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9cef6668 1#
6845f129 2# SQUID Web Proxy Cache http://www.squid-cache.org/
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27#
28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 32
cccac0a2 33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
debd9a31 44
cccac0a2 45COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 46
592a09dc 47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
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60
61
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62 Conditional configuration
63
64 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
65 depend on conditions:
66
67 if <CONDITION>
68 ... regular configuration directives ...
69 [else
70 ... regular configuration directives ...]
71 endif
72
73 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
74 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
75 configuration directives.
76
77 These individual conditions types are supported:
78
79 true
80 Always evaluates to true.
81 false
82 Always evaluates to false.
83 <integer> = <integer>
84 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
85
86
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87 SMP-Related Macros
88
89 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
90
91 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
92 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
93
94 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
95 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
96 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 97COMMENT_END
98
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99# Options Removed in 3.2
100NAME: ignore_expect_100
101TYPE: obsolete
102DOC_START
103 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
104DOC_END
105
106NAME: ftp_list_width
107TYPE: obsolete
108DOC_START
109 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
110DOC_END
111
112NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
113TYPE: obsolete
114DOC_START
115 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
116DOC_END
117
118# Options Removed in 3.1
119NAME: dns_testnames
120TYPE: obsolete
121DOC_START
122 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
123DOC_END
124
125NAME: extension_methods
126TYPE: obsolete
127DOC_START
128 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
129DOC_END
130
131# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
132NAME: incoming_rate
133TYPE: obsolete
134DOC_NONE
135
136NAME: server_http11
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: upgrade_http0.9
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
146DOC_END
147
148NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
152DOC_END
153
154# Options Removed in 3.0
155NAME: header_access
156TYPE: obsolete
157DOC_START
158 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
159 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
166DOC_END
167
5473c134 168COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 169 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 170 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
171COMMENT_END
172
41bd17a4 173NAME: auth_param
174TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 175IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 176LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 177DEFAULT: none
178DOC_START
41bd17a4 179 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
180 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 181
41bd17a4 182 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 183
41bd17a4 184 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
185 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
186 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
187 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
188 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
189 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
190 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
191 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
192 program entry).
cccac0a2 193
41bd17a4 194 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
195 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
196 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
197 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 198
41bd17a4 199 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
200 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
201 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
202 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
203 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
204 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
205 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
206 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
207 type acl.
cccac0a2 208
41bd17a4 209 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
210 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
211 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
212 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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213 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
214 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 215
41bd17a4 216 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 "program" cmdline
219 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
220 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
221 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
222 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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223 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
224 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 225
41bd17a4 226 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
227 program is specified.
cccac0a2 228
41bd17a4 229 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
230 this line to something like
307b83b7 231
41bd17a4 232 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 233
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234 "utf8" on|off
235 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
236 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
237 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
238 username & password to the helper.
239
7353861b 240 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 241 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 242 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
243 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
244 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
245 authenticator processes.
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246
247 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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248 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
249 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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250 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
251 the maximum.
252
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253 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
254 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
255 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
256 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
257 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
258 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 259 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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260
261 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 262
41bd17a4 263 "realm" realmstring
264 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
265 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
266 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
267 password). There is no default.
268 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 269
41bd17a4 270 "credentialsttl" timetolive
271 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
272 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
273 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
274 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
275 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
276 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
277 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
278 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
279 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 280
41bd17a4 281 "casesensitive" on|off
282 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
283 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
284 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
285 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
286 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 287
41bd17a4 288 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 289
41bd17a4 290 "program" cmdline
291 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
292 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
293 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
294 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
295 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
296 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
297 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 298
41bd17a4 299 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
300 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 301
41bd17a4 302 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
303 something like
cccac0a2 304
7ce93108 305 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 306
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307 "utf8" on|off
308 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
309 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
310 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
311 username & password to the helper.
312
7353861b 313 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 314 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 315 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
316 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
317 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
318 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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319
320 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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321 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
322 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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323 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
324 the maximum.
325
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326 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
327 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
328 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
329 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
330 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
331 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
332 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
333
48d54e4d 334 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 335
41bd17a4 336 "realm" realmstring
337 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
338 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
339 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
340 password). There is no default.
341 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 342
41bd17a4 343 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
344 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
345 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 346
41bd17a4 347 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
348 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
349 valid for.
cccac0a2 350
41bd17a4 351 "nonce_max_count" number
352 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
353 used.
cccac0a2 354
41bd17a4 355 "nonce_strictness" on|off
356 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
357 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
358 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
359 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 360
41bd17a4 361 "check_nonce_count" on|off
362 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
363 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
364 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
365 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 366
41bd17a4 367 "post_workaround" on|off
368 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
369 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
370 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 371
41bd17a4 372 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374 "program" cmdline
375 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
376 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
377 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
378 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
379 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
380 is not used.
cccac0a2 381
41bd17a4 382 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 383
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384 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
385 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 386 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
387 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
388 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
389 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
390 processes.
cccac0a2 391
48d54e4d 392 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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393 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
394 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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395 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
396 the maximum.
397
398 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 399
41bd17a4 400 "keep_alive" on|off
401 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
402 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
403 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
404 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
405 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 406
41bd17a4 407 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 408
41bd17a4 409 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 410
41bd17a4 411 "program" cmdline
412 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
413 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
414 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
415 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
416 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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417 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
418 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
419 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 420 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
421 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 422
41bd17a4 423 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 424
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425 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
426 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 427 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
428 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
429 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
430 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
431 processes.
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432
433 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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434 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
435 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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436 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
437 the maximum.
438
439 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 440
41bd17a4 441 "keep_alive" on|off
442 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
443 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
444 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
445 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
446 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 447
41bd17a4 448 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 449
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450
451 Examples:
452
41bd17a4 453#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
454#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 455#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 456#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 457#
41bd17a4 458#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 459#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 460#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 461#
41bd17a4 462#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 463#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 464#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
465#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
466#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
467#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
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41bd17a4 469#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 470#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 471#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
472#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 473DOC_END
cccac0a2 474
41bd17a4 475NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
476TYPE: time_t
477DEFAULT: 1 hour
478LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
479DOC_START
480 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
481 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
482 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
483 have good reason to.
484DOC_END
cccac0a2 485
41bd17a4 486NAME: authenticate_ttl
487TYPE: time_t
488DEFAULT: 1 hour
489LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
490DOC_START
491 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
492 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
493 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
494 TTL are removed from memory.
495DOC_END
cccac0a2 496
41bd17a4 497NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
498TYPE: time_t
499LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
500DEFAULT: 0 seconds
501DOC_START
502 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
503 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
504 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
505 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
506 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
507 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
508 environment with relatively static address assignments.
