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31
0f74202c 32COMMENT_START
cccac0a2 33 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
34 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 35
cccac0a2 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.
3a278cb8 39
cccac0a2 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.
debd9a31 47
cccac0a2 48COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 49
cccac0a2 50COMMENT_START
51 NETWORK OPTIONS
52 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
53COMMENT_END
54
55NAME: http_port ascii_port
56TYPE: http_port_list
57DEFAULT: none
58LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
59DOC_START
60 Usage: port [options]
61 hostname:port [options]
62 1.2.3.4:port [options]
63
64 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
65 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
66 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
67 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
7f7db318 68 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
cccac0a2 69 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
70 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
71 address, so you can use the port number alone.
72
7f7db318 73 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
cccac0a2 74 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
75
12ca901d 76 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
77 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
78 be plain proxy ports with no options.
cccac0a2 79
80 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
81
116c6cca 82 Options:
83
7d90757b 84 transparent Support for transparent interception of
85 outgoing requests without browser settings.
116c6cca 86
7d90757b 87 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
88 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
116c6cca 89
90 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
7d90757b 91 domain support. Implies accel.
116c6cca 92
7d90757b 93 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
94 Implies accel.
116c6cca 95
96 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
7d90757b 97 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
116c6cca 98
e2c1b531 99 defaultsite=domainname
100 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
101 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
102 accelerators should consider the default.
103 Implies accel.
116c6cca 104
105 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
7d90757b 106 Defaults to http.
cccac0a2 107
7d90757b 108 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
109 connections using the client IP address.
fc68f6b1 110
5529ca8a 111 disable-pmtu-discovery=
6845f129 112 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
113 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
114 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
115 support is enabled.
116 always disable always PMTU discovery.
5529ca8a 117
7d90757b 118 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
119 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
120 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
121 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
122 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
123 have such setup and experience that certain clients
124 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
125 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
5529ca8a 126
cccac0a2 127 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
7f7db318 128 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
cccac0a2 129 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
130 visible on the internal address.
8d6275c0 131
cccac0a2 132NOCOMMENT_START
133# Squid normally listens to port 3128
58c1507a 134http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
cccac0a2 135NOCOMMENT_END
136DOC_END
137
138NAME: https_port
139IFDEF: USE_SSL
140TYPE: https_port_list
141DEFAULT: none
142LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
143DOC_START
6845f129 144 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
cccac0a2 145
6845f129 146 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
147 requests.
cccac0a2 148
6845f129 149 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
150 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
151 accelerator level.
cccac0a2 152
153 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
154 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
b8c0c06d 155
cccac0a2 156 Options:
157
8507a94c 158 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
159 defaultsite or vhost.
160
cccac0a2 161 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
8507a94c 162 this port. Implies accel.
cccac0a2 163
8507a94c 164 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
7d90757b 165 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
166 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
167 Implies accel.
168
8507a94c 169 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
170 Defaults to https.
cccac0a2 171
7d90757b 172 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
7f7db318 173
cccac0a2 174 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
175 if not specified, the certificate file is
176 assumed to be a combined certificate and
7d90757b 177 key file.
cccac0a2 178
179 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
180 1 automatic (default)
181 2 SSLv2 only
182 3 SSLv3 only
183 4 TLSv1 only
184
7d90757b 185 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 186
5ac1a5b3 187 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
cccac0a2 188 being:
189 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
190 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
191 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
192 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
193 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
194 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
7d90757b 195 documentation for a complete list of options.
cccac0a2 196
197 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
7d90757b 198 requesting a client certificate.
cccac0a2 199
200 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
201 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
8507a94c 202 clientca will be used.
cccac0a2 203
204 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
7d90757b 205 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
a82a4fe4 206
207 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
208 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
209 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
cccac0a2 210
211 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
7d90757b 212 DH key exchanges.
cccac0a2 213
214 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
215 DELAYED_AUTH
216 Don't request client certificates
217 immediately, but wait until acl processing
7d90757b 218 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
7f7db318 219 NO_DEFAULT_CA
a82a4fe4 220 Don't use the default CA lists built in
7d90757b 221 to OpenSSL.
b13877cc 222 NO_SESSION_REUSE
223 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
224 will result in a new SSL session.
a82a4fe4 225 VERIFY_CRL
226 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
7d90757b 227 certificates.
a82a4fe4 228 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
229 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
7d90757b 230 client certificate chain.
116c6cca 231
6b2936d5 232 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
233
7d90757b 234 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
116c6cca 235
236 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
7d90757b 237 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
cccac0a2 238
239DOC_END
240
5473c134 241COMMENT_START
242 SSL OPTIONS
243 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
244COMMENT_END
245
cccac0a2 246NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
247IFDEF: USE_SSL
248TYPE: onoff
249DEFAULT: off
250LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
251DOC_START
252 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
253 messages.
254DOC_END
255
256NAME: ssl_engine
257IFDEF: USE_SSL
258TYPE: string
259LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
260DEFAULT: none
261DOC_START
8507a94c 262 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
cccac0a2 263 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
264DOC_END
265
266NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
267IFDEF: USE_SSL
268DEFAULT: none
269LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
270TYPE: string
271DOC_START
272 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
273DOC_END
274
275NAME: sslproxy_client_key
276IFDEF: USE_SSL
277DEFAULT: none
278LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
279TYPE: string
280DOC_START
281 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
282DOC_END
283
284NAME: sslproxy_version
285IFDEF: USE_SSL
286DEFAULT: 1
287LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
288TYPE: int
289DOC_START
290 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
291DOC_END
292
293NAME: sslproxy_options
294IFDEF: USE_SSL
295DEFAULT: none
296LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
297TYPE: string
298DOC_START
299 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
300DOC_END
301
302NAME: sslproxy_cipher
303IFDEF: USE_SSL
304DEFAULT: none
305LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
306TYPE: string
307DOC_START
308 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
309DOC_END
310
311NAME: sslproxy_cafile
312IFDEF: USE_SSL
313DEFAULT: none
314LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
315TYPE: string
316DOC_START
317 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
318 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
319DOC_END
320
321NAME: sslproxy_capath
322IFDEF: USE_SSL
323DEFAULT: none
324LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
325TYPE: string
326DOC_START
327 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
328 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
329DOC_END
330
331NAME: sslproxy_flags
332IFDEF: USE_SSL
333DEFAULT: none
334LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
335TYPE: string
336DOC_START
337 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
338 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates even if they fail to
339 verify.
340 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
341 to OpenSSL.
342DOC_END
343
307b83b7 344NAME: sslpassword_program
345IFDEF: USE_SSL
346DEFAULT: none
347LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
348TYPE: string
349DOC_START
350 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
351 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
352 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
353 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
354DOC_END
355
cccac0a2 356COMMENT_START
357 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
358 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
359COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 360
cccac0a2 361NAME: cache_peer
362TYPE: peer
363DEFAULT: none
364LOC: Config.peers
365DOC_START
366 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
9e7dbc51 367
633bb1cd 368 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
0fdafae7 369
cccac0a2 370 For example,
d1b63fc8 371
cccac0a2 372 # proxy icp
373 # hostname type port port options
374 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
633bb1cd 375 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 proxy-only default
376 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
377 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
cccac0a2 378
379 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
380
633bb1cd 381 proxy-port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
cccac0a2 382 requests.
383
633bb1cd 384 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
cccac0a2 385 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
386 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
387 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
388 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
633bb1cd 389 NOTE: Also requires icp_port option enabled to send/receive
390 requests via this method.
cccac0a2 391
392 options: proxy-only
393 weight=n
394 basetime=n
395 ttl=n
396 no-query
397 background-ping
398 default
399 round-robin
400 weighted-round-robin
401 carp
402 multicast-responder
403 closest-only
404 no-digest
405 no-netdb-exchange
406 no-delay
407 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
408 connect-timeout=nn
409 digest-url=url
410 allow-miss
7d90757b 411 max-conn=n
cccac0a2 412 htcp
527ee50d 413 htcp-oldsquid
cccac0a2 414 originserver
415 name=xxx
416 forceddomain=name
417 ssl
418 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
419 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
420 sslversion=1|2|3|4
421 sslcipher=...
422 ssloptions=...
423 front-end-https[=on|auto]
b8c0c06d 424
7f7db318 425 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
cccac0a2 426 from this cache should not be saved locally.
427
633bb1cd 428 use 'weight=n' to affect the selection of a peer
429 during any weighted peer-selection mechanisms.
430 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
431 larger weights are favored more.
432 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
433 protocol is not in use.
cccac0a2 434
435 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
436 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
437 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
438 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
7f7db318 439 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 440
441 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
442 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
443 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
444 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
445 hosts, you must configure other group members as
446 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
447
448 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
449 neighbor.
450
451 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
7f7db318 452 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
453 round trip time updated and is usually used in
cccac0a2 454 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
455
456 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
633bb1cd 457 be used as a "last-resort" if a peer cannot be located
458 by any of the peer-selection mechanisms.
459 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
cccac0a2 460
461 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
462 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
463 absence of any ICP queries.
464
7f7db318 465 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
466 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
467 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
468 time. Closer parents are used more often.
cccac0a2 469 Usually used for background-ping parents.
470
471 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
7f7db318 472 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
cccac0a2 473 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
474 balancing hash function based on their weigth.
475
7f7db318 476 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
cccac0a2 477 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
478 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
479 will be accepted from it.
480
481 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
482 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
483 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
484
485 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
486 this neighbor.
487
488 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
489 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
490
491 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
492 from influencing the delay pools.
493
494 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
495 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
496 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
7f7db318 497 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
cccac0a2 498
499 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
65fca573 500 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
501 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
502 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
503 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
504 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
505 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
506 one proxy login.
7f7db318 507 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
cccac0a2 508 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
509
510 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
511 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
512 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
513 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
514 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
515 information which is added to the username. This can
516 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
517 the login=username:password option above.
518
519 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
520 specific connect timeout (also see the
521 peer_connect_timeout directive)
522
523 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
524 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
525 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
526 location.
527
528 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
529 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
530 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
531 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
532 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
533 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
534 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
535 source is a peer)
536
7d90757b 537 use 'max-conn=n' to limit the amount of connections Squid
cccac0a2 538 may open to this peer.
539
540 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
541 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
542 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
d3803853 543
527ee50d 544 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
545
cccac0a2 546 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
547 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
548
549 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
7f7db318 550 host but different ports. This name can be used to
cccac0a2 551 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
552 directives.
553
554 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
555 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
556 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
557 name and using redirectors to feed this domainname
558 is not feasible.
559
7f7db318 560 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
cccac0a2 561 bs SSL/TLS encrypted.
562
563 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
564 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
565
566 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
567 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
7f7db318 568 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
cccac0a2 569 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
570
571 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
572 when connecting to this peer
573 1 = automatic (default)
574 2 = SSL v2 only
575 3 = SSL v3 only
576 4 = TLS v1 only
577
7d90757b 578 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL ciphers
579 to use when connecting to this peer.
cccac0a2 580
581 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
582 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
583 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
584 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
585 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
586 a more complete list.
587
7d90757b 588 use sslcafile=... to specify a file containing additional
cccac0a2 589 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
590
7d90757b 591 use sslcapath=... to specify a directory containing additional
cccac0a2 592 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
593
7d90757b 594 use sslcrlfile=... to specify a certificate revocation
595 list file to use when verifying the peer certificate.
596
cccac0a2 597 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
598 SSL implementation:
599 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
600 Accept certificates even if they fail to
601 verify.
7f7db318 602 NO_DEFAULT_CA
cccac0a2 603 Don't use the default CA list built in
604 to OpenSSL.
605 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
7f7db318 606 Don't verify the peer certificate
cccac0a2 607 matches the server name
608
7d90757b 609 use ssldomain= to specify the peer name as advertised
cccac0a2 610 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
611 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
612 peer hostname will be used.
613
614 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
615 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend infront
616 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
7f7db318 617 on this header. If set to auto the header will
cccac0a2 618 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
619 URL.
cccac0a2 620DOC_END
621
622NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
623TYPE: hostdomain
624DEFAULT: none
625LOC: none
626DOC_START
627 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
628 queried. Usage:
629
630 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
631 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
632
633 For example, specifying
634
635 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
636
637 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
638 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
639 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
7f7db318 640 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
cccac0a2 641 NOT in that domain.
642
643 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
644 either on the same or separate lines.
645 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
646 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
647 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
648 for all requests.
649 * There are no defaults.
650 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
651 section.
652DOC_END
653
cccac0a2 654NAME: neighbor_type_domain
655TYPE: hostdomaintype
656DEFAULT: none
657LOC: none
658DOC_START
659 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
660
661 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
662 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
663 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
664 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
665 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
666 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
667
668EXAMPLE:
669 cache_peer parent cache.foo.org 3128 3130
670 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
671 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
672DOC_END
673
cccac0a2 674NAME: dead_peer_timeout
675COMMENT: (seconds)
676DEFAULT: 10 seconds
677TYPE: time_t
678LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
679DOC_START
680 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
681 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
682 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
683 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
684 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
685 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
686
687 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
688 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
689 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
690 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
691 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
692 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
693 instead of to your parents.
694DOC_END
695
cccac0a2 696NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
697TYPE: wordlist
698DEFAULT: none
699LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
700DOC_START
701 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
702 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
703 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
704 list this option multiple times.
