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9cef6668 1#
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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 32
cccac0a2 33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
debd9a31 44
cccac0a2 45COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 46
592a09dc 47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
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60
61
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62 Conditional configuration
63
64 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
65 depend on conditions:
66
67 if <CONDITION>
68 ... regular configuration directives ...
69 [else
70 ... regular configuration directives ...]
71 endif
72
73 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
74 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
75 configuration directives.
76
77 These individual conditions types are supported:
78
79 true
80 Always evaluates to true.
81 false
82 Always evaluates to false.
83 <integer> = <integer>
84 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
85
86
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87 SMP-Related Macros
88
89 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
90
91 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
92 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
93
94 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
95 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
96 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 97COMMENT_END
98
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99# Options Removed in 3.2
100NAME: ignore_expect_100
101TYPE: obsolete
102DOC_START
103 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
104DOC_END
105
106NAME: ftp_list_width
107TYPE: obsolete
108DOC_START
109 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
110DOC_END
111
112NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
113TYPE: obsolete
114DOC_START
115 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
116DOC_END
117
118# Options Removed in 3.1
119NAME: dns_testnames
120TYPE: obsolete
121DOC_START
122 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
123DOC_END
124
125NAME: extension_methods
126TYPE: obsolete
127DOC_START
128 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
129DOC_END
130
131# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
132NAME: incoming_rate
133TYPE: obsolete
134DOC_NONE
135
136NAME: server_http11
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: upgrade_http0.9
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
146DOC_END
147
148NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
152DOC_END
153
154# Options Removed in 3.0
155NAME: header_access
156TYPE: obsolete
157DOC_START
158 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
159 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
166DOC_END
167
5473c134 168COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 169 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 170 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
171COMMENT_END
172
41bd17a4 173NAME: auth_param
174TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 175IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 176LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 177DEFAULT: none
178DOC_START
41bd17a4 179 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
180 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 181
41bd17a4 182 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 183
41bd17a4 184 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
185 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
186 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
187 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
188 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
189 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
190 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
191 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
192 program entry).
cccac0a2 193
41bd17a4 194 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
195 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
196 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
197 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 198
41bd17a4 199 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
200 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
201 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
202 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
203 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
204 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
205 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
206 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
207 type acl.
cccac0a2 208
41bd17a4 209 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
210 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
211 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
212 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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213 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
214 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 215
41bd17a4 216 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 "program" cmdline
219 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
220 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
221 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
222 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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223 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
224 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 225
41bd17a4 226 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
227 program is specified.
cccac0a2 228
41bd17a4 229 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
230 this line to something like
307b83b7 231
41bd17a4 232 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 233
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234 "utf8" on|off
235 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
236 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
237 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
238 username & password to the helper.
239
7353861b 240 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 241 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 242 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
243 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
244 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
245 authenticator processes.
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246
247 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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248 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
249 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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250 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
251 the maximum.
252
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253 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
254 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
255 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
256 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
257 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
258 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 259 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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260
261 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 262
41bd17a4 263 "realm" realmstring
264 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
265 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
266 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
267 password). There is no default.
268 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 269
41bd17a4 270 "credentialsttl" timetolive
271 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
272 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
273 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
274 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
275 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
276 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
277 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
278 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
279 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 280
41bd17a4 281 "casesensitive" on|off
282 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
283 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
284 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
285 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
286 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 287
41bd17a4 288 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 289
41bd17a4 290 "program" cmdline
291 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
292 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
293 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
294 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
295 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
296 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
297 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 298
41bd17a4 299 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
300 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 301
41bd17a4 302 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
303 something like
cccac0a2 304
7ce93108 305 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 306
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307 "utf8" on|off
308 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
309 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
310 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
311 username & password to the helper.
312
7353861b 313 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 314 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 315 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
316 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
317 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
318 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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319
320 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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321 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
322 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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323 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
324 the maximum.
325
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326 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
327 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
328 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
329 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
330 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
331 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
332 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
333
48d54e4d 334 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 335
41bd17a4 336 "realm" realmstring
337 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
338 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
339 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
340 password). There is no default.
341 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 342
41bd17a4 343 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
344 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
345 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 346
41bd17a4 347 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
348 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
349 valid for.
cccac0a2 350
41bd17a4 351 "nonce_max_count" number
352 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
353 used.
cccac0a2 354
41bd17a4 355 "nonce_strictness" on|off
356 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
357 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
358 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
359 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 360
41bd17a4 361 "check_nonce_count" on|off
362 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
363 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
364 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
365 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 366
41bd17a4 367 "post_workaround" on|off
368 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
369 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
370 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 371
41bd17a4 372 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374 "program" cmdline
375 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
376 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
377 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
378 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
379 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
380 is not used.
cccac0a2 381
41bd17a4 382 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 383
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384 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
385 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 386 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
387 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
388 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
389 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
390 processes.
cccac0a2 391
48d54e4d 392 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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393 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
394 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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395 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
396 the maximum.
397
398 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 399
41bd17a4 400 "keep_alive" on|off
401 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
402 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
403 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
404 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
405 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 406
41bd17a4 407 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 408
41bd17a4 409 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 410
41bd17a4 411 "program" cmdline
412 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
413 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
414 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
415 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
416 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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417 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
418 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
419 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 420 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
421 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 422
41bd17a4 423 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 424
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425 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
426 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 427 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
428 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
429 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
430 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
431 processes.
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432
433 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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434 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
435 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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436 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
437 the maximum.
438
439 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 440
41bd17a4 441 "keep_alive" on|off
442 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
443 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
444 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
445 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
446 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 447
41bd17a4 448 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 449
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451 Examples:
452
41bd17a4 453#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
454#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 455#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 456#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 457#
41bd17a4 458#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 459#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 460#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 461#
41bd17a4 462#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 463#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 464#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
465#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
466#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
467#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 468#
41bd17a4 469#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 470#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 471#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
472#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 473DOC_END
cccac0a2 474
41bd17a4 475NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
476TYPE: time_t
477DEFAULT: 1 hour
478LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
479DOC_START
480 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
481 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
482 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
483 have good reason to.
484DOC_END
cccac0a2 485
41bd17a4 486NAME: authenticate_ttl
487TYPE: time_t
488DEFAULT: 1 hour
489LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
490DOC_START
491 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
492 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
493 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
494 TTL are removed from memory.
495DOC_END
cccac0a2 496
41bd17a4 497NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
498TYPE: time_t
499LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
500DEFAULT: 0 seconds
501DOC_START
502 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
503 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
504 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
505 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
506 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
507 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
508 environment with relatively static address assignments.
509DOC_END
cccac0a2 510
3d1e3e43 511COMMENT_START
512 ACCESS CONTROLS
513 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
514COMMENT_END
515
41bd17a4 516NAME: external_acl_type
517TYPE: externalAclHelper
518LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 519DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 520DOC_START
41bd17a4 521 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
522 to look up the status
cccac0a2 523
41bd17a4 524 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 525
41bd17a4 526 Options:
cccac0a2 527
41bd17a4 528 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
529 for 1 hour)
530 negative_ttl=n
531 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
532 as ttl)
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533 children-max=n
534 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
535 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
536 children-startup=n
537 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
538 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
539 of this type. (default 0)
540 children-idle=n
541 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
542 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
543 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
544 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 545 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
546 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 547 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 548 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
549 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 550 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 551 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 552 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
553 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
055421ee 554 the default is currently 'ipv4'.
cccac0a2 555
41bd17a4 556 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 557
41bd17a4 558 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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559 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
560 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
561 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 562 %IDENT Ident user name
563 %SRC Client IP
564 %SRCPORT Client source port
565 %URI Requested URI
566 %DST Requested host
567 %PROTO Requested protocol
568 %PORT Requested port
569 %PATH Requested URL path
570 %METHOD Request method
571 %MYADDR Squid interface address
572 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
573 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
574 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
575 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
576 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
577 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 578
c68c9682 579 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 580 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 581 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 582 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 583 HTTP request header list member using ; as
584 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
585 character.
cccac0a2 586
c68c9682 587 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 588 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 589 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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590 %<{Hdr:;member}
591 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
592 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
593 character.
594
41bd17a4 595 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
596 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
597 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 598
41bd17a4 599 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
600 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
601 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
602 more details.
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41bd17a4 604 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 605
41bd17a4 606 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 607
41bd17a4 608 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 609
41bd17a4 610 user= The users name (login)
611 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
612 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
613 in error pages
614 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
615 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
616 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
617 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 618
41bd17a4 619 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
620 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 621
41bd17a4 622 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
623 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
624 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 625
41bd17a4 626 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
627 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
628 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 629DOC_END
630
41bd17a4 631NAME: acl
632TYPE: acl
633LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 634DEFAULT: all src all
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635DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
636DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
637DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
638DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
cccac0a2 639DOC_START
41bd17a4 640 Defining an Access List
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642 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
643 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
644 they are read from.
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646 acl aclname acltype argument ...
647 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 648
375eeb3b 649 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 650
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652 To make them case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
653 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line without -i.
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656 to access some external data source.
657 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
658 don't are marked as [fast].
659 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
660 for further information
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662 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
663
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664 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
665 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
666 acl aclname dst ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
667 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 668
41bd17a4 669 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
670 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
671 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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673 # other *BSD variants.
674 # [fast]
41bd17a4 675 #
676 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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677 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
678 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
679
680 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
681 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
682 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 683 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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684 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
685 # regex matching client name [slow]
686 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 687 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 688 #
41bd17a4 689 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
690 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
691 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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693 acl aclname src_as number ...
694 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 695 # [fast]
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696 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
697 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
698 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
699 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
700 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
701 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
702 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
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6db78a1a 704 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 705 # [fast]
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706 # match against a named cache_peer entry
707 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
708
375eeb3b 709 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 710 # [fast]
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712 # S - Sunday
713 # M - Monday
714 # T - Tuesday
715 # W - Wednesday
716 # H - Thursday
717 # F - Friday
718 # A - Saturday
719 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
720
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722 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
723 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
724 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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726 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
727 # ranges are alloed
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728 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
729 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
730
b3567eb5 731 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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733 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
734
735 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 736
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738 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 740 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 741 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
e988aa40 742
375eeb3b 743 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 744 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 745 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 746
375eeb3b 747 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 748 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 749 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 750 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 751
41bd17a4 752 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
753 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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755 # supplied credentials [slow]
756 #
757 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 758 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
759 #
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761 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
762 #
41bd17a4 763 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
764 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
765 # in access.log.
766 #
767 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
768 # to check username/password combinations (see
769 # auth_param directive).
770 #
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772 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 773 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 774
41bd17a4 775 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 776 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 777 # Example:
778 #
779 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 780
41bd17a4 781 acl aclname maxconn number
782 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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783 # more than <number> TCP connections established. [fast]
784 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
785 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 786
41bd17a4 787 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
788 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
789 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 790 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 791 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
792 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
793 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
794 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
795 # request is denied)
796 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
797 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
798 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
cccac0a2 799
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800 acl aclname random probability
801 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
802 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
803 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
804
375eeb3b 805 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 806 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
807 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 808 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 809 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
810 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 811
41bd17a4 812 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
813 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
814 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 815 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 816
375eeb3b 817 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 818 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
819 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 820 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 821 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
822 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
823 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 824
41bd17a4 825 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
826 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
827 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 828 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 829
375eeb3b 830 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 831 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 832 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 833
41bd17a4 834 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
835 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 836 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 837
41bd17a4 838 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
839 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 840 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 841
41bd17a4 842 acl aclname ext_user username ...
843 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 844 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 845 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 846
0ab50441 847 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 848 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
cccac0a2 849
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850 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
851 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
852 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
853 #
854 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
855 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
856 # http_reply_access.
857
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859 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
860 acl myexample dst_as 1241
861 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
862 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
863 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 864
41bd17a4 865NOCOMMENT_START
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867# Recommended minimum configuration:
868#
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ee776778 870# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
871# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
872# should be allowed
873acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
874acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
875acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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876acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
877acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 879acl SSL_ports port 443
880acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
881acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
882acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
883acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
884acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
885acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
886acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
887acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
888acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
889acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
890acl CONNECT method CONNECT
891NOCOMMENT_END
892DOC_END
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894NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
895TYPE: acl_access
896IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
897LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
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898DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
899DOC_START
900 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
901 find the original source of a request.
902
903 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
904 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
905 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
906 rightmost address being the most recent.
907
908 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
909 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
910 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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911 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
912 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
913 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
914 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
915 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
916 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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918 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
919 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 920 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 921 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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922 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
923 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 924
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926 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
927
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928 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
929
930 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
931 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
932 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
933 source address of the request. This may enable remote
934 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
935 based on the client's source addresses.
936
937 For example:
938
939 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
940 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
941 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
942 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
943DOC_END
944
945NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
946COMMENT: on|off
947TYPE: onoff
948IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
949DEFAULT: on
950LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
951DOC_START
952 Controls whether the indirect client address
953 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
954 direct client address in acl matching.
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956 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
957 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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959
960NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
961COMMENT: on|off
962TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 963IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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965LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
966DOC_START
967 Controls whether the indirect client address
968 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
969 direct client address in delay pools.
970DOC_END
971
972NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
973COMMENT: on|off
974TYPE: onoff
975IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
976DEFAULT: on
977LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
978DOC_START
979 Controls whether the indirect client address
980 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
981 direct client address in the access log.
982DOC_END
983
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984NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
985COMMENT: on|off
986TYPE: onoff
987IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 988DEFAULT: off
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989LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
990DOC_START
991 Controls whether the indirect client address
992 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
993 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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995 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
996 mode ports.
997
998 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
999 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
1000 of folow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
1001 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1003
41bd17a4 1004NAME: http_access
1005TYPE: acl_access
1006LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1007DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1008DOC_START
1009 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1010
41bd17a4 1011 Access to the HTTP port:
1012 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1013
41bd17a4 1014 NOTE on default values:
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41bd17a4 1016 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1017 the request.
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41bd17a4 1019 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1020 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1021 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1022 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1024 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1027 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1028
41bd17a4 1029NOCOMMENT_START
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1031#
1032# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1033#
1034# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
3c722b3a 1035http_access allow localhost manager
41bd17a4 1036http_access deny manager
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1038# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1039http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1041# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1042http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 1044# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1045# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1046# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1047#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1049#
1050# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1051#
c8f4eac4 1052
ee776778 1053# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1054# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1055# from where browsing should be allowed
1056http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1057http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1058
41bd17a4 1059# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1060http_access deny all
1061NOCOMMENT_END
1062DOC_END
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1064NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1065TYPE: acl_access
1066LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1067DEFAULT: none
1068DOC_START
1069 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1070
1071 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1072 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1073 output.
