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31
32 COMMENT_START
33 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
34 ----------------------------
35
36 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
37 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
38 for the FAQ and other documentation.
39
40 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
41 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
42 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
43 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
44 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
45 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
46 case.
47
48 COMMENT_END
49
50 COMMENT_START
51 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
52 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53 COMMENT_END
54
55 NAME: auth_param
56 TYPE: authparam
57 LOC: Config.authConfiguration
58 DEFAULT: none
59 DOC_START
60 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
61 schemes supported by Squid.
62
63 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
64
65 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
66 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
67 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
68 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
69 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
70 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
71 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
72 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
73 program entry).
74
75 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
76 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
77 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
78 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
79
80 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
81 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
82 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
83 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
84 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
85 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
86 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
87 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
88 type acl.
89
90 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
91 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
92 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
93 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
94
95 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
96
97 "program" cmdline
98 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
99 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
100 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
101 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
102 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
103
104 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
105 program is specified.
106
107 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
108 this line to something like
109
110 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
111
112 "children" numberofchildren
113 The number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
114 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
115 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
116 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
117 authenticator processes.
118 auth_param basic children 5
119
120 "concurrency" concurrency
121 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
122 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
123 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
124 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
125 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
126 wating for the response.
127 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
128 auth_param basic concurrency 0
129
130 "realm" realmstring
131 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
132 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
133 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
134 password). There is no default.
135 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
136
137 "credentialsttl" timetolive
138 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
139 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
140 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
141 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
142 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
143 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
144 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
145 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
146 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
147
148 "casesensitive" on|off
149 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
150 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
151 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
152 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
153 auth_param basic casesensitive off
154
155 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
156
157 "program" cmdline
158 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
159 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
160 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
161 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
162 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
163 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
164 available as %m in the returned error page.
165
166 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
167 program is specified.
168
169 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
170 something like
171
172 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
173
174 "children" numberofchildren
175 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
176 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
177 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
178 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
179 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
180 auth_param digest children 5
181
182 "realm" realmstring
183 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
184 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
185 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
186 password). There is no default.
187 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
188
189 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
190 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
191 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
192
193 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
194 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
195 valid for.
196
197 "nonce_max_count" number
198 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
199 used.
200
201 "nonce_strictness" on|off
202 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
203 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
204 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
205 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
206
207 "check_nonce_count" on|off
208 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
209 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
210 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
211 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
212
213 "post_workaround" on|off
214 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
215 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
216 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
217
218 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
219
220 "program" cmdline
221 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
222 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
223 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
224 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
225 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
226 is not used.
227
228 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
229
230 "children" numberofchildren
231 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
232 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
233 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
234 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
235 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
236 processes.
237
238 auth_param ntlm children 5
239
240 "keep_alive" on|off
241 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
242 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
243 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
244 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
245 supported by the proxy.
246
247 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
248
249 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
250
251 "program" cmdline
252 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
253 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
254 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
255 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
256 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
257 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
258 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
259 is not used.
260 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
261 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
262
263 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
264
265 "children" numberofchildren
266 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
267 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
268 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
269 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
270 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
271 processes.
272 auth_param negotiate children 5
273
274 "keep_alive" on|off
275 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
276 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
277 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
278 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
279 supported by the proxy.
280
281 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
282
283 NOCOMMENT_START
284 #Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
285 #auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
286 #auth_param negotiate children 5
287 #auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
288 #auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
289 #auth_param ntlm children 5
290 #auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
291 #auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
292 #auth_param digest children 5
293 #auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
294 #auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
295 #auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
296 #auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
297 #auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
298 #auth_param basic children 5
299 #auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
300 #auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
301 NOCOMMENT_END
302 DOC_END
303
304 NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
305 TYPE: time_t
306 DEFAULT: 1 hour
307 LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
308 DOC_START
309 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
310 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
311 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
312 have good reason to.
313 DOC_END
314
315 NAME: authenticate_ttl
316 TYPE: time_t
317 DEFAULT: 1 hour
318 LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
319 DOC_START
320 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
321 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
322 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
323 TTL are removed from memory.
324 DOC_END
325
326 NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
327 TYPE: time_t
328 LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
329 DEFAULT: 0 seconds
330 DOC_START
331 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
332 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
333 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
334 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
335 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
336 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
337 environment with relatively static address assignments.
338 DOC_END
339
340 COMMENT_START
341 ACCESS CONTROLS
342 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
343 COMMENT_END
344
345 NAME: external_acl_type
346 TYPE: externalAclHelper
347 LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
348 DEFAULT: none
349 DOC_START
350 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
351 to look up the status
352
353 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
354
355 Options:
356
357 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
358 for 1 hour)
359 negative_ttl=n
360 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
361 as ttl)
362 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
363 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
364 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
365 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
366 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
367 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
368 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
369 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
370 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
371 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
372 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
373 'ipv4' is the default unless --with-localhost-ipv6 is used.
374 --with-localhost-ipv6 changes the default to 'ipv6'.
375 SPECIAL NOTE: these options override --with-localhost-ipv6
376
377 FORMAT specifications
378
379 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
380 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
381 %IDENT Ident user name
382 %SRC Client IP
383 %SRCPORT Client source port
384 %URI Requested URI
385 %DST Requested host
386 %PROTO Requested protocol
387 %PORT Requested port
388 %PATH Requested URL path
389 %METHOD Request method
390 %MYADDR Squid interface address
391 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
392 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
393 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
394 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
395 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
396 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
397 %{Header} HTTP request header
398 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
399 %{Hdr:;member}
400 HTTP request header list member using ; as
401 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
402 character.
403
404 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
405 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
406 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
407
408 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
409 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
410 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
411 more details.
412
413 General result syntax:
414
415 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
416
417 Defined keywords:
418
419 user= The users name (login)
420 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
421 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
422 in error pages
423 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
424 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
425 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
426 %ea in logformat specifications
427
428 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
429 each value in both requests and responses.
430
431 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
432 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
433 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
434
435 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
436 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
437 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
438 DOC_END
439
440 NAME: acl
441 TYPE: acl
442 LOC: Config.aclList
443 DEFAULT: all src all
444 DOC_START
445 Defining an Access List
446
447 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
448 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
449
450 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
451
452 acltype is one of the types described below
453
454 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
455 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
456
457 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
458 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
459 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
460 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
461
462 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
463 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
464 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
465 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
466 #
467 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
468 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
469 # find out its MAC address.
470
471 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
472 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
473 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
474 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
475 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
476 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
477 # if the reverse lookup fails.
478
479 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
480
481 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
482 day-abbrevs:
483 S - Sunday
484 M - Monday
485 T - Tuesday
486 W - Wednesday
487 H - Thursday
488 F - Friday
489 A - Saturday
490 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
491 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
492 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
493 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
494 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
495 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
496 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
497 acl aclname method GET POST ...
498 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
499 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
500 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
501 # pattern match on Referer header
502 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
503 acl aclname ident username ...
504 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
505 # string match on ident output.
506 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
507 acl aclname src_as number ...
508 acl aclname dst_as number ...
509 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
510 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
511 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
512 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
513 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
514 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
515 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
516
517 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
518 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
519 # list of valid usernames
520 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
521 #
522 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
523 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
524 # in access.log.
525 #
526 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
527 # to check username/password combinations (see
528 # auth_param directive).
529 #
530 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy as
531 # the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
532 # to respond to proxy authentication.
533
534 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
535 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
536 # Example:
537 #
538 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
539
540 acl aclname maxconn number
541 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
542 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
543
544 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
545 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
546 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
547 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
548 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
549 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
550 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
551 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
552 # request is denied)
553 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
554 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
555 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
556
557 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
558 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
559 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
560 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
561 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
562 # to match the returned file type.
563
564 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
565 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
566 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
567 # ACLs.
568
569 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
570 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
571 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
572 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
573 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
574 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
575 # http_reply_access.
576
577 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
578 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
579 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
580 # ACLs.
581
582 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
583 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
584 # external_acl_type directive.
585
586 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
587 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
588 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
589
590 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
591 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
592 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
593
594 acl aclname ext_user username ...
595 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
596 # string match on username returned by external acl helper
597 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
598
599 Examples:
600 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
601 acl myexample dst_as 1241
602 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
603 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
604 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
605
606 NOCOMMENT_START
607 #Recommended minimum configuration:
608 acl manager proto cache_object
609 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
610 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
611 #
612 # Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
613 # Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
614 # should be allowed
615 acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
616 acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
617 acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
618 #
619 acl SSL_ports port 443
620 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
621 acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
622 acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
623 acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
624 acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
625 acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
626 acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
627 acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
628 acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
629 acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
630 acl CONNECT method CONNECT
631 NOCOMMENT_END
632 DOC_END
633
634 NAME: http_access
635 TYPE: acl_access
636 LOC: Config.accessList.http
637 DEFAULT: none
638 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
639 DOC_START
640 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
641
642 Access to the HTTP port:
643 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
644
645 NOTE on default values:
646
647 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
648 the request.
649
650 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
651 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
652 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
653 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
654 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
655 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
656
657 NOCOMMENT_START
658 #Recommended minimum configuration:
659 #
660 # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
661 http_access allow manager localhost
662 http_access deny manager
663 # Deny requests to unknown ports
664 http_access deny !Safe_ports
665 # Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
666 http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
667 #
668 # We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
669 # web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
670 # one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
671 #http_access deny to_localhost
672 #
673 # INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
674
675 # Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
676 # Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
677 # from where browsing should be allowed
678 http_access allow localnet
679
680 # And finally deny all other access to this proxy
681 http_access deny all
682 NOCOMMENT_END
683 DOC_END
684
685 NAME: http_reply_access
686 TYPE: acl_access
687 LOC: Config.accessList.reply
688 DEFAULT: none
689 DOC_START
690 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
691
692 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
693
694 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
695 all replies
696
697 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
698 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
699 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
700 DOC_END
701
702 NAME: icp_access
703 TYPE: acl_access
704 LOC: Config.accessList.icp
705 DEFAULT: none
706 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
707 DOC_START
708 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
709 access lists
710
711 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
712
713 See http_access for details
714
715 NOCOMMENT_START
716 #Allow ICP queries from local networks only
717 icp_access allow localnet
718 icp_access deny all
719 NOCOMMENT_END
720 DOC_END
721
722 NAME: htcp_access
723 IFDEF: USE_HTCP
724 TYPE: acl_access
725 LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
726 DEFAULT: none
727 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
728 DOC_START
729 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
730 access lists
731
732 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
733
734 See http_access for details
735
736 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
737 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
738 using the htcp or htcp-oldsquid options.
739
740 NOCOMMENT_START
741 #Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
742 htcp_access allow localnet
743 htcp_access deny all
744 NOCOMMENT_END
745 DOC_END
746
747 NAME: htcp_clr_access
748 IFDEF: USE_HTCP
749 TYPE: acl_access
750 LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
751 DEFAULT: none
752 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
753 DOC_START
754 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
755 on defined access lists
756
757 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
758
759 See http_access for details
760
761 #Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
762 acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
763 htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
764 DOC_END
765
766 NAME: miss_access
767 TYPE: acl_access
768 LOC: Config.accessList.miss
769 DEFAULT: none
770 DOC_START
771 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
772 a parent. For example:
773
774 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
775 miss_access allow localclients
776 miss_access deny !localclients
777
778 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
779 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
780
781 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
782 to fetch MISSES from us.
783
784 NOCOMMENT_START
785 #Default setting:
786 # miss_access allow all
787 NOCOMMENT_END
788 DOC_END
789
790 NAME: ident_lookup_access
791 TYPE: acl_access
792 IFDEF: USE_IDENT
793 DEFAULT: none
794 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
795 LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
796 DOC_START
797 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
798 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
799 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
800 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
801 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
802 any requests.
803
804 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
805 can follow this example:
806
807 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
808 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
809 ident_lookup_access deny all
810
811 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
812 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
813 the correct result.
814 DOC_END
815
816 NAME: reply_body_max_size
817 COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
818 TYPE: acl_b_size_t
819 DEFAULT: none
820 LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
821 DOC_START
822 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
823 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
824 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
825 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
826 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
827 for this reply.
828
829 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
830 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
831 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
832 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
833 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
834 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
835 and they will receive a partial reply.
836
837 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
838 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
839 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
840 use this option if you have downstream caches.
841
842 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
843 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
844 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
845 the size of your largest error page.