7d90757b 705 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
cccac0a2 706NOCOMMENT_START
707#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
708hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
709NOCOMMENT_END
710DOC_END
934b03fc 711
6192e873 712NAME: cache no_cache
cccac0a2 713TYPE: acl_access
714DEFAULT: none
715LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
716DOC_START
717 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
718 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
719 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
6a566b9c 720
cccac0a2 721 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
722 NOT be cached.
1e5562e3 723
6192e873 724 Default is to allow all to be cached
cccac0a2 725NOCOMMENT_START
726#We recommend you to use the following two lines.
727acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
6192e873 728cache deny QUERY
cccac0a2 729NOCOMMENT_END
730DOC_END
731
cccac0a2 732COMMENT_START
5473c134 733 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
cccac0a2 734 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
735COMMENT_END
736
737NAME: cache_mem
738COMMENT: (bytes)
739TYPE: b_size_t
740DEFAULT: 8 MB
741LOC: Config.memMaxSize
742DOC_START
743 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
744 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
745 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
746 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
747
748 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
749 for:
750 * In-Transit objects
751 * Hot Objects
752 * Negative-Cached objects
753
754 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
755 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
756 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
757 priority.
758
759 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
760 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
761 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
762 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
763 not needed for in-transit objects.
764
765 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
766 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
767 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
768 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
769 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
770 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
771 objects.
772DOC_END
773
cccac0a2 774NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
775COMMENT: (bytes)
776TYPE: b_size_t
777DEFAULT: 8 KB
778LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
779DOC_START
6845f129 780 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
781 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
782 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
783 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem .
cccac0a2 784DOC_END
785
786NAME: ipcache_size
787COMMENT: (number of entries)
788TYPE: int
789DEFAULT: 1024
790LOC: Config.ipcache.size
791DOC_NONE
792
793NAME: ipcache_low
794COMMENT: (percent)
795TYPE: int
796DEFAULT: 90
797LOC: Config.ipcache.low
798DOC_NONE
799
800NAME: ipcache_high
801COMMENT: (percent)
802TYPE: int
803DEFAULT: 95
804LOC: Config.ipcache.high
805DOC_START
806 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
807DOC_END
808
809NAME: fqdncache_size
810COMMENT: (number of entries)
811TYPE: int
812DEFAULT: 1024
813LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
814DOC_START
815 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
816DOC_END
817
cccac0a2 818NAME: memory_replacement_policy
819TYPE: removalpolicy
820LOC: Config.memPolicy
821DEFAULT: lru
822DOC_START
823 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
824 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
825
826 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
827DOC_END
934b03fc 828
cccac0a2 829COMMENT_START
5473c134 830 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
cccac0a2 831 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
832COMMENT_END
9bc73deb 833
cccac0a2 834NAME: cache_dir
835TYPE: cachedir
836DEFAULT: none
837DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
838LOC: Config.cacheSwap
839DOC_START
840 Usage:
7f7db318 841
cccac0a2 842 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
cf5cc17e 843
cccac0a2 844 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
845 cache among different disk partitions.
8e8d4f30 846
cccac0a2 847 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
5ac1a5b3 848 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
cccac0a2 849 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
934b03fc 850
cccac0a2 851 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
852 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
7f7db318 853 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
cccac0a2 854 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
855 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
1e5562e3 856
cccac0a2 857 The ufs store type:
858
859 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
860 been there.
861
862 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
863
864 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
865 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
866 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
867 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
868 subtract 20% and use that value.
869
870 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
871 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
872
873 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
874 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
875 is 256.
876
877 The aufs store type:
878
879 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
880 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
881 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
882
883 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
884
885 see argument descriptions under ufs above
886
887 The diskd store type:
888
889 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
890 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
891 disk-I/O.
892
893 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
894
895 see argument descriptions under ufs above
896
897 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
898 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
899 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
900
901 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
902 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
44f991b5 903 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
cccac0a2 904
af9ad249 905 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
906 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
907 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
908 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
909 time.
910
1a224843 911 The coss store type:
912
913 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
914 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
915 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
916 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
917 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
7f7db318 918 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
1a224843 919 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
920
b8c0c06d 921 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
c8f4eac4 922 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
923 this will be created by squid -z.
924
7d90757b 925 The null store type:
926
927 no options are allowed or required
928
cccac0a2 929 Common options:
930
7f42bc3e 931 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
cccac0a2 932
933 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
934 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
935 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
936 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
937 ones with no max-size specification last.
1a224843 938
7f7db318 939 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
1a224843 940 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
941 option.
cccac0a2 942DOC_END
943
5473c134 944NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
945TYPE: string
946LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
947DEFAULT: least-load
948DOC_START
949 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
950DOC_END
951
952NAME: max_open_disk_fds
953TYPE: int
954LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
955DEFAULT: 0
956DOC_START
957 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
958 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
959 descriptors are open.
960
961 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
962DOC_END
963
964NAME: cache_replacement_policy
965TYPE: removalpolicy
966LOC: Config.replPolicy
967DEFAULT: lru
968DOC_START
969 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
970 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
971
972 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
973 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
974 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
975 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
976
977 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
978
979 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
980
981 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
982 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
983 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
984 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
985
986 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
987 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
988 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
989 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
990
991 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
992 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
993 replacement policies.
994
995 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
996 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
997 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
998
999 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
1000 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
1001 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
1002DOC_END
1003
1004NAME: minimum_object_size
1005COMMENT: (bytes)
1006TYPE: b_int64_t
1007DEFAULT: 0 KB
1008LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
1009DOC_START
1010 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
1011 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
1012 means there is no minimum.
1013DOC_END
1014
1015NAME: maximum_object_size
1016COMMENT: (bytes)
1017TYPE: b_int64_t
1018DEFAULT: 4096 KB
1019LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
1020DOC_START
1021 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
1022 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
1023 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
1024 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
1025 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
1026 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
1027
1028 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
1029 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
1030 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
1031DOC_END
1032
1033NAME: cache_swap_low
1034COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
1035TYPE: int
1036DEFAULT: 90
1037LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
1038DOC_NONE
1039
1040NAME: cache_swap_high
1041COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
1042TYPE: int
1043DEFAULT: 95
1044LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
1045DOC_START
1046
1047 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
1048 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
1049 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
1050 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
1051 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
1052 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
1053
1054 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
1055 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
1056 numbers closer together.
1057DOC_END
1058
1059COMMENT_START
1060 LOGFILE OPTIONS
1061 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1062COMMENT_END
1063
1064NAME: logformat
1065TYPE: logformat
1066LOC: Config.Log.logformats
1067DEFAULT: none
1068DOC_START
1069 Usage:
1070
cccac0a2 1071 logformat <name> <format specification>
1072
1073 Defines an access log format.
1074
1075 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
7f7db318 1076
cccac0a2 1077 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
fa38076e 1078 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
cccac0a2 1079 as required according to their context and the output format
fa38076e 1080 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
1081 output format is desired.
cccac0a2 1082
1083 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
7f7db318 1084
fa38076e 1085 " output in quoted string format
1086 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
1087 # output in URL quoted format
1088 ' output as-is
1089
cccac0a2 1090 - left aligned
7f7db318 1091 width field width. If starting with 0 the
cccac0a2 1092 output is zero padded
1093 {arg} argument such as header name etc
1094
1095 Format codes:
1096
1097 >a Client source IP address
1098 >A Client FQDN
44eb213b 1099 >p Client source port
cccac0a2 1100 <A Server IP address or peer name
1101 la Local IP address (http_port)
1102 lp Local port number (http_port)
1103 ts Seconds since epoch
1104 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
1105 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
7d90757b 1106 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
cccac0a2 1107 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
7d90757b 1108 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
cccac0a2 1109 tr Response time (milliseconds)
1110 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
1111 on the format header[:[separator]element]
1112 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
1113 as for >h
1114 un User name
7d90757b 1115 ul User name from authentication
1116 ui User name from ident
1117 us User name from SSL
1118 ue User name from external acl helper
cccac0a2 1119 Hs HTTP status code
1120 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
1121 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
1122 mt MIME content type
1123 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
1124 ru Request URL
fef92cc1 1125 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
cccac0a2 1126 rv Request protocol version
1127 et Tag returned by external acl
1128 ea Log string returned by external acl
1129 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
6845f129 1130 <sH Reply high offset sent
03b29b6c 1131 <sS Upstream object size
cccac0a2 1132 % a literal % character
1133
1134logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
1135logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
1136logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
1137logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
1138DOC_END
1139
1140NAME: access_log cache_access_log
1141TYPE: access_log
1142LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
1143DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1144DOC_START
1145 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
1146 ICP request. The format is:
1147 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
1148 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
1149
1150 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
1151 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
1152 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
1153 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
7f7db318 1154
c33aa074 1155 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
1156 a logformat name should not be specified.
1157
9197cd13 1158 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
1159
1160 access_log syslog[:facility|priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
1161 where facility could be any of:
dc37dc56 1162 authpriv, daemon, local9 .. local7 or user.
9197cd13 1163
1164 And priority could be any of:
dc37dc56 1165 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
7d90757b 1166NOCOMMENT_START
1167access_log @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
1168NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 1169DOC_END
1170
cccac0a2 1171NAME: cache_log
1172TYPE: string
1173DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
1174LOC: Config.Log.log
1175DOC_START
1176 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
1177 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
1178 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
1179DOC_END
1180
cccac0a2 1181NAME: cache_store_log
1182TYPE: string
1183DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
1184LOC: Config.Log.store
1185DOC_START
1186 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
1187 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
1188 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
1189 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
1190 disable it.
1191DOC_END
1192
e2529a2c 1193NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
cccac0a2 1194TYPE: string
1195LOC: Config.Log.swap
1196DEFAULT: none
1197DOC_START
e2529a2c 1198 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
1199 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
1200 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
cccac0a2 1201 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
1202 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
1203 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
1204 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
1205
7f7db318 1206 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
cccac0a2 1207 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
1208 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
1209 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
7f7db318 1210
cccac0a2 1211 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
7f7db318 1212 these swap logs will have names such as:
cccac0a2 1213
1214 cache_swap_log.00
1215 cache_swap_log.01
1216 cache_swap_log.02
1217
1218 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
1219 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
1220 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
7d90757b 1221 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
cccac0a2 1222 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
7f7db318 1223 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
7d90757b 1224 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
cccac0a2 1225DOC_END
1226
5473c134 1227NAME: logfile_rotate
1228TYPE: int
1229DEFAULT: 10
1230LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
1231DOC_START
1232 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
1233 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
1234 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
1235 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
1236 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
1237 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
1238
1239 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
1240 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
1241 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
1242 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
1243 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
1244 <pid>'.
1245DOC_END
1246
cccac0a2 1247NAME: emulate_httpd_log
1248COMMENT: on|off
1249TYPE: onoff
1250DEFAULT: off
1251LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
1252DOC_START
1253 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
1254 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
1255 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
1256 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
7f7db318 1257 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
cccac0a2 1258DOC_END
1259
1260NAME: log_ip_on_direct
1261COMMENT: on|off
1262TYPE: onoff
1263DEFAULT: on
1264LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
1265DOC_START
1266 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
1267 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
1268 prefer the old way set this to off.
1269DOC_END
1270
1271NAME: mime_table
1272TYPE: string
1273DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
1274LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
1275DOC_START
1276 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
1277 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
1278 information if you do.
1279DOC_END
1280
cccac0a2 1281NAME: log_mime_hdrs
1282COMMENT: on|off
1283TYPE: onoff
1284LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
1285DEFAULT: off
1286DOC_START
1287 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
1288 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
1289 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
1290 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
1291 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
1292DOC_END
1293
cccac0a2 1294NAME: useragent_log
1295TYPE: string
1296LOC: Config.Log.useragent
1297DEFAULT: none
1298IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
1299DOC_START
1300 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
1301 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
1302 is disabled.
1303DOC_END
1304
7d90757b 1305NAME: referer_log referrer_log
cccac0a2 1306TYPE: string
1307LOC: Config.Log.referer
1308DEFAULT: none
1309IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
1310DOC_START
1311 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
1312 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
7d90757b 1313 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
1314 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
1315 and we accept both.
cccac0a2 1316DOC_END
1317
cccac0a2 1318NAME: pid_filename
1319TYPE: string
1320DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
1321LOC: Config.pidFilename
1322DOC_START
1323 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
1324DOC_END
1325
cccac0a2 1326NAME: debug_options
d9e04dc7 1327TYPE: debug
cccac0a2 1328DEFAULT: ALL,1
1329LOC: Config.debugOptions
1330DOC_START
1331 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
1332 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
1333 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
1334 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
1335 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
1336 "ALL,1".
1337DOC_END
1338
cccac0a2 1339NAME: log_fqdn
1340COMMENT: on|off
1341TYPE: onoff
1342DEFAULT: off
1343LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
1344DOC_START
1345 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
1346 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
1347 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
1348 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
1349 browsing.
1350DOC_END
1351
cccac0a2 1352NAME: client_netmask
1353TYPE: address
1354LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
1355DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
1356DOC_START
1357 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
1358 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
1359 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
1360 the last digit set to '0'.
