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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
58c1507a 124http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
cccac0a2 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.
b8c0c06d 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
58c1507a 348icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 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]
b8c0c06d 488
7f7db318 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
b8c0c06d 1146 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
c8f4eac4 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)
fc4d8ed8 1609 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
cccac0a2 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
cccac0a2 1868 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1869
1870 "program" cmdline
5ac1a5b3 1871 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
bdf7e1b4 1872 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
1873 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
5ac1a5b3 1874 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
1875 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
cccac0a2 1876 is not used.
1877
1878 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1879
1880 "children" numberofchildren
1881 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1882 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1883 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
5ac1a5b3 1884 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
cccac0a2 1885 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1886 processes.
dd9b1776 1887
cccac0a2 1888 auth_param ntlm children 5
1889
dd9b1776 1890 "keep_alive" on|off
1891 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1892 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1893 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1894 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1895 supported by the proxy.
1896
1897 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
1898
6bf4f823 1899 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 1900
6bf4f823 1901 "program" cmdline
1902 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
1903 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
1904 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
1905 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
1906 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
1907 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
1908 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
1909 is not used.
1910 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
1911 program distributed as part of Samba, version 3 or later.
1912
1913 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
1914
1915 "children" numberofchildren
1916 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1917 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1918 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
1919 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
1920 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1921 processes.
1922 auth_param negotiate children 5
1923
1924 "keep_alive" on|off
1925 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1926 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1927 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1928 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1929 supported by the proxy.
1930
1931 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 1932
1933NOCOMMENT_START
94439e4e 1934#Recommended minimum configuration:
6bf4f823 1935#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1936#auth_param ntlm children 5
dd9b1776 1937#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
6bf4f823 1938#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1939#auth_param negotiate children 5
1940#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
2d70df72 1941#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1942#auth_param digest children 5
1943#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1944#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1945#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1946#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
94439e4e 1947#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6b698a21 1948auth_param basic children 5
1949auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1950auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
1951NOCOMMENT_END
1952DOC_END
0976f8db 1953
6b698a21 1954NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1955TYPE: time_t
1956DEFAULT: 1 hour
1957LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1958DOC_START
1959 The time period between garbage collection across the
5ac1a5b3 1960 username cache. This is a tradeoff between memory utilization
6b698a21 1961 (long intervals - say 2 days) and CPU (short intervals -
1962 say 1 minute). Only change if you have good reason to.
1963DOC_END
0976f8db 1964
6b698a21 1965NAME: authenticate_ttl
1966TYPE: time_t
1967DEFAULT: 1 hour
1968LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1969DOC_START
1970 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
1971 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
1972 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
1973 TTL are removed from memory.
1974DOC_END
0976f8db 1975
6b698a21 1976NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
1977TYPE: time_t
1978LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
1979DEFAULT: 0 seconds
1980DOC_START
1981 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
1982 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
1983 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
1984 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
1985 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
1986 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
1987 environment with relatively static address assignments.
1988DOC_END
0976f8db 1989
6b698a21 1990NAME: external_acl_type
1991TYPE: externalAclHelper
1992LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
1993DEFAULT: none
1994DOC_START
1995 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
1996 to look up the status
7f7db318 1997
6b698a21 1998 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
7f7db318 1999
6b698a21 2000 Options:
0976f8db 2001
6b698a21 2002 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
2003 for 1 hour)
2004 negative_ttl=n
2005 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
2006 as ttl)
2007 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
2008 external acl lookups of this type.
2009 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Use 0 for old style
2010 helpers who can only process a single request at a
2011 time.
2012 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
2013 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
2014 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
2015 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
dc1af3cf 2016 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
7f7db318 2017
6b698a21 2018 FORMAT specifications
2019
2020 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
66b4345b 2021 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
6b698a21 2022 %IDENT Ident user name
2023 %SRC Client IP
2024 %SRCPORT Client source port
2025 %DST Requested host
2026 %PROTO Requested protocol
2027 %PORT Requested port
2028 %PATH Requested URL path
2029 %METHOD Request method
2030 %MYADDR Squid interface address
2031 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
4ac9968f 2032 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
3d61c476 2033 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
4ac9968f 2034 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
2035 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
6b698a21 2036 %{Header} HTTP request header
2037 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
2038 %{Hdr:;member}
2039 HTTP request header list member using ; as
2040 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
2041 character.
2042
2043 In addition, any string specified in the referencing acl will
2044 also be included in the helper request line, after the specified
2045 formats (see the "acl external" directive)
2046
2047 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
2048 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
2049 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
dc1af3cf 2050 more details. To protect from odd characters the data is URL
2051 escaped.
6b698a21 2052
2053 General result syntax:
7f7db318 2054
6b698a21 2055 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
0976f8db 2056
6b698a21 2057 Defined keywords:
0976f8db 2058
6b698a21 2059 user= The users name (login)
2060 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
2061 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
2062 in error pages
2063 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
2064 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
2065 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
2066 %ea in logformat specifications
0976f8db 2067
dc1af3cf 2068 Keyword values need to be URL escaped if they may contain
2069 contain whitespace or quotes.
2070
2071 In Squid-2.5 compatibility mode quoting using " and \ is used
2072 instead of URL escaping.
6b698a21 2073DOC_END
0976f8db 2074
6b698a21 2075COMMENT_START
2076 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
2077 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2078COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2079
6b698a21 2080NAME: wais_relay_host
2081TYPE: string
2082DEFAULT: none
2083LOC: Config.Wais.relayHost
2084DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2085
6b698a21 2086NAME: wais_relay_port
2087TYPE: ushort
2088DEFAULT: 0
2089LOC: Config.Wais.relayPort
2090DOC_START
2091 Relay WAIS request to host (1st arg) at port (2 arg).
2092DOC_END
0976f8db 2093
0976f8db 2094
6b698a21 2095NAME: request_header_max_size
2096COMMENT: (KB)
2097TYPE: b_size_t
5b648f60 2098DEFAULT: 20 KB
6b698a21 2099LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
2100DOC_START
2101 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
2102 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2103 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
2104 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2105 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2106DOC_END
0976f8db 2107
6b698a21 2108NAME: request_body_max_size
2109COMMENT: (KB)
2110TYPE: b_size_t
2111DEFAULT: 0 KB
2112LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
2113DOC_START
2114 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
2115 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
2116 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
2117 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
2118 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
2119 be no limit imposed.
2120DOC_END
0976f8db 2121
6b698a21 2122NAME: refresh_pattern
2123TYPE: refreshpattern
2124LOC: Config.Refresh
2125DEFAULT: none
2126DOC_START
2127 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
0976f8db 2128
6b698a21 2129 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2130 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
0976f8db 2131
6b698a21 2132 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2133 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2134 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2135 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2136 has taken the appropriate actions.
0976f8db 2137
6b698a21 2138 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2139 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2140 will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 2141
6b698a21 2142 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2143 expiry time will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 2144
6b698a21 2145 options: override-expire
2146 override-lastmod
2147 reload-into-ims
2148 ignore-reload
38f9c547 2149 ignore-no-cache
2150 ignore-no-store
2151 ignore-private
2152 ignore-auth
4c3ef9b2 2153 refresh-ims
0976f8db 2154
6b698a21 2155 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
2156 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
2157 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
2158 for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2159
6b698a21 2160 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
7f7db318 2161 that were modified recently.
0976f8db 2162
6b698a21 2163 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2164 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2165 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2166 liable for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2167
6b698a21 2168 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2169 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2170 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2171 it causes.