1074
1075 If not set then only http_access is used.
1076DOC_END
1077
41bd17a4 1078NAME: http_reply_access
1079TYPE: acl_access
1080LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1081DEFAULT: none
1082DOC_START
1083 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1084
41bd17a4 1085 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1086
41bd17a4 1087 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1088 all replies
1a224843 1089
41bd17a4 1090 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1091 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1092 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1094 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1095 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1096DOC_END
1097
41bd17a4 1098NAME: icp_access
1099TYPE: acl_access
1100LOC: Config.accessList.icp
41bd17a4 1101DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1102DOC_START
41bd17a4 1103 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1104 access lists
5473c134 1105
41bd17a4 1106 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1107
41bd17a4 1108 See http_access for details
1109
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1111 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1113# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1115#icp_access deny all
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1117
41bd17a4 1118NAME: htcp_access
1119IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1120TYPE: acl_access
1121LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
41bd17a4 1122DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1123DOC_START
41bd17a4 1124 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1125 access lists
5473c134 1126
41bd17a4 1127 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1129 See http_access for details
5473c134 1130
0b48417e 1131 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1132 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1133 using the htcp option.
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1136 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1138# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1140#htcp_access deny all
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41bd17a4 1143NAME: htcp_clr_access
1144IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1145TYPE: acl_access
1146LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
41bd17a4 1147DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1148DOC_START
1149 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1150 on defined access lists
5473c134 1151
41bd17a4 1152 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1153
41bd17a4 1154 See http_access for details
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1157 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1159# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1160acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1161htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
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1163
41bd17a4 1164NAME: miss_access
1165TYPE: acl_access
1166LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1167DEFAULT: none
5473c134 1168DOC_START
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1169 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1170
1171 For example;
1172 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1173 a parent.
5473c134 1174
41bd17a4 1175 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1176 miss_access allow localclients
1177 miss_access deny !localclients
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1179 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch relayed/MISS
1180 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1181 objects (HITs).
1182
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1185 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1187 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1188 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1189DOC_END
1190
1191NAME: ident_lookup_access
1192TYPE: acl_access
1193IFDEF: USE_IDENT
41bd17a4 1194DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1195LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1196DOC_START
41bd17a4 1197 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1198 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1199 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1200 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1201 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1202 any requests.
5473c134 1203
41bd17a4 1204 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1205 can follow this example:
5473c134 1206
4daaf3cb 1207 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1208 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1209 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1210
4daaf3cb 1211 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1212 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1213 the correct result.
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1215 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1216 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1217DOC_END
5473c134 1218
5b0f5383 1219NAME: reply_body_max_size
1220COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1221TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1222DEFAULT: none
1223LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1224DOC_START
1225 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1226 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1227 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1228 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1229 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1230 for this reply.
1231
1232 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1233 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1234 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1235 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1236 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1237 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1238 and they will receive a partial reply.
1239
1240 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1241 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1242 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1243 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1244
1245 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1246 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1247 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1248 the size of your largest error page.
1249
1250 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1251 no limit imposed.
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1253 Configuration Format is:
1254 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1255 ie.
1256 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1257
5b0f5383 1258DOC_END
1259
1260COMMENT_START
1261 NETWORK OPTIONS
1262 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1263COMMENT_END
1264
1265NAME: http_port ascii_port
1266TYPE: http_port_list
1267DEFAULT: none
1268LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1269DOC_START
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1270 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1271 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1272 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1273
1274 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1275 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1276 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1277 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1278 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1279 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1280 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1281
1282 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1283 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1284
1285 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1286 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1287 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1288
1289 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1290
c7b1dd5d 1291 Modes:
5b0f5383 1292
e77bdb4e 1293 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1294 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1295 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1296
1297 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1298 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1299 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1300
7f45065d 1301 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1302
3a0c8eb5 1303 ssl-bump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
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1305 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1306 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1307 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1308
1309 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1310 the SslBump feature.
1311
1312 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1313
1314
1315 Accelerator Mode Options:
1316
5b0f5383 1317 defaultsite=domainname
1318 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1319 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1320 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1321
cf673853 1322 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1323
1324 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
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1326 https_port
5b0f5383 1327
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1329 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1330
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1332 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1333
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1335 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1336 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1337 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1338
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1340
7f45065d 1341 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1343
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1345 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1346 never_direct was used.
1347
1348 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1349 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1350 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1351 http_access rules when using this.
1352
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1354 SSL Bump Mode Options:
1355
1356 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1357
1358 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1359 if not specified, the certificate file is
1360 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1361 key file.
1362
1363 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1364 1 automatic (default)
1365 2 SSLv2 only
1366 3 SSLv3 only
1367 4 TLSv1 only
1368
1369 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1370
1371 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1372 being:
1373 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1374 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1375 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1376 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1377 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1378 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1379 documentation for a complete list of options.
1380
1381 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1382 requesting a client certificate.
1383
1384 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1385 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1386 clientca will be used.
1387
1388 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1389 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1390
1391 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1392 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1393 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1394
1395 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1396 DH key exchanges.
1397
1398 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1399 DELAYED_AUTH
1400 Don't request client certificates
1401 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1402 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1403 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1404 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1405 to OpenSSL.
1406 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1407 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1408 will result in a new SSL session.
1409 VERIFY_CRL
1410 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1411 certificates.
1412 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1413 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1414 client certificate chain.
1415
1416 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1417
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1419 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1420 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1421 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1422 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1423 certificate will be selfsigned.
1424 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1425 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1426 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1427 years.
1428 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1429 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1430
1431 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1432 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1433 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
1434 default value is 4MB. An average XXX-bit certificate
1435 consumes about XXX bytes of RAM.
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1437 Other Options:
1438
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1440 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1441 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1443
5b0f5383 1444 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1445 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1446 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1447 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1448 support is enabled.
1449 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1450
1451 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1452 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1453 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1454 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1455 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1456 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1457 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1458 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1459
81b6e9a7 1460 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1461 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1462
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1465 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1466 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1467 timeout the time before giving up.
1468
5b0f5383 1469 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1470 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1471 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1472 visible on the internal address.
1473
1474NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1476# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1477http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1478NOCOMMENT_END
1479DOC_END
1480
1481NAME: https_port
1482IFDEF: USE_SSL
1483TYPE: https_port_list
1484DEFAULT: none
1485LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1486DOC_START
7f45065d 1487 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1488
1489 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1490 requests.
1491
1492 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1493 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1494 accelerator level.
1495
1496 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1497 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1498
7f45065d 1499 Modes:
5b0f5383 1500
7f45065d 1501 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1502
7f45065d 1503 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
5b0f5383 1504
5b0f5383 1505
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1507
1508
1509 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1510
1511 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1512
1513 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1514 if not specified, the certificate file is
1515 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1516 key file.
1517
1518 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1519 1 automatic (default)
1520 2 SSLv2 only
1521 3 SSLv3 only
1522 4 TLSv1 only
1523
1524 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1525
1526 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1527 being:
1528 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1529 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1530 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1531 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1532 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1533 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1534 documentation for a complete list of options.
1535
1536 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1537 requesting a client certificate.
1538
1539 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1540 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1541 clientca will be used.
1542
1543 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1544 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1545
1546 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1547 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1548 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1549
1550 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1551 DH key exchanges.
1552
1553 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1554 DELAYED_AUTH
1555 Don't request client certificates
1556 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1557 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1558 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1559 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1560 to OpenSSL.
1561 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1562 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1563 will result in a new SSL session.
1564 VERIFY_CRL
1565 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1566 certificates.
1567 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1568 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1569 client certificate chain.
1570
1571 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1572
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1574
41bd17a4 1575NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1576TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1577DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1578LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 1579DOC_START
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1580 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets outgoing
1581 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1582
41bd17a4 1583 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1584
41bd17a4 1585 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1586 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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1589 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1590 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1591 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1592
41bd17a4 1593 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1595 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1596
41bd17a4 1597 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1598 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1600 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 1601
41bd17a4 1602 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1603 matching line.
cccac0a2 1604DOC_END
1605
41bd17a4 1606NAME: clientside_tos
1607TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1608DEFAULT: none
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1610DOC_START
1611 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1612 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1613
1614 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1615
1616 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1617 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1618
1619 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1620 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1621 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1622 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1623
1624 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1625 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1626DOC_END
1627
1628NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1629TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1630IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1632LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1633DOC_START
1634 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1635 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1636
1637 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1638
1639 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1640 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1641
1642 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1643 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1644 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1645 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1646DOC_END
1647
1648NAME: clientside_mark
1649TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1650IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1652LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
cccac0a2 1653DOC_START
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1655 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1656
1657 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1658
1659 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1660 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1661
1662 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1663 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1664 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1665 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1666
1667 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1668 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 1669DOC_END
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1672TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 1673IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 1674DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1675LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 1676DOC_START
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1679 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1680 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
7172612f 1681
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1683 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1684 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1687 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1688 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1689
1690 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
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1693
1694 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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1696 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1697
1698 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1699
1700 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1701
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1703 over the preserve-miss feature (see below).
575cb927 1704
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1706 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1707 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1708 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1709 with all variants of netfilter.
575cb927 1710
575cb927 1711 disable-preserve-miss
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1713 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1714 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1715 and masked with miss-mark.
1716 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1717 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1718 (MARK target).
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1720 miss-mask=0xFF
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1722 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1723 the TOS sent towards clients.
1724 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1725 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1726
1727 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1728 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1729 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1730 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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41bd17a4 1734NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1735TYPE: acl_address
1736DEFAULT: none
1737LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1738DOC_START
1739 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1740 based on the username or source address of the user making
1741 the request.
7f7db318 1742
41bd17a4 1743 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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1746 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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1749 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1750
1751 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
1752 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1753
1754 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
1755 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1756
1757 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
1758 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1759
41bd17a4 1760 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1761 matching line.
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1763 Squid will add an implicit IP version test to each line.
1764 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
1765 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
1766
1767
1768 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 1769 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1770 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1771 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 1773 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
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1776 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
cc192b50 1777
cccac0a2 1778DOC_END
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1780NAME: client_dst_passthru
1781TYPE: onoff
1782DEFAULT: on
1783LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
1784DOC_START
1785 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
1786 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
1787 source.
1788
1789 This option (on by default) prevents cache_peer and alternative DNS
1790 entries being used on intercepted traffic. Both of which lead to
1791 the security vulnerability outlined below.
1792
1793 SECURITY WARNING:
1794
1795 This directive should only be disabled if cache_peer are required.
1796
1797 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
1798 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
1799 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
1800 security policy and sandboxing protections.
1801
1802 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
1803 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
1804 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
1805 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
1806 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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cccac0a2 1808DOC_END
1809
41bd17a4 1810COMMENT_START
1811 SSL OPTIONS
1812 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1813COMMENT_END
1814
1815NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1816IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1817TYPE: onoff
1818DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1819LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1820DOC_START
41bd17a4 1821 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1822 messages.
cccac0a2 1823DOC_END
1824
41bd17a4 1825NAME: ssl_engine
1826IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1827TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1828LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1829DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1830DOC_START
41bd17a4 1831 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1832 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1833DOC_END
1834
41bd17a4 1835NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1836IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1837DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1838LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1839TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1840DOC_START
41bd17a4 1841 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1842DOC_END
1843
41bd17a4 1844NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1845IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1846DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1847LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1848TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1849DOC_START
41bd17a4 1850 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1851DOC_END
1852
41bd17a4 1853NAME: sslproxy_version
1854IFDEF: USE_SSL
1855DEFAULT: 1
1856LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1857TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1858DOC_START
41bd17a4 1859 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1860DOC_END
1861
41bd17a4 1862NAME: sslproxy_options
1863IFDEF: USE_SSL
1864DEFAULT: none
1865LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1866TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1867DOC_START
41bd17a4 1868 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1870 The most important being:
1871
1872 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1873 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1874 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1875 SINGLE_DH_USE
1876 Always create a new key when using
1877 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1878
1879 These options vary depending on your SSL engine.
1880 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1881 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 1882DOC_END
1883
41bd17a4 1884NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1885IFDEF: USE_SSL
1886DEFAULT: none
1887LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1888TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1889DOC_START
41bd17a4 1890 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1892 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 1893DOC_END
1894
41bd17a4 1895NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1896IFDEF: USE_SSL
1897DEFAULT: none
1898LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1899TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1900DOC_START
41bd17a4 1901 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1902 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1903DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1905NAME: sslproxy_capath
1906IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1907DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1908LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1909TYPE: string
5473c134 1910DOC_START
41bd17a4 1911 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1912 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1913DOC_END
1914
4c9da963 1915NAME: ssl_bump
1916IFDEF: USE_SSL
1917TYPE: acl_access
1918LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1919DEFAULT: none
1920DOC_START
1921 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1922 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1923 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1924 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1925
1926 By default, no requests are bumped.
1927
e0c0d54c 1928 See also: http_port ssl-bump
4c9da963 1929
e0c0d54c 1930 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 1931 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1933
1934 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1935 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1936
1937 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1938 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1939 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1940 ssl_bump deny localhost
1941 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1942 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 1943DOC_END
1944
41bd17a4 1945NAME: sslproxy_flags
1946IFDEF: USE_SSL
1947DEFAULT: none
1948LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1949TYPE: string
5473c134 1950DOC_START
41bd17a4 1951 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1952 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1953 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1954 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1955 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1956DOC_END
1957
4c9da963 1958NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1959IFDEF: USE_SSL
1960DEFAULT: none
1961LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1962TYPE: acl_access
1963DOC_START
1964 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1965
1966 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1967 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1968 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1969
1970 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1971 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1972 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1973
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1975 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1976 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 1977
1978 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1979 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1980 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1981 the connection may be insecure.
1982
1983 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1984
e0855596 1985 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 1986DOC_END
1987
41bd17a4 1988NAME: sslpassword_program
1989IFDEF: USE_SSL
1990DEFAULT: none
1991LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1992TYPE: string
5473c134 1993DOC_START
41bd17a4 1994 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1995 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1996 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1997 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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1999 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2000 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2001 keys.
5473c134 2002DOC_END
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2005 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2006 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2007COMMENT_END
2008
2009NAME: sslcrtd_program
2010TYPE: eol
2011IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2012DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2013LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2014DOC_START
2015 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2016 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2017 For more information use:
2018 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2019DOC_END
2020
2021NAME: sslcrtd_children
2022TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2023IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2024DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2025LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2026DOC_START
2027 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2028 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2029
2030 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2031 tuning.
2032
2033 startup=N
2034
2035 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2036 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2037 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2038
2039 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2040 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2041
2042 idle=N
2043
2044 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2045 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2046 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2047 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2048
2049 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2050DOC_END
2051
cccac0a2 2052COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2053 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2054 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2055COMMENT_END
2056
41bd17a4 2057NAME: cache_peer
2058TYPE: peer
2059DEFAULT: none
2060LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2061DOC_START
41bd17a4 2062 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 2064 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2065
41bd17a4 2066 For example,
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41bd17a4 2068 # proxy icp
2069 # hostname type port port options
2070 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2071 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2072 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2073 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
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2075 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2076
2077 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2078
2079 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2080 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2081 For web servers this is usually 80
2082
2083 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2084 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2085 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2086
2087
2088 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2089
2090 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2091 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2092
2093
2094 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2095
2096 multicast-responder
2097 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2098 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2099 replies will be accepted from it.