509DOC_END
cccac0a2 510
3d1e3e43 511COMMENT_START
512 ACCESS CONTROLS
513 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
514COMMENT_END
515
41bd17a4 516NAME: external_acl_type
517TYPE: externalAclHelper
518LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 519DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 520DOC_START
41bd17a4 521 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
522 to look up the status
cccac0a2 523
41bd17a4 524 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 525
41bd17a4 526 Options:
cccac0a2 527
41bd17a4 528 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
529 for 1 hour)
530 negative_ttl=n
531 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
532 as ttl)
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533 children-max=n
534 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
535 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
536 children-startup=n
537 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
538 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
539 of this type. (default 0)
540 children-idle=n
541 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
542 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
543 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
544 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 545 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
546 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 547 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 548 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
549 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 550 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 551 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 552 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
553 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
055421ee 554 the default is currently 'ipv4'.
cccac0a2 555
41bd17a4 556 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 557
41bd17a4 558 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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559 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
560 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
561 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 562 %IDENT Ident user name
563 %SRC Client IP
564 %SRCPORT Client source port
565 %URI Requested URI
566 %DST Requested host
567 %PROTO Requested protocol
568 %PORT Requested port
569 %PATH Requested URL path
570 %METHOD Request method
571 %MYADDR Squid interface address
572 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
573 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
574 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
575 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
576 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
577 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 578
c68c9682 579 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 580 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 581 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 582 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 583 HTTP request header list member using ; as
584 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
585 character.
cccac0a2 586
c68c9682 587 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 588 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 589 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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590 %<{Hdr:;member}
591 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
592 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
593 character.
594
41bd17a4 595 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
596 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
597 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 598
41bd17a4 599 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
600 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
601 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
602 more details.
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41bd17a4 604 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 605
41bd17a4 606 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 607
41bd17a4 608 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 609
41bd17a4 610 user= The users name (login)
611 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
612 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
613 in error pages
614 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
615 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
616 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
617 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 618
41bd17a4 619 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
620 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 621
41bd17a4 622 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
623 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
624 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 625
41bd17a4 626 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
627 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
628 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
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630
41bd17a4 631NAME: acl
632TYPE: acl
633LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 634DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 635DOC_START
41bd17a4 636 Defining an Access List
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638 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
639 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
640 they are read from.
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642 acl aclname acltype argument ...
643 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 644
375eeb3b 645 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 646
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647 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE.
648 To make them case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
649 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line without -i.
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652 to access some external data source.
653 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
654 don't are marked as [fast].
655 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
656 for further information
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658 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
659
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660 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
661 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
662 acl aclname dst ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
663 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 664
41bd17a4 665 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
666 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
667 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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669 # other *BSD variants.
670 # [fast]
41bd17a4 671 #
672 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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674 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
675
676 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
677 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
678 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 679 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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680 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
681 # regex matching client name [slow]
682 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 683 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 684 #
41bd17a4 685 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
686 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
687 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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689 acl aclname src_as number ...
690 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 691 # [fast]
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692 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
693 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
694 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
695 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
696 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
697 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
698 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 699
6db78a1a 700 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 701 # [fast]
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702 # match against a named cache_peer entry
703 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
704
375eeb3b 705 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 706 # [fast]
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707 # day-abbrevs:
708 # S - Sunday
709 # M - Monday
710 # T - Tuesday
711 # W - Wednesday
712 # H - Thursday
713 # F - Friday
714 # A - Saturday
715 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
716
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718 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
719 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
720 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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723 # ranges are alloed
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724 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
725 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
726
b3567eb5 727 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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729 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
730
731 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
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733 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
734 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 736 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 737 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
e988aa40 738
375eeb3b 739 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 740 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 741 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 742
375eeb3b 743 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 744 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 745 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 746 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 747
41bd17a4 748 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
749 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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751 # supplied credentials [slow]
752 #
753 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 754 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
755 #
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757 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
758 #
41bd17a4 759 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
760 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
761 # in access.log.
762 #
763 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
764 # to check username/password combinations (see
765 # auth_param directive).
766 #
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768 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 769 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 770
41bd17a4 771 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 772 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 773 # Example:
774 #
775 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 776
41bd17a4 777 acl aclname maxconn number
778 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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779 # more than <number> TCP connections established. [fast]
780 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
781 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 782
41bd17a4 783 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
784 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
785 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 786 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 787 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
788 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
789 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
790 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
791 # request is denied)
792 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
793 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
794 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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796 acl aclname random probability
797 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
798 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
799 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
800
375eeb3b 801 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 802 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
803 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 804 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 805 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
806 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 807
41bd17a4 808 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
809 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
810 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 811 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 812
375eeb3b 813 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 814 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
815 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 816 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 817 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
818 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
819 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 820
41bd17a4 821 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
822 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
823 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 824 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 825
375eeb3b 826 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 827 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 828 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 829
41bd17a4 830 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
831 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 832 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 833
41bd17a4 834 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
835 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 836 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 837
41bd17a4 838 acl aclname ext_user username ...
839 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 840 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 841 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 842
0ab50441 843 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 844 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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846 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
847 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
848 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
849 #
850 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
851 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
852 # http_reply_access.
853
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854 Examples:
855 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
856 acl myexample dst_as 1241
857 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
858 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
859 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 860
41bd17a4 861NOCOMMENT_START
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862#
863# Recommended minimum configuration:
864#
e37bd29b 865acl manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
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866acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
867acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
e0855596 868
ee776778 869# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
870# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
871# should be allowed
872acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
873acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
874acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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875acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
876acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 878acl SSL_ports port 443
879acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
880acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
881acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
882acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
883acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
884acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
885acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
886acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
887acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
888acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
889acl CONNECT method CONNECT
890NOCOMMENT_END
891DOC_END
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893NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
894TYPE: acl_access
895IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
896LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
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897DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
898DOC_START
899 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
900 find the original source of a request.
901
902 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
903 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
904 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
905 rightmost address being the most recent.
906
907 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
908 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
909 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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910 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
911 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
912 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
913 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
914 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
915 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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917 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
918 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 919 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 920 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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921 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
922 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 923
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925 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
926
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927 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
928
929 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
930 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
931 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
932 source address of the request. This may enable remote
933 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
934 based on the client's source addresses.
935
936 For example:
937
938 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
939 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
940 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
941 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
942DOC_END
943
944NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
945COMMENT: on|off
946TYPE: onoff
947IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
948DEFAULT: on
949LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
950DOC_START
951 Controls whether the indirect client address
952 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
953 direct client address in acl matching.
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955 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
956 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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958
959NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
960COMMENT: on|off
961TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 962IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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964LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
965DOC_START
966 Controls whether the indirect client address
967 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
968 direct client address in delay pools.
