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32
0f74202c 33COMMENT_START
cccac0a2 34 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
35 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
38 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
39 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 40
cccac0a2 41 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
42 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
43 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
44 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
45 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
46 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
47 case.
debd9a31 48
cccac0a2 49COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_START
52 NETWORK OPTIONS
53 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
54COMMENT_END
55
56NAME: http_port ascii_port
57TYPE: http_port_list
58DEFAULT: none
59LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
60DOC_START
61 Usage: port [options]
62 hostname:port [options]
63 1.2.3.4:port [options]
64
65 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
66 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
67 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
68 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
7f7db318 69 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
cccac0a2 70 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
71 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
72 address, so you can use the port number alone.
73
7f7db318 74 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
cccac0a2 75 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
76
77 The -a command line option will override the *first* port
78 number listed here. That option will NOT override an IP
79 address, however.
80
81 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
82
116c6cca 83 Options:
84
85 transparent Support for transparent proxies
86
87 accel Accelerator mode. Also set implicit by the other
88 accelerator directives
89
90 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
91 domain support
92
93 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support
94
95 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
96 than the http_port number
97
98 defaultsite= Main web site name for accelerators
99
100 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
101 Defaults to http
cccac0a2 102
5529ca8a 103 disable-pmtu-discovery=
104 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
105 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
106 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
107 support is enabled.
108 always disable always PMTU discovery.
109
110 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies Path-MTU
111 discovery can not work on traffic towards the clients. This is
112 the case when the intercepting device does not fully track
113 connections and fails to forward ICMP must fragment messages
114 to the cache server. If you have such setup and experience that
115 certain clients sporadically hang or never complete requests set
116 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
117
cccac0a2 118 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
7f7db318 119 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
cccac0a2 120 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
121 visible on the internal address.
122NOCOMMENT_START
123# Squid normally listens to port 3128
124http_port 3128
125NOCOMMENT_END
126DOC_END
127
128NAME: https_port
129IFDEF: USE_SSL
130TYPE: https_port_list
131DEFAULT: none
132LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
133DOC_START
134 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
135
136 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
137 requests.
138
139 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
140 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
141 accelerator level.
142
143 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
144 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
d3803853 145
cccac0a2 146 Options:
147
148 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
116c6cca 149 this port
cccac0a2 150
151 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests
116c6cca 152 with. Defaults to https
cccac0a2 153
154 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format)
7f7db318 155
cccac0a2 156 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
157 if not specified, the certificate file is
158 assumed to be a combined certificate and
159 key file
160
161 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
162 1 automatic (default)
163 2 SSLv2 only
164 3 SSLv3 only
165 4 TLSv1 only
166
167 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers
168
5ac1a5b3 169 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
cccac0a2 170 being:
171 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
172 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
173 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
174 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
175 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
176 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
116c6cca 177 documentation for a complete list of options
cccac0a2 178
179 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
180 requesting a client certificate
181
182 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
183 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
116c6cca 184 clientca will be used
cccac0a2 185
186 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
a82a4fe4 187 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates
188
189 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
190 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
191 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
cccac0a2 192
193 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
194 DH key exchanges
195
196 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
197 DELAYED_AUTH
198 Don't request client certificates
199 immediately, but wait until acl processing
a82a4fe4 200 requires a certificate (not yet implemented)
7f7db318 201 NO_DEFAULT_CA
a82a4fe4 202 Don't use the default CA lists built in
116c6cca 203 to OpenSSL
b13877cc 204 NO_SESSION_REUSE
205 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
206 will result in a new SSL session.
a82a4fe4 207 VERIFY_CRL
208 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
209 certificates
210 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
211 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
212 client certificate chain
116c6cca 213
6b2936d5 214 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
215
116c6cca 216 accel Accelerator mode. Also set implicit by the other
217 accelerator directives
218
219 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
220 domain support
221
222 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support
223
224 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
225 than the https_port number
cccac0a2 226
227DOC_END
228
229NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
230IFDEF: USE_SSL
231TYPE: onoff
232DEFAULT: off
233LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
234DOC_START
235 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
236 messages.
237DOC_END
238
239NAME: ssl_engine
240IFDEF: USE_SSL
241TYPE: string
242LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
243DEFAULT: none
244DOC_START
245 The openssl engine to use. You will need to set this if you
246 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
247DOC_END
248
249NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
250IFDEF: USE_SSL
251DEFAULT: none
252LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
253TYPE: string
254DOC_START
255 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
256DOC_END
257
258NAME: sslproxy_client_key
259IFDEF: USE_SSL
260DEFAULT: none
261LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
262TYPE: string
263DOC_START
264 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
265DOC_END
266
267NAME: sslproxy_version
268IFDEF: USE_SSL
269DEFAULT: 1
270LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
271TYPE: int
272DOC_START
273 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
274DOC_END
275
276NAME: sslproxy_options
277IFDEF: USE_SSL
278DEFAULT: none
279LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
280TYPE: string
281DOC_START
282 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
283DOC_END
284
285NAME: sslproxy_cipher
286IFDEF: USE_SSL
287DEFAULT: none
288LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
289TYPE: string
290DOC_START
291 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
292DOC_END
293
294NAME: sslproxy_cafile
295IFDEF: USE_SSL
296DEFAULT: none
297LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
298TYPE: string
299DOC_START
300 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
301 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
302DOC_END
303
304NAME: sslproxy_capath
305IFDEF: USE_SSL
306DEFAULT: none
307LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
308TYPE: string
309DOC_START
310 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
311 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
312DOC_END
313
314NAME: sslproxy_flags
315IFDEF: USE_SSL
316DEFAULT: none
317LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
318TYPE: string
319DOC_START
320 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
321 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates even if they fail to
322 verify.
323 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
324 to OpenSSL.
325DOC_END
326
307b83b7 327NAME: sslpassword_program
328IFDEF: USE_SSL
329DEFAULT: none
330LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
331TYPE: string
332DOC_START
333 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
334 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
335 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
336 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
337DOC_END
338
cccac0a2 339NAME: icp_port udp_port
340TYPE: ushort
341DEFAULT: 0
342LOC: Config.Port.icp
343DOC_START
344 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
345 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
346 Default is disabled (0).
347NOCOMMENT_START
348icp_port 3130
349NOCOMMENT_END
350DOC_END
351
352NAME: htcp_port
353IFDEF: USE_HTCP
354TYPE: ushort
355DEFAULT: 4827
356LOC: Config.Port.htcp
357DOC_START
358 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
359 and from neighbor caches. Default is 4827. To disable use
360 "0".
361DOC_END
362
363
364NAME: mcast_groups
365TYPE: wordlist
366LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
367DEFAULT: none
368DOC_START
369 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
370 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
371
372 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
373 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
374 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
375 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
376 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
377 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
378 receive replies from multicast group members.
379
380 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
381 is already in use by another group of caches.
382
383 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
384 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
385
386 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
387
388 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
389DOC_END
390
391
392NAME: udp_incoming_address
393TYPE: address
394LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
395DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
396DOC_NONE
397
398NAME: udp_outgoing_address
399TYPE: address
400LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
401DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
402DOC_START
403 udp_incoming_address is used for the ICP socket receiving packets
404 from other caches.
405 udp_outgoing_address is used for ICP packets sent out to other
406 caches.
407
408 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
409
f939c0ca 410 A udp_incoming_address value of 0.0.0.0 indicates Squid
411 should listen for UDP messages on all available interfaces.
cccac0a2 412
413 If udp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
7f7db318 414 it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address. Only
cccac0a2 415 change this if you want to have ICP queries sent using another
416 address than where this Squid listens for ICP queries from other
417 caches.
418
419 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
420 have the same value since they both use port 3130.
421DOC_END
9e7dbc51 422
cccac0a2 423COMMENT_START
424 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
425 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
426COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 427
cccac0a2 428NAME: cache_peer
429TYPE: peer
430DEFAULT: none
431LOC: Config.peers
432DOC_START
433 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
9e7dbc51 434
cccac0a2 435 cache_peer hostname type http_port icp_port [options]
0fdafae7 436
cccac0a2 437 For example,
d1b63fc8 438
cccac0a2 439 # proxy icp
440 # hostname type port port options
441 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
442 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
443 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
444 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
445
446 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
447
448 proxy_port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
449 requests.
450
451 icp_port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
452 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
453 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
454 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
455 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
456
457 options: proxy-only
458 weight=n
459 basetime=n
460 ttl=n
461 no-query
462 background-ping
463 default
464 round-robin
465 weighted-round-robin
466 carp
467 multicast-responder
468 closest-only
469 no-digest
470 no-netdb-exchange
471 no-delay
472 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
473 connect-timeout=nn
474 digest-url=url
475 allow-miss
476 max-conn
477 htcp
478 originserver
479 name=xxx
480 forceddomain=name
481 ssl
482 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
483 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
484 sslversion=1|2|3|4
485 sslcipher=...
486 ssloptions=...
487 front-end-https[=on|auto]
7f7db318 488
489 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
cccac0a2 490 from this cache should not be saved locally.
491
492 use 'weight=n' to specify a weighted parent.
493 The weight must be an integer. The default weight
494 is 1, larger weights are favored more.
495
496 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
497 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
498 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
499 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
7f7db318 500 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 501
502 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
503 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
504 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
505 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
506 hosts, you must configure other group members as
507 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
508
509 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
510 neighbor.
511
512 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
7f7db318 513 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
514 round trip time updated and is usually used in
cccac0a2 515 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
516
517 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
518 be used as a "last-resort." You should probably
519 only use 'default' in situations where you cannot
520 use ICP with your parent cache(s).
521
522 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
523 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
524 absence of any ICP queries.
525
7f7db318 526 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
527 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
528 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
529 time. Closer parents are used more often.
cccac0a2 530 Usually used for background-ping parents.
531
532 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
7f7db318 533 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
cccac0a2 534 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
535 balancing hash function based on their weigth.
536
7f7db318 537 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
cccac0a2 538 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
539 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
540 will be accepted from it.
541
542 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
543 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
544 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
545
546 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
547 this neighbor.
548
549 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
550 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
551
552 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
553 from influencing the delay pools.
554
555 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
556 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
557 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
7f7db318 558 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
cccac0a2 559
560 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
65fca573 561 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
562 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
563 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
564 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
565 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
566 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
567 one proxy login.
7f7db318 568 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
cccac0a2 569 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
570
571 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
572 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
573 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
574 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
575 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
576 information which is added to the username. This can
577 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
578 the login=username:password option above.
579
580 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
581 specific connect timeout (also see the
582 peer_connect_timeout directive)
583
584 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
585 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
586 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
587 location.
588
589 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
590 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
591 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
592 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
593 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
594 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
595 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
596 source is a peer)
597
598 use 'max-conn' to limit the amount of connections Squid
599 may open to this peer.
600
601 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
602 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
603 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
d3803853 604
cccac0a2 605 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
606 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
607
608 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
7f7db318 609 host but different ports. This name can be used to
cccac0a2 610 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
611 directives.
612
613 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
614 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
615 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
616 name and using redirectors to feed this domainname
617 is not feasible.
618
7f7db318 619 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
cccac0a2 620 bs SSL/TLS encrypted.
621
622 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
623 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
624
625 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
626 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
7f7db318 627 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
cccac0a2 628 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
629
630 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
631 when connecting to this peer
632 1 = automatic (default)
633 2 = SSL v2 only
634 3 = SSL v3 only
635 4 = TLS v1 only
636
637 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL chipers
638 to use when connecting to this peer
639
640 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
641 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
642 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
643 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
644 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
645 a more complete list.
646
647 use cafile=... to specify a file containing additional
648 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
649
650 use capath=... to specify a directory containing additional
651 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
652
653 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
654 SSL implementation:
655 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
656 Accept certificates even if they fail to
657 verify.