2100
2101 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2102 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2103
2104 background-ping
2105 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2106 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2107 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2108
2109
2110 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2111
2112 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2113 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2114
2115
2116 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2117 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2119 list of options described below.
2b94f655 2120
18191440 2121 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2122
18191440 2123 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2124 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2125 only-clr.
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2128 This cannot be used with no-clr.
2b94f655 2129
18191440 2130 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2132 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2133
18191440 2134 htcp=forward-clr
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2135 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2136
2137
2138 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2139
2140 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2141 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2142
2143
2144 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2145 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2146 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2147
2148 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2149 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2150 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2151
2152 weighted-round-robin
2153 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2154 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2155 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2156 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2157 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2158
2159 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2160 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2161 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2162
2163 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2164
2165 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2167 multicast-siblings
2168 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2169 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2170 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
2171 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
2172 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2173 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2174 members of the same multicast group.
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2176
2177 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2178
2179 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2180 peer-selection mechanisms.
2181 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2182 larger weights are favored more.
2183 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2184 protocol is not in use.
2185
2186 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2187 times of parents.
2188 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2189 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2190 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2191
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2193 to this address.
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2195 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2196 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2197 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2198
2199 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2200 delay pools.
2201
2202 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2203 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2204 than the Squid default location.
2205
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2208
2209 carp-key=key-specification
2210 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2211 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2212 scheme, host, port, path, params
2213 Order is not important.
2214
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2216
2217 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2218 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2219 is a web server.
2220
2221 forceddomain=name
2222 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2223 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2224 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2225 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2226
2227 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2228
2229 no-netdb-exchange
2230 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2231
2232
2233 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2234
2235 login=user:password
2236 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2237 requires proxy authentication.
2238
2239 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2240 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2241
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2243 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2244 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2245 without alteration to the peer.
2246 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2247
2248 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2249 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2250 connection-auth options are also used.
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2253 Authentication is not required by this option.
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2256 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2258 they may be sent instead.
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2260 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2261 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2262 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2263 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2264 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2265
2266 login=*:password
2267 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2268 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2269 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2270 needed to identify each user.
2271 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2272 information which is added to the username. This can
2273 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2274 the login=username:password option above.
2275
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2277 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2278 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2279 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2280 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2281
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2283 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2284 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2285
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2287 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2288 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2289 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2290 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2291 used.
2292
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2294 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2295 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2296
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2298 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2299 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2300 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2301 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2302 of the peer.
2303
2304
2305 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2306
2307 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2308
2309 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2310 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2311 this peer.
2312
2313 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2314 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2315 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2316 reference a combined file containing both the
2317 certificate and the key.
2318
2319 sslversion=1|2|3|4
2320 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2321 1 = automatic (default)
2322 2 = SSL v2 only
2323 3 = SSL v3 only
2324 4 = TLS v1 only
2325
2326 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2327 to this peer.
2328
2329 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
2330 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2331 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2332 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2333 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
2334 a more complete list.
2335
2336 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2337 when verifying the peer certificate.
2338
2339 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2340 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2341
2342 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2343 verifying the peer certificate.
2344
2345 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2346
41bd17a4 2347 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2348 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2349 verify.
2350 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2351 Don't use the default CA list built in
2352 to OpenSSL.
2353 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2354 Don't verify the peer certificate
2355 matches the server name
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2357 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2358 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2359 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2360 used.
2361
2362 front-end-https
2363 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2364 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2365 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2366 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2367 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2368
2369
2370 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2371
2372 connect-timeout=N
2373 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2374 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2375
2376 connect-fail-limit=N
2377 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2378 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2379
2380 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2381 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2382 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2383 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2384 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2385 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2386 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2387
2388 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2389 peer. see also
2390
2391 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2392 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2393 but different ports.
2394 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2395 directives to dentify the peer.
2396 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2397 peername ACL type.
2398
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2400 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2401
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2403
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41bd17a4 2406NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2407TYPE: hostdomain
2408DEFAULT: none
2409LOC: none
2410DOC_START
2411 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2412 queried. Usage:
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41bd17a4 2414 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2415 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2416
41bd17a4 2417 For example, specifying
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41bd17a4 2419 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 2420
41bd17a4 2421 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2422 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2423 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2424 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2425 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2426
41bd17a4 2427 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2428 either on the same or separate lines.
2429 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2430 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2431 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2432 for all requests.
2433 * There are no defaults.
2434 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2435 section.
2436DOC_END
dd9b1776 2437
41bd17a4 2438NAME: cache_peer_access
2439TYPE: peer_access
2440DEFAULT: none
2441LOC: none
2442DOC_START
2443 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2444 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2445
41bd17a4 2446 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2447
41bd17a4 2448 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2449 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2450 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2451DOC_END
dd9b1776 2452
41bd17a4 2453NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2454TYPE: hostdomaintype
2455DEFAULT: none
2456LOC: none
2457DOC_START
2458 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2459
41bd17a4 2460 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2461 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2462 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2463 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2464 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2465 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2466
41bd17a4 2467EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2468 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2469 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2470 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2471DOC_END
6bf4f823 2472
41bd17a4 2473NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2474COMMENT: (seconds)
2475DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2476TYPE: time_t
2477LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2478DOC_START
2479 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2480 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2481 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2482 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2483 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2484 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2485
41bd17a4 2486 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2487 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2488 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2489 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2490 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2491 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2492 instead of to your parents.
2493DOC_END
cccac0a2 2494
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2495NAME: forward_max_tries
2496DEFAULT: 10
2497TYPE: int
2498LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2499DOC_START
2500 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2501 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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2502
2503 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
2504 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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2505DOC_END
2506
41bd17a4 2507NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2508TYPE: wordlist
2509DEFAULT: none
2510LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2511DOC_START
2512 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2513 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2514 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2515 list this option multiple times.
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2517 Example:
2518 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
2519
2520 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
6b698a21 2521DOC_END
0976f8db 2522
41bd17a4 2523COMMENT_START
2524 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2525 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2526COMMENT_END
2527
2528NAME: cache_mem
2529COMMENT: (bytes)
2530TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2531DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2532LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2533DOC_START
41bd17a4 2534 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2535 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2536 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2537 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2538
2539 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2540 for:
2541 * In-Transit objects
2542 * Hot Objects
2543 * Negative-Cached objects
2544
2545 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2546 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2547 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2548 priority.
2549
2550 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2551 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2552 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2553 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2554 not needed for in-transit objects.
2555
2556 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2557 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2558 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2559 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2560 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2561 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2562 objects.
6b698a21 2563DOC_END
0976f8db 2564
41bd17a4 2565NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2566COMMENT: (bytes)
2567TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2568DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2569LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2570DOC_START
41bd17a4 2571 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2572 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2573 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2574 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2575DOC_END
0976f8db 2576
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2577NAME: memory_cache_shared
2578COMMENT: on|off
2579TYPE: YesNoNone
2580LOC: Config.memShared
2581DEFAULT: none
2582DOC_START
2583 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
2584
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2585 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
2586 following conditions are satisfied: SMP mode is enabled using multiple
2587 worker processes, cache_mem is positive, and Squid was built with a
2588 compiler that supports GCC-style atomic operations.
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2589DOC_END
2590
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2591NAME: memory_cache_mode
2592TYPE: memcachemode
2593LOC: Config
2594DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2595DOC_START
ea21d497 2596 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2597
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2598 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2599
2600 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2601 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2602 a second time before cached in memory.
2603
2604 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2605DOC_END
2606
41bd17a4 2607NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2608TYPE: removalpolicy
2609LOC: Config.memPolicy
2610DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2611DOC_START
41bd17a4 2612 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2613 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2614
41bd17a4 2615 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2616DOC_END
6b698a21 2617
41bd17a4 2618COMMENT_START
2619 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2620 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2621COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2622
41bd17a4 2623NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2624TYPE: removalpolicy
2625LOC: Config.replPolicy
2626DEFAULT: lru
2627DOC_START
2628 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2629 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2630
41bd17a4 2631 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2632 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2633 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2634 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2635
41bd17a4 2636 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2637
41bd17a4 2638 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2639
41bd17a4 2640 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2641 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2642 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2643 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2644
41bd17a4 2645 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2646 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2647 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2648 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2649
41bd17a4 2650 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2651 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2652 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2653
41bd17a4 2654 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2655 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2656 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2657
41bd17a4 2658 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2659 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2660 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2661DOC_END
0976f8db 2662
41bd17a4 2663NAME: cache_dir
2664TYPE: cachedir
2665DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2666LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2667DOC_START
41bd17a4 2668 Usage:
0976f8db 2669
41bd17a4 2670 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2671
41bd17a4 2672 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2673 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2674
41bd17a4 2675 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2676 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2677 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2678
41bd17a4 2679 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2680 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2681 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2682 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2683 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2684
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2685 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
2686 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2687 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2688
41bd17a4 2689 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2690
41bd17a4 2691 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2692 been there.
0976f8db 2693
41bd17a4 2694 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2695
41bd17a4 2696 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2697 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2698 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2699 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2700 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2701
56fba4d0 2702 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2703 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2704
56fba4d0 2705 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2706 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2707 is 256.
0976f8db 2708
41bd17a4 2709 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2710
41bd17a4 2711 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2712 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2713 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2714
41bd17a4 2715 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2716
41bd17a4 2717 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2718
41bd17a4 2719 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2720
41bd17a4 2721 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2722 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2723 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2724
41bd17a4 2725 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2726
41bd17a4 2727 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2728
41bd17a4 2729 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2730 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2731 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2732
41bd17a4 2733 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2734 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2735 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2736
41bd17a4 2737 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2738 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2739 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2740 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2741 time.
0976f8db 2742
2e55f083 2743 The rock store type:
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2744
2745 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes <max-size=bytes>
2746
2e55f083 2747 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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2748 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots,
2749 one entry per slot. The database size is specified in MB. The
2750 slot size is specified in bytes using the max-size option. See
2751 below for more info on the max-size option.
2752
41bd17a4 2753 The coss store type:
0976f8db 2754
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2755 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2756 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2757 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2758
41bd17a4 2759 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2760 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2761 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2762 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2763 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2764 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2765 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2766
41bd17a4 2767 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2768 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2769 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2770
41bd17a4 2771 Common options:
0976f8db 2772
41bd17a4 2773 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2774
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2775 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
2776 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
2777 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
2778 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
2779
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2780 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
2781 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 2782 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2783 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2784 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2785
41bd17a4 2786 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2787 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2788 option.
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2790
2791# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2792#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2793NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2794DOC_END
0976f8db 2795
41bd17a4 2796NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2797TYPE: string
2798LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2799DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2800DOC_START
41bd17a4 2801 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2802DOC_END
0976f8db 2803
41bd17a4 2804NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2805TYPE: int
2806LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2807DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2808DOC_START
41bd17a4 2809 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2810 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2811 descriptors are open.
2812
2813 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2814DOC_END
0976f8db 2815
41bd17a4 2816NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2817COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2818TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2819DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2820LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2821DOC_START
41bd17a4 2822 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2823 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2824 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2825DOC_END
0976f8db 2826
41bd17a4 2827NAME: maximum_object_size
2828COMMENT: (bytes)
2829TYPE: b_int64_t
2830DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2831LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2832DOC_START
41bd17a4 2833 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2834 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2835 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2836 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2837 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2838 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2839
41bd17a4 2840 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2841 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2842 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2843DOC_END
0976f8db 2844
41bd17a4 2845NAME: cache_swap_low
2846COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2847TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2848DEFAULT: 90
2849LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2850DOC_NONE
2851
2852NAME: cache_swap_high
2853COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2854TYPE: int
2855DEFAULT: 95
2856LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2857DOC_START
41bd17a4 2858
2859 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2860 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2861 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2862 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2863 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2864 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2865
2866 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2867 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2868 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2869DOC_END
0976f8db 2870
5473c134 2871COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2872 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2873 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2874COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2875
41bd17a4 2876NAME: logformat
2877TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 2878LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 2879DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2880DOC_START
41bd17a4 2881 Usage:
0976f8db 2882
41bd17a4 2883 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2884
41bd17a4 2885 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2886
41bd17a4 2887 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2888
41bd17a4 2889 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2890 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2891 as required according to their context and the output format
2892 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2893 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2894
41bd17a4 2895 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2896
41bd17a4 2897 " output in quoted string format
2898 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2899 # output in URL quoted format
2900 ' output as-is
5473c134 2901
41bd17a4 2902 - left aligned
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2904 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
2905 [width_min][.width_max]
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2906 When minimum starts with 0, the field is zero-padded.
2907 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 2908
41bd17a4 2909 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2910
41bd17a4 2911 Format codes:
5473c134 2912
3ff65596 2913 % a literal % character
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2914 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
2915 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
2916 a similar internal error identifier.
2917 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
2918
2919 Connection related format codes:
2920
41bd17a4 2921 >a Client source IP address
2922 >A Client FQDN
2923 >p Client source port
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2924 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
2925 >la Local IP address the client connected to
2926 >lp Local port number the client connected to
2927
2928 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
2929 <A Server FQDN or peer name
2930 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 2931 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 2932 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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2933
2934 Time related format codes:
2935
41bd17a4 2936 ts Seconds since epoch
2937 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2938 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2939 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2940 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2941 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2942 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2943 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
2944
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2945 Access Control related format codes:
2946
2947 et Tag returned by external acl
2948 ea Log string returned by external acl
2949 un User name (any available)
2950 ul User name from authentication
2951 ue User name from external acl helper
2952 ui User name from ident
2953 us User name from SSL
2954
2955 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 2956
ca2e92d8 2957 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 2958 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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2959 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
2960 Optional header name argument as for >h
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2961 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2962 as for >h
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2963 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2964 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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2965 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
2966 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
2967 transfer encoding and control messages.
2968 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
2969 received bodies.
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2970 [http::]mt MIME content type
2971 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
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2972 [http::]>rm Request method from client
2973 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
2974 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
2975 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
2976 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
3ff65596 2977 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
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2978 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
2979 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sento to server or peer
3ff65596 2980 [http::]rv Request protocol version
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2981 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
2982 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
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2983 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
2984 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
2985 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
2986 are not included
2987 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
2988 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
2989 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
2990 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
2991 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
2992 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
2993 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
2994 and stops when the last response byte is received.
2995 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
2996 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
2997 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
2998 with the last I/O with the last peer.
2999
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3001
3002 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
3003 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
3004
5038f9d8 3005 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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3007
3008 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
3009 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
3010 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
3011 transaction is in progress.
3012
5038f9d8 3013 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
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3015 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
3016 meta-information from the last eCAP
3017 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
3018 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
3019 argument.