1361DOC_END
0976f8db 1362
5473c134 1363NAME: forward_log
1364IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
1365TYPE: string
1366DEFAULT: none
1367LOC: Config.Log.forward
1368DOC_START
1369 Logs the server-side requests.
1370
1371 This is currently work in progress.
1372DOC_END
1373
1374NAME: strip_query_terms
1375TYPE: onoff
1376LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
1377DEFAULT: on
1378DOC_START
1379 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
1380 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
1381DOC_END
1382
1383NAME: buffered_logs
1384COMMENT: on|off
1385TYPE: onoff
1386DEFAULT: off
1387LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
1388DOC_START
1389 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
1390 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
1391 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
1392 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
1393 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
1394DOC_END
1395
cccac0a2 1396COMMENT_START
1397 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1398 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1399COMMENT_END
1400
1401NAME: ftp_user
1402TYPE: string
1403DEFAULT: Squid@
1404LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
1405DOC_START
1406 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
1407 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
1408 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
1409
7f7db318 1410 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
cccac0a2 1411 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
1412 depending on how the cache is used.
7f7db318 1413 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
cccac0a2 1414 (for example perl.com).
1415DOC_END
1416
1417NAME: ftp_list_width
1418TYPE: size_t
1419DEFAULT: 32
1420LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
1421DOC_START
1422 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
1423 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
1424 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
1425DOC_END
1426
1427NAME: ftp_passive
1428TYPE: onoff
1429DEFAULT: on
1430LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
1431DOC_START
1432 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
7f7db318 1433 connections, turn off this option.
cccac0a2 1434DOC_END
1435
1436NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
1437TYPE: onoff
1438DEFAULT: on
1439LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
1440DOC_START
1441 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
1442 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
1443 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
1444 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
7f7db318 1445 connection turn this off.
cccac0a2 1446DOC_END
1447
8d6275c0 1448NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
1449TYPE: onoff
1450DEFAULT: on
1451LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
1452DOC_START
1453The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
1454as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
1455implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
1456the FTP protocol.
1457
1458If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
1459path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
1460try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
1461operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
1462is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
1463DOC_END
1464
5473c134 1465NAME: diskd_program
1466TYPE: string
1467DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
1468LOC: Config.Program.diskd
cccac0a2 1469DOC_START
5473c134 1470 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
1471 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
1472 diskd as one of the store io modules.
a78278e2 1473DOC_END
1474
5473c134 1475NAME: unlinkd_program
1476IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
1477TYPE: string
1478DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
1479LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
a78278e2 1480DOC_START
5473c134 1481 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
cccac0a2 1482DOC_END
1483
5473c134 1484NAME: pinger_program
cccac0a2 1485TYPE: string
5473c134 1486DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
1487LOC: Config.Program.pinger
1488IFDEF: USE_ICMP
cccac0a2 1489DOC_START
5473c134 1490 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
cccac0a2 1491DOC_END
1492
5473c134 1493NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
1494TYPE: wordlist
1495LOC: Config.Program.redirect
1496DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1497DOC_START
5473c134 1498 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
1499 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
cccac0a2 1500
5473c134 1501 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
cccac0a2 1502
5473c134 1503 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method <NL>
1504
1505 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
1506 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
1507
1508 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
1509 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
1510 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
cccac0a2 1511
5473c134 1512 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
cccac0a2 1513DOC_END
1514
dc62e7f7 1515NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
cccac0a2 1516TYPE: int
1517DEFAULT: 5
1518LOC: Config.redirectChildren
1519DOC_START
1520 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
1521 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
1522 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
1523 and other system resources.
1524DOC_END
1525
dc62e7f7 1526NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
cccac0a2 1527TYPE: int
1528DEFAULT: 0
1529LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
1530DOC_START
1531 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
7d90757b 1532 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
1533 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
cccac0a2 1534DOC_END
1535
dc62e7f7 1536NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
cccac0a2 1537TYPE: onoff
1538DEFAULT: on
1539LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
1540DOC_START
1541 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
7f7db318 1542 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
cccac0a2 1543 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
1544
1545 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
1546 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
1547DOC_END
1548
8d6275c0 1549NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
cccac0a2 1550TYPE: acl_access
1551DEFAULT: none
1552LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
1553DOC_START
1554 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
1555 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
1556 are sent.
1557DOC_END
1558
1559NAME: auth_param
1560TYPE: authparam
1561LOC: Config.authConfiguration
1562DEFAULT: none
1563DOC_START
7d90757b 1564 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
1565 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 1566
7d90757b 1567 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 1568
7d90757b 1569 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
1570 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
1571 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
1572 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
1573 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
1574 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
1575 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
1576 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
1577 program entry).
1578
1579 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
1580 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
1581 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
1582 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
1583
1584 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
1585 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
1586 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
1587 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
1588 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
1589 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
1590 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
1591 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
1592 type acl.
1593
1594 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
1595 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
1596 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
1597 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
cccac0a2 1598
1599 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
7f7db318 1600
cccac0a2 1601 "program" cmdline
7d90757b 1602 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
1603 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
0a0c70cd 1604 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
1605 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
1606 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 1607
7d90757b 1608 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
1609 program is specified.
cccac0a2 1610
7d90757b 1611 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
1612 this line to something like
cccac0a2 1613
6845f129 1614 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
cccac0a2 1615
1616 "children" numberofchildren
7d90757b 1617 The number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
1618 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
1619 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
1620 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
1621 authenticator processes.
cccac0a2 1622 auth_param basic children 5
1623
1624 "concurrency" concurrency
1625 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
1626 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
7d90757b 1627 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
1628 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
1629 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
1630 wating for the response.
1631 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
cccac0a2 1632 auth_param basic concurrency 0
1633
1634 "realm" realmstring
1635 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1636 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
1637 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1638 password). There is no default.
1639 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1640
1641 "credentialsttl" timetolive
1642 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
1643 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
1644 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
1645 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
5ac1a5b3 1646 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
cccac0a2 1647 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
1648 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
1649 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
1650 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
1651
6845f129 1652 "casesensitive" on|off
1653 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
1654 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
1655 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
1656 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
1657 auth_param basic casesensitive off
64658378 1658
cccac0a2 1659 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
1660
1661 "program" cmdline
1662 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
1663 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
63a24aeb 1664 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
4c9fa5d5 1665 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
1666 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
0a0c70cd 1667 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
1668 available as %m in the returned error page.
4c9fa5d5 1669
7d90757b 1670 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
4c9fa5d5 1671 program is specified.
1672
7d90757b 1673 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
1674 something like
cccac0a2 1675
1676 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
1677
cccac0a2 1678 "children" numberofchildren
1679 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1680 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1681 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
1682 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
1683 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
1684 auth_param digest children 5
1685
1686 "realm" realmstring
1687 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1688 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
1689 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1690 password). There is no default.
1691 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1692
1693 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
1694 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
1695 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
1696
1697 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
1698 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
1699 valid for.
1700
1701 "nonce_max_count" number
1702 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
1703 used.
1704
1705 "nonce_strictness" on|off
5ac1a5b3 1706 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
cccac0a2 1707 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
1708 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
1709 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
1710
1711 "check_nonce_count" on|off
1712 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
1713 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
1714 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
1715 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
1716
1717 "post_workaround" on|off
1718 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
1719 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
5ac1a5b3 1720 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 1721
cccac0a2 1722 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1723
1724 "program" cmdline
5ac1a5b3 1725 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
bdf7e1b4 1726 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
1727 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
5ac1a5b3 1728 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
1729 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
cccac0a2 1730 is not used.
1731
1732 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1733
1734 "children" numberofchildren
1735 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1736 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1737 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
5ac1a5b3 1738 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
cccac0a2 1739 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1740 processes.
dd9b1776 1741
cccac0a2 1742 auth_param ntlm children 5
1743
dd9b1776 1744 "keep_alive" on|off
1745 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1746 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1747 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1748 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1749 supported by the proxy.
1750
1751 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
1752
6bf4f823 1753 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 1754
6bf4f823 1755 "program" cmdline
1756 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
1757 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
1758 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
1759 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
1760 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
1761 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
1762 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
1763 is not used.
1764 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
26819f1e 1765 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
6bf4f823 1766
1767 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
1768
1769 "children" numberofchildren
1770 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1771 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1772 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
1773 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
1774 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1775 processes.
1776 auth_param negotiate children 5
699acd19 1777
6bf4f823 1778 "keep_alive" on|off
1779 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
1780 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
1781 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
1782 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
1783 supported by the proxy.
1784
1785 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 1786
1787NOCOMMENT_START
6845f129 1788#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
6bf4f823 1789#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1790#auth_param negotiate children 5
1791#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
26819f1e 1792#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
1793#auth_param ntlm children 5
1794#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
2d70df72 1795#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1796#auth_param digest children 5
1797#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1798#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1799#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1800#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
94439e4e 1801#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6845f129 1802#auth_param basic children 5
1803#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1804#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
6b698a21 1805NOCOMMENT_END
1806DOC_END
0976f8db 1807
6b698a21 1808NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1809TYPE: time_t
1810DEFAULT: 1 hour
1811LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1812DOC_START
7d90757b 1813 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
1814 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
1815 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
1816 have good reason to.
6b698a21 1817DOC_END
0976f8db 1818
6b698a21 1819NAME: authenticate_ttl
1820TYPE: time_t
1821DEFAULT: 1 hour
1822LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1823DOC_START
1824 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
1825 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
1826 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
1827 TTL are removed from memory.
1828DOC_END
0976f8db 1829
6b698a21 1830NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
1831TYPE: time_t
1832LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
1833DEFAULT: 0 seconds
1834DOC_START
1835 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
1836 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
1837 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
1838 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
1839 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
1840 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
1841 environment with relatively static address assignments.
1842DOC_END
0976f8db 1843
6b698a21 1844NAME: external_acl_type
1845TYPE: externalAclHelper
1846LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
1847DEFAULT: none
1848DOC_START
1849 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
1850 to look up the status
7f7db318 1851
6b698a21 1852 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
7f7db318 1853
6b698a21 1854 Options:
0976f8db 1855
6b698a21 1856 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
1857 for 1 hour)
1858 negative_ttl=n
1859 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
1860 as ttl)
1861 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
7d90757b 1862 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
1863 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
1864 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
6b698a21 1865 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
1866 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
1867 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
1868 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
dc1af3cf 1869 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
7f7db318 1870
6b698a21 1871 FORMAT specifications
1872
1873 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
66b4345b 1874 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
6b698a21 1875 %IDENT Ident user name
1876 %SRC Client IP
1877 %SRCPORT Client source port
3cf6e9c5 1878 %URI Requested URI
6b698a21 1879 %DST Requested host
1880 %PROTO Requested protocol
1881 %PORT Requested port
1882 %PATH Requested URL path
1883 %METHOD Request method
1884 %MYADDR Squid interface address
1885 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
7d90757b 1886 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
4ac9968f 1887 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
3d61c476 1888 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
4ac9968f 1889 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
1890 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
6b698a21 1891 %{Header} HTTP request header
1892 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
1893 %{Hdr:;member}
1894 HTTP request header list member using ; as
1895 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
1896 character.
1897
7d90757b 1898 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
1899 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
1900 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
6b698a21 1901
1902 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
1903 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
1904 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
7d90757b 1905 more details.
6b698a21 1906
1907 General result syntax:
7f7db318 1908
6b698a21 1909 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
0976f8db 1910
6b698a21 1911 Defined keywords:
0976f8db 1912
6b698a21 1913 user= The users name (login)
1914 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
1915 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
1916 in error pages
1917 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
1918 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
1919 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
1920 %ea in logformat specifications
0976f8db 1921
7d90757b 1922 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
1923 each value in both requests and responses.
1924
1925 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
1926 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
1927 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
dc1af3cf 1928
7d90757b 1929 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
1930 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
1931 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
6b698a21 1932DOC_END
0976f8db 1933
6b698a21 1934COMMENT_START
1935 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
1936 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1937COMMENT_END
0976f8db 1938
6b698a21 1939NAME: request_header_max_size
1940COMMENT: (KB)
1941TYPE: b_size_t
5b648f60 1942DEFAULT: 20 KB
6b698a21 1943LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
1944DOC_START
1945 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
1946 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
1947 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
1948 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
1949 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
1950DOC_END
0976f8db 1951
6b698a21 1952NAME: request_body_max_size
47f6e231 1953COMMENT: (bytes)
1954TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 1955DEFAULT: 0 KB
1956LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
1957DOC_START
1958 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
1959 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
1960 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
1961 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
1962 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
1963 be no limit imposed.
1964DOC_END
0976f8db 1965
6b698a21 1966NAME: refresh_pattern
1967TYPE: refreshpattern
1968LOC: Config.Refresh
1969DEFAULT: none
1970DOC_START
1971 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
0976f8db 1972
6b698a21 1973 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
1974 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
0976f8db 1975
6b698a21 1976 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
1977 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
1978 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
1979 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
1980 has taken the appropriate actions.
0976f8db 1981
6b698a21 1982 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
1983 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
1984 will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 1985
6b698a21 1986 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
1987 expiry time will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 1988
6b698a21 1989 options: override-expire
1990 override-lastmod
1991 reload-into-ims
1992 ignore-reload
38f9c547 1993 ignore-no-cache
1994 ignore-no-store
1995 ignore-private
1996 ignore-auth
6845f129 1997 refresh-ims
0976f8db 1998
6b698a21 1999 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
2000 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
2001 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
2002 for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2003
6b698a21 2004 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
7f7db318 2005 that were modified recently.