7f7db318 658 NO_DEFAULT_CA
cccac0a2 659 Don't use the default CA list built in
660 to OpenSSL.
661 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
7f7db318 662 Don't verify the peer certificate
cccac0a2 663 matches the server name
664
665 use sslname= to specify the peer name as advertised
666 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
667 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
668 peer hostname will be used.
669
670 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
671 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend infront
672 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
7f7db318 673 on this header. If set to auto the header will
cccac0a2 674 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
675 URL.
676
677 NOTE: non-ICP neighbors must be specified as 'parent'.
678DOC_END
679
680NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
681TYPE: hostdomain
682DEFAULT: none
683LOC: none
684DOC_START
685 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
686 queried. Usage:
687
688 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
689 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
690
691 For example, specifying
692
693 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
694
695 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
696 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
697 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
7f7db318 698 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
cccac0a2 699 NOT in that domain.
700
701 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
702 either on the same or separate lines.
703 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
704 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
705 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
706 for all requests.
707 * There are no defaults.
708 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
709 section.
710DOC_END
711
712
713NAME: neighbor_type_domain
714TYPE: hostdomaintype
715DEFAULT: none
716LOC: none
717DOC_START
718 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
719
720 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
721 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
722 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
723 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
724 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
725 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
726
727EXAMPLE:
728 cache_peer parent cache.foo.org 3128 3130
729 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
730 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
731DOC_END
732
733NAME: icp_query_timeout
734COMMENT: (msec)
735DEFAULT: 0
736TYPE: int
737LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
738DOC_START
739 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
740 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
741 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
742 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
743 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
744 timeout (the old default), you would write:
745
746 icp_query_timeout 2000
747DOC_END
748
749NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
750COMMENT: (msec)
751DEFAULT: 2000
752TYPE: int
753LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
754DOC_START
755 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
756 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
757 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
758 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
759 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
760 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
761DOC_END
762
763NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
764COMMENT: (msec)
765DEFAULT: 5
766TYPE: int
767LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
768DOC_START
769 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
770 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
771 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
772 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
773 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
774 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
775 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
776DOC_END
777
778NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
779COMMENT: (msec)
780DEFAULT: 2000
781TYPE: int
782LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
783DOC_START
784 For Multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
785 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
786 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
787 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
788 seconds.
789DOC_END
790
791NAME: dead_peer_timeout
792COMMENT: (seconds)
793DEFAULT: 10 seconds
794TYPE: time_t
795LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
796DOC_START
797 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
798 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
799 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
800 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
801 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
802 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
803
804 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
805 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
806 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
807 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
808 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
809 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
810 instead of to your parents.
811DOC_END
812
813
814NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
815TYPE: wordlist
816DEFAULT: none
817LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
818DOC_START
819 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
820 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
821 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
822 list this option multiple times.
823NOCOMMENT_START
824#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
825hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
826NOCOMMENT_END
827DOC_END
934b03fc 828
6a566b9c 829
cccac0a2 830NAME: no_cache
831TYPE: acl_access
832DEFAULT: none
833LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
834DOC_START
835 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
836 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
837 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
6a566b9c 838
cccac0a2 839 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
840 NOT be cached.
1e5562e3 841
cccac0a2 842NOCOMMENT_START
843#We recommend you to use the following two lines.
844acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
845no_cache deny QUERY
846NOCOMMENT_END
847DOC_END
848
849NAME: background_ping_rate
850COMMENT: time-units
851TYPE: time_t
852DEFAULT: 10 seconds
853LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
854DOC_START
855 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
856 have background-ping set.
857DOC_END
1e5562e3 858
934b03fc 859
cccac0a2 860COMMENT_START
861 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE CACHE SIZE
862 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
863COMMENT_END
864
865NAME: cache_mem
866COMMENT: (bytes)
867TYPE: b_size_t
868DEFAULT: 8 MB
869LOC: Config.memMaxSize
870DOC_START
871 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
872 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
873 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
874 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
875
876 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
877 for:
878 * In-Transit objects
879 * Hot Objects
880 * Negative-Cached objects
881
882 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
883 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
884 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
885 priority.
886
887 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
888 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
889 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
890 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
891 not needed for in-transit objects.
892
893 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
894 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
895 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
896 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
897 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
898 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
899 objects.
900DOC_END
901
902
903NAME: cache_swap_low
904COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
905TYPE: int
906DEFAULT: 90
907LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
908DOC_NONE
909
910NAME: cache_swap_high
911COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
912TYPE: int
913DEFAULT: 95
914LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
915DOC_START
916
917 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
918 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
919 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
920 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
921 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
922 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
7f7db318 923
cccac0a2 924 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
925 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
926 numbers closer together.
927DOC_END
928
929NAME: maximum_object_size
930COMMENT: (bytes)
931TYPE: b_size_t
932DEFAULT: 4096 KB
933LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
934DOC_START
935 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
936 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
937 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
938 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
939 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
940 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
941
942 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
943 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
944 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
945DOC_END
946
947NAME: minimum_object_size
948COMMENT: (bytes)
949TYPE: b_size_t
950DEFAULT: 0 KB
951LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
952DOC_START
953 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
954 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
955 means there is no minimum.
956DOC_END
957
958NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
959COMMENT: (bytes)
960TYPE: b_size_t
961DEFAULT: 8 KB
962LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
963DOC_START
964 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
965 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
966 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
967 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem .
968DOC_END
969
970NAME: ipcache_size
971COMMENT: (number of entries)
972TYPE: int
973DEFAULT: 1024
974LOC: Config.ipcache.size
975DOC_NONE
976
977NAME: ipcache_low
978COMMENT: (percent)
979TYPE: int
980DEFAULT: 90
981LOC: Config.ipcache.low
982DOC_NONE
983
984NAME: ipcache_high
985COMMENT: (percent)
986TYPE: int
987DEFAULT: 95
988LOC: Config.ipcache.high
989DOC_START
990 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
991DOC_END
992
993NAME: fqdncache_size
994COMMENT: (number of entries)
995TYPE: int
996DEFAULT: 1024
997LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
998DOC_START
999 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
1000DOC_END
1001
1002NAME: cache_replacement_policy
1003TYPE: removalpolicy
1004LOC: Config.replPolicy
1005DEFAULT: lru
1006DOC_START
1007 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
1008 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
1009
1010 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
1011 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
1012 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
1013 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
1014
1015 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
1016
1017 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
1018
1019 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
1020 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
1021 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
1022 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
1023
1024 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
1025 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
1026 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
1027 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
1028
1029 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
1030 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
1031 replacement policies.
1032
1033 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
1034 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
1035 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
1036
1037 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
1038 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
1039 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
1040DOC_END
1041
1042NAME: memory_replacement_policy
1043TYPE: removalpolicy
1044LOC: Config.memPolicy
1045DEFAULT: lru
1046DOC_START
1047 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
1048 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
1049
1050 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
1051DOC_END
934b03fc 1052
1f7c9178 1053
cccac0a2 1054COMMENT_START
1055 LOGFILE PATHNAMES AND CACHE DIRECTORIES
1056 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1057COMMENT_END
9bc73deb 1058
cccac0a2 1059NAME: cache_dir
1060TYPE: cachedir
1061DEFAULT: none
1062DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
1063LOC: Config.cacheSwap
1064DOC_START
1065 Usage:
7f7db318 1066
cccac0a2 1067 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
cf5cc17e 1068
cccac0a2 1069 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
1070 cache among different disk partitions.
8e8d4f30 1071
cccac0a2 1072 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
5ac1a5b3 1073 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
cccac0a2 1074 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
934b03fc 1075
cccac0a2 1076 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
1077 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
7f7db318 1078 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
cccac0a2 1079 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
1080 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
1e5562e3 1081
cccac0a2 1082 The ufs store type:
1083
1084 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
1085 been there.
1086
1087 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
1088
1089 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
1090 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
1091 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
1092 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
1093 subtract 20% and use that value.
1094
1095 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
1096 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
1097
1098 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
1099 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
1100 is 256.
1101
1102 The aufs store type:
1103
1104 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
1105 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
1106 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
1107
1108 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
1109
1110 see argument descriptions under ufs above
1111
1112 The diskd store type:
1113
1114 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
1115 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
1116 disk-I/O.
1117
1118 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
1119
1120 see argument descriptions under ufs above
1121
1122 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
1123 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
1124 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
1125
1126 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
1127 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
44f991b5 1128 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
cccac0a2 1129
af9ad249 1130 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
1131 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
1132 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
1133 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
1134 time.
1135
1a224843 1136 The coss store type:
1137
1138 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
1139 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
1140 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
1141 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
1142 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
7f7db318 1143 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
1a224843 1144 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
1145
c8f4eac4 1146 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
1147 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
1148 this will be created by squid -z.
1149
cccac0a2 1150 Common options:
1151
1152 read-only, this cache_dir is read only.
1153
1154 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
1155 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
1156 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
1157 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
1158 ones with no max-size specification last.
1a224843 1159
7f7db318 1160 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
1a224843 1161 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
1162 option.
c8f4eac4 1163
1164 The null store type:
1165
1166 no options are allowed or required
cccac0a2 1167DOC_END
1168
1169
1170NAME: logformat
1171TYPE: logformat
1172LOC: Config.Log.logformats
1173DEFAULT: none
1174DOC_START
1175 Usage:
1176
1177 logformat <name> <format specification>
1178
1179 Defines an access log format.
1180
1181 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
7f7db318 1182
cccac0a2 1183 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
fa38076e 1184 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
cccac0a2 1185 as required according to their context and the output format
fa38076e 1186 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
1187 output format is desired.
cccac0a2 1188
1189 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
7f7db318 1190
fa38076e 1191 " output in quoted string format
1192 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
1193 # output in URL quoted format
1194 ' output as-is
1195
cccac0a2 1196 - left aligned
7f7db318 1197 width field width. If starting with 0 the
cccac0a2 1198 output is zero padded
1199 {arg} argument such as header name etc
1200
1201 Format codes:
1202
1203 >a Client source IP address
1204 >A Client FQDN
1205 <A Server IP address or peer name
1206 la Local IP address (http_port)
1207 lp Local port number (http_port)
1208 ts Seconds since epoch
1209 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
1210 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
1211 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:S %z
1212 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
1213 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:S %z
1214 tr Response time (milliseconds)
1215 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
1216 on the format header[:[separator]element]
1217 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
1218 as for >h
1219 un User name
1220 ul User login
1221 ui User ident
1222 ue User from external acl
1223 Hs HTTP status code
1224 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
1225 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
1226 mt MIME content type
1227 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
1228 ru Request URL
1229 rv Request protocol version
1230 et Tag returned by external acl
1231 ea Log string returned by external acl
1232 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
03b29b6c 1233 <sH Reply high offset sent
1234 <sS Upstream object size
cccac0a2 1235 % a literal % character
1236
1237logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
1238logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
1239logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
1240logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
1241DOC_END
1242
1243NAME: access_log cache_access_log
1244TYPE: access_log
1245LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
1246DEFAULT: none
1247DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@
1248DOC_START
1249 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
1250 ICP request. The format is:
1251 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
1252 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
1253
1254 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
1255 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
1256 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
1257 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
7f7db318 1258
c33aa074 1259 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
1260 a logformat name should not be specified.
1261
1262 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog"
cccac0a2 1263DOC_END
1264
1265
1266NAME: cache_log
1267TYPE: string
1268DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
1269LOC: Config.Log.log
1270DOC_START
1271 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
1272 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
1273 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
1274DOC_END
1275
1276
1277NAME: cache_store_log
1278TYPE: string
1279DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
1280LOC: Config.Log.store
1281DOC_START
1282 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
1283 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
1284 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
1285 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
1286 disable it.