969DOC_END
970
971NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
972COMMENT: on|off
973TYPE: onoff
974IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
975DEFAULT: on
976LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
977DOC_START
978 Controls whether the indirect client address
979 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
980 direct client address in the access log.
981DOC_END
982
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983NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
984COMMENT: on|off
985TYPE: onoff
986IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 987DEFAULT: off
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988LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
989DOC_START
990 Controls whether the indirect client address
991 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
992 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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994 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
995 mode ports.
996
997 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
998 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
999 of folow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
1000 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1002
41bd17a4 1003NAME: http_access
1004TYPE: acl_access
1005LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1006DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1007DOC_START
1008 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1009
41bd17a4 1010 Access to the HTTP port:
1011 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1012
41bd17a4 1013 NOTE on default values:
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41bd17a4 1015 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1016 the request.
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41bd17a4 1018 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1019 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1020 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1021 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1023 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1026 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1027
41bd17a4 1028NOCOMMENT_START
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1030#
1031# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1032#
1033# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
3c722b3a 1034http_access allow localhost manager
41bd17a4 1035http_access deny manager
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1037# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1038http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1040# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1041http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 1043# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1044# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1045# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1046#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1048#
1049# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1050#
c8f4eac4 1051
ee776778 1052# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1053# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1054# from where browsing should be allowed
1055http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1056http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1057
41bd17a4 1058# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1059http_access deny all
1060NOCOMMENT_END
1061DOC_END
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1063NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1064TYPE: acl_access
1065LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1066DEFAULT: none
1067DOC_START
1068 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1069
1070 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1071 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1072 output.
1073
1074 If not set then only http_access is used.
1075DOC_END
1076
41bd17a4 1077NAME: http_reply_access
1078TYPE: acl_access
1079LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1080DEFAULT: none
1081DOC_START
1082 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1083
41bd17a4 1084 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1085
41bd17a4 1086 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1087 all replies
1a224843 1088
41bd17a4 1089 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1090 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1091 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1093 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1094 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1095DOC_END
1096
41bd17a4 1097NAME: icp_access
1098TYPE: acl_access
1099LOC: Config.accessList.icp
41bd17a4 1100DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1101DOC_START
41bd17a4 1102 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1103 access lists
5473c134 1104
41bd17a4 1105 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1106
41bd17a4 1107 See http_access for details
1108
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1110 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1112# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1114#icp_access deny all
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1116
41bd17a4 1117NAME: htcp_access
1118IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1119TYPE: acl_access
1120LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
41bd17a4 1121DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1122DOC_START
41bd17a4 1123 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1124 access lists
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41bd17a4 1126 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1128 See http_access for details
5473c134 1129
0b48417e 1130 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1131 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1132 using the htcp option.
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1135 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1137# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1139#htcp_access deny all
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41bd17a4 1142NAME: htcp_clr_access
1143IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1144TYPE: acl_access
1145LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
41bd17a4 1146DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1147DOC_START
1148 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1149 on defined access lists
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41bd17a4 1151 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1152
41bd17a4 1153 See http_access for details
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1156 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1158# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1159acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1160htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
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1162
41bd17a4 1163NAME: miss_access
1164TYPE: acl_access
1165LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 1166DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 1167DOC_START
41bd17a4 1168 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1169 a parent. For example:
5473c134 1170
41bd17a4 1171 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1172 miss_access allow localclients
1173 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 1174
41bd17a4 1175 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
1176 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 1177
41bd17a4 1178 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
1179 to fetch MISSES from us.
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1181 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1182 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1183DOC_END
1184
1185NAME: ident_lookup_access
1186TYPE: acl_access
1187IFDEF: USE_IDENT
41bd17a4 1188DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1189LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1190DOC_START
41bd17a4 1191 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1192 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1193 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1194 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1195 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1196 any requests.
5473c134 1197
41bd17a4 1198 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1199 can follow this example:
5473c134 1200
4daaf3cb 1201 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1202 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1203 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1204
4daaf3cb 1205 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1206 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1207 the correct result.
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1209 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1210 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1211DOC_END
5473c134 1212
5b0f5383 1213NAME: reply_body_max_size
1214COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1215TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1216DEFAULT: none
1217LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1218DOC_START
1219 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1220 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1221 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1222 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1223 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1224 for this reply.
1225
1226 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1227 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1228 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1229 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1230 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1231 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1232 and they will receive a partial reply.
1233
1234 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1235 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1236 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1237 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1238
1239 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1240 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1241 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1242 the size of your largest error page.
1243
1244 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1245 no limit imposed.
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1247 Configuration Format is:
1248 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1249 ie.
1250 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1251
5b0f5383 1252DOC_END
1253
1254COMMENT_START
1255 NETWORK OPTIONS
1256 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1257COMMENT_END
1258
1259NAME: http_port ascii_port
1260TYPE: http_port_list
1261DEFAULT: none
1262LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1263DOC_START
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1264 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1265 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1266 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1267
1268 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1269 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1270 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1271 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1272 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1273 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1274 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1275
1276 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1277 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1278
1279 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1280 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1281 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1282
1283 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1284
c7b1dd5d 1285 Modes:
5b0f5383 1286
e77bdb4e 1287 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1288 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1289 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1290
1291 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1292 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1293 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1294
7f45065d 1295 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1296
3a0c8eb5 1297 ssl-bump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
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1299 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1300 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1301 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1302
1303 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1304 the SslBump feature.
1305
1306 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1307
1308
1309 Accelerator Mode Options:
1310
5b0f5383 1311 defaultsite=domainname
1312 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1313 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1314 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1315
cf673853 1316 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1317
1318 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
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1320 https_port
5b0f5383 1321
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1323 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
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1326 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
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1328 act-as-origin
1329 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1330 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1331 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
1332
1333 ignore-cc Ignore request Cache-Control headers.
1334
1335 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
1336 used in non-accelerator setups.
1337
1338 allow-direct Allow direct forwarding in accelerator mode. Normally
1339 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1340 never_direct was used.
1341
1342 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1343 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1344 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1345 http_access rules when using this.
1346
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1348 SSL Bump Mode Options:
1349
1350 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1351
1352 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1353 if not specified, the certificate file is
1354 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1355 key file.
1356
1357 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1358 1 automatic (default)
1359 2 SSLv2 only
1360 3 SSLv3 only
1361 4 TLSv1 only
1362
1363 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1364
1365 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1366 being:
1367 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1368 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1369 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1370 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1371 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1372 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1373 documentation for a complete list of options.
1374
1375 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1376 requesting a client certificate.
1377
1378 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1379 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1380 clientca will be used.