7f7db318 2172
38f9c547 2173 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2174 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2175 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2176 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2177 send it anyway.
2178
2179 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2180 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2181 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2182 liable for problems which it causes.
2183
2184 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2185 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2186 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2187 liable for problems which it causes.
2188
2189 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2190 irrespective of ``Cache-control'' headers received from
2191 a server. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2192 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2193 it causes.
2194
4c3ef9b2 2195 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2196 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2197 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2198 if one is available.
2199
6b698a21 2200 Basically a cached object is:
0976f8db 2201
6b698a21 2202 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2203 STALE if age > max
2204 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2205 FRESH if age < min
2206 else STALE
0976f8db 2207
6b698a21 2208 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2209 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
7f7db318 2210 match the default will be used.
0976f8db 2211
6b698a21 2212 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2213 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2214 used.
0976f8db 2215
6b698a21 2216Suggested default:
2217NOCOMMENT_START
2218refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2219refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
2220refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2221NOCOMMENT_END
2222DOC_END
0976f8db 2223
6b698a21 2224NAME: quick_abort_min
2225COMMENT: (KB)
2226TYPE: kb_size_t
2227DEFAULT: 16 KB
2228LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2229DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2230
6b698a21 2231NAME: quick_abort_max
2232COMMENT: (KB)
2233TYPE: kb_size_t
2234DEFAULT: 16 KB
2235LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2236DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2237
6b698a21 2238NAME: quick_abort_pct
2239COMMENT: (percent)
2240TYPE: int
2241DEFAULT: 95
2242LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2243DOC_START
2244 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2245 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2246 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2247 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2248 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2249 downloads.
0976f8db 2250
6b698a21 2251 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2252 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2253 then.
0976f8db 2254
6b698a21 2255 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2256 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2257
6b698a21 2258 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2259 it will abort the retrieval.
0976f8db 2260
6b698a21 2261 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
2262 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2263
6b698a21 2264 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2265 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
2266 to '0 KB'.
0976f8db 2267
6b698a21 2268 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
7f7db318 2269 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
6b698a21 2270DOC_END
0976f8db 2271
6b698a21 2272NAME: read_ahead_gap
2273COMMENT: buffer-size
2274TYPE: kb_size_t
2275LOC: Config.readAheadGap
2276DEFAULT: 16 KB
2277DOC_START
2278 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
2279 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
2280DOC_END
0976f8db 2281
6b698a21 2282NAME: negative_ttl
2283COMMENT: time-units
2284TYPE: time_t
2285LOC: Config.negativeTtl
2286DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2287DOC_START
2288 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
2289 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
2290 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
2291 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
2292 negative caching of DNS lookups.
2293DOC_END
0976f8db 2294
0976f8db 2295
6b698a21 2296NAME: positive_dns_ttl
2297COMMENT: time-units
2298TYPE: time_t
2299LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
2300DEFAULT: 6 hours
2301DOC_START
2302 Time-to-Live (TTL) for positive caching of successful DNS lookups.
2303 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). If you want to minimize the
2304 use of Squid's ipcache, set this to 1, not 0.
2305DOC_END
0976f8db 2306
0976f8db 2307
6b698a21 2308NAME: negative_dns_ttl
2309COMMENT: time-units
2310TYPE: time_t
2311LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
2312DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2313DOC_START
2314 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
2315DOC_END
0976f8db 2316
6b698a21 2317NAME: range_offset_limit
2318COMMENT: (bytes)
2319TYPE: b_size_t
2320LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
2321DEFAULT: 0 KB
2322DOC_START
2323 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
2324 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
7f7db318 2325 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
6b698a21 2326 is NOT cached.
0976f8db 2327
6b698a21 2328 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
2329 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
2330 sending anything to the client.
0976f8db 2331
6b698a21 2332 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
7f7db318 2333 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
0976f8db 2334
6b698a21 2335 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
2336 client requested. (default)
2337DOC_END
0976f8db 2338
0976f8db 2339
6b698a21 2340COMMENT_START
2341 TIMEOUTS
2342 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2343COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2344
777831e0 2345NAME: forward_timeout
2346COMMENT: time-units
2347TYPE: time_t
2348LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
2349DEFAULT: 4 minutes
2350DOC_START
2351 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
2352 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
2353DOC_END
2354
6b698a21 2355NAME: connect_timeout
2356COMMENT: time-units
2357TYPE: time_t
2358LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
777831e0 2359DEFAULT: 1 minute
6b698a21 2360DOC_START
777831e0 2361 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
2362 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
2363 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
6b698a21 2364DOC_END
0976f8db 2365
6b698a21 2366NAME: peer_connect_timeout
2367COMMENT: time-units
2368TYPE: time_t
2369LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
2370DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2371DOC_START
2372 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
2373 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
2374 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
2375 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
2376DOC_END
0976f8db 2377
6b698a21 2378NAME: read_timeout
2379COMMENT: time-units
2380TYPE: time_t
2381LOC: Config.Timeout.read
2382DEFAULT: 15 minutes
2383DOC_START
2384 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
2385 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
2386 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
2387 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
2388 default is 15 minutes.
2389DOC_END
0976f8db 2390
0976f8db 2391
6b698a21 2392NAME: request_timeout
2393TYPE: time_t
2394LOC: Config.Timeout.request
2395DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2396DOC_START
2397 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
2398 connection establishment.
2399DOC_END
0976f8db 2400
0976f8db 2401
6b698a21 2402NAME: persistent_request_timeout
2403TYPE: time_t
2404LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
2405DEFAULT: 1 minute
2406DOC_START
2407 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
2408 connection after the previous request completes.
2409DOC_END
0976f8db 2410
0976f8db 2411
6b698a21 2412NAME: client_lifetime
2413COMMENT: time-units
2414TYPE: time_t
2415LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
2416DEFAULT: 1 day
2417DOC_START
7f7db318 2418 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
6b698a21 2419 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
2420 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
2421 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
2422 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
2423 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
2424 day, 1440 minutes.
2425
2426 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
2427 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
2428 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
2429 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
2430 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
2431 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
2432DOC_END
2433
2434NAME: half_closed_clients
2435TYPE: onoff
2436LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
2437DEFAULT: on
2438DOC_START
2439 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
2440 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
2441 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
2442 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
2443 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
2444 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
2445 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
2446 "no more data to read."
2447DOC_END
0976f8db 2448
6b698a21 2449NAME: pconn_timeout
2450TYPE: time_t
2451LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
2452DEFAULT: 120 seconds
2453DOC_START
2454 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
2455 proxies.
2456DOC_END
0976f8db 2457
6b698a21 2458NAME: ident_timeout
2459TYPE: time_t
2460IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2461LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
2462DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2463DOC_START
2464 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
7f7db318 2465
6b698a21 2466 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
7f7db318 2467 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6b698a21 2468 many ident requests going at once.
2469DOC_END
0976f8db 2470
0976f8db 2471
6b698a21 2472NAME: shutdown_lifetime
2473COMMENT: time-units
2474TYPE: time_t
2475LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
2476DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2477DOC_START
2478 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
2479 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
2480 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
2481 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
2482 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
2483DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2484
6b698a21 2485COMMENT_START
2486 ACCESS CONTROLS
2487 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2488COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 2489
6b698a21 2490NAME: acl
2491TYPE: acl
2492LOC: Config.aclList
2493DEFAULT: none
2494DOC_START
2495 Defining an Access List
9e7dbc51 2496
6b698a21 2497 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
2498 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
9e7dbc51 2499
6b698a21 2500 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
9e7dbc51 2501
6b698a21 2502 acltype is one of the types described below
9e7dbc51 2503
6b698a21 2504 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2505 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2506
6b698a21 2507 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
2508 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
2509 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
2510 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
9e7dbc51 2511
5b807763 2512 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
2513 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
2514 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
5cb988c7 2515 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
5b807763 2516 #
2517 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
2518 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
2519 # find out its MAC address.