846
847 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
848 no limit imposed.
849 DOC_END
850
851 COMMENT_START
852 NETWORK OPTIONS
853 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
854 COMMENT_END
855
856 NAME: http_port ascii_port
857 TYPE: http_port_list
858 DEFAULT: none
859 LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
860 DOC_START
861 Usage: port [options]
862 hostname:port [options]
863 1.2.3.4:port [options]
864
865 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
866 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
867 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
868 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
869 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
870 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
871 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
872 address, so you can use the port number alone.
873
874 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
875 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
876
877 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
878 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
879 be plain proxy ports with no options.
880
881 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
882
883 Options:
884
885 transparent Support for transparent interception of
886 outgoing requests without browser settings.
887
888 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
889 connections using the client IP address.
890
891 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
892 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
893
894 defaultsite=domainname
895 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
896 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
897 accelerators should consider the default.
898 Implies accel.
899
900 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
901 domain support. Implies accel.
902
903 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
904 Implies accel.
905
906 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
907 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
908
909 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
910 Defaults to http.
911
912 disable-pmtu-discovery=
913 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
914 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
915 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
916 support is enabled.
917 always disable always PMTU discovery.
918
919 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
920 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
921 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
922 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
923 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
924 have such setup and experience that certain clients
925 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
926 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
927
928 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
929 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
930 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
931 visible on the internal address.
932
933 NOCOMMENT_START
934 # Squid normally listens to port 3128
935 http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
936 NOCOMMENT_END
937 DOC_END
938
939 NAME: https_port
940 IFDEF: USE_SSL
941 TYPE: https_port_list
942 DEFAULT: none
943 LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
944 DOC_START
945 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
946
947 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
948 requests.
949
950 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
951 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
952 accelerator level.
953
954 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
955 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
956
957 Options:
958
959 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
960 defaultsite or vhost.
961
962 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
963 this port. Implies accel.
964
965 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
966 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
967 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
968 Implies accel.
969
970 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
971 Defaults to https.
972
973 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
974
975 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
976 if not specified, the certificate file is
977 assumed to be a combined certificate and
978 key file.
979
980 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
981 1 automatic (default)
982 2 SSLv2 only
983 3 SSLv3 only
984 4 TLSv1 only
985
986 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
987
988 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
989 being:
990 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
991 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
992 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
993 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
994 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
995 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
996 documentation for a complete list of options.
997
998 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
999 requesting a client certificate.
1000
1001 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1002 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1003 clientca will be used.
1004
1005 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1006 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1007
1008 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1009 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1010 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1011
1012 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1013 DH key exchanges.
1014
1015 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1016 DELAYED_AUTH
1017 Don't request client certificates
1018 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1019 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1020 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1021 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1022 to OpenSSL.
1023 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1024 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1025 will result in a new SSL session.
1026 VERIFY_CRL
1027 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1028 certificates.
1029 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1030 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1031 client certificate chain.
1032
1033 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1034
1035 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1036
1037 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1038 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1039
1040 DOC_END
1041
1042 NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1043 TYPE: acl_tos
1044 DEFAULT: none
1045 LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
1046 DOC_START
1047 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
1048 connections with, based on the username or source address
1049 making the request.
1050
1051 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1052
1053 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1054 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
1055
1056 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
1057 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
1058 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1059 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1060
1061 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
1062 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474 and
1063 RFC3260.
1064
1065 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1066 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
1067 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
1068 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
1069
1070 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1071 matching line.
1072
1073 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1074 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1075 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
1076 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
1077 DOC_END
1078
1079 NAME: clientside_tos
1080 TYPE: acl_tos
1081 DEFAULT: none
1082 LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
1083 DOC_START
1084 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
1085 connections with, based on the username or source address
1086 making the request.
1087 DOC_END
1088
1089 NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1090 TYPE: acl_address
1091 DEFAULT: none
1092 LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1093 DOC_START
1094 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1095 based on the username or source address of the user making
1096 the request.
1097
1098 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
1099
1100 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1101 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1102 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1103 source address 10.1.0.3.
1104
1105 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
1106 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
1107 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
1108 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
1109 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
1110
1111 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1112 matching line.
1113
1114 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1115 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1116 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1117 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
1118
1119
1120 IPv6 Magic:
1121
1122 Squid is built with a capability of bridging the IPv4 and IPv6 internets.
1123 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1124 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1125 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1126
1127 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1128 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1129 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1130
1131 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1132 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
1133 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
1134
1135 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
1136 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
1137
1138 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
1139 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3 !to_ipv6
1140 DOC_END
1141
1142 COMMENT_START
1143 SSL OPTIONS
1144 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1145 COMMENT_END
1146
1147 NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1148 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1149 TYPE: onoff
1150 DEFAULT: off
1151 LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
1152 DOC_START
1153 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1154 messages.
1155 DOC_END
1156
1157 NAME: ssl_engine
1158 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1159 TYPE: string
1160 LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1161 DEFAULT: none
1162 DOC_START
1163 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1164 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
1165 DOC_END
1166
1167 NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1168 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1169 DEFAULT: none
1170 LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1171 TYPE: string
1172 DOC_START
1173 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
1174 DOC_END
1175
1176 NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1177 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1178 DEFAULT: none
1179 LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1180 TYPE: string
1181 DOC_START
1182 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
1183 DOC_END
1184
1185 NAME: sslproxy_version
1186 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1187 DEFAULT: 1
1188 LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1189 TYPE: int
1190 DOC_START
1191 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
1192 DOC_END
1193
1194 NAME: sslproxy_options
1195 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1196 DEFAULT: none
1197 LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1198 TYPE: string
1199 DOC_START
1200 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
1201 DOC_END
1202
1203 NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1204 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1205 DEFAULT: none
1206 LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1207 TYPE: string
1208 DOC_START
1209 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
1210 DOC_END
1211
1212 NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1213 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1214 DEFAULT: none
1215 LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1216 TYPE: string
1217 DOC_START
1218 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1219 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
1220 DOC_END
1221
1222 NAME: sslproxy_capath
1223 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1224 DEFAULT: none
1225 LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1226 TYPE: string
1227 DOC_START
1228 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1229 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
1230 DOC_END
1231
1232 NAME: sslproxy_flags
1233 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1234 DEFAULT: none
1235 LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1236 TYPE: string
1237 DOC_START
1238 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
1239 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates even if they fail to
1240 verify.
1241 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1242 to OpenSSL.
1243 DOC_END
1244
1245 NAME: sslpassword_program
1246 IFDEF: USE_SSL
1247 DEFAULT: none
1248 LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1249 TYPE: string
1250 DOC_START
1251 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1252 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1253 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1254 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
1255 DOC_END
1256
1257 COMMENT_START
1258 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
1259 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1260 COMMENT_END
1261
1262 NAME: cache_peer
1263 TYPE: peer
1264 DEFAULT: none
1265 LOC: Config.peers
1266 DOC_START
1267 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
1268
1269 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
1270
1271 For example,
1272
1273 # proxy icp
1274 # hostname type port port options
1275 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
1276 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 proxy-only default
1277 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1278 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1279
1280 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
1281
1282 proxy-port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
1283 requests.
1284
1285 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
1286 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
1287 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
1288 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
1289 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
1290 NOTE: Also requires icp_port option enabled to send/receive
1291 requests via this method.
1292
1293 options: proxy-only
1294 weight=n
1295 basetime=n
1296 ttl=n
1297 no-query
1298 background-ping
1299 default
1300 round-robin
1301 weighted-round-robin
1302 carp
1303 multicast-responder
1304 closest-only
1305 no-digest
1306 no-netdb-exchange
1307 no-delay
1308 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
1309 connect-timeout=nn
1310 digest-url=url
1311 allow-miss
1312 max-conn=n
1313 htcp
1314 htcp-oldsquid
1315 originserver
1316 name=xxx
1317 forceddomain=name
1318 ssl
1319 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
1320 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
1321 sslversion=1|2|3|4
1322 sslcipher=...
1323 ssloptions=...
1324 front-end-https[=on|auto]
1325
1326 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
1327 from this cache should not be saved locally.
1328
1329 use 'weight=n' to affect the selection of a peer
1330 during any weighted peer-selection mechanisms.
1331 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
1332 larger weights are favored more.
1333 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
1334 protocol is not in use.
1335
1336 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
1337 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
1338 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
1339 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
1340 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
1341
1342 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
1343 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
1344 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
1345 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
1346 hosts, you must configure other group members as
1347 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
1348
1349 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
1350 neighbor.
1351
1352 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
1353 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
1354 round trip time updated and is usually used in
1355 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
1356
1357 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
1358 be used as a "last-resort" if a peer cannot be located
1359 by any of the peer-selection mechanisms.
1360 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
1361
1362 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
1363 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
1364 absence of any ICP queries.
1365
1366 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
1367 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
1368 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
1369 time. Closer parents are used more often.
1370 Usually used for background-ping parents.
1371
1372 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
1373 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
1374 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
1375 balancing hash function based on their weight.
1376
1377 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
1378 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
1379 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
1380 will be accepted from it.
1381
1382 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
1383 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
1384 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
1385
1386 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
1387 this neighbor.
1388
1389 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
1390 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
1391
1392 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
1393 from influencing the delay pools.
1394
1395 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
1396 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
1397 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
1398 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
1399
1400 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
1401 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
1402 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
1403 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
1404 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
1405 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
1406 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
1407 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
1408 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
1409 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
1410
1411 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
1412 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
1413 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
1414 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
1415 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
1416 information which is added to the username. This can
1417 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
1418 the login=username:password option above.
1419
1420 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
1421 specific connect timeout (also see the
1422 peer_connect_timeout directive)
1423
1424 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
1425 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
1426 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
1427 location.
1428
1429 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
1430 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
1431 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
1432 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
1433 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
1434 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
1435 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
1436 source is a peer)
1437
1438 use 'max-conn=n' to limit the amount of connections Squid
1439 may open to this peer.
1440
1441 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
1442 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
1443 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
1444 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1445 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
1446
1447 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
1448 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1449 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
1450
1451 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
1452 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
1453
1454 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
1455 host but different ports. This name can be used to
1456 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
1457 directives.
1458
1459 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
1460 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
1461 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
1462 name and using redirectors to feed this domain name
1463 is not feasible.
1464
1465 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
1466 be SSL/TLS encrypted.
1467
1468 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
1469 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
1470
1471 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
1472 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
1473 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
1474 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
1475
1476 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
1477 when connecting to this peer
1478 1 = automatic (default)
1479 2 = SSL v2 only
1480 3 = SSL v3 only
1481 4 = TLS v1 only
1482
1483 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL ciphers
1484 to use when connecting to this peer.
1485
1486 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
1487 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1488 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1489 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1490 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
1491 a more complete list.
1492
1493 use sslcafile=... to specify a file containing
1494 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1495 peer certificate.
1496
1497 use sslcapath=... to specify a directory containing
1498 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1499 peer certificate.
1500
1501 use sslcrlfile=... to specify a certificate revocation
1502 list file to use when verifying the peer certificate.
1503
1504 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
1505 SSL implementation:
1506 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
1507 Accept certificates even if they fail to
1508 verify.
1509 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1510 Don't use the default CA list built in
1511 to OpenSSL.
1512 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
1513 Don't verify the peer certificate
1514 matches the server name
1515
1516 use ssldomain= to specify the peer name as advertised
1517 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
1518 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
1519 peer hostname will be used.
1520
1521 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
1522 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend in front
1523 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
1524 on this header. If set to auto the header will
1525 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
1526 URL.
1527 DOC_END
1528
1529 NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
1530 TYPE: hostdomain
1531 DEFAULT: none
1532 LOC: none
1533 DOC_START
1534 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
1535 queried. Usage:
1536
1537 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
1538 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
1539
1540 For example, specifying
1541
1542 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
1543
1544 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
1545 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
1546 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
1547 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
1548 NOT in that domain.
1549
1550 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
1551 either on the same or separate lines.
1552 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
1553 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
1554 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
1555 for all requests.
1556 * There are no defaults.
1557 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
1558 section.
1559 DOC_END
1560
1561 NAME: cache_peer_access
1562 TYPE: peer_access
1563 DEFAULT: none
1564 LOC: none
1565 DOC_START
1566 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
1567 using ACL elements.