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3021 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
3022 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
3023 the order of transaction start time. Each time
3024 value is recorded as an integer number,
3025 representing response time of one or more
3026 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
3027 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3028 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3029 logged individually but added to the
3030 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3031 adapt::all_trs.
3032
3033 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3034 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3035 individual transactions are never added
3036 together. Instead, all transaction response
3037 times are recorded individually.
3038
3039 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3040 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3041 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
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3043 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
3044
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3045logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
3046logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
3047logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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3048logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
3049logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
3050
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3051 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
3052 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
3053 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
3054
3055 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
3056 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 3057
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3059
41bd17a4 3060NAME: access_log cache_access_log
3061TYPE: access_log
3062LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 3063DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 3064DOC_START
41bd17a4 3065 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
3066 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 3067 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 3068 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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3069
3070 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 3071 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3072 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3073 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3074
3075 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3076
bb7a1781 3077 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3078 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3079
3080 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3081 each request.
3082 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3083
3084 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3085 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3086 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3087
3088 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3089
3090 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3091 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3092 Place Format: facility.priority
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3095 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3096
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3097 And priority could be any of:
3098 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3099
3100 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3101 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3102 Place Format: \\host:port
df2eec10 3103
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3104 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3105 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3106 Place Format: \\host:port
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3107
3108 Default:
82b7abe3 3109 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3110DOC_END
5473c134 3111
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3112NAME: icap_log
3113TYPE: access_log
3114IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3115LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3116DEFAULT: none
3117DOC_START
3118 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3119 transaction.
3120
3121 The icap_log option format is:
3122 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3123 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3124
3125 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3126 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3127 features.
3128
3129 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3130 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3131 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3132 log line.
3133
3134 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3135 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3136 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3137 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3138 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3139 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3140 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3141
3142 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3143
3144 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3145
3146 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3147 option in Squid configuration file.
3148
3149 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3150
3151 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3152 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3153
3154 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3155 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3156
3157 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3158 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3159 the socket).
3160
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3161 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
3162 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3163 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3164 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3165 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3166 computed.
3167
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3169 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3170 the ICAP transaction is created and
3171 stops when the transaction is completed.
3172 Similar to tr.
3173
3174 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3175 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3176 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3177 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3178 is received.
3179
3180 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3181 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3182 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3183 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3184 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3185 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3186
3187 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3188
3189 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3190
3191 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3192
3193 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3194 definition, is called icap_squid:
3195
3196logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3197
5038f9d8 3198 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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3200
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3201NAME: logfile_daemon
3202TYPE: string
3203DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3204LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3205DOC_START
3206 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3207 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3208
3209 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3210 L<data>\n - logfile data
3211 R\n - rotate file
3212 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 3213 O\n - reopen file
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3214 F\n - flush file
3215 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3216 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3217
3218 No responses is expected.
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3219DOC_END
3220
5b0f5383 3221NAME: log_access
3222TYPE: acl_access
3223LOC: Config.accessList.log
3224DEFAULT: none
3225COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3226DOC_START
3227 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3228 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3229 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3230
3231 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3232 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3233DOC_END
3234
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3235NAME: log_icap
3236TYPE: acl_access
3237IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3238LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3239DEFAULT: none
3240DOC_START
3241 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3242 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3243DOC_END
3244
41bd17a4 3245NAME: cache_store_log
3246TYPE: string
df2eec10 3247DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3248LOC: Config.Log.store
3249DOC_START
3250 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3251 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3252 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
3253 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3254 disable it.
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3255
3256 Example:
3257 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3258DOC_END
3259
41bd17a4 3260NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3261TYPE: string
3262LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3263DEFAULT: none
3264DOC_START
41bd17a4 3265 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3266 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3267 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3268 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3269 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3270 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3271 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 3272
41bd17a4 3273 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3274 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3275 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3276 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3277
41bd17a4 3278 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3279 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 3280
41bd17a4 3281 cache_swap_log.00
3282 cache_swap_log.01
3283 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3284
41bd17a4 3285 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3286 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3287 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3288 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3289 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3290 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3291 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3292DOC_END
3293
41bd17a4 3294NAME: logfile_rotate
3295TYPE: int
3296DEFAULT: 10
3297LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3298DOC_START
41bd17a4 3299 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3300 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3301 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3302 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3303 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3304 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3305
41bd17a4 3306 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3307 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3308 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3309 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3310 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3311 <pid>'.
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3313 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3314 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3315DOC_END
5473c134 3316
41bd17a4 3317NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 3318TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 3319DOC_START
20efa1c2 3320 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 3321DOC_END
3322
41bd17a4 3323NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 3324TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3325DOC_START
8652f8e7 3326 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 3327DOC_END
5473c134 3328
41bd17a4 3329NAME: mime_table
3330TYPE: string
3331DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3332LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3333DOC_START
3334 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3335 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3336 information if you do.
5473c134 3337DOC_END
3338
41bd17a4 3339NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3340COMMENT: on|off
3341TYPE: onoff
3342LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3343DEFAULT: off
3344DOC_START
3345 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3346 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3347 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3348 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3349 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3350DOC_END
5473c134 3351
41bd17a4 3352NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 3353TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3354DOC_START
20efa1c2 3355 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 3356DOC_END
3357
41bd17a4 3358NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 3359TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3360DOC_START
20efa1c2 3361 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 3362DOC_END
3363
41bd17a4 3364NAME: pid_filename
3365TYPE: string
3366DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3367LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3368DOC_START
41bd17a4 3369 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3370DOC_END
3371
41bd17a4 3372NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3373TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3374DOC_START
c581e96b 3375 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3376DOC_END
3377
41bd17a4 3378NAME: client_netmask
3379TYPE: address
3380LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3381DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3382DOC_START
41bd17a4 3383 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3384 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3385 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3386 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3387DOC_END
3388
41bd17a4 3389NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 3390TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3391DOC_START
20efa1c2 3392 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 3393DOC_END
3394
41bd17a4 3395NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3396TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3397LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3398DEFAULT: on
3399DOC_START
41bd17a4 3400 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3401 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3402DOC_END
3403
41bd17a4 3404NAME: buffered_logs
3405COMMENT: on|off
3406TYPE: onoff
3407DEFAULT: off
3408LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3409DOC_START
41bd17a4 3410 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3411 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3412 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3413 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3414 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
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2b753521 3417NAME: netdb_filename
3418TYPE: string
3419DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
3420LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3421IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3422DOC_START
3423 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3424 To disable, enter "none".
3425DOC_END
3426
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3428 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3429 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3430COMMENT_END
3431
3432NAME: cache_log
3433TYPE: string
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3434DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3435LOC: Debug::cache_log
3436DOC_START
3437 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3438 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3439 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3440DOC_END
3441
3442NAME: debug_options
3443TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3444DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3445LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3446DOC_START
3447 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3448 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3449 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3450 log file, so be careful.
3451
3452 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3453 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3454
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3456 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3457 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3458 events affecting Squid.
3459DOC_END
3460
3461NAME: coredump_dir
3462TYPE: string
3463LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3464DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3465DOC_START
3466 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3467 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3468 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3469 and coredump files will be left there.
3470
3471NOCOMMENT_START
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3473# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3474coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3475NOCOMMENT_END
3476DOC_END
3477
3478
41bd17a4 3479COMMENT_START
3480 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3481 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3482COMMENT_END
3483
3484NAME: ftp_user
3485TYPE: string
3486DEFAULT: Squid@
3487LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3488DOC_START
41bd17a4 3489 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3490 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3491 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3492
41bd17a4 3493 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3494 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3495 depending on how the cache is used.
3496 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3497 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3498DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3500NAME: ftp_passive
3501TYPE: onoff
3502DEFAULT: on
3503LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3504DOC_START
41bd17a4 3505 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3506 connections, turn off this option.
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3508 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3509DOC_END
3510
3511NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3512TYPE: onoff
3513DEFAULT: off
3514LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3515DOC_START
3516 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3517
3518 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3519 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3520 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3521
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3523 useful.
a689bd4e 3524 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3525 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3526
3527 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3528 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3529
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3531DOC_END
3532
3533NAME: ftp_epsv
3534TYPE: onoff
3535DEFAULT: on
3536LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3537DOC_START
3538 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3539
3540 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3541 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3542 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3543 will never be needed.
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3545 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3546 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3547 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3548
3549 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3550DOC_END
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3552NAME: ftp_eprt
3553TYPE: onoff
3554DEFAULT: on
3555LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3556DOC_START
3557 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3558
3559 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3560 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3561 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3562
3563 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3564 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3565
3566 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3567 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3568 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3569 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3570
3571 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3572 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3573DOC_END
3574
41bd17a4 3575NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3576TYPE: onoff
3577DEFAULT: on
3578LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3579DOC_START
3580 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3581 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3582 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3583 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3584 connection turn this off.
3585DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3586
41bd17a4 3587NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3588TYPE: onoff
3589DEFAULT: on
3590LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3591DOC_START
3592 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3593 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3594 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3595 the FTP protocol.
3596
3597 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3598 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3599 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3600 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3601 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3602DOC_END
3603
3604COMMENT_START
3605 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3606 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3607COMMENT_END
3608
3609NAME: diskd_program
3610TYPE: string
3611DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3612LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3613DOC_START
3614 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3615 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3616 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3617DOC_END
3618
3619NAME: unlinkd_program
3620IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3621TYPE: string
3622DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3623LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3624DOC_START
3625 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3626DOC_END
3627
3628NAME: pinger_program
3629TYPE: string
3630DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3631LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3632IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3633DOC_START
3634 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3635DOC_END
3636
cc192b50 3637NAME: pinger_enable
3638TYPE: onoff
3639DEFAULT: on
3640LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3641IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3642DOC_START
3643 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3644 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3645 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3646DOC_END
3647
3648
41bd17a4 3649COMMENT_START
3650 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3651 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3652COMMENT_END
3653
3654NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3655TYPE: wordlist
3656LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3657DEFAULT: none
3658DOC_START
2c7aad89 3659 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 3660 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3661
2c7aad89 3662 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 3663
c71adec1 3664 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3665
3666 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3667 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3668 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3669 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3670
3671 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3672 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3673
3674 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3675 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2c7aad89 3676 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily), etc.
41bd17a4 3677
3678 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3679DOC_END
3680
3681NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3682TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3683DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3684LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3685DOC_START
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3686 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3687 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3688 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3689 and other system resources noticably.
3690
3691 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3692 tuning.
3693
3694 startup=
3695
3696 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3697 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3698 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3699
3700 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3701 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3702
3703 idle=
3704
3705 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3706 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3707 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3708 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3709
3710 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3711
41bd17a4 3712 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3713 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3714 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3715
3716 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3717 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3718 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3719 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3720 to that request.
41bd17a4 3721DOC_END
3722
3723NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3724TYPE: onoff
3725DEFAULT: on
3726LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3727DOC_START
3728 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
3729 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
3730 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
3731
3732 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3733 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
3734DOC_END
3735
3736NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3737TYPE: acl_access
3738DEFAULT: none
3739LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3740DOC_START
3741 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3742 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3743 are sent.
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3744
3745 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3746 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3747DOC_END
3748
3749NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3750TYPE: onoff
3751LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3752DEFAULT: off
3753DOC_START
3754 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3755 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3756 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3757 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3758 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3759 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3760 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3761 users may have access to pages they should not
3762 be allowed to request.
3763DOC_END
3764
3765COMMENT_START
3766 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3767 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3768COMMENT_END
3769
f04b37d8 3770NAME: cache no_cache
3771TYPE: acl_access
3772DEFAULT: none
3773LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3774DOC_START
240887f0 3775 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3776 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3777 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3778
240887f0 3779 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3780 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3781
240887f0 3782 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3783
3784 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3785 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3786DOC_END
3787
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3788NAME: max_stale
3789COMMENT: time-units
3790TYPE: time_t
3791LOC: Config.maxStale
3792DEFAULT: 1 week
3793DOC_START
3794 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
3795 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
3796 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
3797DOC_END
3798
41bd17a4 3799NAME: refresh_pattern
3800TYPE: refreshpattern
3801LOC: Config.Refresh
3802DEFAULT: none
3803DOC_START
3804 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3805
6b698a21 3806 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3807 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3808
41bd17a4 3809 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3810 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3811 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3812 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3813 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3814
41bd17a4 3815 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3816 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3817 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3818
41bd17a4 3819 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3820 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3821
41bd17a4 3822 options: override-expire
3823 override-lastmod
3824 reload-into-ims
3825 ignore-reload
3826 ignore-no-cache
3827 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3828 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3829 ignore-private
3830 ignore-auth
570d3f75 3831 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 3832 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 3833 store-stale
a0ec9f68 3834
41bd17a4 3835 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3836 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3837 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3838 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3839 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3841 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3842 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3843 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3844 the object fresh for that period of time.
3845
41bd17a4 3846 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3847 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3848
41bd17a4 3849 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3850 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3851 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3852 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3853
41bd17a4 3854 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3855 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3856 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3857 it causes.
9bc73deb 3858
41bd17a4 3859 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3860 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3861 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3862 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3863 send it anyway.
3864
3865 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3866 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3867 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3868 liable for problems which it causes.
3869
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3870 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3871 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3872 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3873 liable for problems which it causes.
3874
41bd17a4 3875 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3876 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3877 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3878 liable for problems which it causes.
3879
3880 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3881 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3882 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3883 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3884 it causes.
3885
3886 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3887 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3888 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3889 if one is available.
3890
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3891 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
3892 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
3893 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
3894 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
3895 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
3896
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3897 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
3898 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
3899 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
3900
41bd17a4 3901 Basically a cached object is:
3902
3903 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3904 STALE if age > max
3905 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3906 FRESH if age < min
3907 else STALE
3908
3909 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3910 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3911 match the default will be used.
3912
3913 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3914 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3915 used.
3916
41bd17a4 3917NOCOMMENT_START
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3918
3919# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3920refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3921refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3922refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3923refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3924NOCOMMENT_END
3925DOC_END
3926
3927NAME: quick_abort_min
3928COMMENT: (KB)
3929TYPE: kb_int64_t
3930DEFAULT: 16 KB
3931LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3932DOC_NONE
3933
3934NAME: quick_abort_max
3935COMMENT: (KB)
3936TYPE: kb_int64_t
3937DEFAULT: 16 KB
3938LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3939DOC_NONE
3940
3941NAME: quick_abort_pct
3942COMMENT: (percent)
3943TYPE: int
3944DEFAULT: 95
3945LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3946DOC_START
3947 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3948 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3949 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3950 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3951 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3952 downloads.
3953
3954 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3955 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3956 then.
3957
3958 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3959 it will finish the retrieval.
3960
3961 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3962 it will abort the retrieval.
3963
3964 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3965 it will finish the retrieval.
3966
3967 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3968 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3969 to '0 KB'.