2520
6b698a21 2521 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
2522 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
2523 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
2524 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
7660b45d 2525 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
2526 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
2527 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9e7dbc51 2528
a0ec9f68 2529 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
2530
6b698a21 2531 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
2532 day-abbrevs:
2533 S - Sunday
2534 M - Monday
2535 T - Tuesday
2536 W - Wednesday
2537 H - Thursday
2538 F - Friday
2539 A - Saturday
2540 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
2541 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
2542 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
2543 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
2544 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
2545 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
2546 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
2547 acl aclname method GET POST ...
2548 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
2549 # pattern match on User-Agent header
2550 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
2551 # pattern match on Referer header
9e7dbc51 2552 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
6b698a21 2553 acl aclname ident username ...
2554 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
2555 # string match on ident output.
9e7dbc51 2556 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
6b698a21 2557 acl aclname src_as number ...
2558 acl aclname dst_as number ...
2559 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
9e7dbc51 2560 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
2561 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
6468fe10 2562 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
2563 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
d87ebd78 2564 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
2565 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
6468fe10 2566
6b698a21 2567 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
2568 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
2569 # list of valid usernames
c68e9c6b 2570 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
73e67ee0 2571 #
2572 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
2573 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
2574 # in access.log.
c68e9c6b 2575 #
2576 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
2577 # to check username/password combinations (see
f7d2a450 2578 # auth_param directive).
c68e9c6b 2579 #
d048c262 2580 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy as
2581 # the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
2582 # to respond to proxy authentication.
934b03fc 2583
6b698a21 2584 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
2585 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
dba79ac5 2586 # Example:
96d88dcb 2587 #
dba79ac5 2588 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
2589
6b698a21 2590 acl aclname maxconn number
2591 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
9bc73deb 2592 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
2593
6b698a21 2594 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
2595 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
c23e89cd 2596 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
60d096f4 2597 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
7f7db318 2598 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
be5caa55 2599 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
c23e89cd 2600 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
7f7db318 2601 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
be5caa55 2602 # request is denied)
2603 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
c23e89cd 2604 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
be5caa55 2605 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
60d096f4 2606
cccac0a2 2607 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
2608 # regex match agains the mime type of the request generated
ba2b31a8 2609 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
5ac1a5b3 2610 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
ba2b31a8 2611 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
2612 # to match the returned file type.
c68e9c6b 2613
cccac0a2 2614 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
5ac1a5b3 2615 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
c4ab8329 2616 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
5ac1a5b3 2617 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
c4ab8329 2618 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
2619 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
2620 # http_reply_access.
2621
cccac0a2 2622 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
2623 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
d9572179 2624 # external_acl_type directive.
c4ab8329 2625
cccac0a2 2626 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
2627 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2628 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2629
cccac0a2 2630 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
2631 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2632 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2633
cccac0a2 2634 acl aclname ext_user username ...
2635 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
2636 # string match on username returned by external acl processing
d95b862f 2637 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
2638
cccac0a2 2639Examples:
5b807763 2640acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
cccac0a2 2641acl myexample dst_as 1241
2642acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
2643acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
2644acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
c68e9c6b 2645
cccac0a2 2646NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2647#Recommended minimum configuration:
cccac0a2 2648acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
2649acl manager proto cache_object
2650acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
2651acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
2652acl SSL_ports port 443 563
2653acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
2654acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
2655acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
2656acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
2657acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
2658acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
2659acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
2660acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
2661acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
2662acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
2663acl CONNECT method CONNECT
2664NOCOMMENT_END
2665DOC_END
2666
2667NAME: http_access
2668TYPE: acl_access
2669LOC: Config.accessList.http
2670DEFAULT: none
2671DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2672DOC_START
2673 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
2674
2675 Access to the HTTP port:
2676 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2677
2678 NOTE on default values:
2679
2680 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
2681 the request.
2682
2683 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
2684 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
7f7db318 2685 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
cccac0a2 2686 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
2687 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
2688 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
2689
2690NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2691#Recommended minimum configuration:
2692#
2693# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
cccac0a2 2694http_access allow manager localhost
2695http_access deny manager
6b53c392 2696# Deny requests to unknown ports
cccac0a2 2697http_access deny !Safe_ports
6b53c392 2698# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
cccac0a2 2699http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
c68e9c6b 2700#
7f7db318 2701# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
2702# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
4cc6eb12 2703# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
2704#http_access deny to_localhost
c68e9c6b 2705#
4cc6eb12 2706# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
2707
59f4a63e 2708# Example rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
b9d7fe3e 2709# to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
2710# be allowed
2711#acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
2712#http_access allow our_networks
2713
6b53c392 2714# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
cccac0a2 2715http_access deny all
2716NOCOMMENT_END
2717DOC_END
c4ab8329 2718
cccac0a2 2719NAME: http_reply_access
2720TYPE: acl_access
2721LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2722DEFAULT: none
2723DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2724DOC_START
2725 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
c4ab8329 2726
cccac0a2 2727 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
0976f8db 2728
cccac0a2 2729 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
2730 all replies
0976f8db 2731
7f7db318 2732 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
cccac0a2 2733 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2734 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
0976f8db 2735
cccac0a2 2736NOCOMMENT_START
c4ab8329 2737#Recommended minimum configuration:
2738#
2739# Insert your own rules here.
2740#
2741#
2742# and finally allow by default
cccac0a2 2743http_reply_access allow all
2744NOCOMMENT_END
2745DOC_END
6b53c392 2746
6b53c392 2747
cccac0a2 2748NAME: icp_access
2749TYPE: acl_access
2750LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2751DEFAULT: none
2752DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2753DOC_START
2754 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2755 access lists
934b03fc 2756
cccac0a2 2757 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 2758
cccac0a2 2759 See http_access for details
0976f8db 2760
cccac0a2 2761NOCOMMENT_START
403b5e7b 2762#Allow ICP queries from everyone
cccac0a2 2763icp_access allow all
2764NOCOMMENT_END
2765DOC_END
934b03fc 2766
2767
cccac0a2 2768NAME: miss_access
2769TYPE: acl_access
2770LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2771DEFAULT: none
2772DOC_START
2773 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2774 a parent. For example:
934b03fc 2775
cccac0a2 2776 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2777 miss_access allow localclients
2778 miss_access deny !localclients
934b03fc 2779
7f7db318 2780 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
cccac0a2 2781 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
934b03fc 2782
cccac0a2 2783 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2784 to fetch MISSES from us.
6b53c392 2785
cccac0a2 2786NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2787#Default setting:
2788# miss_access allow all
cccac0a2 2789NOCOMMENT_END
2790DOC_END
2791
2792
2793NAME: cache_peer_access
2794TYPE: peer_access
2795DEFAULT: none
2796LOC: none
2797DOC_START
2798 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2799 using ACL elements.
2800
2801 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2802
2803 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2804 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
2805 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
2806DOC_END
2807
2808NAME: ident_lookup_access
2809TYPE: acl_access
2810IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2811DEFAULT: none
2812DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2813LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
2814DOC_START
2815 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
2816 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
2817 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
2818 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
2819 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
2820 any requests.