0976f8db 2006
6b698a21 2007 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2008 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2009 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2010 liable for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2011
6b698a21 2012 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2013 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2014 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2015 it causes.
7f7db318 2016
6845f129 2017 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2018 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2019 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2020 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2021 send it anyway.
38f9c547 2022
6845f129 2023 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2024 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2025 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2026 liable for problems which it causes.
38f9c547 2027
6845f129 2028 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2029 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2030 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2031 liable for problems which it causes.
38f9c547 2032
6845f129 2033 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
7d90757b 2034 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
2035 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
2036 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
6845f129 2037 it causes.
38f9c547 2038
4c3ef9b2 2039 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2040 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2041 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2042 if one is available.
2043
6b698a21 2044 Basically a cached object is:
0976f8db 2045
6b698a21 2046 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2047 STALE if age > max
2048 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2049 FRESH if age < min
2050 else STALE
0976f8db 2051
6b698a21 2052 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2053 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
7f7db318 2054 match the default will be used.
0976f8db 2055
6b698a21 2056 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2057 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2058 used.
0976f8db 2059
6b698a21 2060Suggested default:
2061NOCOMMENT_START
2062refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2063refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
2064refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2065NOCOMMENT_END
2066DOC_END
0976f8db 2067
6b698a21 2068NAME: quick_abort_min
2069COMMENT: (KB)
47f6e231 2070TYPE: kb_int64_t
6b698a21 2071DEFAULT: 16 KB
2072LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2073DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2074
6b698a21 2075NAME: quick_abort_max
2076COMMENT: (KB)
47f6e231 2077TYPE: kb_int64_t
6b698a21 2078DEFAULT: 16 KB
2079LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2080DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2081
6b698a21 2082NAME: quick_abort_pct
2083COMMENT: (percent)
2084TYPE: int
2085DEFAULT: 95
2086LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2087DOC_START
2088 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2089 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2090 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2091 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2092 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2093 downloads.
0976f8db 2094
6b698a21 2095 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2096 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2097 then.
0976f8db 2098
6b698a21 2099 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2100 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2101
6b698a21 2102 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2103 it will abort the retrieval.
0976f8db 2104
6b698a21 2105 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
2106 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2107
6b698a21 2108 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2109 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
2110 to '0 KB'.
0976f8db 2111
6b698a21 2112 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
7f7db318 2113 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
6b698a21 2114DOC_END
0976f8db 2115
6b698a21 2116NAME: read_ahead_gap
2117COMMENT: buffer-size
47f6e231 2118TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2119LOC: Config.readAheadGap
2120DEFAULT: 16 KB
2121DOC_START
2122 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
2123 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
2124DOC_END
0976f8db 2125
6b698a21 2126NAME: negative_ttl
2127COMMENT: time-units
2128TYPE: time_t
2129LOC: Config.negativeTtl
2130DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2131DOC_START
2132 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
2133 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
2134 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
2135 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
2136 negative caching of DNS lookups.
2137DOC_END
0976f8db 2138
6b698a21 2139NAME: positive_dns_ttl
2140COMMENT: time-units
2141TYPE: time_t
2142LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
2143DEFAULT: 6 hours
2144DOC_START
7d90757b 2145 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
2146 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
2147 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
6b698a21 2148DOC_END
0976f8db 2149
6b698a21 2150NAME: negative_dns_ttl
2151COMMENT: time-units
2152TYPE: time_t
2153LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
7d90757b 2154DEFAULT: 1 minutes
6b698a21 2155DOC_START
2156 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
7d90757b 2157 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
2158 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
2159 much below 10 seconds.
6b698a21 2160DOC_END
0976f8db 2161
6b698a21 2162NAME: range_offset_limit
2163COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2164TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2165LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
2166DEFAULT: 0 KB
2167DOC_START
2168 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
2169 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
7f7db318 2170 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
6b698a21 2171 is NOT cached.
0976f8db 2172
6b698a21 2173 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
2174 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
2175 sending anything to the client.
0976f8db 2176
6b698a21 2177 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
7f7db318 2178 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
0976f8db 2179
6b698a21 2180 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
2181 client requested. (default)
2182DOC_END
0976f8db 2183
5473c134 2184NAME: minimum_expiry_time
2185COMMENT: (seconds)
777831e0 2186TYPE: time_t
5473c134 2187LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
2188DEFAULT: 60 seconds
777831e0 2189DOC_START
5473c134 2190 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
2191 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
2192 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy enorinments it
2193 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
2194 is most likely better to make your server return a
2195 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
2196 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
2197 often be best set to 0.
777831e0 2198DOC_END
2199
5473c134 2200NAME: store_avg_object_size
2201COMMENT: (kbytes)
2202TYPE: kb_size_t
2203DEFAULT: 13 KB
2204LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
6b698a21 2205DOC_START
5473c134 2206 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
2207 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
6b698a21 2208DOC_END
0976f8db 2209
5473c134 2210NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
2211TYPE: int
2212DEFAULT: 20
2213LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
6b698a21 2214DOC_START
5473c134 2215 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
2216 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
2217 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
6b698a21 2218DOC_END
0976f8db 2219
5473c134 2220COMMENT_START
2221 HTTP OPTIONS
2222 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2223COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2224
5473c134 2225NAME: broken_posts
2226TYPE: acl_access
2227DEFAULT: none
2228LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
6b698a21 2229DOC_START
5473c134 2230 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
2231 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
0976f8db 2232
5473c134 2233 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
2234 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
0976f8db 2235
5473c134 2236 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
6b698a21 2237
5473c134 2238 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
2239 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
2240 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
2241 a request with an extra CRLF.
2242
2243Example:
2244 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
2245 broken_posts allow buggy_server
6b698a21 2246DOC_END
2247
5473c134 2248NAME: via
2249IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2250COMMENT: on|off
6b698a21 2251TYPE: onoff
6b698a21 2252DEFAULT: on
5473c134 2253LOC: Config.onoff.via
6b698a21 2254DOC_START
5473c134 2255 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
2256 replies as required by RFC2616.
6b698a21 2257DOC_END
0976f8db 2258
5473c134 2259NAME: ie_refresh
2260COMMENT: on|off
2261TYPE: onoff
2262LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
2263DEFAULT: off
2264DOC_START
2265 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
2266 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
2267 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
2268 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
2269 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
2270 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
2271 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
2272 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
2273 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
2274 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
2275 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
2276 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
2277 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
2278 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
2279 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
2280 force fresh content.
2281DOC_END
2282
2283NAME: vary_ignore_expire
2284COMMENT: on|off
2285TYPE: onoff
2286LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
2287DEFAULT: off
2288DOC_START
2289 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
2290 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
2291 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
2292 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
2293 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
2294 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
2295 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
2296DOC_END
2297
2298NAME: extension_methods
2299TYPE: wordlist
2300LOC: Config.ext_methods
2301DEFAULT: none
2302DOC_START
2303 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
2304 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
2305DOC_END
2306
2307NAME: request_entities
2308TYPE: onoff
2309LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
2310DEFAULT: off
2311DOC_START
2312 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
2313 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
2314 even if not explicitly forbidden.
2315
2316 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
2317 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
2318 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
2319 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
2320 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
2321DOC_END
2322
2323NAME: request_header_access
2324IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2325TYPE: http_header_access[]
2326LOC: Config.request_header_access
2327DEFAULT: none
2328DOC_START
2329 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2330
2331 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2332 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
2333 causes.
2334
2335 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
2336 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
2337 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
2338 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
2339 mangling.
2340
2341 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
2342 client to the server.
2343
2344 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
2345 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
2346 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
2347
2348 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
2349 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
2350
2351 request_header_access From deny all
2352 request_header_access Referer deny all
2353 request_header_access Server deny all
2354 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
2355 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
2356 request_header_access Link deny all
2357
2358 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
2359 you should use:
2360
2361 request_header_access Allow allow all
2362 request_header_access Authorization allow all
2363 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
2364 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
2365 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
2366 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
2367 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
2368 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
2369 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
2370 request_header_access Date allow all
2371 request_header_access Expires allow all
2372 request_header_access Host allow all
2373 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
2374 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
2375 request_header_access Location allow all
2376 request_header_access Pragma allow all
2377 request_header_access Accept allow all
2378 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
2379 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
2380 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
2381 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
2382 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
2383 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
2384 request_header_access Title allow all
2385 request_header_access Connection allow all
2386 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
2387 request_header_access All deny all
2388
2389 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
2390 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
2391
2392 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
2393 performed).
2394DOC_END
2395
2396NAME: reply_header_access
2397IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2398TYPE: http_header_access[]
2399LOC: Config.reply_header_access
2400DEFAULT: none
2401DOC_START
2402 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2403
2404 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2405 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
2406 causes.
2407
2408 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
2409 server to the client.
2410
2411 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
2412 direction.
2413
2414 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
2415 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
2416 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
2417 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
2418 mangling.
2419
2420 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
2421 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
2422 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
2423
2424 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
2425 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
2426
2427 reply_header_access From deny all
2428 reply_header_access Referer deny all
2429 reply_header_access Server deny all
2430 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
2431 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
2432 reply_header_access Link deny all
2433
2434 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
2435 you should use:
2436
2437 reply_header_access Allow allow all
2438 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
2439 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
2440 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
2441 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
2442 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
2443 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
2444 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
2445 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
2446 reply_header_access Date allow all
2447 reply_header_access Expires allow all
2448 reply_header_access Host allow all
2449 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
2450 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
2451 reply_header_access Location allow all
2452 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
2453 reply_header_access Accept allow all
2454 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
2455 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
2456 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
2457 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
2458 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
2459 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
2460 reply_header_access Title allow all
2461 reply_header_access Connection allow all
2462 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
2463 reply_header_access All deny all
2464
2465 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
2466 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
2467
2468 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
2469 performed).
2470DOC_END
2471
2472NAME: header_replace
2473IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
2474TYPE: http_header_replace[]
2475LOC: Config.request_header_access
2476DEFAULT: none
2477DOC_START
2478 Usage: header_replace header_name message
2479 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
2480
2481 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
2482 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
2483 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
2484 option.
2485
2486 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
2487
2488 By default, headers are removed if denied.
2489DOC_END
2490
2491NAME: relaxed_header_parser
2492COMMENT: on|off|warn
2493TYPE: tristate
2494LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
2495DEFAULT: on
2496DOC_START
2497 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
2498 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
2499 what the sending application intended even if the message
2500 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
2501 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
2502
2503 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
2504 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
2505
2506 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
2507 or response to be rejected.
2508DOC_END
2509
2510COMMENT_START
2511 TIMEOUTS
2512 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2513COMMENT_END
2514
2515NAME: forward_timeout
2516COMMENT: time-units
2517TYPE: time_t
2518LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
2519DEFAULT: 4 minutes
2520DOC_START
2521 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
2522 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
2523DOC_END
2524
2525NAME: connect_timeout
2526COMMENT: time-units
2527TYPE: time_t
2528LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
2529DEFAULT: 1 minute
2530DOC_START
2531 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
2532 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
2533 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
2534DOC_END
2535
2536NAME: peer_connect_timeout
2537COMMENT: time-units
2538TYPE: time_t
2539LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
2540DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2541DOC_START
2542 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
2543 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
2544 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
2545 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
2546DOC_END
2547
2548NAME: read_timeout
2549COMMENT: time-units
2550TYPE: time_t
2551LOC: Config.Timeout.read
2552DEFAULT: 15 minutes
2553DOC_START
2554 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
2555 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
2556 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
2557 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
2558 default is 15 minutes.
2559DOC_END
2560
2561NAME: request_timeout
2562TYPE: time_t
2563LOC: Config.Timeout.request
2564DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2565DOC_START
2566 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
2567 connection establishment.
2568DOC_END
2569
2570NAME: persistent_request_timeout
2571TYPE: time_t
2572LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
2573DEFAULT: 1 minute
2574DOC_START
2575 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
2576 connection after the previous request completes.
2577DOC_END
2578
2579NAME: client_lifetime
2580COMMENT: time-units
2581TYPE: time_t
2582LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
2583DEFAULT: 1 day
2584DOC_START
2585 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
2586 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
2587 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
2588 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
2589 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
2590 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
2591 day, 1440 minutes.
2592
2593 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
2594 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
2595 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
2596 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
2597 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
2598 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
2599DOC_END
2600
2601NAME: half_closed_clients
2602TYPE: onoff
2603LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
2604DEFAULT: on
2605DOC_START
2606 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
2607 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
2608 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
2609 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
2610 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
2611 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
2612 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
2613 "no more data to read."
2614DOC_END
2615
2616NAME: pconn_timeout
2617TYPE: time_t
2618LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
2619DEFAULT: 120 seconds
2620DOC_START
2621 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
6b698a21 2622 proxies.
2623DOC_END
0976f8db 2624
6b698a21 2625NAME: ident_timeout
2626TYPE: time_t
2627IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2628LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
2629DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2630DOC_START
2631 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
7f7db318 2632
6b698a21 2633 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
7f7db318 2634 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6b698a21 2635 many ident requests going at once.