1568
1569 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1570
1571 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
1572 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
1573 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
1574 DOC_END
1575
1576 NAME: neighbor_type_domain
1577 TYPE: hostdomaintype
1578 DEFAULT: none
1579 LOC: none
1580 DOC_START
1581 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
1582
1583 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
1584 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
1585 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
1586 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
1587 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
1588 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
1589
1590 EXAMPLE:
1591 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
1592 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
1593 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
1594 DOC_END
1595
1596 NAME: dead_peer_timeout
1597 COMMENT: (seconds)
1598 DEFAULT: 10 seconds
1599 TYPE: time_t
1600 LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
1601 DOC_START
1602 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
1603 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
1604 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
1605 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
1606 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
1607 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
1608
1609 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
1610 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
1611 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
1612 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
1613 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
1614 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
1615 instead of to your parents.
1616 DOC_END
1617
1618 NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
1619 TYPE: wordlist
1620 DEFAULT: none
1621 LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
1622 DOC_START
1623 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
1624 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
1625 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
1626 list this option multiple times.
1627 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
1628 NOCOMMENT_START
1629 #We recommend you to use at least the following line.
1630 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
1631 NOCOMMENT_END
1632 DOC_END
1633
1634 COMMENT_START
1635 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
1636 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1637 COMMENT_END
1638
1639 NAME: cache_mem
1640 COMMENT: (bytes)
1641 TYPE: b_size_t
1642 DEFAULT: 8 MB
1643 LOC: Config.memMaxSize
1644 DOC_START
1645 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
1646 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
1647 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
1648 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
1649
1650 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
1651 for:
1652 * In-Transit objects
1653 * Hot Objects
1654 * Negative-Cached objects
1655
1656 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
1657 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
1658 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
1659 priority.
1660
1661 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
1662 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
1663 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
1664 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
1665 not needed for in-transit objects.
1666
1667 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
1668 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
1669 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
1670 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
1671 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
1672 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
1673 objects.
1674 DOC_END
1675
1676 NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
1677 COMMENT: (bytes)
1678 TYPE: b_size_t
1679 DEFAULT: 8 KB
1680 LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
1681 DOC_START
1682 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
1683 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
1684 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
1685 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
1686 DOC_END
1687
1688 NAME: memory_replacement_policy
1689 TYPE: removalpolicy
1690 LOC: Config.memPolicy
1691 DEFAULT: lru
1692 DOC_START
1693 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
1694 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
1695
1696 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
1697 DOC_END
1698
1699 COMMENT_START
1700 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
1701 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1702 COMMENT_END
1703
1704 NAME: cache_replacement_policy
1705 TYPE: removalpolicy
1706 LOC: Config.replPolicy
1707 DEFAULT: lru
1708 DOC_START
1709 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
1710 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
1711
1712 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
1713 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
1714 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
1715 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
1716
1717 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
1718
1719 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
1720
1721 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
1722 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
1723 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
1724 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
1725
1726 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
1727 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
1728 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
1729 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
1730
1731 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
1732 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
1733 replacement policies.
1734
1735 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
1736 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
1737 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
1738
1739 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
1740 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
1741 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
1742 DOC_END
1743
1744 NAME: cache_dir
1745 TYPE: cachedir
1746 DEFAULT: none
1747 LOC: Config.cacheSwap
1748 DOC_START
1749 Usage:
1750
1751 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
1752
1753 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
1754 cache among different disk partitions.
1755
1756 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
1757 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
1758 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
1759
1760 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
1761 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
1762 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
1763 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
1764 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
1765
1766 The ufs store type:
1767
1768 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
1769 been there.
1770
1771 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
1772
1773 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
1774 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
1775 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
1776 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
1777 subtract 20% and use that value.
1778
1779 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
1780 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
1781
1782 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
1783 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
1784 is 256.
1785
1786 The aufs store type:
1787
1788 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
1789 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
1790 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
1791
1792 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
1793
1794 see argument descriptions under ufs above
1795
1796 The diskd store type:
1797
1798 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
1799 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
1800 disk-I/O.
1801
1802 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
1803
1804 see argument descriptions under ufs above
1805
1806 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
1807 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
1808 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
1809
1810 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
1811 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
1812 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
1813
1814 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
1815 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
1816 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
1817 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
1818 time.
1819
1820 The coss store type:
1821
1822 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
1823 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
1824 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
1825 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
1826 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
1827 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
1828 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
1829
1830 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
1831 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
1832 this will be created by squid -z.
1833
1834 Common options:
1835
1836 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
1837
1838 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
1839 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
1840 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
1841 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
1842 ones with no max-size specification last.
1843
1844 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
1845 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
1846 option.
1847 NOCOMMENT_START
1848 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
1849 NOCOMMENT_END
1850 DOC_END
1851
1852 NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
1853 TYPE: string
1854 LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
1855 DEFAULT: least-load
1856 DOC_START
1857 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
1858 DOC_END
1859
1860 NAME: max_open_disk_fds
1861 TYPE: int
1862 LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
1863 DEFAULT: 0
1864 DOC_START
1865 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
1866 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
1867 descriptors are open.
1868
1869 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
1870 DOC_END
1871
1872 NAME: minimum_object_size
1873 COMMENT: (bytes)
1874 TYPE: b_int64_t
1875 DEFAULT: 0 KB
1876 LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
1877 DOC_START
1878 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
1879 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
1880 means there is no minimum.
1881 DOC_END
1882
1883 NAME: maximum_object_size
1884 COMMENT: (bytes)
1885 TYPE: b_int64_t
1886 DEFAULT: 4096 KB
1887 LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
1888 DOC_START
1889 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
1890 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
1891 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
1892 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
1893 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
1894 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
1895
1896 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
1897 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
1898 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
1899 DOC_END
1900
1901 NAME: cache_swap_low
1902 COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
1903 TYPE: int
1904 DEFAULT: 90
1905 LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
1906 DOC_NONE
1907
1908 NAME: cache_swap_high
1909 COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
1910 TYPE: int
1911 DEFAULT: 95
1912 LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
1913 DOC_START
1914
1915 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
1916 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
1917 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
1918 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
1919 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
1920 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
1921
1922 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
1923 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
1924 numbers closer together.
1925 DOC_END
1926
1927 COMMENT_START
1928 LOGFILE OPTIONS
1929 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1930 COMMENT_END
1931
1932 NAME: logformat
1933 TYPE: logformat
1934 LOC: Config.Log.logformats
1935 DEFAULT: none
1936 DOC_START
1937 Usage:
1938
1939 logformat <name> <format specification>
1940
1941 Defines an access log format.
1942
1943 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
1944
1945 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
1946 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
1947 as required according to their context and the output format
1948 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
1949 output format is desired.
1950
1951 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
1952
1953 " output in quoted string format
1954 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
1955 # output in URL quoted format
1956 ' output as-is
1957
1958 - left aligned
1959 width field width. If starting with 0 the
1960 output is zero padded
1961 {arg} argument such as header name etc
1962
1963 Format codes:
1964
1965 >a Client source IP address
1966 >A Client FQDN
1967 >p Client source port
1968 <A Server IP address or peer name
1969 la Local IP address (http_port)
1970 lp Local port number (http_port)
1971 ts Seconds since epoch
1972 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
1973 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
1974 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
1975 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
1976 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
1977 tr Response time (milliseconds)
1978 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
1979 on the format header[:[separator]element]
1980 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
1981 as for >h
1982 un User name
1983 ul User name from authentication
1984 ui User name from ident
1985 us User name from SSL
1986 ue User name from external acl helper
1987 Hs HTTP status code
1988 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
1989 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
1990 mt MIME content type
1991 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
1992 ru Request URL
1993 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
1994 rv Request protocol version
1995 et Tag returned by external acl
1996 ea Log string returned by external acl
1997 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
1998 <sH Reply high offset sent
1999 <sS Upstream object size
2000 % a literal % character
2001
2002 logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
2003 logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
2004 logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2005 logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
2006 DOC_END
2007
2008 NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2009 TYPE: access_log
2010 LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
2011 DEFAULT: none
2012 DOC_START
2013 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2014 ICP request. The format is:
2015 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2016 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
2017
2018 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
2019 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2020 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
2021 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
2022
2023 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
2024 a logformat name should not be specified.
2025
2026 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
2027
2028 access_log syslog[:facility.priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
2029 where facility could be any of:
2030 authpriv, daemon, local0 .. local7 or user.
2031
2032 And priority could be any of:
2033 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
2034 NOCOMMENT_START
2035 access_log @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
2036 NOCOMMENT_END
2037 DOC_END
2038
2039 NAME: log_access
2040 TYPE: acl_access
2041 LOC: Config.accessList.log
2042 DEFAULT: none
2043 COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2044 DOC_START
2045 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2046 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2047 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
2048 DOC_END
2049
2050 NAME: cache_log
2051 TYPE: string
2052 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
2053 LOC: Config.Log.log
2054 DOC_START
2055 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
2056 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
2057 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
2058 DOC_END
2059
2060 NAME: cache_store_log
2061 TYPE: string
2062 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
2063 LOC: Config.Log.store
2064 DOC_START
2065 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
2066 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
2067 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
2068 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
2069 disable it.
2070 DOC_END
2071
2072 NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
2073 TYPE: string
2074 LOC: Config.Log.swap
2075 DEFAULT: none
2076 DOC_START
2077 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
2078 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
2079 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
2080 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
2081 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
2082 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
2083 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
2084
2085 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
2086 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
2087 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
2088 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
2089
2090 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
2091 these swap logs will have names such as:
2092
2093 cache_swap_log.00
2094 cache_swap_log.01
2095 cache_swap_log.02
2096
2097 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
2098 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
2099 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
2100 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
2101 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
2102 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
2103 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
2104 DOC_END
2105
2106 NAME: logfile_rotate
2107 TYPE: int
2108 DEFAULT: 10
2109 LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
2110 DOC_START
2111 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2112 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
2113 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
2114 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
2115 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
2116 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
2117
2118 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2119 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2120 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2121 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2122 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2123 <pid>'.
2124 DOC_END
2125
2126 NAME: emulate_httpd_log
2127 COMMENT: on|off
2128 TYPE: onoff
2129 DEFAULT: off
2130 LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
2131 DOC_START
2132 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
2133 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
2134 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
2135 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
2136 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
2137 DOC_END
2138
2139 NAME: log_ip_on_direct
2140 COMMENT: on|off
2141 TYPE: onoff
2142 DEFAULT: on
2143 LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
2144 DOC_START
2145 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
2146 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
2147 prefer the old way set this to off.
2148 DOC_END
2149
2150 NAME: mime_table
2151 TYPE: string
2152 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
2153 LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
2154 DOC_START
2155 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
2156 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
2157 information if you do.
2158 DOC_END
2159
2160 NAME: log_mime_hdrs
2161 COMMENT: on|off
2162 TYPE: onoff
2163 LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
2164 DEFAULT: off
2165 DOC_START
2166 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
2167 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
2168 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
2169 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
2170 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
2171 DOC_END
2172
2173 NAME: useragent_log
2174 TYPE: string
2175 LOC: Config.Log.useragent
2176 DEFAULT: none
2177 IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
2178 DOC_START
2179 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
2180 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
2181 is disabled.
2182 DOC_END
2183
2184 NAME: referer_log referrer_log
2185 TYPE: string
2186 LOC: Config.Log.referer
2187 DEFAULT: none
2188 IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
2189 DOC_START
2190 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
2191 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
2192 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
2193 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
2194 and we accept both.
2195 DOC_END
2196
2197 NAME: pid_filename
2198 TYPE: string
2199 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
2200 LOC: Config.pidFilename
2201 DOC_START
2202 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
2203 DOC_END
2204
2205 NAME: debug_options
2206 TYPE: eol
2207 DEFAULT: ALL,1
2208 LOC: Config.debugOptions
2209 DOC_START
2210 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
2211 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
2212 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
2213 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
2214 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
2215 "ALL,1".
2216 DOC_END
2217
2218 NAME: log_fqdn
2219 COMMENT: on|off
2220 TYPE: onoff
2221 DEFAULT: off
2222 LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
2223 DOC_START
2224 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
2225 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
2226 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
2227 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
2228 browsing.
2229 DOC_END
2230
2231 NAME: client_netmask
2232 TYPE: address
2233 LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
2234 DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
2235 DOC_START
2236 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
2237 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
2238 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
2239 the last digit set to '0'.
