1024DOC_START
1025 Controls whether the indirect client address
1026 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1027 direct client address in the access log.
1028DOC_END
1029
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1030NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1031COMMENT: on|off
1032TYPE: onoff
1033IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 1034DEFAULT: off
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1035LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1036DOC_START
1037 Controls whether the indirect client address
1038 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1039 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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1041 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
1042 mode ports.
1043
1044 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
1045 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
b01a2238 1046 of follow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
4d7ab5a2 1047 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1049
41bd17a4 1050NAME: http_access
1051TYPE: acl_access
1052LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1053DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1054DOC_START
1055 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
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41bd17a4 1057 Access to the HTTP port:
1058 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1059
41bd17a4 1060 NOTE on default values:
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41bd17a4 1062 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1063 the request.
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41bd17a4 1065 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1066 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1067 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1068 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1070 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1073 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1074
41bd17a4 1075NOCOMMENT_START
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1077#
1078# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1079#
1080# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
3c722b3a 1081http_access allow localhost manager
41bd17a4 1082http_access deny manager
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1084# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1085http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1087# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1088http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 1090# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1091# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1092# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1093#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1095#
1096# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1097#
c8f4eac4 1098
ee776778 1099# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1100# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1101# from where browsing should be allowed
1102http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1103http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1104
41bd17a4 1105# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1106http_access deny all
1107NOCOMMENT_END
1108DOC_END
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1110NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1111TYPE: acl_access
1112LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1113DEFAULT: none
1114DOC_START
1115 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1116
1117 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1118 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1119 output.
1120
1121 If not set then only http_access is used.
1122DOC_END
1123
41bd17a4 1124NAME: http_reply_access
1125TYPE: acl_access
1126LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1127DEFAULT: none
1128DOC_START
1129 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
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41bd17a4 1131 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1132
41bd17a4 1133 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1134 all replies
1a224843 1135
41bd17a4 1136 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1137 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1138 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1140 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1141 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1142DOC_END
1143
41bd17a4 1144NAME: icp_access
1145TYPE: acl_access
1146LOC: Config.accessList.icp
41bd17a4 1147DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1148DOC_START
41bd17a4 1149 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1150 access lists
5473c134 1151
41bd17a4 1152 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1153
41bd17a4 1154 See http_access for details
1155
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1157 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1159# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1160#icp_access allow localnet
1161#icp_access deny all
5473c134 1162DOC_END
1163
41bd17a4 1164NAME: htcp_access
1165IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1166TYPE: acl_access
1167LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
41bd17a4 1168DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1169DOC_START
41bd17a4 1170 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1171 access lists
5473c134 1172
41bd17a4 1173 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1174
41bd17a4 1175 See http_access for details
5473c134 1176
0b48417e 1177 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1178 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1179 using the htcp option.
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1182 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1184# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1185#htcp_access allow localnet
1186#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1187DOC_END
5473c134 1188
41bd17a4 1189NAME: htcp_clr_access
1190IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1191TYPE: acl_access
1192LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
41bd17a4 1193DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1194DOC_START
1195 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1196 on defined access lists
5473c134 1197
41bd17a4 1198 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1199
41bd17a4 1200 See http_access for details
5473c134 1201
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1203 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1205# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1206acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1207htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
5473c134 1208DOC_END
1209
41bd17a4 1210NAME: miss_access
1211TYPE: acl_access
1212LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1213DEFAULT: none
5473c134 1214DOC_START
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1215 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1216
1217 For example;
1218 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1219 a parent.
5473c134 1220
41bd17a4 1221 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1222 miss_access allow localclients
1223 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 1224
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1225 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch relayed/MISS
1226 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1227 objects (HITs).
1228
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1230 The default for this setting allows all clients who passed the
1231 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1233 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1234 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1235DOC_END
1236
1237NAME: ident_lookup_access
1238TYPE: acl_access
1239IFDEF: USE_IDENT
41bd17a4 1240DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1241LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1242DOC_START
41bd17a4 1243 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1244 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1245 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1246 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1247 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1248 any requests.
5473c134 1249
41bd17a4 1250 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1251 can follow this example:
5473c134 1252
4daaf3cb 1253 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1254 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1255 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1256
4daaf3cb 1257 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1258 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1259 the correct result.
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1261 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1262 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1263DOC_END
5473c134 1264
5b0f5383 1265NAME: reply_body_max_size
1266COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1267TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1268DEFAULT: none
1269LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1270DOC_START
1271 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1272 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1273 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1274 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1275 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1276 for this reply.
1277
1278 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1279 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1280 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1281 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1282 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1283 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1284 and they will receive a partial reply.
1285
1286 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1287 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1288 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1289 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1290
1291 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1292 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1293 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1294 the size of your largest error page.
1295
1296 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1297 no limit imposed.
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1299 Configuration Format is:
1300 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1301 ie.
1302 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1303
5b0f5383 1304DOC_END
1305
1306COMMENT_START
1307 NETWORK OPTIONS
1308 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1309COMMENT_END
1310
1311NAME: http_port ascii_port
65d448bc 1312TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1313DEFAULT: none
1314LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1315DOC_START
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1316 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1317 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1318 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1319
1320 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1321 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1322 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1323 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1324 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1325 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1326 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1327
1328 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1329 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1330
1331 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1332 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1333 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1334
1335 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1336
c7b1dd5d 1337 Modes:
5b0f5383 1338
e77bdb4e 1339 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1340 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1341 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1342
1343 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1344 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1345 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1346
7f45065d 1347 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1348
caf3666d 1349 ssl-bump For each CONNECT request allowed by ssl_bump ACLs,
c7b1dd5d 1350 establish secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1351 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1352 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1353 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1354
7a957a93 1355 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
caf3666d 1356 bumping of CONNECT requests.
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1357
1358 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1359
1360
1361 Accelerator Mode Options:
1362
5b0f5383 1363 defaultsite=domainname
1364 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1365 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1366 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1367
cf673853 1368 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1369
1370 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
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1372 https_port
5b0f5383 1373
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1375 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1376
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1377 vport=NN Virtual host port support. Using the specified port
1378 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1379
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1380 act-as-origin
1381 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1382 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1383 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1384
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1386
7f45065d 1387 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1389
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1390 allow-direct Allow direct forwarding in accelerator mode. Normally
1391 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1392 never_direct was used.
1393
1394 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1395 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1396 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1397 http_access rules when using this.
1398
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1400 SSL Bump Mode Options:
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1402
1403 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
1404 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1405 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1406 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1407 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1408 certificate will be selfsigned.
1409 If there is a CA certificate lifetime of the generated
1410 certificate equals lifetime of the CA certificate. If
1411 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1412 years.
1413 This option is enabled by default when ssl-bump is used.
1414 See the ssl-bump option above for more information.
1415
1416 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1417 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1418 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1419 default value is 4MB.
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1421 TLS / SSL Options:
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1423 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1424
1425 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1426 if not specified, the certificate file is
1427 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1428 key file.
1429
1430 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1431 1 automatic (default)
1432 2 SSLv2 only
1433 3 SSLv3 only
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1434 4 TLSv1.0 only
1435 5 TLSv1.1 only
1436 6 TLSv1.2 only
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1438 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
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1440 additional settings. If those settings are
1441 omitted the ciphers may be silently ignored
1442 by the OpenSSL library.
c7b1dd5d 1443
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c7b1dd5d 1445 being:
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1446 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1447 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1448 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
1449 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
1450 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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1451 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1452 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
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1454 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
1455 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
1456 strength to some attacks.
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1457 See OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1458 complete list of options.
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1460 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1461 requesting a client certificate.
1462
1463 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1464 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1465 clientca will be used.
1466
1467 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1468 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1469
1470 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1471 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1472 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1473
1474 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
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1476 on how to create this file.
1477 WARNING: EDH ciphers will be silently disabled if this
1478 option is not set.
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1479
1480 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1481 DELAYED_AUTH
1482 Don't request client certificates
1483 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1484 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1485 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1486 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1487 to OpenSSL.
1488 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1489 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1490 will result in a new SSL session.
1491 VERIFY_CRL
1492 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1493 certificates.
1494 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1495 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1496 client certificate chain.
1497
1498 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1499
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1501
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1502 connection-auth[=on|off]
1503 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1504 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1505 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1506
5b0f5383 1507 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1508 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1509 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1510 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1511 support is enabled.
1512 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1513
1514 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1515 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1516 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1517 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1518 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1519 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1520 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1521 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1522
81b6e9a7 1523 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1524 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1525
68924b6d 1526 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
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1528 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1529 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1530 timeout the time before giving up.
1531
5b0f5383 1532 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1533 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1534 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1535 visible on the internal address.
1536
1537NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1539# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1540http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1541NOCOMMENT_END
1542DOC_END
1543
1544NAME: https_port
1545IFDEF: USE_SSL
65d448bc 1546TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1547DEFAULT: none
1548LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1549DOC_START
7f45065d 1550 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1551
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1553 over TLS or SSL connections. Commonly referred to as HTTPS.
5b0f5383 1554
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1556 accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the accelerator level.
5b0f5383 1557
1558 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1559 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1560
7f45065d 1561 Modes:
5b0f5383 1562
7f45065d 1563 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
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1566 outgoing requests without browser settings.
1567 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
1568
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1570 connections using the client IP address.
1571 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
1572
caf3666d 1573 ssl-bump For each intercepted connection allowed by ssl_bump
7a957a93 1574 ACLs, establish a secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1575 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1577 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1578
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1580 fully enable bumping of intercepted SSL connections.
379e8c1c 1581
38450a50 1582 Requires tproxy or intercept.
379e8c1c 1583
7f45065d 1584 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
5b0f5383 1585
5b0f5383 1586
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1588
1589
1590 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1591
1592 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1593
1594 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1595 if not specified, the certificate file is
1596 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1597 key file.
1598
1599 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1600 1 automatic (default)
1601 2 SSLv2 only
1602 3 SSLv3 only
1603 4 TLSv1 only
1604
1605 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1606
1607 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1608 being:
1609 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1610 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1611 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1612 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1613 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1614 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1615 documentation for a complete list of options.
1616
1617 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1618 requesting a client certificate.
1619
1620 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1621 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1622 clientca will be used.
1623
1624 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1625 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1626
1627 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1628 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1629 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1630
1631 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1632 DH key exchanges.
1633
1634 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1635 DELAYED_AUTH
1636 Don't request client certificates
1637 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1638 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1639 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1640 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1641 to OpenSSL.
1642 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1643 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1644 will result in a new SSL session.
1645 VERIFY_CRL
1646 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1647 certificates.
1648 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1649 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1650 client certificate chain.
1651
1652 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1653
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1655 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1656 destination hosts of bumped SSL requests.When
1657 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1658 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1659 certificate will be selfsigned.
1660 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1661 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1662 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1663 years.
1664 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1665 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1666
1667 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1668 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1669 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1670 default value is 4MB.
379e8c1c 1671
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1674
41bd17a4 1675NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1676TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1677DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1678LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
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1681 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1682
41bd17a4 1683 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1684
41bd17a4 1685 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1686 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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1689 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1690 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1691 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1692
41bd17a4 1693 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1695 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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41bd17a4 1697 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1698 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1700 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
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41bd17a4 1702 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1703 matching line.
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1705
41bd17a4 1706NAME: clientside_tos
1707TYPE: acl_tos
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1710DOC_START
1711 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1712 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1713
1714 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1715
1716 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1717 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1718
1719 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1720 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1721 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1722 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1723
1724 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1725 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1726DOC_END
1727
1728NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1729TYPE: acl_nfmark
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1731DEFAULT: none
1732LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1733DOC_START
1734 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1735 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1736
1737 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1738
1739 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1740 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1741
1742 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1743 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1744 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1745 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1746DOC_END
1747
1748NAME: clientside_mark
1749TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1750IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1752LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
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1755 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1756
1757 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1758
1759 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1760 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1761
1762 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1763 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1764 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1765 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1766
1767 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1768 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 1769DOC_END
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1772TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 1773IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 1774DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1775LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 1776DOC_START
575cb927 1777 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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1779 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1780 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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1783 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1784 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1786 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255. Note that
1787 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1788 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1789
1790 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
7172612f 1791
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1793
1794 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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1796 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1797
1798 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1799
1800 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1801
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1803 over the preserve-miss feature (see below), unless
1804 mask is specified, in which case only the bits
1805 specified in the mask are written.
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1808 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1809 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1810 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1811 with all variants of netfilter.
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575cb927 1813 disable-preserve-miss
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1815 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1816 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1817 and masked with miss-mark.
1818 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1819 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1820 (MARK target).
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1822 miss-mask=0xFF
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1824 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1825 the TOS sent towards clients.
1826 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1827 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1828
1829 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1830 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1831 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1832 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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1835
41bd17a4 1836NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1837TYPE: acl_address
1838DEFAULT: none
1839LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1840DOC_START
1841 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1842 based on the username or source address of the user making
1843 the request.
7f7db318 1844
41bd17a4 1845 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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1848 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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1851 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1852
1853 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
1854 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1855
1856 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
1857 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1858
1859 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
1860 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1861
41bd17a4 1862 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1863 matching line.
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1866 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
1867 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
1868
1869
1870 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 1871 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1872 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1873 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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4ed968be 1876 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
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1878 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
cc192b50 1879
cccac0a2 1880DOC_END
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1882NAME: host_verify_strict
1883TYPE: onoff
1884DEFAULT: off
1885LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
1886DOC_START
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1888 traffic, Squid always verifies that the destination IP address matches
2962f8b8 1889 the Host header domain or IP (called 'authority form URL').
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1891 This enforcement is performed to satisfy a MUST-level requirement in
1892 RFC 2616 section 14.23: "The Host field value MUST represent the naming
1893 authority of the origin server or gateway given by the original URL".
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1895 When set to ON:
1896 Squid always responds with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error
1897 page and logs a security warning if there is no match.
1898
1899 Squid verifies that the destination IP address matches
1900 the Host header for forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic
1901 as well. For those traffic types, Squid also enables the
1902 following checks, comparing the corresponding Host header
1903 and Request-URI components:
1904
1905 * The host names (domain or IP) must be identical,
1906 but valueless or missing Host header disables all checks.
1907 For the two host names to match, both must be either IP
1908 or FQDN.
1909
1910 * Port numbers must be identical, but if a port is missing
1911 the scheme-default port is assumed.
1912
1913
1914 When set to OFF (the default):
1915 Squid allows suspicious requests to continue but logs a
1916 security warning and blocks caching of the response.
1917
1918 * Forward-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
1919
1920 * Reverse-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
1921
1922 * Intercepted traffic which passes verification is handled
1923 normally.
1924
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1926 to the client original destination instead of DIRECT.
1927 This overrides 'client_dst_passthru off'.
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1929 For now suspicious intercepted CONNECT requests are always
1930 responded to with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error page.
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7177edfb 1933 SECURITY NOTE:
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1935 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
1936 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
1937 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
1938 security policy and sandboxing protections.
1939
1940 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
1941 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
1942 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
1943 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
1944 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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1946DOC_END
6b185b50 1947
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1948NAME: client_dst_passthru
1949TYPE: onoff
1950DEFAULT: on
1951LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
1952DOC_START
1953 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
1954 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
1955 source using the HTTP Host header.
1956
1957 Using Host to locate alternative servers can provide faster
1958 connectivity with a range of failure recovery options.
1959 But can also lead to connectivity trouble when the client and
1960 server are attempting stateful interactions unaware of the proxy.
1961
1962 This option (on by default) prevents alternative DNS entries being
1963 located to send intercepted traffic DIRECT to an origin server.