2636DOC_END
0976f8db 2637
6b698a21 2638NAME: shutdown_lifetime
2639COMMENT: time-units
2640TYPE: time_t
2641LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
2642DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2643DOC_START
2644 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
2645 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
2646 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
2647 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
2648 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
2649DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2650
6b698a21 2651COMMENT_START
2652 ACCESS CONTROLS
2653 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2654COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 2655
6b698a21 2656NAME: acl
2657TYPE: acl
2658LOC: Config.aclList
2659DEFAULT: none
2660DOC_START
2661 Defining an Access List
9e7dbc51 2662
6b698a21 2663 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
2664 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
9e7dbc51 2665
6b698a21 2666 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
9e7dbc51 2667
6b698a21 2668 acltype is one of the types described below
9e7dbc51 2669
6b698a21 2670 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2671 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2672
6b698a21 2673 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
2674 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
2675 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
2676 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
9e7dbc51 2677
5b807763 2678 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
2679 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
2680 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
5cb988c7 2681 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
5b807763 2682 #
2683 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
2684 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
2685 # find out its MAC address.
2686
6b698a21 2687 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
2688 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
2689 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
2690 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
7660b45d 2691 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
2692 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
2693 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9e7dbc51 2694
a0ec9f68 2695 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
2696
6b698a21 2697 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
2698 day-abbrevs:
2699 S - Sunday
2700 M - Monday
2701 T - Tuesday
2702 W - Wednesday
2703 H - Thursday
2704 F - Friday
2705 A - Saturday
2706 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
2707 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
2708 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
2709 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
2710 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
2711 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
2712 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
2713 acl aclname method GET POST ...
2714 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
00634927 2715 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
6845f129 2716 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
2717 # pattern match on Referer header
2718 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
6b698a21 2719 acl aclname ident username ...
2720 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
2721 # string match on ident output.
9e7dbc51 2722 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
6b698a21 2723 acl aclname src_as number ...
2724 acl aclname dst_as number ...
2725 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
9e7dbc51 2726 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
2727 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
6468fe10 2728 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
2729 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
d87ebd78 2730 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
2731 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
6468fe10 2732
6b698a21 2733 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
2734 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
2735 # list of valid usernames
c68e9c6b 2736 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
73e67ee0 2737 #
2738 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
2739 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
2740 # in access.log.
c68e9c6b 2741 #
2742 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
2743 # to check username/password combinations (see
f7d2a450 2744 # auth_param directive).
c68e9c6b 2745 #
d048c262 2746 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy as
2747 # the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
2748 # to respond to proxy authentication.
934b03fc 2749
6b698a21 2750 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
2751 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
dba79ac5 2752 # Example:
96d88dcb 2753 #
dba79ac5 2754 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
2755
6b698a21 2756 acl aclname maxconn number
2757 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
9bc73deb 2758 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
2759
6b698a21 2760 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
2761 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
c23e89cd 2762 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
60d096f4 2763 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
7f7db318 2764 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
be5caa55 2765 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
c23e89cd 2766 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
7f7db318 2767 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
be5caa55 2768 # request is denied)
2769 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
c23e89cd 2770 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
be5caa55 2771 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
60d096f4 2772
cccac0a2 2773 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
5ac1a5b3 2774 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
c4ab8329 2775 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
5ac1a5b3 2776 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
c4ab8329 2777 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
2778 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
2779 # http_reply_access.
2780
7df0bfd7 2781 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
7d90757b 2782 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
7df0bfd7 2783 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
2784 # ACLs.
2785
2786 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
7d90757b 2787 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
7df0bfd7 2788 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
2789 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
2790 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
2791 # to match the returned file type.
2792
00634927 2793 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
2794 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
2795 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
2796 # ACLs.
2797
cccac0a2 2798 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
2799 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
d9572179 2800 # external_acl_type directive.
c4ab8329 2801
cccac0a2 2802 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
2803 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2804 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2805
cccac0a2 2806 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
2807 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2808 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2809
cccac0a2 2810 acl aclname ext_user username ...
2811 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
7d90757b 2812 # string match on username returned by external acl helper
d95b862f 2813 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
2814
cccac0a2 2815Examples:
5b807763 2816acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
cccac0a2 2817acl myexample dst_as 1241
2818acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
2819acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
2820acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
c68e9c6b 2821
cccac0a2 2822NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2823#Recommended minimum configuration:
cccac0a2 2824acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
2825acl manager proto cache_object
2826acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
2827acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
ec19153f 2828acl SSL_ports port 443
cccac0a2 2829acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
2830acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
ec19153f 2831acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
cccac0a2 2832acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
2833acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
2834acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
2835acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
2836acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
2837acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
2838acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
2839acl CONNECT method CONNECT
2840NOCOMMENT_END
2841DOC_END
2842
2843NAME: http_access
2844TYPE: acl_access
2845LOC: Config.accessList.http
2846DEFAULT: none
2847DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2848DOC_START
2849 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
2850
2851 Access to the HTTP port:
2852 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2853
2854 NOTE on default values:
2855
2856 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
2857 the request.
2858
2859 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
2860 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
7f7db318 2861 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
cccac0a2 2862 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
2863 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
2864 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
2865
2866NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2867#Recommended minimum configuration:
2868#
2869# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
cccac0a2 2870http_access allow manager localhost
2871http_access deny manager
6b53c392 2872# Deny requests to unknown ports
cccac0a2 2873http_access deny !Safe_ports
6b53c392 2874# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
cccac0a2 2875http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
c68e9c6b 2876#
7f7db318 2877# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
2878# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
4cc6eb12 2879# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
2880#http_access deny to_localhost
c68e9c6b 2881#
4cc6eb12 2882# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
2883
59f4a63e 2884# Example rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
b9d7fe3e 2885# to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
2886# be allowed
2887#acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
2888#http_access allow our_networks
2889
6b53c392 2890# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
cccac0a2 2891http_access deny all
2892NOCOMMENT_END
2893DOC_END
c4ab8329 2894
cccac0a2 2895NAME: http_reply_access
2896TYPE: acl_access
2897LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2898DEFAULT: none
2899DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2900DOC_START
6845f129 2901 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
c4ab8329 2902
6845f129 2903 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
0976f8db 2904
6845f129 2905 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
cccac0a2 2906 all replies
0976f8db 2907
6845f129 2908 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
2909 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2910 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
cccac0a2 2911DOC_END
6b53c392 2912
cccac0a2 2913NAME: icp_access
2914TYPE: acl_access
2915LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2916DEFAULT: none
2917DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2918DOC_START
2919 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2920 access lists
934b03fc 2921
cccac0a2 2922 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 2923
cccac0a2 2924 See http_access for details
0976f8db 2925
cccac0a2 2926NOCOMMENT_START
403b5e7b 2927#Allow ICP queries from everyone
cccac0a2 2928icp_access allow all
2929NOCOMMENT_END
2930DOC_END
934b03fc 2931
5401aa8d 2932NAME: htcp_access
2933IFDEF: USE_HTCP
2934TYPE: acl_access
2935LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
2936DEFAULT: none
2937DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2938DOC_START
2939 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
2940 access lists
2941
2942 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2943
2944 See http_access for details
2945
2946#Allow HTCP queries from everyone
2947htcp_access allow all
2948DOC_END
2949
2950NAME: htcp_clr_access
2951IFDEF: USE_HTCP
2952TYPE: acl_access
2953LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
2954DEFAULT: none
2955DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2956DOC_START
2957 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
2958 on defined access lists
2959
2960 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2961
2962 See http_access for details
2963
2964#Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
2965acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
2966htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
2967DOC_END
2968
cccac0a2 2969NAME: miss_access
2970TYPE: acl_access
2971LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2972DEFAULT: none
2973DOC_START
2974 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2975 a parent. For example:
934b03fc 2976
cccac0a2 2977 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2978 miss_access allow localclients
2979 miss_access deny !localclients
934b03fc 2980
7f7db318 2981 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
cccac0a2 2982 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
934b03fc 2983
cccac0a2 2984 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2985 to fetch MISSES from us.
6b53c392 2986
cccac0a2 2987NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2988#Default setting:
2989# miss_access allow all
cccac0a2 2990NOCOMMENT_END
2991DOC_END
2992
cccac0a2 2993NAME: cache_peer_access
2994TYPE: peer_access
2995DEFAULT: none
2996LOC: none
2997DOC_START
2998 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2999 using ACL elements.
3000
3001 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3002
3003 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
3004 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
3005 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
3006DOC_END
3007
3008NAME: ident_lookup_access
3009TYPE: acl_access
3010IFDEF: USE_IDENT
3011DEFAULT: none
3012DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3013LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
3014DOC_START
3015 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
3016 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
3017 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
3018 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
3019 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
3020 any requests.
3021
3022 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
3023 can follow this example:
3024
3025 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
3026 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
3027 ident_lookup_access deny all
3028
3029 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
3030 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
3031 the correct result.
3032DOC_END
3033
3034NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
3035TYPE: acl_tos
3036DEFAULT: none
3037LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
3038DOC_START
3039 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
3040 connections with, based on the username or source address
3041 making the request.
3042
3043 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
3044
3045 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
3046 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
3047
3048 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
3049 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
3050 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
3051 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
3052
3053 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
7d90757b 3054 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474 and
3055 RFC3260.
cccac0a2 3056
7d90757b 3057 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
3058 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
3059 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
3060 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
cccac0a2 3061
3062 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
3063 matching line.
7d90757b 3064
3065 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
3066 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
3067 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
3068 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 3069DOC_END
3070
057f5854 3071NAME: clientside_tos
3072TYPE: acl_tos
3073DEFAULT: none
3074LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
3075DOC_START
3076 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
3077 connections with, based on the username or source address
3078 making the request.
3079DOC_END
3080
cccac0a2 3081NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
3082TYPE: acl_address
3083DEFAULT: none
3084LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
3085DOC_START
3086 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
7d90757b 3087 based on the username or source address of the user making
cccac0a2 3088 the request.
7f7db318 3089
cccac0a2 3090 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
3091
5ac1a5b3 3092 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
7f7db318 3093 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
cccac0a2 3094 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
3095 source address 10.1.0.3.
3096
3097 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
3098 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
3099 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
3100 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
3101 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
3102
3103 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
3104 matching line.
7d90757b 3105
3106 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
3107 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
3108 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
3109 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 3110DOC_END
3111
4eb368f9 3112NAME: reply_header_max_size
3113COMMENT: (KB)
3114TYPE: b_size_t
3115DEFAULT: 20 KB
3116LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3117DOC_START
3118 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3119 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3120 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3121 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3122 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3123DOC_END
3124
cccac0a2 3125NAME: reply_body_max_size
3126COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
3127TYPE: acl_b_size_t
3128DEFAULT: none
3129LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
3130DOC_START
6845f129 3131 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
cccac0a2 3132 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
5ac1a5b3 3133 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
cccac0a2 3134 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
5ac1a5b3 3135 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
cccac0a2 3136 for this reply.
3137
7f7db318 3138 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
cccac0a2 3139 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
3140 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
3141 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
3142 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
3143 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
3144 and they will receive a partial reply.
3145
3146 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
3147 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
3148 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
3149 use this option if you have downstream caches.
3150
3151 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
3152 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
3153 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
3154 the size of your largest error page.
3155
3156 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
3157 no limit imposed.
3158DOC_END
3159
3160NAME: log_access
3161TYPE: acl_access
3162LOC: Config.accessList.log
3163DEFAULT: none
3164COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3165DOC_START
6845f129 3166 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
cccac0a2 3167 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3168 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
3169DOC_END
0976f8db 3170
cccac0a2 3171COMMENT_START
3172 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3173 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3174COMMENT_END
3175
3176NAME: cache_mgr
3177TYPE: string
3178DEFAULT: webmaster
3179LOC: Config.adminEmail
3180DOC_START
3181 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3182 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3183DOC_END
3184
abacf776 3185NAME: mail_from
3186TYPE: string
3187DEFAULT: none
3188LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3189DOC_START
3190 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3191 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 3192 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 3193 src/globals.h before building squid.
3194DOC_END
3195
d084bf20 3196NAME: mail_program
3197TYPE: eol
3198DEFAULT: mail
3199LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3200DOC_START
3201 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
3202 The default is "mail". The specified program must complain
3203 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
3204 mail_program recipient < mailfile
3205 Optional command line options can be specified.
3206DOC_END
3207
cccac0a2 3208NAME: cache_effective_user
3209TYPE: string
3210DEFAULT: nobody
3211LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 3212DOC_START
3213 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3214 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
3215 to UID to nobody. If you define cache_effective_user, but not
3216 cache_effective_group, Squid sets the GID to the effective
3217 user's default group ID (taken from the password file) and
3218 supplementary group list from the from groups membership of
3219 cache_effective_user.
3220DOC_END
3221
cccac0a2 3222NAME: cache_effective_group
3223TYPE: string
3224DEFAULT: none
3225LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3226DOC_START
e3d74828 3227 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3228 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3229 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
3230 all other group privileges of the effective user is ignored
3231 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
3232 root the user starting Squid must be member of the specified
3233 group.
cccac0a2 3234DOC_END
3235
d3caee79 3236NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3237COMMENT: on|off
3238TYPE: onoff
3239DEFAULT: off
3240LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3241DOC_START
3242 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3243DOC_END
3244
cccac0a2 3245NAME: visible_hostname
3246TYPE: string
3247LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3248DEFAULT: none
3249DOC_START
3250 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3251 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3252 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3253 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3254 names with this setting.
