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6845f129 2# SQUID Web Proxy Cache http://www.squid-cache.org/
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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
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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:
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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.
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2564 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
2565 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
2566 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
2567 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 2568DOC_END
0976f8db 2569
41bd17a4 2570NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2571COMMENT: (bytes)
2572TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2573DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2574LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2575DOC_START
41bd17a4 2576 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2577 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2578 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2579 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2580DOC_END
0976f8db 2581
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2582NAME: memory_cache_shared
2583COMMENT: on|off
2584TYPE: YesNoNone
2585LOC: Config.memShared
2586DEFAULT: none
70f856bc 2587DEFAULT_DOC: "on" where supported if doing memory caching with multiple SMP workers.
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2588DOC_START
2589 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
2590
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2591 The shared memory cache is meant to occupy cache_mem bytes and replace
2592 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
2593 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
2594 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
2595 caching is enabled).
2596
65b81b27 2597 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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2598 following conditions are satisfied: Squid runs in SMP mode with
2599 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
2600 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
2601 and GCC-style atomic operations).
2602
2603 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
2604 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
2605 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
2606
2607 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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2609
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2610NAME: memory_cache_mode
2611TYPE: memcachemode
2612LOC: Config
2613DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2614DOC_START
ea21d497 2615 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2616
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2617 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2618
2619 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2620 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2621 a second time before cached in memory.
2622
2623 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2624DOC_END
2625
41bd17a4 2626NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2627TYPE: removalpolicy
2628LOC: Config.memPolicy
2629DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2630DOC_START
41bd17a4 2631 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2632 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2633
41bd17a4 2634 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2635DOC_END
6b698a21 2636
41bd17a4 2637COMMENT_START
2638 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2639 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2640COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2641
41bd17a4 2642NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2643TYPE: removalpolicy
2644LOC: Config.replPolicy
2645DEFAULT: lru
2646DOC_START
2647 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2648 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2649
41bd17a4 2650 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2651 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2652 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2653 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2654
41bd17a4 2655 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2656
41bd17a4 2657 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2658
41bd17a4 2659 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2660 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2661 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2662 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2663
41bd17a4 2664 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2665 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2666 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2667 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2668
41bd17a4 2669 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2670 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2671 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2672
41bd17a4 2673 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2674 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2675 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2676
41bd17a4 2677 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2678 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2679 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2680DOC_END
0976f8db 2681
41bd17a4 2682NAME: cache_dir
2683TYPE: cachedir
2684DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2685LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2686DOC_START
41bd17a4 2687 Usage:
0976f8db 2688
41bd17a4 2689 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2690
41bd17a4 2691 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2692 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2693
41bd17a4 2694 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2695 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2696 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2697
41bd17a4 2698 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2699 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2700 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2701 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2702 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2703
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2704 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
2705 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2706 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2707
41bd17a4 2708 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2709
41bd17a4 2710 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2711 been there.
0976f8db 2712
41bd17a4 2713 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2714
41bd17a4 2715 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2716 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2717 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2718 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2719 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2720
56fba4d0 2721 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2722 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2723
56fba4d0 2724 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2725 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2726 is 256.
0976f8db 2727
41bd17a4 2728 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2729
41bd17a4 2730 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2731 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2732 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2733
41bd17a4 2734 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2735
41bd17a4 2736 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2737
41bd17a4 2738 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2739
41bd17a4 2740 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2741 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2742 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2743
41bd17a4 2744 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2745
41bd17a4 2746 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2747
41bd17a4 2748 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2749 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2750 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2751
41bd17a4 2752 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2753 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2754 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2755
41bd17a4 2756 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2757 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2758 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2759 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2760 time.
0976f8db 2761
2e55f083 2762 The rock store type:
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2764 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes <max-size=bytes>
2765
2e55f083 2766 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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2767 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots,
2768 one entry per slot. The database size is specified in MB. The
2769 slot size is specified in bytes using the max-size option. See
2770 below for more info on the max-size option.
2771
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2772 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
2773 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
2774 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
2775 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
2776 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
2777 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
2778 expected swap wait time.
2779
41bd17a4 2780 The coss store type:
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2782 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2783 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2784 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2785
41bd17a4 2786 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2787 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2788 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2789 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2790 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2791 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2792 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2793
41bd17a4 2794 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2795 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2796 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2797
41bd17a4 2798 Common options:
0976f8db 2799
41bd17a4 2800 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2801
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2802 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
2803 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
2804 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
2805 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
2806
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2807 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
2808 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 2809 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2810 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2811 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2812
41bd17a4 2813 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2814 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2815 option.
bebc043b 2816NOCOMMENT_START
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2817
2818# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2819#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2820NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2821DOC_END
0976f8db 2822
41bd17a4 2823NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2824TYPE: string
2825LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2826DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2827DOC_START
41bd17a4 2828 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2829DOC_END
0976f8db 2830
41bd17a4 2831NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2832TYPE: int
2833LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2834DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2835DOC_START
41bd17a4 2836 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2837 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2838 descriptors are open.
2839
2840 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2841DOC_END
0976f8db 2842
41bd17a4 2843NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2844COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2845TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2846DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2847LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2848DOC_START
41bd17a4 2849 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2850 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2851 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2852DOC_END
0976f8db 2853
41bd17a4 2854NAME: maximum_object_size
2855COMMENT: (bytes)
2856TYPE: b_int64_t
2857DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2858LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2859DOC_START
41bd17a4 2860 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2861 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2862 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2863 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2864 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2865 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2866
41bd17a4 2867 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2868 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2869 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2870DOC_END
0976f8db 2871
41bd17a4 2872NAME: cache_swap_low
2873COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2874TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2875DEFAULT: 90
2876LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2877DOC_NONE
2878
2879NAME: cache_swap_high
2880COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2881TYPE: int
2882DEFAULT: 95
2883LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2884DOC_START
41bd17a4 2885
2886 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2887 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2888 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2889 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2890 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2891 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2892
2893 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2894 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2895 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2896DOC_END
0976f8db 2897
5473c134 2898COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2899 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2900 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2901COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2902
41bd17a4 2903NAME: logformat
2904TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 2905LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 2906DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2907DOC_START
41bd17a4 2908 Usage:
0976f8db 2909
41bd17a4 2910 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2911
41bd17a4 2912 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2913
41bd17a4 2914 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2915
41bd17a4 2916 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2917 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2918 as required according to their context and the output format
2919 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2920 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2921
41bd17a4 2922 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2923
41bd17a4 2924 " output in quoted string format
2925 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2926 # output in URL quoted format
2927 ' output as-is
5473c134 2928
41bd17a4 2929 - left aligned
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2931 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
2932 [width_min][.width_max]
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2934 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 2935
41bd17a4 2936 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2937
41bd17a4 2938 Format codes:
5473c134 2939
3ff65596 2940 % a literal % character
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2941 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
2942 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
2943 a similar internal error identifier.
2944 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
2945
2946 Connection related format codes:
2947
41bd17a4 2948 >a Client source IP address
2949 >A Client FQDN
2950 >p Client source port
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2951 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
2952 >la Local IP address the client connected to
2953 >lp Local port number the client connected to
2954
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2955 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
2956 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
2957
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2958 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
2959 <A Server FQDN or peer name
2960 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 2961 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 2962 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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2963
2964 Time related format codes:
2965
41bd17a4 2966 ts Seconds since epoch
2967 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2968 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2969 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2970 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2971 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2972 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2973 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
2974
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2975 Access Control related format codes:
2976
2977 et Tag returned by external acl
2978 ea Log string returned by external acl
2979 un User name (any available)
2980 ul User name from authentication
2981 ue User name from external acl helper
2982 ui User name from ident
2983 us User name from SSL
2984
2985 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 2986
ca2e92d8 2987 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 2988 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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2989 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
2990 Optional header name argument as for >h
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2991 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2992 as for >h
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2993 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2994 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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2995 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
2996 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
2997 transfer encoding and control messages.
2998 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
2999 received bodies.
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3000 [http::]mt MIME content type
3001 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
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3002 [http::]>rm Request method from client
3003 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
3004 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
3005 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
3006 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
3ff65596 3007 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
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3008 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
3009 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sento to server or peer
3ff65596 3010 [http::]rv Request protocol version
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3011 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
3012 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
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3013 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
3014 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
3015 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
3016 are not included
3017 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
3018 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
3019 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
3020 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
3021 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
3022 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
3023 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
3024 and stops when the last response byte is received.
3025 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
3026 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
3027 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
3028 with the last I/O with the last peer.
3029
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3030 Squid handling related format codes:
3031
3032 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
3033 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
3034
5038f9d8 3035 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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3037
3038 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
3039 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
3040 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
3041 transaction is in progress.
3042
5038f9d8 3043 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
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3045 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
3046 meta-information from the last eCAP
3047 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
3048 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
3049 argument.
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3051 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
3052 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
3053 the order of transaction start time. Each time
3054 value is recorded as an integer number,
3055 representing response time of one or more
3056 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
3057 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3058 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3059 logged individually but added to the
3060 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3061 adapt::all_trs.
3062
3063 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3064 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3065 individual transactions are never added
3066 together. Instead, all transaction response
3067 times are recorded individually.
3068
3069 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3070 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3071 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 3072
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3074
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3075logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
3076logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
3077logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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3078logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
3079logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
3080
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3081 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
3082 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
3083 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
3084
3085 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
3086 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 3087
5473c134 3088DOC_END
3089
41bd17a4 3090NAME: access_log cache_access_log
3091TYPE: access_log
3092LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 3093DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 3094DOC_START
41bd17a4 3095 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
3096 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 3097 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 3098 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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3099
3100 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 3101 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3102 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3103 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3104
3105 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3106
bb7a1781 3107 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3108 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3109
3110 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3111 each request.
3112 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3113
3114 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3115 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3116 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3117
3118 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3119
3120 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3121 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3122 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 3123
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3125 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3126
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3127 And priority could be any of:
3128 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3129
3130 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3131 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3132 Place Format: \\host:port
df2eec10 3133
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3134 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3135 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3136 Place Format: \\host:port
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3137
3138 Default:
82b7abe3 3139 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3140DOC_END
5473c134 3141
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3142NAME: icap_log
3143TYPE: access_log
3144IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3145LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3146DEFAULT: none
3147DOC_START
3148 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3149 transaction.
3150
3151 The icap_log option format is:
3152 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3153 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3154
3155 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3156 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3157 features.
3158
3159 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3160 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3161 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3162 log line.