1964 The clients original destination IP and port will be used instead.
1965
1966 Regardless of this option setting, when dealing with intercepted
1967 traffic Squid will verify the Host: header and any traffic which
1968 fails Host verification will be treated as if this option were ON.
1969
1970 see host_verify_strict for details on the verification process.
cccac0a2 1971DOC_END
1972
41bd17a4 1973COMMENT_START
1974 SSL OPTIONS
1975 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1976COMMENT_END
1977
1978NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1979IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1980TYPE: onoff
1981DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1982LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1983DOC_START
41bd17a4 1984 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1985 messages.
cccac0a2 1986DOC_END
1987
41bd17a4 1988NAME: ssl_engine
1989IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1990TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1991LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1992DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1993DOC_START
41bd17a4 1994 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1995 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1996DOC_END
1997
41bd17a4 1998NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1999IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 2000DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2001LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
2002TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2003DOC_START
41bd17a4 2004 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2005DOC_END
2006
41bd17a4 2007NAME: sslproxy_client_key
2008IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 2009DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2010LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
2011TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2012DOC_START
41bd17a4 2013 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2014DOC_END
2015
41bd17a4 2016NAME: sslproxy_version
2017IFDEF: USE_SSL
2018DEFAULT: 1
2019LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
2020TYPE: int
cccac0a2 2021DOC_START
41bd17a4 2022 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2024 The versions of SSL/TLS supported:
2025
2026 1 automatic (default)
2027 2 SSLv2 only
2028 3 SSLv3 only
2029 4 TLSv1.0 only
2030 5 TLSv1.1 only
2031 6 TLSv1.2 only
cccac0a2 2032DOC_END
2033
41bd17a4 2034NAME: sslproxy_options
2035IFDEF: USE_SSL
2036DEFAULT: none
2037LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
2038TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2039DOC_START
943c5f16 2040 SSL implementation options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2041
2042 The most important being:
2043
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2044 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2045 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2046 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2047 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2048 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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2049 SINGLE_DH_USE
2050 Always create a new key when using temporary/ephemeral
2051 DH key exchanges
2052 SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
2053 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets. Some servers
2054 may have problems understanding the TLS extension due
2055 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2056 ALL Enable various bug workarounds suggested as "harmless"
2057 by OpenSSL. Be warned that this may reduce SSL/TLS
2058 strength to some attacks.
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2060 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2061 complete list of possible options.
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2063
41bd17a4 2064NAME: sslproxy_cipher
2065IFDEF: USE_SSL
2066DEFAULT: none
2067LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
2068TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2069DOC_START
41bd17a4 2070 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2071
2072 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 2073DOC_END
2074
41bd17a4 2075NAME: sslproxy_cafile
2076IFDEF: USE_SSL
2077DEFAULT: none
2078LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
2079TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2080DOC_START
41bd17a4 2081 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
2082 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2083DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2085NAME: sslproxy_capath
2086IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 2087DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2088LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
2089TYPE: string
5473c134 2090DOC_START
41bd17a4 2091 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
2092 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 2093DOC_END
2094
4c9da963 2095NAME: ssl_bump
2096IFDEF: USE_SSL
caf3666d 2097TYPE: sslproxy_ssl_bump
4c9da963 2098LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
2099DEFAULT: none
2100DOC_START
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2101 This option is consulted when a CONNECT request is received on
2102 an http_port (or a new connection is intercepted at an
2103 https_port), provided that port was configured with an ssl-bump
2104 flag. The subsequent data on the connection is either treated as
2105 HTTPS and decrypted OR tunneled at TCP level without decryption,
2106 depending on the first bumping "mode" which ACLs match.
2107
2108 ssl_bump <mode> [!]acl ...
2109
2110 The following bumping modes are supported:
2111
2112 client-first
2113 Allow bumping of the connection. Establish a secure connection
2114 with the client first, then connect to the server. This old mode
2115 does not allow Squid to mimic server SSL certificate and does
2116 not work with intercepted SSL connections.
2117
2118 server-first
2119 Allow bumping of the connection. Establish a secure connection
2120 with the server first, then establish a secure connection with
2121 the client, using a mimicked server certificate. Works with both
2122 CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL connections.
2123
2124 none
2125 Become a TCP tunnel without decoding the connection.
2126 Works with both CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL
2127 connections. This is the default behavior when no
2128 ssl_bump option is given or no ssl_bump ACLs match.
2129
2130 By default, no connections are bumped.
2131
2132 The first matching ssl_bump option wins. If no ACLs match, the
2133 connection is not bumped. Unlike most allow/deny ACL lists, ssl_bump
2134 does not have an implicit "negate the last given option" rule. You
2135 must make that rule explicit if you convert old ssl_bump allow/deny
2136 rules that rely on such an implicit rule.
4c9da963 2137
e0c0d54c 2138 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 2139 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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2142
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2145 # localhost and those going to example.com.
e0855596 2146
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2149 ssl_bump none broken_sites
2150 ssl_bump server-first all
4c9da963 2151DOC_END
2152
41bd17a4 2153NAME: sslproxy_flags
2154IFDEF: USE_SSL
2155DEFAULT: none
2156LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
2157TYPE: string
5473c134 2158DOC_START
41bd17a4 2159 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 2160 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
2161 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 2162 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
2163 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 2164DOC_END
2165
4c9da963 2166NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
2167IFDEF: USE_SSL
2168DEFAULT: none
2169LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
2170TYPE: acl_access
2171DOC_START
2172 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
2173
2174 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
3b8f558c 2175 when talking to servers for example.com. All other
4c9da963 2176 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
2177
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2179 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenButTrustedServers
4c9da963 2180 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
2181
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2183 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
2184 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 2185
2186 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
2187 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
2188 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
2189 the connection may be insecure.
2190
2191 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
2192
e0855596 2193 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 2194DOC_END
2195
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2196NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign
2197IFDEF: USE_SSL
2198DEFAULT: none
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2199POSTSCRIPTUM: signUntrusted ssl::certUntrusted
2200POSTSCRIPTUM: signSelf ssl::certSelfSigned
2201POSTSCRIPTUM: signTrusted all
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2202TYPE: sslproxy_cert_sign
2203LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_sign
2204DOC_START
2205
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69742b76 2208 The following certificate signing algorithms are supported:
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2211 placed in and trusted by end-user browsers. This is the
2212 default for trusted origin server certificates.
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2215 This is the default for untrusted origin server certificates
2216 that are not self-signed (see ssl::certUntrusted).
aebe6888 2217 signSelf
69742b76 2218 Sign using a self-signed certificate with the right CN to
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2221 certificates (see ssl::certSelfSigned).
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2224
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2226 signing algorithm to generate the certificate and ignores all
2227 subsequent sslproxy_cert_sign options (the first match wins). If no
2228 acl(s) match, the default signing algorithm is determined by errors
2229 detected when obtaining and validating the origin server certificate.
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2232 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2233 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2234 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2235 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2236 bump-server-first is used.
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2238
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2239NAME: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2240IFDEF: USE_SSL
2241DEFAULT: none
2242TYPE: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2243LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_adapt
2244DOC_START
2245
2246 sslproxy_cert_adapt <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
2247
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2251 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
fb2178bb 2252 setValidBefore
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2254 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
2255 setCommonName or setCommonName{CN}
2256 Sets Subject.CN property to the host name specified as a
2257 CN parameter or, if no explicit CN parameter was specified,
2258 extracted from the CONNECT request. It is a misconfiguration
2259 to use setCommonName without an explicit parameter for
2260 intercepted or tproxied SSL connections.
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2263
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2265 Within a group, when sslproxy_cert_adapt acl(s) match, Squid uses the
2266 corresponding adaptation algorithm to generate the certificate and
2267 ignores all subsequent sslproxy_cert_adapt options in that algorithm's
2268 group (i.e., the first match wins within each algorithm group). If no
2269 acl(s) match, the default mimicking action takes place.
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2272 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2273 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2274 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2275 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2276 bump-server-first is used.
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2278
41bd17a4 2279NAME: sslpassword_program
2280IFDEF: USE_SSL
2281DEFAULT: none
2282LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
2283TYPE: string
5473c134 2284DOC_START
41bd17a4 2285 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
2286 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
2287 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
2288 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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2290 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2291 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2292 keys.
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2296 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2297 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2298COMMENT_END
2299
2300NAME: sslcrtd_program
2301TYPE: eol
2302IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2303DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2304LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2305DOC_START
2306 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2307 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2308 For more information use:
2309 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2310DOC_END
2311
2312NAME: sslcrtd_children
2313TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2314IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2315DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2316LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2317DOC_START
2318 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2319 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2320
2321 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2322 tuning.
2323
2324 startup=N
2325
2326 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2327 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2328 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2329
2330 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2331 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2332
2333 idle=N
2334
2335 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2336 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2337 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2338 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2339
2340 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2341DOC_END
2342
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41bd17a4 2344 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
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2346COMMENT_END
2347
41bd17a4 2348NAME: cache_peer
2349TYPE: peer
2350DEFAULT: none
2351LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2352DOC_START
41bd17a4 2353 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 2355 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
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41bd17a4 2357 For example,
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41bd17a4 2359 # proxy icp
2360 # hostname type port port options
2361 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2362 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2363 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2364 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2e9993e1 2365 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 default
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2366 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2367
2368 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2369
2370 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2371 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2372 For web servers this is usually 80
2373
2374 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2375 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2376 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2377
2378
2379 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2380
2381 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2382 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2383
2384
2385 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2386
2387 multicast-responder
2388 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2389 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2390 replies will be accepted from it.
2391
2392 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2393 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2394
2395 background-ping
2396 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2397 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2398 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2399
2400
2401 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2402
2403 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2404 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2405
2406
2407 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2408 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2410 list of options described below.
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18191440 2412 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2413
18191440 2414 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2415 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2416 only-clr.
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2418 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
2419 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 2421 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2422 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
2423 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2424
18191440 2425 htcp=forward-clr
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2426 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2427
2428
2429 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2430
2431 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2432 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2433
2434
2435 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2436 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2437 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2438
2439 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2440 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2441 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2442
2443 weighted-round-robin
2444 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2445 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2446 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2447 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2448 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2449
2450 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2451 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2452 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2453
2454 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2455
2456 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2458 multicast-siblings
2459 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2460 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2e9993e1 2461 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a multicast
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2463 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2464 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2465 members of the same multicast group.
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2467
2468 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2469
2470 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2471 peer-selection mechanisms.
2472 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2473 larger weights are favored more.
2474 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2475 protocol is not in use.
2476
2477 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2478 times of parents.
2479 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2480 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2481 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2482
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2483 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
2484 to this address.
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2485 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
2486 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2487 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2488 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2489
2490 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2491 delay pools.
2492
2493 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2494 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2495 than the Squid default location.
2496
2497
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2499
2500 carp-key=key-specification
2501 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2502 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2503 scheme, host, port, path, params
2504 Order is not important.
2505
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2506 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
2507
2508 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2509 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2510 is a web server.
2511
2512 forceddomain=name
2513 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2514 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2515 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2516 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2517
2518 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2519
2520 no-netdb-exchange
2521 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2522
2523
2524 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2525
2526 login=user:password
2527 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2528 requires proxy authentication.
2529
2530 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2531 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2532
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2533 login=PASSTHRU
2534 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2535 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2536 without alteration to the peer.
2537 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2538
2539 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2540 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2541 connection-auth options are also used.
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2543 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
2544 Authentication is not required by this option.
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2546 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
2547 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2549 they may be sent instead.
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2550
2551 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2552 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2553 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2554 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2555 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2556
2557 login=*:password
2558 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2559 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2560 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2561 needed to identify each user.
2562 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2563 information which is added to the username. This can
2564 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2565 the login=username:password option above.
2566
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2567 login=NEGOTIATE
2568 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2569 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2570 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2571 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2572
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2574 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2575 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2576
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2577 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
2578 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2579 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2580 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2581 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2582 used.
2583
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2585 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2586 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2587
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2588 connection-auth=on|off
2589 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2590 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2591 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2592 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2593 of the peer.
2594
2595
2596 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2597
2598 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2599
2600 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2601 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2602 this peer.
2603
2604 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2605 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2606 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2607 reference a combined file containing both the
2608 certificate and the key.
2609
3d96b0e8 2610 sslversion=1|2|3|4|5|6
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2611 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2612 1 = automatic (default)
2613 2 = SSL v2 only
2614 3 = SSL v3 only
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2615 4 = TLS v1.0 only
2616 5 = TLS v1.1 only
2617 6 = TLS v1.2 only
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2618
2619 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2620 to this peer.
2621
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2623
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2624 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2625 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2626 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2627 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2628 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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2629 SINGLE_DH_USE
2630 Always create a new key when using
2631 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
2632 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
2633 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
2634 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
2635 strength to some attacks.
2636
2637 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2638 more complete list.
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2639
2640 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2641 when verifying the peer certificate.
2642
2643 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2644 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2645
2646 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2647 verifying the peer certificate.
2648
2649 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2650
41bd17a4 2651 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2652 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2653 verify.
2654 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2655 Don't use the default CA list built in
2656 to OpenSSL.
2657 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2658 Don't verify the peer certificate
2659 matches the server name
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2660
2661 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2662 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2663 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2664 used.
2665
2666 front-end-https
2667 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2668 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2669 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2670 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2671 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2672
2673
2674 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2675
2676 connect-timeout=N
2677 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2678 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2679
2680 connect-fail-limit=N
2681 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2682 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2683
2684 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2685 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2686 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2687 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2688 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2689 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2690 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2691
2692 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2693 peer. see also
2694
2695 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2696 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2697 but different ports.
2698 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2699 directives to dentify the peer.
2700 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2701 peername ACL type.
2702
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2703 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
2704 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2705
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2706 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
2707
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cccac0a2 2709
41bd17a4 2710NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2711TYPE: hostdomain
2712DEFAULT: none
2713LOC: none
2714DOC_START
2715 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2716 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 2717
41bd17a4 2718 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2719 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2720
41bd17a4 2721 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 2722
41bd17a4 2723 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 2724
41bd17a4 2725 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2726 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2727 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2728 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2729 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2730
41bd17a4 2731 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2732 either on the same or separate lines.
2733 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2734 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2735 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2736 for all requests.
2737 * There are no defaults.
2738 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2739 section.
2740DOC_END
dd9b1776 2741
41bd17a4 2742NAME: cache_peer_access
2743TYPE: peer_access
2744DEFAULT: none
2745LOC: none
2746DOC_START
2747 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2748 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2749
41bd17a4 2750 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2751
41bd17a4 2752 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2753 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2754 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2755DOC_END
dd9b1776 2756
41bd17a4 2757NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2758TYPE: hostdomaintype
2759DEFAULT: none
2760LOC: none
2761DOC_START
2762 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
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41bd17a4 2764 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2765 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2766 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2767 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2768 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2769 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2770
41bd17a4 2771EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2772 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2773 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2774 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2775DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2777NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2778COMMENT: (seconds)
2779DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2780TYPE: time_t
2781LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2782DOC_START
2783 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2784 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2785 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2786 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2787 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2788 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2789
41bd17a4 2790 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2791 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2792 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2793 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2794 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2795 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2796 instead of to your parents.
2797DOC_END
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2799NAME: forward_max_tries
2800DEFAULT: 10
2801TYPE: int
2802LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2803DOC_START
2804 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2805 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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2806
2807 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
2808 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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2809DOC_END
2810
41bd17a4 2811NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2812TYPE: wordlist
2813DEFAULT: none
2814LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2815DOC_START
2816 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2817 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2818 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2819 list this option multiple times.