3255DOC_END
3256
cccac0a2 3257NAME: unique_hostname
3258TYPE: string
3259LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3260DEFAULT: none
3261DOC_START
3262 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3263 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3264 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3265DOC_END
3266
cccac0a2 3267NAME: hostname_aliases
3268TYPE: wordlist
3269LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3270DEFAULT: none
3271DOC_START
7f7db318 3272 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3273DOC_END
0976f8db 3274
cccac0a2 3275COMMENT_START
3276 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3277 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3278
3279 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3280 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3281 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3282 create cache hierarchies.
3283
3284 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3285 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3286 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3287
3288 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3289 following information from this configuration file:
3290
3291 http_port
3292 icp_port
3293 cache_mgr
3294
3295 All current information is processed regularly and made
3296 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3297COMMENT_END
3298
3299NAME: announce_period
3300TYPE: time_t
3301LOC: Config.Announce.period
3302DEFAULT: 0
3303DOC_START
3304 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3305 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3306 messages.
3307
3308 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3309 below.
3310
3311NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3312#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3313#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3314NOCOMMENT_END
3315DOC_END
3316
cccac0a2 3317NAME: announce_host
3318TYPE: string
3319DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3320LOC: Config.Announce.host
3321DOC_NONE
3322
3323NAME: announce_file
3324TYPE: string
3325DEFAULT: none
3326LOC: Config.Announce.file
3327DOC_NONE
3328
3329NAME: announce_port
3330TYPE: ushort
3331DEFAULT: 3131
3332LOC: Config.Announce.port
3333DOC_START
3334 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3335 number where the registration message will be sent.
3336
3337 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3338 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3339 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3340 message.
3341DOC_END
3342
8d6275c0 3343COMMENT_START
3344 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
3345 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3346COMMENT_END
3347
cccac0a2 3348NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
3349IFDEF: ESI
3350TYPE: string
3351LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3352DEFAULT: unset-id
3353DOC_START
3354 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3355 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3356 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3357 an identification token.
3358DOC_END
3359
3360NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
3361IFDEF: ESI
3362COMMENT: on|off
3363TYPE: onoff
3364DEFAULT: off
3365LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3366DOC_START
3367 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3368 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3369DOC_END
3370
3371NAME: esi_parser
3372IFDEF: ESI
964b44c3 3373COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3374TYPE: string
3375LOC: ESIParser::Type
3376DEFAULT: custom
3377DOC_START
3378 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3379 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3380 encodings.
3381DOC_END
0976f8db 3382
9edd9041 3383COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3384 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 3385 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3386COMMENT_END
3387
3388NAME: delay_pools
3389TYPE: delay_pool_count
3390DEFAULT: 0
3391IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3392LOC: Config.Delay
3393DOC_START
3394 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3395 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3396 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3397DOC_END
3398
3399NAME: delay_class
3400TYPE: delay_pool_class
3401DEFAULT: none
3402IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3403LOC: Config.Delay
3404DOC_START
3405 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3406 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3407 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3408 and here would be:
3409
3410Example:
3411 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3412 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3413 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3414 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3415 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3416
3417 The delay pool classes are:
3418
3419 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3420 bucket.
3421
3422 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3423 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3424 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3425
3426 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3427 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3428 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3429 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3430 32 of the IP address.
3431
3432 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3433 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3434 only takes effect if the username is established
3435 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3436 http_access rules.
3437
3438 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3439 external_acl's tag= reply).
3440
3441 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3442 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3443 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3444 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3445DOC_END
3446
3447NAME: delay_access
3448TYPE: delay_pool_access
3449DEFAULT: none
3450IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3451LOC: Config.Delay
3452DOC_START
3453 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3454
3455 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3456 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3457 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3458 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3459
3460 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3461 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3462
3463Example:
3464 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3465 delay_access 1 deny all
3466 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3467 delay_access 2 deny all
3468 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3469DOC_END
3470
3471NAME: delay_parameters
3472TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3473DEFAULT: none
3474IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3475LOC: Config.Delay
3476DOC_START
3477 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3478 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3479 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3480
3481delay_parameters pool aggregate
3482
3483 For a class 2 delay pool:
3484
3485delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3486
3487 For a class 3 delay pool:
3488
3489delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3490
3491 For a class 4 delay pool:
3492
3493delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3494
3495 For a class 5 delay pool:
3496
3497delay_parameters pool tag
3498
3499 The variables here are:
3500
3501 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3502 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3503 delay_class lines.
3504
3505 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3506 (class 1, 2, 3).
3507
3508 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3509 buckets (class 2, 3).
3510
3511 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3512 (class 3).
3513
3514 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3515 (class 4).
3516
3517 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3518 (class 5).
3519
3520 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3521 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3522 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3523 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3524
3525 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3526 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3527 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3528
3529delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3530
3531 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3532
3533 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3534 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3535 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3536 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3537 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3538 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3539 large downloads more significantly:
3540
3541delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3542
3543 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3544
3545 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3546 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
3547
3548delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
3549DOC_END
3550
3551NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3552COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3553TYPE: ushort
3554DEFAULT: 50
3555IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3556LOC: Config.Delay.initial
3557DOC_START
3558 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3559 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3560 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3561 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
3562 "seen" by squid).
3563DOC_END
3564
cccac0a2 3565COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3566 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 3567 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3568COMMENT_END
3569
8d6275c0 3570NAME: wccp_router
3571TYPE: address
3572LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3573DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3574IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3575DOC_NONE
3576NAME: wccp2_router
3577TYPE: sockaddr_in_list
3578LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 3579DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 3580IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 3581DOC_START
8d6275c0 3582 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3583 Squid.
cccac0a2 3584
8d6275c0 3585 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 3586
8d6275c0 3587 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 3588
8d6275c0 3589 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
3590 which version of WCCP to use.
3591DOC_END
3592
3593NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 3594TYPE: int
8d6275c0 3595LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3596DEFAULT: 4
3597IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 3598DOC_START
8d6275c0 3599 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
3600 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
3601 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
3602 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
3603 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 3604
8d6275c0 3605 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
3606 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
3607 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
3608 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 3609DOC_END
3610
8d6275c0 3611NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
3612TYPE: onoff
3613LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
3614DEFAULT: on
3615IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3616DOC_START
3617 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
3618 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
3619DOC_END
cccac0a2 3620
8d6275c0 3621NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
3622TYPE: int
3623LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
3624DEFAULT: 1
3625IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 3626DOC_START
699acd19 3627 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 3628 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 3629
8d6275c0 3630 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
3631 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 3632
8d6275c0 3633 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
3634 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 3635DOC_END
3636
8d6275c0 3637NAME: wccp2_return_method
3638TYPE: int
3639LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
3640DEFAULT: 1
3641IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 3642DOC_START
699acd19 3643 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 3644 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
3645 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 3646
8d6275c0 3647 1 - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
3648 2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 3649
8d6275c0 3650 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
3651 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 3652
699acd19 3653 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 3654 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
3655 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
3656 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 3657DOC_END
3658
8d6275c0 3659NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
3660TYPE: int
3661LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
3662DEFAULT: 1
3663IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 3664DOC_START
8d6275c0 3665 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
3666 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 3667
8d6275c0 3668 1 - Hash assignment
3669 2 - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 3670
8d6275c0 3671 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
3672 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
3673DOC_END
cccac0a2 3674
8d6275c0 3675NAME: wccp2_service
3676TYPE: wccp2_service
3677LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
3678DEFAULT: none
3679DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
3680IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3681DOC_START
3682 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
3683 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
3684 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
3685 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
3686 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
3687 using the wccp2_service_info option.
3688
3689 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
3690 just specifying the service id will suffice.
3691
3692 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
3693 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
3694
3695 Examples:
3696
3697 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
3698 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
3699 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
3700 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
3701
3702DOC_END
3703
3704NAME: wccp2_service_info
3705TYPE: wccp2_service_info
3706LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
3707DEFAULT: none
3708IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3709DOC_START
3710 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
3711 traffic you wish to have diverted.
3712
3713 The format is:
3714
3715 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
3716 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
3717
3718 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
3719 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
3720 + source_port_hash, dest_port_hash
3721 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
3722 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
3723 + ports_source
3724
3725 The port list can be one to eight entries.
3726
3727 Example:
3728
3729 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
3730 priority=240 ports=80
3731
3732 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
3733 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
3734DOC_END
3735
3736NAME: wccp2_weight
3737TYPE: int
3738LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
3739DEFAULT: 10000
3740IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3741DOC_START
3742 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
3743 hash proportional to their weight.
3744DOC_END
3745
3746NAME: wccp_address
3747TYPE: address
3748LOC: Config.Wccp.address
3749DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3750IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3751DOC_NONE
3752NAME: wccp2_address
3753TYPE: address
3754LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
3755DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3756IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
3757DOC_START
3758 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
3759 interface address.
3760
3761 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
3762DOC_END
3763
3764COMMENT_START
3765 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
3766 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3767
3768 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
3769COMMENT_END
3770
3771NAME: client_persistent_connections
3772TYPE: onoff
3773LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
3774DEFAULT: on
3775DOC_NONE
3776
3777NAME: server_persistent_connections
3778TYPE: onoff
3779LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
3780DEFAULT: on
3781DOC_START
3782 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
3783 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
3784 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
3785 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
3786DOC_END
3787
3788NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
3789TYPE: onoff
3790LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
3791DEFAULT: off
3792DOC_START
3793 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
3794 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
3795 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
3796DOC_END
3797
3798NAME: detect_broken_pconn
3799TYPE: onoff
3800LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
3801DEFAULT: off
3802DOC_START
3803 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
3804 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
3805 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
3806 has mostly been seen on redirects.
3807
3808 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
3809 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
3810 after 10 seconds timeout.
3811DOC_END
3812
3813COMMENT_START
3814 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
3815 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3816COMMENT_END
3817
3818NAME: digest_generation
3819IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3820TYPE: onoff
3821LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
3822DEFAULT: on
3823DOC_START
3824 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
3825 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
3826 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
3827DOC_END
3828
3829NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
3830IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3831TYPE: int
3832LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
3833DEFAULT: 5
3834DOC_START
3835 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
3836 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
3837 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
3838DOC_END
3839
3840NAME: digest_rebuild_period
3841IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3842COMMENT: (seconds)
3843TYPE: time_t
3844LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
3845DEFAULT: 1 hour
3846DOC_START
3847 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
3848DOC_END
3849
3850NAME: digest_rewrite_period
3851COMMENT: (seconds)
3852IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3853TYPE: time_t
3854LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
3855DEFAULT: 1 hour
3856DOC_START
3857 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
3858 disk.
3859DOC_END
3860
3861NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
3862COMMENT: (bytes)
3863TYPE: b_size_t
3864IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3865LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
3866DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
3867DOC_START
3868 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
3869 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
3870 default swap page.
3871DOC_END
3872
3873NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
3874COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3875IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3876TYPE: int
3877LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
3878DEFAULT: 10
3879DOC_START
3880 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
3881 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
3882DOC_END
3883
1db9eacd 3884COMMENT_START
5473c134 3885 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 3886 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3887COMMENT_END
3888
5473c134 3889NAME: snmp_port
3890TYPE: ushort
3891LOC: Config.Port.snmp
3892DEFAULT: 3401
3893IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 3894DOC_START
5473c134 3895 Squid can now serve statistics and status information via SNMP.
3896 By default it listens to port 3401 on the machine. If you don't
3897 wish to use SNMP, set this to "0".
8d6275c0 3898DOC_END
3899
5473c134 3900NAME: snmp_access
3901TYPE: acl_access
3902LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 3903DEFAULT: none
5473c134 3904DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3905IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 3906DOC_START
5473c134 3907 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 3908
5473c134 3909 All access to the agent is denied by default.
3910 usage:
8d6275c0 3911
5473c134 3912 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 3913
5473c134 3914Example:
3915 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3916 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 3917DOC_END
3918
5473c134 3919NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3920TYPE: address
3921LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
3922DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3923IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3924DOC_NONE
3925NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
3926TYPE: address
3927LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
3928DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3929IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 3930DOC_START
5473c134 3931 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 3932
5473c134 3933 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
3934 messages from SNMP agents.
3935 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
3936 agents.
cccac0a2 3937
5473c134 3938 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
3939 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 3940
5473c134 3941 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
3942 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
3943 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
3944 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 3945
5473c134 3946 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
3947 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 3948DOC_END
3949
5473c134 3950COMMENT_START
3951 ICP OPTIONS
3952 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3953COMMENT_END
3954
3955NAME: icp_port udp_port
3956TYPE: ushort
3957DEFAULT: 0
3958LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 3959DOC_START
5473c134 3960 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
3961 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
3962 Default is disabled (0).
3963NOCOMMENT_START
3964icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
3965NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 3966DOC_END
3967
5473c134 3968NAME: htcp_port
3969IFDEF: USE_HTCP
3970TYPE: ushort
3971DEFAULT: 4827
3972LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 3973DOC_START
5473c134 3974 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
3975 and from neighbor caches. Default is 4827. To disable use
3976 "0".
cccac0a2 3977DOC_END
3978
3979NAME: log_icp_queries
3980COMMENT: on|off
3981TYPE: onoff
3982DEFAULT: on
3983LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
3984DOC_START
3985 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
3986 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
3987 up or to simplify log analysis.