1381
1382 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1383 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1384
1385 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1386 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1387 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1388
1389 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1390 DH key exchanges.
1391
1392 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1393 DELAYED_AUTH
1394 Don't request client certificates
1395 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1396 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1397 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1398 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1399 to OpenSSL.
1400 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1401 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1402 will result in a new SSL session.
1403 VERIFY_CRL
1404 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1405 certificates.
1406 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1407 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1408 client certificate chain.
1409
1410 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1411
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1413 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1414 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1415 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1416 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1417 certificate will be selfsigned.
1418 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1419 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1420 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1421 years.
1422 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1423 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1424
1425 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1426 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1427 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
1428 default value is 4MB. An average XXX-bit certificate
1429 consumes about XXX bytes of RAM.
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1431 Other Options:
1432
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1434 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1435 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1437
5b0f5383 1438 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1439 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1440 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1441 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1442 support is enabled.
1443 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1444
1445 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1446 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1447 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1448 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1449 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1450 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1451 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1452 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1453
81b6e9a7 1454 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1455 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1456
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1459 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1460 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1461 timeout the time before giving up.
1462
5b0f5383 1463 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1464 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1465 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1466 visible on the internal address.
1467
1468NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1470# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1471http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1472NOCOMMENT_END
1473DOC_END
1474
1475NAME: https_port
1476IFDEF: USE_SSL
1477TYPE: https_port_list
1478DEFAULT: none
1479LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1480DOC_START
7f45065d 1481 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1482
1483 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1484 requests.
1485
1486 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1487 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1488 accelerator level.
1489
1490 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1491 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1492
7f45065d 1493 Modes:
5b0f5383 1494
7f45065d 1495 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1496
7f45065d 1497 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
5b0f5383 1498
5b0f5383 1499
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1501
1502
1503 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1504
1505 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1506
1507 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1508 if not specified, the certificate file is
1509 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1510 key file.
1511
1512 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1513 1 automatic (default)
1514 2 SSLv2 only
1515 3 SSLv3 only
1516 4 TLSv1 only
1517
1518 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1519
1520 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1521 being:
1522 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1523 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1524 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1525 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1526 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1527 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1528 documentation for a complete list of options.
1529
1530 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1531 requesting a client certificate.
1532
1533 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1534 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1535 clientca will be used.
1536
1537 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1538 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1539
1540 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1541 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1542 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1543
1544 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1545 DH key exchanges.
1546
1547 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1548 DELAYED_AUTH
1549 Don't request client certificates
1550 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1551 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1552 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1553 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1554 to OpenSSL.
1555 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1556 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1557 will result in a new SSL session.
1558 VERIFY_CRL
1559 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1560 certificates.
1561 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1562 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1563 client certificate chain.
1564
1565 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1566
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1568
41bd17a4 1569NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1570TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1571DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1572LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
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1575 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1576
41bd17a4 1577 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1578
41bd17a4 1579 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1580 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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1583 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1584 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1585 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1586
41bd17a4 1587 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1589 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1590
41bd17a4 1591 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1592 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1594 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 1595
41bd17a4 1596 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1597 matching line.
cccac0a2 1598DOC_END
1599
41bd17a4 1600NAME: clientside_tos
1601TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1602DEFAULT: none
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1604DOC_START
1605 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1606 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1607
1608 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1609
1610 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1611 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1612
1613 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1614 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1615 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1616 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1617
1618 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1619 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1620DOC_END
1621
1622NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1623TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1624IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1626LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1627DOC_START
1628 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1629 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1630
1631 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1632
1633 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1634 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1635
1636 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1637 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1638 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1639 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1640DOC_END
1641
1642NAME: clientside_mark
1643TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1644IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1646LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
cccac0a2 1647DOC_START
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1649 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1650
1651 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1652
1653 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1654 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1655
1656 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1657 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1658 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1659 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1660
1661 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1662 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 1663DOC_END
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1666TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 1667IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 1668DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1669LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
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1673 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1674 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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1677 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1678 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1681 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1682 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1683
1684 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
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1687
1688 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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1690 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1691
1692 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1693
1694 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1695
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1697 over the preserve-miss feature (see below).
575cb927 1698
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1700 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1701 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1702 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1703 with all variants of netfilter.
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1707 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1708 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1709 and masked with miss-mark.
1710 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1711 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1712 (MARK target).
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1714 miss-mask=0xFF
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1716 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1717 the TOS sent towards clients.
1718 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1719 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1720
1721 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1722 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1723 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1724 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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41bd17a4 1728NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1729TYPE: acl_address
1730DEFAULT: none
1731LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1732DOC_START
1733 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1734 based on the username or source address of the user making
1735 the request.
7f7db318 1736
41bd17a4 1737 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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1740 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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1743 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1744
1745 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
1746 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1747
1748 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
1749 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1750
1751 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
1752 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
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41bd17a4 1754 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1755 matching line.
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1758 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
1759 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
1760
1761
1762 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 1763 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1764 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1765 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 1767 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
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1770 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
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cccac0a2 1772DOC_END
1773
41bd17a4 1774COMMENT_START
1775 SSL OPTIONS
1776 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1777COMMENT_END
1778
1779NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1780IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1781TYPE: onoff
1782DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1783LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1784DOC_START
41bd17a4 1785 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1786 messages.
cccac0a2 1787DOC_END
1788
41bd17a4 1789NAME: ssl_engine
1790IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1791TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1792LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1793DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1794DOC_START
41bd17a4 1795 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1796 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1797DOC_END
1798
41bd17a4 1799NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1800IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1801DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1802LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1803TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1804DOC_START
41bd17a4 1805 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1806DOC_END
1807
41bd17a4 1808NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1809IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1810DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1811LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1812TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1813DOC_START
41bd17a4 1814 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1815DOC_END
1816
41bd17a4 1817NAME: sslproxy_version
1818IFDEF: USE_SSL
1819DEFAULT: 1
1820LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1821TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1822DOC_START
41bd17a4 1823 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1824DOC_END
1825
41bd17a4 1826NAME: sslproxy_options
1827IFDEF: USE_SSL
1828DEFAULT: none
1829LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1830TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1831DOC_START
41bd17a4 1832 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1834 The most important being:
1835
1836 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1837 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1838 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1839 SINGLE_DH_USE
1840 Always create a new key when using
1841 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1842
1843 These options vary depending on your SSL engine.
1844 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1845 complete list of possible options.