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2821 Example:
2822 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
2823
2824 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
6b698a21 2825DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2827COMMENT_START
2828 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2829 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2830COMMENT_END
2831
2832NAME: cache_mem
2833COMMENT: (bytes)
2834TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2835DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2836LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2837DOC_START
41bd17a4 2838 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2839 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2840 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2841 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2842
2843 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2844 for:
2845 * In-Transit objects
2846 * Hot Objects
2847 * Negative-Cached objects
2848
2849 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2850 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2851 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2852 priority.
2853
2854 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2855 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2856 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2857 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2858 not needed for in-transit objects.
2859
2860 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2861 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2862 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2863 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2864 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2865 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2866 objects.
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2868 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
2869 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
2870 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
2871 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 2872DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2874NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2875COMMENT: (bytes)
2876TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2877DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2878LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2879DOC_START
41bd17a4 2880 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2881 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2882 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2883 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
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2887COMMENT: on|off
2888TYPE: YesNoNone
2889LOC: Config.memShared
2890DEFAULT: none
70f856bc 2891DEFAULT_DOC: "on" where supported if doing memory caching with multiple SMP workers.
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2893 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
2894
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2896 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
2897 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
2898 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
2899 caching is enabled).
2900
65b81b27 2901 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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2903 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
2904 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
2905 and GCC-style atomic operations).
2906
2907 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
2908 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
2909 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
2910
2911 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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2913
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2914NAME: memory_cache_mode
2915TYPE: memcachemode
2916LOC: Config
2917DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2918DOC_START
ea21d497 2919 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2920
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2921 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2922
2923 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2924 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2925 a second time before cached in memory.
2926
2927 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2929
41bd17a4 2930NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2931TYPE: removalpolicy
2932LOC: Config.memPolicy
2933DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2934DOC_START
41bd17a4 2935 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2936 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2937
41bd17a4 2938 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2939DOC_END
6b698a21 2940
41bd17a4 2941COMMENT_START
2942 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2943 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2944COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2945
41bd17a4 2946NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2947TYPE: removalpolicy
2948LOC: Config.replPolicy
2949DEFAULT: lru
2950DOC_START
2951 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2952 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2953
41bd17a4 2954 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2955 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2956 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2957 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2958
41bd17a4 2959 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2960
41bd17a4 2961 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2962
41bd17a4 2963 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2964 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2965 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2966 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2967
41bd17a4 2968 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2969 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2970 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2971 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2972
41bd17a4 2973 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2974 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2975 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2976
41bd17a4 2977 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2978 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2979 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2980
41bd17a4 2981 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2982 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2983 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2984DOC_END
0976f8db 2985
41bd17a4 2986NAME: cache_dir
2987TYPE: cachedir
2988DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2989LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2990DOC_START
41bd17a4 2991 Usage:
0976f8db 2992
41bd17a4 2993 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2994
41bd17a4 2995 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2996 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2997
41bd17a4 2998 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2999 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
3000 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 3001
41bd17a4 3002 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
3003 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
3004 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
3005 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
3006 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
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3008 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
3009 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
3010 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
3011
41bd17a4 3012 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 3013
41bd17a4 3014 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
3015 been there.
0976f8db 3016
41bd17a4 3017 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 3018
41bd17a4 3019 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
3020 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
3021 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
3022 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
3023 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 3024
56fba4d0 3025 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3026 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 3027
56fba4d0 3028 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3029 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
3030 is 256.
0976f8db 3031
41bd17a4 3032 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 3033
41bd17a4 3034 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
3035 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3036 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 3037
41bd17a4 3038 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 3039
41bd17a4 3040 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 3041
41bd17a4 3042 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 3043
41bd17a4 3044 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
3045 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3046 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 3047
41bd17a4 3048 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 3049
41bd17a4 3050 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 3051
41bd17a4 3052 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
3053 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
3054 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 3055
41bd17a4 3056 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
3057 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
3058 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 3059
41bd17a4 3060 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
3061 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
3062 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
3063 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
3064 time.
0976f8db 3065
2e55f083 3066 The rock store type:
e2851fe7 3067
df881a0f 3068 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes <max-size=bytes> [options]
e2851fe7 3069
2e55f083 3070 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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3071 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots,
3072 one entry per slot. The database size is specified in MB. The
3073 slot size is specified in bytes using the max-size option. See
3074 below for more info on the max-size option.
3075
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3076 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
3077 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
3078 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
3079 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
3080 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
3081 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
3082 expected swap wait time.
3083
df881a0f 3084 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
1e614370 3085 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap out requests that
df881a0f 3086 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
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3087 delayed. Individual swap in requests (i.e., hits or reads) are
3088 not delayed, but they do contribute to measured swap rate and
3089 since they are placed in the same FIFO queue as swap out
3090 requests, they may wait longer if max-swap-rate is smaller.
3091 This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
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3092 many" writes and then start blocking Squid and other processes
3093 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
3094 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
3095 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
3096 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
3097 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
3098
3099
41bd17a4 3100 The coss store type:
0976f8db 3101
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3102 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
3103 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
3104 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
3105
41bd17a4 3106 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
3107 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
3108 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
3109 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
3110 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
3111 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
3112 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 3113
41bd17a4 3114 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
3115 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
3116 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 3117
41bd17a4 3118 Common options:
0976f8db 3119
41bd17a4 3120 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 3121
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3122 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
3123 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
3124 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
3125 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
3126
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3127 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
3128 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 3129 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
3130 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
3131 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 3132
41bd17a4 3133 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
3134 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
3135 option.
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3137
3138# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
3139#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 3140NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 3141DOC_END
0976f8db 3142
41bd17a4 3143NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3144TYPE: string
3145LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3146DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 3147DOC_START
41bd17a4 3148 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 3149DOC_END
0976f8db 3150
41bd17a4 3151NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3152TYPE: int
3153LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3154DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 3155DOC_START
41bd17a4 3156 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3157 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3158 descriptors are open.
3159
3160 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 3161DOC_END
0976f8db 3162
41bd17a4 3163NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 3164COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 3165TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 3166DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 3167LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 3168DOC_START
41bd17a4 3169 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3170 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
3171 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 3172DOC_END
0976f8db 3173
41bd17a4 3174NAME: maximum_object_size
3175COMMENT: (bytes)
3176TYPE: b_int64_t
3177DEFAULT: 4096 KB
3178LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 3179DOC_START
41bd17a4 3180 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3181 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
3182 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
3183 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
3184 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
3185 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 3186
41bd17a4 3187 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
3188 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
3189 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 3190DOC_END
0976f8db 3191
41bd17a4 3192NAME: cache_swap_low
3193COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 3194TYPE: int
41bd17a4 3195DEFAULT: 90
3196LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
3197DOC_NONE
3198
3199NAME: cache_swap_high
3200COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3201TYPE: int
3202DEFAULT: 95
3203LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 3204DOC_START
41bd17a4 3205
3206 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
3207 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3208 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3209 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3210 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3211 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3212
3213 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3214 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3215 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 3216DOC_END
0976f8db 3217
5473c134 3218COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 3219 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 3220 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3221COMMENT_END
0976f8db 3222
41bd17a4 3223NAME: logformat
3224TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 3225LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 3226DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 3227DOC_START
41bd17a4 3228 Usage:
0976f8db 3229
41bd17a4 3230 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 3231
41bd17a4 3232 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 3233
41bd17a4 3234 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 3235
41bd17a4 3236 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
3237 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
3238 as required according to their context and the output format
3239 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
3240 output format is desired.
6b698a21 3241
41bd17a4 3242 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 3243
41bd17a4 3244 " output in quoted string format
3245 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
3246 # output in URL quoted format
3247 ' output as-is
5473c134 3248
41bd17a4 3249 - left aligned
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3250
3251 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
3252 [width_min][.width_max]
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3253 When minimum starts with 0, the field is zero-padded.
3254 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 3255
41bd17a4 3256 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 3257
41bd17a4 3258 Format codes:
5473c134 3259
3ff65596 3260 % a literal % character
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3261 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
3262 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
3263 a similar internal error identifier.
3264 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
3265
3266 Connection related format codes:
3267
41bd17a4 3268 >a Client source IP address
3269 >A Client FQDN
3270 >p Client source port
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3271 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
3272 >la Local IP address the client connected to
3273 >lp Local port number the client connected to
3274
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3275 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
3276 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
3277
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3278 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
3279 <A Server FQDN or peer name
3280 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 3281 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 3282 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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3283
3284 Time related format codes:
3285
41bd17a4 3286 ts Seconds since epoch
3287 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
3288 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3289 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3290 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3291 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3292 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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3293 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
3294
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3295 Access Control related format codes:
3296
3297 et Tag returned by external acl
3298 ea Log string returned by external acl
3299 un User name (any available)
3300 ul User name from authentication
3301 ue User name from external acl helper
3302 ui User name from ident
3303 us User name from SSL
3304
3305 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 3306
ca2e92d8 3307 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 3308 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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3309 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
3310 Optional header name argument as for >h
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3311 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
3312 as for >h
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3313 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
3314 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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3315 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
3316 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
3317 transfer encoding and control messages.
3318 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
3319 received bodies.
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3320 [http::]mt MIME content type
3321 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
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3322 [http::]>rm Request method from client
3323 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
3324 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
3325 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
3326 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
3ff65596 3327 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
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3328 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
3329 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sento to server or peer
3ff65596 3330 [http::]rv Request protocol version
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3331 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
3332 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
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3333 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
3334 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
3335 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
3336 are not included
3337 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
3338 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
3339 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
3340 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
3341 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
3342 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
3343 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
3344 and stops when the last response byte is received.
3345 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
3346 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
3347 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
3348 with the last I/O with the last peer.
3349
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3350 Squid handling related format codes:
3351
3352 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
3353 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
3354
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3355 SSL-related format codes:
3356
3357 ssl::bump_mode SslBump decision for the transaction:
3358
3359 For CONNECT requests that initiated bumping of
3360 a connection and for any request received on
3361 an already bumped connection, Squid logs the
3362 corresponding SslBump mode ("server-first" or
3363 "client-first"). See the ssl_bump option for
3364 more information about these modes.
3365
3366 A "none" token is logged for requests that
3367 triggered "ssl_bump" ACL evaluation matching
3368 either a "none" rule or no rules at all.
3369
3370 In all other cases, a single dash ("-") is
3371 logged.
3372
5038f9d8 3373 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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3374 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
3375
3376 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
3377 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
3378 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
3379 transaction is in progress.
3380
5038f9d8 3381 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
3ff65596 3382
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3383 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
3384 meta-information from the last eCAP
3385 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
3386 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
3387 argument.
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3388
3389 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
3390 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
3391 the order of transaction start time. Each time
3392 value is recorded as an integer number,
3393 representing response time of one or more
3394 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
3395 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3396 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3397 logged individually but added to the
3398 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3399 adapt::all_trs.
3400
3401 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3402 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3403 individual transactions are never added
3404 together. Instead, all transaction response
3405 times are recorded individually.
3406
3407 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3408 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3409 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 3410
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3411 If SSL is enabled, the following formating codes become available:
3412
3413 %ssl::>cert_subject The Subject field of the received client
3414 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
3415 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
3416 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
3417 logged value because Subject often has spaces.
3418
3419 %ssl::>cert_issuer The Issuer field of the received client
3420 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
3421 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
3422 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
3423 logged value because Issuer often has spaces.
3424
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3425 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
3426
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3427logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
3428logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
3429logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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3430logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
3431logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
3432
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3433 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
3434 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
3435 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
3436
3437 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
3438 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 3439
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3441
41bd17a4 3442NAME: access_log cache_access_log
3443TYPE: access_log
3444LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 3445DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 3446DOC_START
41bd17a4 3447 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
3448 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 3449 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 3450 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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3451
3452 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 3453 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3454 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3455 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3456
3457 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3458
bb7a1781 3459 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3460 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3461
3462 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3463 each request.
3464 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3465
3466 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3467 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3468 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3469
3470 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3471
3472 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3473 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3474 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 3475
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3476 where facility could be any of:
3477 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3478
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3479 And priority could be any of:
3480 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3481
3482 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3483 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 3484 Place Format: //host:port
df2eec10 3485
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3486 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3487 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 3488 Place Format: //host:port
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3489
3490 Default:
82b7abe3 3491 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3492DOC_END
5473c134 3493
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3494NAME: icap_log
3495TYPE: access_log
3496IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3497LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3498DEFAULT: none
3499DOC_START
3500 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3501 transaction.
3502
3503 The icap_log option format is:
3504 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3505 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3506
3507 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3508 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3509 features.
3510
3511 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3512 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3513 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3514 log line.
3515
3516 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3517 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3518 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3519 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3520 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3521 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3522 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3523
3524 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3525
3526 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3527
3528 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3529 option in Squid configuration file.
3530
3531 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3532
3533 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3534 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3535
3536 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3537 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3538
3539 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3540 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3541 the socket).
3542
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3543 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
3544 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3545 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3546 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3547 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3548 computed.
3549
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3551 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3552 the ICAP transaction is created and
3553 stops when the transaction is completed.
3554 Similar to tr.
3555
3556 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3557 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3558 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3559 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3560 is received.
3561
3562 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3563 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3564 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3565 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3566 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3567 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3568
3569 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3570
3571 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3572
3573 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3574
3575 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3576 definition, is called icap_squid:
3577
3578logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3579
5038f9d8 3580 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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3582
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3583NAME: logfile_daemon
3584TYPE: string
3585DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3586LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3587DOC_START
3588 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3589 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3590
3591 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3592 L<data>\n - logfile data
3593 R\n - rotate file
3594 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 3595 O\n - reopen file
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3596 F\n - flush file
3597 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3598 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3599
3600 No responses is expected.
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3602
5b0f5383 3603NAME: log_access
3604TYPE: acl_access
3605LOC: Config.accessList.log
3606DEFAULT: none
3607COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3608DOC_START
3609 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3610 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3611 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3612
3613 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3614 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3615DOC_END
3616
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3617NAME: log_icap
3618TYPE: acl_access
3619IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3620LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3621DEFAULT: none
3622DOC_START
3623 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3624 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3625DOC_END
3626
41bd17a4 3627NAME: cache_store_log
3628TYPE: string
df2eec10 3629DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3630LOC: Config.Log.store
3631DOC_START
3632 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3633 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3634 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
3635 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3636 disable it.
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3637
3638 Example:
3639 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3640DOC_END
3641
41bd17a4 3642NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3643TYPE: string
3644LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3645DEFAULT: none
3646DOC_START
41bd17a4 3647 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3648 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3649 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3650 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3651 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3652 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3653 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 3654
41bd17a4 3655 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3656 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3657 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3658 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3659
41bd17a4 3660 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3661 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 3662
41bd17a4 3663 cache_swap_log.00
3664 cache_swap_log.01
3665 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3666
41bd17a4 3667 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3668 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3669 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3670 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3671 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3672 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3673 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3674DOC_END
3675
41bd17a4 3676NAME: logfile_rotate
3677TYPE: int
3678DEFAULT: 10
3679LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3680DOC_START
41bd17a4 3681 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3682 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3683 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3684 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3685 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3686 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3687
41bd17a4 3688 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3689 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3690 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3691 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3692 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3693 <pid>'.
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3694
3695 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3696 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3697DOC_END
5473c134 3698
41bd17a4 3699NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 3700TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 3701DOC_START
20efa1c2 3702 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 3703DOC_END
3704
41bd17a4 3705NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 3706TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3707DOC_START
8652f8e7 3708 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 3709DOC_END
5473c134 3710
41bd17a4 3711NAME: mime_table
3712TYPE: string
3713DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3714LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3715DOC_START
3716 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3717 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3718 information if you do.