1287DOC_END
1288
1289
e2529a2c 1290NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
cccac0a2 1291TYPE: string
1292LOC: Config.Log.swap
1293DEFAULT: none
1294DOC_START
e2529a2c 1295 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
1296 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
1297 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
cccac0a2 1298 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
1299 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
1300 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
1301 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
1302
7f7db318 1303 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
cccac0a2 1304 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
1305 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
1306 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
7f7db318 1307
cccac0a2 1308 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
7f7db318 1309 these swap logs will have names such as:
cccac0a2 1310
1311 cache_swap_log.00
1312 cache_swap_log.01
1313 cache_swap_log.02
1314
1315 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
1316 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
1317 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
7f7db318 1318 lines in this file, these log files will NOT correspond to
cccac0a2 1319 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
7f7db318 1320 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
cccac0a2 1321 better to keep these log files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
1322DOC_END
1323
1324
1325NAME: emulate_httpd_log
1326COMMENT: on|off
1327TYPE: onoff
1328DEFAULT: off
1329LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
1330DOC_START
1331 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
1332 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
1333 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
1334 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
7f7db318 1335 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
cccac0a2 1336DOC_END
1337
1338NAME: log_ip_on_direct
1339COMMENT: on|off
1340TYPE: onoff
1341DEFAULT: on
1342LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
1343DOC_START
1344 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
1345 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
1346 prefer the old way set this to off.
1347DOC_END
1348
1349NAME: mime_table
1350TYPE: string
1351DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
1352LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
1353DOC_START
1354 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
1355 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
1356 information if you do.
1357DOC_END
1358
1359
1360NAME: log_mime_hdrs
1361COMMENT: on|off
1362TYPE: onoff
1363LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
1364DEFAULT: off
1365DOC_START
1366 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
1367 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
1368 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
1369 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
1370 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
1371DOC_END
1372
1373
1374NAME: useragent_log
1375TYPE: string
1376LOC: Config.Log.useragent
1377DEFAULT: none
1378IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
1379DOC_START
1380 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
1381 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
1382 is disabled.
1383DOC_END
1384
1385
1386NAME: referer_log
1387TYPE: string
1388LOC: Config.Log.referer
1389DEFAULT: none
1390IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
1391DOC_START
1392 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
1393 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
1394DOC_END
1395
1396
1397NAME: pid_filename
1398TYPE: string
1399DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
1400LOC: Config.pidFilename
1401DOC_START
1402 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
1403DOC_END
1404
1405
1406NAME: debug_options
d9e04dc7 1407TYPE: debug
cccac0a2 1408DEFAULT: ALL,1
1409LOC: Config.debugOptions
1410DOC_START
1411 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
1412 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
1413 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
1414 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
1415 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
1416 "ALL,1".
1417DOC_END
1418
1419
1420NAME: log_fqdn
1421COMMENT: on|off
1422TYPE: onoff
1423DEFAULT: off
1424LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
1425DOC_START
1426 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
1427 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
1428 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
1429 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
1430 browsing.
1431DOC_END
1432
1433
1434NAME: client_netmask
1435TYPE: address
1436LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
1437DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
1438DOC_START
1439 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
1440 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
1441 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
1442 the last digit set to '0'.
1443DOC_END
0976f8db 1444
0976f8db 1445
cccac0a2 1446COMMENT_START
1447 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1448 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1449COMMENT_END
1450
1451NAME: ftp_user
1452TYPE: string
1453DEFAULT: Squid@
1454LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
1455DOC_START
1456 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
1457 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
1458 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
1459
7f7db318 1460 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
cccac0a2 1461 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
1462 depending on how the cache is used.
7f7db318 1463 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
cccac0a2 1464 (for example perl.com).
1465DOC_END
1466
1467NAME: ftp_list_width
1468TYPE: size_t
1469DEFAULT: 32
1470LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
1471DOC_START
1472 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
1473 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
1474 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
1475DOC_END
1476
1477NAME: ftp_passive
1478TYPE: onoff
1479DEFAULT: on
1480LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
1481DOC_START
1482 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
7f7db318 1483 connections, turn off this option.
cccac0a2 1484DOC_END
1485
1486NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
1487TYPE: onoff
1488DEFAULT: on
1489LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
1490DOC_START
1491 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
1492 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
1493 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
1494 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
7f7db318 1495 connection turn this off.
cccac0a2 1496DOC_END
1497
1498NAME: check_hostnames
1499TYPE: onoff
1500DEFAULT: on
1501LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
1502DOC_START
1503 For security and stability reasons Squid by default checks
1504 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you do not want
7f7db318 1505 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive off.
cccac0a2 1506DOC_END
1507
dad0fe12 1508NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
1509TYPE: onoff
1510DEFAULT: on
1511LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
1512DOC_START
1513The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
1514as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
5ac1a5b3 1515implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
dad0fe12 1516the FTP protocol.
1517
1518If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
7f7db318 1519path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
1520try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
dad0fe12 1521operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
1522is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
1523DOC_END
1524
cccac0a2 1525NAME: cache_dns_program
1526TYPE: string
1527IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
1528DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
1529LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
1530DOC_START
1531 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
1532DOC_END
1533
1534NAME: dns_children
1535TYPE: int
1536IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
1537DEFAULT: 5
1538LOC: Config.dnsChildren
1539DOC_START
1540 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
1541 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
1542 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
1543 is 32. The default is 5.
1544
1545 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
1546DOC_END
1547
1548NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
1549TYPE: time_t
1550DEFAULT: 5 seconds
1551LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
1552IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1553DOC_START
1554 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
1555 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
1556
1557DOC_END
1558
1559NAME: dns_timeout
1560TYPE: time_t
1561DEFAULT: 5 minutes
1562LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
1563IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1564DOC_START
1565 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7f7db318 1566 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
1567 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 1568DOC_END
1569
1570NAME: dns_defnames
1571COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 1572TYPE: onoff
1573DEFAULT: off
1574LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 1575DOC_START
68836b58 1576 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
1577 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
cccac0a2 1578 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
68836b58 1579 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 1580DOC_END
1581
1582NAME: dns_nameservers
1583TYPE: wordlist
1584DEFAULT: none
1585LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
1586DOC_START
1587 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
1588 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
1589 /etc/resolv.conf file.
1590 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
1591 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
1592 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
1593 configurations are supported.
1594
1595 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
1596DOC_END
1597
1598NAME: hosts_file
1599TYPE: string
1600DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
1601LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
1602DOC_START
1603 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
1604 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7f7db318 1605 default locations:
cccac0a2 1606 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
1607 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
1608 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
1609 - Windows XP: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
1610 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
1611 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
1612 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
1613 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
1614
1615 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
1616 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
5ac1a5b3 1617 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
cccac0a2 1618 character are comments.
1619
7f7db318 1620 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
cccac0a2 1621 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7f7db318 1622 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
cccac0a2 1623 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
1624 definitions.
1625DOC_END
1626
1627NAME: diskd_program
1628TYPE: string
1629DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
1630LOC: Config.Program.diskd
1631DOC_START
1632 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
7f7db318 1633 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
cccac0a2 1634 diskd as one of the store io modules.
1635DOC_END
1636
1637NAME: unlinkd_program
1638IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
1639TYPE: string
1640DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
1641LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
1642DOC_START
1643 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
1644DOC_END
1645
1646NAME: pinger_program
1647TYPE: string
1648DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
1649LOC: Config.Program.pinger
1650IFDEF: USE_ICMP
1651DOC_START
1652 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
1653DOC_END
1654
1655
1656NAME: redirect_program
1657TYPE: wordlist
1658LOC: Config.Program.redirect
1659DEFAULT: none
1660DOC_START
1661 Specify the location of the executable for the URL redirector.
1662 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
1663 See the FAQ (section 15) for information on how to write one.
1664 By default, a redirector is not used.
1665DOC_END
1666
1667
1668NAME: redirect_children
1669TYPE: int
1670DEFAULT: 5
1671LOC: Config.redirectChildren
1672DOC_START
1673 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
1674 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
1675 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
1676 and other system resources.
1677DOC_END
1678
1679NAME: redirect_concurrency
1680TYPE: int
1681DEFAULT: 0
1682LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
1683DOC_START
1684 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
7f7db318 1685 parallell. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
cccac0a2 1686 is a old-style singlethreaded redirector.
1687DOC_END
1688
1689NAME: redirect_rewrites_host_header
1690TYPE: onoff
1691DEFAULT: on
1692LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
1693DOC_START
1694 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
7f7db318 1695 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
cccac0a2 1696 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
1697
1698 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
1699 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
1700DOC_END
1701
1702NAME: redirector_access
1703TYPE: acl_access
1704DEFAULT: none
1705LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
1706DOC_START
1707 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
1708 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
1709 are sent.
1710DOC_END
1711
1712NAME: auth_param
1713TYPE: authparam
1714LOC: Config.authConfiguration
1715DEFAULT: none
1716DOC_START
1717 This is used to pass parameters to the various authentication
1718 schemes.
1719 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
7f7db318 1720
1721 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
cccac0a2 1722 would tell the basic authentication scheme it's program parameter.
1723
7f7db318 1724 The order authentication prompts are presented to the client_agent
5ac1a5b3 1725 is dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file.
cccac0a2 1726 IE has a bug (it's not rfc 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
1727 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure schemes
1728 are presented. For now use the order in the file below. If other browsers
5ac1a5b3 1729 have difficulties (don't recognize the schemes offered even if you are using
7f7db318 1730 basic) either put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting
cccac0a2 1731 out their program entry).
1732
1733 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be shutdown
1734 by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on the fly and
1735 activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a different helper,
1736 but not unconfigure the helper completely.
1737
1738 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
7f7db318 1739
cccac0a2 1740 "program" cmdline
1741 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a
1742 program reads a line containing "username password" and replies
0a0c70cd 1743 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
1744 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
1745 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
1746 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a program
1747 is specified.
cccac0a2 1748
1749 If you want to use the traditional proxy authentication,
1750 jump over to the ../auth_modules/NCSA directory and
1751 type:
1752 % make
1753 % make install
1754
1755 Then, set this line to something like
1756
1757 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
1758
1759 "children" numberofchildren
1760 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1761 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1762 process a backlog of usercode/password verifications, slowing
1763 it down. When password verifications are done via a (slow)
1764 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1765 processes.
1766 auth_param basic children 5
1767
1768 "concurrency" concurrency
1769 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
1770 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
1771 one request at a time.
1772 auth_param basic concurrency 0
1773
1774 "realm" realmstring
1775 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1776 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
1777 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1778 password). There is no default.
1779 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1780
1781 "credentialsttl" timetolive
1782 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
1783 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
1784 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
1785 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
5ac1a5b3 1786 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
cccac0a2 1787 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
1788 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
1789 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
1790 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
1791
64658378 1792 "casesensitive" on|off
1793 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
1794 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
1795 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
1796 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
1797 auth_param basic casesensitive off
1798
cccac0a2 1799 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
1800
1801 "program" cmdline
1802 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
1803 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
4c9fa5d5 1804 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value base64 encoded or
1805 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
1806 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
0a0c70cd 1807 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
1808 available as %m in the returned error page.
4c9fa5d5 1809
1810 By default, the digest authentication is not used unless a
1811 program is specified.
1812
1813 If you want to use a digest authenticator, jump over to the
1814 helpers/digest_auth/ directory and choose the authenticator
1815 to use. In it's directory type
cccac0a2 1816 % make
1817 % make install
1818
1819 Then, set this line to something like
1820
1821 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
1822
1823
1824 "children" numberofchildren
1825 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1826 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1827 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
1828 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
1829 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
1830 auth_param digest children 5
1831
1832 "realm" realmstring
1833 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1834 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
1835 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1836 password). There is no default.
1837 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1838
1839 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
1840 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
1841 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
1842
1843 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
1844 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
1845 valid for.
1846
1847 "nonce_max_count" number
1848 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
1849 used.