2240 DOC_END
2241
2242 NAME: forward_log
2243 IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
2244 TYPE: string
2245 DEFAULT: none
2246 LOC: Config.Log.forward
2247 DOC_START
2248 Logs the server-side requests.
2249
2250 This is currently work in progress.
2251 DOC_END
2252
2253 NAME: strip_query_terms
2254 TYPE: onoff
2255 LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
2256 DEFAULT: on
2257 DOC_START
2258 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
2259 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
2260 DOC_END
2261
2262 NAME: buffered_logs
2263 COMMENT: on|off
2264 TYPE: onoff
2265 DEFAULT: off
2266 LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
2267 DOC_START
2268 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
2269 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
2270 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
2271 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
2272 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
2273 DOC_END
2274
2275 NAME: netdb_filename
2276 TYPE: string
2277 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2278 LOC: Config.netdbFilename
2279 IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2280 DOC_START
2281 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
2282 To disable, enter "none".
2283 DOC_END
2284
2285 COMMENT_START
2286 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
2287 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2288 COMMENT_END
2289
2290 NAME: ftp_user
2291 TYPE: string
2292 DEFAULT: Squid@
2293 LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
2294 DOC_START
2295 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
2296 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
2297 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
2298
2299 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
2300 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
2301 depending on how the cache is used.
2302 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
2303 (for example perl.com).
2304 DOC_END
2305
2306 NAME: ftp_list_width
2307 TYPE: size_t
2308 DEFAULT: 32
2309 LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
2310 DOC_START
2311 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
2312 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
2313 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
2314 DOC_END
2315
2316 NAME: ftp_passive
2317 TYPE: onoff
2318 DEFAULT: on
2319 LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
2320 DOC_START
2321 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
2322 connections, turn off this option.
2323 DOC_END
2324
2325 NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
2326 TYPE: onoff
2327 DEFAULT: on
2328 LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
2329 DOC_START
2330 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
2331 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
2332 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
2333 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
2334 connection turn this off.
2335 DOC_END
2336
2337 NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
2338 TYPE: onoff
2339 DEFAULT: on
2340 LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
2341 DOC_START
2342 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
2343 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
2344 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
2345 the FTP protocol.
2346
2347 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
2348 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
2349 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
2350 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
2351 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
2352 DOC_END
2353
2354 COMMENT_START
2355 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
2356 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2357 COMMENT_END
2358
2359 NAME: diskd_program
2360 TYPE: string
2361 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
2362 LOC: Config.Program.diskd
2363 DOC_START
2364 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
2365 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
2366 diskd as one of the store io modules.
2367 DOC_END
2368
2369 NAME: unlinkd_program
2370 IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
2371 TYPE: string
2372 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
2373 LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
2374 DOC_START
2375 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
2376 DOC_END
2377
2378 NAME: pinger_program
2379 TYPE: string
2380 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
2381 LOC: Config.pinger.program
2382 IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2383 DOC_START
2384 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
2385 DOC_END
2386
2387 NAME: pinger_enable
2388 TYPE: onoff
2389 DEFAULT: on
2390 LOC: Config.pinger.enable
2391 IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2392 DOC_START
2393 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
2394 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple squid -k reconfigure.
2395 DOC_END
2396
2397
2398 COMMENT_START
2399 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
2400 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2401 COMMENT_END
2402
2403 NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
2404 TYPE: wordlist
2405 LOC: Config.Program.redirect
2406 DEFAULT: none
2407 DOC_START
2408 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
2409 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
2410
2411 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
2412
2413 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
2414
2415 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
2416 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
2417 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
2418 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
2419
2420 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
2421 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
2422
2423 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
2424 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2425 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
2426
2427 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
2428 DOC_END
2429
2430 NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
2431 TYPE: int
2432 DEFAULT: 5
2433 LOC: Config.redirectChildren
2434 DOC_START
2435 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
2436 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
2437 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
2438 and other system resources.
2439 DOC_END
2440
2441 NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
2442 TYPE: int
2443 DEFAULT: 0
2444 LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
2445 DOC_START
2446 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
2447 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
2448 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
2449 DOC_END
2450
2451 NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
2452 TYPE: onoff
2453 DEFAULT: on
2454 LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
2455 DOC_START
2456 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
2457 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
2458 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
2459
2460 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
2461 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
2462 DOC_END
2463
2464 NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
2465 TYPE: acl_access
2466 DEFAULT: none
2467 LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
2468 DOC_START
2469 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
2470 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
2471 are sent.
2472 DOC_END
2473
2474 NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
2475 TYPE: onoff
2476 LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
2477 DEFAULT: off
2478 DOC_START
2479 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
2480 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
2481 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
2482 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
2483 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
2484 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
2485 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
2486 users may have access to pages they should not
2487 be allowed to request.
2488 DOC_END
2489
2490 COMMENT_START
2491 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
2492 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2493 COMMENT_END
2494
2495 NAME: cache no_cache
2496 TYPE: acl_access
2497 DEFAULT: none
2498 LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
2499 DOC_START
2500 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
2501 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
2502 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
2503
2504 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
2505 NOT be cached.
2506
2507 Default is to allow all to be cached
2508 NOCOMMENT_START
2509 #We recommend you to use the following two lines.
2510 acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
2511 cache deny QUERY
2512 NOCOMMENT_END
2513 DOC_END
2514
2515 NAME: refresh_pattern
2516 TYPE: refreshpattern
2517 LOC: Config.Refresh
2518 DEFAULT: none
2519 DOC_START
2520 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
2521
2522 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2523 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
2524
2525 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2526 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2527 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2528 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2529 has taken the appropriate actions.
2530
2531 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2532 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2533 will be considered fresh.
2534
2535 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2536 expiry time will be considered fresh.
2537
2538 options: override-expire
2539 override-lastmod
2540 reload-into-ims
2541 ignore-reload
2542 ignore-no-cache
2543 ignore-no-store
2544 ignore-private
2545 ignore-auth
2546 refresh-ims
2547
2548 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
2549 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
2550 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
2551 for problems which it causes.
2552
2553 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
2554 that were modified recently.
2555
2556 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2557 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2558 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2559 liable for problems which it causes.
2560
2561 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2562 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2563 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2564 it causes.
2565
2566 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2567 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2568 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2569 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2570 send it anyway.
2571
2572 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2573 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2574 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2575 liable for problems which it causes.
2576
2577 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2578 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2579 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2580 liable for problems which it causes.
2581
2582 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2583 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
2584 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
2585 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
2586 it causes.
2587
2588 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2589 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2590 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2591 if one is available.
2592
2593 Basically a cached object is:
2594
2595 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2596 STALE if age > max
2597 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2598 FRESH if age < min
2599 else STALE
2600
2601 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2602 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
2603 match the default will be used.
2604
2605 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2606 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2607 used.
2608
2609 Suggested default:
2610 NOCOMMENT_START
2611 refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2612 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
2613 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2614 NOCOMMENT_END
2615 DOC_END
2616
2617 NAME: quick_abort_min
2618 COMMENT: (KB)
2619 TYPE: kb_int64_t
2620 DEFAULT: 16 KB
2621 LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2622 DOC_NONE
2623
2624 NAME: quick_abort_max
2625 COMMENT: (KB)
2626 TYPE: kb_int64_t
2627 DEFAULT: 16 KB
2628 LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2629 DOC_NONE
2630
2631 NAME: quick_abort_pct
2632 COMMENT: (percent)
2633 TYPE: int
2634 DEFAULT: 95
2635 LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2636 DOC_START
2637 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2638 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2639 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2640 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2641 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2642 downloads.
2643
2644 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2645 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2646 then.
2647
2648 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2649 it will finish the retrieval.
2650
2651 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2652 it will abort the retrieval.
2653
2654 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
2655 it will finish the retrieval.
2656
2657 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2658 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
2659 to '0 KB'.
2660
2661 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
2662 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
2663 DOC_END
2664
2665 NAME: read_ahead_gap
2666 COMMENT: buffer-size
2667 TYPE: b_int64_t
2668 LOC: Config.readAheadGap
2669 DEFAULT: 16 KB
2670 DOC_START
2671 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
2672 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
2673 DOC_END
2674
2675 NAME: negative_ttl
2676 COMMENT: time-units
2677 TYPE: time_t
2678 LOC: Config.negativeTtl
2679 DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2680 DOC_START
2681 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
2682 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
2683 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
2684 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
2685 negative caching of DNS lookups.
2686 DOC_END
2687
2688 NAME: positive_dns_ttl
2689 COMMENT: time-units
2690 TYPE: time_t
2691 LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
2692 DEFAULT: 6 hours
2693 DOC_START
2694 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
2695 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
2696 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
2697 DOC_END
2698
2699 NAME: negative_dns_ttl
2700 COMMENT: time-units
2701 TYPE: time_t
2702 LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
2703 DEFAULT: 1 minutes
2704 DOC_START
2705 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
2706 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
2707 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
2708 much below 10 seconds.
2709 DOC_END
2710
2711 NAME: range_offset_limit
2712 COMMENT: (bytes)
2713 TYPE: b_int64_t
2714 LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
2715 DEFAULT: 0 KB
2716 DOC_START
2717 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
2718 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
2719 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
2720 is NOT cached.
2721
2722 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
2723 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
2724 sending anything to the client.
2725
2726 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
2727 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
2728
2729 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
2730 client requested. (default)
2731 DOC_END
2732
2733 NAME: minimum_expiry_time
2734 COMMENT: (seconds)
2735 TYPE: time_t
2736 LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
2737 DEFAULT: 60 seconds
2738 DOC_START
2739 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
2740 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
2741 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy enorinments it
2742 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
2743 is most likely better to make your server return a
2744 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
2745 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
2746 often be best set to 0.
2747 DOC_END
2748
2749 NAME: store_avg_object_size
2750 COMMENT: (kbytes)
2751 TYPE: kb_int64_t
2752 DEFAULT: 13 KB
2753 LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
2754 DOC_START
2755 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
2756 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
2757 DOC_END
2758
2759 NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
2760 TYPE: int
2761 DEFAULT: 20
2762 LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
2763 DOC_START
2764 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
2765 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
2766 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
2767 DOC_END
2768
2769 COMMENT_START
2770 HTTP OPTIONS
2771 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2772 COMMENT_END
2773
2774 NAME: request_header_max_size
2775 COMMENT: (KB)
2776 TYPE: b_size_t
2777 DEFAULT: 20 KB
2778 LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
2779 DOC_START
2780 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
2781 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2782 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
2783 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2784 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2785 DOC_END
2786
2787 NAME: reply_header_max_size
2788 COMMENT: (KB)
2789 TYPE: b_size_t
2790 DEFAULT: 20 KB
2791 LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
2792 DOC_START
2793 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
2794 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2795 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
2796 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2797 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2798 DOC_END
2799
2800 NAME: request_body_max_size
2801 COMMENT: (bytes)
2802 TYPE: b_int64_t
2803 DEFAULT: 0 KB
2804 LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
2805 DOC_START
2806 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
2807 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
2808 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
2809 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
2810 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
2811 be no limit imposed.
2812 DOC_END
2813
2814 NAME: broken_posts
2815 TYPE: acl_access
2816 DEFAULT: none
2817 LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
2818 DOC_START
2819 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
2820 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
2821
2822 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
2823 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
2824
2825 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
2826
2827 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
2828 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
2829 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
2830 a request with an extra CRLF.
2831
2832 Example:
2833 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
2834 broken_posts allow buggy_server
2835 DOC_END
2836
2837 NAME: via
2838 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2839 COMMENT: on|off
2840 TYPE: onoff
2841 DEFAULT: on
2842 LOC: Config.onoff.via
2843 DOC_START
2844 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
2845 replies as required by RFC2616.
2846 DOC_END
2847
2848 NAME: ie_refresh
2849 COMMENT: on|off
2850 TYPE: onoff
2851 LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
2852 DEFAULT: off
2853 DOC_START
2854 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
2855 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
2856 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
2857 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
2858 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
2859 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
2860 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
2861 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
2862 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
2863 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
2864 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
2865 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
2866 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
2867 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
2868 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
2869 force fresh content.