3163
3164 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3165 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3166 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3167 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3168 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3169 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3170 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3171
3172 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3173
3174 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3175
3176 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3177 option in Squid configuration file.
3178
3179 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3180
3181 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3182 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3183
3184 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3185 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3186
3187 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3188 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3189 the socket).
3190
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3192 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3193 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3194 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3195 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3196 computed.
3197
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3199 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3200 the ICAP transaction is created and
3201 stops when the transaction is completed.
3202 Similar to tr.
3203
3204 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3205 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3206 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3207 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3208 is received.
3209
3210 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3211 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3212 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3213 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3214 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3215 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3216
3217 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3218
3219 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3220
3221 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3222
3223 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3224 definition, is called icap_squid:
3225
3226logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3227
5038f9d8 3228 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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3230
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3231NAME: logfile_daemon
3232TYPE: string
3233DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3234LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3235DOC_START
3236 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3237 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3238
3239 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3240 L<data>\n - logfile data
3241 R\n - rotate file
3242 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 3243 O\n - reopen file
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3244 F\n - flush file
3245 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3246 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3247
3248 No responses is expected.
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3249DOC_END
3250
5b0f5383 3251NAME: log_access
3252TYPE: acl_access
3253LOC: Config.accessList.log
3254DEFAULT: none
3255COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3256DOC_START
3257 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3258 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3259 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3260
3261 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3262 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3263DOC_END
3264
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3265NAME: log_icap
3266TYPE: acl_access
3267IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3268LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3269DEFAULT: none
3270DOC_START
3271 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3272 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3273DOC_END
3274
41bd17a4 3275NAME: cache_store_log
3276TYPE: string
df2eec10 3277DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3278LOC: Config.Log.store
3279DOC_START
3280 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3281 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3282 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
3283 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3284 disable it.
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3286 Example:
3287 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3288DOC_END
3289
41bd17a4 3290NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3291TYPE: string
3292LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3293DEFAULT: none
3294DOC_START
41bd17a4 3295 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3296 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3297 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3298 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3299 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3300 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3301 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 3302
41bd17a4 3303 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3304 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3305 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3306 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3307
41bd17a4 3308 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3309 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 3310
41bd17a4 3311 cache_swap_log.00
3312 cache_swap_log.01
3313 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3314
41bd17a4 3315 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3316 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3317 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3318 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3319 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3320 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3321 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3322DOC_END
3323
41bd17a4 3324NAME: logfile_rotate
3325TYPE: int
3326DEFAULT: 10
3327LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3328DOC_START
41bd17a4 3329 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3330 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3331 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3332 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3333 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3334 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3335
41bd17a4 3336 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3337 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3338 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3339 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3340 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3341 <pid>'.
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3343 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3344 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3345DOC_END
5473c134 3346
41bd17a4 3347NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 3348TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 3349DOC_START
20efa1c2 3350 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 3351DOC_END
3352
41bd17a4 3353NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 3354TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3355DOC_START
8652f8e7 3356 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 3357DOC_END
5473c134 3358
41bd17a4 3359NAME: mime_table
3360TYPE: string
3361DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3362LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3363DOC_START
3364 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3365 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3366 information if you do.
5473c134 3367DOC_END
3368
41bd17a4 3369NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3370COMMENT: on|off
3371TYPE: onoff
3372LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3373DEFAULT: off
3374DOC_START
3375 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3376 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3377 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3378 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3379 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3380DOC_END
5473c134 3381
41bd17a4 3382NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 3383TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3384DOC_START
20efa1c2 3385 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 3386DOC_END
3387
41bd17a4 3388NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 3389TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3390DOC_START
20efa1c2 3391 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 3392DOC_END
3393
41bd17a4 3394NAME: pid_filename
3395TYPE: string
3396DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3397LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3398DOC_START
41bd17a4 3399 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3400DOC_END
3401
41bd17a4 3402NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3403TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3404DOC_START
c581e96b 3405 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3406DOC_END
3407
41bd17a4 3408NAME: client_netmask
3409TYPE: address
3410LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3411DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3412DOC_START
41bd17a4 3413 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3414 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3415 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3416 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3417DOC_END
3418
41bd17a4 3419NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 3420TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3421DOC_START
20efa1c2 3422 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 3423DOC_END
3424
41bd17a4 3425NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3426TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3427LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3428DEFAULT: on
3429DOC_START
41bd17a4 3430 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3431 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3432DOC_END
3433
41bd17a4 3434NAME: buffered_logs
3435COMMENT: on|off
3436TYPE: onoff
3437DEFAULT: off
3438LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3439DOC_START
41bd17a4 3440 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3441 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3442 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3443 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3444 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
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2b753521 3447NAME: netdb_filename
3448TYPE: string
3449DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
3450LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3451IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3452DOC_START
3453 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3454 To disable, enter "none".
3455DOC_END
3456
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3458 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3459 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3460COMMENT_END
3461
3462NAME: cache_log
3463TYPE: string
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3464DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3465LOC: Debug::cache_log
3466DOC_START
3467 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3468 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3469 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3470DOC_END
3471
3472NAME: debug_options
3473TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3474DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3475LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3476DOC_START
3477 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3478 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3479 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3480 log file, so be careful.
3481
3482 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3483 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3484
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3486 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3487 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3488 events affecting Squid.
3489DOC_END
3490
3491NAME: coredump_dir
3492TYPE: string
3493LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3494DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3495DOC_START
3496 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3497 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3498 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3499 and coredump files will be left there.
3500
3501NOCOMMENT_START
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3504coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3505NOCOMMENT_END
3506DOC_END
3507
3508
41bd17a4 3509COMMENT_START
3510 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3511 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3512COMMENT_END
3513
3514NAME: ftp_user
3515TYPE: string
3516DEFAULT: Squid@
3517LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3518DOC_START
41bd17a4 3519 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3520 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3521 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3522
41bd17a4 3523 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3524 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3525 depending on how the cache is used.
3526 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3527 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3528DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3530NAME: ftp_passive
3531TYPE: onoff
3532DEFAULT: on
3533LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3534DOC_START
41bd17a4 3535 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3536 connections, turn off this option.
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3538 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3539DOC_END
3540
3541NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3542TYPE: onoff
3543DEFAULT: off
3544LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3545DOC_START
3546 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3547
3548 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3549 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3550 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3551
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3553 useful.
a689bd4e 3554 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3555 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3556
3557 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3558 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3559
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3561DOC_END
3562
3563NAME: ftp_epsv
3564TYPE: onoff
3565DEFAULT: on
3566LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3567DOC_START
3568 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3569
3570 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3571 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3572 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3573 will never be needed.
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3575 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3576 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3577 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3578
3579 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3580DOC_END
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3582NAME: ftp_eprt
3583TYPE: onoff
3584DEFAULT: on
3585LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3586DOC_START
3587 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3588
3589 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3590 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3591 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3592
3593 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3594 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3595
3596 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3597 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3598 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3599 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3600
3601 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3602 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3603DOC_END
3604
41bd17a4 3605NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3606TYPE: onoff
3607DEFAULT: on
3608LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3609DOC_START
3610 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3611 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3612 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3613 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3614 connection turn this off.
3615DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3616
41bd17a4 3617NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3618TYPE: onoff
3619DEFAULT: on
3620LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3621DOC_START
3622 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3623 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3624 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3625 the FTP protocol.
3626
3627 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3628 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3629 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3630 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3631 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3632DOC_END
3633
3634COMMENT_START
3635 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3636 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3637COMMENT_END
3638
3639NAME: diskd_program
3640TYPE: string
3641DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3642LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3643DOC_START
3644 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3645 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3646 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3647DOC_END
3648
3649NAME: unlinkd_program
3650IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3651TYPE: string
3652DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3653LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3654DOC_START
3655 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3656DOC_END
3657
3658NAME: pinger_program
3659TYPE: string
3660DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3661LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3662IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3663DOC_START
3664 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3665DOC_END
3666
cc192b50 3667NAME: pinger_enable
3668TYPE: onoff
3669DEFAULT: on
3670LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3671IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3672DOC_START
3673 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3674 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3675 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3676DOC_END
3677
3678
41bd17a4 3679COMMENT_START
3680 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3681 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3682COMMENT_END
3683
3684NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3685TYPE: wordlist
3686LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3687DEFAULT: none
3688DOC_START
2c7aad89 3689 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 3690 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3691
2c7aad89 3692 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 3693
c71adec1 3694 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3695
3696 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3697 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3698 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3699 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3700
3701 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3702 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3703
3704 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3705 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2c7aad89 3706 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily), etc.
41bd17a4 3707
3708 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3709DOC_END
3710
3711NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3712TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3713DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3714LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3715DOC_START
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3716 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3717 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3718 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3719 and other system resources noticably.
3720
3721 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3722 tuning.
3723
3724 startup=
3725
3726 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3727 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3728 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3729
3730 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3731 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3732
3733 idle=
3734
3735 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3736 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3737 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3738 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3739
3740 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3741
41bd17a4 3742 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3743 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3744 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3745
3746 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3747 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3748 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3749 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3750 to that request.
41bd17a4 3751DOC_END
3752
3753NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3754TYPE: onoff
3755DEFAULT: on
3756LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3757DOC_START
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3758 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
3759 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
3760 any Host: header in redirected requests.
3761
3762 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
3763 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
3764 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
3765
41bd17a4 3766 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3767 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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3768
3769 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
3770 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
3771 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 3772DOC_END
3773
3774NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3775TYPE: acl_access
3776DEFAULT: none
3777LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3778DOC_START
3779 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3780 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3781 are sent.
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3782
3783 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3784 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3785DOC_END
3786
3787NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3788TYPE: onoff
3789LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3790DEFAULT: off
3791DOC_START
3792 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3793 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3794 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3795 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3796 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3797 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3798 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3799 users may have access to pages they should not
3800 be allowed to request.