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1847
41bd17a4 1848NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1849IFDEF: USE_SSL
1850DEFAULT: none
1851LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1852TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1853DOC_START
41bd17a4 1854 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1856 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 1857DOC_END
1858
41bd17a4 1859NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1860IFDEF: USE_SSL
1861DEFAULT: none
1862LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1863TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1864DOC_START
41bd17a4 1865 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1866 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1867DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1869NAME: sslproxy_capath
1870IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1871DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1872LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1873TYPE: string
5473c134 1874DOC_START
41bd17a4 1875 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1876 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1877DOC_END
1878
4c9da963 1879NAME: ssl_bump
1880IFDEF: USE_SSL
1881TYPE: acl_access
1882LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1883DEFAULT: none
1884DOC_START
1885 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1886 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1887 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1888 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1889
1890 By default, no requests are bumped.
1891
e0c0d54c 1892 See also: http_port ssl-bump
4c9da963 1893
e0c0d54c 1894 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 1895 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1897
1898 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1899 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1900
1901 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1902 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1903 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1904 ssl_bump deny localhost
1905 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1906 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 1907DOC_END
1908
41bd17a4 1909NAME: sslproxy_flags
1910IFDEF: USE_SSL
1911DEFAULT: none
1912LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1913TYPE: string
5473c134 1914DOC_START
41bd17a4 1915 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1916 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1917 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1918 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1919 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1920DOC_END
1921
4c9da963 1922NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1923IFDEF: USE_SSL
1924DEFAULT: none
1925LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1926TYPE: acl_access
1927DOC_START
1928 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1929
1930 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1931 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1932 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1933
1934 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1935 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1936 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1937
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1939 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1940 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 1941
1942 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1943 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1944 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1945 the connection may be insecure.
1946
1947 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1948
e0855596 1949 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 1950DOC_END
1951
41bd17a4 1952NAME: sslpassword_program
1953IFDEF: USE_SSL
1954DEFAULT: none
1955LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1956TYPE: string
5473c134 1957DOC_START
41bd17a4 1958 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1959 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1960 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1961 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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1963 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
1964 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
1965 keys.
5473c134 1966DOC_END
1967
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1969 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
1970 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1971COMMENT_END
1972
1973NAME: sslcrtd_program
1974TYPE: eol
1975IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
1976DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
1977LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
1978DOC_START
1979 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
1980 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
1981 For more information use:
1982 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
1983DOC_END
1984
1985NAME: sslcrtd_children
1986TYPE: HelperChildConfig
1987IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
1988DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
1989LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
1990DOC_START
1991 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
1992 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
1993
1994 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
1995 tuning.
1996
1997 startup=N
1998
1999 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2000 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2001 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2002
2003 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2004 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2005
2006 idle=N
2007
2008 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2009 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2010 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2011 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2012
2013 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2014DOC_END
2015
cccac0a2 2016COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2017 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2018 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2019COMMENT_END
2020
41bd17a4 2021NAME: cache_peer
2022TYPE: peer
2023DEFAULT: none
2024LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2025DOC_START
41bd17a4 2026 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 2028 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2029
41bd17a4 2030 For example,
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41bd17a4 2032 # proxy icp
2033 # hostname type port port options
2034 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2035 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2036 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2037 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
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2039 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2040
2041 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2042
2043 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2044 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2045 For web servers this is usually 80
2046
2047 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2048 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2049 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2050
2051
2052 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2053
2054 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2055 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2056
2057
2058 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2059
2060 multicast-responder
2061 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2062 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2063 replies will be accepted from it.
2064
2065 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2066 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2067
2068 background-ping
2069 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2070 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2071 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2072
2073
2074 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2075
2076 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2077 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2078
2079
2080 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2081 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2083 list of options described below.
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18191440 2085 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2086
18191440 2087 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2088 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2089 only-clr.
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2092 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 2094 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2096 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2097
18191440 2098 htcp=forward-clr
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2099 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2100
2101
2102 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2103
2104 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2105 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2106
2107
2108 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2109 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2110 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2111
2112 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2113 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2114 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2115
2116 weighted-round-robin
2117 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2118 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2119 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2120 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2121 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2122
2123 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2124 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2125 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2126
2127 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2128
2129 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2131 multicast-siblings
2132 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2133 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2134 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
2135 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
2136 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2137 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2138 members of the same multicast group.
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2140
2141 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2142
2143 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2144 peer-selection mechanisms.
2145 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2146 larger weights are favored more.
2147 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2148 protocol is not in use.
2149
2150 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2151 times of parents.
2152 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2153 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2154 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2155
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2157 to this address.
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2159 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2160 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2161 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2162
2163 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2164 delay pools.
2165
2166 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2167 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2168 than the Squid default location.
2169
2170
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2172
2173 carp-key=key-specification
2174 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2175 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2176 scheme, host, port, path, params
2177 Order is not important.
2178
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2180
2181 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2182 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2183 is a web server.
2184
2185 forceddomain=name
2186 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2187 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2188 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2189 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2190
2191 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2192
2193 no-netdb-exchange
2194 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2195
2196
2197 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2198
2199 login=user:password
2200 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2201 requires proxy authentication.
2202
2203 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2204 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2205
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2207 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2208 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2209 without alteration to the peer.
2210 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2211
2212 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2213 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2214 connection-auth options are also used.
ee0b94f4 2215
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2217 Authentication is not required by this option.
11e4c5e5 2218
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2220 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2222 they may be sent instead.
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2224 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2225 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2226 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2227 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2228 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2229
2230 login=*:password
2231 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2232 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2233 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2234 needed to identify each user.
2235 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2236 information which is added to the username. This can
2237 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2238 the login=username:password option above.
2239
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2241 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2242 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2243 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2244 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2245
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2247 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2248 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2249
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2251 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2252 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2253 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2254 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2255 used.
2256
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2258 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2259 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
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2261 connection-auth=on|off
2262 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2263 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2264 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2265 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2266 of the peer.
2267
2268
2269 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2270
2271 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2272
2273 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2274 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2275 this peer.
2276
2277 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2278 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2279 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2280 reference a combined file containing both the
2281 certificate and the key.
2282
2283 sslversion=1|2|3|4
2284 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2285 1 = automatic (default)
2286 2 = SSL v2 only
2287 3 = SSL v3 only
2288 4 = TLS v1 only
2289
2290 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2291 to this peer.
2292
2293 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
2294 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2295 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2296 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2297 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
2298 a more complete list.
2299
2300 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2301 when verifying the peer certificate.
2302
2303 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2304 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2305
2306 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2307 verifying the peer certificate.
2308
2309 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2310
41bd17a4 2311 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2312 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2313 verify.
2314 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2315 Don't use the default CA list built in
2316 to OpenSSL.
2317 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2318 Don't verify the peer certificate
2319 matches the server name
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2321 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2322 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2323 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2324 used.