2870 DOC_END
2871
2872 NAME: vary_ignore_expire
2873 COMMENT: on|off
2874 TYPE: onoff
2875 LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
2876 DEFAULT: off
2877 DOC_START
2878 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
2879 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
2880 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
2881 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
2882 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
2883 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
2884 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
2885 DOC_END
2886
2887 NAME: extension_methods
2888 TYPE: wordlist
2889 LOC: Config.ext_methods
2890 DEFAULT: none
2891 DOC_START
2892 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
2893 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
2894 DOC_END
2895
2896 NAME: request_entities
2897 TYPE: onoff
2898 LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
2899 DEFAULT: off
2900 DOC_START
2901 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
2902 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
2903 even if not explicitly forbidden.
2904
2905 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
2906 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
2907 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
2908 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
2909 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
2910 DOC_END
2911
2912 NAME: request_header_access
2913 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2914 TYPE: http_header_access[]
2915 LOC: Config.request_header_access
2916 DEFAULT: none
2917 DOC_START
2918 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2919
2920 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2921 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
2922 causes.
2923
2924 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
2925 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
2926 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
2927 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
2928 mangling.
2929
2930 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
2931 client to the server.
2932
2933 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
2934 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
2935 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
2936
2937 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
2938 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
2939
2940 request_header_access From deny all
2941 request_header_access Referer deny all
2942 request_header_access Server deny all
2943 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
2944 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
2945 request_header_access Link deny all
2946
2947 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
2948 you should use:
2949
2950 request_header_access Allow allow all
2951 request_header_access Authorization allow all
2952 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
2953 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
2954 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
2955 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
2956 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
2957 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
2958 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
2959 request_header_access Date allow all
2960 request_header_access Expires allow all
2961 request_header_access Host allow all
2962 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
2963 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
2964 request_header_access Location allow all
2965 request_header_access Pragma allow all
2966 request_header_access Accept allow all
2967 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
2968 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
2969 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
2970 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
2971 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
2972 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
2973 request_header_access Title allow all
2974 request_header_access Connection allow all
2975 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
2976 request_header_access All deny all
2977
2978 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
2979 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
2980
2981 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
2982 performed).
2983 DOC_END
2984
2985 NAME: reply_header_access
2986 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2987 TYPE: http_header_access[]
2988 LOC: Config.reply_header_access
2989 DEFAULT: none
2990 DOC_START
2991 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2992
2993 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2994 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
2995 causes.
2996
2997 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
2998 server to the client.
2999
3000 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3001 direction.
3002
3003 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3004 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3005 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3006 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3007 mangling.
3008
3009 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3010 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3011 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
3012
3013 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3014 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
3015
3016 reply_header_access From deny all
3017 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3018 reply_header_access Server deny all
3019 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3020 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3021 reply_header_access Link deny all
3022
3023 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3024 you should use:
3025
3026 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3027 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3028 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3029 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3030 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3031 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3032 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3033 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3034 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3035 reply_header_access Date allow all
3036 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3037 reply_header_access Host allow all
3038 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3039 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3040 reply_header_access Location allow all
3041 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3042 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3043 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3044 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3045 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3046 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3047 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3048 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3049 reply_header_access Title allow all
3050 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3051 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3052 reply_header_access All deny all
3053
3054 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3055 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
3056
3057 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3058 performed).
3059 DOC_END
3060
3061 NAME: header_replace
3062 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3063 TYPE: http_header_replace[]
3064 LOC: Config.request_header_access
3065 DEFAULT: none
3066 DOC_START
3067 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3068 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
3069
3070 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3071 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3072 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3073 option.
3074
3075 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
3076
3077 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3078 DOC_END
3079
3080 NAME: relaxed_header_parser
3081 COMMENT: on|off|warn
3082 TYPE: tristate
3083 LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
3084 DEFAULT: on
3085 DOC_START
3086 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
3087 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
3088 what the sending application intended even if the message
3089 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
3090 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
3091
3092 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
3093 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
3094
3095 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
3096 or response to be rejected.
3097 DOC_END
3098
3099 COMMENT_START
3100 TIMEOUTS
3101 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3102 COMMENT_END
3103
3104 NAME: forward_timeout
3105 COMMENT: time-units
3106 TYPE: time_t
3107 LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
3108 DEFAULT: 4 minutes
3109 DOC_START
3110 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
3111 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
3112 DOC_END
3113
3114 NAME: connect_timeout
3115 COMMENT: time-units
3116 TYPE: time_t
3117 LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
3118 DEFAULT: 1 minute
3119 DOC_START
3120 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
3121 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
3122 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
3123 DOC_END
3124
3125 NAME: peer_connect_timeout
3126 COMMENT: time-units
3127 TYPE: time_t
3128 LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
3129 DEFAULT: 30 seconds
3130 DOC_START
3131 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
3132 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
3133 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
3134 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
3135 DOC_END
3136
3137 NAME: read_timeout
3138 COMMENT: time-units
3139 TYPE: time_t
3140 LOC: Config.Timeout.read
3141 DEFAULT: 15 minutes
3142 DOC_START
3143 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
3144 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
3145 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
3146 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
3147 default is 15 minutes.
3148 DOC_END
3149
3150 NAME: request_timeout
3151 TYPE: time_t
3152 LOC: Config.Timeout.request
3153 DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3154 DOC_START
3155 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
3156 connection establishment.
3157 DOC_END
3158
3159 NAME: persistent_request_timeout
3160 TYPE: time_t
3161 LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
3162 DEFAULT: 2 minutes
3163 DOC_START
3164 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
3165 connection after the previous request completes.
3166 DOC_END
3167
3168 NAME: client_lifetime
3169 COMMENT: time-units
3170 TYPE: time_t
3171 LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
3172 DEFAULT: 1 day
3173 DOC_START
3174 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
3175 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
3176 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
3177 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
3178 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
3179 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
3180 day, 1440 minutes.
3181
3182 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
3183 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
3184 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
3185 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
3186 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
3187 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
3188 DOC_END
3189
3190 NAME: half_closed_clients
3191 TYPE: onoff
3192 LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
3193 DEFAULT: on
3194 DOC_START
3195 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
3196 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
3197 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
3198 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
3199 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
3200 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
3201 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
3202 "no more data to read."
3203 DOC_END
3204
3205 NAME: pconn_timeout
3206 TYPE: time_t
3207 LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
3208 DEFAULT: 1 minute
3209 DOC_START
3210 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
3211 proxies.
3212 DOC_END
3213
3214 NAME: ident_timeout
3215 TYPE: time_t
3216 IFDEF: USE_IDENT
3217 LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
3218 DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3219 DOC_START
3220 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
3221
3222 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
3223 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
3224 many ident requests going at once.
3225 DOC_END
3226
3227 NAME: shutdown_lifetime
3228 COMMENT: time-units
3229 TYPE: time_t
3230 LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
3231 DEFAULT: 30 seconds
3232 DOC_START
3233 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
3234 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
3235 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
3236 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
3237 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
3238 DOC_END
3239
3240 COMMENT_START
3241 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3242 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3243 COMMENT_END
3244
3245 NAME: cache_mgr
3246 TYPE: string
3247 DEFAULT: webmaster
3248 LOC: Config.adminEmail
3249 DOC_START
3250 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3251 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3252 DOC_END
3253
3254 NAME: mail_from
3255 TYPE: string
3256 DEFAULT: none
3257 LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3258 DOC_START
3259 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3260 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
3261 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
3262 src/globals.h before building squid.
3263 DOC_END
3264
3265 NAME: mail_program
3266 TYPE: eol
3267 DEFAULT: mail
3268 LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3269 DOC_START
3270 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
3271 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
3272 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
3273 mail-program recipient < mailfile
3274
3275 Optional command line options can be specified.
3276 DOC_END
3277
3278 NAME: cache_effective_user
3279 TYPE: string
3280 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
3281 LOC: Config.effectiveUser
3282 DOC_START
3283 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3284 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
3285 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
3286 see also; cache_effective_group
3287 DOC_END
3288
3289 NAME: cache_effective_group
3290 TYPE: string
3291 DEFAULT: none
3292 LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3293 DOC_START
3294 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
3295 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
3296 from the groups membership.
3297
3298 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3299 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3300 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
3301 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
3302 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
3303 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
3304 group.
3305
3306 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
3307 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
3308 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
3309 DOC_END
3310
3311 NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3312 COMMENT: on|off
3313 TYPE: onoff
3314 DEFAULT: off
3315 LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3316 DOC_START
3317 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3318 DOC_END
3319
3320 NAME: visible_hostname
3321 TYPE: string
3322 LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3323 DEFAULT: none
3324 DOC_START
3325 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
3326 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
3327 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3328 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3329 names with this setting.
3330 DOC_END
3331
3332 NAME: unique_hostname
3333 TYPE: string
3334 LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3335 DEFAULT: none
3336 DOC_START
3337 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
3338 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3339 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
3340 DOC_END
3341
3342 NAME: hostname_aliases
3343 TYPE: wordlist
3344 LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3345 DEFAULT: none
3346 DOC_START
3347 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
3348 DOC_END
3349
3350 COMMENT_START
3351 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3352 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3353
3354 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3355 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3356 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3357 create cache hierarchies.
3358
3359 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3360 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3361 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3362
3363 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3364 following information from this configuration file:
3365
3366 http_port
3367 icp_port
3368 cache_mgr
3369
3370 All current information is processed regularly and made
3371 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3372 COMMENT_END
3373
3374 NAME: announce_period
3375 TYPE: time_t
3376 LOC: Config.Announce.period
3377 DEFAULT: 0
3378 DOC_START
3379 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3380 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3381 messages.
3382
3383 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3384 below.
3385
3386 NOCOMMENT_START
3387 #To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3388 #announce_period 1 day
3389 NOCOMMENT_END
3390 DOC_END
3391
3392 NAME: announce_host
3393 TYPE: string
3394 DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3395 LOC: Config.Announce.host
3396 DOC_NONE
3397
3398 NAME: announce_file
3399 TYPE: string
3400 DEFAULT: none
3401 LOC: Config.Announce.file
3402 DOC_NONE
3403
3404 NAME: announce_port
3405 TYPE: ushort
3406 DEFAULT: 3131
3407 LOC: Config.Announce.port
3408 DOC_START
3409 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3410 number where the registration message will be sent.
3411
3412 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3413 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3414 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3415 message.
3416 DOC_END
3417
3418 COMMENT_START
3419 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
3420 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3421 COMMENT_END
3422
3423 NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
3424 IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
3425 TYPE: string
3426 LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3427 DEFAULT: unset-id
3428 DOC_START
3429 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3430 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3431 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3432 an identification token.
3433 DOC_END
3434
3435 NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
3436 IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
3437 COMMENT: on|off
3438 TYPE: onoff
3439 DEFAULT: off
3440 LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3441 DOC_START
3442 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3443 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3444 DOC_END
3445
3446 NAME: esi_parser
3447 IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
3448 COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
3449 TYPE: string
3450 LOC: ESIParser::Type
3451 DEFAULT: custom
3452 DOC_START
3453 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3454 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3455 encodings.
3456 DOC_END
3457
3458 COMMENT_START
3459 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
3460 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3461 COMMENT_END
3462
3463 NAME: delay_pools
3464 TYPE: delay_pool_count
3465 DEFAULT: 0
3466 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3467 LOC: Config.Delay
3468 DOC_START
3469 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3470 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3471 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3472 DOC_END
3473
3474 NAME: delay_class
3475 TYPE: delay_pool_class
3476 DEFAULT: none
3477 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3478 LOC: Config.Delay
3479 DOC_START
3480 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3481 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3482 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3483 and here would be:
3484
3485 Example:
3486 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3487 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3488 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3489 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3490 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3491
3492 The delay pool classes are:
3493
3494 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3495 bucket.
3496
3497 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3498 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3499 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3500
3501 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3502 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3503 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3504 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3505 32 of the IP address.
3506
3507 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3508 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3509 only takes effect if the username is established
3510 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3511 http_access rules.
3512
3513 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3514 external_acl's tag= reply).
3515
3516 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3517 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3518 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3519 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3520 DOC_END
3521
3522 NAME: delay_access
3523 TYPE: delay_pool_access
3524 DEFAULT: none
3525 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3526 LOC: Config.Delay
3527 DOC_START
3528 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3529
3530 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3531 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3532 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3533 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3534
3535 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3536 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3537
3538 Example:
3539 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3540 delay_access 1 deny all
3541 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3542 delay_access 2 deny all
3543 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3544 DOC_END
3545
3546 NAME: delay_parameters
3547 TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3548 DEFAULT: none
3549 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3550 LOC: Config.Delay
3551 DOC_START
3552 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3553 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3554 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3555
3556 delay_parameters pool aggregate
3557
3558 For a class 2 delay pool:
3559
3560 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3561
3562 For a class 3 delay pool:
3563
3564 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3565
3566 For a class 4 delay pool:
3567
3568 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3569
3570 For a class 5 delay pool:
3571
3572 delay_parameters pool tag
3573
3574 The variables here are:
3575
3576 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3577 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3578 delay_class lines.