3801DOC_END
3802
3803COMMENT_START
3804 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3805 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3806COMMENT_END
3807
f04b37d8 3808NAME: cache no_cache
3809TYPE: acl_access
3810DEFAULT: none
3811LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3812DOC_START
240887f0 3813 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3814 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3815 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3816
240887f0 3817 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3818 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3819
240887f0 3820 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3821
3822 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3823 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3824DOC_END
3825
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3826NAME: max_stale
3827COMMENT: time-units
3828TYPE: time_t
3829LOC: Config.maxStale
3830DEFAULT: 1 week
3831DOC_START
3832 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
3833 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
3834 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
3835DOC_END
3836
41bd17a4 3837NAME: refresh_pattern
3838TYPE: refreshpattern
3839LOC: Config.Refresh
3840DEFAULT: none
3841DOC_START
3842 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3843
6b698a21 3844 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3845 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3846
41bd17a4 3847 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3848 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3849 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3850 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3851 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3852
41bd17a4 3853 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3854 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3855 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3856
41bd17a4 3857 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3858 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3859
41bd17a4 3860 options: override-expire
3861 override-lastmod
3862 reload-into-ims
3863 ignore-reload
3864 ignore-no-cache
3865 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3866 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3867 ignore-private
3868 ignore-auth
570d3f75 3869 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 3870 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 3871 store-stale
a0ec9f68 3872
41bd17a4 3873 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3874 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3875 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3876 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3877 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3879 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3880 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3881 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3882 the object fresh for that period of time.
3883
41bd17a4 3884 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3885 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3886
41bd17a4 3887 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3888 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3889 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3890 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3891
41bd17a4 3892 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3893 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3894 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3895 it causes.
9bc73deb 3896
41bd17a4 3897 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3898 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3899 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3900 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3901 send it anyway.
3902
3903 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3904 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3905 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3906 liable for problems which it causes.
3907
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3908 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3909 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3910 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3911 liable for problems which it causes.
3912
41bd17a4 3913 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3914 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3915 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3916 liable for problems which it causes.
3917
3918 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3919 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3920 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3921 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3922 it causes.
3923
3924 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3925 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3926 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3927 if one is available.
3928
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3929 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
3930 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
3931 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
3932 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
3933 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
3934
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3935 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
3936 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
3937 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
3938
41bd17a4 3939 Basically a cached object is:
3940
3941 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3942 STALE if age > max
3943 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3944 FRESH if age < min
3945 else STALE
3946
3947 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3948 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3949 match the default will be used.
3950
3951 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3952 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3953 used.
3954
41bd17a4 3955NOCOMMENT_START
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3956
3957# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3958refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3959refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3960refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3961refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3962NOCOMMENT_END
3963DOC_END
3964
3965NAME: quick_abort_min
3966COMMENT: (KB)
3967TYPE: kb_int64_t
3968DEFAULT: 16 KB
3969LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3970DOC_NONE
3971
3972NAME: quick_abort_max
3973COMMENT: (KB)
3974TYPE: kb_int64_t
3975DEFAULT: 16 KB
3976LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3977DOC_NONE
3978
3979NAME: quick_abort_pct
3980COMMENT: (percent)
3981TYPE: int
3982DEFAULT: 95
3983LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3984DOC_START
3985 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3986 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3987 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3988 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3989 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3990 downloads.
3991
3992 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3993 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3994 then.
3995
3996 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3997 it will finish the retrieval.
3998
3999 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
4000 it will abort the retrieval.
4001
4002 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
4003 it will finish the retrieval.
4004
4005 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
4006 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
4007 to '0 KB'.
4008
4009 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
4010 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
4011DOC_END
60d096f4 4012
41bd17a4 4013NAME: read_ahead_gap
4014COMMENT: buffer-size
4015TYPE: b_int64_t
4016LOC: Config.readAheadGap
4017DEFAULT: 16 KB
4018DOC_START
4019 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
4020 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
4021DOC_END
53e738c6 4022
41bd17a4 4023NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 4024IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4025COMMENT: time-units
4026TYPE: time_t
4027LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 4028DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 4029DOC_START
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4030 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
4031 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
4032 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
4033 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
4034 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
4035 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
4036
4037 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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4038
4039 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4040 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4041 causes.
41bd17a4 4042DOC_END
53e738c6 4043
41bd17a4 4044NAME: positive_dns_ttl
4045COMMENT: time-units
4046TYPE: time_t
4047LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
4048DEFAULT: 6 hours
4049DOC_START
4050 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
4051 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
4052 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
4053DOC_END
c4ab8329 4054
41bd17a4 4055NAME: negative_dns_ttl
4056COMMENT: time-units
4057TYPE: time_t
4058LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
4059DEFAULT: 1 minutes
4060DOC_START
4061 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
4062 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
4063 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
4064 much below 10 seconds.
4065DOC_END
7df0bfd7 4066
41bd17a4 4067NAME: range_offset_limit
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4068COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
4069TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 4070LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 4071DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4072DOC_START
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4073 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
4074
4075 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
4076 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
4077 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
4078 the result is NOT cached.
4079
41bd17a4 4080 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
4081 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
4082 sending anything to the client.
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4083
4084 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
4085 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
4086 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
4087 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
4088
4089 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
4090
4091 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
4092 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
4093
4094 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 4095 client requested. (default)
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4096
4097 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 4098 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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4099
4100 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
4101
4102 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
4103 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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4104 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
4105 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 4106DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4108NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4109COMMENT: (seconds)
4110TYPE: time_t
4111LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4112DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4113DOC_START
4114 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4115 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 4116 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 4117 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4118 is most likely better to make your server return a
4119 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4120 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4121 often be best set to 0.
4122DOC_END
c68e9c6b 4123
41bd17a4 4124NAME: store_avg_object_size
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4125COMMENT: (bytes)
4126TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 4127DEFAULT: 13 KB
4128LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4129DOC_START
4130 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4131 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 4132DOC_END
4133
41bd17a4 4134NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4135TYPE: int
4136DEFAULT: 20
4137LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4138DOC_START
4139 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4140 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4141 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4142DOC_END
4143
4144COMMENT_START
4145 HTTP OPTIONS
4146 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4147COMMENT_END
4148
f04b37d8 4149NAME: request_header_max_size
4150COMMENT: (KB)
4151TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4152DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4153LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4154DOC_START
4155 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4156 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4157 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4158 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4159 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4160DOC_END
4161
4162NAME: reply_header_max_size
4163COMMENT: (KB)
4164TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4165DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4166LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4167DOC_START
4168 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4169 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4170 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4171 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4172 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4173DOC_END
4174
4175NAME: request_body_max_size
4176COMMENT: (bytes)
4177TYPE: b_int64_t
4178DEFAULT: 0 KB
4179LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4180DOC_START
4181 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4182 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4183 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4184 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4185 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4186 be no limit imposed.
4187DOC_END
4188
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4189NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4190COMMENT: (bytes)
4191TYPE: b_size_t
4192DEFAULT: 512 KB
4193LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4194DOC_START
4195 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4196 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4197 a large file.
4198DOC_END
4199
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4200NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4201COMMENT: (bytes)
4202TYPE: b_int64_t
4203DEFAULT: 64 KB
4204LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4205DOC_START
4206 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4207 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4208 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4209 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4210 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4211 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4212
4213 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4214 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4215 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4216 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4217 as if dechunking was disabled.
4218
4219 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4220 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4221
4222 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4223 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4224 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4225DOC_END
4226
41bd17a4 4227NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4228IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4229TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4230DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4231LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4232DOC_START
41bd17a4 4233 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4234 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4235
41bd17a4 4236 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4237 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4238
41bd17a4 4239 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4240
41bd17a4 4241 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4242 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4243 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4244 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 4245
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4246 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4247 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4248
41bd17a4 4249Example:
4250 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4251 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4252DOC_END
cccac0a2 4253
22fff3bf 4254NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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4255COMMENT: on|off
4256TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 4257IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 4258DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 4259LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 4260DOC_START
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4261 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
4262 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
4263
4264 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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4265DOC_END
4266
41bd17a4 4267NAME: via
626096be 4268IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4269COMMENT: on|off
4270TYPE: onoff
4271DEFAULT: on
4272LOC: Config.onoff.via
4273DOC_START
4274 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4275 replies as required by RFC2616.
4276DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4277
41bd17a4 4278NAME: ie_refresh
4279COMMENT: on|off
4280TYPE: onoff
4281LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4282DEFAULT: off
4283DOC_START
4284 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4285 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4286 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4287 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4288 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4289 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4290 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4291 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4292 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4293 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4294 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4295 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4296 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4297 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4298 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4299 force fresh content.
4300DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 4301
41bd17a4 4302NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4303COMMENT: on|off
4304TYPE: onoff
4305LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4306DEFAULT: off
4307DOC_START
4308 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4309 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4310 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4311 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4312 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4313
4314 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4315 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4316DOC_END
c4ab8329 4317
41bd17a4 4318NAME: request_entities
4319TYPE: onoff
4320LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4321DEFAULT: off
4322DOC_START
4323 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4324 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4325 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 4326
41bd17a4 4327 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4328 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4329 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4330 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4331 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4332DOC_END
6b53c392 4333
41bd17a4 4334NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4335IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4336TYPE: http_header_access[]
4337LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4338DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4339DOC_START
41bd17a4 4340 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4341
41bd17a4 4342 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4343 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4344 causes.
0976f8db 4345
41bd17a4 4346 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4347 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4348 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4349 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4350 mangling.
934b03fc 4351
41bd17a4 4352 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4353 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4354
41bd17a4 4355 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4356 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4357 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4358
41bd17a4 4359 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4360 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4361
41bd17a4 4362 request_header_access From deny all
4363 request_header_access Referer deny all
4364 request_header_access Server deny all
4365 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4366 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4367 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4368
41bd17a4 4369 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4370 you should use:
5401aa8d 4371
41bd17a4 4372 request_header_access Allow allow all
4373 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4374 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4375 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4376 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4377 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4378 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4379 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4380 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4381 request_header_access Date allow all
4382 request_header_access Expires allow all
4383 request_header_access Host allow all
4384 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4385 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4386 request_header_access Location allow all
4387 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4388 request_header_access Accept allow all
4389 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4390 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4391 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4392 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4393 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4394 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4395 request_header_access Title allow all
4396 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4397 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4398
41bd17a4 4399 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4400 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4401
41bd17a4 4402 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4403 performed).
5401aa8d 4404DOC_END
4405
41bd17a4 4406NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4407IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4408TYPE: http_header_access[]
4409LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4410DEFAULT: none
4411DOC_START
41bd17a4 4412 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4413
41bd17a4 4414 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4415 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4416 causes.
934b03fc 4417
41bd17a4 4418 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4419 server to the client.
934b03fc 4420
41bd17a4 4421 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4422 direction.