2325
2326 front-end-https
2327 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2328 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2329 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2330 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2331 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2332
2333
2334 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2335
2336 connect-timeout=N
2337 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2338 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2339
2340 connect-fail-limit=N
2341 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2342 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2343
2344 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2345 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2346 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2347 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2348 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2349 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2350 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2351
2352 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2353 peer. see also
2354
2355 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2356 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2357 but different ports.
2358 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2359 directives to dentify the peer.
2360 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2361 peername ACL type.
2362
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2364 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2365
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2367
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41bd17a4 2370NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2371TYPE: hostdomain
2372DEFAULT: none
2373LOC: none
2374DOC_START
2375 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2376 queried. Usage:
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41bd17a4 2378 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2379 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2380
41bd17a4 2381 For example, specifying
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41bd17a4 2383 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
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41bd17a4 2385 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2386 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2387 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2388 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2389 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2390
41bd17a4 2391 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2392 either on the same or separate lines.
2393 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2394 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2395 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2396 for all requests.
2397 * There are no defaults.
2398 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2399 section.
2400DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2402NAME: cache_peer_access
2403TYPE: peer_access
2404DEFAULT: none
2405LOC: none
2406DOC_START
2407 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2408 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2409
41bd17a4 2410 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 2412 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2413 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2414 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2415DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2417NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2418TYPE: hostdomaintype
2419DEFAULT: none
2420LOC: none
2421DOC_START
2422 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2423
41bd17a4 2424 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2425 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2426 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2427 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2428 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2429 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2430
41bd17a4 2431EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2432 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2433 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2434 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2435DOC_END
6bf4f823 2436
41bd17a4 2437NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2438COMMENT: (seconds)
2439DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2440TYPE: time_t
2441LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2442DOC_START
2443 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2444 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2445 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2446 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2447 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2448 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2449
41bd17a4 2450 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2451 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2452 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2453 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2454 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2455 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2456 instead of to your parents.
2457DOC_END
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2459NAME: forward_max_tries
2460DEFAULT: 10
2461TYPE: int
2462LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2463DOC_START
2464 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2465 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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2466
2467 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
2468 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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2469DOC_END
2470
41bd17a4 2471NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2472TYPE: wordlist
2473DEFAULT: none
2474LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2475DOC_START
2476 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2477 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2478 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2479 list this option multiple times.
2480 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
cccac0a2 2481NOCOMMENT_START
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2483# We recommend you to use at least the following line.
41bd17a4 2484hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 2485NOCOMMENT_END
2486DOC_END
0976f8db 2487
41bd17a4 2488COMMENT_START
2489 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2490 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2491COMMENT_END
2492
2493NAME: cache_mem
2494COMMENT: (bytes)
2495TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2496DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2497LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2498DOC_START
41bd17a4 2499 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2500 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2501 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2502 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2503
2504 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2505 for:
2506 * In-Transit objects
2507 * Hot Objects
2508 * Negative-Cached objects
2509
2510 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2511 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2512 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2513 priority.
2514
2515 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2516 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2517 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2518 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2519 not needed for in-transit objects.
2520
2521 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2522 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2523 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2524 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2525 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2526 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2527 objects.
6b698a21 2528DOC_END
0976f8db 2529
41bd17a4 2530NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2531COMMENT: (bytes)
2532TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2533DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2534LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2535DOC_START
41bd17a4 2536 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2537 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2538 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2539 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2540DOC_END
0976f8db 2541
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2542NAME: memory_cache_mode
2543TYPE: memcachemode
2544LOC: Config
2545DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2546DOC_START
ea21d497 2547 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2548
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2549 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2550
2551 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2552 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2553 a second time before cached in memory.
2554
2555 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2556DOC_END
2557
41bd17a4 2558NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2559TYPE: removalpolicy
2560LOC: Config.memPolicy
2561DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2562DOC_START
41bd17a4 2563 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2564 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2565
41bd17a4 2566 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2567DOC_END
6b698a21 2568
41bd17a4 2569COMMENT_START
2570 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2571 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2572COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2573
41bd17a4 2574NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2575TYPE: removalpolicy
2576LOC: Config.replPolicy
2577DEFAULT: lru
2578DOC_START
2579 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2580 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2581
41bd17a4 2582 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2583 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2584 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2585 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2586
41bd17a4 2587 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2588
41bd17a4 2589 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2590
41bd17a4 2591 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2592 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2593 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2594 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2595
41bd17a4 2596 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2597 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2598 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2599 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2600
41bd17a4 2601 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2602 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2603 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2604
41bd17a4 2605 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2606 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2607 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2608
41bd17a4 2609 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2610 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2611 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2612DOC_END
0976f8db 2613
41bd17a4 2614NAME: cache_dir
2615TYPE: cachedir
2616DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2617LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2618DOC_START
41bd17a4 2619 Usage:
0976f8db 2620
41bd17a4 2621 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2622
41bd17a4 2623 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2624 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2625
41bd17a4 2626 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2627 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2628 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2629
41bd17a4 2630 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2631 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2632 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2633 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2634 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2635
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2636 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
2637 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2638 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2639
41bd17a4 2640 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2641
41bd17a4 2642 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2643 been there.
0976f8db 2644
41bd17a4 2645 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2646
41bd17a4 2647 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2648 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2649 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2650 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2651 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2652
56fba4d0 2653 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2654 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2655
56fba4d0 2656 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2657 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2658 is 256.
0976f8db 2659
41bd17a4 2660 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2661
41bd17a4 2662 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2663 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2664 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2665
41bd17a4 2666 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2667
41bd17a4 2668 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2669
41bd17a4 2670 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2671
41bd17a4 2672 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2673 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2674 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2675
41bd17a4 2676 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2677
41bd17a4 2678 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2679
41bd17a4 2680 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2681 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2682 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2683
41bd17a4 2684 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2685 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2686 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2687
41bd17a4 2688 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2689 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2690 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2691 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2692 time.
0976f8db 2693
41bd17a4 2694 The coss store type:
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2696 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2697 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2698 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2699
41bd17a4 2700 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2701 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2702 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2703 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2704 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2705 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2706 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2707
41bd17a4 2708 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2709 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2710 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2711
41bd17a4 2712 Common options:
0976f8db 2713
41bd17a4 2714 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2715
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2716 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
2717 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
2718 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
2719 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
2720
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2721 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
2722 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 2723 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2724 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2725 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2726
41bd17a4 2727 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2728 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2729 option.
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2731
2732# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2733#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2734NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2735DOC_END
0976f8db 2736
41bd17a4 2737NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2738TYPE: string
2739LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2740DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2741DOC_START
41bd17a4 2742 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2743DOC_END
0976f8db 2744
41bd17a4 2745NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2746TYPE: int
2747LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2748DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2749DOC_START
41bd17a4 2750 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2751 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2752 descriptors are open.