1850
1851 "nonce_strictness" on|off
5ac1a5b3 1852 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
cccac0a2 1853 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
1854 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
1855 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
1856
1857 "check_nonce_count" on|off
1858 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
1859 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
1860 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
1861 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
1862
1863 "post_workaround" on|off
1864 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
1865 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
5ac1a5b3 1866 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 1867
1868
1869 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1870
1871 "program" cmdline
5ac1a5b3 1872 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
bdf7e1b4 1873 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
1874 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
5ac1a5b3 1875 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
1876 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
cccac0a2 1877 is not used.
1878
1879 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1880
1881 "children" numberofchildren
1882 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1883 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1884 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
5ac1a5b3 1885 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
cccac0a2 1886 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1887 processes.
1888 auth_param ntlm children 5
1889
1890 "max_challenge_reuses" number
1891 The maximum number of times a challenge given by a ntlm
1892 authentication helper can be reused. Increasing this number
1893 increases your exposure to replay attacks on your network.
1894 0 means use the challenge only once. (disable challenge
1895 caching) See max_ntlm_challenge_lifetime for more information.
1896 auth_param ntlm max_challenge_reuses 0
1897
1898 "max_challenge_lifetime" timespan
7f7db318 1899 The maximum time period a ntlm challenge is reused
cccac0a2 1900 over. The actual period will be the minimum of this time
1901 AND the number of reused challenges.
1902 auth_param ntlm max_challenge_lifetime 2 minutes
1903
1904NOCOMMENT_START
94439e4e 1905#Recommended minimum configuration:
2d70df72 1906#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1907#auth_param digest children 5
1908#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1909#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1910#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1911#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
94439e4e 1912#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
2d70df72 1913#auth_param ntlm children 5
1914#auth_param ntlm max_challenge_reuses 0
1915#auth_param ntlm max_challenge_lifetime 2 minutes
94439e4e 1916#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6b698a21 1917auth_param basic children 5
1918auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1919auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
1920NOCOMMENT_END
1921DOC_END
0976f8db 1922
6b698a21 1923NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1924TYPE: time_t
1925DEFAULT: 1 hour
1926LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1927DOC_START
1928 The time period between garbage collection across the
5ac1a5b3 1929 username cache. This is a tradeoff between memory utilization
6b698a21 1930 (long intervals - say 2 days) and CPU (short intervals -
1931 say 1 minute). Only change if you have good reason to.
1932DOC_END
0976f8db 1933
6b698a21 1934NAME: authenticate_ttl
1935TYPE: time_t
1936DEFAULT: 1 hour
1937LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1938DOC_START
1939 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
1940 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
1941 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
1942 TTL are removed from memory.
1943DOC_END
0976f8db 1944
6b698a21 1945NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
1946TYPE: time_t
1947LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
1948DEFAULT: 0 seconds
1949DOC_START
1950 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
1951 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
1952 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
1953 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
1954 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
1955 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
1956 environment with relatively static address assignments.
1957DOC_END
0976f8db 1958
6b698a21 1959NAME: external_acl_type
1960TYPE: externalAclHelper
1961LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
1962DEFAULT: none
1963DOC_START
1964 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
1965 to look up the status
7f7db318 1966
6b698a21 1967 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
7f7db318 1968
6b698a21 1969 Options:
0976f8db 1970
6b698a21 1971 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
1972 for 1 hour)
1973 negative_ttl=n
1974 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
1975 as ttl)
1976 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
1977 external acl lookups of this type.
1978 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Use 0 for old style
1979 helpers who can only process a single request at a
1980 time.
1981 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
1982 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
1983 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
1984 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
dc1af3cf 1985 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
7f7db318 1986
6b698a21 1987 FORMAT specifications
1988
1989 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
66b4345b 1990 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
6b698a21 1991 %IDENT Ident user name
1992 %SRC Client IP
1993 %SRCPORT Client source port
1994 %DST Requested host
1995 %PROTO Requested protocol
1996 %PORT Requested port
1997 %PATH Requested URL path
1998 %METHOD Request method
1999 %MYADDR Squid interface address
2000 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
4ac9968f 2001 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
3d61c476 2002 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
4ac9968f 2003 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
2004 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
6b698a21 2005 %{Header} HTTP request header
2006 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
2007 %{Hdr:;member}
2008 HTTP request header list member using ; as
2009 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
2010 character.
2011
2012 In addition, any string specified in the referencing acl will
2013 also be included in the helper request line, after the specified
2014 formats (see the "acl external" directive)
2015
2016 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
2017 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
2018 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
dc1af3cf 2019 more details. To protect from odd characters the data is URL
2020 escaped.
6b698a21 2021
2022 General result syntax:
7f7db318 2023
6b698a21 2024 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
0976f8db 2025
6b698a21 2026 Defined keywords:
0976f8db 2027
6b698a21 2028 user= The users name (login)
2029 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
2030 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
2031 in error pages
2032 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
2033 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
2034 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
2035 %ea in logformat specifications
0976f8db 2036
dc1af3cf 2037 Keyword values need to be URL escaped if they may contain
2038 contain whitespace or quotes.
2039
2040 In Squid-2.5 compatibility mode quoting using " and \ is used
2041 instead of URL escaping.
6b698a21 2042DOC_END
0976f8db 2043
6b698a21 2044COMMENT_START
2045 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
2046 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2047COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2048
6b698a21 2049NAME: wais_relay_host
2050TYPE: string
2051DEFAULT: none
2052LOC: Config.Wais.relayHost
2053DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2054
6b698a21 2055NAME: wais_relay_port
2056TYPE: ushort
2057DEFAULT: 0
2058LOC: Config.Wais.relayPort
2059DOC_START
2060 Relay WAIS request to host (1st arg) at port (2 arg).
2061DOC_END
0976f8db 2062
0976f8db 2063
6b698a21 2064NAME: request_header_max_size
2065COMMENT: (KB)
2066TYPE: b_size_t
5b648f60 2067DEFAULT: 20 KB
6b698a21 2068LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
2069DOC_START
2070 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
2071 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2072 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
2073 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2074 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2075DOC_END
0976f8db 2076
6b698a21 2077NAME: request_body_max_size
2078COMMENT: (KB)
2079TYPE: b_size_t
2080DEFAULT: 0 KB
2081LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
2082DOC_START
2083 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
2084 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
2085 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
2086 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
2087 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
2088 be no limit imposed.
2089DOC_END
0976f8db 2090
6b698a21 2091NAME: refresh_pattern
2092TYPE: refreshpattern
2093LOC: Config.Refresh
2094DEFAULT: none
2095DOC_START
2096 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
0976f8db 2097
6b698a21 2098 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2099 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
0976f8db 2100
6b698a21 2101 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2102 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2103 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2104 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2105 has taken the appropriate actions.
0976f8db 2106
6b698a21 2107 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2108 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2109 will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 2110
6b698a21 2111 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2112 expiry time will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 2113
6b698a21 2114 options: override-expire
2115 override-lastmod
2116 reload-into-ims
2117 ignore-reload
38f9c547 2118 ignore-no-cache
2119 ignore-no-store
2120 ignore-private
2121 ignore-auth
4c3ef9b2 2122 refresh-ims
0976f8db 2123
6b698a21 2124 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
2125 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
2126 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
2127 for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2128
6b698a21 2129 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
7f7db318 2130 that were modified recently.
0976f8db 2131
6b698a21 2132 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2133 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2134 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2135 liable for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2136
6b698a21 2137 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2138 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2139 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2140 it causes.
7f7db318 2141
38f9c547 2142 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2143 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2144 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2145 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2146 send it anyway.
2147
2148 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2149 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2150 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2151 liable for problems which it causes.
2152
2153 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2154 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2155 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2156 liable for problems which it causes.
2157
2158 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2159 irrespective of ``Cache-control'' headers received from
2160 a server. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2161 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2162 it causes.
2163
4c3ef9b2 2164 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2165 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2166 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2167 if one is available.
2168
6b698a21 2169 Basically a cached object is:
0976f8db 2170
6b698a21 2171 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2172 STALE if age > max
2173 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2174 FRESH if age < min
2175 else STALE
0976f8db 2176
6b698a21 2177 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2178 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
7f7db318 2179 match the default will be used.
0976f8db 2180
6b698a21 2181 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2182 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2183 used.
0976f8db 2184
6b698a21 2185Suggested default:
2186NOCOMMENT_START
2187refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2188refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
2189refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2190NOCOMMENT_END
2191DOC_END
0976f8db 2192
6b698a21 2193NAME: quick_abort_min
2194COMMENT: (KB)
2195TYPE: kb_size_t
2196DEFAULT: 16 KB
2197LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2198DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2199
6b698a21 2200NAME: quick_abort_max
2201COMMENT: (KB)
2202TYPE: kb_size_t
2203DEFAULT: 16 KB
2204LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2205DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2206
6b698a21 2207NAME: quick_abort_pct
2208COMMENT: (percent)
2209TYPE: int
2210DEFAULT: 95
2211LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2212DOC_START
2213 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2214 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2215 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2216 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2217 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2218 downloads.
0976f8db 2219
6b698a21 2220 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2221 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2222 then.
0976f8db 2223
6b698a21 2224 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2225 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2226
6b698a21 2227 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2228 it will abort the retrieval.
0976f8db 2229
6b698a21 2230 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
2231 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2232
6b698a21 2233 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2234 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
2235 to '0 KB'.
0976f8db 2236
6b698a21 2237 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
7f7db318 2238 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
6b698a21 2239DOC_END
0976f8db 2240
6b698a21 2241NAME: read_ahead_gap
2242COMMENT: buffer-size
2243TYPE: kb_size_t
2244LOC: Config.readAheadGap
2245DEFAULT: 16 KB
2246DOC_START
2247 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
2248 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
2249DOC_END
0976f8db 2250
6b698a21 2251NAME: negative_ttl
2252COMMENT: time-units
2253TYPE: time_t
2254LOC: Config.negativeTtl
2255DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2256DOC_START
2257 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
2258 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
2259 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
2260 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
2261 negative caching of DNS lookups.
2262DOC_END
0976f8db 2263
0976f8db 2264
6b698a21 2265NAME: positive_dns_ttl
2266COMMENT: time-units
2267TYPE: time_t
2268LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
2269DEFAULT: 6 hours
2270DOC_START
2271 Time-to-Live (TTL) for positive caching of successful DNS lookups.
2272 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). If you want to minimize the
2273 use of Squid's ipcache, set this to 1, not 0.
2274DOC_END
0976f8db 2275
0976f8db 2276
6b698a21 2277NAME: negative_dns_ttl
2278COMMENT: time-units
2279TYPE: time_t
2280LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
2281DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2282DOC_START
2283 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
2284DOC_END
0976f8db 2285
6b698a21 2286NAME: range_offset_limit
2287COMMENT: (bytes)
2288TYPE: b_size_t
2289LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
2290DEFAULT: 0 KB
2291DOC_START
2292 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
2293 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
7f7db318 2294 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
6b698a21 2295 is NOT cached.
0976f8db 2296
6b698a21 2297 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
2298 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
2299 sending anything to the client.
0976f8db 2300
6b698a21 2301 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
7f7db318 2302 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
0976f8db 2303
6b698a21 2304 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
2305 client requested. (default)
2306DOC_END
0976f8db 2307
0976f8db 2308
6b698a21 2309COMMENT_START
2310 TIMEOUTS
2311 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2312COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2313
777831e0 2314NAME: forward_timeout
2315COMMENT: time-units
2316TYPE: time_t
2317LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
2318DEFAULT: 4 minutes
2319DOC_START
2320 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
2321 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
2322DOC_END
2323
6b698a21 2324NAME: connect_timeout
2325COMMENT: time-units
2326TYPE: time_t
2327LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
777831e0 2328DEFAULT: 1 minute
6b698a21 2329DOC_START
777831e0 2330 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
2331 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
2332 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
6b698a21 2333DOC_END
0976f8db 2334
6b698a21 2335NAME: peer_connect_timeout
2336COMMENT: time-units
2337TYPE: time_t
2338LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
2339DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2340DOC_START
2341 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
2342 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
2343 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
2344 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
2345DOC_END
0976f8db 2346
6b698a21 2347NAME: read_timeout
2348COMMENT: time-units
2349TYPE: time_t
2350LOC: Config.Timeout.read
2351DEFAULT: 15 minutes
2352DOC_START
2353 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
2354 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
2355 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
2356 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
2357 default is 15 minutes.