6b53c392 4423
41bd17a4 4424 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4425 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4426 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4427 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4428 mangling.
cccac0a2 4429
41bd17a4 4430 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4431 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4432 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4433
41bd17a4 4434 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4435 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4436
41bd17a4 4437 reply_header_access From deny all
4438 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4439 reply_header_access Server deny all
4440 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4441 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4442 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4443
41bd17a4 4444 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4445 you should use:
cccac0a2 4446
41bd17a4 4447 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4448 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4449 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4450 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4451 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4452 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4453 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4454 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4455 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4456 reply_header_access Date allow all
4457 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4458 reply_header_access Host allow all
4459 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4460 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4461 reply_header_access Location allow all
4462 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4463 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4464 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4465 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4466 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4467 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4468 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4469 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4470 reply_header_access Title allow all
4471 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4472 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4473
41bd17a4 4474 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4475 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4476
41bd17a4 4477 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4478 performed).
cccac0a2 4479DOC_END
4480
75e4f2ea 4481NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 4482IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4483TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4484LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4485DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4486DOC_START
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4487 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4488 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4489
41bd17a4 4490 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
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4491 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4492 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
41bd17a4 4493 option.
cccac0a2 4494
41bd17a4 4495 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4496
41bd17a4 4497 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4498DOC_END
cccac0a2 4499
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4500NAME: reply_header_replace
4501IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4502TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4503LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4504DEFAULT: none
4505DOC_START
4506 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4507 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4508
4509 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4510 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4511 with some fixed string.
4512
4513 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4514
4515 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4516DOC_END
4517
41bd17a4 4518NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4519COMMENT: on|off|warn
4520TYPE: tristate
4521LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4522DEFAULT: on
4523DOC_START
4524 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4525 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4526 what the sending application intended even if the message
4527 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4528 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4529
41bd17a4 4530 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4531 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4532
41bd17a4 4533 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4534 or response to be rejected.
4535DOC_END
7d90757b 4536
41bd17a4 4537COMMENT_START
4538 TIMEOUTS
4539 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4540COMMENT_END
4541
4542NAME: forward_timeout
4543COMMENT: time-units
4544TYPE: time_t
4545LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4546DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4547DOC_START
4548 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4549 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4550DOC_END
4551
41bd17a4 4552NAME: connect_timeout
4553COMMENT: time-units
4554TYPE: time_t
4555LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4556DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4557DOC_START
41bd17a4 4558 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4559 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4560 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4561DOC_END
4562
41bd17a4 4563NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4564COMMENT: time-units
4565TYPE: time_t
4566LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4567DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4568DOC_START
41bd17a4 4569 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4570 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4571 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4572 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4573DOC_END
7f7db318 4574
41bd17a4 4575NAME: read_timeout
4576COMMENT: time-units
4577TYPE: time_t
4578LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4579DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4580DOC_START
4581 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4582 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4583 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4584 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4585 default is 15 minutes.
4586DOC_END
cccac0a2 4587
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4588NAME: write_timeout
4589COMMENT: time-units
4590TYPE: time_t
4591LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4592DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4593DOC_START
4594 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4595 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4596 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4597 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4598 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4599 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4600 default is 15 minutes.
4601DOC_END
4602
41bd17a4 4603NAME: request_timeout
4604TYPE: time_t
4605LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4606DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4607DOC_START
4608 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4609 connection establishment.
4610DOC_END
cccac0a2 4611
41bd17a4 4612NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4613TYPE: time_t
4614LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4615DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4616DOC_START
4617 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4618 connection after the previous request completes.
4619DOC_END
cccac0a2 4620
41bd17a4 4621NAME: client_lifetime
4622COMMENT: time-units
4623TYPE: time_t
4624LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4625DEFAULT: 1 day
4626DOC_START
4627 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4628 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4629 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4630 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4631 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4632 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4633 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4634
41bd17a4 4635 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4636 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4637 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4638 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4639 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4640 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4641DOC_END
4642
41bd17a4 4643NAME: half_closed_clients
4644TYPE: onoff
4645LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4646DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4647DOC_START
41bd17a4 4648 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4649 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4650 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4651 fully-closed TCP connection.
4652
4653 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4654 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4655
abdf1651 4656 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4657 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4658 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4659 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4660DOC_END
4661
41bd17a4 4662NAME: pconn_timeout
4663TYPE: time_t
4664LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4665DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4666DOC_START
41bd17a4 4667 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4668 proxies.
4669DOC_END
cccac0a2 4670
41bd17a4 4671NAME: ident_timeout
4672TYPE: time_t
4673IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4674LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4675DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4676DOC_START
4677 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4678
41bd17a4 4679 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4680 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4681 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4682DOC_END
4683
41bd17a4 4684NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4685COMMENT: time-units
4686TYPE: time_t
4687LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4688DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4689DOC_START
41bd17a4 4690 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4691 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4692 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4693 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4694 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4695DOC_END
0976f8db 4696
cccac0a2 4697COMMENT_START
4698 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4699 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4700COMMENT_END
4701
4702NAME: cache_mgr
4703TYPE: string
4704DEFAULT: webmaster
4705LOC: Config.adminEmail
4706DOC_START
4707 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4708 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4709DOC_END
4710
abacf776 4711NAME: mail_from
4712TYPE: string
4713DEFAULT: none
4714LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4715DOC_START
4716 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4717 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4718 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4719 src/globals.h before building squid.
4720DOC_END
4721
d084bf20 4722NAME: mail_program
4723TYPE: eol
4724DEFAULT: mail
4725LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4726DOC_START
4727 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4728 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4729 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4730 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4731
d084bf20 4732 Optional command line options can be specified.
4733DOC_END
4734
cccac0a2 4735NAME: cache_effective_user
4736TYPE: string
5483d916 4737DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4738LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4739DOC_START
4740 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4741 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4742 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4743 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4744DOC_END
4745
cccac0a2 4746NAME: cache_effective_group
4747TYPE: string
4748DEFAULT: none
4749LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4750DOC_START
64e288bd 4751 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4752 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4753 from the groups membership.
4754
e3d74828 4755 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4756 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4757 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4758 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4759 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4760 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4761 group.
64e288bd 4762
4763 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4764 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4765 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4766DOC_END
4767
d3caee79 4768NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4769COMMENT: on|off
4770TYPE: onoff
4771DEFAULT: off
4772LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4773DOC_START
4774 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4775DOC_END
4776
cccac0a2 4777NAME: visible_hostname
4778TYPE: string
4779LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4780DEFAULT: none
4781DOC_START
4782 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4783 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4784 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4785 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4786 names with this setting.
4787DOC_END
4788
cccac0a2 4789NAME: unique_hostname
4790TYPE: string
4791LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4792DEFAULT: none
4793DOC_START
4794 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4795 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4796 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4797DOC_END
4798
cccac0a2 4799NAME: hostname_aliases
4800TYPE: wordlist
4801LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4802DEFAULT: none
4803DOC_START
7f7db318 4804 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4805DOC_END
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4807NAME: umask
4808TYPE: int
4809LOC: Config.umask
4810DEFAULT: 027
4811DOC_START
4812 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4813 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4814
4815 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4816 your value with 0.
4817DOC_END
4818
cccac0a2 4819COMMENT_START
4820 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4821 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4822
4823 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4824 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4825 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4826 create cache hierarchies.
4827
4828 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4829 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4830 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4831
4832 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4833 following information from this configuration file:
4834
4835 http_port
4836 icp_port
4837 cache_mgr
4838
4839 All current information is processed regularly and made
4840 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4841COMMENT_END
4842
4843NAME: announce_period
4844TYPE: time_t
4845LOC: Config.Announce.period
4846DEFAULT: 0
4847DOC_START
4848 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4849 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4850 messages.
4851
e0855596 4852 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 4853
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4854 Example:
4855 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4856DOC_END
4857
cccac0a2 4858NAME: announce_host
4859TYPE: string
4860DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4861LOC: Config.Announce.host
4862DOC_NONE
4863
4864NAME: announce_file
4865TYPE: string
4866DEFAULT: none
4867LOC: Config.Announce.file
4868DOC_NONE
4869
4870NAME: announce_port
ae870270 4871TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 4872DEFAULT: 3131
4873LOC: Config.Announce.port
4874DOC_START
4875 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4876 number where the registration message will be sent.
4877
4878 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4879 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4880 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4881 message.
4882DOC_END
4883
8d6275c0 4884COMMENT_START
4885 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4886 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4887COMMENT_END
4888
cccac0a2 4889NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4890TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 4891DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4892LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4893DOC_START
4894 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4895 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4896 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4897 an identification token.
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4898
4899 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 4900DOC_END
4901
4902NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4903COMMENT: on|off
4904TYPE: onoff
4905DEFAULT: off
4906LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4907DOC_START
4908 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4909 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4910DOC_END
4911
4912NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4913IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4914COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4915TYPE: string
4916LOC: ESIParser::Type
4917DEFAULT: custom
4918DOC_START
4919 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4920 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4921 encodings.
4922DOC_END
0976f8db 4923
9edd9041 4924COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4925 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4926 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4927COMMENT_END
4928
4929NAME: delay_pools
4930TYPE: delay_pool_count
4931DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 4932IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4933LOC: Config.Delay
4934DOC_START
4935 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4936 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4937 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4938DOC_END
4939
4940NAME: delay_class
4941TYPE: delay_pool_class
4942DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4943IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4944LOC: Config.Delay
4945DOC_START
4946 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4947 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4948 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4949 and here would be:
4950
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4951 Example:
4952 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4953 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4954 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4955 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4956 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4957
4958 The delay pool classes are:
4959
4960 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4961 bucket.
4962
4963 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4964 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4965 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4966
4967 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4968 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4969 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4970 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4971 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4972
4973 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4974 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4975 only takes effect if the username is established
4976 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4977 http_access rules.
4978
4979 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4980 external_acl's tag= reply).
4981
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4982
4983 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
4984 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
4985 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
4986
9edd9041 4987 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4988 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4989 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4990 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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4991
4992 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4993 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 4994DOC_END
4995
4996NAME: delay_access
4997TYPE: delay_pool_access
4998DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4999IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5000LOC: Config.Delay
5001DOC_START
5002 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
5003
5004 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
5005 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
5006 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
5007 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
5008
5009 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
5010 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
5011
5012Example:
5013 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
5014 delay_access 1 deny all
5015 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
5016 delay_access 2 deny all
5017 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
5018DOC_END
5019
5020NAME: delay_parameters
5021TYPE: delay_pool_rates
5022DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5023IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5024LOC: Config.Delay
5025DOC_START
5026 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
5027 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 5028 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 5029
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5030 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
5031 delay_pools pool 1
5032 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 5033
5034 For a class 2 delay pool:
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5035 delay_pools pool 2
5036 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 5037
5038 For a class 3 delay pool:
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5039 delay_pools pool 3
5040 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 5041
5042 For a class 4 delay pool:
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5043 delay_pools pool 4
5044 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 5045
5046 For a class 5 delay pool:
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5047 delay_pools pool 5
5048 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 5049
0b68481a 5050 The option variables are:
9edd9041 5051
5052 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
5053 number specified in delay_pools as used in
5054 delay_class lines.