3970
3971 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3972 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3973DOC_END
60d096f4 3974
41bd17a4 3975NAME: read_ahead_gap
3976COMMENT: buffer-size
3977TYPE: b_int64_t
3978LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3979DEFAULT: 16 KB
3980DOC_START
3981 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3982 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3983DOC_END
53e738c6 3984
41bd17a4 3985NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 3986IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3987COMMENT: time-units
3988TYPE: time_t
3989LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3990DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3991DOC_START
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3992 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3993 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3994 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3995 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3996 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3997 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3998
3999 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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4000
4001 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4002 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4003 causes.
41bd17a4 4004DOC_END
53e738c6 4005
41bd17a4 4006NAME: positive_dns_ttl
4007COMMENT: time-units
4008TYPE: time_t
4009LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
4010DEFAULT: 6 hours
4011DOC_START
4012 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
4013 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
4014 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
4015DOC_END
c4ab8329 4016
41bd17a4 4017NAME: negative_dns_ttl
4018COMMENT: time-units
4019TYPE: time_t
4020LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
4021DEFAULT: 1 minutes
4022DOC_START
4023 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
4024 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
4025 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
4026 much below 10 seconds.
4027DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4029NAME: range_offset_limit
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4030COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
4031TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 4032LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 4033DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4034DOC_START
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4035 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
4036
4037 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
4038 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
4039 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
4040 the result is NOT cached.
4041
41bd17a4 4042 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
4043 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
4044 sending anything to the client.
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4045
4046 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
4047 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
4048 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
4049 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
4050
4051 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
4052
4053 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
4054 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
4055
4056 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 4057 client requested. (default)
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4058
4059 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 4060 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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4061
4062 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
4063
4064 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
4065 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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4066 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
4067 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 4068DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4070NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4071COMMENT: (seconds)
4072TYPE: time_t
4073LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4074DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4075DOC_START
4076 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4077 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 4078 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 4079 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4080 is most likely better to make your server return a
4081 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4082 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4083 often be best set to 0.
4084DOC_END
c68e9c6b 4085
41bd17a4 4086NAME: store_avg_object_size
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4087COMMENT: (bytes)
4088TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 4089DEFAULT: 13 KB
4090LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4091DOC_START
4092 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4093 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 4094DOC_END
4095
41bd17a4 4096NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4097TYPE: int
4098DEFAULT: 20
4099LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4100DOC_START
4101 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4102 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4103 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4104DOC_END
4105
4106COMMENT_START
4107 HTTP OPTIONS
4108 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4109COMMENT_END
4110
f04b37d8 4111NAME: request_header_max_size
4112COMMENT: (KB)
4113TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4114DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4115LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4116DOC_START
4117 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4118 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4119 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4120 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4121 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4122DOC_END
4123
4124NAME: reply_header_max_size
4125COMMENT: (KB)
4126TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4127DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4128LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4129DOC_START
4130 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4131 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4132 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4133 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4134 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4135DOC_END
4136
4137NAME: request_body_max_size
4138COMMENT: (bytes)
4139TYPE: b_int64_t
4140DEFAULT: 0 KB
4141LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4142DOC_START
4143 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4144 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4145 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4146 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4147 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4148 be no limit imposed.
4149DOC_END
4150
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4151NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4152COMMENT: (bytes)
4153TYPE: b_size_t
4154DEFAULT: 512 KB
4155LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4156DOC_START
4157 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4158 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4159 a large file.
4160DOC_END
4161
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4162NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4163COMMENT: (bytes)
4164TYPE: b_int64_t
4165DEFAULT: 64 KB
4166LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4167DOC_START
4168 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4169 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4170 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4171 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4172 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4173 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4174
4175 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4176 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4177 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4178 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4179 as if dechunking was disabled.
4180
4181 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4182 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4183
4184 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4185 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4186 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4187DOC_END
4188
41bd17a4 4189NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4190IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4191TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4192DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4193LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4194DOC_START
41bd17a4 4195 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4196 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4197
41bd17a4 4198 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4199 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4200
41bd17a4 4201 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4202
41bd17a4 4203 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4204 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4205 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4206 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 4207
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4208 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4209 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4210
41bd17a4 4211Example:
4212 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4213 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4214DOC_END
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22fff3bf 4216NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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4217COMMENT: on|off
4218TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 4219IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 4220DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 4221LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 4222DOC_START
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4223 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
4224 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
4225
4226 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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4227DOC_END
4228
41bd17a4 4229NAME: via
626096be 4230IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4231COMMENT: on|off
4232TYPE: onoff
4233DEFAULT: on
4234LOC: Config.onoff.via
4235DOC_START
4236 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4237 replies as required by RFC2616.
4238DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4239
41bd17a4 4240NAME: ie_refresh
4241COMMENT: on|off
4242TYPE: onoff
4243LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4244DEFAULT: off
4245DOC_START
4246 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4247 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4248 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4249 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4250 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4251 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4252 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4253 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4254 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4255 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4256 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4257 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4258 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4259 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4260 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4261 force fresh content.
4262DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 4263
41bd17a4 4264NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4265COMMENT: on|off
4266TYPE: onoff
4267LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4268DEFAULT: off
4269DOC_START
4270 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4271 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4272 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4273 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4274 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4275
4276 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4277 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4278DOC_END
c4ab8329 4279
41bd17a4 4280NAME: request_entities
4281TYPE: onoff
4282LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4283DEFAULT: off
4284DOC_START
4285 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4286 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4287 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 4288
41bd17a4 4289 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4290 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4291 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4292 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4293 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4294DOC_END
6b53c392 4295
41bd17a4 4296NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4297IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4298TYPE: http_header_access[]
4299LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4300DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4301DOC_START
41bd17a4 4302 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4303
41bd17a4 4304 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4305 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4306 causes.
0976f8db 4307
41bd17a4 4308 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4309 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4310 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4311 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4312 mangling.
934b03fc 4313
41bd17a4 4314 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4315 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4316
41bd17a4 4317 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4318 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4319 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4320
41bd17a4 4321 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4322 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4323
41bd17a4 4324 request_header_access From deny all
4325 request_header_access Referer deny all
4326 request_header_access Server deny all
4327 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4328 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4329 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4330
41bd17a4 4331 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4332 you should use:
5401aa8d 4333
41bd17a4 4334 request_header_access Allow allow all
4335 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4336 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4337 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4338 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4339 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4340 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4341 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4342 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4343 request_header_access Date allow all
4344 request_header_access Expires allow all
4345 request_header_access Host allow all
4346 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4347 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4348 request_header_access Location allow all
4349 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4350 request_header_access Accept allow all
4351 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4352 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4353 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4354 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4355 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4356 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4357 request_header_access Title allow all
4358 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4359 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4360
41bd17a4 4361 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4362 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4363
41bd17a4 4364 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4365 performed).
5401aa8d 4366DOC_END
4367
41bd17a4 4368NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4369IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4370TYPE: http_header_access[]
4371LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4372DEFAULT: none
4373DOC_START
41bd17a4 4374 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4375
41bd17a4 4376 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4377 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4378 causes.
934b03fc 4379
41bd17a4 4380 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4381 server to the client.
934b03fc 4382
41bd17a4 4383 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4384 direction.
6b53c392 4385
41bd17a4 4386 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4387 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4388 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4389 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4390 mangling.
cccac0a2 4391
41bd17a4 4392 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4393 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4394 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4395
41bd17a4 4396 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4397 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4398
41bd17a4 4399 reply_header_access From deny all
4400 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4401 reply_header_access Server deny all
4402 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4403 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4404 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4405
41bd17a4 4406 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4407 you should use:
cccac0a2 4408
41bd17a4 4409 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4410 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4411 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4412 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4413 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4414 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4415 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4416 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4417 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4418 reply_header_access Date allow all
4419 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4420 reply_header_access Host allow all
4421 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4422 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4423 reply_header_access Location allow all
4424 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4425 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4426 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4427 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4428 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4429 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4430 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4431 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4432 reply_header_access Title allow all
4433 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4434 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4435
41bd17a4 4436 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4437 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4438
41bd17a4 4439 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4440 performed).
cccac0a2 4441DOC_END
4442
75e4f2ea 4443NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 4444IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4445TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4446LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4447DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4448DOC_START
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4449 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4450 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4451
41bd17a4 4452 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
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4453 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4454 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
41bd17a4 4455 option.
cccac0a2 4456
41bd17a4 4457 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4458
41bd17a4 4459 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4460DOC_END
cccac0a2 4461
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4462NAME: reply_header_replace
4463IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4464TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4465LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4466DEFAULT: none
4467DOC_START
4468 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4469 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4470
4471 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4472 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4473 with some fixed string.
4474
4475 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4476
4477 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4478DOC_END
4479
41bd17a4 4480NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4481COMMENT: on|off|warn
4482TYPE: tristate
4483LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4484DEFAULT: on
4485DOC_START
4486 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4487 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4488 what the sending application intended even if the message
4489 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4490 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4491
41bd17a4 4492 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4493 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4494
41bd17a4 4495 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4496 or response to be rejected.
4497DOC_END
7d90757b 4498
41bd17a4 4499COMMENT_START
4500 TIMEOUTS
4501 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4502COMMENT_END
4503
4504NAME: forward_timeout
4505COMMENT: time-units
4506TYPE: time_t
4507LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4508DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4509DOC_START
4510 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4511 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4512DOC_END
4513
41bd17a4 4514NAME: connect_timeout
4515COMMENT: time-units
4516TYPE: time_t
4517LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4518DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4519DOC_START
41bd17a4 4520 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4521 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4522 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4523DOC_END
4524
41bd17a4 4525NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4526COMMENT: time-units
4527TYPE: time_t
4528LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4529DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4530DOC_START
41bd17a4 4531 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4532 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4533 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4534 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4535DOC_END
7f7db318 4536
41bd17a4 4537NAME: read_timeout
4538COMMENT: time-units
4539TYPE: time_t
4540LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4541DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4542DOC_START
4543 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4544 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4545 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4546 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4547 default is 15 minutes.
4548DOC_END
cccac0a2 4549
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4550NAME: write_timeout
4551COMMENT: time-units
4552TYPE: time_t
4553LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4554DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4555DOC_START
4556 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4557 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4558 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4559 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4560 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4561 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4562 default is 15 minutes.
4563DOC_END
4564
41bd17a4 4565NAME: request_timeout
4566TYPE: time_t
4567LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4568DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4569DOC_START
4570 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4571 connection establishment.
4572DOC_END
cccac0a2 4573
41bd17a4 4574NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4575TYPE: time_t
4576LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4577DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4578DOC_START
4579 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4580 connection after the previous request completes.
4581DOC_END
cccac0a2 4582
41bd17a4 4583NAME: client_lifetime
4584COMMENT: time-units
4585TYPE: time_t
4586LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4587DEFAULT: 1 day
4588DOC_START
4589 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4590 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4591 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4592 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4593 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4594 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4595 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4596
41bd17a4 4597 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4598 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4599 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4600 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4601 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4602 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4603DOC_END
4604
41bd17a4 4605NAME: half_closed_clients
4606TYPE: onoff
4607LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4608DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4609DOC_START
41bd17a4 4610 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4611 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4612 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4613 fully-closed TCP connection.
4614
4615 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4616 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4617
abdf1651 4618 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4619 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4620 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4621 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4622DOC_END
4623
41bd17a4 4624NAME: pconn_timeout
4625TYPE: time_t
4626LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4627DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4628DOC_START
41bd17a4 4629 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4630 proxies.
4631DOC_END
cccac0a2 4632
41bd17a4 4633NAME: ident_timeout
4634TYPE: time_t
4635IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4636LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4637DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4638DOC_START
4639 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4640
41bd17a4 4641 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4642 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4643 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4644DOC_END
4645
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4646NAME: disk_io_timeout
4647TYPE: time_msec
4648DEFAULT: 0 milliseconds
4649LOC: Config.Timeout.disk_io
4650DOC_START
4651 Squid will not start a new disk I/O operation if it estimates that the
4652 operation will take more than the specified disk I/O timeout.
4653 Only Rock Store supports this timeout for now.
4654
4655 By default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
4656 enforcement.
4657DOC_END
4658
4659
4660
41bd17a4 4661NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4662COMMENT: time-units
4663TYPE: time_t
4664LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4665DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4666DOC_START
41bd17a4 4667 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4668 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4669 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4670 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4671 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4672DOC_END
0976f8db 4673
cccac0a2 4674COMMENT_START
4675 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4676 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4677COMMENT_END
4678
4679NAME: cache_mgr
4680TYPE: string
4681DEFAULT: webmaster
4682LOC: Config.adminEmail
4683DOC_START
4684 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4685 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4686DOC_END
4687
abacf776 4688NAME: mail_from
4689TYPE: string
4690DEFAULT: none
4691LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4692DOC_START
4693 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4694 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4695 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4696 src/globals.h before building squid.
4697DOC_END
4698
d084bf20 4699NAME: mail_program
4700TYPE: eol
4701DEFAULT: mail
4702LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4703DOC_START
4704 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4705 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4706 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4707 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4708
d084bf20 4709 Optional command line options can be specified.
4710DOC_END
4711
cccac0a2 4712NAME: cache_effective_user
4713TYPE: string
5483d916 4714DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4715LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4716DOC_START
4717 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4718 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4719 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4720 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4721DOC_END
4722
cccac0a2 4723NAME: cache_effective_group
4724TYPE: string
4725DEFAULT: none
4726LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4727DOC_START
64e288bd 4728 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4729 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4730 from the groups membership.
4731
e3d74828 4732 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4733 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4734 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4735 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4736 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4737 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4738 group.
64e288bd 4739
4740 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4741 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4742 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4743DOC_END
4744
d3caee79 4745NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4746COMMENT: on|off
4747TYPE: onoff
4748DEFAULT: off
4749LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4750DOC_START
4751 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4752DOC_END
4753
cccac0a2 4754NAME: visible_hostname
4755TYPE: string
4756LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4757DEFAULT: none
4758DOC_START
4759 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4760 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4761 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4762 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4763 names with this setting.
4764DOC_END
4765
cccac0a2 4766NAME: unique_hostname
4767TYPE: string
4768LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4769DEFAULT: none
4770DOC_START
4771 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4772 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4773 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4774DOC_END
4775
cccac0a2 4776NAME: hostname_aliases
4777TYPE: wordlist
4778LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4779DEFAULT: none
4780DOC_START
7f7db318 4781 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4782DOC_END
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4784NAME: umask
4785TYPE: int
4786LOC: Config.umask
4787DEFAULT: 027
4788DOC_START
4789 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4790 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4791
4792 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4793 your value with 0.
4794DOC_END
4795
cccac0a2 4796COMMENT_START
4797 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4798 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4799
4800 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4801 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4802 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4803 create cache hierarchies.
4804
4805 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4806 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4807 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4808
4809 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4810 following information from this configuration file:
4811
4812 http_port
4813 icp_port
4814 cache_mgr
4815
4816 All current information is processed regularly and made
4817 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4818COMMENT_END
4819
4820NAME: announce_period
4821TYPE: time_t
4822LOC: Config.Announce.period
4823DEFAULT: 0
4824DOC_START
4825 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4826 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4827 messages.