2821
2822 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
2823 can follow this example:
2824
2825 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
2826 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
2827 ident_lookup_access deny all
2828
2829 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
2830 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
2831 the correct result.
2832DOC_END
2833
2834NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
2835TYPE: acl_tos
2836DEFAULT: none
2837LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
2838DOC_START
2839 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
2840 connections with, based on the username or source address
2841 making the request.
2842
2843 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2844
2845 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2846 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
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_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
2851 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2852
2853 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
2854 know what you're specifying. For more, see RFC 2474
2855
2856 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a byte, value 0 - 255, or
2857 "default" to use whatever default your host has.
2858
2859 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2860 matching line.
2861DOC_END
2862
2863NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2864TYPE: acl_address
2865DEFAULT: none
2866LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2867DOC_START
2868 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2869 based on the username or sourceaddress of the user making
2870 the request.
7f7db318 2871
cccac0a2 2872 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
2873
5ac1a5b3 2874 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
7f7db318 2875 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
cccac0a2 2876 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
2877 source address 10.1.0.3.
2878
2879 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2880 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2881 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
2882 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
2883 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
2884
2885 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2886 matching line.
2887DOC_END
2888
4eb368f9 2889NAME: reply_header_max_size
2890COMMENT: (KB)
2891TYPE: b_size_t
2892DEFAULT: 20 KB
2893LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
2894DOC_START
2895 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
2896 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2897 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
2898 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2899 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2900DOC_END
2901
cccac0a2 2902NAME: reply_body_max_size
2903COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
2904TYPE: acl_b_size_t
2905DEFAULT: none
2906LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
2907DOC_START
2908 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
2909 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
5ac1a5b3 2910 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
cccac0a2 2911 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
5ac1a5b3 2912 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
cccac0a2 2913 for this reply.
2914
7f7db318 2915 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
cccac0a2 2916 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
2917 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
2918 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
2919 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
2920 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
2921 and they will receive a partial reply.
2922
2923 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
2924 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
2925 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
2926 use this option if you have downstream caches.
2927
2928 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
2929 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
2930 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
2931 the size of your largest error page.
2932
2933 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
2934 no limit imposed.
2935DOC_END
2936
2937NAME: log_access
2938TYPE: acl_access
2939LOC: Config.accessList.log
2940DEFAULT: none
2941COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2942DOC_START
2943 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2944 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2945 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
2946DOC_END
0976f8db 2947
cccac0a2 2948COMMENT_START
2949 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
2950 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2951COMMENT_END
2952
2953NAME: cache_mgr
2954TYPE: string
2955DEFAULT: webmaster
2956LOC: Config.adminEmail
2957DOC_START
2958 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
2959 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
2960DOC_END
2961
2962
abacf776 2963NAME: mail_from
2964TYPE: string
2965DEFAULT: none
2966LOC: Config.EmailFrom
2967DOC_START
2968 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
2969 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 2970 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 2971 src/globals.h before building squid.
2972DOC_END
2973
2974
d084bf20 2975NAME: mail_program
2976TYPE: eol
2977DEFAULT: mail
2978LOC: Config.EmailProgram
2979DOC_START
2980 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
2981 The default is "mail". The specified program must complain
2982 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
2983 mail_program recipient < mailfile
2984 Optional command line options can be specified.
2985DOC_END
2986
2987
cccac0a2 2988NAME: cache_effective_user
2989TYPE: string
2990DEFAULT: nobody
2991LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 2992DOC_START
2993 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
2994 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
2995 to UID to nobody. If you define cache_effective_user, but not
2996 cache_effective_group, Squid sets the GID to the effective
2997 user's default group ID (taken from the password file) and
2998 supplementary group list from the from groups membership of
2999 cache_effective_user.
3000DOC_END
3001
cccac0a2 3002
3003NAME: cache_effective_group
3004TYPE: string
3005DEFAULT: none
3006LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3007DOC_START
e3d74828 3008 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3009 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3010 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
3011 all other group privileges of the effective user is ignored
3012 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
3013 root the user starting Squid must be member of the specified
3014 group.
cccac0a2 3015DOC_END
3016
3017
d3caee79 3018NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3019COMMENT: on|off
3020TYPE: onoff
3021DEFAULT: off
3022LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3023DOC_START
3024 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3025DOC_END
3026
3027
cccac0a2 3028NAME: visible_hostname
3029TYPE: string
3030LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3031DEFAULT: none
3032DOC_START
3033 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3034 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3035 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3036 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3037 names with this setting.
3038DOC_END
3039
3040
3041NAME: unique_hostname
3042TYPE: string
3043LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3044DEFAULT: none
3045DOC_START
3046 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3047 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3048 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3049DOC_END
3050
3051
3052NAME: hostname_aliases
3053TYPE: wordlist
3054LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3055DEFAULT: none
3056DOC_START
7f7db318 3057 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3058DOC_END
0976f8db 3059
cccac0a2 3060COMMENT_START
3061 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3062 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3063
3064 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3065 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3066 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3067 create cache hierarchies.
3068
3069 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3070 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3071 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3072
3073 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3074 following information from this configuration file:
3075
3076 http_port
3077 icp_port
3078 cache_mgr
3079
3080 All current information is processed regularly and made
3081 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3082COMMENT_END
3083
3084NAME: announce_period
3085TYPE: time_t
3086LOC: Config.Announce.period
3087DEFAULT: 0
3088DOC_START
3089 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3090 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3091 messages.
3092
3093 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3094 below.
3095
3096NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3097#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3098#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3099NOCOMMENT_END
3100DOC_END
3101
3102
3103NAME: announce_host
3104TYPE: string
3105DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3106LOC: Config.Announce.host
3107DOC_NONE
3108
3109NAME: announce_file
3110TYPE: string
3111DEFAULT: none
3112LOC: Config.Announce.file
3113DOC_NONE
3114
3115NAME: announce_port
3116TYPE: ushort
3117DEFAULT: 3131
3118LOC: Config.Announce.port
3119DOC_START
3120 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3121 number where the registration message will be sent.
3122
3123 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3124 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3125 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3126 message.
3127DOC_END
3128
3129NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
3130IFDEF: ESI
3131TYPE: string
3132LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3133DEFAULT: unset-id
3134DOC_START
3135 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3136 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3137 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3138 an identification token.
3139DOC_END
3140
3141NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
3142IFDEF: ESI
3143COMMENT: on|off
3144TYPE: onoff
3145DEFAULT: off
3146LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3147DOC_START
3148 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3149 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3150DOC_END
3151
3152NAME: esi_parser
3153IFDEF: ESI
964b44c3 3154COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3155TYPE: string
3156LOC: ESIParser::Type
3157DEFAULT: custom
3158DOC_START
3159 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3160 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3161 encodings.
3162DOC_END
0976f8db 3163
cccac0a2 3164COMMENT_START
3165 MISCELLANEOUS
3166 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3167COMMENT_END
3168
3169NAME: dns_testnames
3170TYPE: wordlist
3171LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
3172DEFAULT: none
3173DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
3174DOC_START
3175 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
3176
3177 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
3178DOC_END
3179
3180
3181NAME: logfile_rotate
3182TYPE: int
3183DEFAULT: 10
3184LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
3185DOC_START
3186 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3187 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3188 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3189 disable the rotation, but the logfiles are still closed and
3190 re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3191 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
3192
3193 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3194 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3195 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3196 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3197 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3198 <pid>'.