5055
fdb47ac6 5056 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 5057 (class 1, 2, 3).
5058
fdb47ac6 5059 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 5060 buckets (class 2, 3).
5061
fdb47ac6 5062 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 5063 (class 3).
5064
fdb47ac6 5065 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 5066 (class 4).
5067
fdb47ac6 5068 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 5069 (class 5).
5070
5071 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
5072 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
5073 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
5074 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
5075
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5076 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
5077
5078
9edd9041 5079 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 5080 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 5081 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
5082
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5083 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
5084
5085 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 5086
5087 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
5088
0b68481a 5089
9edd9041 5090 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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5091 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
5092 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
5093 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 5094 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
5095 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
5096 large downloads more significantly:
5097
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5098 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
5099
5100 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
5101 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
5102 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 5103
9edd9041 5104
5105 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 5106 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 5107
0b68481a 5108 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
9edd9041 5109DOC_END
5110
5111NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
5112COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 5113TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 5114DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5115IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5116LOC: Config.Delay.initial
5117DOC_START
5118 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5119 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5120 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5121 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5122 "seen" by squid).
5123DOC_END
5124
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5125COMMENT_START
5126 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5127 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5128COMMENT_END
5129
5130NAME: client_delay_pools
5131TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5132DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5133IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5134LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5135DOC_START
5136 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5137 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5138
5139Example:
5140 client_delay_pools 2
5141DOC_END
5142
5143NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5144COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 5145TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 5146DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5147IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5148LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5149DOC_START
5150 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5151 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5152 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5153 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5154
5155 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5156 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5157 from client_delay_parameters.
5158
5159Example:
5160 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5161DOC_END
5162
5163NAME: client_delay_parameters
5164TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5165DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5166IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5167LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5168DOC_START
5169
5170 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5171 following format:
5172
5173 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5174
5175 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5176
5177 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5178
5179 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5180 speed_limit additions.
5181
5182 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5183 examples.
5184
5185Example:
5186 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5187 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5188DOC_END
5189
5190NAME: client_delay_access
5191TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5192DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5193IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5194LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5195DOC_START
5196
5197 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5198 request:
5199
5200 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5201
5202 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5203 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5204 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5205 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5206 limited.
5207
5208 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5209 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5210 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5211 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5212
5213 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5214
5215Example:
5216 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5217 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5218DOC_END
5219
cccac0a2 5220COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5221 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5222 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5223COMMENT_END
5224
8d6275c0 5225NAME: wccp_router
5226TYPE: address
5227LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5228DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5229IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5230DOC_START
5231 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5232 Squid.
5233
5234 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5235
5236 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5237
5238 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5239 which version of WCCP to use.
5240DOC_END
df2eec10 5241
8d6275c0 5242NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5243TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5244LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5245DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5246IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5247DOC_START
8d6275c0 5248 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5249 Squid.
cccac0a2 5250
8d6275c0 5251 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5252
8d6275c0 5253 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5254
8d6275c0 5255 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5256 which version of WCCP to use.
5257DOC_END
5258
5259NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5260TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5261LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5262DEFAULT: 4
5263IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5264DOC_START
8d6275c0 5265 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5266 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5267 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5268 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5269 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5270
8d6275c0 5271 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5272 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5273 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5274 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5275DOC_END
5276
8d6275c0 5277NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5278TYPE: onoff
5279LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5280DEFAULT: on
5281IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5282DOC_START
5283 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5284 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5285DOC_END
cccac0a2 5286
8d6275c0 5287NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5288TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5289LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5290DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5291IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5292DOC_START
699acd19 5293 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5294 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5295
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5296 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5297 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5298
8d6275c0 5299 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5300 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5301DOC_END
5302
8d6275c0 5303NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5304TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5305LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5306DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5307IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5308DOC_START
699acd19 5309 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5310 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5311 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5312
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5313 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5314 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5315
8d6275c0 5316 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5317 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5318
699acd19 5319 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5320 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5321 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5322 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5323DOC_END
5324
8d6275c0 5325NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5326TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5327LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5328DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5329IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5330DOC_START
8d6275c0 5331 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5332 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5333
451c4786 5334 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5335 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5336
8d6275c0 5337 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5338 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5339DOC_END
cccac0a2 5340
8d6275c0 5341NAME: wccp2_service
5342TYPE: wccp2_service
5343LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5344DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5345IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5346DOC_START
5347 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5348 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5349 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5350 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5351 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5352 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5353
5354 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5355 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5356
5357 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5358 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5359
5360 Examples:
5361
5362 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5363 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5364 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5365 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5366DOC_END
5367
5368NAME: wccp2_service_info
5369TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5370LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5371DEFAULT: none
5372IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5373DOC_START
5374 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5375 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5376
5377 The format is:
5378
5379 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5380 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5381
5382 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5383 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5384 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5385 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5386 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5387 + ports_source
5388
5389 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5390
5391 Example:
5392
5393 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5394 priority=240 ports=80
5395
5396 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5397 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5398DOC_END
5399
5400NAME: wccp2_weight
5401TYPE: int
5402LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5403DEFAULT: 10000
5404IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5405DOC_START
5406 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5407 hash proportional to their weight.
5408DOC_END
5409
5410NAME: wccp_address
5411TYPE: address
5412LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5413DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5414IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5415DOC_NONE
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8d6275c0 5417NAME: wccp2_address
5418TYPE: address
5419LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5420DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5421IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5422DOC_START
5423 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5424 interface address.
5425
5426 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5427DOC_END
5428
5429COMMENT_START
5430 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5431 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5432
5433 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5434COMMENT_END
5435
5436NAME: client_persistent_connections
5437TYPE: onoff
5438LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5439DEFAULT: on
5440DOC_NONE
5441
5442NAME: server_persistent_connections
5443TYPE: onoff
5444LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5445DEFAULT: on
5446DOC_START
5447 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5448 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5449 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5450 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5451DOC_END
5452
5453NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5454TYPE: onoff
5455LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5456DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5457DOC_START
5458 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5459 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5460 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5461DOC_END
5462
5463NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5464TYPE: onoff
5465LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5466DEFAULT: off
5467DOC_START
5468 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5469 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5470 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5471 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5472
5473 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5474 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5475 after 10 seconds timeout.
5476DOC_END
5477
5478COMMENT_START
5479 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5480 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5481COMMENT_END
5482
5483NAME: digest_generation
5484IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5485TYPE: onoff
5486LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5487DEFAULT: on
5488DOC_START
5489 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5490 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5491 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5492DOC_END
5493
5494NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5495IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5496TYPE: int
5497LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5498DEFAULT: 5
5499DOC_START
5500 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5501 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5502 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5503DOC_END
5504
5505NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5506IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5507COMMENT: (seconds)
5508TYPE: time_t
5509LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5510DEFAULT: 1 hour
5511DOC_START
749ceff8 5512 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5513DOC_END
5514
5515NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5516COMMENT: (seconds)
5517IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5518TYPE: time_t
5519LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5520DEFAULT: 1 hour
5521DOC_START
749ceff8 5522 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5523 disk.
5524DOC_END
5525
5526NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5527COMMENT: (bytes)
5528TYPE: b_size_t
5529IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5530LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5531DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5532DOC_START
5533 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5534 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5535 default swap page.
5536DOC_END
5537
5538NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5539COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5540IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5541TYPE: int
5542LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5543DEFAULT: 10
5544DOC_START
5545 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5546 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5547DOC_END
5548
1db9eacd 5549COMMENT_START
5473c134 5550 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5551 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5552COMMENT_END
5553
5473c134 5554NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 5555TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5556LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5557DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5558IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5559DOC_START
87630341 5560 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5561 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5562 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5563 set to "0" (disabled)
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5564
5565 Example:
5566 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5567DOC_END
5568
5473c134 5569NAME: snmp_access
5570TYPE: acl_access
5571LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5572DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5573IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5574DOC_START
5473c134 5575 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5576
5473c134 5577 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5578 usage:
8d6275c0 5579
5473c134 5580 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5581
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5582 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5583 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5584Example:
5585 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5586 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5587DOC_END
5588
5473c134 5589NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5590TYPE: address
5591LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5592DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5593IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5594DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5595
5473c134 5596NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5597TYPE: address
5598LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5599DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5600IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5601DOC_START
df2eec10 5602 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5603
5473c134 5604 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5605 messages from SNMP agents.
5606 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5607 agents.
cccac0a2 5608
0eb08770 5609 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5610 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5611
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5612 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5613 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5614 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5615 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5616
5473c134 5617 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5618 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5619DOC_END
5620
5473c134 5621COMMENT_START
5622 ICP OPTIONS
5623 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5624COMMENT_END
5625
5626NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 5627TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5628DEFAULT: 0
5629LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5630DOC_START
5473c134 5631 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5632 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5633 Default is disabled (0).
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5635 Example:
5636 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5637DOC_END
5638
5473c134 5639NAME: htcp_port
5640IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 5641TYPE: u_short
87630341 5642DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5643LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5644DOC_START
5473c134 5645 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5646 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5647 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5648
5649 Example:
5650 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5651DOC_END
5652
5653NAME: log_icp_queries
5654COMMENT: on|off
5655TYPE: onoff
5656DEFAULT: on
5657LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5658DOC_START
5659 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5660 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5661 up or to simplify log analysis.
5662DOC_END
5663
5473c134 5664NAME: udp_incoming_address
5665TYPE: address
5666LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5667DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5668DOC_START
5669 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5670 caches.
5671
5672 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5673
5674 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5675 a specific interface/address.
5676
5677 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5678 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5679
5680 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5681
5682 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5683 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5684DOC_END
cccac0a2 5685
5473c134 5686NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5687TYPE: address
5688LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5689DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5690DOC_START
8524d4b2 5691 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5692 caches.
cccac0a2 5693
5473c134 5694 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5695
8524d4b2 5696 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5697 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5698 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5699 caches.