3579
3580 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3581 (class 1, 2, 3).
3582
3583 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3584 buckets (class 2, 3).
3585
3586 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3587 (class 3).
3588
3589 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3590 (class 4).
3591
3592 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3593 (class 5).
3594
3595 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3596 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3597 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3598 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3599
3600 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3601 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3602 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3603
3604 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3605
3606 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3607
3608 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3609 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3610 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3611 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3612 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3613 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3614 large downloads more significantly:
3615
3616 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3617
3618 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3619
3620 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3621 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
3622
3623 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
3624 DOC_END
3625
3626 NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3627 COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3628 TYPE: ushort
3629 DEFAULT: 50
3630 IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3631 LOC: Config.Delay.initial
3632 DOC_START
3633 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3634 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3635 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3636 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
3637 "seen" by squid).
3638 DOC_END
3639
3640 COMMENT_START
3641 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
3642 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3643 COMMENT_END
3644
3645 NAME: wccp_router
3646 TYPE: address
3647 LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3648 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3649 IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3650 DOC_NONE
3651 NAME: wccp2_router
3652 TYPE: IPAddress_list
3653 LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
3654 DEFAULT: none
3655 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3656 DOC_START
3657 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3658 Squid.
3659
3660 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
3661
3662 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
3663
3664 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
3665 which version of WCCP to use.
3666 DOC_END
3667
3668 NAME: wccp_version
3669 TYPE: int
3670 LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3671 DEFAULT: 4
3672 IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3673 DOC_START
3674 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
3675 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
3676 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
3677 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
3678 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
3679
3680 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
3681 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
3682 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
3683 do not specify this parameter.
3684 DOC_END
3685
3686 NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
3687 TYPE: onoff
3688 LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
3689 DEFAULT: on
3690 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3691 DOC_START
3692 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
3693 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
3694 DOC_END
3695
3696 NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
3697 TYPE: int
3698 LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
3699 DEFAULT: 1
3700 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3701 DOC_START
3702 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
3703 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
3704
3705 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
3706 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
3707
3708 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
3709 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
3710 DOC_END
3711
3712 NAME: wccp2_return_method
3713 TYPE: int
3714 LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
3715 DEFAULT: 1
3716 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3717 DOC_START
3718 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
3719 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
3720 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
3721
3722 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
3723 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
3724
3725 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
3726 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
3727
3728 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
3729 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
3730 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
3731 option is set to GRE.
3732 DOC_END
3733
3734 NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
3735 TYPE: int
3736 LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
3737 DEFAULT: 1
3738 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3739 DOC_START
3740 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
3741 Valid values are as follows:
3742
3743 1 - Hash assignment
3744 2 - Mask assignment
3745
3746 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
3747 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
3748 DOC_END
3749
3750 NAME: wccp2_service
3751 TYPE: wccp2_service
3752 LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
3753 DEFAULT: none
3754 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
3755 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3756 DOC_START
3757 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
3758 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
3759 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
3760 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
3761 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
3762 using the wccp2_service_info option.
3763
3764 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
3765 just specifying the service id will suffice.
3766
3767 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
3768 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
3769
3770 Examples:
3771
3772 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
3773 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
3774 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
3775 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
3776
3777 DOC_END
3778
3779 NAME: wccp2_service_info
3780 TYPE: wccp2_service_info
3781 LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
3782 DEFAULT: none
3783 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3784 DOC_START
3785 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
3786 traffic you wish to have diverted.
3787
3788 The format is:
3789
3790 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
3791 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
3792
3793 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
3794 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
3795 + source_port_hash, dest_port_hash
3796 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
3797 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
3798 + ports_source
3799
3800 The port list can be one to eight entries.
3801
3802 Example:
3803
3804 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
3805 priority=240 ports=80
3806
3807 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
3808 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
3809 DOC_END
3810
3811 NAME: wccp2_weight
3812 TYPE: int
3813 LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
3814 DEFAULT: 10000
3815 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3816 DOC_START
3817 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
3818 hash proportional to their weight.
3819 DOC_END
3820
3821 NAME: wccp_address
3822 TYPE: address
3823 LOC: Config.Wccp.address
3824 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3825 IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3826 DOC_NONE
3827 NAME: wccp2_address
3828 TYPE: address
3829 LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
3830 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3831 IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3832 DOC_START
3833 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
3834 interface address.
3835
3836 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
3837 DOC_END
3838
3839 COMMENT_START
3840 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
3841 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3842
3843 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
3844 COMMENT_END
3845
3846 NAME: client_persistent_connections
3847 TYPE: onoff
3848 LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
3849 DEFAULT: on
3850 DOC_NONE
3851
3852 NAME: server_persistent_connections
3853 TYPE: onoff
3854 LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
3855 DEFAULT: on
3856 DOC_START
3857 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
3858 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
3859 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
3860 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
3861 DOC_END
3862
3863 NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
3864 TYPE: onoff
3865 LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
3866 DEFAULT: off
3867 DOC_START
3868 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
3869 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
3870 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
3871 DOC_END
3872
3873 NAME: detect_broken_pconn
3874 TYPE: onoff
3875 LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
3876 DEFAULT: off
3877 DOC_START
3878 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
3879 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
3880 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
3881 has mostly been seen on redirects.
3882
3883 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
3884 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
3885 after 10 seconds timeout.
3886 DOC_END
3887
3888 COMMENT_START
3889 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
3890 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3891 COMMENT_END
3892
3893 NAME: digest_generation
3894 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3895 TYPE: onoff
3896 LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
3897 DEFAULT: on
3898 DOC_START
3899 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
3900 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
3901 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
3902 DOC_END
3903
3904 NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
3905 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3906 TYPE: int
3907 LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
3908 DEFAULT: 5
3909 DOC_START
3910 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
3911 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
3912 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
3913 DOC_END
3914
3915 NAME: digest_rebuild_period
3916 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3917 COMMENT: (seconds)
3918 TYPE: time_t
3919 LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
3920 DEFAULT: 1 hour
3921 DOC_START
3922 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
3923 DOC_END
3924
3925 NAME: digest_rewrite_period
3926 COMMENT: (seconds)
3927 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3928 TYPE: time_t
3929 LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
3930 DEFAULT: 1 hour
3931 DOC_START
3932 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
3933 disk.
3934 DOC_END
3935
3936 NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
3937 COMMENT: (bytes)
3938 TYPE: b_size_t
3939 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3940 LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
3941 DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
3942 DOC_START
3943 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
3944 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
3945 default swap page.
3946 DOC_END
3947
3948 NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
3949 COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3950 IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3951 TYPE: int
3952 LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
3953 DEFAULT: 10
3954 DOC_START
3955 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
3956 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
3957 DOC_END
3958
3959 COMMENT_START
3960 SNMP OPTIONS
3961 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3962 COMMENT_END
3963
3964 NAME: snmp_port
3965 TYPE: ushort
3966 LOC: Config.Port.snmp
3967 DEFAULT: 0
3968 IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3969 DOC_START
3970 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
3971 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
3972 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
3973 set to "0" (disabled)
3974 NOCOMMENT_START
3975 #snmp_port 3401
3976 NOCOMMENT_END
3977 DOC_END
3978
3979 NAME: snmp_access
3980 TYPE: acl_access
3981 LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
3982 DEFAULT: none
3983 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3984 IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3985 DOC_START
3986 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
3987
3988 All access to the agent is denied by default.
3989 usage:
3990
3991 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3992
3993 Example:
3994 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3995 snmp_access deny all
3996 DOC_END
3997
3998 NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3999 TYPE: address
4000 LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
4001 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4002 IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4003 DOC_NONE
4004 NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
4005 TYPE: address
4006 LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
4007 DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4008 IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4009 DOC_START
4010 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
4011
4012 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
4013 messages from SNMP agents.
4014 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
4015 agents.
4016
4017 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
4018 available network interfaces.
4019
4020 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4021 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
4022 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
4023 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
4024
4025 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
4026 the same value since they both use port 3401.
4027 DOC_END
4028
4029 COMMENT_START
4030 ICP OPTIONS
4031 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4032 COMMENT_END
4033
4034 NAME: icp_port udp_port
4035 TYPE: ushort
4036 DEFAULT: 0
4037 LOC: Config.Port.icp
4038 DOC_START
4039 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
4040 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
4041 Default is disabled (0).
4042 NOCOMMENT_START
4043 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
4044 NOCOMMENT_END
4045 DOC_END
4046
4047 NAME: htcp_port
4048 IFDEF: USE_HTCP
4049 TYPE: ushort
4050 DEFAULT: 0
4051 LOC: Config.Port.htcp
4052 DOC_START
4053 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
4054 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
4055 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
4056 NOCOMMENT_START
4057 #htcp_port 4827
4058 NOCOMMENT_END
4059 DOC_END
4060
4061 NAME: log_icp_queries
4062 COMMENT: on|off
4063 TYPE: onoff
4064 DEFAULT: on
4065 LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
4066 DOC_START
4067 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
4068 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
4069 up or to simplify log analysis.
4070 DOC_END
4071
4072 NAME: udp_incoming_address
4073 TYPE: address
4074 LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
4075 DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4076 DOC_START
4077 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
4078 caches.
4079
4080 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4081
4082 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
4083 a specific interface/address.
4084
4085 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4086 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4087
4088 see also; udp_outgoing_address
4089
4090 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4091 have the same value since they both use the same port.
4092 DOC_END
4093
4094 NAME: udp_outgoing_address
4095 TYPE: address
4096 LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
4097 DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4098 DOC_START
4099 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
4100 caches.
4101
4102 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4103
4104 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
4105 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
4106 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
4107 caches.
4108
4109 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4110 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4111
4112 see also; udp_incoming_address
4113
4114 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4115 have the same value since they both use the same port.
4116 DOC_END
4117
4118 NAME: icp_hit_stale
4119 COMMENT: on|off
4120 TYPE: onoff
4121 DEFAULT: off
4122 LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
4123 DOC_START
4124 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
4125 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
4126 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
4127 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
4128 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
4129 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
4130 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
4131 DOC_END
4132
4133 NAME: minimum_direct_hops
4134 TYPE: int
4135 DEFAULT: 4
4136 LOC: Config.minDirectHops
4137 DOC_START
4138 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4139 which are no more than this many hops away.
4140 DOC_END
4141
4142 NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
4143 TYPE: int
4144 DEFAULT: 400
4145 LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
4146 DOC_START
4147 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4148 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
4149 DOC_END
4150
4151 NAME: netdb_low
4152 TYPE: int
4153 DEFAULT: 900
4154 LOC: Config.Netdb.low
4155 DOC_NONE
4156
4157 NAME: netdb_high
4158 TYPE: int
4159 DEFAULT: 1000
4160 LOC: Config.Netdb.high
4161 DOC_START
4162 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
4163 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
4164 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
4165 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
4166 DOC_END
4167
4168 NAME: netdb_ping_period
4169 TYPE: time_t
4170 LOC: Config.Netdb.period
4171 DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4172 DOC_START
4173 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
4174 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
4175 network. The default is five minutes.
4176 DOC_END
4177
4178 NAME: query_icmp
4179 COMMENT: on|off
4180 TYPE: onoff
4181 DEFAULT: off
4182 LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
4183 DOC_START
4184 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
4185 replies, enable this option.
4186
4187 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
4188 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
4189 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
4190 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
4191 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
4192 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
4193 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
4194 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
4195 DOC_END
4196
4197 NAME: test_reachability
4198 COMMENT: on|off
4199 TYPE: onoff
4200 DEFAULT: off
4201 LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
4202 DOC_START
4203 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
4204 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
4205 database, or has a zero RTT.