3199DOC_END
3200
3201
3202NAME: append_domain
3203TYPE: string
3204LOC: Config.appendDomain
3205DEFAULT: none
3206DOC_START
3207 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
3208 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
3209
7f7db318 3210 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
cccac0a2 3211 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
3212 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
3213
3214Example:
3215 append_domain .yourdomain.com
3216DOC_END
3217
3218
3219NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
3220COMMENT: (bytes)
3221TYPE: b_size_t
3222DEFAULT: 0 bytes
3223LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
3224DOC_START
3225 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
3226 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
3227 the default buffer size.
3228DOC_END
3229
3230NAME: err_html_text
3231TYPE: eol
3232LOC: Config.errHtmlText
3233DEFAULT: none
3234DOC_START
3235 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
3236 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
3237 organizations Web page.
3238
3239 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
3240 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
3241 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
3242 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
3243DOC_END
3244
3245NAME: email_err_data
3246COMMENT: on|off
3247TYPE: onoff
3248LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
3249DEFAULT: on
3250DOC_START
3251 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
3252 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
7f7db318 3253 so that the email body contains the data.
cccac0a2 3254 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
3255DOC_END
3256
3257
3258NAME: deny_info
3259TYPE: denyinfo
3260LOC: Config.denyInfoList
3261DEFAULT: none
3262DOC_START
3263 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
3264 or deny_info http://... acl
3265 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
3266
3267 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
3268 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. A single ACL will cause
3269 the http_access check to fail. If a 'deny_info' line exists
7f7db318 3270 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
cccac0a2 3271
3272 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
3273 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
3274
7f7db318 3275 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
cccac0a2 3276 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
3277 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
3278
3279 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
3280 by specifying TCP_RESET.
3281DOC_END
3282
3283NAME: memory_pools
3284COMMENT: on|off
3285TYPE: onoff
3286DEFAULT: on
3287LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
3288DOC_START
3289 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
3290 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
3291 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
3292 routines, disable this.
3293DOC_END
3294
3295NAME: memory_pools_limit
3296COMMENT: (bytes)
3297TYPE: b_size_t
e838cf2f 3298DEFAULT: 5 MB
cccac0a2 3299LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
3300DOC_START
3301 Used only with memory_pools on:
3302 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
3303
3304 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
3305 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
3306 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
3307 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
3308 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
3309 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
3310 configuration will use less memory.
3311
7e7e02e1 3312 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
3313 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
cccac0a2 3314
3315 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
3316 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
3317
3318 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
3319 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
3320 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
3321 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
3322DOC_END
3323
3324NAME: via
3325IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3326COMMENT: on|off
3327TYPE: onoff
3328DEFAULT: on
3329LOC: Config.onoff.via
3330DOC_START
3331 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3332 replies as required by RFC2616.
3333DOC_END
3334
3335NAME: forwarded_for
3336COMMENT: on|off
3337TYPE: onoff
3338DEFAULT: on
3339LOC: opt_forwarded_for
3340DOC_START
3341 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
3342 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
3343 this:
3344
3345 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
3346
3347 If you disable this, it will appear as
3348
3349 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
3350DOC_END
3351
3352NAME: log_icp_queries
3353COMMENT: on|off
3354TYPE: onoff
3355DEFAULT: on
3356LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
3357DOC_START
3358 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
3359 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
3360 up or to simplify log analysis.
3361DOC_END
3362
3363NAME: icp_hit_stale
3364COMMENT: on|off
3365TYPE: onoff
3366DEFAULT: off
3367LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
3368DOC_START
3369 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
3370 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
3371 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
7f7db318 3372 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
cccac0a2 3373 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
7f7db318 3374 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
cccac0a2 3375 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
3376DOC_END
3377
3378
3379NAME: minimum_direct_hops
3380TYPE: int
3381DEFAULT: 4
3382LOC: Config.minDirectHops
3383DOC_START
3384 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
3385 which are no more than this many hops away.
3386DOC_END
3387
3388NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
3389TYPE: int
3390DEFAULT: 400
3391LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
3392DOC_START
3393 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
3394 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
3395DOC_END
3396
3397NAME: cachemgr_passwd
3398TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
3399DEFAULT: none
3400LOC: Config.passwd_list
3401DOC_START
3402 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
3403
3404 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
3405
3406 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
3407 5min
3408 60min
3409 asndb
3410 authenticator
3411 cbdata
3412 client_list
3413 comm_incoming
3414 config *
3415 counters
3416 delay
3417 digest_stats
3418 dns
3419 events
3420 filedescriptors
3421 fqdncache
3422 histograms
3423 http_headers
3424 info
3425 io
3426 ipcache
3427 mem
3428 menu
3429 netdb
3430 non_peers
3431 objects
3432 offline_toggle *
3433 pconn
3434 peer_select
3435 redirector
3436 refresh
3437 server_list
3438 shutdown *
3439 store_digest
3440 storedir
3441 utilization
3442 via_headers
3443 vm_objects
3444
3445 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
3446 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
3447
3448 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
3449 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
3450 password to "none".
3451
3452 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
3453
3454Example:
3455 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
3456 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
3457 cachemgr_passwd disable all
3458DOC_END
3459
3460NAME: store_avg_object_size
3461COMMENT: (kbytes)
3462TYPE: kb_size_t
3463DEFAULT: 13 KB
3464LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3465DOC_START
3466 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3467 cache can hold. See doc/Release-Notes-1.1.txt. The default is
3468 13 KB.
3469DOC_END
3470
3471NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3472TYPE: int
3473DEFAULT: 20
3474LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3475DOC_START
3476 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3477 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
c8f4eac4 3478 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
cccac0a2 3479DOC_END
3480
3481NAME: client_db
3482COMMENT: on|off
3483TYPE: onoff
3484DEFAULT: on
3485LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
3486DOC_START
7f7db318 3487 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
cccac0a2 3488 turn off client_db here.
3489DOC_END
3490
3491
3492NAME: netdb_low
3493TYPE: int
3494DEFAULT: 900
3495LOC: Config.Netdb.low
3496DOC_NONE
3497
3498NAME: netdb_high
3499TYPE: int
3500DEFAULT: 1000
3501LOC: Config.Netdb.high
3502DOC_START
3503 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
3504 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
3505 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
3506 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
3507DOC_END
3508
3509
3510NAME: netdb_ping_period
3511TYPE: time_t
3512LOC: Config.Netdb.period
3513DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3514DOC_START
3515 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
3516 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
3517 network. The default is five minutes.
3518DOC_END
3519
3520
3521NAME: query_icmp
3522COMMENT: on|off
3523TYPE: onoff
3524DEFAULT: off
3525LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
3526DOC_START
3527 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
3528 replies, enable this option.
3529
3530 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 3531 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
3532 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 3533 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
3534 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
3535 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
3536 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
3537 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
3538DOC_END
3539
3540NAME: test_reachability
3541COMMENT: on|off
3542TYPE: onoff
3543DEFAULT: off
3544LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
3545DOC_START
3546 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
3547 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
3548 database, or has a zero RTT.
3549DOC_END
3550
3551NAME: buffered_logs
3552COMMENT: on|off
3553TYPE: onoff
3554DEFAULT: off
3555LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
3556DOC_START
3557 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3558 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3559 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3560 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3561 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
3562DOC_END
3563
4c3ef9b2 3564NAME: refresh_all_ims
3565COMMENT: on|off
3566TYPE: onoff
3567DEFAULT: off
3568LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
3569DOC_START
3570 When you enable this option, squid will always check
3571 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
3572 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
3573 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
3574 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
3575
3576 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
3577 based on the age of the cached version.