2358DOC_END
0976f8db 2359
0976f8db 2360
6b698a21 2361NAME: request_timeout
2362TYPE: time_t
2363LOC: Config.Timeout.request
2364DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2365DOC_START
2366 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
2367 connection establishment.
2368DOC_END
0976f8db 2369
0976f8db 2370
6b698a21 2371NAME: persistent_request_timeout
2372TYPE: time_t
2373LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
2374DEFAULT: 1 minute
2375DOC_START
2376 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
2377 connection after the previous request completes.
2378DOC_END
0976f8db 2379
0976f8db 2380
6b698a21 2381NAME: client_lifetime
2382COMMENT: time-units
2383TYPE: time_t
2384LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
2385DEFAULT: 1 day
2386DOC_START
7f7db318 2387 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
6b698a21 2388 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
2389 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
2390 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
2391 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
2392 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
2393 day, 1440 minutes.
2394
2395 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
2396 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
2397 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
2398 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
2399 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
2400 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
2401DOC_END
2402
2403NAME: half_closed_clients
2404TYPE: onoff
2405LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
2406DEFAULT: on
2407DOC_START
2408 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
2409 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
2410 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
2411 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
2412 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
2413 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
2414 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
2415 "no more data to read."
2416DOC_END
0976f8db 2417
6b698a21 2418NAME: pconn_timeout
2419TYPE: time_t
2420LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
2421DEFAULT: 120 seconds
2422DOC_START
2423 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
2424 proxies.
2425DOC_END
0976f8db 2426
6b698a21 2427NAME: ident_timeout
2428TYPE: time_t
2429IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2430LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
2431DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2432DOC_START
2433 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
7f7db318 2434
6b698a21 2435 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
7f7db318 2436 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6b698a21 2437 many ident requests going at once.
2438DOC_END
0976f8db 2439
0976f8db 2440
6b698a21 2441NAME: shutdown_lifetime
2442COMMENT: time-units
2443TYPE: time_t
2444LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
2445DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2446DOC_START
2447 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
2448 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
2449 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
2450 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
2451 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
2452DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2453
6b698a21 2454COMMENT_START
2455 ACCESS CONTROLS
2456 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2457COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 2458
6b698a21 2459NAME: acl
2460TYPE: acl
2461LOC: Config.aclList
2462DEFAULT: none
2463DOC_START
2464 Defining an Access List
9e7dbc51 2465
6b698a21 2466 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
2467 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
9e7dbc51 2468
6b698a21 2469 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
9e7dbc51 2470
6b698a21 2471 acltype is one of the types described below
9e7dbc51 2472
6b698a21 2473 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2474 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2475
6b698a21 2476 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
2477 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
2478 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
2479 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
9e7dbc51 2480
5b807763 2481 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
2482 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
2483 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
5cb988c7 2484 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
5b807763 2485 #
2486 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
2487 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
2488 # find out its MAC address.
2489
6b698a21 2490 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
2491 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
2492 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
2493 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
7660b45d 2494 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
2495 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
2496 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9e7dbc51 2497
a0ec9f68 2498 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
2499
6b698a21 2500 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
2501 day-abbrevs:
2502 S - Sunday
2503 M - Monday
2504 T - Tuesday
2505 W - Wednesday
2506 H - Thursday
2507 F - Friday
2508 A - Saturday
2509 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
2510 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
2511 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
2512 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
2513 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
2514 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
2515 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
2516 acl aclname method GET POST ...
2517 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
2518 # pattern match on User-Agent header
2519 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
2520 # pattern match on Referer header
9e7dbc51 2521 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
6b698a21 2522 acl aclname ident username ...
2523 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
2524 # string match on ident output.
9e7dbc51 2525 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
6b698a21 2526 acl aclname src_as number ...
2527 acl aclname dst_as number ...
2528 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
9e7dbc51 2529 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
2530 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
6468fe10 2531 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
2532 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
d87ebd78 2533 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
2534 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
6468fe10 2535
6b698a21 2536 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
2537 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
2538 # list of valid usernames
c68e9c6b 2539 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
73e67ee0 2540 #
2541 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
2542 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
2543 # in access.log.
c68e9c6b 2544 #
2545 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
2546 # to check username/password combinations (see
f7d2a450 2547 # auth_param directive).
c68e9c6b 2548 #
d048c262 2549 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy as
2550 # the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
2551 # to respond to proxy authentication.
934b03fc 2552
6b698a21 2553 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
2554 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
dba79ac5 2555 # Example:
96d88dcb 2556 #
dba79ac5 2557 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
2558
6b698a21 2559 acl aclname maxconn number
2560 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
9bc73deb 2561 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
2562
6b698a21 2563 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
2564 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
c23e89cd 2565 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
60d096f4 2566 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
7f7db318 2567 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
be5caa55 2568 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
c23e89cd 2569 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
7f7db318 2570 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
be5caa55 2571 # request is denied)
2572 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
c23e89cd 2573 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
be5caa55 2574 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
60d096f4 2575
cccac0a2 2576 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
2577 # regex match agains the mime type of the request generated
ba2b31a8 2578 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
5ac1a5b3 2579 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
ba2b31a8 2580 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
2581 # to match the returned file type.
c68e9c6b 2582
cccac0a2 2583 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
5ac1a5b3 2584 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
c4ab8329 2585 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
5ac1a5b3 2586 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
c4ab8329 2587 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
2588 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
2589 # http_reply_access.
2590
cccac0a2 2591 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
2592 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
d9572179 2593 # external_acl_type directive.
c4ab8329 2594
cccac0a2 2595 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
2596 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2597 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2598
cccac0a2 2599 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
2600 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2601 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2602
cccac0a2 2603 acl aclname ext_user username ...
2604 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
2605 # string match on username returned by external acl processing
d95b862f 2606 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
2607
cccac0a2 2608Examples:
5b807763 2609acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
cccac0a2 2610acl myexample dst_as 1241
2611acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
2612acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
2613acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
c68e9c6b 2614
cccac0a2 2615NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2616#Recommended minimum configuration:
cccac0a2 2617acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
2618acl manager proto cache_object
2619acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
2620acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
2621acl SSL_ports port 443 563
2622acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
2623acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
2624acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
2625acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
2626acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
2627acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
2628acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
2629acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
2630acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
2631acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
2632acl CONNECT method CONNECT
2633NOCOMMENT_END
2634DOC_END
2635
2636NAME: http_access
2637TYPE: acl_access
2638LOC: Config.accessList.http
2639DEFAULT: none
2640DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2641DOC_START
2642 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
2643
2644 Access to the HTTP port:
2645 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2646
2647 NOTE on default values:
2648
2649 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
2650 the request.
2651
2652 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
2653 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
7f7db318 2654 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
cccac0a2 2655 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
2656 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
2657 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
2658
2659NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2660#Recommended minimum configuration:
2661#
2662# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
cccac0a2 2663http_access allow manager localhost
2664http_access deny manager
6b53c392 2665# Deny requests to unknown ports
cccac0a2 2666http_access deny !Safe_ports
6b53c392 2667# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
cccac0a2 2668http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
c68e9c6b 2669#
7f7db318 2670# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
2671# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
4cc6eb12 2672# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
2673#http_access deny to_localhost
c68e9c6b 2674#
4cc6eb12 2675# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
2676
59f4a63e 2677# Example rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
b9d7fe3e 2678# to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
2679# be allowed
2680#acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
2681#http_access allow our_networks
2682
6b53c392 2683# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
cccac0a2 2684http_access deny all
2685NOCOMMENT_END
2686DOC_END
c4ab8329 2687
cccac0a2 2688NAME: http_reply_access
2689TYPE: acl_access
2690LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2691DEFAULT: none
2692DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2693DOC_START
2694 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
c4ab8329 2695
cccac0a2 2696 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
0976f8db 2697
cccac0a2 2698 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
2699 all replies
0976f8db 2700
7f7db318 2701 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
cccac0a2 2702 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2703 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
0976f8db 2704
cccac0a2 2705NOCOMMENT_START
c4ab8329 2706#Recommended minimum configuration:
2707#
2708# Insert your own rules here.
2709#
2710#
2711# and finally allow by default
cccac0a2 2712http_reply_access allow all
2713NOCOMMENT_END
2714DOC_END
6b53c392 2715
6b53c392 2716
cccac0a2 2717NAME: icp_access
2718TYPE: acl_access
2719LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2720DEFAULT: none
2721DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2722DOC_START
2723 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2724 access lists
934b03fc 2725
cccac0a2 2726 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 2727
cccac0a2 2728 See http_access for details
0976f8db 2729
cccac0a2 2730NOCOMMENT_START
403b5e7b 2731#Allow ICP queries from everyone
cccac0a2 2732icp_access allow all
2733NOCOMMENT_END
2734DOC_END
934b03fc 2735
2736
cccac0a2 2737NAME: miss_access
2738TYPE: acl_access
2739LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2740DEFAULT: none
2741DOC_START
2742 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2743 a parent. For example:
934b03fc 2744
cccac0a2 2745 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2746 miss_access allow localclients
2747 miss_access deny !localclients
934b03fc 2748
7f7db318 2749 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
cccac0a2 2750 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
934b03fc 2751
cccac0a2 2752 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2753 to fetch MISSES from us.
6b53c392 2754
cccac0a2 2755NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2756#Default setting:
2757# miss_access allow all
cccac0a2 2758NOCOMMENT_END
2759DOC_END
2760
2761
2762NAME: cache_peer_access
2763TYPE: peer_access
2764DEFAULT: none
2765LOC: none
2766DOC_START
2767 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2768 using ACL elements.
2769
2770 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2771
2772 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2773 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
2774 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
2775DOC_END
2776
2777NAME: ident_lookup_access
2778TYPE: acl_access
2779IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2780DEFAULT: none
2781DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2782LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
2783DOC_START
2784 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
2785 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
2786 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
2787 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
2788 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
2789 any requests.
2790
2791 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
2792 can follow this example:
2793
2794 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
2795 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
2796 ident_lookup_access deny all
2797
2798 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
2799 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
2800 the correct result.
2801DOC_END
2802
2803NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
2804TYPE: acl_tos
2805DEFAULT: none
2806LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
2807DOC_START
2808 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
2809 connections with, based on the username or source address
2810 making the request.
2811
2812 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2813
2814 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2815 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
2816
2817 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2818 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2819 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
2820 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2821
2822 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
2823 know what you're specifying. For more, see RFC 2474
2824
2825 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a byte, value 0 - 255, or
2826 "default" to use whatever default your host has.
2827
2828 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2829 matching line.
2830DOC_END
2831
2832NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2833TYPE: acl_address
2834DEFAULT: none
2835LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2836DOC_START
2837 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2838 based on the username or sourceaddress of the user making
2839 the request.
7f7db318 2840
cccac0a2 2841 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
2842
5ac1a5b3 2843 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
7f7db318 2844 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
cccac0a2 2845 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
2846 source address 10.1.0.3.
2847
2848 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2849 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2850 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
2851 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
2852 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
2853
2854 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2855 matching line.
2856DOC_END
2857
4eb368f9 2858NAME: reply_header_max_size
2859COMMENT: (KB)
2860TYPE: b_size_t
2861DEFAULT: 20 KB
2862LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
2863DOC_START
2864 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
2865 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2866 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
2867 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2868 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2869DOC_END
2870
cccac0a2 2871NAME: reply_body_max_size
2872COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
2873TYPE: acl_b_size_t
2874DEFAULT: none
2875LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
2876DOC_START
2877 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
2878 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
5ac1a5b3 2879 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
cccac0a2 2880 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
5ac1a5b3 2881 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
cccac0a2 2882 for this reply.