4206 DOC_END
4207
4208 NAME: icp_query_timeout
4209 COMMENT: (msec)
4210 DEFAULT: 0
4211 TYPE: int
4212 LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4213 DOC_START
4214 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
4215 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
4216 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
4217 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
4218 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
4219 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4220
4221 icp_query_timeout 2000
4222 DOC_END
4223
4224 NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
4225 COMMENT: (msec)
4226 DEFAULT: 2000
4227 TYPE: int
4228 LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
4229 DOC_START
4230 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4231 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
4232 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
4233 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4234 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4235 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
4236 DOC_END
4237
4238 NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
4239 COMMENT: (msec)
4240 DEFAULT: 5
4241 TYPE: int
4242 LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
4243 DOC_START
4244 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4245 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
4246 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
4247 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
4248 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4249 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4250 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
4251 DOC_END
4252
4253 NAME: background_ping_rate
4254 COMMENT: time-units
4255 TYPE: time_t
4256 DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4257 LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
4258 DOC_START
4259 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
4260 have background-ping set.
4261 DOC_END
4262
4263 COMMENT_START
4264 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
4265 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4266 COMMENT_END
4267
4268 NAME: mcast_groups
4269 TYPE: wordlist
4270 LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
4271 DEFAULT: none
4272 DOC_START
4273 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
4274 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
4275
4276 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
4277 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
4278 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
4279 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
4280 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
4281 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
4282 receive replies from multicast group members.
4283
4284 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
4285 is already in use by another group of caches.
4286
4287 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
4288 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
4289
4290 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
4291
4292 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
4293 DOC_END
4294
4295 NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4296 IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4297 TYPE: address
4298 LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4299 DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4300 DOC_START
4301 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4302 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
4303
4304 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4305 certain you understand what you are doing.
4306 DOC_END
4307
4308 NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
4309 IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4310 TYPE: ushort
4311 LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4312 DEFAULT: 16
4313 DOC_START
4314 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4315 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4316 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4317 DOC_END
4318
4319 NAME: mcast_miss_port
4320 IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4321 TYPE: ushort
4322 LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4323 DEFAULT: 3135
4324 DOC_START
4325 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4326 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4327 DOC_END
4328
4329 NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4330 IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4331 TYPE: string
4332 LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4333 DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4334 DOC_START
4335 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4336 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4337 DOC_END
4338
4339 NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
4340 COMMENT: (msec)
4341 DEFAULT: 2000
4342 TYPE: int
4343 LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
4344 DOC_START
4345 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
4346 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
4347 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
4348 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
4349 seconds.
4350 DOC_END
4351
4352 COMMENT_START
4353 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
4354 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4355 COMMENT_END
4356
4357 NAME: icon_directory
4358 TYPE: string
4359 LOC: Config.icons.directory
4360 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4361 DOC_START
4362 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4363 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4364 DOC_END
4365
4366 NAME: global_internal_static
4367 TYPE: onoff
4368 LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4369 DEFAULT: on
4370 DOC_START
4371 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4372 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4373 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4374 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4375 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4376 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4377 the server generating a directory listing.
4378 DOC_END
4379
4380 NAME: short_icon_urls
4381 TYPE: onoff
4382 LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4383 DEFAULT: on
4384 DOC_START
4385 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
4386 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
4387 it's own name and port in the URL.
4388
4389 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
4390 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
4391 DOC_END
4392
4393 COMMENT_START
4394 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
4395 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4396 COMMENT_END
4397
4398 NAME: error_directory
4399 TYPE: string
4400 LOC: Config.errorDirectory
4401 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
4402 DOC_START
4403 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
4404 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
4405 language or company copy the template English files to another
4406 directory and point this tag at them.
4407
4408 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4409 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
4410 langauge that Squid does not currently provide please consider
4411 contributing your translation back to the project.
4412 DOC_END
4413
4414 NAME: err_html_text
4415 TYPE: eol
4416 LOC: Config.errHtmlText
4417 DEFAULT: none
4418 DOC_START
4419 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
4420 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
4421 organizations Web page.
4422
4423 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
4424 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
4425 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
4426 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
4427 DOC_END
4428
4429 NAME: email_err_data
4430 COMMENT: on|off
4431 TYPE: onoff
4432 LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
4433 DEFAULT: on
4434 DOC_START
4435 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
4436 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
4437 so that the email body contains the data.
4438 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
4439 DOC_END
4440
4441 NAME: deny_info
4442 TYPE: denyinfo
4443 LOC: Config.denyInfoList
4444 DEFAULT: none
4445 DOC_START
4446 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
4447 or deny_info http://... acl
4448 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
4449
4450 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
4451 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
4452 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
4453 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
4454
4455 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
4456 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
4457 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
4458 the first authentication related acl encountered
4459 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
4460 acl processed on the last http_access line.
4461
4462 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
4463 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
4464
4465 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
4466 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
4467 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
4468
4469 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
4470 by specifying TCP_RESET.
4471 DOC_END
4472
4473 COMMENT_START
4474 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
4475 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4476 COMMENT_END
4477
4478 NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
4479 TYPE: onoff
4480 LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
4481 DEFAULT: on
4482 DOC_START
4483 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4484 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
4485 to origin servers.
4486
4487 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
4488 requests to parents.
4489
4490 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4491 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4492 ratio.
4493
4494 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
4495 this directive.
4496 DOC_END
4497
4498 NAME: prefer_direct
4499 TYPE: onoff
4500 LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
4501 DEFAULT: off
4502 DOC_START
4503 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
4504 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
4505 going direct fails set this to on.
4506
4507 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4508 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4509 fails.
4510
4511 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4512 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4513 acts on cacheable requests.
4514 DOC_END
4515
4516 NAME: always_direct
4517 TYPE: acl_access
4518 LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
4519 DEFAULT: none
4520 DOC_START
4521 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4522
4523 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
4524 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
4525 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
4526 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
4527 something like:
4528
4529 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
4530 always_direct allow local-servers
4531
4532 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
4533
4534 acl FTP proto FTP
4535 always_direct allow FTP
4536
4537 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
4538 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
4539 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
4540 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
4541 some other rule. Example:
4542
4543 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4544 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4545 always_direct deny local-external
4546 always_direct allow local-servers
4547
4548 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
4549 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
4550 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
4551 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
4552
4553 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
4554 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
4555 the replies see no_cache.
4556
4557 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
4558 and local_ip.
4559 DOC_END
4560
4561 NAME: never_direct
4562 TYPE: acl_access
4563 LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
4564 DEFAULT: none
4565 DOC_START
4566 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4567
4568 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
4569 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
4570
4571 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
4572 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
4573 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
4574 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
4575
4576 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4577 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
4578 never_direct deny local-servers
4579 never_direct allow all
4580
4581 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
4582 servers inside the firewall use something like:
4583
4584 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
4585 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4586 always_direct deny local-external
4587 always_direct allow local-intranet
4588 never_direct allow all
4589
4590 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
4591 and firewall_ip.
4592 DOC_END
4593
4594 COMMENT_START
4595 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
4596 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4597 COMMENT_END
4598
4599 NAME: incoming_icp_average
4600 TYPE: int
4601 DEFAULT: 6
4602 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
4603 DOC_NONE
4604
4605 NAME: incoming_http_average
4606 TYPE: int
4607 DEFAULT: 4
4608 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
4609 DOC_NONE
4610
4611 NAME: incoming_dns_average
4612 TYPE: int
4613 DEFAULT: 4
4614 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
4615 DOC_NONE
4616
4617 NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
4618 TYPE: int
4619 DEFAULT: 8
4620 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
4621 DOC_NONE
4622
4623 NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
4624 TYPE: int
4625 DEFAULT: 8
4626 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
4627 DOC_NONE
4628
4629 NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
4630 TYPE: int
4631 DEFAULT: 8
4632 LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
4633 DOC_START
4634 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
4635 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
4636 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
4637 DOC_END
4638
4639 NAME: accept_filter
4640 TYPE: string
4641 DEFAULT: none
4642 LOC: Config.accept_filter
4643 DOC_START
4644 FreeBSD:
4645
4646 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
4647 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
4648 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
4649
4650 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
4651 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
4652 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
4653
4654 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
4655 to Squid until there is some data to process.
4656 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
4657
4658 Linux:
4659
4660 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
4661 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
4662 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
4663 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
4664 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
4665 EXAMPLE:
4666 # FreeBSD
4667 accept_filter httpready
4668 # Linux
4669 accept_filter data
4670 DOC_END
4671
4672 NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
4673 COMMENT: (bytes)
4674 TYPE: b_size_t
4675 DEFAULT: 0 bytes
4676 LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
4677 DOC_START
4678 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
4679 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
4680 the default buffer size.
4681 DOC_END
4682
4683 COMMENT_START
4684 ICAP OPTIONS
4685 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4686 COMMENT_END
4687
4688 NAME: icap_enable
4689 TYPE: onoff
4690 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4691 COMMENT: on|off
4692 LOC: TheICAPConfig.onoff
4693 DEFAULT: off
4694 DOC_START
4695 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
4696 DOC_END
4697
4698 NAME: icap_connect_timeout
4699 TYPE: time_t
4700 DEFAULT: none
4701 LOC: TheICAPConfig.connect_timeout_raw
4702 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4703 DOC_START
4704 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4705 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
4706 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
4707
4708 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
4709 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
4710 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
4711 DOC_END
4712
4713 NAME: icap_io_timeout
4714 COMMENT: time-units
4715 TYPE: time_t
4716 DEFAULT: none
4717 LOC: TheICAPConfig.io_timeout_raw
4718 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4719 DOC_START
4720 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
4721 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
4722 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
4723 failure.
4724
4725 The default is read_timeout.
4726 DOC_END
4727
4728 NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
4729 TYPE: int
4730 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4731 LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_failure_limit
4732 DEFAULT: 10
4733 DOC_START
4734 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
4735 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
4736 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
4737 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
4738 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
4739 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
4740
4741 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
4742 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
4743 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
4744 DOC_END
4745
4746 NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
4747 TYPE: int
4748 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4749 LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_revival_delay
4750 DEFAULT: 180
4751 DOC_START
4752 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
4753 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
4754 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
4755 fetched.
4756
4757 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
4758 delay of 30 seconds.
4759 DOC_END
4760
4761 NAME: icap_preview_enable
4762 TYPE: onoff
4763 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4764 COMMENT: on|off
4765 LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_enable
4766 DEFAULT: on
4767 DOC_START
4768 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
4769 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
4770 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
4771 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
4772
4773 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
4774 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
4775 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
4776
4777 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
4778 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
4779 Example:
4780 icap_preview_enable off
4781 DOC_END
4782
4783 NAME: icap_preview_size
4784 TYPE: int
4785 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4786 LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_size
4787 DEFAULT: -1
4788 DOC_START
4789 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
4790 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
4791 basis by OPTIONS requests.
4792 DOC_END
4793
4794 NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
4795 TYPE: int
4796 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4797 LOC: TheICAPConfig.default_options_ttl
4798 DEFAULT: 60
4799 DOC_START
4800 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
4801 an Options-TTL header.
4802 DOC_END
4803
4804 NAME: icap_persistent_connections
4805 TYPE: onoff
4806 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4807 COMMENT: on|off
4808 LOC: TheICAPConfig.reuse_connections
4809 DEFAULT: on
4810 DOC_START
4811 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
4812 an ICAP server.
4813 DOC_END
4814
4815 NAME: icap_send_client_ip
4816 TYPE: onoff
4817 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4818 COMMENT: on|off
4819 LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_ip
4820 DEFAULT: off
4821 DOC_START
4822 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
4823 DOC_END
4824
4825 NAME: icap_send_client_username
4826 TYPE: onoff
4827 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4828 COMMENT: on|off
4829 LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_username
4830 DEFAULT: off
4831 DOC_START
4832 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
4833 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
4834 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
4835 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
4836 DOC_END
4837
4838 NAME: icap_client_username_header
4839 TYPE: string
4840 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4841 LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_header
4842 DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
4843 DOC_START
4844 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
4845 DOC_END
4846
4847 NAME: icap_client_username_encode
4848 TYPE: onoff
4849 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4850 COMMENT: on|off
4851 LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_encode
4852 DEFAULT: off
4853 DOC_START
4854 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
4855 DOC_END
4856
4857 NAME: icap_service
4858 TYPE: icap_service_type
4859 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4860 LOC: TheICAPConfig
4861 DEFAULT: none
4862 DOC_START
4863 Defines a single ICAP service
4864
4865 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
4866
4867 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
4868 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
4869 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
4870 are not yet supported.