3578DOC_END
3579
cccac0a2 3580NAME: reload_into_ims
3581IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3582COMMENT: on|off
3583TYPE: onoff
3584DEFAULT: off
3585LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
3586DOC_START
3587 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
3588 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
3589 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
3590 feature could make you liable for problems which it
3591 causes.
7f7db318 3592
cccac0a2 3593 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
3594DOC_END
3595
3596NAME: always_direct
3597TYPE: acl_access
3598LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
3599DEFAULT: none
3600DOC_START
3601 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3602
3603 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
3604 ALWAYS be forwarded directly to origin servers. For example,
3605 to always directly forward requests for local servers use
3606 something like:
3607
3608 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
3609 always_direct allow local-servers
3610
3611 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
3612
3613 acl FTP proto FTP
3614 always_direct allow FTP
3615
3616 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
3617 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
3618 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
3619 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
3620 some other rule. Example:
3621
3622 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3623 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
3624 always_direct deny local-external
3625 always_direct allow local-servers
3626
3627 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
3628 and local_ip.
3629DOC_END
3630
3631NAME: never_direct
3632TYPE: acl_access
3633LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
3634DEFAULT: none
3635DOC_START
3636 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3637
3638 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
3639 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
3640
3641 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
3642 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
3643 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
3644 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
3645
3646 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
3647 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
3648 never_direct deny local-servers
3649 never_direct allow all
7f7db318 3650
3651 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
f939c0ca 3652 servers inside the firewall use something like:
cccac0a2 3653
3654 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
3655 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3656 always_direct deny local-external
3657 always_direct allow local-intranet
3658 never_direct allow all
7f7db318 3659
cccac0a2 3660 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
3661 and firewall_ip.
3662DOC_END
3663
8c01ada0 3664NAME: request_header_access
cccac0a2 3665IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3666TYPE: http_header_access[]
8c01ada0 3667LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3668DEFAULT: none
3669DOC_START
8c01ada0 3670 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 3671
3672 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3673 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3674 causes.
3675
3676 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3677 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3678 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3679 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3680 mangling.
3681
8c01ada0 3682 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3683 client to the server.
3684
cccac0a2 3685 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3686 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3687 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
3688
5ac1a5b3 3689 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
cccac0a2 3690 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
3691
8c01ada0 3692 request_header_access From deny all
3693 request_header_access Referer deny all
3694 request_header_access Server deny all
3695 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3696 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3697 request_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3698
3699 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3700 you should use:
3701
8c01ada0 3702 request_header_access Allow allow all
3703 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3704 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3705 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3706 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3707 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3708 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3709 request_header_access Date allow all
3710 request_header_access Expires allow all
3711 request_header_access Host allow all
3712 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3713 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3714 request_header_access Location allow all
3715 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3716 request_header_access Accept allow all
3717 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3718 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3719 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3720 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3721 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3722 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3723 request_header_access Title allow all
3724 request_header_access Connection allow all
3725 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3726 request_header_access All deny all
3727
3728 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3729 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
3730
3731 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3732 performed).
3733DOC_END
3734
3735NAME: reply_header_access
3736IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3737TYPE: http_header_access[]
3738LOC: Config.reply_header_access
3739DEFAULT: none
3740DOC_START
3741 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3742
3743 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3744 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3745 causes.
3746
3747 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3748 server to the client.
3749
3750 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3751 direction.
3752
3753 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3754 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3755 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3756 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3757 mangling.
3758
3759 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3760 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3761 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
3762
5ac1a5b3 3763 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
8c01ada0 3764 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
3765
3766 reply_header_access From deny all
3767 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3768 reply_header_access Server deny all
3769 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3770 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3771 reply_header_access Link deny all
3772
3773 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3774 you should use:
3775
3776 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3777 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3778 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3779 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3780 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3781 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3782 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3783 reply_header_access Date allow all
3784 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3785 reply_header_access Host allow all
3786 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3787 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3788 reply_header_access Location allow all
3789 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3790 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3791 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3792 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3793 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3794 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3795 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3796 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3797 reply_header_access Title allow all
3798 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3799 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3800 reply_header_access All deny all
3801
3802 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3803 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3804
3805 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3806 performed).
3807DOC_END
3808
3809NAME: header_replace
3810IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3811TYPE: http_header_replace[]
8c01ada0 3812LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3813DEFAULT: none
3814DOC_START
3815 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3816 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
3817
3818 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3819 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3820 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3821 option.
3822
8c01ada0 3823 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
3824
cccac0a2 3825 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3826DOC_END
3827
3828NAME: icon_directory
3829TYPE: string
3830LOC: Config.icons.directory
3831DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
3832DOC_START
3833 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
3834 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
3835DOC_END
3836
f024c970 3837NAME: global_internal_static
3838TYPE: onoff
3839LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
3840DEFAULT: on
3841DOC_START
3842 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
3843 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
3844 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
3845 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
3846 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
3847 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
3848 the server generating a directory listing.
3849DOC_END
3850
e72a0ec0 3851NAME: short_icon_urls
3852TYPE: onoff
3853LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
3854DEFAULT: on
3855DOC_START
7f7db318 3856 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5ac1a5b3 3857 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
e72a0ec0 3858 it's own name and port in the URL.
3859
3860 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
7f7db318 3861 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
e72a0ec0 3862DOC_END
3863
cccac0a2 3864NAME: error_directory
3865TYPE: string
3866LOC: Config.errorDirectory
3867DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
3868DOC_START
3869 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
3870 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
3871 language or company copy the template English files to another
3872 directory and point this tag at them.
3873DOC_END
3874
3875NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
3876TYPE: int
3877LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
4ed0e075 3878DEFAULT: 1
cccac0a2 3879DOC_START
3880 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
3881 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
3882 each address is tried once).
3883
4ed0e075 3884 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
cccac0a2 3885 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
3886 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
4ed0e075 3887
5ac1a5b3 3888 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
4ed0e075 3889 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
cccac0a2 3890DOC_END
3891
5894ad28 3892NAME: retry_on_error
3893TYPE: onoff
3894LOC: Config.retry.onerror
3895DEFAULT: off
3896DOC_START
3897 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
3898 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
3899 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
3900 control errors.
3901DOC_END
3902
cccac0a2 3903NAME: snmp_port
3904TYPE: ushort
3905LOC: Config.Port.snmp
3906DEFAULT: 3401
3907IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3908DOC_START
3909 Squid can now serve statistics and status information via SNMP.
3910 By default it listens to port 3401 on the machine. If you don't
3911 wish to use SNMP, set this to "0".
4ed0e075 3912
7f7db318 3913 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4ed0e075 3914 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
3915 acts on cachable requests.
cccac0a2 3916DOC_END
3917
3918NAME: snmp_access
3919TYPE: acl_access
3920LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
3921DEFAULT: none
3922DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3923IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3924DOC_START
3925 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
3926
3927 All access to the agent is denied by default.
3928 usage:
3929
3930 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3931
3932Example:
3933 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3934 snmp_access deny all
3935DOC_END
3936
3937NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3938TYPE: address
3939LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
3940DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3941IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3942DOC_NONE
3943NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
3944TYPE: address
3945LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
3946DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3947IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3948DOC_START
3949 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
3950
3951 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
3952 messages from SNMP agents.
3953 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
3954 agents.
3955
3956 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
3957 available network interfaces.