2883
7f7db318 2884 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
cccac0a2 2885 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
2886 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
2887 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
2888 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
2889 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
2890 and they will receive a partial reply.
2891
2892 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
2893 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
2894 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
2895 use this option if you have downstream caches.
2896
2897 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
2898 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
2899 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
2900 the size of your largest error page.
2901
2902 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
2903 no limit imposed.
2904DOC_END
2905
2906NAME: log_access
2907TYPE: acl_access
2908LOC: Config.accessList.log
2909DEFAULT: none
2910COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2911DOC_START
2912 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2913 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2914 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
2915DOC_END
0976f8db 2916
cccac0a2 2917COMMENT_START
2918 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
2919 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2920COMMENT_END
2921
2922NAME: cache_mgr
2923TYPE: string
2924DEFAULT: webmaster
2925LOC: Config.adminEmail
2926DOC_START
2927 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
2928 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
2929DOC_END
2930
2931
abacf776 2932NAME: mail_from
2933TYPE: string
2934DEFAULT: none
2935LOC: Config.EmailFrom
2936DOC_START
2937 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
2938 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
2939 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
2940 src/globals.h before building squid.
2941DOC_END
2942
2943
d084bf20 2944NAME: mail_program
2945TYPE: eol
2946DEFAULT: mail
2947LOC: Config.EmailProgram
2948DOC_START
2949 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
2950 The default is "mail". The specified program must complain
2951 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
2952 mail_program recipient < mailfile
2953 Optional command line options can be specified.
2954DOC_END
2955
2956
cccac0a2 2957NAME: cache_effective_user
2958TYPE: string
2959DEFAULT: nobody
2960LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 2961DOC_START
2962 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
2963 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
2964 to UID to nobody. If you define cache_effective_user, but not
2965 cache_effective_group, Squid sets the GID to the effective
2966 user's default group ID (taken from the password file) and
2967 supplementary group list from the from groups membership of
2968 cache_effective_user.
2969DOC_END
2970
cccac0a2 2971
2972NAME: cache_effective_group
2973TYPE: string
2974DEFAULT: none
2975LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
2976DOC_START
e3d74828 2977 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
2978 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
2979 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
2980 all other group privileges of the effective user is ignored
2981 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
2982 root the user starting Squid must be member of the specified
2983 group.
cccac0a2 2984DOC_END
2985
2986
d3caee79 2987NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
2988COMMENT: on|off
2989TYPE: onoff
2990DEFAULT: off
2991LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
2992DOC_START
2993 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
2994DOC_END
2995
2996
cccac0a2 2997NAME: visible_hostname
2998TYPE: string
2999LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3000DEFAULT: none
3001DOC_START
3002 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3003 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3004 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3005 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3006 names with this setting.
3007DOC_END
3008
3009
3010NAME: unique_hostname
3011TYPE: string
3012LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3013DEFAULT: none
3014DOC_START
3015 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3016 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3017 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3018DOC_END
3019
3020
3021NAME: hostname_aliases
3022TYPE: wordlist
3023LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3024DEFAULT: none
3025DOC_START
7f7db318 3026 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3027DOC_END
0976f8db 3028
cccac0a2 3029COMMENT_START
3030 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3031 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3032
3033 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3034 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3035 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3036 create cache hierarchies.
3037
3038 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3039 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3040 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3041
3042 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3043 following information from this configuration file:
3044
3045 http_port
3046 icp_port
3047 cache_mgr
3048
3049 All current information is processed regularly and made
3050 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3051COMMENT_END
3052
3053NAME: announce_period
3054TYPE: time_t
3055LOC: Config.Announce.period
3056DEFAULT: 0
3057DOC_START
3058 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3059 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3060 messages.
3061
3062 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3063 below.
3064
3065NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3066#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3067#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3068NOCOMMENT_END
3069DOC_END
3070
3071
3072NAME: announce_host
3073TYPE: string
3074DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3075LOC: Config.Announce.host
3076DOC_NONE
3077
3078NAME: announce_file
3079TYPE: string
3080DEFAULT: none
3081LOC: Config.Announce.file
3082DOC_NONE
3083
3084NAME: announce_port
3085TYPE: ushort
3086DEFAULT: 3131
3087LOC: Config.Announce.port
3088DOC_START
3089 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3090 number where the registration message will be sent.
3091
3092 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3093 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3094 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3095 message.
3096DOC_END
3097
3098NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
3099IFDEF: ESI
3100TYPE: string
3101LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3102DEFAULT: unset-id
3103DOC_START
3104 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3105 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3106 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3107 an identification token.
3108DOC_END
3109
3110NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
3111IFDEF: ESI
3112COMMENT: on|off
3113TYPE: onoff
3114DEFAULT: off
3115LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3116DOC_START
3117 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3118 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3119DOC_END
3120
3121NAME: esi_parser
3122IFDEF: ESI
964b44c3 3123COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3124TYPE: string
3125LOC: ESIParser::Type
3126DEFAULT: custom
3127DOC_START
3128 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3129 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3130 encodings.
3131DOC_END
0976f8db 3132
cccac0a2 3133COMMENT_START
3134 MISCELLANEOUS
3135 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3136COMMENT_END
3137
3138NAME: dns_testnames
3139TYPE: wordlist
3140LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
3141DEFAULT: none
3142DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
3143DOC_START
3144 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
3145
3146 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
3147DOC_END
3148
3149
3150NAME: logfile_rotate
3151TYPE: int
3152DEFAULT: 10
3153LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
3154DOC_START
3155 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3156 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3157 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3158 disable the rotation, but the logfiles are still closed and
3159 re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3160 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
3161
3162 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3163 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3164 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3165 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3166 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3167 <pid>'.
3168DOC_END
3169
3170
3171NAME: append_domain
3172TYPE: string
3173LOC: Config.appendDomain
3174DEFAULT: none
3175DOC_START
3176 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
3177 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
3178
7f7db318 3179 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
cccac0a2 3180 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
3181 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
3182
3183Example:
3184 append_domain .yourdomain.com
3185DOC_END
3186
3187
3188NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
3189COMMENT: (bytes)
3190TYPE: b_size_t
3191DEFAULT: 0 bytes
3192LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
3193DOC_START
3194 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
3195 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
3196 the default buffer size.
3197DOC_END
3198
3199NAME: err_html_text
3200TYPE: eol
3201LOC: Config.errHtmlText
3202DEFAULT: none
3203DOC_START
3204 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
3205 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
3206 organizations Web page.
3207
3208 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
3209 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
3210 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
3211 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
3212DOC_END
3213
3214NAME: email_err_data
3215COMMENT: on|off
3216TYPE: onoff
3217LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
3218DEFAULT: on
3219DOC_START
3220 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
3221 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
7f7db318 3222 so that the email body contains the data.
cccac0a2 3223 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
3224DOC_END
3225
3226
3227NAME: deny_info
3228TYPE: denyinfo
3229LOC: Config.denyInfoList
3230DEFAULT: none
3231DOC_START
3232 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
3233 or deny_info http://... acl
3234 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
3235
3236 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
3237 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. A single ACL will cause
3238 the http_access check to fail. If a 'deny_info' line exists
7f7db318 3239 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
cccac0a2 3240
3241 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
3242 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
3243
7f7db318 3244 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
cccac0a2 3245 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
3246 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
3247
3248 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
3249 by specifying TCP_RESET.
3250DOC_END
3251
3252NAME: memory_pools
3253COMMENT: on|off
3254TYPE: onoff
3255DEFAULT: on
3256LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
3257DOC_START
3258 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
3259 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
3260 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
3261 routines, disable this.
3262DOC_END
3263
3264NAME: memory_pools_limit
3265COMMENT: (bytes)
3266TYPE: b_size_t
e838cf2f 3267DEFAULT: 5 MB
cccac0a2 3268LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
3269DOC_START
3270 Used only with memory_pools on:
3271 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
3272
3273 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
3274 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
3275 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
3276 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
3277 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
3278 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
3279 configuration will use less memory.
3280
7e7e02e1 3281 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
3282 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
cccac0a2 3283
3284 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
3285 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
3286
3287 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
3288 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
3289 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
3290 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
3291DOC_END
3292
3293NAME: via
3294IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3295COMMENT: on|off
3296TYPE: onoff
3297DEFAULT: on
3298LOC: Config.onoff.via
3299DOC_START
3300 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3301 replies as required by RFC2616.
3302DOC_END
3303
3304NAME: forwarded_for
3305COMMENT: on|off
3306TYPE: onoff
3307DEFAULT: on
3308LOC: opt_forwarded_for
3309DOC_START
3310 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
3311 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
3312 this:
3313
3314 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
3315
3316 If you disable this, it will appear as
3317
3318 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
3319DOC_END
3320
3321NAME: log_icp_queries
3322COMMENT: on|off
3323TYPE: onoff
3324DEFAULT: on
3325LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
3326DOC_START
3327 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
3328 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
3329 up or to simplify log analysis.
3330DOC_END
3331
3332NAME: icp_hit_stale
3333COMMENT: on|off
3334TYPE: onoff
3335DEFAULT: off
3336LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
3337DOC_START
3338 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
3339 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
3340 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
7f7db318 3341 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
cccac0a2 3342 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
7f7db318 3343 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
cccac0a2 3344 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
3345DOC_END
3346
3347
3348NAME: minimum_direct_hops
3349TYPE: int
3350DEFAULT: 4
3351LOC: Config.minDirectHops
3352DOC_START
3353 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
3354 which are no more than this many hops away.
3355DOC_END
3356
3357NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
3358TYPE: int
3359DEFAULT: 400
3360LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
3361DOC_START
3362 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
3363 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
3364DOC_END
3365
3366NAME: cachemgr_passwd
3367TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
3368DEFAULT: none
3369LOC: Config.passwd_list
3370DOC_START
3371 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
3372
3373 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
3374
3375 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
3376 5min
3377 60min
3378 asndb
3379 authenticator
3380 cbdata
3381 client_list
3382 comm_incoming
3383 config *
3384 counters
3385 delay
3386 digest_stats
3387 dns
3388 events
3389 filedescriptors
3390 fqdncache
3391 histograms
3392 http_headers
3393 info
3394 io
3395 ipcache
3396 mem
3397 menu
3398 netdb
3399 non_peers
3400 objects
3401 offline_toggle *
3402 pconn
3403 peer_select
3404 redirector
3405 refresh
3406 server_list
3407 shutdown *
3408 store_digest
3409 storedir
3410 utilization
3411 via_headers
3412 vm_objects
3413
3414 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
3415 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
3416
3417 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
3418 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
3419 password to "none".
3420
3421 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
3422
3423Example:
3424 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
3425 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
3426 cachemgr_passwd disable all
3427DOC_END
3428
3429NAME: store_avg_object_size
3430COMMENT: (kbytes)
3431TYPE: kb_size_t
3432DEFAULT: 13 KB
3433LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3434DOC_START
3435 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3436 cache can hold. See doc/Release-Notes-1.1.txt. The default is
3437 13 KB.
3438DOC_END
3439
3440NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3441TYPE: int
3442DEFAULT: 20
3443LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3444DOC_START
3445 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3446 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
c8f4eac4 3447 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
cccac0a2 3448DOC_END
3449
3450NAME: client_db
3451COMMENT: on|off
3452TYPE: onoff
3453DEFAULT: on
3454LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
3455DOC_START
7f7db318 3456 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
cccac0a2 3457 turn off client_db here.