2753
2754 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2755DOC_END
0976f8db 2756
41bd17a4 2757NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2758COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2759TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2760DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2761LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2762DOC_START
41bd17a4 2763 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2764 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2765 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2766DOC_END
0976f8db 2767
41bd17a4 2768NAME: maximum_object_size
2769COMMENT: (bytes)
2770TYPE: b_int64_t
2771DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2772LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2773DOC_START
41bd17a4 2774 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2775 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2776 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2777 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2778 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2779 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2780
41bd17a4 2781 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2782 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2783 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2784DOC_END
0976f8db 2785
41bd17a4 2786NAME: cache_swap_low
2787COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2788TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2789DEFAULT: 90
2790LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2791DOC_NONE
2792
2793NAME: cache_swap_high
2794COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2795TYPE: int
2796DEFAULT: 95
2797LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2798DOC_START
41bd17a4 2799
2800 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2801 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2802 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2803 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2804 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2805 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2806
2807 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2808 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2809 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2810DOC_END
0976f8db 2811
5473c134 2812COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2813 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2814 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2815COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2816
41bd17a4 2817NAME: logformat
2818TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 2819LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 2820DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2821DOC_START
41bd17a4 2822 Usage:
0976f8db 2823
41bd17a4 2824 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2825
41bd17a4 2826 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2827
41bd17a4 2828 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2829
41bd17a4 2830 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2831 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2832 as required according to their context and the output format
2833 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2834 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2835
41bd17a4 2836 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2837
41bd17a4 2838 " output in quoted string format
2839 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2840 # output in URL quoted format
2841 ' output as-is
5473c134 2842
41bd17a4 2843 - left aligned
2844 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2845 output is zero padded
2846 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2847
41bd17a4 2848 Format codes:
5473c134 2849
3ff65596 2850 % a literal % character
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2851 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
2852 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
2853 a similar internal error identifier.
2854 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
2855
2856 Connection related format codes:
2857
41bd17a4 2858 >a Client source IP address
2859 >A Client FQDN
2860 >p Client source port
928a0115 2861 >eui Client EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
41bd17a4 2862 <A Server IP address or peer name
2863 la Local IP address (http_port)
2864 lp Local port number (http_port)
c3a082ae 2865 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 2866 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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2867
2868 Time related format codes:
2869
41bd17a4 2870 ts Seconds since epoch
2871 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2872 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2873 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2874 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2875 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2876 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2878
2879 HTTP cache related format codes:
2880
ca2e92d8 2881 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 2882 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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2883 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
2884 Optional header name argument as for >h
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2885 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2886 as for >h
2887 [http::]un User name
2888 [http::]ul User name from authentication
2889 [http::]ui User name from ident
2890 [http::]us User name from SSL
2891 [http::]ue User name from external acl helper
2892 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2893 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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2894 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
2895 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
2896 transfer encoding and control messages.
2897 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
2898 received bodies.
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2899 [http::]Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2900 [http::]Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2901 [http::]mt MIME content type
2902 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
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2903 [http::]>rm Request method from client
2904 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
2905 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
2906 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
2907 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
3ff65596 2908 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
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2909 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
2910 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sento to server or peer
3ff65596 2911 [http::]rv Request protocol version
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2912 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
2913 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
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2914 [http::]et Tag returned by external acl
2915 [http::]ea Log string returned by external acl
2916 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
2917 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
2918 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
2919 are not included
2920 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
2921 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
2922 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
2923 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
2924 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
2925 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
2926 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
2927 and stops when the last response byte is received.
2928 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
2929 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
2930 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
2931 with the last I/O with the last peer.
2932
5038f9d8 2933 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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2934 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
2935
2936 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
2937 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
2938 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
2939 transaction is in progress.
2940
5038f9d8 2941 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
3ff65596 2942
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2943 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
2944 meta-information from the last eCAP
2945 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
2946 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
2947 argument.
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2948
2949 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
2950 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
2951 the order of transaction start time. Each time
2952 value is recorded as an integer number,
2953 representing response time of one or more
2954 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
2955 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
2956 being retried or repeated, its time is not
2957 logged individually but added to the
2958 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
2959 adapt::all_trs.
2960
2961 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
2962 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
2963 individual transactions are never added
2964 together. Instead, all transaction response
2965 times are recorded individually.
2966
2967 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
2968 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
2969 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 2970
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2971 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
2972
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2973logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
2974logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2975logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
2976logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
2977logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
2978
2979 When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON. The squid, common and combined
2980 formats have a safely encoded copy of the mime headers appended to each line
2981 within a pair of brackets.
2982
2983 The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
2984 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
5473c134 2985DOC_END
2986
41bd17a4 2987NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2988TYPE: access_log
2989LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 2990DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2991DOC_START
41bd17a4 2992 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2993 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 2994 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 2995 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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2997 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 2998 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2999 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3000 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3001
3002 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3003
bb7a1781 3004 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3005 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3006
3007 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3008 each request.
3009 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3010
3011 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3012 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3013 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3014
3015 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3016
3017 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3018 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3019 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 3020
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3021 where facility could be any of:
3022 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3023
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3024 And priority could be any of:
3025 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3026
3027 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3028 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3029 Place Format: \\host:port
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3031 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3032 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3033 Place Format: \\host:port
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3035 Default:
82b7abe3 3036 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3037DOC_END
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3039NAME: icap_log
3040TYPE: access_log
3041IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3042LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3043DEFAULT: none
3044DOC_START
3045 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3046 transaction.
3047
3048 The icap_log option format is:
3049 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3050 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3051
3052 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3053 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3054 features.
3055
3056 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3057 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3058 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3059 log line.
3060
3061 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3062 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3063 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3064 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3065 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3066 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3067 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3068
3069 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3070
3071 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3072
3073 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3074 option in Squid configuration file.
3075
3076 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3077
3078 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3079 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3080
3081 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3082 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3083
3084 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3085 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3086 the socket).
3087
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3088 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
3089 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3090 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3091 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3092 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3093 computed.
3094
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3096 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3097 the ICAP transaction is created and
3098 stops when the transaction is completed.
3099 Similar to tr.
3100
3101 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3102 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3103 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3104 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3105 is received.