5473c134 3719DOC_END
3720
41bd17a4 3721NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3722COMMENT: on|off
3723TYPE: onoff
3724LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3725DEFAULT: off
3726DOC_START
3727 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3728 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3729 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3730 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3731 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3732DOC_END
5473c134 3733
41bd17a4 3734NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 3735TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3736DOC_START
20efa1c2 3737 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 3738DOC_END
3739
41bd17a4 3740NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 3741TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3742DOC_START
20efa1c2 3743 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 3744DOC_END
3745
41bd17a4 3746NAME: pid_filename
3747TYPE: string
3748DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3749LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3750DOC_START
41bd17a4 3751 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3752DOC_END
3753
41bd17a4 3754NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3755TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3756DOC_START
c581e96b 3757 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3758DOC_END
3759
41bd17a4 3760NAME: client_netmask
3761TYPE: address
3762LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3763DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3764DOC_START
41bd17a4 3765 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3766 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3767 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3768 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3769DOC_END
3770
41bd17a4 3771NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 3772TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3773DOC_START
20efa1c2 3774 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 3775DOC_END
3776
41bd17a4 3777NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3778TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3779LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3780DEFAULT: on
3781DOC_START
41bd17a4 3782 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3783 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3784DOC_END
3785
41bd17a4 3786NAME: buffered_logs
3787COMMENT: on|off
3788TYPE: onoff
3789DEFAULT: off
3790LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3791DOC_START
41bd17a4 3792 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3793 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3794 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3795 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3796 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
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2b753521 3799NAME: netdb_filename
3800TYPE: string
221faecb 3801DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 3802LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3803IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3804DOC_START
3805 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3806 To disable, enter "none".
3807DOC_END
3808
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3809COMMENT_START
3810 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3811 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3812COMMENT_END
3813
3814NAME: cache_log
3815TYPE: string
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3816DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3817LOC: Debug::cache_log
3818DOC_START
3819 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3820 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3821 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3822DOC_END
3823
3824NAME: debug_options
3825TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3826DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3827LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3828DOC_START
3829 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3830 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3831 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3832 log file, so be careful.
3833
3834 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3835 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3836
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3837 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
3838 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3839 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3840 events affecting Squid.
3841DOC_END
3842
3843NAME: coredump_dir
3844TYPE: string
3845LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3846DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3847DOC_START
3848 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3849 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3850 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3851 and coredump files will be left there.
3852
3853NOCOMMENT_START
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3855# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3856coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3857NOCOMMENT_END
3858DOC_END
3859
3860
41bd17a4 3861COMMENT_START
3862 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3863 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3864COMMENT_END
3865
3866NAME: ftp_user
3867TYPE: string
3868DEFAULT: Squid@
3869LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3870DOC_START
41bd17a4 3871 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3872 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3873 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3874
41bd17a4 3875 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3876 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3877 depending on how the cache is used.
3878 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3879 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3880DOC_END
0976f8db 3881
41bd17a4 3882NAME: ftp_passive
3883TYPE: onoff
3884DEFAULT: on
3885LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3886DOC_START
41bd17a4 3887 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3888 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 3889
3890 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3891DOC_END
3892
3893NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3894TYPE: onoff
3895DEFAULT: off
3896LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3897DOC_START
3898 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3899
3900 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3901 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3902 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3903
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3905 useful.
a689bd4e 3906 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3907 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3908
3909 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3910 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3911
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3913DOC_END
3914
3915NAME: ftp_epsv
3916TYPE: onoff
3917DEFAULT: on
3918LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3919DOC_START
3920 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3921
3922 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3923 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3924 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3925 will never be needed.
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3926
3927 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3928 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3929 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3930
3931 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3932DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3933
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3934NAME: ftp_eprt
3935TYPE: onoff
3936DEFAULT: on
3937LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3938DOC_START
3939 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3940
3941 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3942 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3943 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3944
3945 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3946 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3947
3948 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3949 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3950 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3951 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3952
3953 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3954 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3955DOC_END
3956
41bd17a4 3957NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3958TYPE: onoff
3959DEFAULT: on
3960LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3961DOC_START
3962 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3963 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3964 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3965 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3966 connection turn this off.
3967DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3968
41bd17a4 3969NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3970TYPE: onoff
3971DEFAULT: on
3972LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3973DOC_START
3974 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3975 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3976 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3977 the FTP protocol.
3978
3979 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3980 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3981 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3982 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3983 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3984DOC_END
3985
3986COMMENT_START
3987 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3988 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3989COMMENT_END
3990
3991NAME: diskd_program
3992TYPE: string
3993DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3994LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3995DOC_START
3996 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3997 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3998 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3999DOC_END
4000
4001NAME: unlinkd_program
4002IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
4003TYPE: string
4004DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
4005LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
4006DOC_START
4007 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
4008DOC_END
4009
4010NAME: pinger_program
4011TYPE: string
4012DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 4013LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 4014IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4015DOC_START
4016 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
4017DOC_END
4018
cc192b50 4019NAME: pinger_enable
4020TYPE: onoff
4021DEFAULT: on
4022LOC: Config.pinger.enable
4023IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4024DOC_START
4025 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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4027 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 4028DOC_END
4029
4030
41bd17a4 4031COMMENT_START
4032 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
4033 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4034COMMENT_END
4035
4036NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
4037TYPE: wordlist
4038LOC: Config.Program.redirect
4039DEFAULT: none
4040DOC_START
2c7aad89 4041 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 4042 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
4043
2c7aad89 4044 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 4045
c71adec1 4046 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
4047
4048 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
4049 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
4050 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
4051 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 4052
4053 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
4054 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
4055
4056 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
4057 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2c7aad89 4058 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily), etc.
41bd17a4 4059
4060 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
4061DOC_END
4062
4063NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 4064TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 4065DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 4066LOC: Config.redirectChildren
4067DOC_START
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4068 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
4069 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
4070 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
4071 and other system resources noticably.
4072
4073 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
4074 tuning.
4075
4076 startup=
4077
4078 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
4079 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
4080 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
4081
4082 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
4083 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
4084
4085 idle=
4086
4087 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
4088 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
4089 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
4090 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
4091
4092 concurrency=
41bd17a4 4093
41bd17a4 4094 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
4095 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
4096 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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4098 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
4099 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
4100 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
4101 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
4102 to that request.
41bd17a4 4103DOC_END
4104
4105NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
4106TYPE: onoff
4107DEFAULT: on
4108LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
4109DOC_START
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4110 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
4111 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
4112 any Host: header in redirected requests.
4113
4114 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
4115 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
4116 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
4117
41bd17a4 4118 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
4119 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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4120
4121 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
4122 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
4123 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 4124DOC_END
4125
4126NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
4127TYPE: acl_access
4128DEFAULT: none
4129LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
4130DOC_START
4131 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
4132 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
4133 are sent.
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4134
4135 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4136 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4137DOC_END
4138
4139NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
4140TYPE: onoff
4141LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4142DEFAULT: off
4143DOC_START
4144 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4145 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
4146 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4147 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4148 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4149 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4150 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
4151 users may have access to pages they should not
4152 be allowed to request.
4153DOC_END
4154
4155COMMENT_START
4156 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
4157 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4158COMMENT_END
4159
f04b37d8 4160NAME: cache no_cache
4161TYPE: acl_access
4162DEFAULT: none
4163LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 4164DOC_START
240887f0 4165 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 4166 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
4167 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 4168
240887f0 4169 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
4170 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 4171
240887f0 4172 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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4173
4174 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4175 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4176DOC_END
4177
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4178NAME: max_stale
4179COMMENT: time-units
4180TYPE: time_t
4181LOC: Config.maxStale
4182DEFAULT: 1 week
4183DOC_START
4184 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
4185 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
4186 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
4187DOC_END
4188
41bd17a4 4189NAME: refresh_pattern
4190TYPE: refreshpattern
4191LOC: Config.Refresh
4192DEFAULT: none
4193DOC_START
4194 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 4195
6b698a21 4196 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
4197 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 4198
41bd17a4 4199 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
4200 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
4201 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
4202 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
4203 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 4204
41bd17a4 4205 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
4206 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
4207 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 4208
41bd17a4 4209 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
4210 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 4211
41bd17a4 4212 options: override-expire
4213 override-lastmod
4214 reload-into-ims
4215 ignore-reload
4216 ignore-no-cache
4217 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 4218 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 4219 ignore-private
4220 ignore-auth
570d3f75 4221 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 4222 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 4223 store-stale
a0ec9f68 4224
41bd17a4 4225 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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4226 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
4227 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
4228 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
4229 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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4231 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
4232 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
4233 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
4234 the object fresh for that period of time.
4235
41bd17a4 4236 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
4237 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 4238
41bd17a4 4239 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
4240 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
4241 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4242 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 4243
41bd17a4 4244 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
4245 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4246 this feature could make you liable for problems which
4247 it causes.
9bc73deb 4248
41bd17a4 4249 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
4250 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
4251 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
4252 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
4253 send it anyway.
4254
4255 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
4256 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4257 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4258 liable for problems which it causes.
4259
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4260 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
4261 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4262 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4263 liable for problems which it causes.
4264
41bd17a4 4265 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
4266 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4267 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4268 liable for problems which it causes.
4269
4270 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
4271 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
4272 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
4273 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
4274 it causes.
4275
4276 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
4277 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
4278 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
4279 if one is available.
4280
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4281 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
4282 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
4283 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
4284 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
4285 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
4286
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4287 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
4288 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
4289 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
4290
41bd17a4 4291 Basically a cached object is:
4292
4293 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
4294 STALE if age > max
4295 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
4296 FRESH if age < min
4297 else STALE
4298
4299 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
4300 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
4301 match the default will be used.
4302
4303 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
4304 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
4305 used.
4306
41bd17a4 4307NOCOMMENT_START
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4309# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 4310refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
4311refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 4312refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 4313refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
4314NOCOMMENT_END
4315DOC_END
4316
4317NAME: quick_abort_min
4318COMMENT: (KB)
4319TYPE: kb_int64_t
4320DEFAULT: 16 KB
4321LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
4322DOC_NONE
4323
4324NAME: quick_abort_max
4325COMMENT: (KB)
4326TYPE: kb_int64_t
4327DEFAULT: 16 KB
4328LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
4329DOC_NONE
4330
4331NAME: quick_abort_pct
4332COMMENT: (percent)
4333TYPE: int
4334DEFAULT: 95
4335LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
4336DOC_START
4337 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
4338 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
4339 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
4340 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
4341 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
4342 downloads.
4343
4344 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
4345 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
4346 then.
4347
4348 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
4349 it will finish the retrieval.
4350
4351 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
4352 it will abort the retrieval.
4353
4354 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
4355 it will finish the retrieval.
4356
4357 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
4358 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
4359 to '0 KB'.
4360
4361 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
4362 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
4363DOC_END
60d096f4 4364
41bd17a4 4365NAME: read_ahead_gap
4366COMMENT: buffer-size
4367TYPE: b_int64_t
4368LOC: Config.readAheadGap
4369DEFAULT: 16 KB
4370DOC_START
4371 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
4372 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
4373DOC_END
53e738c6 4374
41bd17a4 4375NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 4376IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4377COMMENT: time-units
4378TYPE: time_t
4379LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 4380DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 4381DOC_START
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4382 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
4383 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
4384 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
4385 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
4386 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
4387 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
4388
4389 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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4390
4391 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4392 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4393 causes.
41bd17a4 4394DOC_END
53e738c6 4395
41bd17a4 4396NAME: positive_dns_ttl
4397COMMENT: time-units
4398TYPE: time_t
4399LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
4400DEFAULT: 6 hours
4401DOC_START
4402 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
4403 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
4404 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
4405DOC_END
c4ab8329 4406
41bd17a4 4407NAME: negative_dns_ttl
4408COMMENT: time-units
4409TYPE: time_t
4410LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
4411DEFAULT: 1 minutes
4412DOC_START
4413 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
4414 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
4415 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
4416 much below 10 seconds.
4417DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4419NAME: range_offset_limit
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4420COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
4421TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 4422LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 4423DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4424DOC_START
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4425 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
4426
4427 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
4428 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
4429 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
4430 the result is NOT cached.
4431
41bd17a4 4432 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
4433 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
4434 sending anything to the client.
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4435
4436 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
4437 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
4438 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
4439 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
4440
4441 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
4442
4443 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
4444 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
4445
4446 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 4447 client requested. (default)
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4448
4449 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 4450 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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4451
4452 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
4453
4454 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
4455 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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4456 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
4457 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 4458DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4460NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4461COMMENT: (seconds)
4462TYPE: time_t
4463LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4464DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4465DOC_START
4466 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4467 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 4468 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 4469 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4470 is most likely better to make your server return a
4471 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4472 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4473 often be best set to 0.
4474DOC_END
c68e9c6b 4475
41bd17a4 4476NAME: store_avg_object_size
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4477COMMENT: (bytes)
4478TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 4479DEFAULT: 13 KB
4480LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4481DOC_START
4482 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4483 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 4484DOC_END
4485
41bd17a4 4486NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4487TYPE: int
4488DEFAULT: 20
4489LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4490DOC_START
4491 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4492 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4493 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4494DOC_END
4495
4496COMMENT_START
4497 HTTP OPTIONS
4498 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4499COMMENT_END
4500
f04b37d8 4501NAME: request_header_max_size
4502COMMENT: (KB)
4503TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4504DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4505LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4506DOC_START
4507 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4508 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4509 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4510 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4511 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4512DOC_END
4513
4514NAME: reply_header_max_size
4515COMMENT: (KB)
4516TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4517DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4518LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4519DOC_START
4520 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4521 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4522 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4523 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4524 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4525DOC_END
4526
4527NAME: request_body_max_size
4528COMMENT: (bytes)
4529TYPE: b_int64_t
4530DEFAULT: 0 KB
4531LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4532DOC_START
4533 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4534 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4535 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4536 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4537 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4538 be no limit imposed.
4539DOC_END
4540
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4541NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4542COMMENT: (bytes)
4543TYPE: b_size_t
4544DEFAULT: 512 KB
4545LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4546DOC_START
4547 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4548 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4549 a large file.
4550DOC_END
4551
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4552NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4553COMMENT: (bytes)
4554TYPE: b_int64_t
4555DEFAULT: 64 KB
4556LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4557DOC_START
4558 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4559 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4560 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4561 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4562 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4563 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4564
4565 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4566 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4567 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4568 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4569 as if dechunking was disabled.
4570
4571 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4572 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4573
4574 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4575 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4576 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4577DOC_END
4578
41bd17a4 4579NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4580IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4581TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4582DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4583LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4584DOC_START
41bd17a4 4585 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4586 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4587
41bd17a4 4588 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4589 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4590
41bd17a4 4591 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4592
41bd17a4 4593 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4594 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4595 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4596 a request with an extra CRLF.
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4598 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4599 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4600
41bd17a4 4601Example:
4602 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4603 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4604DOC_END
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22fff3bf 4606NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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4607COMMENT: on|off
4608TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 4609IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 4610DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 4611LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 4612DOC_START
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4613 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
4614 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
4615
4616 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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4617DOC_END
4618
41bd17a4 4619NAME: via
626096be 4620IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4621COMMENT: on|off
4622TYPE: onoff
4623DEFAULT: on
4624LOC: Config.onoff.via
4625DOC_START
4626 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4627 replies as required by RFC2616.
4628DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4629
41bd17a4 4630NAME: ie_refresh
4631COMMENT: on|off
4632TYPE: onoff
4633LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4634DEFAULT: off
4635DOC_START
4636 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4637 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4638 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4639 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4640 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4641 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4642 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4643 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4644 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4645 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4646 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4647 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4648 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4649 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4650 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4651 force fresh content.