5700
8524d4b2 5701 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5702 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5703
5704 see also; udp_incoming_address
5705
5473c134 5706 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5707 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5708DOC_END
5709
3d1e3e43 5710NAME: icp_hit_stale
5711COMMENT: on|off
5712TYPE: onoff
5713DEFAULT: off
5714LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5715DOC_START
5716 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5717 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5718 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5719 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5720 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5721 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5722 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5723DOC_END
5724
5473c134 5725NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5726TYPE: int
5473c134 5727DEFAULT: 4
5728LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5729DOC_START
5473c134 5730 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5731 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5732DOC_END
5733
5473c134 5734NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5735TYPE: int
5736DEFAULT: 400
5737LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5738DOC_START
5473c134 5739 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5740 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5741DOC_END
5742
cccac0a2 5743NAME: netdb_low
5744TYPE: int
5745DEFAULT: 900
5746LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5747DOC_NONE
5748
5749NAME: netdb_high
5750TYPE: int
5751DEFAULT: 1000
5752LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5753DOC_START
5754 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5755 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5756 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5757 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5758DOC_END
5759
cccac0a2 5760NAME: netdb_ping_period
5761TYPE: time_t
5762LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5763DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5764DOC_START
5765 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5766 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5767 network. The default is five minutes.
5768DOC_END
5769
cccac0a2 5770NAME: query_icmp
5771COMMENT: on|off
5772TYPE: onoff
5773DEFAULT: off
5774LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5775DOC_START
5776 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5777 replies, enable this option.
5778
5779 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5780 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5781 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5782 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5783 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5784 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5785 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5786 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5787DOC_END
5788
5789NAME: test_reachability
5790COMMENT: on|off
5791TYPE: onoff
5792DEFAULT: off
5793LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5794DOC_START
5795 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5796 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5797 database, or has a zero RTT.
5798DOC_END
5799
5473c134 5800NAME: icp_query_timeout
5801COMMENT: (msec)
5802DEFAULT: 0
5803TYPE: int
5804LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5805DOC_START
5473c134 5806 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5807 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5808 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5809 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5810 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5811 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5812
5473c134 5813 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5814DOC_END
5815
5473c134 5816NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5817COMMENT: (msec)
5818DEFAULT: 2000
5819TYPE: int
5820LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5821DOC_START
5473c134 5822 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5823 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5824 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5825 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5826 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5827 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5828DOC_END
5829
5473c134 5830NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5831COMMENT: (msec)
5832DEFAULT: 5
5833TYPE: int
5834LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5835DOC_START
5473c134 5836 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5837 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5838 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5839 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5840 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5841 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5842 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5843DOC_END
5844
5473c134 5845NAME: background_ping_rate
5846COMMENT: time-units
5847TYPE: time_t
5848DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5849LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5850DOC_START
5473c134 5851 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5852 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5853DOC_END
5854
5473c134 5855COMMENT_START
5856 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5857 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5858COMMENT_END
5859
5860NAME: mcast_groups
5861TYPE: wordlist
5862LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5863DEFAULT: none
5864DOC_START
5473c134 5865 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5866 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5867
5473c134 5868 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5869 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5870 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5871 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5872 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5873 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5874 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5875
5473c134 5876 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5877 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5878
5473c134 5879 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5880 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5881
5473c134 5882 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5883
5473c134 5884 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5885DOC_END
8c01ada0 5886
5473c134 5887NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5888IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5889TYPE: address
5890LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 5891DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5892DOC_START
5893 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5894 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5895
5473c134 5896 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5897 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5898DOC_END
5899
5473c134 5900NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5901IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5902TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5903LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5904DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5905DOC_START
5473c134 5906 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5907 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5908 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5909DOC_END
cccac0a2 5910
5473c134 5911NAME: mcast_miss_port
5912IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5913TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5914LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5915DEFAULT: 3135
5916DOC_START
5917 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5918 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5919DOC_END
cccac0a2 5920
5473c134 5921NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5922IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5923TYPE: string
5924LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5925DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5926DOC_START
5927 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5928 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5929DOC_END
8c01ada0 5930
5473c134 5931NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5932COMMENT: (msec)
5933DEFAULT: 2000
5934TYPE: int
5935LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5936DOC_START
5937 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5938 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5939 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5940 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5941 seconds.
cccac0a2 5942DOC_END
5943
5473c134 5944COMMENT_START
5945 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5946 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5947COMMENT_END
5948
cccac0a2 5949NAME: icon_directory
5950TYPE: string
5951LOC: Config.icons.directory
5952DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5953DOC_START
5954 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5955 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5956DOC_END
5957
f024c970 5958NAME: global_internal_static
5959TYPE: onoff
5960LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5961DEFAULT: on
5962DOC_START
5963 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5964 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5965 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5966 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5967 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5968 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5969 the server generating a directory listing.
5970DOC_END
5971
5473c134 5972NAME: short_icon_urls
5973TYPE: onoff
5974LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5975DEFAULT: on
5976DOC_START
5977 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5978 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5979 it's own name and port in the URL.
5980
5981 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5982 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5983DOC_END
5984
5985COMMENT_START
5986 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5987 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5988COMMENT_END
5989
5990NAME: error_directory
5991TYPE: string
5992LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 5993DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5994DOC_START
5995 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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5997 the error/template files to another directory and point
5998 this tag at them.
5999
6000 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
6001 on error pages if used.
5473c134 6002
6003 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6004 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 6005 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 6006 contributing your translation back to the project.
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6007 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
6008
6009 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
6010 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
6011DOC_END
6012
6013NAME: error_default_language
6014IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6015TYPE: string
6016LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
6017DEFAULT: none
6018DOC_START
6019 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
6020 if no existing translation matches the clients language
6021 preferences.
6022
6023 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
6024
6025 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6026 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
6027 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
6028 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 6029DOC_END
6030
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6031NAME: error_log_languages
6032IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6033TYPE: onoff
6034LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
6035DEFAULT: on
6036DOC_START
6037 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
6038 auto-negotiate for translations.
6039
6040 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
6041 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 6042 of its error page translations.
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6043DOC_END
6044
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6045NAME: err_page_stylesheet
6046TYPE: string
6047LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
6048DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
6049DOC_START
6050 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
6051
6052 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
6053DOC_END
6054
5473c134 6055NAME: err_html_text
6056TYPE: eol
6057LOC: Config.errHtmlText
6058DEFAULT: none
6059DOC_START
6060 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
6061 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
6062 organizations Web page.
6063
6064 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
6065 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
6066 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
6067 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
6068DOC_END
6069
6070NAME: email_err_data
6071COMMENT: on|off
6072TYPE: onoff
6073LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
6074DEFAULT: on
6075DOC_START
6076 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
6077 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
6078 so that the email body contains the data.
6079 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
6080DOC_END
6081
6082NAME: deny_info
6083TYPE: denyinfo
6084LOC: Config.denyInfoList
6085DEFAULT: none
6086DOC_START
6087 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
6088 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 6089 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 6090
6091 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
6092 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
6093 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
6094 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
6095
6096 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
6097 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
6098 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
6099 the first authentication related acl encountered
6100 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
6101 acl processed on the last http_access line.
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6103 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 6104
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6106 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
6107 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 6108
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6109 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
6110 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
6111 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
6112
5473c134 6113 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
6114 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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6115
6116 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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6117 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
6118 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6119 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6120 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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6121
6122 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6123 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6124 %B - FTP path URL
6125 %e - Error number
6126 %E - Error description
6127 %h - Squid hostname
6128 %H - Request domain name
6129 %i - Client IP Address
6130 %M - Request Method
6131 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6132 %p - Request Port number
6133 %P - Request Protocol name
6134 %R - Request URL path
6135 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6136 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6137 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6138 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6139 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 6140 %x - Error name
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6141 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6142
5473c134 6143DOC_END
6144
6145COMMENT_START
6146 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6147 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6148COMMENT_END
6149
6150NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6151TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6152LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6153DEFAULT: on
6154DOC_START
5473c134 6155 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6156 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6157 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 6158
5473c134 6159 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6160 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 6161
5473c134 6162 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6163 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6164 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 6165
5473c134 6166 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6167 this directive.
8d6275c0 6168DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 6169
5473c134 6170NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6171TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6172LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6173DEFAULT: off
6174DOC_START
5473c134 6175 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6176 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6177 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 6178
5473c134 6179 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6180 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6181 fails.
6182
6183 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6184 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6185 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 6186DOC_END
6187
5473c134 6188NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 6189TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 6190LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6191DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6192DOC_START
5473c134 6193 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6194
5473c134 6195 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6196 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6197 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6198 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6199 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6200
5473c134 6201 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6202 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6203
5473c134 6204 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6205
5473c134 6206 acl FTP proto FTP
6207 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6208
5473c134 6209 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6210 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6211 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6212 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6213 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6214
5473c134 6215 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6216 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6217 always_direct deny local-external
6218 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6219
5473c134 6220 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6221 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6222 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6223 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6224
5473c134 6225 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6226 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6227 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6228
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6229 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6230 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6231DOC_END
0976f8db 6232
5473c134 6233NAME: never_direct
6234TYPE: acl_access
6235LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6236DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6237DOC_START
5473c134 6238 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6239
6240 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6241 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6242
6243 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6244 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6245 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6246 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6247
6248 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6249 never_direct deny local-servers
6250 never_direct allow all
6251
6252 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6253 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6254
6255 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6256 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6257 always_direct deny local-external
6258 always_direct allow local-intranet
6259 never_direct allow all
6260
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6261 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6262 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6263DOC_END
0976f8db 6264
5473c134 6265COMMENT_START
6266 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6267 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6268COMMENT_END
6269
cccac0a2 6270NAME: incoming_icp_average
6271TYPE: int
6272DEFAULT: 6
6273LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
6274DOC_NONE
6275
6276NAME: incoming_http_average
6277TYPE: int
6278DEFAULT: 4
6279LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
6280DOC_NONE
6281
6282NAME: incoming_dns_average
6283TYPE: int
6284DEFAULT: 4
6285LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
6286DOC_NONE
6287
6288NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6289TYPE: int
6290DEFAULT: 8
6291LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
6292DOC_NONE
6293
6294NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6295TYPE: int
6296DEFAULT: 8
6297LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
6298DOC_NONE
6299
6300NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6301TYPE: int
6302DEFAULT: 8
6303LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
6304DOC_START
5473c134 6305 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6306 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6307 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6308DOC_END
6309
6310NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6311TYPE: string
6312DEFAULT: none
6313LOC: Config.accept_filter
6314DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6315 FreeBSD:
6316
5473c134 6317 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6318 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6319 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6320
6321 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6322 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6323 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6324
6325 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6326 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6327 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6328
6329 Linux:
6330
6331 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6332 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6333 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6334 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6335 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6336EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6337# FreeBSD
5473c134 6338accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6339# Linux
6340accept_filter data
5473c134 6341DOC_END
6342
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6343NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6344TYPE: int
6345LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6346DEFAULT: -1
6347DOC_START
6348 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6349 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6350 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6351
6352 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6353 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6354
6355 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6356
6357 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6358 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6359DOC_END
6360
5473c134 6361NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6362COMMENT: (bytes)
6363TYPE: b_size_t
6364DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6365LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6366DOC_START
6367 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6368 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6369 the default buffer size.