3458DOC_END
3459
3460
3461NAME: netdb_low
3462TYPE: int
3463DEFAULT: 900
3464LOC: Config.Netdb.low
3465DOC_NONE
3466
3467NAME: netdb_high
3468TYPE: int
3469DEFAULT: 1000
3470LOC: Config.Netdb.high
3471DOC_START
3472 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
3473 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
3474 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
3475 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
3476DOC_END
3477
3478
3479NAME: netdb_ping_period
3480TYPE: time_t
3481LOC: Config.Netdb.period
3482DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3483DOC_START
3484 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
3485 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
3486 network. The default is five minutes.
3487DOC_END
3488
3489
3490NAME: query_icmp
3491COMMENT: on|off
3492TYPE: onoff
3493DEFAULT: off
3494LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
3495DOC_START
3496 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
3497 replies, enable this option.
3498
3499 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 3500 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
3501 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 3502 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
3503 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
3504 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
3505 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
3506 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
3507DOC_END
3508
3509NAME: test_reachability
3510COMMENT: on|off
3511TYPE: onoff
3512DEFAULT: off
3513LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
3514DOC_START
3515 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
3516 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
3517 database, or has a zero RTT.
3518DOC_END
3519
3520NAME: buffered_logs
3521COMMENT: on|off
3522TYPE: onoff
3523DEFAULT: off
3524LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
3525DOC_START
3526 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3527 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3528 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3529 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3530 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
3531DOC_END
3532
4c3ef9b2 3533NAME: refresh_all_ims
3534COMMENT: on|off
3535TYPE: onoff
3536DEFAULT: off
3537LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
3538DOC_START
3539 When you enable this option, squid will always check
3540 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
3541 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
3542 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
3543 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
3544
3545 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
3546 based on the age of the cached version.
3547DOC_END
3548
cccac0a2 3549NAME: reload_into_ims
3550IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3551COMMENT: on|off
3552TYPE: onoff
3553DEFAULT: off
3554LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
3555DOC_START
3556 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
3557 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
3558 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
3559 feature could make you liable for problems which it
3560 causes.
7f7db318 3561
cccac0a2 3562 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
3563DOC_END
3564
3565NAME: always_direct
3566TYPE: acl_access
3567LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
3568DEFAULT: none
3569DOC_START
3570 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3571
3572 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
3573 ALWAYS be forwarded directly to origin servers. For example,
3574 to always directly forward requests for local servers use
3575 something like:
3576
3577 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
3578 always_direct allow local-servers
3579
3580 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
3581
3582 acl FTP proto FTP
3583 always_direct allow FTP
3584
3585 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
3586 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
3587 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
3588 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
3589 some other rule. Example:
3590
3591 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3592 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
3593 always_direct deny local-external
3594 always_direct allow local-servers
3595
3596 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
3597 and local_ip.
3598DOC_END
3599
3600NAME: never_direct
3601TYPE: acl_access
3602LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
3603DEFAULT: none
3604DOC_START
3605 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3606
3607 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
3608 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
3609
3610 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
3611 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
3612 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
3613 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
3614
3615 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
3616 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
3617 never_direct deny local-servers
3618 never_direct allow all
7f7db318 3619
3620 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
f939c0ca 3621 servers inside the firewall use something like:
cccac0a2 3622
3623 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
3624 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3625 always_direct deny local-external
3626 always_direct allow local-intranet
3627 never_direct allow all
7f7db318 3628
cccac0a2 3629 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
3630 and firewall_ip.
3631DOC_END
3632
8c01ada0 3633NAME: request_header_access
cccac0a2 3634IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3635TYPE: http_header_access[]
8c01ada0 3636LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3637DEFAULT: none
3638DOC_START
8c01ada0 3639 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 3640
3641 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3642 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3643 causes.
3644
3645 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3646 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3647 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3648 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3649 mangling.
3650
8c01ada0 3651 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3652 client to the server.
3653
cccac0a2 3654 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3655 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3656 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
3657
5ac1a5b3 3658 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
cccac0a2 3659 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
3660
8c01ada0 3661 request_header_access From deny all
3662 request_header_access Referer deny all
3663 request_header_access Server deny all
3664 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3665 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3666 request_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3667
3668 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3669 you should use:
3670
8c01ada0 3671 request_header_access Allow allow all
3672 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3673 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3674 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3675 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3676 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3677 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3678 request_header_access Date allow all
3679 request_header_access Expires allow all
3680 request_header_access Host allow all
3681 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3682 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3683 request_header_access Location allow all
3684 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3685 request_header_access Accept allow all
3686 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3687 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3688 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3689 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3690 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3691 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3692 request_header_access Title allow all
3693 request_header_access Connection allow all
3694 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3695 request_header_access All deny all
3696
3697 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3698 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
3699
3700 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3701 performed).
3702DOC_END
3703
3704NAME: reply_header_access
3705IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3706TYPE: http_header_access[]
3707LOC: Config.reply_header_access
3708DEFAULT: none
3709DOC_START
3710 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3711
3712 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3713 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3714 causes.
3715
3716 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3717 server to the client.
3718
3719 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3720 direction.
3721
3722 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3723 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3724 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3725 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3726 mangling.
3727
3728 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3729 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3730 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
3731
5ac1a5b3 3732 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
8c01ada0 3733 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
3734
3735 reply_header_access From deny all
3736 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3737 reply_header_access Server deny all
3738 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3739 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3740 reply_header_access Link deny all
3741
3742 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3743 you should use:
3744
3745 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3746 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3747 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3748 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3749 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3750 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3751 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3752 reply_header_access Date allow all
3753 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3754 reply_header_access Host allow all
3755 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3756 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3757 reply_header_access Location allow all
3758 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3759 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3760 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3761 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3762 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3763 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3764 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3765 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3766 reply_header_access Title allow all
3767 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3768 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3769 reply_header_access All deny all
3770
3771 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3772 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3773
3774 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3775 performed).
3776DOC_END
3777
3778NAME: header_replace
3779IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3780TYPE: http_header_replace[]
8c01ada0 3781LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3782DEFAULT: none
3783DOC_START
3784 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3785 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
3786
3787 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3788 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3789 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3790 option.
3791
8c01ada0 3792 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
3793
cccac0a2 3794 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3795DOC_END
3796
3797NAME: icon_directory
3798TYPE: string
3799LOC: Config.icons.directory
3800DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
3801DOC_START
3802 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
3803 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
3804DOC_END
3805
f024c970 3806NAME: global_internal_static
3807TYPE: onoff
3808LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
3809DEFAULT: on
3810DOC_START
3811 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
3812 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
3813 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
3814 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
3815 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
3816 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
3817 the server generating a directory listing.
3818DOC_END
3819
e72a0ec0 3820NAME: short_icon_urls
3821TYPE: onoff
3822LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
3823DEFAULT: on
3824DOC_START
7f7db318 3825 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5ac1a5b3 3826 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
e72a0ec0 3827 it's own name and port in the URL.
3828
3829 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
7f7db318 3830 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
e72a0ec0 3831DOC_END
3832
cccac0a2 3833NAME: error_directory
3834TYPE: string
3835LOC: Config.errorDirectory
3836DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
3837DOC_START
3838 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
3839 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
3840 language or company copy the template English files to another
3841 directory and point this tag at them.
3842DOC_END
3843
3844NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
3845TYPE: int
3846LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
4ed0e075 3847DEFAULT: 1
cccac0a2 3848DOC_START
3849 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
3850 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
3851 each address is tried once).
3852
4ed0e075 3853 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
cccac0a2 3854 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
3855 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
4ed0e075 3856
5ac1a5b3 3857 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
4ed0e075 3858 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
cccac0a2 3859DOC_END
3860
5894ad28 3861NAME: retry_on_error
3862TYPE: onoff
3863LOC: Config.retry.onerror
3864DEFAULT: off
3865DOC_START
3866 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
3867 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
3868 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
3869 control errors.
3870DOC_END
3871
cccac0a2 3872NAME: snmp_port
3873TYPE: ushort
3874LOC: Config.Port.snmp
3875DEFAULT: 3401
3876IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3877DOC_START
3878 Squid can now serve statistics and status information via SNMP.
3879 By default it listens to port 3401 on the machine. If you don't
3880 wish to use SNMP, set this to "0".
4ed0e075 3881
7f7db318 3882 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4ed0e075 3883 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
3884 acts on cachable requests.
cccac0a2 3885DOC_END
3886
3887NAME: snmp_access
3888TYPE: acl_access
3889LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
3890DEFAULT: none
3891DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3892IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3893DOC_START
3894 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
3895
3896 All access to the agent is denied by default.
3897 usage:
3898
3899 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3900
3901Example:
3902 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3903 snmp_access deny all
3904DOC_END
3905
3906NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3907TYPE: address
3908LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
3909DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3910IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3911DOC_NONE
3912NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
3913TYPE: address
3914LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
3915DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3916IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3917DOC_START
3918 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
3919
3920 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
3921 messages from SNMP agents.
3922 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
3923 agents.
3924
3925 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
3926 available network interfaces.
3927
3928 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
7f7db318 3929 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
cccac0a2 3930 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
3931 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
3932
3933 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
3934 the same value since they both use port 3401.
3935DOC_END
3936
3937NAME: as_whois_server
3938TYPE: string
3939LOC: Config.as_whois_server
3940DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
3941DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
3942DOC_START
3943 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
3944 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
3945DOC_END
3946
3947NAME: wccp_router
3948TYPE: address
3949LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3950DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3951IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3952DOC_START
3953 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3954 Squid. Setting the 'wccp_router' to 0.0.0.0 (the default)
3955 disables WCCP.
3956DOC_END
3957
3958NAME: wccp_version
3959TYPE: int
3960LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3961DEFAULT: 4
3962IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3963DOC_START
3964 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 only supports WCCP
3965 version 3. If you're using that version of IOS, change
3966 this value to 3.
3967DOC_END
3968
3969NAME: wccp_incoming_address
3970TYPE: address
3971LOC: Config.Wccp.incoming
3972DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3973IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3974DOC_NONE
3975NAME: wccp_outgoing_address
3976TYPE: address
3977LOC: Config.Wccp.outgoing
3978DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3979IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3980DOC_START
3981 wccp_incoming_address Use this option if you require WCCP
3982 messages to be received on only one
3983 interface. Do NOT use this option if
3984 you're unsure how many interfaces you
3985 have, or if you know you have only one
3986 interface.
3987
3988 wccp_outgoing_address Use this option if you require WCCP
3989 messages to be sent out on only one
3990 interface. Do NOT use this option if
3991 you're unsure how many interfaces you
3992 have, or if you know you have only one
3993 interface.
3994
3995 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
3996
3997 NOTE, wccp_incoming_address and wccp_outgoing_address can not have
3998 the same value since they both use port 2048.
3999DOC_END
0976f8db 4000
0976f8db 4001
cccac0a2 4002COMMENT_START
4003 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS (all require DELAY_POOLS compilation option)
4004 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4005COMMENT_END
4006
4007NAME: delay_pools
4008TYPE: delay_pool_count
4009DEFAULT: 0
4010IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4011LOC: Config.Delay
4012DOC_START
4013 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4014 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4015 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4016DOC_END
4017
4018NAME: delay_class
4019TYPE: delay_pool_class
4020DEFAULT: none
4021IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4022LOC: Config.Delay
4023DOC_START
4024 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4025 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4026 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4027 and here would be:
4028
4029Example:
4030 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4031 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4032 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4033 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4034 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
4035
4036 The delay pool classes are:
4037
4038 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4039 bucket.
4040
4041 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4042 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
4043 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
4044
4045 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4046 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4047 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4048 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
4049 32 of the IP address.
7f7db318 4050
4051 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
cccac0a2 4052 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4053 only takes effect if the username is established
4054 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4055 http_access rules.
4056
7f7db318 4057 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
cccac0a2 4058 external_acl's tag= reply).