4652DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4654NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4655COMMENT: on|off
4656TYPE: onoff
4657LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4658DEFAULT: off
4659DOC_START
4660 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4661 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4662 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4663 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4664 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4666 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4667 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4668DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4670NAME: request_entities
4671TYPE: onoff
4672LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4673DEFAULT: off
4674DOC_START
4675 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4676 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4677 even if not explicitly forbidden.
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41bd17a4 4679 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4680 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4681 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4682 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4683 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4684DOC_END
6b53c392 4685
41bd17a4 4686NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4687IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 4688TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 4689LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4690DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4691DOC_START
41bd17a4 4692 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4693
41bd17a4 4694 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4695 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4696 causes.
0976f8db 4697
41bd17a4 4698 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4699 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
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4700 more configurable. A list of ACLs for each header name allows
4701 removal of specific header fields under specific conditions.
4702
4703 This option only applies to outgoing HTTP request headers (i.e.,
4704 headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a cache peer
4705 or an origin server). The option has no effect during cache hit
4706 detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point in ICAP
4707 terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
4708
4709 The option is applied to individual outgoing request header
4710 fields. For each request header field F, Squid uses the first
4711 qualifying sets of request_header_access rules:
4712
4713 1. Rules with header_name equal to F's name.
4714 2. Rules with header_name 'Other', provided F's name is not
4715 on the hard-coded list of commonly used HTTP header names.
4716 3. Rules with header_name 'All'.
4717
4718 Within that qualifying rule set, rule ACLs are checked as usual.
4719 If ACLs of an "allow" rule match, the header field is allowed to
4720 go through as is. If ACLs of a "deny" rule match, the header is
4721 removed and request_header_replace is then checked to identify
4722 if the removed header has a replacement. If no rules within the
4723 set have matching ACLs, the header field is left as is.
5401aa8d 4724
41bd17a4 4725 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4726 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4727
41bd17a4 4728 request_header_access From deny all
4729 request_header_access Referer deny all
4730 request_header_access Server deny all
4731 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4732 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4733 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4734
41bd17a4 4735 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4736 you should use:
5401aa8d 4737
41bd17a4 4738 request_header_access Allow allow all
4739 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4740 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4741 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4742 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4743 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4744 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4745 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4746 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4747 request_header_access Date allow all
4748 request_header_access Expires allow all
4749 request_header_access Host allow all
4750 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4751 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4752 request_header_access Location allow all
4753 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4754 request_header_access Accept allow all
4755 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4756 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4757 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4758 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4759 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4760 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4761 request_header_access Title allow all
4762 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4763 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4764
41bd17a4 4765 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4766 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4767
41bd17a4 4768 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4769 performed).
5401aa8d 4770DOC_END
4771
41bd17a4 4772NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4773IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 4774TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 4775LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4776DEFAULT: none
4777DOC_START
41bd17a4 4778 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4779
41bd17a4 4780 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4781 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4782 causes.
934b03fc 4783
41bd17a4 4784 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4785 server to the client.
934b03fc 4786
41bd17a4 4787 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
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4788 direction. Please see request_header_access for detailed
4789 documentation.
cccac0a2 4790
41bd17a4 4791 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4792 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4793
41bd17a4 4794 reply_header_access From deny all
4795 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4796 reply_header_access Server deny all
4797 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4798 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4799 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4800
41bd17a4 4801 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4802 you should use:
cccac0a2 4803
41bd17a4 4804 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4805 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4806 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4807 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4808 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4809 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4810 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4811 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4812 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4813 reply_header_access Date allow all
4814 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4815 reply_header_access Host allow all
4816 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4817 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4818 reply_header_access Location allow all
4819 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4820 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4821 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4822 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4823 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4824 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4825 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4826 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4827 reply_header_access Title allow all
4828 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4829 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4830
41bd17a4 4831 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4832 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4833
41bd17a4 4834 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4835 performed).
cccac0a2 4836DOC_END
4837
75e4f2ea 4838NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 4839IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 4840TYPE: http_header_replace
41bd17a4 4841LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4842DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4843DOC_START
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4844 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4845 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4846
41bd17a4 4847 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
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4848 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4849 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
41bd17a4 4850 option.
cccac0a2 4851
41bd17a4 4852 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4853
41bd17a4 4854 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4855DOC_END
cccac0a2 4856
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4857NAME: reply_header_replace
4858IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 4859TYPE: http_header_replace
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4860LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4861DEFAULT: none
4862DOC_START
4863 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4864 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4865
4866 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4867 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4868 with some fixed string.
4869
4870 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4871
4872 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4873DOC_END
4874
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4875NAME: request_header_add
4876TYPE: HeaderWithAclList
4877LOC: Config.request_header_add
4878DEFAULT: none
4879DOC_START
4880 Usage: request_header_add field-name field-value acl1 [acl2] ...
4881 Example: request_header_add X-Client-CA "CA=%ssl::>cert_issuer" all
4882
4883 This option adds header fields to outgoing HTTP requests (i.e.,
4884 request headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a
4885 cache peer or an origin server). The option has no effect during
4886 cache hit detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point
4887 in ICAP terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
4888
4889 Field-name is a token specifying an HTTP header name. If a
4890 standard HTTP header name is used, Squid does not check whether
4891 the new header conflicts with any existing headers or violates
4892 HTTP rules. If the request to be modified already contains a
4893 field with the same name, the old field is preserved but the
4894 header field values are not merged.
4895
4896 Field-value is either a token or a quoted string. If quoted
4897 string format is used, then the surrounding quotes are removed
4898 while escape sequences and %macros are processed.
4899
4900 In theory, all of the logformat codes can be used as %macros.
4901 However, unlike logging (which happens at the very end of
4902 transaction lifetime), the transaction may not yet have enough
4903 information to expand a macro when the new header value is needed.
4904 And some information may already be available to Squid but not yet
4905 committed where the macro expansion code can access it (report
4906 such instances!). The macro will be expanded into a single dash
4907 ('-') in such cases. Not all macros have been tested.
4908
4909 One or more Squid ACLs may be specified to restrict header
4910 injection to matching requests. As always in squid.conf, all
4911 ACLs in an option ACL list must be satisfied for the insertion
4912 to happen. The request_header_add option supports fast ACLs
4913 only.
4914DOC_END
4915
41bd17a4 4916NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4917COMMENT: on|off|warn
4918TYPE: tristate
4919LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4920DEFAULT: on
4921DOC_START
4922 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4923 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4924 what the sending application intended even if the message
4925 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4926 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4927
41bd17a4 4928 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4929 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4930
41bd17a4 4931 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4932 or response to be rejected.
4933DOC_END
7d90757b 4934
41bd17a4 4935COMMENT_START
4936 TIMEOUTS
4937 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4938COMMENT_END
4939
4940NAME: forward_timeout
4941COMMENT: time-units
4942TYPE: time_t
4943LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4944DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4945DOC_START
4946 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4947 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4948DOC_END
4949
41bd17a4 4950NAME: connect_timeout
4951COMMENT: time-units
4952TYPE: time_t
4953LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4954DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4955DOC_START
41bd17a4 4956 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4957 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4958 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4959DOC_END
4960
41bd17a4 4961NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4962COMMENT: time-units
4963TYPE: time_t
4964LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4965DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4966DOC_START
41bd17a4 4967 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4968 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4969 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4970 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4971DOC_END
7f7db318 4972
41bd17a4 4973NAME: read_timeout
4974COMMENT: time-units
4975TYPE: time_t
4976LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4977DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4978DOC_START
4979 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4980 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4981 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4982 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4983 default is 15 minutes.
4984DOC_END
cccac0a2 4985
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4986NAME: write_timeout
4987COMMENT: time-units
4988TYPE: time_t
4989LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4990DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4991DOC_START
4992 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4993 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4994 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4995 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4996 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4997 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4998 default is 15 minutes.
4999DOC_END
5000
41bd17a4 5001NAME: request_timeout
5002TYPE: time_t
5003LOC: Config.Timeout.request
5004DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5005DOC_START
6b2a2108 5006 How long to wait for complete HTTP request headers after initial
41bd17a4 5007 connection establishment.
5008DOC_END
cccac0a2 5009
97b32442 5010NAME: client_idle_pconn_timeout persistent_request_timeout
41bd17a4 5011TYPE: time_t
97b32442 5012LOC: Config.Timeout.clientIdlePconn
41bd17a4 5013DEFAULT: 2 minutes
5014DOC_START
5015 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
97b32442 5016 client connection after the previous request completes.
41bd17a4 5017DOC_END
cccac0a2 5018
41bd17a4 5019NAME: client_lifetime
5020COMMENT: time-units
5021TYPE: time_t
5022LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
5023DEFAULT: 1 day
5024DOC_START
5025 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
5026 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
5027 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
5028 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
5029 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
5030 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
5031 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 5032
41bd17a4 5033 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
5034 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
5035 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
5036 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
5037 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
5038 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 5039DOC_END
5040
41bd17a4 5041NAME: half_closed_clients
5042TYPE: onoff
5043LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 5044DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 5045DOC_START
41bd17a4 5046 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
5047 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
5048 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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5049 fully-closed TCP connection.
5050
5051 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
5052 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
5053
abdf1651 5054 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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5055 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
5056 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
5057 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 5058DOC_END
5059
97b32442 5060NAME: server_idle_pconn_timeout pconn_timeout
41bd17a4 5061TYPE: time_t
97b32442 5062LOC: Config.Timeout.serverIdlePconn
41bd17a4 5063DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 5064DOC_START
41bd17a4 5065 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
5066 proxies.
5067DOC_END
cccac0a2 5068
41bd17a4 5069NAME: ident_timeout
5070TYPE: time_t
5071IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 5072LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 5073DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5074DOC_START
5075 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 5076
41bd17a4 5077 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
5078 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
5079 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 5080DOC_END
5081
41bd17a4 5082NAME: shutdown_lifetime
5083COMMENT: time-units
5084TYPE: time_t
5085LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
5086DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 5087DOC_START
41bd17a4 5088 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
5089 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
5090 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
5091 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
5092 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 5093DOC_END
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cccac0a2 5095COMMENT_START
5096 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
5097 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5098COMMENT_END
5099
5100NAME: cache_mgr
5101TYPE: string
5102DEFAULT: webmaster
5103LOC: Config.adminEmail
5104DOC_START
5105 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
5106 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
5107DOC_END
5108
abacf776 5109NAME: mail_from
5110TYPE: string
5111DEFAULT: none
5112LOC: Config.EmailFrom
5113DOC_START
5114 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
5115 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 5116 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 5117 src/globals.h before building squid.
5118DOC_END
5119
d084bf20 5120NAME: mail_program
5121TYPE: eol
5122DEFAULT: mail
5123LOC: Config.EmailProgram
5124DOC_START
5125 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 5126 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 5127 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 5128 mail-program recipient < mailfile
5129
d084bf20 5130 Optional command line options can be specified.
5131DOC_END
5132
cccac0a2 5133NAME: cache_effective_user
5134TYPE: string
5483d916 5135DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 5136LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 5137DOC_START
5138 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
5139 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 5140 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 5141 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 5142DOC_END
5143
cccac0a2 5144NAME: cache_effective_group
5145TYPE: string
5146DEFAULT: none
5147LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
5148DOC_START
64e288bd 5149 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
5150 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
5151 from the groups membership.
5152
e3d74828 5153 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
5154 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
5155 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 5156 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 5157 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 5158 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 5159 group.
64e288bd 5160
5161 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
5162 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
5163 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 5164DOC_END
5165
d3caee79 5166NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
5167COMMENT: on|off
5168TYPE: onoff
5169DEFAULT: off
5170LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
5171DOC_START
5172 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
5173DOC_END
5174
cccac0a2 5175NAME: visible_hostname
5176TYPE: string
5177LOC: Config.visibleHostname
5178DEFAULT: none
5179DOC_START
5180 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 5181 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 5182 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
5183 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
5184 names with this setting.
5185DOC_END
5186
cccac0a2 5187NAME: unique_hostname
5188TYPE: string
5189LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
5190DEFAULT: none
5191DOC_START
5192 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 5193 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
5194 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 5195DOC_END
5196
cccac0a2 5197NAME: hostname_aliases
5198TYPE: wordlist
5199LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
5200DEFAULT: none
5201DOC_START
7f7db318 5202 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 5203DOC_END
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5205NAME: umask
5206TYPE: int
5207LOC: Config.umask
5208DEFAULT: 027
5209DOC_START
5210 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
5211 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
5212
5213 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
5214 your value with 0.
5215DOC_END
5216
cccac0a2 5217COMMENT_START
5218 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
5219 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5220
5221 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
5222 announcement service. This service is provided to help
5223 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
5224 create cache hierarchies.
5225
5226 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
5227 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
5228 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
5229
5230 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
5231 following information from this configuration file:
5232
5233 http_port
5234 icp_port
5235 cache_mgr
5236
5237 All current information is processed regularly and made
5238 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
5239COMMENT_END
5240
5241NAME: announce_period
5242TYPE: time_t
5243LOC: Config.Announce.period
5244DEFAULT: 0
5245DOC_START
5246 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
5247 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
5248 messages.
5249
e0855596 5250 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
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5252 Example:
5253 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 5254DOC_END
5255
cccac0a2 5256NAME: announce_host
5257TYPE: string
5258DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
5259LOC: Config.Announce.host
5260DOC_NONE
5261
5262NAME: announce_file
5263TYPE: string
5264DEFAULT: none
5265LOC: Config.Announce.file
5266DOC_NONE
5267
5268NAME: announce_port
ae870270 5269TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 5270DEFAULT: 3131
5271LOC: Config.Announce.port
5272DOC_START
5273 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
5274 number where the registration message will be sent.
5275
5276 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
5277 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
5278 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
5279 message.
5280DOC_END
5281
8d6275c0 5282COMMENT_START
5283 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
5284 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5285COMMENT_END
5286
cccac0a2 5287NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 5288TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 5289DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5290LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 5291DOC_START
5292 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
5293 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
5294 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
5295 an identification token.
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5296
5297 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 5298DOC_END
5299
5300NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 5301COMMENT: on|off
5302TYPE: onoff
5303DEFAULT: off
5304LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
5305DOC_START
5306 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
5307 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
5308DOC_END
5309
5310NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 5311IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 5312COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 5313TYPE: string
5314LOC: ESIParser::Type
5315DEFAULT: custom
5316DOC_START
5317 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
5318 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
5319 encodings.
5320DOC_END
0976f8db 5321
9edd9041 5322COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5323 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 5324 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5325COMMENT_END
5326
5327NAME: delay_pools
5328TYPE: delay_pool_count
5329DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5330IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5331LOC: Config.Delay
5332DOC_START
5333 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
5334 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
5335 have a total of 2 delay pools.
5336DOC_END
5337
5338NAME: delay_class
5339TYPE: delay_pool_class
5340DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5341IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5342LOC: Config.Delay
5343DOC_START
5344 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
5345 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
5346 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
5347 and here would be:
5348
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5350 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
5351 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
5352 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
5353 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
5354 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 5355
5356 The delay pool classes are:
5357
5358 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5359 bucket.
5360
5361 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5362 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 5363 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 5364
5365 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5366 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
5367 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
5368 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 5369 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 5370
5371 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
5372 additional limit on a per user basis. This
5373 only takes effect if the username is established
5374 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
5375 http_access rules.
5376
5377 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
5378 external_acl's tag= reply).