6370DOC_END
6371
6372COMMENT_START
6373 ICAP OPTIONS
6374 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6375COMMENT_END
6376
6377NAME: icap_enable
6378TYPE: onoff
6379IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6380COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6381LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6382DEFAULT: off
6383DOC_START
53e738c6 6384 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6385DOC_END
6386
6387NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6388TYPE: time_t
6389DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6390LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6391IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6392DOC_START
6393 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6394 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6395 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6396
6397 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6398 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6399 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6400DOC_END
6401
6402NAME: icap_io_timeout
6403COMMENT: time-units
6404TYPE: time_t
6405DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6406LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6407IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6408DOC_START
6409 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6410 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6411 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6412 failure.
6413
6414 The default is read_timeout.
6415DOC_END
6416
6417NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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6418COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
6419TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6420IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6421LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6422DEFAULT: 10
6423DOC_START
6424 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6425 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6426 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6427 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6428 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6429
6430 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6431 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6432 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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6433
6434 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6435 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6436 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6437 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6438 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6439
6440 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6441 effect on service failure expiration.
6442
6443 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6444 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6445 setting.
6446
6447 For example,
6448 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6449 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6450DOC_END
6451
5473c134 6452NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6453TYPE: int
5473c134 6454IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6455LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6456DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6457DOC_START
5473c134 6458 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6459 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6460 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6461 fetched.
cccac0a2 6462
5473c134 6463 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6464 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6465DOC_END
6466
5473c134 6467NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6468TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6469IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6470COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6471LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6472DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6473DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6474 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6475 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6476 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6477 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6478
6479 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6480 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6481 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6482
6483 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6484 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6485Example:
6486icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6487DOC_END
6488
5473c134 6489NAME: icap_preview_size
6490TYPE: int
6491IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6492LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6493DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6494DOC_START
53e738c6 6495 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6496 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6497 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6498DOC_END
6499
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6500NAME: icap_206_enable
6501TYPE: onoff
6502IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6503COMMENT: on|off
6504LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6505DEFAULT: on
6506DOC_START
6507 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6508 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6509 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6510 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6511
6512 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6513 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6514 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6515 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6516 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6517
6518 Example:
6519 icap_206_enable off
6520DOC_END
6521
5473c134 6522NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6523TYPE: int
6524IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6525LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6526DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6527DOC_START
53e738c6 6528 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6529 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6530DOC_END
6531
5473c134 6532NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6533TYPE: onoff
6534IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6535COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6536LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6537DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6538DOC_START
5473c134 6539 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6540 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6541DOC_END
6542
22fff3bf 6543NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 6544TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6545IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6546COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6547LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 6548DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6549DOC_START
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6550 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
6551 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
6552 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
6553
6554 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 6555DOC_END
6556
22fff3bf 6557NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 6558TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6559IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6560COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6561LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 6562DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6563DOC_START
5473c134 6564 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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6565 the adaptation service.
6566
6567 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 6568 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6569 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6570DOC_END
6571
5473c134 6572NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6573TYPE: string
5473c134 6574IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6575LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6576DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6577DOC_START
db49f682 6578 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 6579DOC_END
6580
5473c134 6581NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6582TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6583IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6584COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6585LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6586DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6587DOC_START
5473c134 6588 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6589DOC_END
6590
5473c134 6591NAME: icap_service
6592TYPE: icap_service_type
6593IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6594LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6595DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6596DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6597 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6598
a22e6cd3 6599 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
7d90757b 6600
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6601 service_name: ID
6602 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
6603
6604 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6605 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6606 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6607 are not yet supported.
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6608
6609 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
6610 ICAP server and service location.
6611
6612 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6613 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6614 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6615 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6616 service_names differ.
6617
6618
6619 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6620 the following name=value options:
6621
6622 bypass=on|off|1|0
6623 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6624 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6625 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6626 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6627 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6628 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6629 returned to the HTTP client.
6630
6631 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6632
6633 routing=on|off|1|0
6634 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6635 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6636 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6637 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6638 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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6639 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
6640 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
6641 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
6642
6643 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
6644 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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6645
6646 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6647 response header is ignored.
6648
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6649 ipv6=on|off
6650 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6651 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6652 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6653
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6654 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
6655 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
6656 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
6657 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
6658 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
6659 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
6660 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
6661
6662 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
6663 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
6664 workers may use a given service.
6665
6666 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
6667 otherwise it is set to "wait".
6668
6669
6670 max-conn=number
6671 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
6672 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
6673
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6674 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6675 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 6676
5473c134 6677Example:
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6678icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
6679icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 6680DOC_END
6681
5473c134 6682NAME: icap_class
6683TYPE: icap_class_type
6684IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6685LOC: none
5473c134 6686DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6687DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6688 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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6689 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6690 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 6691
62c7f90e 6692 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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6693 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6694 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 6695DOC_END
6696
5473c134 6697NAME: icap_access
6698TYPE: icap_access_type
6699IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6700LOC: none
cccac0a2 6701DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6702DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6703 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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6704 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6705 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 6706DOC_END
6707
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6708COMMENT_START
6709 eCAP OPTIONS
6710 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6711COMMENT_END
6712
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6713NAME: ecap_enable
6714TYPE: onoff
6715IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6716COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6717LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6718DEFAULT: off
6719DOC_START
6720 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6721DOC_END
6722
6723NAME: ecap_service
6724TYPE: ecap_service_type
6725IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6726LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6727DEFAULT: none
6728DOC_START
6729 Defines a single eCAP service
6730
6731 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
6732
6733 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6734 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6735 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6736 are not yet supported.
6737 bypass = 1|0
6738 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
6739 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6740 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6741 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6742 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6743 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6744 HTTP client.
6745 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6746
6747Example:
6748ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6749ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6750DOC_END
6751
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6752NAME: loadable_modules
6753TYPE: wordlist
6754IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6755LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6756DEFAULT: none
6757DOC_START
6758 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6759 preloaded module(s).
6760Example:
6761loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6762DOC_END
6763
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6764COMMENT_START
6765 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6766 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6767COMMENT_END
6768
6769NAME: adaptation_service_set
6770TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6771IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6772LOC: none
6773DEFAULT: none
6774DOC_START
6775
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6776 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6777 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6778
6779 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6780
6781 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6782 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6783 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6784 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6785 intact.
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6787 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6788 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 6789
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6790 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6791 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6792
6793 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6794 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6795 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6796 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6797 transaction fails as well.
6798
6799 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6800 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6801 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6802 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6803 matters.
6804
6805 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6806
6807Example:
6808adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6809adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6810DOC_END
6811
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6812NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6813TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6814IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6815LOC: none
6816DEFAULT: none
6817DOC_START
6818
6819 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6820 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6821 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6822
6823 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6824
6825 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6826 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6827 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6828 the previous service in the chain.
6829
6830 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6831 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6832
6833 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6834 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6835 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6836
6837 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6838 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6839
6840 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6841 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6842 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6843 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6844
6845 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6846
6847Example:
6848adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6849DOC_END
6850
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6851NAME: adaptation_access
6852TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6853IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6854LOC: none
6855DEFAULT: none
6856DOC_START
6857 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6858
6859 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6860 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6861
6862 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6863 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6864 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6865 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6866
6867 - services serving different vectoring points
6868 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6869 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6870 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6871
6872 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6873 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6874 adaptation_service_set for details.
6875
6876 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6877 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6878 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6879 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6880
6881 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6882 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6883
6884 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6885
6886Example:
6887adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6888DOC_END
6889
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6890NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6891TYPE: int
6892IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6893LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6894DEFAULT: 16
6895DOC_START
6896 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6897 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6898 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6899 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6900 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6901 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6902
6903 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6904
6905 See also: icap_service routing=1
6906DOC_END
6907
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6908NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6909TYPE: string
6910IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6911LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6912DEFAULT: none
6913DOC_START
6914 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6915 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6916 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6917 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6918 with the master transaction.
6919
6920 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6921 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6922
6923 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6924 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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6925 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
6926
6927 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6928 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
6929 to provide an option with a name specified in
6930 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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6932 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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6933 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6934
6935 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6936
6937Example:
6938# share authentication information among ICAP services
6939adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6940DOC_END
6941
6942NAME: icap_retry
6943TYPE: acl_access
6944IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6945LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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6946DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6947DOC_START
6948 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6949 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6950 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6951 that response are usually retriable.
6952
6953 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6954
6955 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6956 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6957
6958 See also: icap_retry_limit
6959DOC_END
6960
6961NAME: icap_retry_limit
6962TYPE: int
6963IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6964LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6965DEFAULT: 0
6966DOC_START
6967 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6968 no retries are allowed.
6969
6970 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6971 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6972 count against this limit.
6973
6974 See also: icap_retry
6975DOC_END
6976
6977
5473c134 6978COMMENT_START
6979 DNS OPTIONS
6980 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6981COMMENT_END
6982
6983NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6984TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6985DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6986LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6987DOC_START
5473c134 6988 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6989 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6990 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 6991DOC_END
6992
5473c134 6993NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6994TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6995DEFAULT: on
5473c134 6996LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6997DOC_START
5473c134 6998 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6999 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
7000 Squid to be strict about the standard.
7001 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 7002DOC_END
7003
5473c134 7004NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 7005TYPE: string
5473c134 7006IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
7007DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
7008LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 7009DOC_START
5473c134 7010 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 7011DOC_END
7012
5473c134 7013NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 7014TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 7015IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 7016DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 7017LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 7018DOC_START
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7019 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
7020 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
7021 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
7022 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
7023 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
7024
7025 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
7026 tuning.