3988DOC_END
3989
5473c134 3990NAME: udp_incoming_address
3991TYPE: address
3992LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
3993DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3994DOC_NONE
cccac0a2 3995
5473c134 3996NAME: udp_outgoing_address
3997TYPE: address
3998LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
3999DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
cccac0a2 4000DOC_START
5473c134 4001 udp_incoming_address is used for the ICP socket receiving packets
4002 from other caches.
4003 udp_outgoing_address is used for ICP packets sent out to other
4004 caches.
cccac0a2 4005
5473c134 4006 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 4007
5473c134 4008 A udp_incoming_address value of 0.0.0.0 indicates Squid
4009 should listen for UDP messages on all available interfaces.
cccac0a2 4010
5473c134 4011 If udp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4012 it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address. Only
4013 change this if you want to have ICP queries sent using another
4014 address than where this Squid listens for ICP queries from other
4015 caches.
4016
4017 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4018 have the same value since they both use port 3130.
cccac0a2 4019DOC_END
4020
5473c134 4021NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 4022TYPE: int
5473c134 4023DEFAULT: 4
4024LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 4025DOC_START
5473c134 4026 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4027 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 4028DOC_END
4029
5473c134 4030NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
4031TYPE: int
4032DEFAULT: 400
4033LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 4034DOC_START
5473c134 4035 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4036 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 4037DOC_END
4038
cccac0a2 4039NAME: netdb_low
4040TYPE: int
4041DEFAULT: 900
4042LOC: Config.Netdb.low
4043DOC_NONE
4044
4045NAME: netdb_high
4046TYPE: int
4047DEFAULT: 1000
4048LOC: Config.Netdb.high
4049DOC_START
4050 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
4051 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
4052 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
4053 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
4054DOC_END
4055
cccac0a2 4056NAME: netdb_ping_period
4057TYPE: time_t
4058LOC: Config.Netdb.period
4059DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4060DOC_START
4061 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
4062 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
4063 network. The default is five minutes.
4064DOC_END
4065
cccac0a2 4066NAME: query_icmp
4067COMMENT: on|off
4068TYPE: onoff
4069DEFAULT: off
4070LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
4071DOC_START
4072 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
4073 replies, enable this option.
4074
4075 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 4076 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
4077 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 4078 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
4079 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
4080 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
4081 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
4082 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
4083DOC_END
4084
4085NAME: test_reachability
4086COMMENT: on|off
4087TYPE: onoff
4088DEFAULT: off
4089LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
4090DOC_START
4091 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
4092 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
4093 database, or has a zero RTT.
4094DOC_END
4095
5473c134 4096NAME: icp_query_timeout
4097COMMENT: (msec)
4098DEFAULT: 0
4099TYPE: int
4100LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 4101DOC_START
5473c134 4102 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
4103 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
4104 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
4105 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
4106 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
4107 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 4108
5473c134 4109 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 4110DOC_END
4111
5473c134 4112NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
4113COMMENT: (msec)
4114DEFAULT: 2000
4115TYPE: int
4116LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 4117DOC_START
5473c134 4118 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4119 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
4120 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
4121 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4122 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4123 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4124DOC_END
4125
5473c134 4126NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
4127COMMENT: (msec)
4128DEFAULT: 5
4129TYPE: int
4130LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 4131DOC_START
5473c134 4132 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4133 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
4134 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
4135 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
4136 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4137 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4138 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4139DOC_END
4140
5473c134 4141NAME: background_ping_rate
4142COMMENT: time-units
4143TYPE: time_t
4144DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4145LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 4146DOC_START
5473c134 4147 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
4148 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 4149DOC_END
4150
5473c134 4151NAME: icp_hit_stale
4152COMMENT: on|off
4153TYPE: onoff
4154DEFAULT: off
4155LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
4156DOC_START
4157 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
4158 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
4159 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
4160 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
4161 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
4162 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
4163 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
8c01ada0 4164DOC_END
4165
5473c134 4166COMMENT_START
4167 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
4168 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4169COMMENT_END
4170
4171NAME: mcast_groups
4172TYPE: wordlist
4173LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 4174DEFAULT: none
4175DOC_START
5473c134 4176 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
4177 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 4178
5473c134 4179 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
4180 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
4181 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
4182 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
4183 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
4184 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
4185 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 4186
5473c134 4187 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
4188 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 4189
5473c134 4190 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
4191 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 4192
5473c134 4193 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 4194
5473c134 4195 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
4196DOC_END
8c01ada0 4197
5473c134 4198NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4199IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4200TYPE: address
4201LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4202DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4203DOC_START
4204 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4205 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 4206
5473c134 4207 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4208 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 4209DOC_END
4210
5473c134 4211NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
4212IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4213TYPE: ushort
4214LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4215DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 4216DOC_START
5473c134 4217 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4218 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4219 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4220DOC_END
cccac0a2 4221
5473c134 4222NAME: mcast_miss_port
4223IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4224TYPE: ushort
4225LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4226DEFAULT: 3135
4227DOC_START
4228 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4229 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4230DOC_END
cccac0a2 4231
5473c134 4232NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4233IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4234TYPE: string
4235LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4236DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4237DOC_START
4238 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4239 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4240DOC_END
8c01ada0 4241
5473c134 4242NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
4243COMMENT: (msec)
4244DEFAULT: 2000
4245TYPE: int
4246LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
4247DOC_START
4248 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
4249 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
4250 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
4251 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
4252 seconds.
cccac0a2 4253DOC_END
4254
5473c134 4255COMMENT_START
4256 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
4257 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4258COMMENT_END
4259
cccac0a2 4260NAME: icon_directory
4261TYPE: string
4262LOC: Config.icons.directory
4263DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4264DOC_START
4265 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4266 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4267DOC_END
4268
f024c970 4269NAME: global_internal_static
4270TYPE: onoff
4271LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4272DEFAULT: on
4273DOC_START
4274 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4275 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4276 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4277 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4278 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4279 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4280 the server generating a directory listing.
4281DOC_END
4282
5473c134 4283NAME: short_icon_urls
4284TYPE: onoff
4285LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4286DEFAULT: on
4287DOC_START
4288 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
4289 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
4290 it's own name and port in the URL.
4291
4292 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
4293 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
4294DOC_END
4295
4296COMMENT_START
4297 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
4298 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4299COMMENT_END
4300
4301NAME: error_directory
4302TYPE: string
4303LOC: Config.errorDirectory
4304DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
4305DOC_START
4306 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
4307 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
4308 language or company copy the template English files to another
4309 directory and point this tag at them.
4310
4311 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4312 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
4313 langauge that Squid does not currently provide please consider
4314 contributing your translation back to the project.
4315DOC_END
4316
4317NAME: err_html_text
4318TYPE: eol
4319LOC: Config.errHtmlText
4320DEFAULT: none
4321DOC_START
4322 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
4323 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
4324 organizations Web page.
4325
4326 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
4327 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
4328 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
4329 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
4330DOC_END
4331
4332NAME: email_err_data
4333COMMENT: on|off
4334TYPE: onoff
4335LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
4336DEFAULT: on
4337DOC_START
4338 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
4339 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
4340 so that the email body contains the data.
4341 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
4342DOC_END
4343
4344NAME: deny_info
4345TYPE: denyinfo
4346LOC: Config.denyInfoList
4347DEFAULT: none
4348DOC_START
4349 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
4350 or deny_info http://... acl
4351 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
4352
4353 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
4354 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
4355 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
4356 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
4357
4358 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
4359 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
4360 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
4361 the first authentication related acl encountered
4362 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
4363 acl processed on the last http_access line.
4364
4365 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
4366 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
4367
4368 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
4369 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
4370 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
4371
4372 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
4373 by specifying TCP_RESET.
4374DOC_END
4375
4376COMMENT_START
4377 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
4378 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4379COMMENT_END
4380
4381NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4382TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4383LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4384DEFAULT: on
4385DOC_START
5473c134 4386 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4387 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
4388 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 4389
5473c134 4390 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
4391 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 4392
5473c134 4393 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4394 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4395 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 4396
5473c134 4397 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
4398 this directive.
8d6275c0 4399DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 4400
5473c134 4401NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4402TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4403LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4404DEFAULT: off
4405DOC_START
5473c134 4406 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
4407 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
4408 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 4409
5473c134 4410 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4411 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4412 fails.
4413
4414 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4415 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4416 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 4417DOC_END
4418
5473c134 4419NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 4420TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 4421LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 4422DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 4423DOC_START
5473c134 4424 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 4425
5473c134 4426 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
4427 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
4428 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
4429 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
4430 something like:
0b0cfcf2 4431
5473c134 4432 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
4433 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 4434
5473c134 4435 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 4436
5473c134 4437 acl FTP proto FTP
4438 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 4439
5473c134 4440 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
4441 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
4442 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
4443 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
4444 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 4445
5473c134 4446 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4447 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4448 always_direct deny local-external
4449 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 4450
5473c134 4451 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
4452 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
4453 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
4454 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 4455
5473c134 4456 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
4457 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
4458 the replies see no_cache.
4459
4460 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
4461 and local_ip.
cccac0a2 4462DOC_END
0976f8db 4463
5473c134 4464NAME: never_direct
4465TYPE: acl_access
4466LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
4467DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4468DOC_START
5473c134 4469 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4470
4471 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
4472 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
4473
4474 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
4475 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
4476 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
4477 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
4478
4479 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4480 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
4481 never_direct deny local-servers
4482 never_direct allow all
4483
4484 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
4485 servers inside the firewall use something like:
4486
4487 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
4488 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4489 always_direct deny local-external
4490 always_direct allow local-intranet
4491 never_direct allow all
4492
4493 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
4494 and firewall_ip.
8d6275c0 4495DOC_END
0976f8db 4496
5473c134 4497COMMENT_START
4498 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
4499 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4500COMMENT_END
4501
cccac0a2 4502NAME: incoming_icp_average
4503TYPE: int
4504DEFAULT: 6
4505LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
4506DOC_NONE
4507
4508NAME: incoming_http_average
4509TYPE: int
4510DEFAULT: 4
4511LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
4512DOC_NONE
4513
4514NAME: incoming_dns_average
4515TYPE: int
4516DEFAULT: 4
4517LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
4518DOC_NONE
4519
4520NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
4521TYPE: int
4522DEFAULT: 8
4523LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
4524DOC_NONE
4525
4526NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
4527TYPE: int
4528DEFAULT: 8
4529LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
4530DOC_NONE
4531
4532NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
4533TYPE: int
4534DEFAULT: 8
4535LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
4536DOC_START
5473c134 4537 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
4538 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
4539 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
4540DOC_END
4541
4542NAME: accept_filter
4543IFDEF: SO_ACCEPTFILTER
4544TYPE: string
4545DEFAULT: none
4546LOC: Config.accept_filter
4547DOC_START
4548 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
4549 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
4550 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
4551
4552 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
4553 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been recieved.
4554 See the accf_http(9) man page.
4555
4556EXAMPLE:
4557accept_filter httpready
4558DOC_END
4559
4560NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
4561COMMENT: (bytes)
4562TYPE: b_size_t
4563DEFAULT: 0 bytes
4564LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
4565DOC_START
4566 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
4567 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
4568 the default buffer size.
4569DOC_END
4570
4571COMMENT_START
4572 ICAP OPTIONS
4573 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4574COMMENT_END
4575
4576NAME: icap_enable
4577TYPE: onoff
4578IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4579COMMENT: on|off
4580LOC: TheICAPConfig.onoff
4581DEFAULT: off
4582DOC_START
4583 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
4584DOC_END
4585
4586NAME: icap_connect_timeout
4587TYPE: time_t
4588DEFAULT: none
4589LOC: TheICAPConfig.connect_timeout_raw
4590IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4591DOC_START
4592 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4593 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
4594 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
4595
4596 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
4597 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
4598 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
4599DOC_END
4600
4601NAME: icap_io_timeout
4602COMMENT: time-units
4603TYPE: time_t
4604DEFAULT: none
4605LOC: TheICAPConfig.io_timeout_raw
4606IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4607DOC_START
4608 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
4609 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
4610 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
4611 failure.