4828
e0855596 4829 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
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4832 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4833DOC_END
4834
cccac0a2 4835NAME: announce_host
4836TYPE: string
4837DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4838LOC: Config.Announce.host
4839DOC_NONE
4840
4841NAME: announce_file
4842TYPE: string
4843DEFAULT: none
4844LOC: Config.Announce.file
4845DOC_NONE
4846
4847NAME: announce_port
ae870270 4848TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 4849DEFAULT: 3131
4850LOC: Config.Announce.port
4851DOC_START
4852 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4853 number where the registration message will be sent.
4854
4855 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4856 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4857 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4858 message.
4859DOC_END
4860
8d6275c0 4861COMMENT_START
4862 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4863 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4864COMMENT_END
4865
cccac0a2 4866NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4867TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 4868DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4869LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4870DOC_START
4871 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4872 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4873 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4874 an identification token.
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4875
4876 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 4877DOC_END
4878
4879NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4880COMMENT: on|off
4881TYPE: onoff
4882DEFAULT: off
4883LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4884DOC_START
4885 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4886 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4887DOC_END
4888
4889NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4890IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4891COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4892TYPE: string
4893LOC: ESIParser::Type
4894DEFAULT: custom
4895DOC_START
4896 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4897 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4898 encodings.
4899DOC_END
0976f8db 4900
9edd9041 4901COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4902 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4903 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4904COMMENT_END
4905
4906NAME: delay_pools
4907TYPE: delay_pool_count
4908DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 4909IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4910LOC: Config.Delay
4911DOC_START
4912 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4913 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4914 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4915DOC_END
4916
4917NAME: delay_class
4918TYPE: delay_pool_class
4919DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4920IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4921LOC: Config.Delay
4922DOC_START
4923 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4924 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4925 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4926 and here would be:
4927
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4928 Example:
4929 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4930 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4931 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4932 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4933 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4934
4935 The delay pool classes are:
4936
4937 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4938 bucket.
4939
4940 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4941 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4942 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4943
4944 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4945 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4946 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4947 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4948 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4949
4950 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4951 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4952 only takes effect if the username is established
4953 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4954 http_access rules.
4955
4956 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4957 external_acl's tag= reply).
4958
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4959
4960 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
4961 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
4962 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
4963
9edd9041 4964 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4965 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4966 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4967 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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4968
4969 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4970 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 4971DOC_END
4972
4973NAME: delay_access
4974TYPE: delay_pool_access
4975DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4976IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4977LOC: Config.Delay
4978DOC_START
4979 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
4980
4981 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4982 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4983 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4984 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4985
4986 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
4987 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4988
4989Example:
4990 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4991 delay_access 1 deny all
4992 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4993 delay_access 2 deny all
4994 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4995DOC_END
4996
4997NAME: delay_parameters
4998TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4999DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5000IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5001LOC: Config.Delay
5002DOC_START
5003 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
5004 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 5005 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 5006
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5007 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
5008 delay_pools pool 1
5009 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 5010
5011 For a class 2 delay pool:
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5012 delay_pools pool 2
5013 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 5014
5015 For a class 3 delay pool:
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5016 delay_pools pool 3
5017 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 5018
5019 For a class 4 delay pool:
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5020 delay_pools pool 4
5021 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 5022
5023 For a class 5 delay pool:
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5024 delay_pools pool 5
5025 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 5026
0b68481a 5027 The option variables are:
9edd9041 5028
5029 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
5030 number specified in delay_pools as used in
5031 delay_class lines.
5032
fdb47ac6 5033 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 5034 (class 1, 2, 3).
5035
fdb47ac6 5036 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 5037 buckets (class 2, 3).
5038
fdb47ac6 5039 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 5040 (class 3).
5041
fdb47ac6 5042 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 5043 (class 4).
5044
fdb47ac6 5045 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 5046 (class 5).
5047
5048 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
5049 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
5050 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
5051 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
5052
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5053 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
5054
5055
9edd9041 5056 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 5057 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 5058 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
5059
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5060 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
5061
5062 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 5063
5064 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
5065
0b68481a 5066
9edd9041 5067 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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5068 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
5069 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
5070 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 5071 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
5072 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
5073 large downloads more significantly:
5074
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5075 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
5076
5077 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
5078 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
5079 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 5080
9edd9041 5081
5082 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 5083 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 5084
0b68481a 5085 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
9edd9041 5086DOC_END
5087
5088NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
5089COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 5090TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 5091DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5092IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5093LOC: Config.Delay.initial
5094DOC_START
5095 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5096 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5097 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5098 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5099 "seen" by squid).
5100DOC_END
5101
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5102COMMENT_START
5103 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5104 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5105COMMENT_END
5106
5107NAME: client_delay_pools
5108TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5109DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5110IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5111LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5112DOC_START
5113 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5114 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5115
5116Example:
5117 client_delay_pools 2
5118DOC_END
5119
5120NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5121COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 5122TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 5123DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5124IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5125LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5126DOC_START
5127 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5128 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5129 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5130 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5131
5132 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5133 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5134 from client_delay_parameters.
5135
5136Example:
5137 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5138DOC_END
5139
5140NAME: client_delay_parameters
5141TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5142DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5143IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5144LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5145DOC_START
5146
5147 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5148 following format:
5149
5150 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5151
5152 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5153
5154 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5155
5156 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5157 speed_limit additions.
5158
5159 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5160 examples.
5161
5162Example:
5163 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5164 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5165DOC_END
5166
5167NAME: client_delay_access
5168TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5169DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5170IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5171LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5172DOC_START
5173
5174 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5175 request:
5176
5177 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5178
5179 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5180 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5181 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5182 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5183 limited.
5184
5185 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5186 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5187 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5188 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5189
5190 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5191
5192Example:
5193 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5194 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5195DOC_END
5196
cccac0a2 5197COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5198 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5199 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5200COMMENT_END
5201
8d6275c0 5202NAME: wccp_router
5203TYPE: address
5204LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5205DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5206IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5207DOC_START
5208 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5209 Squid.
5210
5211 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5212
5213 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5214
5215 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5216 which version of WCCP to use.
5217DOC_END
df2eec10 5218
8d6275c0 5219NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5220TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5221LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5222DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5223IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5224DOC_START
8d6275c0 5225 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5226 Squid.
cccac0a2 5227
8d6275c0 5228 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5229
8d6275c0 5230 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5231
8d6275c0 5232 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5233 which version of WCCP to use.
5234DOC_END
5235
5236NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5237TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5238LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5239DEFAULT: 4
5240IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5241DOC_START
8d6275c0 5242 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5243 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5244 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5245 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5246 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5247
8d6275c0 5248 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5249 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5250 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5251 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5252DOC_END
5253
8d6275c0 5254NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5255TYPE: onoff
5256LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5257DEFAULT: on
5258IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5259DOC_START
5260 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5261 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5262DOC_END
cccac0a2 5263
8d6275c0 5264NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5265TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5266LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5267DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5268IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5269DOC_START
699acd19 5270 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5271 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5272
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5273 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5274 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5275
8d6275c0 5276 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5277 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5278DOC_END
5279
8d6275c0 5280NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5281TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5282LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5283DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5284IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5285DOC_START
699acd19 5286 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5287 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5288 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5289
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5290 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5291 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5292
8d6275c0 5293 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5294 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5295
699acd19 5296 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5297 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5298 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5299 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5300DOC_END
5301
8d6275c0 5302NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5303TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5304LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5305DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5306IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5307DOC_START
8d6275c0 5308 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5309 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5310
451c4786 5311 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5312 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5313
8d6275c0 5314 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5315 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5316DOC_END
cccac0a2 5317
8d6275c0 5318NAME: wccp2_service
5319TYPE: wccp2_service
5320LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5321DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5322IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5323DOC_START
5324 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5325 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5326 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5327 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5328 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5329 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5330
5331 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5332 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5333
5334 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5335 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5336
5337 Examples:
5338
5339 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5340 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5341 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5342 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5343DOC_END
5344
5345NAME: wccp2_service_info
5346TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5347LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5348DEFAULT: none
5349IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5350DOC_START
5351 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5352 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5353
5354 The format is:
5355
5356 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5357 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5358
5359 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5360 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5361 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5362 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5363 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5364 + ports_source
5365
5366 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5367
5368 Example:
5369
5370 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5371 priority=240 ports=80
5372
5373 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5374 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5375DOC_END
5376
5377NAME: wccp2_weight
5378TYPE: int
5379LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5380DEFAULT: 10000
5381IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5382DOC_START
5383 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5384 hash proportional to their weight.
5385DOC_END
5386
5387NAME: wccp_address
5388TYPE: address
5389LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5390DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5391IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5392DOC_NONE
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8d6275c0 5394NAME: wccp2_address
5395TYPE: address
5396LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5397DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5398IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5399DOC_START
5400 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5401 interface address.
5402
5403 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5404DOC_END
5405
5406COMMENT_START
5407 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5408 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5409
5410 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5411COMMENT_END
5412
5413NAME: client_persistent_connections
5414TYPE: onoff
5415LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5416DEFAULT: on
5417DOC_NONE
5418
5419NAME: server_persistent_connections
5420TYPE: onoff
5421LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5422DEFAULT: on
5423DOC_START
5424 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5425 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5426 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5427 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5428DOC_END
5429
5430NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5431TYPE: onoff
5432LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5433DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5434DOC_START
5435 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5436 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5437 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5438DOC_END
5439
5440NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5441TYPE: onoff
5442LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5443DEFAULT: off
5444DOC_START
5445 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5446 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5447 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5448 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5449
5450 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5451 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5452 after 10 seconds timeout.
5453DOC_END
5454
5455COMMENT_START
5456 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5457 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5458COMMENT_END
5459
5460NAME: digest_generation
5461IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5462TYPE: onoff
5463LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5464DEFAULT: on
5465DOC_START
5466 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5467 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5468 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5469DOC_END
5470
5471NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5472IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5473TYPE: int
5474LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5475DEFAULT: 5
5476DOC_START
5477 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5478 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5479 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5480DOC_END
5481
5482NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5483IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5484COMMENT: (seconds)
5485TYPE: time_t
5486LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5487DEFAULT: 1 hour
5488DOC_START
749ceff8 5489 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5490DOC_END
5491
5492NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5493COMMENT: (seconds)
5494IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5495TYPE: time_t
5496LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5497DEFAULT: 1 hour
5498DOC_START
749ceff8 5499 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5500 disk.
5501DOC_END
5502
5503NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5504COMMENT: (bytes)
5505TYPE: b_size_t
5506IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5507LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5508DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5509DOC_START
5510 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5511 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5512 default swap page.
5513DOC_END
5514
5515NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5516COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5517IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5518TYPE: int
5519LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5520DEFAULT: 10
5521DOC_START
5522 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5523 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5524DOC_END
5525
1db9eacd 5526COMMENT_START
5473c134 5527 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5528 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5529COMMENT_END
5530
5473c134 5531NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 5532TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5533LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5534DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5535IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5536DOC_START
87630341 5537 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5538 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5539 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5540 set to "0" (disabled)
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5541
5542 Example:
5543 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5544DOC_END
5545
5473c134 5546NAME: snmp_access
5547TYPE: acl_access
5548LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5549DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5550IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5551DOC_START
5473c134 5552 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5553
5473c134 5554 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5555 usage:
8d6275c0 5556
5473c134 5557 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5558
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5559 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5560 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5561Example:
5562 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5563 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5564DOC_END
5565
5473c134 5566NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5567TYPE: address
5568LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5569DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5570IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5571DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5572
5473c134 5573NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5574TYPE: address
5575LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5576DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5577IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5578DOC_START
df2eec10 5579 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5580
5473c134 5581 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5582 messages from SNMP agents.
5583 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5584 agents.
cccac0a2 5585
0eb08770 5586 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5587 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5588
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5589 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5590 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5591 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5592 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5593
5473c134 5594 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5595 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5596DOC_END
5597
5473c134 5598COMMENT_START
5599 ICP OPTIONS
5600 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5601COMMENT_END
5602
5603NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 5604TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5605DEFAULT: 0
5606LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5607DOC_START
5473c134 5608 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5609 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5610 Default is disabled (0).
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5612 Example:
5613 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5614DOC_END
5615
5473c134 5616NAME: htcp_port
5617IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 5618TYPE: u_short
87630341 5619DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5620LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5621DOC_START
5473c134 5622 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5623 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5624 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5625
5626 Example:
5627 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5628DOC_END
5629
5630NAME: log_icp_queries
5631COMMENT: on|off
5632TYPE: onoff
5633DEFAULT: on
5634LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5635DOC_START
5636 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5637 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5638 up or to simplify log analysis.
5639DOC_END
5640
5473c134 5641NAME: udp_incoming_address
5642TYPE: address
5643LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5644DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5645DOC_START
5646 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5647 caches.
5648
5649 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5650
5651 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5652 a specific interface/address.
5653
5654 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5655 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5656
5657 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5658
5659 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5660 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5661DOC_END
cccac0a2 5662
5473c134 5663NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5664TYPE: address
5665LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5666DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5667DOC_START
8524d4b2 5668 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5669 caches.
cccac0a2 5670
5473c134 5671 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5672
8524d4b2 5673 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5674 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5675 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5676 caches.
5677
8524d4b2 5678 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5679 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5680
5681 see also; udp_incoming_address
5682
5473c134 5683 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5684 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5685DOC_END
5686
3d1e3e43 5687NAME: icp_hit_stale
5688COMMENT: on|off
5689TYPE: onoff
5690DEFAULT: off
5691LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5692DOC_START
5693 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5694 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5695 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5696 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5697 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5698 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5699 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5700DOC_END
5701
5473c134 5702NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5703TYPE: int
5473c134 5704DEFAULT: 4
5705LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5706DOC_START
5473c134 5707 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5708 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5709DOC_END
5710
5473c134 5711NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5712TYPE: int
5713DEFAULT: 400
5714LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5715DOC_START
5473c134 5716 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5717 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5718DOC_END
5719
cccac0a2 5720NAME: netdb_low
5721TYPE: int
5722DEFAULT: 900
5723LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5724DOC_NONE
5725
5726NAME: netdb_high
5727TYPE: int
5728DEFAULT: 1000
5729LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5730DOC_START
5731 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5732 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5733 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5734 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5735DOC_END
5736
cccac0a2 5737NAME: netdb_ping_period
5738TYPE: time_t
5739LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5740DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5741DOC_START
5742 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5743 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5744 network. The default is five minutes.
5745DOC_END
5746
cccac0a2 5747NAME: query_icmp
5748COMMENT: on|off
5749TYPE: onoff
5750DEFAULT: off
5751LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5752DOC_START
5753 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5754 replies, enable this option.