3958
3959 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
7f7db318 3960 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
cccac0a2 3961 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
3962 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
3963
3964 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
3965 the same value since they both use port 3401.
3966DOC_END
3967
3968NAME: as_whois_server
3969TYPE: string
3970LOC: Config.as_whois_server
3971DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
3972DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
3973DOC_START
3974 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
3975 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
3976DOC_END
3977
3978NAME: wccp_router
3979TYPE: address
3980LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3981DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3982IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3983DOC_START
3984 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3985 Squid. Setting the 'wccp_router' to 0.0.0.0 (the default)
3986 disables WCCP.
3987DOC_END
3988
3989NAME: wccp_version
3990TYPE: int
3991LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3992DEFAULT: 4
3993IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3994DOC_START
3995 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 only supports WCCP
3996 version 3. If you're using that version of IOS, change
3997 this value to 3.
3998DOC_END
3999
4000NAME: wccp_incoming_address
4001TYPE: address
4002LOC: Config.Wccp.incoming
4003DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4004IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4005DOC_NONE
4006NAME: wccp_outgoing_address
4007TYPE: address
4008LOC: Config.Wccp.outgoing
4009DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4010IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4011DOC_START
4012 wccp_incoming_address Use this option if you require WCCP
4013 messages to be received on only one
4014 interface. Do NOT use this option if
4015 you're unsure how many interfaces you
4016 have, or if you know you have only one
4017 interface.
4018
4019 wccp_outgoing_address Use this option if you require WCCP
4020 messages to be sent out on only one
4021 interface. Do NOT use this option if
4022 you're unsure how many interfaces you
4023 have, or if you know you have only one
4024 interface.
4025
4026 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4027
4028 NOTE, wccp_incoming_address and wccp_outgoing_address can not have
4029 the same value since they both use port 2048.
4030DOC_END
0976f8db 4031
0976f8db 4032
cccac0a2 4033COMMENT_START
4034 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS (all require DELAY_POOLS compilation option)
4035 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4036COMMENT_END
4037
4038NAME: delay_pools
4039TYPE: delay_pool_count
4040DEFAULT: 0
4041IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4042LOC: Config.Delay
4043DOC_START
4044 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4045 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4046 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4047DOC_END
4048
4049NAME: delay_class
4050TYPE: delay_pool_class
4051DEFAULT: none
4052IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4053LOC: Config.Delay
4054DOC_START
4055 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4056 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4057 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4058 and here would be:
4059
4060Example:
4061 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4062 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4063 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4064 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4065 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
4066
4067 The delay pool classes are:
4068
4069 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4070 bucket.
4071
4072 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4073 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
4074 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
4075
4076 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4077 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4078 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4079 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
4080 32 of the IP address.
7f7db318 4081
4082 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
cccac0a2 4083 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4084 only takes effect if the username is established
4085 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4086 http_access rules.
4087
7f7db318 4088 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
cccac0a2 4089 external_acl's tag= reply).
4090
4091 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4092 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4093 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4094 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
4095DOC_END
4096
4097NAME: delay_access
4098TYPE: delay_pool_access
4099DEFAULT: none
4100IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4101LOC: Config.Delay
4102DOC_START
4103 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
8ed8fda3 4104
4105 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4106 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4107 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4108 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4109
4110 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
cccac0a2 4111 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4112
4113Example:
4114 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4115 delay_access 1 deny all
4116 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4117 delay_access 2 deny all
4118 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4119DOC_END
4120
4121NAME: delay_parameters
4122TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4123DEFAULT: none
4124IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4125LOC: Config.Delay
4126DOC_START
4127 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4128 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
4129 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4130
4131delay_parameters pool aggregate
4132
4133 For a class 2 delay pool:
4134
4135delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
4136
4137 For a class 3 delay pool:
4138
4139delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
4140
4141 For a class 4 delay pool:
4142
4143delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
4144
4145 For a class 5 delay pool:
4146
4147delay_parameters pool tag
4148
4149 The variables here are:
4150
4151 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4152 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4153 delay_class lines.
4154
4155 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
4156 (class 1, 2, 3).
4157
4158 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
4159 buckets (class 2, 3).
4160
4161 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
4162 (class 3).
4163
4164 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
4165 (class 4).
4166
4167 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
4168 (class 5).
4169
4170 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4171 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4172 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4173 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4174
4175 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
4176 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
4177 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4178
4179delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4180
4181 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4182
4183 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
4184 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
4185 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
4186 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
4187 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4188 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4189 large downloads more significantly:
4190
4191delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4192
4193 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4194
4195 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
4196 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
7f7db318 4197
cccac0a2 4198delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4199DOC_END
4200
4201NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4202COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4203TYPE: ushort
4204DEFAULT: 50
4205IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4206LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4207DOC_START
4208 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4209 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4210 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4211 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4212 "seen" by squid).
4213DOC_END
4214
4215NAME: incoming_icp_average
4216TYPE: int
4217DEFAULT: 6
4218LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
4219DOC_NONE
4220
4221NAME: incoming_http_average
4222TYPE: int
4223DEFAULT: 4
4224LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
4225DOC_NONE
4226
4227NAME: incoming_dns_average
4228TYPE: int
4229DEFAULT: 4
4230LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
4231DOC_NONE
4232
4233NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
4234TYPE: int
4235DEFAULT: 8
4236LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
4237DOC_NONE
4238
4239NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
4240TYPE: int
4241DEFAULT: 8
4242LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
4243DOC_NONE
4244
4245NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
4246TYPE: int
4247DEFAULT: 8
4248LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
4249DOC_START
4250 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
4251 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
4252 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
4253DOC_END
4254
4255NAME: max_open_disk_fds
4256TYPE: int
4257LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
4258DEFAULT: 0
4259DOC_START
4260 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
4261 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
4262 descriptors are open.
4263
4264 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
4265DOC_END
4266
4267NAME: offline_mode
4268TYPE: onoff
4269LOC: Config.onoff.offline
4270DEFAULT: off
4271DOC_START
4272 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
4273 objects.
4274DOC_END
4275
4276NAME: uri_whitespace
4277TYPE: uri_whitespace
4278LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
4279DEFAULT: strip
4280DOC_START
4281 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
4282 URI. Options:
4283
4284 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
4285 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
4286 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
4287 Request" message.
4288 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
4289 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
4290 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
4291 are in use.
4292 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
4293 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
4294 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
4295 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
4296 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
4297 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
4298 violation.
4299DOC_END
4300
4301NAME: broken_posts
4302TYPE: acl_access
4303DEFAULT: none
4304LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
4305DOC_START
4306 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4307 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
4308
4309 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4310 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
4311
4312 Quote from RFC 2068 section 4.1 on this matter:
4313
4314 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4315 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4316 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4317 a request with an extra CRLF.
4318
4319Example:
4320 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4321 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4322DOC_END
4323
4324NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4325IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4326TYPE: address
4327LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4328DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4329DOC_START
4330 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4331 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
4332
4333 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4334 certain you understand what you are doing.
4335DOC_END
4336
4337NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
964b44c3 4338IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
cccac0a2 4339TYPE: ushort
4340LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4341DEFAULT: 16
4342DOC_START
4343 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4344 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4345 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4346DOC_END
4347
4348NAME: mcast_miss_port
4349IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4350TYPE: ushort
4351LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4352DEFAULT: 3135
4353DOC_START
4354 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4355 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4356DOC_END
4357
4358NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4359IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4360TYPE: string
4361LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4362DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4363DOC_START
4364 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4365 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4366DOC_END
4367
4368NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
4369TYPE: onoff
4370LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
4371DEFAULT: on
4372DOC_START
4373 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4374 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cachable request type) direct
4375 to origin servers.