7027
7028 startup=
7029
7030 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
7031 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
7032 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
7033
7034 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
7035 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
7036
7037 idle=
7038
7039 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
7040 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
7041 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
7042 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 7043DOC_END
7044
5473c134 7045NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 7046TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 7047DEFAULT: 5 seconds
7048LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
7049IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 7050DOC_START
5473c134 7051 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
7052 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 7053DOC_END
7054
5473c134 7055NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 7056TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 7057DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 7058LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
7059IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 7060DOC_START
5473c134 7061 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7062 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
7063 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 7064DOC_END
7065
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7066NAME: dns_packet_max
7067TYPE: b_ssize_t
7068DEFAULT: none
7069LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
7070IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
7071DOC_START
7072 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
7073 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
7074
7075 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
7076 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
7077 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
7078 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
7079 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
7080
7081 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
7082 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
7083 necessary.
7084
7085 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
7086 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
7087 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
7088 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
7089 sizes being advertised by Squid.
7090 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
7091 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
7092DOC_END
7093
5473c134 7094NAME: dns_defnames
7095COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 7096TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7097DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7098LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 7099DOC_START
5473c134 7100 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
7101 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
7102 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
7103 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 7104DOC_END
7105
5473c134 7106NAME: dns_nameservers
7107TYPE: wordlist
7108DEFAULT: none
7109LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 7110DOC_START
5473c134 7111 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
7112 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
7113 /etc/resolv.conf file.
7114 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
7115 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
7116 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
7117 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 7118
5473c134 7119 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 7120DOC_END
7121
5473c134 7122NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 7123TYPE: string
5473c134 7124DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
7125LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 7126DOC_START
5473c134 7127 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
7128 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7129 default locations:
7130 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
7131 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7132 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
7133 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7134 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
7135 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
7136 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
7137 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 7138
5473c134 7139 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
7140 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
7141 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
7142 character are comments.
cccac0a2 7143
5473c134 7144 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7145 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7146 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7147 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7148 definitions.
cccac0a2 7149DOC_END
7150
5473c134 7151NAME: append_domain
7152TYPE: string
7153LOC: Config.appendDomain
7154DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 7155DOC_START
5473c134 7156 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7157 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7158
7159 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7160 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7161 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7162
7163Example:
7164 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 7165DOC_END
7166
5473c134 7167NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7168TYPE: onoff
7169LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 7170DEFAULT: on
f10a6c8a 7171IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
df6fd596 7172DOC_START
5473c134 7173 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7174 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7175 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7176 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7177 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 7178DOC_END
7179
cc192b50 7180NAME: dns_v4_fallback
7181TYPE: onoff
7182DEFAULT: on
7183LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
f10a6c8a 7184IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cc192b50 7185DOC_START
7186 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
7187 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
7188 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
7189
7190 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
7191 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
7192
7193 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
7194 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
7195
7196 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
7197 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
7198 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
7199DOC_END
7200
6bc15a4f 7201NAME: ipcache_size
7202COMMENT: (number of entries)
7203TYPE: int
7204DEFAULT: 1024
7205LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7206DOC_NONE
7207
7208NAME: ipcache_low
7209COMMENT: (percent)
7210TYPE: int
7211DEFAULT: 90
7212LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7213DOC_NONE
7214
7215NAME: ipcache_high
7216COMMENT: (percent)
7217TYPE: int
7218DEFAULT: 95
7219LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7220DOC_START
7221 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7222DOC_END
7223
7224NAME: fqdncache_size
7225COMMENT: (number of entries)
7226TYPE: int
7227DEFAULT: 1024
7228LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7229DOC_START
7230 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7231DOC_END
7232
a58ff010 7233COMMENT_START
5473c134 7234 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7235 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7236COMMENT_END
7237
5473c134 7238NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7239COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7240TYPE: onoff
7241DEFAULT: on
7242LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7243DOC_START
5473c134 7244 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7245 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7246 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7247 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7248DOC_END
7249
5473c134 7250NAME: memory_pools_limit
7251COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7252TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7253DEFAULT: 5 MB
7254LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7255DOC_START
5473c134 7256 Used only with memory_pools on:
7257 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7258
5473c134 7259 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7260 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7261 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7262 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7263 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7264 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7265 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7266
89646bd7 7267 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7268 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7269
5473c134 7270 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7271 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7272
7273 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7274 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7275 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7276 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7277DOC_END
7278
5473c134 7279NAME: forwarded_for
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7280COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7281TYPE: string
5473c134 7282DEFAULT: on
7283LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7284DOC_START
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7285 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7286 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7287
5473c134 7288 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7289
67c06f0d 7290 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7291
7292 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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7293
7294 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7295 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7296
7297 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7298 X-Forwarded-For header.
7299
7300 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 7301 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7302DOC_END
7303
5473c134 7304NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7305TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7306DEFAULT: none
7307LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7308DOC_START
5473c134 7309 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7310
5473c134 7311 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7312
7313 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7314 5min
7315 60min
7316 asndb
7317 authenticator
7318 cbdata
7319 client_list
7320 comm_incoming
7321 config *
7322 counters
7323 delay
7324 digest_stats
7325 dns
7326 events
7327 filedescriptors
7328 fqdncache
7329 histograms
7330 http_headers
7331 info
7332 io
7333 ipcache
7334 mem
7335 menu
7336 netdb
7337 non_peers
7338 objects
7339 offline_toggle *
7340 pconn
7341 peer_select
b360c477 7342 reconfigure *
5473c134 7343 redirector
7344 refresh
7345 server_list
7346 shutdown *
7347 store_digest
7348 storedir
7349 utilization
7350 via_headers
7351 vm_objects
7352
7353 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7354 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7355
7356 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7357 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7358 password to "none".
7359
7360 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7361
7362Example:
7363 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7364 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7365 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7366DOC_END
7367
5473c134 7368NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7369COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7370TYPE: onoff
7371DEFAULT: on
7372LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7373DOC_START
5473c134 7374 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7375 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7376DOC_END
7377
5473c134 7378NAME: refresh_all_ims
7379COMMENT: on|off
7380TYPE: onoff
7381DEFAULT: off
7382LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7383DOC_START
5473c134 7384 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7385 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7386 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7387 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7388 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7389
5473c134 7390 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7391 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7392DOC_END
7393
5473c134 7394NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7395IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7396COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7397TYPE: onoff
7398DEFAULT: off
7399LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7400DOC_START
5473c134 7401 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7402 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7403 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7404 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7405 causes.
7406
7407 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7408DOC_END
7409
31ef19cd 7410NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 7411TYPE: int
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AJ
7412LOC: Config.connect_retries
7413DEFAULT: 0
a58ff010 7414DOC_START
aed188fd
AJ
7415 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
7416 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
7417 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
7418
7419 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
7420 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 7421
31ef19cd
AJ
7422 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
7423 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 7424
31ef19cd
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7425 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
7426 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
7427 a useful server.
a58ff010 7428DOC_END
7429
5473c134 7430NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7431TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7432LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7433DEFAULT: off
7434DOC_START
aea8548b
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7435 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
7436 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
7437 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
7438 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
7439
7440 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
7441 work around access control errors.
7442
7443 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
7444 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 7445DOC_END
7446
5473c134 7447NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7448TYPE: string
5473c134 7449LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7450DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7451DOC_START
5473c134 7452 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7453 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7454DOC_END
7455
5473c134 7456NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7457TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7458LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7459DEFAULT: off
7460DOC_START
5473c134 7461 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7462 objects.
a58ff010 7463DOC_END
7464
5473c134 7465NAME: uri_whitespace
7466TYPE: uri_whitespace
7467LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7468DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7469DOC_START
5473c134 7470 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7471 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7472
5473c134 7473 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7474 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7475 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7476 Request" message.
7477 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7478 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7479 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7480 are in use.
7481 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7482 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7483 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7484 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7485 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7486 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7487 violation.
7488DOC_END
a58ff010 7489
5473c134 7490NAME: chroot
7491TYPE: string
7492LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7493DEFAULT: none
7494DOC_START
9f37c18a 7495 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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7496 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7497 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7498 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7499 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7500DOC_END
a58ff010 7501
5473c134 7502NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7503TYPE: onoff
7504LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7505DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7506DOC_START
cc192b50 7507 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7508 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7509 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7510
5473c134 7511 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7512 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7513 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7514
cc192b50 7515 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 7516DOC_END
7517
5473c134 7518NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7519TYPE: onoff
7520LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7521DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 7522DOC_START
5473c134 7523 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7524 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7525 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 7526
5473c134 7527 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7528 reasons.
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7529
7530 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 7531DOC_END
a58ff010 7532
5473c134 7533NAME: high_response_time_warning
7534TYPE: int
7535COMMENT: (msec)
7536LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7537DEFAULT: 0
7538DOC_START
7539 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7540 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7541 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 7542DOC_END
7543
5473c134 7544NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7545TYPE: int
7546LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7547DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 7548DOC_START
5473c134 7549 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7550 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7551 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7552 per second.
7553DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7554
5473c134 7555NAME: high_memory_warning
7556TYPE: b_size_t
7557LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 7558DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7559DOC_START
7560 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7561 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7562 the administrators attention.
7563DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7564
5473c134 7565NAME: sleep_after_fork
7566COMMENT: (microseconds)
7567TYPE: int
7568LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7569DEFAULT: 0
7570DOC_START
7571 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7572 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7573 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7574 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7575 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7576 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7577 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7578 until all the child processes have been started.
7579 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7580 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7581DOC_END
7582
b6696974 7583NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7584IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
b6696974
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7585COMMENT: on|off
7586TYPE: onoff
7587DEFAULT: on
7588LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7589DOC_START
7590 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7591 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7592 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7593 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7594 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7595 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7596DOC_END
7597
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7598NAME: eui_lookup
7599TYPE: onoff
7600IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7601DEFAULT: on
7602LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7603DOC_START
7604 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7605DOC_END
7606
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7607NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7608TYPE: int
7609DEFAULT: 0
7610LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7611DOC_START
7612 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7613
7614 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7615
7616 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7617 not all comm loops supports large values.
7618DOC_END
7619
13aeac35 7620NAME: workers
007d775d 7621TYPE: int
13aeac35 7622LOC: Config.workers
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7623DEFAULT: 1
7624DOC_START
13aeac35 7625 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
007d775d
AR
7626 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7627 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
13aeac35
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7628 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7629
b87f6632
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7630 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7631 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
007d775d
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7632DOC_END
7633
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7634NAME: cpu_affinity_map
7635TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
7636LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
7637DEFAULT: none
7638DOC_START
7639 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
7640
7641 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
7642
7643 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
7644
7645 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
7646 four even cores, starting with core #1.
7647
7648 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
7649 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
7650
7651 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
7652
7653 See also: workers
7654DOC_END
7655
cccac0a2 7656EOF