5379
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5381 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
5382 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
5383 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
5384
9edd9041 5385 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
5386 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
5387 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
5388 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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5389
5390 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
5391 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 5392DOC_END
5393
5394NAME: delay_access
5395TYPE: delay_pool_access
5396DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5397IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5398LOC: Config.Delay
5399DOC_START
5400 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
5401
5402 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
5403 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
5404 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
5405 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
5406
5407 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
5408 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
5409
5410Example:
5411 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
5412 delay_access 1 deny all
5413 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
5414 delay_access 2 deny all
5415 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
5416DOC_END
5417
5418NAME: delay_parameters
5419TYPE: delay_pool_rates
5420DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5421IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5422LOC: Config.Delay
5423DOC_START
5424 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
5425 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 5426 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 5427
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5428 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
5429 delay_pools pool 1
5430 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 5431
5432 For a class 2 delay pool:
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5433 delay_pools pool 2
5434 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 5435
5436 For a class 3 delay pool:
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5437 delay_pools pool 3
5438 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 5439
5440 For a class 4 delay pool:
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5441 delay_pools pool 4
5442 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 5443
5444 For a class 5 delay pool:
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5445 delay_pools pool 5
5446 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 5447
0b68481a 5448 The option variables are:
9edd9041 5449
5450 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
5451 number specified in delay_pools as used in
5452 delay_class lines.
5453
fdb47ac6 5454 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 5455 (class 1, 2, 3).
5456
fdb47ac6 5457 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 5458 buckets (class 2, 3).
5459
fdb47ac6 5460 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 5461 (class 3).
5462
fdb47ac6 5463 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 5464 (class 4).
5465
fdb47ac6 5466 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 5467 (class 5).
5468
5469 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
5470 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
5471 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
5472 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
5473
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5474 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
5475
5476
9edd9041 5477 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 5478 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 5479 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
5480
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5481 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
5482
5483 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 5484
5485 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
5486
0b68481a 5487
9edd9041 5488 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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5489 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
5490 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
5491 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 5492 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
5493 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
5494 large downloads more significantly:
5495
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5496 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
5497
5498 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
5499 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
5500 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 5501
9edd9041 5502
5503 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 5504 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 5505
0b68481a 5506 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
9edd9041 5507DOC_END
5508
5509NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
5510COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 5511TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 5512DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5513IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5514LOC: Config.Delay.initial
5515DOC_START
5516 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5517 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5518 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5519 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5520 "seen" by squid).
5521DOC_END
5522
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5523COMMENT_START
5524 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5525 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5526COMMENT_END
5527
5528NAME: client_delay_pools
5529TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5530DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5531IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5532LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5533DOC_START
5534 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5535 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5536
5537Example:
5538 client_delay_pools 2
5539DOC_END
5540
5541NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5542COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 5543TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 5544DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5545IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5546LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5547DOC_START
5548 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5549 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5550 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5551 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5552
5553 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5554 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5555 from client_delay_parameters.
5556
5557Example:
5558 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5559DOC_END
5560
5561NAME: client_delay_parameters
5562TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5563DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5564IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5565LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5566DOC_START
5567
5568 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5569 following format:
5570
5571 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5572
5573 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5574
5575 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5576
5577 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5578 speed_limit additions.
5579
5580 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5581 examples.
5582
5583Example:
5584 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5585 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5586DOC_END
5587
5588NAME: client_delay_access
5589TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5590DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5591IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5592LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5593DOC_START
5594
5595 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5596 request:
5597
5598 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5599
5600 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5601 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5602 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5603 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5604 limited.
5605
5606 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5607 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5608 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5609 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5610
5611 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5612
5613Example:
5614 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5615 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5616DOC_END
5617
cccac0a2 5618COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5619 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5620 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5621COMMENT_END
5622
8d6275c0 5623NAME: wccp_router
5624TYPE: address
5625LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5626DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5627IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5628DOC_START
5629 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5630 Squid.
5631
5632 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5633
5634 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5635
5636 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5637 which version of WCCP to use.
5638DOC_END
df2eec10 5639
8d6275c0 5640NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5641TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5642LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5643DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5644IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5645DOC_START
8d6275c0 5646 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5647 Squid.
cccac0a2 5648
8d6275c0 5649 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5650
8d6275c0 5651 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5652
8d6275c0 5653 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5654 which version of WCCP to use.
5655DOC_END
5656
5657NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5658TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5659LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5660DEFAULT: 4
5661IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5662DOC_START
8d6275c0 5663 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5664 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5665 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5666 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5667 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5668
8d6275c0 5669 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5670 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5671 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5672 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5673DOC_END
5674
8d6275c0 5675NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5676TYPE: onoff
5677LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5678DEFAULT: on
5679IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5680DOC_START
5681 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5682 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5683DOC_END
cccac0a2 5684
8d6275c0 5685NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5686TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5687LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5688DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5689IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5690DOC_START
699acd19 5691 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5692 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5693
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5694 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5695 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5696
8d6275c0 5697 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5698 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5699DOC_END
5700
8d6275c0 5701NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5702TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5703LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5704DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5705IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5706DOC_START
699acd19 5707 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5708 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5709 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5710
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5711 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5712 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5713
8d6275c0 5714 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5715 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5716
699acd19 5717 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5718 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5719 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5720 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5721DOC_END
5722
8d6275c0 5723NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5724TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5725LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5726DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5727IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5728DOC_START
8d6275c0 5729 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5730 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5731
451c4786 5732 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5733 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5734
8d6275c0 5735 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5736 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5737DOC_END
cccac0a2 5738
8d6275c0 5739NAME: wccp2_service
5740TYPE: wccp2_service
5741LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5742DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5743IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5744DOC_START
5745 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5746 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5747 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5748 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5749 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5750 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5751
5752 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5753 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5754
5755 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5756 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5757
5758 Examples:
5759
5760 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5761 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5762 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5763 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5764DOC_END
5765
5766NAME: wccp2_service_info
5767TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5768LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5769DEFAULT: none
5770IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5771DOC_START
5772 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5773 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5774
5775 The format is:
5776
5777 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5778 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5779
5780 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5781 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5782 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5783 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5784 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5785 + ports_source
5786
5787 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5788
5789 Example:
5790
5791 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5792 priority=240 ports=80
5793
5794 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5795 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5796DOC_END
5797
5798NAME: wccp2_weight
5799TYPE: int
5800LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5801DEFAULT: 10000
5802IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5803DOC_START
5804 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5805 hash proportional to their weight.
5806DOC_END
5807
5808NAME: wccp_address
5809TYPE: address
5810LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5811DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5812IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5813DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5814
8d6275c0 5815NAME: wccp2_address
5816TYPE: address
5817LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5818DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5819IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5820DOC_START
5821 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5822 interface address.
5823
5824 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5825DOC_END
5826
5827COMMENT_START
5828 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5829 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5830
5831 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5832COMMENT_END
5833
5834NAME: client_persistent_connections
5835TYPE: onoff
5836LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5837DEFAULT: on
5838DOC_NONE
5839
5840NAME: server_persistent_connections
5841TYPE: onoff
5842LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5843DEFAULT: on
5844DOC_START
5845 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5846 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5847 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5848 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5849DOC_END
5850
5851NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5852TYPE: onoff
5853LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5854DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5855DOC_START
5856 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5857 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5858 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5859DOC_END
5860
5861NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5862TYPE: onoff
5863LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5864DEFAULT: off
5865DOC_START
5866 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5867 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5868 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5869 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5870
5871 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5872 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5873 after 10 seconds timeout.
5874DOC_END
5875
5876COMMENT_START
5877 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5878 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5879COMMENT_END
5880
5881NAME: digest_generation
5882IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5883TYPE: onoff
5884LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5885DEFAULT: on
5886DOC_START
5887 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5888 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5889 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5890DOC_END
5891
5892NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5893IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5894TYPE: int
5895LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5896DEFAULT: 5
5897DOC_START
5898 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5899 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5900 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5901DOC_END
5902
5903NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5904IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5905COMMENT: (seconds)
5906TYPE: time_t
5907LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5908DEFAULT: 1 hour
5909DOC_START
749ceff8 5910 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5911DOC_END
5912
5913NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5914COMMENT: (seconds)
5915IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5916TYPE: time_t
5917LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5918DEFAULT: 1 hour
5919DOC_START
749ceff8 5920 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5921 disk.
5922DOC_END
5923
5924NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5925COMMENT: (bytes)
5926TYPE: b_size_t
5927IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5928LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5929DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5930DOC_START
5931 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5932 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5933 default swap page.
5934DOC_END
5935
5936NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5937COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5938IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5939TYPE: int
5940LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5941DEFAULT: 10
5942DOC_START
5943 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5944 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5945DOC_END
5946
1db9eacd 5947COMMENT_START
5473c134 5948 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5949 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5950COMMENT_END
5951
5473c134 5952NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 5953TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5954LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5955DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5956IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5957DOC_START
87630341 5958 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5959 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5960 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5961 set to "0" (disabled)
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5962
5963 Example:
5964 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5965DOC_END
5966
5473c134 5967NAME: snmp_access
5968TYPE: acl_access
5969LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5970DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5971IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5972DOC_START
5473c134 5973 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5974
5473c134 5975 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5976 usage:
8d6275c0 5977
5473c134 5978 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5979
b3567eb5
FC
5980 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5981 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5982Example:
5983 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5984 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5985DOC_END
5986
5473c134 5987NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5988TYPE: address
5989LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5990DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5991IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5992DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5993
5473c134 5994NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5995TYPE: address
5996LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5997DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5998IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5999DOC_START
df2eec10 6000 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 6001
5473c134 6002 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
6003 messages from SNMP agents.
6004 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
6005 agents.
cccac0a2 6006
0eb08770 6007 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 6008 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 6009
0eb08770
HN
6010 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
6011 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
6012 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
6013 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 6014
5473c134 6015 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
6016 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 6017DOC_END
6018
5473c134 6019COMMENT_START
6020 ICP OPTIONS
6021 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6022COMMENT_END
6023
6024NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 6025TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6026DEFAULT: 0
6027LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 6028DOC_START
5473c134 6029 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
6030 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
6031 Default is disabled (0).
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6032
6033 Example:
6034 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 6035DOC_END
6036
5473c134 6037NAME: htcp_port
6038IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 6039TYPE: u_short
87630341 6040DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 6041LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 6042DOC_START
5473c134 6043 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 6044 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
6045 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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6046
6047 Example:
6048 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 6049DOC_END
6050
6051NAME: log_icp_queries
6052COMMENT: on|off
6053TYPE: onoff
6054DEFAULT: on
6055LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
6056DOC_START
6057 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
6058 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
6059 up or to simplify log analysis.
6060DOC_END
6061
5473c134 6062NAME: udp_incoming_address
6063TYPE: address
6064LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 6065DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 6066DOC_START
6067 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
6068 caches.
6069
6070 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6071
6072 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
6073 a specific interface/address.
6074
6075 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
6076 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
6077
6078 see also; udp_outgoing_address
6079
6080 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
6081 have the same value since they both use the same port.
6082DOC_END
cccac0a2 6083
5473c134 6084NAME: udp_outgoing_address
6085TYPE: address
6086LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 6087DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 6088DOC_START
8524d4b2 6089 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 6090 caches.
cccac0a2 6091
5473c134 6092 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 6093
8524d4b2 6094 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
6095 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
6096 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 6097 caches.
6098
8524d4b2 6099 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
6100 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
6101
6102 see also; udp_incoming_address
6103
5473c134 6104 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 6105 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 6106DOC_END
6107
3d1e3e43 6108NAME: icp_hit_stale
6109COMMENT: on|off
6110TYPE: onoff
6111DEFAULT: off
6112LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
6113DOC_START
6114 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
6115 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
6116 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
6117 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
6118 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
6119 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
6120 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
6121DOC_END
6122
5473c134 6123NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 6124TYPE: int
5473c134 6125DEFAULT: 4
6126LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 6127DOC_START
5473c134 6128 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
6129 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 6130DOC_END
6131
5473c134 6132NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
6133TYPE: int
6134DEFAULT: 400
6135LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 6136DOC_START
5473c134 6137 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
6138 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 6139DOC_END
6140
cccac0a2 6141NAME: netdb_low
6142TYPE: int
6143DEFAULT: 900
6144LOC: Config.Netdb.low
6145DOC_NONE
6146
6147NAME: netdb_high
6148TYPE: int
6149DEFAULT: 1000
6150LOC: Config.Netdb.high
6151DOC_START
6152 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
6153 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
6154 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
6155 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
6156DOC_END
6157
cccac0a2 6158NAME: netdb_ping_period
6159TYPE: time_t
6160LOC: Config.Netdb.period
6161DEFAULT: 5 minutes
6162DOC_START
6163 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
6164 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
6165 network. The default is five minutes.
6166DOC_END
6167
cccac0a2 6168NAME: query_icmp
6169COMMENT: on|off
6170TYPE: onoff
6171DEFAULT: off
6172LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
6173DOC_START
6174 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
6175 replies, enable this option.
6176
6177 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 6178 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
6179 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 6180 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
6181 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
6182 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
6183 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
6184 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
6185DOC_END
6186
6187NAME: test_reachability
6188COMMENT: on|off
6189TYPE: onoff
6190DEFAULT: off
6191LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
6192DOC_START
6193 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
6194 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
6195 database, or has a zero RTT.
6196DOC_END
6197
5473c134 6198NAME: icp_query_timeout
6199COMMENT: (msec)
6200DEFAULT: 0
6201TYPE: int
6202LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 6203DOC_START
5473c134 6204 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
6205 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
6206 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
6207 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
6208 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
6209 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 6210
5473c134 6211 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 6212DOC_END
6213
5473c134 6214NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
6215COMMENT: (msec)
6216DEFAULT: 2000
6217TYPE: int
6218LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 6219DOC_START
5473c134 6220 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
6221 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
6222 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
6223 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
6224 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
6225 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 6226DOC_END
6227
5473c134 6228NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
6229COMMENT: (msec)
6230DEFAULT: 5
6231TYPE: int
6232LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 6233DOC_START
5473c134 6234 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
6235 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
6236 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
6237 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
6238 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
6239 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
6240 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 6241DOC_END
6242
5473c134 6243NAME: background_ping_rate
6244COMMENT: time-units
6245TYPE: time_t
6246DEFAULT: 10 seconds
6247LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 6248DOC_START
5473c134 6249 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
6250 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 6251DOC_END
6252
5473c134 6253COMMENT_START
6254 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
6255 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6256COMMENT_END
6257
6258NAME: mcast_groups
6259TYPE: wordlist
6260LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 6261DEFAULT: none
6262DOC_START
5473c134 6263 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
6264 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 6265
5473c134 6266 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
6267 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
6268 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
6269 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
6270 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
6271 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
6272 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 6273
5473c134 6274 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
6275 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 6276
5473c134 6277 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
6278 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 6279
5473c134 6280 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 6281
5473c134 6282 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
6283DOC_END
8c01ada0 6284
5473c134 6285NAME: mcast_miss_addr
6286IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
6287TYPE: address
6288LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 6289DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 6290DOC_START
6291 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
6292 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 6293
5473c134 6294 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
6295 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 6296DOC_END
6297
5473c134 6298NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
6299IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 6300TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6301LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
6302DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 6303DOC_START
5473c134 6304 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
6305 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
6306 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
6307DOC_END
cccac0a2 6308
5473c134 6309NAME: mcast_miss_port
6310IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 6311TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6312LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
6313DEFAULT: 3135
6314DOC_START
6315 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
6316 'mcast_miss_addr'.