5755
5756 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5757 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5758 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5759 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5760 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5761 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5762 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5763 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5764DOC_END
5765
5766NAME: test_reachability
5767COMMENT: on|off
5768TYPE: onoff
5769DEFAULT: off
5770LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5771DOC_START
5772 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5773 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5774 database, or has a zero RTT.
5775DOC_END
5776
5473c134 5777NAME: icp_query_timeout
5778COMMENT: (msec)
5779DEFAULT: 0
5780TYPE: int
5781LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5782DOC_START
5473c134 5783 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5784 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5785 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5786 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5787 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5788 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5789
5473c134 5790 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5791DOC_END
5792
5473c134 5793NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5794COMMENT: (msec)
5795DEFAULT: 2000
5796TYPE: int
5797LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5798DOC_START
5473c134 5799 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5800 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5801 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5802 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5803 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5804 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5805DOC_END
5806
5473c134 5807NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5808COMMENT: (msec)
5809DEFAULT: 5
5810TYPE: int
5811LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5812DOC_START
5473c134 5813 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5814 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5815 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5816 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5817 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5818 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5819 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5820DOC_END
5821
5473c134 5822NAME: background_ping_rate
5823COMMENT: time-units
5824TYPE: time_t
5825DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5826LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5827DOC_START
5473c134 5828 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5829 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5830DOC_END
5831
5473c134 5832COMMENT_START
5833 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5834 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5835COMMENT_END
5836
5837NAME: mcast_groups
5838TYPE: wordlist
5839LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5840DEFAULT: none
5841DOC_START
5473c134 5842 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5843 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5844
5473c134 5845 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5846 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5847 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5848 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5849 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5850 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5851 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5852
5473c134 5853 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5854 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5855
5473c134 5856 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5857 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5858
5473c134 5859 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5860
5473c134 5861 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5862DOC_END
8c01ada0 5863
5473c134 5864NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5865IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5866TYPE: address
5867LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 5868DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5869DOC_START
5870 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5871 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5872
5473c134 5873 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5874 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5875DOC_END
5876
5473c134 5877NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5878IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5879TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5880LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5881DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5882DOC_START
5473c134 5883 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5884 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5885 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5886DOC_END
cccac0a2 5887
5473c134 5888NAME: mcast_miss_port
5889IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5890TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5891LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5892DEFAULT: 3135
5893DOC_START
5894 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5895 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5896DOC_END
cccac0a2 5897
5473c134 5898NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5899IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5900TYPE: string
5901LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5902DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5903DOC_START
5904 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5905 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5906DOC_END
8c01ada0 5907
5473c134 5908NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5909COMMENT: (msec)
5910DEFAULT: 2000
5911TYPE: int
5912LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5913DOC_START
5914 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5915 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5916 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5917 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5918 seconds.
cccac0a2 5919DOC_END
5920
5473c134 5921COMMENT_START
5922 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5923 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5924COMMENT_END
5925
cccac0a2 5926NAME: icon_directory
5927TYPE: string
5928LOC: Config.icons.directory
5929DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5930DOC_START
5931 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5932 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5933DOC_END
5934
f024c970 5935NAME: global_internal_static
5936TYPE: onoff
5937LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5938DEFAULT: on
5939DOC_START
5940 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5941 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5942 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5943 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5944 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5945 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5946 the server generating a directory listing.
5947DOC_END
5948
5473c134 5949NAME: short_icon_urls
5950TYPE: onoff
5951LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5952DEFAULT: on
5953DOC_START
5954 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5955 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5956 it's own name and port in the URL.
5957
5958 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5959 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5960DOC_END
5961
5962COMMENT_START
5963 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5964 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5965COMMENT_END
5966
5967NAME: error_directory
5968TYPE: string
5969LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 5970DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5971DOC_START
5972 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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5974 the error/template files to another directory and point
5975 this tag at them.
5976
5977 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
5978 on error pages if used.
5473c134 5979
5980 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5981 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 5982 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 5983 contributing your translation back to the project.
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5984 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5985
5986 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
5987 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
5988DOC_END
5989
5990NAME: error_default_language
5991IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5992TYPE: string
5993LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
5994DEFAULT: none
5995DOC_START
5996 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
5997 if no existing translation matches the clients language
5998 preferences.
5999
6000 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
6001
6002 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6003 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
6004 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
6005 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 6006DOC_END
6007
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6008NAME: error_log_languages
6009IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6010TYPE: onoff
6011LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
6012DEFAULT: on
6013DOC_START
6014 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
6015 auto-negotiate for translations.
6016
6017 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
6018 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 6019 of its error page translations.
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6020DOC_END
6021
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6022NAME: err_page_stylesheet
6023TYPE: string
6024LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
6025DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
6026DOC_START
6027 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
6028
6029 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
6030DOC_END
6031
5473c134 6032NAME: err_html_text
6033TYPE: eol
6034LOC: Config.errHtmlText
6035DEFAULT: none
6036DOC_START
6037 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
6038 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
6039 organizations Web page.
6040
6041 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
6042 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
6043 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
6044 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
6045DOC_END
6046
6047NAME: email_err_data
6048COMMENT: on|off
6049TYPE: onoff
6050LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
6051DEFAULT: on
6052DOC_START
6053 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
6054 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
6055 so that the email body contains the data.
6056 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
6057DOC_END
6058
6059NAME: deny_info
6060TYPE: denyinfo
6061LOC: Config.denyInfoList
6062DEFAULT: none
6063DOC_START
6064 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
6065 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 6066 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 6067
6068 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
6069 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
6070 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
6071 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
6072
6073 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
6074 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
6075 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
6076 the first authentication related acl encountered
6077 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
6078 acl processed on the last http_access line.
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6080 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 6081
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6083 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
6084 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 6085
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6086 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
6087 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
6088 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
6089
5473c134 6090 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
6091 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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6092
6093 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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6094 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
6095 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6096 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6097 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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6098
6099 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6100 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6101 %B - FTP path URL
6102 %e - Error number
6103 %E - Error description
6104 %h - Squid hostname
6105 %H - Request domain name
6106 %i - Client IP Address
6107 %M - Request Method
6108 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6109 %p - Request Port number
6110 %P - Request Protocol name
6111 %R - Request URL path
6112 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6113 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6114 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6115 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6116 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 6117 %x - Error name
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6118 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6119
5473c134 6120DOC_END
6121
6122COMMENT_START
6123 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6124 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6125COMMENT_END
6126
6127NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6128TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6129LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6130DEFAULT: on
6131DOC_START
5473c134 6132 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6133 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6134 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 6135
5473c134 6136 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6137 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 6138
5473c134 6139 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6140 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6141 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 6142
5473c134 6143 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6144 this directive.
8d6275c0 6145DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 6146
5473c134 6147NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6148TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6149LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6150DEFAULT: off
6151DOC_START
5473c134 6152 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6153 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6154 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 6155
5473c134 6156 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6157 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6158 fails.
6159
6160 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6161 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6162 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 6163DOC_END
6164
5473c134 6165NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 6166TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 6167LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6168DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6169DOC_START
5473c134 6170 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6171
5473c134 6172 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6173 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6174 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6175 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6176 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6177
5473c134 6178 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6179 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6180
5473c134 6181 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6182
5473c134 6183 acl FTP proto FTP
6184 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6185
5473c134 6186 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6187 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6188 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6189 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6190 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6191
5473c134 6192 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6193 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6194 always_direct deny local-external
6195 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6196
5473c134 6197 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6198 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6199 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6200 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6201
5473c134 6202 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6203 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6204 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6205
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6206 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6207 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6208DOC_END
0976f8db 6209
5473c134 6210NAME: never_direct
6211TYPE: acl_access
6212LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6213DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6214DOC_START
5473c134 6215 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6216
6217 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6218 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6219
6220 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6221 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6222 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6223 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6224
6225 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6226 never_direct deny local-servers
6227 never_direct allow all
6228
6229 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6230 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6231
6232 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6233 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6234 always_direct deny local-external
6235 always_direct allow local-intranet
6236 never_direct allow all
6237
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6238 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6239 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6240DOC_END
0976f8db 6241
5473c134 6242COMMENT_START
6243 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6244 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6245COMMENT_END
6246
cccac0a2 6247NAME: incoming_icp_average
6248TYPE: int
6249DEFAULT: 6
6250LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
6251DOC_NONE
6252
6253NAME: incoming_http_average
6254TYPE: int
6255DEFAULT: 4
6256LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
6257DOC_NONE
6258
6259NAME: incoming_dns_average
6260TYPE: int
6261DEFAULT: 4
6262LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
6263DOC_NONE
6264
6265NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6266TYPE: int
6267DEFAULT: 8
6268LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
6269DOC_NONE
6270
6271NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6272TYPE: int
6273DEFAULT: 8
6274LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
6275DOC_NONE
6276
6277NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6278TYPE: int
6279DEFAULT: 8
6280LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
6281DOC_START
5473c134 6282 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6283 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6284 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6285DOC_END
6286
6287NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6288TYPE: string
6289DEFAULT: none
6290LOC: Config.accept_filter
6291DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6292 FreeBSD:
6293
5473c134 6294 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6295 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6296 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6297
6298 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6299 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6300 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6301
6302 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6303 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6304 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6305
6306 Linux:
6307
6308 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6309 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6310 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6311 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6312 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6313EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6314# FreeBSD
5473c134 6315accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6316# Linux
6317accept_filter data
5473c134 6318DOC_END
6319
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6320NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6321TYPE: int
6322LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6323DEFAULT: -1
6324DOC_START
6325 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6326 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6327 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6328
6329 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6330 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6331
6332 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6333
6334 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6335 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6336DOC_END
6337
5473c134 6338NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6339COMMENT: (bytes)
6340TYPE: b_size_t
6341DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6342LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6343DOC_START
6344 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6345 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6346 the default buffer size.
6347DOC_END
6348
6349COMMENT_START
6350 ICAP OPTIONS
6351 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6352COMMENT_END
6353
6354NAME: icap_enable
6355TYPE: onoff
6356IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6357COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6358LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6359DEFAULT: off
6360DOC_START
53e738c6 6361 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6362DOC_END
6363
6364NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6365TYPE: time_t
6366DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6367LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6368IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6369DOC_START
6370 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6371 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6372 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6373
6374 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6375 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6376 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6377DOC_END
6378
6379NAME: icap_io_timeout
6380COMMENT: time-units
6381TYPE: time_t
6382DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6383LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6384IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6385DOC_START
6386 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6387 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6388 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6389 failure.
6390
6391 The default is read_timeout.
6392DOC_END
6393
6394NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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6395COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
6396TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6397IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6398LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6399DEFAULT: 10
6400DOC_START
6401 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6402 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6403 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6404 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6405 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6406
6407 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6408 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6409 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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6410
6411 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6412 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6413 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6414 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6415 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6416
6417 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6418 effect on service failure expiration.
6419
6420 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6421 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6422 setting.
6423
6424 For example,
6425 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6426 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6427DOC_END
6428
5473c134 6429NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6430TYPE: int
5473c134 6431IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6432LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6433DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6434DOC_START
5473c134 6435 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6436 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6437 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6438 fetched.
cccac0a2 6439
5473c134 6440 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6441 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6442DOC_END
6443
5473c134 6444NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6445TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6446IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6447COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6448LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6449DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6450DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6451 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6452 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6453 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6454 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6455
6456 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6457 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6458 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6459
6460 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6461 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6462Example:
6463icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6464DOC_END
6465
5473c134 6466NAME: icap_preview_size
6467TYPE: int
6468IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6469LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6470DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6471DOC_START
53e738c6 6472 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6473 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6474 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6475DOC_END
6476
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6477NAME: icap_206_enable
6478TYPE: onoff
6479IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6480COMMENT: on|off
6481LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6482DEFAULT: on
6483DOC_START
6484 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6485 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6486 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6487 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6488
6489 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6490 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6491 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6492 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6493 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6494
6495 Example:
6496 icap_206_enable off
6497DOC_END
6498
5473c134 6499NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6500TYPE: int
6501IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6502LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6503DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6504DOC_START
53e738c6 6505 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6506 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6507DOC_END
6508
5473c134 6509NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6510TYPE: onoff
6511IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6512COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6513LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6514DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6515DOC_START
5473c134 6516 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6517 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6518DOC_END
6519
22fff3bf 6520NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 6521TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6522IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6523COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6524LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 6525DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6526DOC_START
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6527 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
6528 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
6529 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
6530
6531 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 6532DOC_END
6533
22fff3bf 6534NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 6535TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6536IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6537COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6538LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 6539DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6540DOC_START
5473c134 6541 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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6542 the adaptation service.
6543
6544 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 6545 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6546 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6547DOC_END
6548
5473c134 6549NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6550TYPE: string
5473c134 6551IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6552LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6553DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6554DOC_START
db49f682 6555 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 6556DOC_END
6557
5473c134 6558NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6559TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6560IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6561COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6562LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6563DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6564DOC_START
5473c134 6565 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6566DOC_END
6567
5473c134 6568NAME: icap_service
6569TYPE: icap_service_type
6570IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6571LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6572DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6573DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6574 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6575
a22e6cd3 6576 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
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6578 service_name: ID
6579 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
6580
6581 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6582 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6583 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6584 are not yet supported.
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6585
6586 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
6587 ICAP server and service location.
6588
6589 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6590 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6591 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6592 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6593 service_names differ.
6594
6595
6596 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6597 the following name=value options:
6598
6599 bypass=on|off|1|0
6600 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6601 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6602 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6603 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6604 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6605 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6606 returned to the HTTP client.
6607
6608 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6609
6610 routing=on|off|1|0
6611 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6612 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6613 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6614 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6615 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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6616 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
6617 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
6618 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
6619
6620 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
6621 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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6622
6623 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6624 response header is ignored.
6625
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6626 ipv6=on|off
6627 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6628 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6629 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6630
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6631 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
6632 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
6633 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
6634 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
6635 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
6636 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
6637 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
6638
6639 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
6640 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
6641 workers may use a given service.
6642
6643 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
6644 otherwise it is set to "wait".
6645
6646
6647 max-conn=number
6648 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
6649 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
6650
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6651 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6652 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 6653
5473c134 6654Example:
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6655icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
6656icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 6657DOC_END
6658
5473c134 6659NAME: icap_class
6660TYPE: icap_class_type
6661IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6662LOC: none
5473c134 6663DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6664DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6665 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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6666 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6667 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 6668
62c7f90e 6669 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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6670 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6671 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 6672DOC_END
6673
5473c134 6674NAME: icap_access
6675TYPE: icap_access_type
6676IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6677LOC: none
cccac0a2 6678DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6679DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6680 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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6681 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6682 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 6683DOC_END
6684
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6685COMMENT_START
6686 eCAP OPTIONS
6687 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6688COMMENT_END
6689
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6690NAME: ecap_enable
6691TYPE: onoff
6692IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6693COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6694LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6695DEFAULT: off
6696DOC_START
6697 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6698DOC_END
6699
6700NAME: ecap_service
6701TYPE: ecap_service_type
6702IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6703LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6704DEFAULT: none
6705DOC_START
6706 Defines a single eCAP service
6707
6708 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
6709
6710 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6711 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6712 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6713 are not yet supported.