4612
4613 The default is read_timeout.
4614DOC_END
4615
4616NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
4617TYPE: int
4618IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4619LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_failure_limit
4620DEFAULT: 10
4621DOC_START
4622 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
4623 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
4624 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
4625 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
4626 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
4627 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
4628
4629 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
4630 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
4631 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 4632DOC_END
4633
5473c134 4634NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 4635TYPE: int
5473c134 4636IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4637LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_revival_delay
4638DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 4639DOC_START
5473c134 4640 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
4641 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
4642 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
4643 fetched.
cccac0a2 4644
5473c134 4645 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
4646 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 4647DOC_END
4648
5473c134 4649NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 4650TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4651IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4652COMMENT: on|off
4653LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_enable
cccac0a2 4654DEFAULT: off
4655DOC_START
5473c134 4656 Set this to 'on' if you want to enable the ICAP preview
4657 feature in Squid.
cccac0a2 4658DOC_END
4659
5473c134 4660NAME: icap_preview_size
4661TYPE: int
4662IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4663LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_size
4664DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 4665DOC_START
5473c134 4666 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
4667 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
4668 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 4669DOC_END
4670
5473c134 4671NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
4672TYPE: int
4673IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4674LOC: TheICAPConfig.default_options_ttl
4675DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 4676DOC_START
5473c134 4677 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
4678 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 4679DOC_END
4680
5473c134 4681NAME: icap_persistent_connections
4682TYPE: onoff
4683IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4684COMMENT: on|off
4685LOC: TheICAPConfig.reuse_connections
4686DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 4687DOC_START
5473c134 4688 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
4689 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 4690DOC_END
4691
5473c134 4692NAME: icap_send_client_ip
4693TYPE: onoff
4694IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4695COMMENT: on|off
4696LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_ip
4697DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 4698DOC_START
5473c134 4699 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 4700DOC_END
4701
5473c134 4702NAME: icap_send_client_username
4703TYPE: onoff
4704IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4705COMMENT: on|off
4706LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_username
4707DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 4708DOC_START
5473c134 4709 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
4710 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
4711 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
4712 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 4713DOC_END
4714
5473c134 4715NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 4716TYPE: string
5473c134 4717IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4718LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_header
4719DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 4720DOC_START
5473c134 4721 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 4722DOC_END
4723
5473c134 4724NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 4725TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4726IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4727COMMENT: on|off
4728LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_encode
4729DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 4730DOC_START
5473c134 4731 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 4732DOC_END
4733
5473c134 4734NAME: icap_service
4735TYPE: icap_service_type
4736IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4737LOC: TheICAPConfig
4738DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4739DOC_START
5473c134 4740 Defines a single ICAP service
cccac0a2 4741
5473c134 4742 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
7d90757b 4743
5473c134 4744 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
4745 This specifies at which point of request processing the ICAP
4746 service should be plugged in.
4747 bypass = 1|0
4748 If set to 1 and the ICAP server cannot be reached, the request will go
4749 through without being processed by an ICAP server
4750 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
4751
4752 Note: reqmod_precache and respmod_postcache is not yet implemented
4753
4754Example:
4755icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
4756icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 4757DOC_END
4758
5473c134 4759NAME: icap_class
4760TYPE: icap_class_type
4761IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4762LOC: TheICAPConfig
4763DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4764DOC_START
5473c134 4765 Defines an ICAP service chain. If there are multiple services per
4766 vectoring point, they are processed in the specified order.
4767
4768 icap_class classname servicename...
4769
4770Example:
4771icap_class class_1 service_1 service_2
4772icap class class_2 service_1 service_3
cccac0a2 4773DOC_END
4774
5473c134 4775NAME: icap_access
4776TYPE: icap_access_type
4777IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4778LOC: TheICAPConfig
cccac0a2 4779DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4780DOC_START
5473c134 4781 Redirects a request through an ICAP service class, depending
4782 on given acls
4783
4784 icap_access classname allow|deny [!]aclname...
4785
4786 The icap_access statements are processed in the order they appear in
4787 this configuration file. If an access list matches, the processing stops.
4788 For an "allow" rule, the specified class is used for the request. A "deny"
4789 rule simply stops processing without using the class. You can also use the
4790 special classname "None".
cccac0a2 4791
5473c134 4792 For backward compatibility, it is also possible to use services
4793 directly here.
4794Example:
4795icap_access class_1 allow all
cccac0a2 4796DOC_END
4797
5473c134 4798COMMENT_START
4799 DNS OPTIONS
4800 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4801COMMENT_END
4802
4803NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 4804TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 4805DEFAULT: off
5473c134 4806LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 4807DOC_START
5473c134 4808 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
4809 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
4810 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 4811DOC_END
4812
5473c134 4813NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 4814TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 4815DEFAULT: on
5473c134 4816LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 4817DOC_START
5473c134 4818 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
4819 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
4820 Squid to be strict about the standard.
4821 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 4822DOC_END
4823
5473c134 4824NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 4825TYPE: string
5473c134 4826IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
4827DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
4828LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 4829DOC_START
5473c134 4830 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 4831DOC_END
4832
5473c134 4833NAME: dns_children
4834TYPE: int
4835IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
4836DEFAULT: 5
4837LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 4838DOC_START
5473c134 4839 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
4840 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
4841 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
4842 is 32. The default is 5.
58850d15 4843
5473c134 4844 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
58850d15 4845DOC_END
4846
5473c134 4847NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
4848TYPE: time_t
4849DEFAULT: 5 seconds
4850LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
4851IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 4852DOC_START
5473c134 4853 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
4854 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 4855
cccac0a2 4856DOC_END
4857
5473c134 4858NAME: dns_timeout
4859TYPE: time_t
4860DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4861LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
4862IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 4863DOC_START
5473c134 4864 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
4865 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
4866 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 4867DOC_END
4868
5473c134 4869NAME: dns_defnames
4870COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 4871TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 4872DEFAULT: off
5473c134 4873LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 4874DOC_START
5473c134 4875 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
4876 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
4877 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
4878 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 4879DOC_END
4880
5473c134 4881NAME: dns_nameservers
4882TYPE: wordlist
4883DEFAULT: none
4884LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 4885DOC_START
5473c134 4886 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
4887 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
4888 /etc/resolv.conf file.
4889 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
4890 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
4891 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
4892 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 4893
5473c134 4894 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 4895DOC_END
4896
5473c134 4897NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 4898TYPE: string
5473c134 4899DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
4900LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 4901DOC_START
5473c134 4902 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
4903 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
4904 default locations:
4905 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
4906 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
4907 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
4908 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
4909 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
4910 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
4911 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
4912 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 4913
5473c134 4914 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
4915 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
4916 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
4917 character are comments.
cccac0a2 4918
5473c134 4919 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
4920 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
4921 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
4922 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
4923 definitions.
cccac0a2 4924DOC_END
4925
5473c134 4926NAME: dns_testnames
4927TYPE: wordlist
4928LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
4929DEFAULT: none
4930DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
4931DOC_START
4932 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
4933
4934 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
cccac0a2 4935DOC_END
4936
5473c134 4937NAME: append_domain
4938TYPE: string
4939LOC: Config.appendDomain
4940DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 4941DOC_START
5473c134 4942 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
4943 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
4944
4945 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
4946 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
4947 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
4948
4949Example:
4950 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 4951DOC_END
4952
5473c134 4953NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
4954TYPE: onoff
4955LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 4956DEFAULT: on
4957DOC_START
5473c134 4958 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
4959 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
4960 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
4961 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
4962 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 4963DOC_END
4964
a58ff010 4965COMMENT_START
5473c134 4966 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 4967 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4968COMMENT_END
4969
5473c134 4970NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 4971COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 4972TYPE: onoff
4973DEFAULT: on
4974LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 4975DOC_START
5473c134 4976 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
4977 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
4978 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
4979 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 4980DOC_END
4981
5473c134 4982NAME: memory_pools_limit
4983COMMENT: (bytes)
4984TYPE: b_size_t
4985DEFAULT: 5 MB
4986LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 4987DOC_START
5473c134 4988 Used only with memory_pools on:
4989 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 4990
5473c134 4991 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
4992 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
4993 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
4994 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
4995 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
4996 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
4997 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 4998
5473c134 4999 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5000 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 5001
5473c134 5002 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
5003 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5004
5005 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
5006 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
5007 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
5008 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 5009DOC_END
5010
5473c134 5011NAME: forwarded_for
5012COMMENT: on|off
5013TYPE: onoff
5014DEFAULT: on
5015LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 5016DOC_START
5473c134 5017 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
5018 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
5019 this:
5f8252d2 5020
5473c134 5021 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
5022
5023 If you disable this, it will appear as
5024
5025 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
5f8252d2 5026DOC_END
5027
5473c134 5028NAME: cachemgr_passwd
5029TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
5030DEFAULT: none
5031LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 5032DOC_START
5473c134 5033 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 5034
5473c134 5035 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
5036
5037 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
5038 5min
5039 60min
5040 asndb
5041 authenticator
5042 cbdata
5043 client_list
5044 comm_incoming
5045 config *
5046 counters
5047 delay
5048 digest_stats
5049 dns
5050 events
5051 filedescriptors
5052 fqdncache
5053 histograms
5054 http_headers
5055 info
5056 io
5057 ipcache
5058 mem
5059 menu
5060 netdb
5061 non_peers
5062 objects
5063 offline_toggle *
5064 pconn
5065 peer_select
5066 redirector
5067 refresh
5068 server_list
5069 shutdown *
5070 store_digest
5071 storedir
5072 utilization
5073 via_headers
5074 vm_objects
5075
5076 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
5077 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
5078
5079 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
5080 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
5081 password to "none".
5082
5083 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
5084
5085Example:
5086 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
5087 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
5088 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 5089DOC_END
5090
5473c134 5091NAME: client_db
a58ff010 5092COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5093TYPE: onoff
5094DEFAULT: on
5095LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 5096DOC_START
5473c134 5097 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
5098 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 5099DOC_END
5100
5473c134 5101NAME: refresh_all_ims
5102COMMENT: on|off
5103TYPE: onoff
5104DEFAULT: off
5105LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 5106DOC_START
5473c134 5107 When you enable this option, squid will always check
5108 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
5109 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
5110 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
5111 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 5112
5473c134 5113 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
5114 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 5115DOC_END
5116
5473c134 5117NAME: reload_into_ims
5118IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 5119COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5120TYPE: onoff
5121DEFAULT: off
5122LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 5123DOC_START
5473c134 5124 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
5125 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
5126 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
5127 feature could make you liable for problems which it
5128 causes.
5129
5130 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 5131DOC_END
5132
5473c134 5133NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
5134TYPE: int
5135LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
5136DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 5137DOC_START
5473c134 5138 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
5139 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
5140 each address is tried once).
5141
5142 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
5143 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
5144 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
5145
5146 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
5147 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 5148DOC_END
5149
5473c134 5150NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 5151TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5152LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 5153DEFAULT: off
5154DOC_START
5473c134 5155 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
5156 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
5157 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
5158 control errors.
5f8252d2 5159DOC_END
5160
5473c134 5161NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 5162TYPE: string
5473c134 5163LOC: Config.as_whois_server
5164DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5165DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 5166DOC_START
5473c134 5167 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
5168 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 5169DOC_END
5170
5473c134 5171NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 5172TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5173LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 5174DEFAULT: off
5175DOC_START
5473c134 5176 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
5177 objects.
a58ff010 5178DOC_END
5179
5473c134 5180NAME: uri_whitespace
5181TYPE: uri_whitespace
5182LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
5183DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 5184DOC_START
5473c134 5185 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
5186 URI. Options:
a58ff010 5187
5473c134 5188 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
5189 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
5190 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
5191 Request" message.
5192 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
5193 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
5194 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
5195 are in use.
5196 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
5197 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
5198 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
5199 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
5200 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
5201 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
5202 violation.
5203DOC_END
a58ff010 5204
5473c134 5205NAME: coredump_dir
5206TYPE: string
5207LOC: Config.coredump_dir
5208DEFAULT: none
5209DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
5210DOC_START
5211 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5212 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5213 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5214 and coredump files will be left there.
a58ff010 5215
5473c134 5216NOCOMMENT_START
5217# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5218coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
5219NOCOMMENT_END
5220DOC_END
a58ff010 5221
5473c134 5222NAME: redirector_bypass
5223TYPE: onoff
5224LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
5225DEFAULT: off
5226DOC_START
5227 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
5228 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
5229 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
5230 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
5231 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
5232 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
5233 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
5234 users may have access to pages they should not
5235 be allowed to request.
a58ff010 5236DOC_END
5237
5473c134 5238NAME: chroot
5239TYPE: string
5240LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 5241DEFAULT: none
5242DOC_START
5473c134 5243 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
5244 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
5245 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
5246 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will may get an
5247 error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5248DOC_END
a58ff010 5249
5473c134 5250NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
5251TYPE: onoff
5252LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
5253DEFAULT: on
5254DOC_START
5255 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
5256 found not to preserve user session state across requests
5257 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 5258
5473c134 5259 By default Squid rotates IP's per request. By disabling
5260 this directive only connection failure triggers rotation.
a58ff010 5261DOC_END
5262
5473c134 5263NAME: pipeline_prefetch
5264TYPE: onoff
5265LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
5266DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 5267DOC_START
5473c134 5268 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
5269 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5270 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 5271
5473c134 5272 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
5273 reasons.
5274DOC_END
a58ff010 5275
5473c134 5276NAME: high_response_time_warning
5277TYPE: int
5278COMMENT: (msec)
5279LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
5280DEFAULT: 0
5281DOC_START
5282 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
5283 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
5284 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 5285DOC_END
5286
5473c134 5287NAME: high_page_fault_warning
5288TYPE: int
5289LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
5290DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 5291DOC_START
5473c134 5292 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
5293 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5294 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
5295 per second.
5296DOC_END
cc9f92d4 5297
5473c134 5298NAME: high_memory_warning
5299TYPE: b_size_t
5300LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
5301DEFAULT: 0
5302DOC_START
5303 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
5304 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5305 the administrators attention.
5306DOC_END
cc9f92d4 5307
5473c134 5308NAME: sleep_after_fork
5309COMMENT: (microseconds)
5310TYPE: int
5311LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
5312DEFAULT: 0
5313DOC_START
5314 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
5315 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
5316 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
5317 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
5318 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
5319 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
5320 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
5321 until all the child processes have been started.
5322 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
5323 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 5324DOC_END
5325
cccac0a2 5326EOF