6317DOC_END
cccac0a2 6318
5473c134 6319NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
6320IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
6321TYPE: string
6322LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
6323DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
6324DOC_START
6325 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
6326 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
6327DOC_END
8c01ada0 6328
5473c134 6329NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
6330COMMENT: (msec)
6331DEFAULT: 2000
6332TYPE: int
6333LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
6334DOC_START
6335 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
6336 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
6337 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
6338 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
6339 seconds.
cccac0a2 6340DOC_END
6341
5473c134 6342COMMENT_START
6343 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
6344 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6345COMMENT_END
6346
cccac0a2 6347NAME: icon_directory
6348TYPE: string
6349LOC: Config.icons.directory
6350DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
6351DOC_START
6352 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
6353 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
6354DOC_END
6355
f024c970 6356NAME: global_internal_static
6357TYPE: onoff
6358LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
6359DEFAULT: on
6360DOC_START
6361 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
6362 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
6363 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
6364 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
6365 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
6366 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
6367 the server generating a directory listing.
6368DOC_END
6369
5473c134 6370NAME: short_icon_urls
6371TYPE: onoff
6372LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
6373DEFAULT: on
6374DOC_START
6375 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
6376 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
6377 it's own name and port in the URL.
6378
6379 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
6380 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
6381DOC_END
6382
6383COMMENT_START
6384 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
6385 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6386COMMENT_END
6387
6388NAME: error_directory
6389TYPE: string
6390LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 6391DEFAULT: none
5473c134 6392DOC_START
6393 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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6394 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
6395 the error/template files to another directory and point
6396 this tag at them.
6397
6398 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
6399 on error pages if used.
5473c134 6400
6401 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6402 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 6403 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 6404 contributing your translation back to the project.
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6405 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
6406
6407 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
6408 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
6409DOC_END
6410
6411NAME: error_default_language
6412IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6413TYPE: string
6414LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
6415DEFAULT: none
6416DOC_START
6417 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
6418 if no existing translation matches the clients language
6419 preferences.
6420
6421 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
6422
6423 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6424 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
6425 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
6426 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 6427DOC_END
6428
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6429NAME: error_log_languages
6430IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6431TYPE: onoff
6432LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
6433DEFAULT: on
6434DOC_START
6435 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
6436 auto-negotiate for translations.
6437
6438 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
6439 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 6440 of its error page translations.
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6441DOC_END
6442
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6443NAME: err_page_stylesheet
6444TYPE: string
6445LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
6446DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
6447DOC_START
6448 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
6449
6450 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
6451DOC_END
6452
5473c134 6453NAME: err_html_text
6454TYPE: eol
6455LOC: Config.errHtmlText
6456DEFAULT: none
6457DOC_START
6458 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
6459 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
6460 organizations Web page.
6461
6462 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
6463 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
6464 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
6465 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
6466DOC_END
6467
6468NAME: email_err_data
6469COMMENT: on|off
6470TYPE: onoff
6471LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
6472DEFAULT: on
6473DOC_START
6474 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
6475 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
6476 so that the email body contains the data.
6477 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
6478DOC_END
6479
6480NAME: deny_info
6481TYPE: denyinfo
6482LOC: Config.denyInfoList
6483DEFAULT: none
6484DOC_START
6485 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
6486 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 6487 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 6488
6489 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
6490 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
6491 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
6492 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
6493
6494 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
6495 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
6496 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
6497 the first authentication related acl encountered
6498 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
6499 acl processed on the last http_access line.
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6500 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
6501 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 6502
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6503 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
6504 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
6505 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 6506
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6507 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
6508 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
6509 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
6510
5473c134 6511 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
6512 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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6513
6514 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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6515 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
6516 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6517 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6518 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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6519
6520 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6521 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6522 %B - FTP path URL
6523 %e - Error number
6524 %E - Error description
6525 %h - Squid hostname
6526 %H - Request domain name
6527 %i - Client IP Address
6528 %M - Request Method
6529 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6530 %p - Request Port number
6531 %P - Request Protocol name
6532 %R - Request URL path
6533 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6534 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6535 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6536 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6537 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 6538 %x - Error name
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6539 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6540
5473c134 6541DOC_END
6542
6543COMMENT_START
6544 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6545 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6546COMMENT_END
6547
6548NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6549TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6550LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6551DEFAULT: on
6552DOC_START
5473c134 6553 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6554 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6555 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 6556
5473c134 6557 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6558 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 6559
5473c134 6560 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6561 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6562 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 6563
5473c134 6564 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6565 this directive.
8d6275c0 6566DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 6567
5473c134 6568NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6569TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6570LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6571DEFAULT: off
6572DOC_START
5473c134 6573 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6574 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6575 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 6576
5473c134 6577 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6578 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6579 fails.
6580
6581 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6582 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6583 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 6584DOC_END
6585
5473c134 6586NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 6587TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 6588LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6589DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6590DOC_START
5473c134 6591 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6592
5473c134 6593 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6594 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6595 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6596 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6597 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6598
5473c134 6599 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6600 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6601
5473c134 6602 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6603
5473c134 6604 acl FTP proto FTP
6605 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6606
5473c134 6607 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6608 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6609 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6610 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6611 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6612
5473c134 6613 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6614 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6615 always_direct deny local-external
6616 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6617
5473c134 6618 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6619 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6620 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6621 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6622
5473c134 6623 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6624 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6625 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6626
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6627 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6628 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6629DOC_END
0976f8db 6630
5473c134 6631NAME: never_direct
6632TYPE: acl_access
6633LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6634DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6635DOC_START
5473c134 6636 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6637
6638 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6639 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6640
6641 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6642 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6643 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6644 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6645
6646 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6647 never_direct deny local-servers
6648 never_direct allow all
6649
6650 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6651 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6652
6653 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6654 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6655 always_direct deny local-external
6656 always_direct allow local-intranet
6657 never_direct allow all
6658
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6659 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6660 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6661DOC_END
0976f8db 6662
5473c134 6663COMMENT_START
6664 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6665 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6666COMMENT_END
6667
65d448bc 6668NAME: incoming_udp_average incoming_icp_average
cccac0a2 6669TYPE: int
6670DEFAULT: 6
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6671LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.average
6672DOC_START
6673 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6674 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6675 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6676DOC_END
cccac0a2 6677
65d448bc 6678NAME: incoming_tcp_average incoming_http_average
cccac0a2 6679TYPE: int
6680DEFAULT: 4
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6681LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.average
6682DOC_START
6683 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6684 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6685 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6686DOC_END
cccac0a2 6687
6688NAME: incoming_dns_average
6689TYPE: int
6690DEFAULT: 4
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6691LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.average
6692DOC_START
6693 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6694 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6695 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6696DOC_END
cccac0a2 6697
65d448bc 6698NAME: min_udp_poll_cnt min_icp_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 6699TYPE: int
6700DEFAULT: 8
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6701LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.min_poll
6702DOC_START
6703 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6704 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6705 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6706DOC_END
cccac0a2 6707
6708NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6709TYPE: int
6710DEFAULT: 8
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6711LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.min_poll
6712DOC_START
6713 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6714 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6715 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6716DOC_END
cccac0a2 6717
65d448bc 6718NAME: min_tcp_poll_cnt min_http_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 6719TYPE: int
6720DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc 6721LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.min_poll
cccac0a2 6722DOC_START
5473c134 6723 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6724 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6725 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6726DOC_END
6727
6728NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6729TYPE: string
6730DEFAULT: none
6731LOC: Config.accept_filter
6732DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6733 FreeBSD:
6734
5473c134 6735 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6736 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6737 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6738
6739 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6740 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6741 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6742
6743 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6744 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6745 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6746
6747 Linux:
6748
6749 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6750 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6751 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6752 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6753 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6754EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6755# FreeBSD
5473c134 6756accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6757# Linux
6758accept_filter data
5473c134 6759DOC_END
6760
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6761NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6762TYPE: int
6763LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6764DEFAULT: -1
6765DOC_START
6766 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6767 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6768 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6769
6770 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6771 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6772
6773 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6774
6775 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6776 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6777DOC_END
6778
5473c134 6779NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6780COMMENT: (bytes)
6781TYPE: b_size_t
6782DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6783LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6784DOC_START
6785 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6786 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6787 the default buffer size.
6788DOC_END
6789
6790COMMENT_START
6791 ICAP OPTIONS
6792 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6793COMMENT_END
6794
6795NAME: icap_enable
6796TYPE: onoff
6797IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6798COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6799LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6800DEFAULT: off
6801DOC_START
53e738c6 6802 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6803DOC_END
6804
6805NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6806TYPE: time_t
6807DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6808LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6809IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6810DOC_START
6811 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6812 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6813 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6814
6815 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6816 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6817 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6818DOC_END
6819
6820NAME: icap_io_timeout
6821COMMENT: time-units
6822TYPE: time_t
6823DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6824LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6825IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6826DOC_START
6827 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6828 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6829 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6830 failure.
6831
6832 The default is read_timeout.
6833DOC_END
6834
6835NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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6836COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
6837TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6838IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6839LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6840DEFAULT: 10
6841DOC_START
6842 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6843 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6844 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6845 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6846 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6847
6848 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6849 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6850 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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6851
6852 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6853 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6854 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6855 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6856 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6857
6858 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6859 effect on service failure expiration.
6860
6861 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6862 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6863 setting.
6864
6865 For example,
6866 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6867 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6868DOC_END
6869
5473c134 6870NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6871TYPE: int
5473c134 6872IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6873LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6874DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6875DOC_START
5473c134 6876 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6877 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6878 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6879 fetched.
cccac0a2 6880
5473c134 6881 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6882 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6883DOC_END
6884
5473c134 6885NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6886TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6887IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6888COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6889LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6890DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6891DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6892 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6893 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6894 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6895 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6896
6897 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6898 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6899 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6900
6901 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6902 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6903Example:
6904icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6905DOC_END
6906
5473c134 6907NAME: icap_preview_size
6908TYPE: int
6909IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6910LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6911DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6912DOC_START
53e738c6 6913 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6914 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6915 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6916DOC_END
6917
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6918NAME: icap_206_enable
6919TYPE: onoff
6920IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6921COMMENT: on|off
6922LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6923DEFAULT: on
6924DOC_START
6925 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6926 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6927 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6928 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6929
6930 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6931 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6932 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6933 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6934 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6935
6936 Example:
6937 icap_206_enable off
6938DOC_END
6939
5473c134 6940NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6941TYPE: int
6942IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6943LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6944DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6945DOC_START
53e738c6 6946 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6947 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6948DOC_END
6949
5473c134 6950NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6951TYPE: onoff
6952IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6953COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6954LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6955DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6956DOC_START
5473c134 6957 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6958 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6959DOC_END
6960
22fff3bf 6961NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 6962TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6963IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6964COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6965LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 6966DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6967DOC_START
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6968 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
6969 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
6970 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
6971
6972 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 6973DOC_END
6974
22fff3bf 6975NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 6976TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6977IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6978COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6979LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 6980DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6981DOC_START
5473c134 6982 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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6983 the adaptation service.
6984
6985 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 6986 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6987 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6988DOC_END
6989
5473c134 6990NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6991TYPE: string
5473c134 6992IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6993LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6994DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6995DOC_START
db49f682 6996 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 6997DOC_END
6998
5473c134 6999NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 7000TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7001IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7002COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7003LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 7004DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 7005DOC_START
5473c134 7006 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 7007DOC_END
7008
5473c134 7009NAME: icap_service
7010TYPE: icap_service_type
7011IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7012LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 7013DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 7014DOC_START
a22e6cd3 7015 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 7016
c25c2836 7017 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
7d90757b 7018
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7019 id: ID
7020 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
7021 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
7022 services in squid.conf.
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7023
7024 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 7025 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
7026 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
7027 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 7028
c25c2836 7029 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
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7030 ICAP server and service location.
7031
7032 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
7033 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
7034 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
7035 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
7036 service_names differ.
7037
7038
7039 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
7040 the following name=value options:
7041
7042 bypass=on|off|1|0
7043 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
7044 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
7045 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
7046 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
7047 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
7048 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
7049 returned to the HTTP client.
7050
7051 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
7052
7053 routing=on|off|1|0
7054 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
7055 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
7056 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
7057 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
7058 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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7059 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
7060 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
7061 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
7062
7063 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
7064 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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7065
7066 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
7067 response header is ignored.
7068
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7069 ipv6=on|off
7070 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
7071 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
7072 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
7073
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7074 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
7075 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
7076 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
7077 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
7078 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
7079 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
7080 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
7081
7082 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
7083 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
7084 workers may use a given service.
7085
7086 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
7087 otherwise it is set to "wait".
7088
7089
7090 max-conn=number
7091 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
7092 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
7093
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7094 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
7095 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 7096
5473c134 7097Example:
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7098icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
7099icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod routing=on
cccac0a2 7100DOC_END
7101
5473c134 7102NAME: icap_class
7103TYPE: icap_class_type
7104IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 7105LOC: none
5473c134 7106DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 7107DOC_START
a22e6cd3 7108 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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7109 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
7110 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 7111
62c7f90e 7112 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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7113 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
7114 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 7115DOC_END
7116
5473c134 7117NAME: icap_access
7118TYPE: icap_access_type
7119IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 7120LOC: none
cccac0a2 7121DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 7122DOC_START
a22e6cd3 7123 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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7124 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
7125 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 7126DOC_END
7127
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7128COMMENT_START
7129 eCAP OPTIONS
7130 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7131COMMENT_END
7132
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7133NAME: ecap_enable
7134TYPE: onoff
7135IFDEF: USE_ECAP
7136COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 7137LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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7138DEFAULT: off
7139DOC_START
7140 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
7141DOC_END
7142
7143NAME: ecap_service
7144TYPE: ecap_service_type
7145IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 7146LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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7147DEFAULT: none
7148DOC_START
7149 Defines a single eCAP service
7150
c25c2836 7151 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 7152
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7153 id: ID
7154 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
7155 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
7156 services in squid.conf.
7157
7158 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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7159 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
7160 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
7161 are not yet supported.
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7162
7163 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
7164 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
7165 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
7166 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
7167 the service provider.
7168
7169
7170 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
7171 the following name=value options:
7172
7173 bypass=on|off|1|0
7174 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
7175 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
7176 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 7177 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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7178 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
7179 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
21a26d31 7180 HTTP client.
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7181
7182 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
7183
7184 routing=on|off|1|0
7185 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
7186 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
7187 returning a chain of services to be used next.
7188
7189 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
7190 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
7191
7192 Routing is not allowed by default.
7193
7194 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
7195 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
7196
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7197
7198Example:
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7199ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
7200ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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7201DOC_END
7202
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7203NAME: loadable_modules
7204TYPE: wordlist
7205IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
7206LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
7207DEFAULT: none
7208DOC_START
7209 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
7210 preloaded module(s).
7211Example:
7212loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
7213DOC_END
7214
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7215COMMENT_START
7216 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
7217 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7218COMMENT_END
7219
7220NAME: adaptation_service_set
7221TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
7222IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7223LOC: none
7224DEFAULT: none
7225DOC_START
7226
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7227 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
7228 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
7229
7230 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
7231
7232 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
7233 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
7234 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
7235 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
7236 intact.
62c7f90e 7237
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7238 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
7239 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 7240
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7241 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
7242 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
7243
7244 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
7245 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
7246 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
7247 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
7248 transaction fails as well.
7249
7250 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
7251 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
7252 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
7253 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
7254 matters.
7255
7256 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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7257
7258Example:
7259adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
7260adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
7261DOC_END
7262
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7263NAME: adaptation_service_chain
7264TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
7265IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7266LOC: none
7267DEFAULT: none
7268DOC_START
7269
7270 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
7271 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
7272 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
7273
7274 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
7275
7276 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
7277 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
7278 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
7279 the previous service in the chain.