4059
4060 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4061 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4062 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4063 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
4064DOC_END
4065
4066NAME: delay_access
4067TYPE: delay_pool_access
4068DEFAULT: none
4069IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4070LOC: Config.Delay
4071DOC_START
4072 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
8ed8fda3 4073
4074 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4075 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4076 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4077 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4078
4079 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
cccac0a2 4080 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4081
4082Example:
4083 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4084 delay_access 1 deny all
4085 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4086 delay_access 2 deny all
4087 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4088DOC_END
4089
4090NAME: delay_parameters
4091TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4092DEFAULT: none
4093IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4094LOC: Config.Delay
4095DOC_START
4096 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4097 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
4098 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4099
4100delay_parameters pool aggregate
4101
4102 For a class 2 delay pool:
4103
4104delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
4105
4106 For a class 3 delay pool:
4107
4108delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
4109
4110 For a class 4 delay pool:
4111
4112delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
4113
4114 For a class 5 delay pool:
4115
4116delay_parameters pool tag
4117
4118 The variables here are:
4119
4120 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4121 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4122 delay_class lines.
4123
4124 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
4125 (class 1, 2, 3).
4126
4127 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
4128 buckets (class 2, 3).
4129
4130 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
4131 (class 3).
4132
4133 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
4134 (class 4).
4135
4136 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
4137 (class 5).
4138
4139 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4140 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4141 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4142 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4143
4144 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
4145 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
4146 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4147
4148delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4149
4150 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4151
4152 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
4153 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
4154 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
4155 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
4156 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4157 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4158 large downloads more significantly:
4159
4160delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4161
4162 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4163
4164 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
4165 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
7f7db318 4166
cccac0a2 4167delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4168DOC_END
4169
4170NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4171COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4172TYPE: ushort
4173DEFAULT: 50
4174IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4175LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4176DOC_START
4177 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4178 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4179 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4180 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4181 "seen" by squid).
4182DOC_END
4183
4184NAME: incoming_icp_average
4185TYPE: int
4186DEFAULT: 6
4187LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
4188DOC_NONE
4189
4190NAME: incoming_http_average
4191TYPE: int
4192DEFAULT: 4
4193LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
4194DOC_NONE
4195
4196NAME: incoming_dns_average
4197TYPE: int
4198DEFAULT: 4
4199LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
4200DOC_NONE
4201
4202NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
4203TYPE: int
4204DEFAULT: 8
4205LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
4206DOC_NONE
4207
4208NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
4209TYPE: int
4210DEFAULT: 8
4211LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
4212DOC_NONE
4213
4214NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
4215TYPE: int
4216DEFAULT: 8
4217LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
4218DOC_START
4219 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
4220 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
4221 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
4222DOC_END
4223
4224NAME: max_open_disk_fds
4225TYPE: int
4226LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
4227DEFAULT: 0
4228DOC_START
4229 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
4230 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
4231 descriptors are open.
4232
4233 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
4234DOC_END
4235
4236NAME: offline_mode
4237TYPE: onoff
4238LOC: Config.onoff.offline
4239DEFAULT: off
4240DOC_START
4241 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
4242 objects.
4243DOC_END
4244
4245NAME: uri_whitespace
4246TYPE: uri_whitespace
4247LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
4248DEFAULT: strip
4249DOC_START
4250 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
4251 URI. Options:
4252
4253 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
4254 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
4255 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
4256 Request" message.
4257 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
4258 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
4259 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
4260 are in use.
4261 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
4262 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
4263 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
4264 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
4265 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
4266 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
4267 violation.
4268DOC_END
4269
4270NAME: broken_posts
4271TYPE: acl_access
4272DEFAULT: none
4273LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
4274DOC_START
4275 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4276 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
4277
4278 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4279 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
4280
4281 Quote from RFC 2068 section 4.1 on this matter:
4282
4283 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4284 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4285 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4286 a request with an extra CRLF.
4287
4288Example:
4289 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4290 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4291DOC_END
4292
4293NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4294IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4295TYPE: address
4296LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4297DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4298DOC_START
4299 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4300 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
4301
4302 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4303 certain you understand what you are doing.
4304DOC_END
4305
4306NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
964b44c3 4307IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
cccac0a2 4308TYPE: ushort
4309LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4310DEFAULT: 16
4311DOC_START
4312 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4313 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4314 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4315DOC_END
4316
4317NAME: mcast_miss_port
4318IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4319TYPE: ushort
4320LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4321DEFAULT: 3135
4322DOC_START
4323 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4324 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4325DOC_END
4326
4327NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4328IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4329TYPE: string
4330LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4331DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4332DOC_START
4333 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4334 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4335DOC_END
4336
4337NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
4338TYPE: onoff
4339LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
4340DEFAULT: on
4341DOC_START
4342 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4343 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cachable request type) direct
4344 to origin servers.
4345
7f7db318 4346 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
cccac0a2 4347 requests to parents.
4348
4349 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4350 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4351 ratio.
4352
7f7db318 4353 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
cccac0a2 4354 this directive.
4355DOC_END
4356
4357NAME: prefer_direct
4358TYPE: onoff
4359LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
4360DEFAULT: off
4361DOC_START
7f7db318 4362 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
cccac0a2 4363 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
7f7db318 4364 going direct fails set this to on.
cccac0a2 4365
4366 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4367 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4368 fails.
4369DOC_END
4370
4371NAME: strip_query_terms
4372TYPE: onoff
4373LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
4374DEFAULT: on
4375DOC_START
4376 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
4377 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
4378DOC_END
4379
4380NAME: coredump_dir
4381TYPE: string
4382LOC: Config.coredump_dir
4383DEFAULT: none
4384DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
4385DOC_START
4386 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
4387 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
4388 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
4389 and coredump files will be left there.
4390
4391NOCOMMENT_START
5ff76111 4392# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
cccac0a2 4393coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
4394NOCOMMENT_END
4395DOC_END
4396
4397NAME: redirector_bypass
4398TYPE: onoff
4399LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4400DEFAULT: off
4401DOC_START
4402 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4403 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
4404 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4405 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4406 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4407 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4408 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
7f7db318 4409 users may have access to pages they should not
cccac0a2 4410 be allowed to request.
4411DOC_END
4412
4413NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
4414TYPE: onoff
4415LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
4416DEFAULT: on
4417DOC_START
4418 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7f7db318 4419 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
cccac0a2 4420 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
4421 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
4422 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
4423DOC_END
4424
4425NAME: digest_generation
4426IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4427TYPE: onoff
4428LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4429DEFAULT: on
4430DOC_START
4431 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4432 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
4433 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
4434DOC_END
4435
4436NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4437IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4438TYPE: int
4439LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4440DEFAULT: 5
4441DOC_START
4442 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4443 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4444 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4445DOC_END
4446
4447NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4448IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4449COMMENT: (seconds)
4450TYPE: time_t
4451LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4452DEFAULT: 1 hour
4453DOC_START
4454 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
4455DOC_END
4456
4457NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4458COMMENT: (seconds)
4459IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4460TYPE: time_t
4461LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4462DEFAULT: 1 hour
4463DOC_START
4464 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
4465 disk.
4466DOC_END
4467
4468NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4469COMMENT: (bytes)
4470TYPE: b_size_t
4471IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4472LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4473DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4474DOC_START
4475 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4476 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4477 default swap page.
4478DOC_END
4479
4480NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4481COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4482IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4483TYPE: int
4484LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4485DEFAULT: 10
4486DOC_START
4487 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4488 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4489DOC_END
4490
4491NAME: chroot
4492TYPE: string
4493LOC: Config.chroot_dir
4494DEFAULT: none
4495DOC_START
4496 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
4497 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
7f7db318 4498 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
cccac0a2 4499 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will get an
4500 error.
4501DOC_END
4502
4503NAME: client_persistent_connections
4504TYPE: onoff
4505LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4506DEFAULT: on
4507DOC_NONE
4508
4509NAME: server_persistent_connections
4510TYPE: onoff
4511LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4512DEFAULT: on
4513DOC_START
4514 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4515 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4516 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4517 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4518DOC_END
4519
a12a049a 4520NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
4521TYPE: onoff
4522LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
4523DEFAULT: on
4524DOC_START
4525 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
4526 found not to preserve user session state across requests
4527 to different IP addresses.
4528
4529 By default Squid rotates IP's per request. By disabling
4530 this directive only connection failure triggers rotation.
4531DOC_END
4532
21b92762 4533NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4534TYPE: onoff
4535LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4536DEFAULT: off
4537DOC_START
4538 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4539 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4540 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4541 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4542
4543 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4544 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4545 after 10 seconds timeout.
4546DOC_END
4547
cccac0a2 4548NAME: pipeline_prefetch
4549TYPE: onoff
4550LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
4551DEFAULT: off
4552DOC_START
4553 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
4554 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5ac1a5b3 4555 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
cccac0a2 4556
4557 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
4558 reasons.
4559DOC_END
4560
4561NAME: extension_methods
4562TYPE: wordlist
4563LOC: Config.ext_methods
4564DEFAULT: none
4565DOC_START
4566 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
4567 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
4568DOC_END
4569
4570NAME: request_entities
4571TYPE: onoff
4572LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4573DEFAULT: off
4574DOC_START
4575 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4576 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4577 even if not explicitly forbidden.
4578
4579 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4580 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests.
4581DOC_END
4582
4583NAME: high_response_time_warning
4584TYPE: int
4585COMMENT: (msec)
4586LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
4587DEFAULT: 0
4588DOC_START
4589 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
4590 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
4591 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
4592DOC_END
4593
4594NAME: high_page_fault_warning
4595TYPE: int
4596LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
4597DEFAULT: 0
4598DOC_START
4599 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
4600 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
4601 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
4602 per second.
4603DOC_END
4604
4605NAME: high_memory_warning
4606TYPE: b_size_t
4607LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
4608DEFAULT: 0
4609DOC_START
4610 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
4611 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
4612 the administrators attention.
4613DOC_END
4614
4615NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
4616TYPE: string
4617LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
4618DEFAULT: least-load
4619DOC_START
4620 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
4621DOC_END
4622
4623NAME: forward_log
4624IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
4625TYPE: string
4626DEFAULT: none
4627LOC: Config.Log.forward
4628DOC_START
4629 Logs the server-side requests.
4630
4631 This is currently work in progress.
4632DOC_END
4633
4634NAME: ie_refresh
4635COMMENT: on|off
4636TYPE: onoff
4637LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4638DEFAULT: off
4639DOC_START
4640 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4641 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4642 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4643 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4644 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4645 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4646 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
7f7db318 4647 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
cccac0a2 4648 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4649 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4650 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4651 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4652 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4653 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4654 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4655 force fresh content.
4656DOC_END
4657
4658NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4659COMMENT: on|off
4660TYPE: onoff
4661LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4662DEFAULT: off
4663DOC_START
4664 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4665 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4666 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4667 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4668 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
4669 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
4670 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
4671DOC_END
4672
4673NAME: sleep_after_fork
4674COMMENT: (microseconds)
4675TYPE: int
4676LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
4677DEFAULT: 0
4678DOC_START
4679 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
4680 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
4681 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
4682 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7f7db318 4683 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
4684 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
cccac0a2 4685 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
4686 until all the child processes have been started.
4687DOC_END
4688
6a2f3fcf 4689NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4690COMMENT: (seconds)
4691TYPE: time_t
4692LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4693DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4694DOC_START
4695 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4696 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
4697 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy enorinments it
4698 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4699 is most likely better to make your server return a
4c43e44e 4700 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4701 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4702 often be best set to 0.
6a2f3fcf 4703DOC_END
4704
df6fd596 4705NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4706COMMENT: on|off|warn
4707TYPE: tristate
4708LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4709DEFAULT: on
4710DOC_START
4711 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4712 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4713 what the sending application intended even if the message
4714 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4715 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
4716
4717 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4718 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
4719
4720 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4721 or response to be rejected.
4722DOC_END
4723
cccac0a2 4724EOF