6714 bypass = 1|0
6715 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
6716 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6717 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6718 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6719 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6720 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6721 HTTP client.
6722 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6723
6724Example:
6725ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6726ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6727DOC_END
6728
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6729NAME: loadable_modules
6730TYPE: wordlist
6731IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6732LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6733DEFAULT: none
6734DOC_START
6735 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6736 preloaded module(s).
6737Example:
6738loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6739DOC_END
6740
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6741COMMENT_START
6742 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6743 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6744COMMENT_END
6745
6746NAME: adaptation_service_set
6747TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6748IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6749LOC: none
6750DEFAULT: none
6751DOC_START
6752
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6753 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6754 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6755
6756 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6757
6758 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6759 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6760 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6761 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6762 intact.
62c7f90e 6763
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6764 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6765 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 6766
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6767 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6768 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6769
6770 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6771 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6772 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6773 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6774 transaction fails as well.
6775
6776 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6777 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6778 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6779 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6780 matters.
6781
6782 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6783
6784Example:
6785adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6786adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6787DOC_END
6788
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6789NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6790TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6791IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6792LOC: none
6793DEFAULT: none
6794DOC_START
6795
6796 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6797 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6798 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6799
6800 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6801
6802 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6803 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6804 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6805 the previous service in the chain.
6806
6807 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6808 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6809
6810 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6811 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6812 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6813
6814 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6815 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6816
6817 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6818 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6819 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6820 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6821
6822 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6823
6824Example:
6825adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6826DOC_END
6827
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6828NAME: adaptation_access
6829TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6830IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6831LOC: none
6832DEFAULT: none
6833DOC_START
6834 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6835
6836 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6837 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6838
6839 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6840 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6841 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6842 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6843
6844 - services serving different vectoring points
6845 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6846 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6847 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6848
6849 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6850 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6851 adaptation_service_set for details.
6852
6853 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6854 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6855 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6856 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6857
6858 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6859 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6860
6861 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6862
6863Example:
6864adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6865DOC_END
6866
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6867NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6868TYPE: int
6869IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6870LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6871DEFAULT: 16
6872DOC_START
6873 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6874 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6875 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6876 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6877 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6878 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6879
6880 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6881
6882 See also: icap_service routing=1
6883DOC_END
6884
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6885NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6886TYPE: string
6887IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6888LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6889DEFAULT: none
6890DOC_START
6891 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6892 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6893 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6894 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6895 with the master transaction.
6896
6897 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6898 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6899
6900 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6901 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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6902 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
6903
6904 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6905 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
6906 to provide an option with a name specified in
6907 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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6908
6909 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
3ff65596
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6910 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6911
6912 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6913
6914Example:
6915# share authentication information among ICAP services
6916adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6917DOC_END
6918
6919NAME: icap_retry
6920TYPE: acl_access
6921IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6922LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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6923DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6924DOC_START
6925 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6926 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6927 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6928 that response are usually retriable.
6929
6930 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6931
6932 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6933 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6934
6935 See also: icap_retry_limit
6936DOC_END
6937
6938NAME: icap_retry_limit
6939TYPE: int
6940IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6941LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6942DEFAULT: 0
6943DOC_START
6944 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6945 no retries are allowed.
6946
6947 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6948 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6949 count against this limit.
6950
6951 See also: icap_retry
6952DOC_END
6953
6954
5473c134 6955COMMENT_START
6956 DNS OPTIONS
6957 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6958COMMENT_END
6959
6960NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6961TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6962DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6963LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6964DOC_START
5473c134 6965 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6966 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6967 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 6968DOC_END
6969
5473c134 6970NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6971TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6972DEFAULT: on
5473c134 6973LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6974DOC_START
5473c134 6975 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6976 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
6977 Squid to be strict about the standard.
6978 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 6979DOC_END
6980
5473c134 6981NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 6982TYPE: string
5473c134 6983IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6984DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
6985LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 6986DOC_START
5473c134 6987 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 6988DOC_END
6989
5473c134 6990NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 6991TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 6992IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 6993DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 6994LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 6995DOC_START
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6996 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
6997 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
6998 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
6999 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
7000 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
7001
7002 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
7003 tuning.
7004
7005 startup=
7006
7007 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
7008 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
7009 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
7010
7011 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
7012 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
7013
7014 idle=
7015
7016 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
7017 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
7018 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
7019 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 7020DOC_END
7021
5473c134 7022NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 7023TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 7024DEFAULT: 5 seconds
7025LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
7026IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 7027DOC_START
5473c134 7028 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
7029 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 7030DOC_END
7031
5473c134 7032NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 7033TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 7034DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 7035LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
7036IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 7037DOC_START
5473c134 7038 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7039 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
7040 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 7041DOC_END
7042
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7043NAME: dns_packet_max
7044TYPE: b_ssize_t
7045DEFAULT: none
7046LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
7047IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
7048DOC_START
7049 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
7050 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
7051
7052 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
7053 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
7054 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
7055 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
7056 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
7057
7058 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
7059 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
7060 necessary.
7061
7062 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
7063 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
7064 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
7065 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
7066 sizes being advertised by Squid.
7067 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
7068 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
7069DOC_END
7070
5473c134 7071NAME: dns_defnames
7072COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 7073TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7074DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7075LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 7076DOC_START
5473c134 7077 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
7078 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
7079 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
7080 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 7081DOC_END
7082
5473c134 7083NAME: dns_nameservers
7084TYPE: wordlist
7085DEFAULT: none
7086LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 7087DOC_START
5473c134 7088 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
7089 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
7090 /etc/resolv.conf file.
7091 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
7092 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
7093 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
7094 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 7095
5473c134 7096 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 7097DOC_END
7098
5473c134 7099NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 7100TYPE: string
5473c134 7101DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
7102LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 7103DOC_START
5473c134 7104 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
7105 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7106 default locations:
7107 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
7108 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7109 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
7110 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7111 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
7112 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
7113 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
7114 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 7115
5473c134 7116 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
7117 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
7118 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
7119 character are comments.
cccac0a2 7120
5473c134 7121 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7122 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7123 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7124 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7125 definitions.
cccac0a2 7126DOC_END
7127
5473c134 7128NAME: append_domain
7129TYPE: string
7130LOC: Config.appendDomain
7131DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 7132DOC_START
5473c134 7133 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7134 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7135
7136 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7137 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7138 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7139
7140Example:
7141 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 7142DOC_END
7143
5473c134 7144NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7145TYPE: onoff
7146LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 7147DEFAULT: on
f10a6c8a 7148IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
df6fd596 7149DOC_START
5473c134 7150 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7151 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7152 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7153 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7154 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 7155DOC_END
7156
cc192b50 7157NAME: dns_v4_fallback
7158TYPE: onoff
7159DEFAULT: on
7160LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
f10a6c8a 7161IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cc192b50 7162DOC_START
7163 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
7164 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
7165 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
7166
7167 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
7168 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
7169
7170 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
7171 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
7172
7173 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
7174 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
7175 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
7176DOC_END
7177
6bc15a4f 7178NAME: ipcache_size
7179COMMENT: (number of entries)
7180TYPE: int
7181DEFAULT: 1024
7182LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7183DOC_NONE
7184
7185NAME: ipcache_low
7186COMMENT: (percent)
7187TYPE: int
7188DEFAULT: 90
7189LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7190DOC_NONE
7191
7192NAME: ipcache_high
7193COMMENT: (percent)
7194TYPE: int
7195DEFAULT: 95
7196LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7197DOC_START
7198 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7199DOC_END
7200
7201NAME: fqdncache_size
7202COMMENT: (number of entries)
7203TYPE: int
7204DEFAULT: 1024
7205LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7206DOC_START
7207 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7208DOC_END
7209
a58ff010 7210COMMENT_START
5473c134 7211 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7212 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7213COMMENT_END
7214
5473c134 7215NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7216COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7217TYPE: onoff
7218DEFAULT: on
7219LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7220DOC_START
5473c134 7221 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7222 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7223 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7224 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7225DOC_END
7226
5473c134 7227NAME: memory_pools_limit
7228COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7229TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7230DEFAULT: 5 MB
7231LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7232DOC_START
5473c134 7233 Used only with memory_pools on:
7234 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7235
5473c134 7236 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7237 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7238 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7239 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7240 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7241 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7242 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7243
89646bd7 7244 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7245 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7246
5473c134 7247 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7248 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7249
7250 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7251 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7252 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7253 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7254DOC_END
7255
5473c134 7256NAME: forwarded_for
67c06f0d
AJ
7257COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7258TYPE: string
5473c134 7259DEFAULT: on
7260LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7261DOC_START
67c06f0d
AJ
7262 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7263 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7264
5473c134 7265 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7266
67c06f0d 7267 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7268
7269 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
7270
7271 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7272 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7273
7274 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7275 X-Forwarded-For header.
7276
7277 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 7278 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7279DOC_END
7280
5473c134 7281NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7282TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7283DEFAULT: none
7284LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7285DOC_START
5473c134 7286 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7287
5473c134 7288 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7289
7290 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7291 5min
7292 60min
7293 asndb
7294 authenticator
7295 cbdata
7296 client_list
7297 comm_incoming
7298 config *
7299 counters
7300 delay
7301 digest_stats
7302 dns
7303 events
7304 filedescriptors
7305 fqdncache
7306 histograms
7307 http_headers
7308 info
7309 io
7310 ipcache
7311 mem
7312 menu
7313 netdb
7314 non_peers
7315 objects
7316 offline_toggle *
7317 pconn
7318 peer_select
b360c477 7319 reconfigure *
5473c134 7320 redirector
7321 refresh
7322 server_list
7323 shutdown *
7324 store_digest
7325 storedir
7326 utilization
7327 via_headers
7328 vm_objects
7329
7330 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7331 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7332
7333 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7334 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7335 password to "none".
7336
7337 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7338
7339Example:
7340 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7341 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7342 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7343DOC_END
7344
5473c134 7345NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7346COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7347TYPE: onoff
7348DEFAULT: on
7349LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7350DOC_START
5473c134 7351 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7352 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7353DOC_END
7354
5473c134 7355NAME: refresh_all_ims
7356COMMENT: on|off
7357TYPE: onoff
7358DEFAULT: off
7359LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7360DOC_START
5473c134 7361 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7362 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7363 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7364 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7365 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7366
5473c134 7367 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7368 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7369DOC_END
7370
5473c134 7371NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7372IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7373COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7374TYPE: onoff
7375DEFAULT: off
7376LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7377DOC_START
5473c134 7378 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7379 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7380 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7381 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7382 causes.
7383
7384 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7385DOC_END
7386
31ef19cd 7387NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 7388TYPE: int
31ef19cd
AJ
7389LOC: Config.connect_retries
7390DEFAULT: 0
a58ff010 7391DOC_START
aed188fd
AJ
7392 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
7393 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
7394 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
7395
7396 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
7397 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 7398
31ef19cd
AJ
7399 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
7400 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 7401
31ef19cd
AJ
7402 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
7403 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
7404 a useful server.
a58ff010 7405DOC_END
7406
5473c134 7407NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7408TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7409LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7410DEFAULT: off
7411DOC_START
5473c134 7412 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
7413 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
7414 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
7415 control errors.
5f8252d2 7416DOC_END
7417
5473c134 7418NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7419TYPE: string
5473c134 7420LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7421DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7422DOC_START
5473c134 7423 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7424 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7425DOC_END
7426
5473c134 7427NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7428TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7429LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7430DEFAULT: off
7431DOC_START
5473c134 7432 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7433 objects.
a58ff010 7434DOC_END
7435
5473c134 7436NAME: uri_whitespace
7437TYPE: uri_whitespace
7438LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7439DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7440DOC_START
5473c134 7441 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7442 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7443
5473c134 7444 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7445 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7446 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7447 Request" message.
7448 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7449 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7450 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7451 are in use.
7452 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7453 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7454 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7455 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7456 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7457 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7458 violation.
7459DOC_END
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5473c134 7461NAME: chroot
7462TYPE: string
7463LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7464DEFAULT: none
7465DOC_START
9f37c18a 7466 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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7467 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7468 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7469 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7470 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7471DOC_END
a58ff010 7472
5473c134 7473NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7474TYPE: onoff
7475LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7476DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7477DOC_START
cc192b50 7478 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7479 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7480 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7481
5473c134 7482 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7483 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7484 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7485
cc192b50 7486 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 7487DOC_END
7488
5473c134 7489NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7490TYPE: onoff
7491LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7492DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 7493DOC_START
5473c134 7494 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7495 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7496 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 7497
5473c134 7498 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7499 reasons.
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7501 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 7502DOC_END
a58ff010 7503
5473c134 7504NAME: high_response_time_warning
7505TYPE: int
7506COMMENT: (msec)
7507LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7508DEFAULT: 0
7509DOC_START
7510 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7511 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7512 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 7513DOC_END
7514
5473c134 7515NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7516TYPE: int
7517LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7518DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 7519DOC_START
5473c134 7520 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7521 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7522 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7523 per second.
7524DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7525
5473c134 7526NAME: high_memory_warning
7527TYPE: b_size_t
7528LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 7529DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7530DOC_START
7531 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7532 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7533 the administrators attention.
7534DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7535
5473c134 7536NAME: sleep_after_fork
7537COMMENT: (microseconds)
7538TYPE: int
7539LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7540DEFAULT: 0
7541DOC_START
7542 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7543 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7544 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7545 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7546 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7547 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7548 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7549 until all the child processes have been started.
7550 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7551 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7552DOC_END
7553
b6696974 7554NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7555IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
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7556COMMENT: on|off
7557TYPE: onoff
7558DEFAULT: on
7559LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7560DOC_START
7561 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7562 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7563 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7564 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7565 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7566 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7567DOC_END
7568
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7569NAME: eui_lookup
7570TYPE: onoff
7571IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7572DEFAULT: on
7573LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7574DOC_START
7575 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7576DOC_END
7577
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7578NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7579TYPE: int
7580DEFAULT: 0
7581LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7582DOC_START
7583 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7584
7585 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7586
7587 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7588 not all comm loops supports large values.
7589DOC_END
7590
13aeac35 7591NAME: workers
007d775d 7592TYPE: int
13aeac35 7593LOC: Config.workers
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7594DEFAULT: 1
7595DOC_START
13aeac35 7596 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
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7597 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7598 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
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7599 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7600
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7601 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7602 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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7604
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7605NAME: cpu_affinity_map
7606TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
7607LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
7608DEFAULT: none
7609DOC_START
7610 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
7611
7612 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
7613
7614 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
7615
7616 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
7617 four even cores, starting with core #1.
7618
7619 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
7620 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
7621
7622 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
7623
7624 See also: workers
7625DOC_END
7626
cccac0a2 7627EOF