4871 bypass = 1|0
4872 If set to 1, the ICAP service is treated as optional. If the
4873 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
4874 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
4875 was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be bypassed.
4876 If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as essential and all
4877 ICAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
4878 HTTP client.
4879 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
4880
4881 Example:
4882 icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
4883 icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
4884 DOC_END
4885
4886 NAME: icap_class
4887 TYPE: icap_class_type
4888 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4889 LOC: TheICAPConfig
4890 DEFAULT: none
4891 DOC_START
4892 Defines an ICAP service chain. Eventually, multiple services per
4893 vectoring point will be supported. For now, please specify a single
4894 service per class:
4895
4896 icap_class classname servicename
4897
4898 Example:
4899 icap_class class_1 service_1
4900 icap class class_2 service_1
4901 icap class class_3 service_3
4902 DOC_END
4903
4904 NAME: icap_access
4905 TYPE: icap_access_type
4906 IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4907 LOC: TheICAPConfig
4908 DEFAULT: none
4909 DOC_START
4910 Redirects a request through an ICAP service class, depending
4911 on given acls
4912
4913 icap_access classname allow|deny [!]aclname...
4914
4915 The icap_access statements are processed in the order they appear in
4916 this configuration file. If an access list matches, the processing stops.
4917 For an "allow" rule, the specified class is used for the request. A "deny"
4918 rule simply stops processing without using the class. You can also use the
4919 special classname "None".
4920
4921 For backward compatibility, it is also possible to use services
4922 directly here.
4923 Example:
4924 icap_access class_1 allow all
4925 DOC_END
4926
4927 COMMENT_START
4928 DNS OPTIONS
4929 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4930 COMMENT_END
4931
4932 NAME: check_hostnames
4933 TYPE: onoff
4934 DEFAULT: off
4935 LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
4936 DOC_START
4937 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
4938 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
4939 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
4940 DOC_END
4941
4942 NAME: allow_underscore
4943 TYPE: onoff
4944 DEFAULT: on
4945 LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
4946 DOC_START
4947 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
4948 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
4949 Squid to be strict about the standard.
4950 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
4951 DOC_END
4952
4953 NAME: cache_dns_program
4954 TYPE: string
4955 IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
4956 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
4957 LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
4958 DOC_START
4959 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
4960 DOC_END
4961
4962 NAME: dns_children
4963 TYPE: int
4964 IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
4965 DEFAULT: 5
4966 LOC: Config.dnsChildren
4967 DOC_START
4968 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
4969 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
4970 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
4971 is 32. The default is 5.
4972
4973 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
4974 DOC_END
4975
4976 NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
4977 TYPE: time_t
4978 DEFAULT: 5 seconds
4979 LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
4980 IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
4981 DOC_START
4982 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
4983 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
4984
4985 DOC_END
4986
4987 NAME: dns_timeout
4988 TYPE: time_t
4989 DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4990 LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
4991 IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
4992 DOC_START
4993 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
4994 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
4995 are assumed to be unavailable.
4996 DOC_END
4997
4998 NAME: dns_defnames
4999 COMMENT: on|off
5000 TYPE: onoff
5001 DEFAULT: off
5002 LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
5003 DOC_START
5004 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
5005 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
5006 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
5007 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
5008 DOC_END
5009
5010 NAME: dns_nameservers
5011 TYPE: wordlist
5012 DEFAULT: none
5013 LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
5014 DOC_START
5015 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
5016 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
5017 /etc/resolv.conf file.
5018 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
5019 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
5020 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
5021 configurations are supported.
5022
5023 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
5024 DOC_END
5025
5026 NAME: hosts_file
5027 TYPE: string
5028 DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
5029 LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
5030 DOC_START
5031 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
5032 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
5033 default locations:
5034 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
5035 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5036 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
5037 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5038 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
5039 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
5040 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
5041 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
5042
5043 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
5044 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
5045 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
5046 character are comments.
5047
5048 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
5049 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
5050 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
5051 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
5052 definitions.
5053 DOC_END
5054
5055 NAME: dns_testnames
5056 TYPE: wordlist
5057 LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
5058 DEFAULT: none
5059 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
5060 DOC_START
5061 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
5062
5063 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
5064 DOC_END
5065
5066 NAME: append_domain
5067 TYPE: string
5068 LOC: Config.appendDomain
5069 DEFAULT: none
5070 DOC_START
5071 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
5072 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
5073
5074 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
5075 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
5076 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
5077
5078 Example:
5079 append_domain .yourdomain.com
5080 DOC_END
5081
5082 NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
5083 TYPE: onoff
5084 LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
5085 DEFAULT: on
5086 DOC_START
5087 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
5088 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
5089 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
5090 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
5091 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
5092 DOC_END
5093
5094 NAME: dns_v4_fallback
5095 TYPE: onoff
5096 DEFAULT: on
5097 LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
5098 DOC_START
5099 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
5100 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
5101 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
5102
5103 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
5104 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
5105
5106 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
5107 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
5108
5109 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
5110 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
5111 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
5112 DOC_END
5113
5114 NAME: ipcache_size
5115 COMMENT: (number of entries)
5116 TYPE: int
5117 DEFAULT: 1024
5118 LOC: Config.ipcache.size
5119 DOC_NONE
5120
5121 NAME: ipcache_low
5122 COMMENT: (percent)
5123 TYPE: int
5124 DEFAULT: 90
5125 LOC: Config.ipcache.low
5126 DOC_NONE
5127
5128 NAME: ipcache_high
5129 COMMENT: (percent)
5130 TYPE: int
5131 DEFAULT: 95
5132 LOC: Config.ipcache.high
5133 DOC_START
5134 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
5135 DOC_END
5136
5137 NAME: fqdncache_size
5138 COMMENT: (number of entries)
5139 TYPE: int
5140 DEFAULT: 1024
5141 LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
5142 DOC_START
5143 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
5144 DOC_END
5145
5146 COMMENT_START
5147 MISCELLANEOUS
5148 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5149 COMMENT_END
5150
5151 NAME: memory_pools
5152 COMMENT: on|off
5153 TYPE: onoff
5154 DEFAULT: on
5155 LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
5156 DOC_START
5157 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
5158 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
5159 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
5160 routines, disable this.
5161 DOC_END
5162
5163 NAME: memory_pools_limit
5164 COMMENT: (bytes)
5165 TYPE: b_size_t
5166 DEFAULT: 5 MB
5167 LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
5168 DOC_START
5169 Used only with memory_pools on:
5170 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
5171
5172 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
5173 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
5174 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
5175 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
5176 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
5177 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
5178 configuration will use less memory.
5179
5180 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5181 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
5182
5183 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
5184 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5185
5186 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
5187 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
5188 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
5189 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
5190 DOC_END
5191
5192 NAME: forwarded_for
5193 COMMENT: on|off
5194 TYPE: onoff
5195 DEFAULT: on
5196 LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5197 DOC_START
5198 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
5199 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
5200 this:
5201
5202 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
5203
5204 If you disable this, it will appear as
5205
5206 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
5207 DOC_END
5208
5209 NAME: cachemgr_passwd
5210 TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
5211 DEFAULT: none
5212 LOC: Config.passwd_list
5213 DOC_START
5214 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5215
5216 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
5217
5218 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
5219 5min
5220 60min
5221 asndb
5222 authenticator
5223 cbdata
5224 client_list
5225 comm_incoming
5226 config *
5227 counters
5228 delay
5229 digest_stats
5230 dns
5231 events
5232 filedescriptors
5233 fqdncache
5234 histograms
5235 http_headers
5236 info
5237 io
5238 ipcache
5239 mem
5240 menu
5241 netdb
5242 non_peers
5243 objects
5244 offline_toggle *
5245 pconn
5246 peer_select
5247 redirector
5248 refresh
5249 server_list
5250 shutdown *
5251 store_digest
5252 storedir
5253 utilization
5254 via_headers
5255 vm_objects
5256
5257 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
5258 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
5259
5260 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
5261 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
5262 password to "none".
5263
5264 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
5265
5266 Example:
5267 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
5268 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
5269 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5270 DOC_END
5271
5272 NAME: client_db
5273 COMMENT: on|off
5274 TYPE: onoff
5275 DEFAULT: on
5276 LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
5277 DOC_START
5278 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
5279 turn off client_db here.
5280 DOC_END
5281
5282 NAME: refresh_all_ims
5283 COMMENT: on|off
5284 TYPE: onoff
5285 DEFAULT: off
5286 LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
5287 DOC_START
5288 When you enable this option, squid will always check
5289 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
5290 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
5291 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
5292 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
5293
5294 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
5295 based on the age of the cached version.
5296 DOC_END
5297
5298 NAME: reload_into_ims
5299 IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
5300 COMMENT: on|off
5301 TYPE: onoff
5302 DEFAULT: off
5303 LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
5304 DOC_START
5305 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
5306 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
5307 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
5308 feature could make you liable for problems which it
5309 causes.
5310
5311 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
5312 DOC_END
5313
5314 NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
5315 TYPE: int
5316 LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
5317 DEFAULT: 1
5318 DOC_START
5319 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
5320 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
5321 each address is tried once).
5322
5323 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
5324 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
5325 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
5326
5327 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
5328 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
5329 DOC_END
5330
5331 NAME: retry_on_error
5332 TYPE: onoff
5333 LOC: Config.retry.onerror
5334 DEFAULT: off
5335 DOC_START
5336 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
5337 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
5338 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
5339 control errors.
5340 DOC_END
5341
5342 NAME: as_whois_server
5343 TYPE: string
5344 LOC: Config.as_whois_server
5345 DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5346 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5347 DOC_START
5348 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
5349 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5350 DOC_END
5351
5352 NAME: offline_mode
5353 TYPE: onoff
5354 LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5355 DEFAULT: off
5356 DOC_START
5357 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
5358 objects.
5359 DOC_END
5360
5361 NAME: uri_whitespace
5362 TYPE: uri_whitespace
5363 LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
5364 DEFAULT: strip
5365 DOC_START
5366 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
5367 URI. Options:
5368
5369 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
5370 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
5371 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
5372 Request" message.
5373 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
5374 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
5375 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
5376 are in use.
5377 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
5378 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
5379 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
5380 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
5381 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
5382 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
5383 violation.
5384 DOC_END
5385
5386 NAME: coredump_dir
5387 TYPE: string
5388 LOC: Config.coredump_dir
5389 DEFAULT: none
5390 DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
5391 DOC_START
5392 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5393 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5394 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5395 and coredump files will be left there.
5396
5397 NOCOMMENT_START
5398 # Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5399 coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
5400 NOCOMMENT_END
5401 DOC_END
5402
5403 NAME: chroot
5404 TYPE: string
5405 LOC: Config.chroot_dir
5406 DEFAULT: none
5407 DOC_START
5408 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
5409 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
5410 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
5411 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will may get an
5412 error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5413 DOC_END
5414
5415 NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
5416 TYPE: onoff
5417 LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
5418 DEFAULT: off
5419 DOC_START
5420 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
5421 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
5422 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
5423
5424 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
5425 found not to preserve user session state across requests
5426 to different IP addresses.
5427
5428 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
5429 DOC_END
5430
5431 NAME: pipeline_prefetch
5432 TYPE: onoff
5433 LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
5434 DEFAULT: off
5435 DOC_START
5436 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
5437 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5438 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
5439
5440 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
5441 reasons.
5442 DOC_END
5443
5444 NAME: high_response_time_warning
5445 TYPE: int
5446 COMMENT: (msec)
5447 LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
5448 DEFAULT: 0
5449 DOC_START
5450 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
5451 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
5452 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
5453 DOC_END
5454
5455 NAME: high_page_fault_warning
5456 TYPE: int
5457 LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
5458 DEFAULT: 0
5459 DOC_START
5460 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
5461 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5462 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
5463 per second.
5464 DOC_END
5465
5466 NAME: high_memory_warning
5467 TYPE: b_size_t
5468 LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
5469 DEFAULT: 0 KB
5470 DOC_START
5471 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
5472 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473 the administrators attention.
5474 DOC_END
5475
5476 NAME: sleep_after_fork
5477 COMMENT: (microseconds)
5478 TYPE: int
5479 LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
5480 DEFAULT: 0
5481 DOC_START
5482 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
5483 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
5484 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
5485 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
5486 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
5487 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
5488 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
5489 until all the child processes have been started.
5490 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
5491 rounded to 1000.
5492 DOC_END
5493
5494 EOF