4376
7f7db318 4377 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
cccac0a2 4378 requests to parents.
4379
4380 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4381 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4382 ratio.
4383
7f7db318 4384 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
cccac0a2 4385 this directive.
4386DOC_END
4387
4388NAME: prefer_direct
4389TYPE: onoff
4390LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
4391DEFAULT: off
4392DOC_START
7f7db318 4393 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
cccac0a2 4394 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
7f7db318 4395 going direct fails set this to on.
cccac0a2 4396
4397 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4398 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4399 fails.
4400DOC_END
4401
4402NAME: strip_query_terms
4403TYPE: onoff
4404LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
4405DEFAULT: on
4406DOC_START
4407 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
4408 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
4409DOC_END
4410
4411NAME: coredump_dir
4412TYPE: string
4413LOC: Config.coredump_dir
4414DEFAULT: none
4415DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
4416DOC_START
4417 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
4418 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
4419 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
4420 and coredump files will be left there.
4421
4422NOCOMMENT_START
5ff76111 4423# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
cccac0a2 4424coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
4425NOCOMMENT_END
4426DOC_END
4427
4428NAME: redirector_bypass
4429TYPE: onoff
4430LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4431DEFAULT: off
4432DOC_START
4433 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4434 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
4435 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4436 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4437 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4438 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4439 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
7f7db318 4440 users may have access to pages they should not
cccac0a2 4441 be allowed to request.
4442DOC_END
4443
4444NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
4445TYPE: onoff
4446LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
4447DEFAULT: on
4448DOC_START
4449 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7f7db318 4450 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
cccac0a2 4451 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
4452 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
4453 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
4454DOC_END
4455
4456NAME: digest_generation
4457IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4458TYPE: onoff
4459LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4460DEFAULT: on
4461DOC_START
4462 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4463 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
4464 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
4465DOC_END
4466
4467NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4468IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4469TYPE: int
4470LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4471DEFAULT: 5
4472DOC_START
4473 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4474 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4475 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4476DOC_END
4477
4478NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4479IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4480COMMENT: (seconds)
4481TYPE: time_t
4482LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4483DEFAULT: 1 hour
4484DOC_START
4485 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
4486DOC_END
4487
4488NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4489COMMENT: (seconds)
4490IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4491TYPE: time_t
4492LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4493DEFAULT: 1 hour
4494DOC_START
4495 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
4496 disk.
4497DOC_END
4498
4499NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4500COMMENT: (bytes)
4501TYPE: b_size_t
4502IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4503LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4504DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4505DOC_START
4506 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4507 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4508 default swap page.
4509DOC_END
4510
4511NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4512COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4513IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4514TYPE: int
4515LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4516DEFAULT: 10
4517DOC_START
4518 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4519 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4520DOC_END
4521
4522NAME: chroot
4523TYPE: string
4524LOC: Config.chroot_dir
4525DEFAULT: none
4526DOC_START
4527 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
4528 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
7f7db318 4529 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
cccac0a2 4530 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will get an
4531 error.
4532DOC_END
4533
4534NAME: client_persistent_connections
4535TYPE: onoff
4536LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4537DEFAULT: on
4538DOC_NONE
4539
4540NAME: server_persistent_connections
4541TYPE: onoff
4542LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4543DEFAULT: on
4544DOC_START
4545 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4546 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4547 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4548 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4549DOC_END
4550
a12a049a 4551NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
4552TYPE: onoff
4553LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
4554DEFAULT: on
4555DOC_START
b8c0c06d 4556 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
a12a049a 4557 found not to preserve user session state across requests
4558 to different IP addresses.
4559
4560 By default Squid rotates IP's per request. By disabling
4561 this directive only connection failure triggers rotation.
4562DOC_END
4563
21b92762 4564NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4565TYPE: onoff
4566LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4567DEFAULT: off
4568DOC_START
4569 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4570 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4571 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4572 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4573
4574 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4575 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4576 after 10 seconds timeout.
4577DOC_END
4578
cccac0a2 4579NAME: pipeline_prefetch
4580TYPE: onoff
4581LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
4582DEFAULT: off
4583DOC_START
4584 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
4585 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5ac1a5b3 4586 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
cccac0a2 4587
4588 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
4589 reasons.
4590DOC_END
4591
4592NAME: extension_methods
4593TYPE: wordlist
4594LOC: Config.ext_methods
4595DEFAULT: none
4596DOC_START
4597 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
4598 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
4599DOC_END
4600
4601NAME: request_entities
4602TYPE: onoff
4603LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4604DEFAULT: off
4605DOC_START
4606 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4607 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4608 even if not explicitly forbidden.
4609
4610 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4611 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests.
4612DOC_END
4613
4614NAME: high_response_time_warning
4615TYPE: int
4616COMMENT: (msec)
4617LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
4618DEFAULT: 0
4619DOC_START
4620 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
4621 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
4622 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
4623DOC_END
4624
4625NAME: high_page_fault_warning
4626TYPE: int
4627LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
4628DEFAULT: 0
4629DOC_START
4630 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
4631 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
4632 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
4633 per second.
4634DOC_END
4635
4636NAME: high_memory_warning
4637TYPE: b_size_t
4638LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
4639DEFAULT: 0
4640DOC_START
4641 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
4642 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
4643 the administrators attention.
4644DOC_END
4645
4646NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
4647TYPE: string
4648LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
4649DEFAULT: least-load
4650DOC_START
4651 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
4652DOC_END
4653
4654NAME: forward_log
4655IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
4656TYPE: string
4657DEFAULT: none
4658LOC: Config.Log.forward
4659DOC_START
4660 Logs the server-side requests.
4661
4662 This is currently work in progress.
4663DOC_END
4664
4665NAME: ie_refresh
4666COMMENT: on|off
4667TYPE: onoff
4668LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4669DEFAULT: off
4670DOC_START
4671 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4672 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4673 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4674 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4675 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4676 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4677 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
7f7db318 4678 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
cccac0a2 4679 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4680 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4681 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4682 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4683 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4684 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4685 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4686 force fresh content.
4687DOC_END
4688
4689NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4690COMMENT: on|off
4691TYPE: onoff
4692LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4693DEFAULT: off
4694DOC_START
4695 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4696 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4697 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4698 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4699 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
4700 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
4701 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
4702DOC_END
4703
4704NAME: sleep_after_fork
4705COMMENT: (microseconds)
4706TYPE: int
4707LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
4708DEFAULT: 0
4709DOC_START
4710 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
4711 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
4712 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
4713 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7f7db318 4714 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
4715 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
cccac0a2 4716 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
4717 until all the child processes have been started.
4718DOC_END
4719
6a2f3fcf 4720NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4721COMMENT: (seconds)
4722TYPE: time_t
4723LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4724DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4725DOC_START
4726 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4727 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
4728 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy enorinments it
4729 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4730 is most likely better to make your server return a
4c43e44e 4731 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4732 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4733 often be best set to 0.
6a2f3fcf 4734DOC_END
4735
df6fd596 4736NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4737COMMENT: on|off|warn
4738TYPE: tristate
4739LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4740DEFAULT: on
4741DOC_START
4742 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4743 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4744 what the sending application intended even if the message
4745 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4746 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
4747
4748 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4749 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
4750
4751 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4752 or response to be rejected.
4753DOC_END
4754
cccac0a2 4755EOF