7280
7281 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
7282 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
7283
7284 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
7285 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
7286 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
7287
7288 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
7289 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
7290
7291 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
7292 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
7293 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
7294 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
7295
7296 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
7297
7298Example:
7299adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
7300DOC_END
7301
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7302NAME: adaptation_access
7303TYPE: adaptation_access_type
7304IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7305LOC: none
7306DEFAULT: none
7307DOC_START
7308 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
7309
7310 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
7311 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
7312
7313 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
7314 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
7315 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
7316 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
7317
7318 - services serving different vectoring points
7319 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
7320 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
7321 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
7322
7323 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
7324 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
7325 adaptation_service_set for details.
7326
7327 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
7328 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
7329 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
7330 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
7331
7332 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
7333 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
7334
7335 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
7336
7337Example:
7338adaptation_access service_1 allow all
7339DOC_END
7340
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7341NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
7342TYPE: int
7343IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7344LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
7345DEFAULT: 16
7346DOC_START
7347 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
7348 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
7349 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
7350 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
7351 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
7352 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
7353
7354 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
7355
7356 See also: icap_service routing=1
7357DOC_END
7358
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7359NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
7360TYPE: string
7361IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7362LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
7363DEFAULT: none
7364DOC_START
7365 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
7366 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
7367 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
7368 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
7369 with the master transaction.
7370
7371 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
7372 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
7373
7374 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
7375 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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7376 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
7377
7378 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
7379 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
7380 to provide an option with a name specified in
7381 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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7382
7383 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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7384 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
7385
7386 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
7387
7388Example:
7389# share authentication information among ICAP services
7390adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
7391DOC_END
7392
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7393NAME: adaptation_meta
7394TYPE: adaptation_meta_type
7395IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7396LOC: Adaptation::Config::metaHeaders
7397DEFAULT: none
7398DOC_START
7399 This option allows Squid administrator to add custom ICAP request
7400 headers or eCAP options to Squid ICAP requests or eCAP transactions.
7401 Use it to pass custom authentication tokens and other
7402 transaction-state related meta information to an ICAP/eCAP service.
7403
7404 The addition of a meta header is ACL-driven:
7405 adaptation_meta name value [!]aclname ...
7406
7407 Processing for a given header name stops after the first ACL list match.
7408 Thus, it is impossible to add two headers with the same name. If no ACL
7409 lists match for a given header name, no such header is added. For
7410 example:
7411
7412 # do not debug transactions except for those that need debugging
7413 adaptation_meta X-Debug 1 needs_debugging
7414
7415 # log all transactions except for those that must remain secret
7416 adaptation_meta X-Log 1 !keep_secret
7417
7418 # mark transactions from users in the "G 1" group
7419 adaptation_meta X-Authenticated-Groups "G 1" authed_as_G1
7420
7421 The "value" parameter may be a regular squid.conf token or a "double
7422 quoted string". Within the quoted string, use backslash (\) to escape
7423 any character, which is currently only useful for escaping backslashes
7424 and double quotes. For example,
7425 "this string has one backslash (\\) and two \"quotes\""
7426DOC_END
7427
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7428NAME: icap_retry
7429TYPE: acl_access
7430IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7431LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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7432DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
7433DOC_START
7434 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
7435 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
7436 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
7437 that response are usually retriable.
7438
7439 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
7440
7441 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
7442 due to persistent connection race conditions.
7443
7444 See also: icap_retry_limit
7445DOC_END
7446
7447NAME: icap_retry_limit
7448TYPE: int
7449IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7450LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
7451DEFAULT: 0
7452DOC_START
7453 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
7454 no retries are allowed.
7455
7456 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
7457 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
7458 count against this limit.
7459
7460 See also: icap_retry
7461DOC_END
7462
7463
5473c134 7464COMMENT_START
7465 DNS OPTIONS
7466 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7467COMMENT_END
7468
7469NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 7470TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7471DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7472LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 7473DOC_START
5473c134 7474 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
7475 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
7476 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 7477DOC_END
7478
5473c134 7479NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 7480TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7481DEFAULT: on
5473c134 7482LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 7483DOC_START
5473c134 7484 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
7485 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
7486 Squid to be strict about the standard.
7487 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 7488DOC_END
7489
5473c134 7490NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 7491TYPE: string
f64091a7 7492IFDEF: USE_DNSHELPER
5473c134 7493DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
7494LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 7495DOC_START
5473c134 7496 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 7497DOC_END
7498
5473c134 7499NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 7500TYPE: HelperChildConfig
f64091a7 7501IFDEF: USE_DNSHELPER
48d54e4d 7502DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 7503LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 7504DOC_START
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7505 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
7506 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
7507 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
7508 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
7509 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
7510
7511 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
7512 tuning.
7513
7514 startup=
7515
7516 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
7517 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
7518 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
7519
7520 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
7521 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
7522
7523 idle=
7524
7525 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
7526 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
7527 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
7528 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 7529DOC_END
7530
5473c134 7531NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 7532TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 7533DEFAULT: 5 seconds
7534LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
f64091a7 7535IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
cccac0a2 7536DOC_START
5473c134 7537 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
7538 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 7539DOC_END
7540
5473c134 7541NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 7542TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 7543DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 7544LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
f64091a7 7545IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
cccac0a2 7546DOC_START
5473c134 7547 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7548 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
7549 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 7550DOC_END
7551
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7552NAME: dns_packet_max
7553TYPE: b_ssize_t
7554DEFAULT: none
7555LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
f64091a7 7556IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
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7557DOC_START
7558 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
7559 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
7560
7561 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
7562 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
7563 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
7564 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
7565 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
7566
7567 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
7568 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
7569 necessary.
7570
7571 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
7572 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
7573 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
7574 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
7575 sizes being advertised by Squid.
7576 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
7577 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
7578DOC_END
7579
5473c134 7580NAME: dns_defnames
7581COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 7582TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7583DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7584LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 7585DOC_START
5473c134 7586 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
7587 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
7588 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
7589 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 7590DOC_END
7591
5473c134 7592NAME: dns_nameservers
7593TYPE: wordlist
7594DEFAULT: none
7595LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 7596DOC_START
5473c134 7597 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
7598 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
7599 /etc/resolv.conf file.
7600 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
7601 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
7602 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
7603 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 7604
5473c134 7605 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 7606DOC_END
7607
5473c134 7608NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 7609TYPE: string
5473c134 7610DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
7611LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 7612DOC_START
5473c134 7613 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
7614 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7615 default locations:
7616 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
7617 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7618 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
7619 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7620 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
7621 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
7622 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
7623 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 7624
5473c134 7625 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
7626 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
7627 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
7628 character are comments.
cccac0a2 7629
5473c134 7630 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7631 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7632 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7633 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7634 definitions.
cccac0a2 7635DOC_END
7636
5473c134 7637NAME: append_domain
7638TYPE: string
7639LOC: Config.appendDomain
7640DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 7641DOC_START
5473c134 7642 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7643 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7644
7645 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7646 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7647 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7648
7649Example:
7650 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 7651DOC_END
7652
5473c134 7653NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7654TYPE: onoff
7655LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 7656DEFAULT: on
f64091a7 7657IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
df6fd596 7658DOC_START
5473c134 7659 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7660 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7661 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7662 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7663 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 7664DOC_END
7665
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7666NAME: dns_v4_first
7667TYPE: onoff
7668DEFAULT: off
7669LOC: Config.dns.v4_first
f64091a7 7670IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
5a0da9ec
AJ
7671DOC_START
7672 With the IPv6 Internet being as fast or faster than IPv4 Internet
7673 for most networks Squid prefers to contact websites over IPv6.
7674
7675 This option reverses the order of preference to make Squid contact
7676 dual-stack websites over IPv4 first. Squid will still perform both
7677 IPv6 and IPv4 DNS lookups before connecting.
7678
7679 WARNING:
7680 This option will restrict the situations under which IPv6
7681 connectivity is used (and tested). Hiding network problems
7682 which would otherwise be detected and warned about.
7683DOC_END
7684
6bc15a4f 7685NAME: ipcache_size
7686COMMENT: (number of entries)
7687TYPE: int
7688DEFAULT: 1024
7689LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7690DOC_NONE
7691
7692NAME: ipcache_low
7693COMMENT: (percent)
7694TYPE: int
7695DEFAULT: 90
7696LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7697DOC_NONE
7698
7699NAME: ipcache_high
7700COMMENT: (percent)
7701TYPE: int
7702DEFAULT: 95
7703LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7704DOC_START
7705 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7706DOC_END
7707
7708NAME: fqdncache_size
7709COMMENT: (number of entries)
7710TYPE: int
7711DEFAULT: 1024
7712LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7713DOC_START
7714 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7715DOC_END
7716
a58ff010 7717COMMENT_START
5473c134 7718 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7719 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7720COMMENT_END
7721
5473c134 7722NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7723COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7724TYPE: onoff
7725DEFAULT: on
7726LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7727DOC_START
5473c134 7728 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7729 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7730 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7731 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7732DOC_END
7733
5473c134 7734NAME: memory_pools_limit
7735COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7736TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7737DEFAULT: 5 MB
7738LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7739DOC_START
5473c134 7740 Used only with memory_pools on:
7741 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7742
5473c134 7743 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7744 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7745 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7746 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7747 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7748 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7749 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7750
89646bd7 7751 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7752 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7753
5473c134 7754 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7755 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7756
7757 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7758 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7759 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7760 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7761DOC_END
7762
5473c134 7763NAME: forwarded_for
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AJ
7764COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7765TYPE: string
5473c134 7766DEFAULT: on
7767LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7768DOC_START
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AJ
7769 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7770 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7771
5473c134 7772 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7773
67c06f0d 7774 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7775
7776 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
7777
7778 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7779 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7780
7781 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7782 X-Forwarded-For header.
7783
7784 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 7785 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7786DOC_END
7787
5473c134 7788NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7789TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7790DEFAULT: none
7791LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7792DOC_START
5473c134 7793 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7794
5473c134 7795 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7796
7797 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7798 5min
7799 60min
7800 asndb
7801 authenticator
7802 cbdata
7803 client_list
7804 comm_incoming
7805 config *
7806 counters
7807 delay
7808 digest_stats
7809 dns
7810 events
7811 filedescriptors
7812 fqdncache
7813 histograms
7814 http_headers
7815 info
7816 io
7817 ipcache
7818 mem
7819 menu
7820 netdb
7821 non_peers
7822 objects
7823 offline_toggle *
7824 pconn
7825 peer_select
b360c477 7826 reconfigure *
5473c134 7827 redirector
7828 refresh
7829 server_list
7830 shutdown *
7831 store_digest
7832 storedir
7833 utilization
7834 via_headers
7835 vm_objects
7836
7837 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7838 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7839
7840 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7841 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7842 password to "none".
7843
7844 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7845
7846Example:
7847 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7848 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7849 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7850DOC_END
7851
5473c134 7852NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7853COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7854TYPE: onoff
7855DEFAULT: on
7856LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7857DOC_START
5473c134 7858 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7859 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7860DOC_END
7861
5473c134 7862NAME: refresh_all_ims
7863COMMENT: on|off
7864TYPE: onoff
7865DEFAULT: off
7866LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7867DOC_START
5473c134 7868 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7869 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7870 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7871 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7872 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7873
5473c134 7874 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7875 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7876DOC_END
7877
5473c134 7878NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7879IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7880COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7881TYPE: onoff
7882DEFAULT: off
7883LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7884DOC_START
5473c134 7885 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7886 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7887 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7888 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7889 causes.
7890
7891 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7892DOC_END
7893
31ef19cd 7894NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 7895TYPE: int
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AJ
7896LOC: Config.connect_retries
7897DEFAULT: 0
a58ff010 7898DOC_START
aed188fd
AJ
7899 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
7900 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
7901 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
7902
7903 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
7904 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 7905
31ef19cd
AJ
7906 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
7907 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 7908
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AJ
7909 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
7910 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
7911 a useful server.
a58ff010 7912DOC_END
7913
5473c134 7914NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7915TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7916LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7917DEFAULT: off
7918DOC_START
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7919 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
7920 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
7921 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
7922 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
7923
7924 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
7925 work around access control errors.
7926
7927 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
7928 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 7929DOC_END
7930
5473c134 7931NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7932TYPE: string
5473c134 7933LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7934DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7935DOC_START
5473c134 7936 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7937 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7938DOC_END
7939
5473c134 7940NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7941TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7942LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7943DEFAULT: off
7944DOC_START
5473c134 7945 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7946 objects.
a58ff010 7947DOC_END
7948
5473c134 7949NAME: uri_whitespace
7950TYPE: uri_whitespace
7951LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7952DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7953DOC_START
5473c134 7954 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7955 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7956
5473c134 7957 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7958 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7959 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7960 Request" message.
7961 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7962 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7963 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7964 are in use.
7965 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7966 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7967 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7968 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7969 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7970 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7971 violation.
7972DOC_END
a58ff010 7973
5473c134 7974NAME: chroot
7975TYPE: string
7976LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7977DEFAULT: none
7978DOC_START
9f37c18a 7979 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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7980 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7981 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7982 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7983 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7984DOC_END
a58ff010 7985
5473c134 7986NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7987TYPE: onoff
7988LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7989DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7990DOC_START
cc192b50 7991 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7992 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7993 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7994
5473c134 7995 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7996 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7997 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7998
cc192b50 7999 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 8000DOC_END
8001
5473c134 8002NAME: pipeline_prefetch
8003TYPE: onoff
8004LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
8005DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 8006DOC_START
5473c134 8007 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
8008 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
8009 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 8010
5473c134 8011 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
8012 reasons.
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8013
8014 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 8015DOC_END
a58ff010 8016
5473c134 8017NAME: high_response_time_warning
8018TYPE: int
8019COMMENT: (msec)
8020LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
8021DEFAULT: 0
8022DOC_START
8023 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
8024 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
8025 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 8026DOC_END
8027
5473c134 8028NAME: high_page_fault_warning
8029TYPE: int
8030LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
8031DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 8032DOC_START
5473c134 8033 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
8034 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
8035 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
8036 per second.
8037DOC_END
cc9f92d4 8038
5473c134 8039NAME: high_memory_warning
8040TYPE: b_size_t
8041LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 8042DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 8043DOC_START
8044 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 8045 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 8046 the administrators attention.
8047DOC_END
cc9f92d4 8048
5473c134 8049NAME: sleep_after_fork
8050COMMENT: (microseconds)
8051TYPE: int
8052LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
8053DEFAULT: 0
8054DOC_START
8055 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
8056 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
8057 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
8058 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
8059 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
8060 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
8061 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
8062 until all the child processes have been started.
8063 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
8064 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 8065DOC_END
8066
b6696974 8067NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 8068IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
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8069COMMENT: on|off
8070TYPE: onoff
8071DEFAULT: on
8072LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
8073DOC_START
8074 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
8075 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
8076 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
8077 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
8078 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
8079 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
8080DOC_END
8081
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8082NAME: eui_lookup
8083TYPE: onoff
8084IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
8085DEFAULT: on
8086LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
8087DOC_START
8088 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
8089DOC_END
8090
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8091NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
8092TYPE: int
8093DEFAULT: 0
8094LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
8095DOC_START
8096 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
8097
8098 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
8099
8100 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
8101 not all comm loops supports large values.
8102DOC_END
8103
13aeac35 8104NAME: workers
007d775d 8105TYPE: int
13aeac35 8106LOC: Config.workers
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8107DEFAULT: 1
8108DOC_START
13aeac35 8109 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
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8110 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
8111 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
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8112 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
8113
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8114 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
8115 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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8116DOC_END
8117
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8118NAME: cpu_affinity_map
8119TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
8120LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
8121DEFAULT: none
8122DOC_START
8123 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
8124
8125 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
8126
8127 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
8128
8129 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
8130 four even cores, starting with core #1.
8131
8132 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
8133 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
8134
8135 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
8136
8137 See also: workers
8138DOC_END
8139
cccac0a2 8140EOF