3106
3107 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3108 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3109 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3110 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3111 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3112 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3113
3114 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3115
3116 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3117
3118 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3119
3120 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3121 definition, is called icap_squid:
3122
3123logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3124
5038f9d8 3125 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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3127
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3128NAME: logfile_daemon
3129TYPE: string
3130DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3131LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3132DOC_START
3133 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3134 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3135
3136 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3137 L<data>\n - logfile data
3138 R\n - rotate file
3139 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 3140 O\n - reopen file
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3141 F\n - flush file
3142 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3143 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3144
3145 No responses is expected.
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3147
5b0f5383 3148NAME: log_access
3149TYPE: acl_access
3150LOC: Config.accessList.log
3151DEFAULT: none
3152COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3153DOC_START
3154 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3155 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3156 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3157
3158 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3159 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3160DOC_END
3161
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3162NAME: log_icap
3163TYPE: acl_access
3164IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3165LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3166DEFAULT: none
3167DOC_START
3168 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3169 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3170DOC_END
3171
41bd17a4 3172NAME: cache_store_log
3173TYPE: string
df2eec10 3174DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3175LOC: Config.Log.store
3176DOC_START
3177 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3178 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3180 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3181 disable it.
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3182
3183 Example:
3184 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3185DOC_END
3186
41bd17a4 3187NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3188TYPE: string
3189LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3190DEFAULT: none
3191DOC_START
41bd17a4 3192 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3193 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3194 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3195 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3196 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3197 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3198 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 3199
41bd17a4 3200 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3201 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3202 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3203 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3204
41bd17a4 3205 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3206 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 3207
41bd17a4 3208 cache_swap_log.00
3209 cache_swap_log.01
3210 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3211
41bd17a4 3212 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3213 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3214 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3215 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3216 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3217 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3218 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3219DOC_END
3220
41bd17a4 3221NAME: logfile_rotate
3222TYPE: int
3223DEFAULT: 10
3224LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3225DOC_START
41bd17a4 3226 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3227 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3228 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3229 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3230 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3231 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3232
41bd17a4 3233 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3234 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3235 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3236 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3237 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3238 <pid>'.
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3239
3240 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3241 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3242DOC_END
5473c134 3243
41bd17a4 3244NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 3245TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 3246DOC_START
20efa1c2 3247 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 3248DOC_END
3249
41bd17a4 3250NAME: log_ip_on_direct
3251COMMENT: on|off
3252TYPE: onoff
5473c134 3253DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 3254LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 3255DOC_START
41bd17a4 3256 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
3257 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
3258 prefer the old way set this to off.
3259DOC_END
5473c134 3260
41bd17a4 3261NAME: mime_table
3262TYPE: string
3263DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3264LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3265DOC_START
3266 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3267 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3268 information if you do.
5473c134 3269DOC_END
3270
41bd17a4 3271NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3272COMMENT: on|off
3273TYPE: onoff
3274LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3275DEFAULT: off
3276DOC_START
3277 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3278 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3279 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3280 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3281 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3282DOC_END
5473c134 3283
41bd17a4 3284NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 3285TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3286DOC_START
20efa1c2 3287 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 3288DOC_END
3289
41bd17a4 3290NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 3291TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3292DOC_START
20efa1c2 3293 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 3294DOC_END
3295
41bd17a4 3296NAME: pid_filename
3297TYPE: string
3298DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3299LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3300DOC_START
41bd17a4 3301 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3302DOC_END
3303
41bd17a4 3304NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3305TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3306DOC_START
c581e96b 3307 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3308DOC_END
3309
41bd17a4 3310NAME: client_netmask
3311TYPE: address
3312LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3313DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3314DOC_START
41bd17a4 3315 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3316 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3317 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3318 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3319DOC_END
3320
41bd17a4 3321NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 3322TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3323DOC_START
20efa1c2 3324 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 3325DOC_END
3326
41bd17a4 3327NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3328TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3329LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3330DEFAULT: on
3331DOC_START
41bd17a4 3332 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3333 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3334DOC_END
3335
41bd17a4 3336NAME: buffered_logs
3337COMMENT: on|off
3338TYPE: onoff
3339DEFAULT: off
3340LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3341DOC_START
41bd17a4 3342 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3343 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3344 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3345 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3346 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 3347DOC_END
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2b753521 3349NAME: netdb_filename
3350TYPE: string
3351DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
3352LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3353IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3354DOC_START
3355 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3356 To disable, enter "none".
3357DOC_END
3358
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3359COMMENT_START
3360 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3361 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3362COMMENT_END
3363
3364NAME: cache_log
3365TYPE: string
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3366DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3367LOC: Debug::cache_log
3368DOC_START
3369 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3370 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3371 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3372DOC_END
3373
3374NAME: debug_options
3375TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3376DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3377LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3378DOC_START
3379 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3380 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3381 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3382 log file, so be careful.
3383
3384 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3385 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3386
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3387 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
3388 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3389 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3390 events affecting Squid.
3391DOC_END
3392
3393NAME: coredump_dir
3394TYPE: string
3395LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3396DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3397DOC_START
3398 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3399 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3400 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3401 and coredump files will be left there.
3402
3403NOCOMMENT_START
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3406coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3407NOCOMMENT_END
3408DOC_END
3409
3410
41bd17a4 3411COMMENT_START
3412 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3413 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3414COMMENT_END
3415
3416NAME: ftp_user
3417TYPE: string
3418DEFAULT: Squid@
3419LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3420DOC_START
41bd17a4 3421 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3422 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3423 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3424
41bd17a4 3425 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3426 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3427 depending on how the cache is used.
3428 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3429 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3430DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3432NAME: ftp_passive
3433TYPE: onoff
3434DEFAULT: on
3435LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3436DOC_START
41bd17a4 3437 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3438 connections, turn off this option.
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3440 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3441DOC_END
3442
3443NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3444TYPE: onoff
3445DEFAULT: off
3446LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3447DOC_START
3448 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3449
3450 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3451 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3452 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3453
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3455 useful.
a689bd4e 3456 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3457 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3458
3459 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3460 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3461
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3463DOC_END
3464
3465NAME: ftp_epsv
3466TYPE: onoff
3467DEFAULT: on
3468LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3469DOC_START
3470 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3471
3472 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3473 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3474 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3475 will never be needed.
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3477 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3478 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3479 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3480
3481 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3482DOC_END
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3484NAME: ftp_eprt
3485TYPE: onoff
3486DEFAULT: on
3487LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3488DOC_START
3489 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3490
3491 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3492 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3493 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3494
3495 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3496 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3497
3498 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3499 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3500 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3501 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3502
3503 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3504 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3505DOC_END
3506
41bd17a4 3507NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3508TYPE: onoff
3509DEFAULT: on
3510LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3511DOC_START
3512 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3513 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3514 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3515 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3516 connection turn this off.
3517DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3518
41bd17a4 3519NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3520TYPE: onoff
3521DEFAULT: on
3522LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3523DOC_START
3524 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3525 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3526 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3527 the FTP protocol.
3528
3529 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3530 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3531 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3532 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3533 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3534DOC_END
3535
3536COMMENT_START
3537 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3538 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3539COMMENT_END
3540
3541NAME: diskd_program
3542TYPE: string
3543DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3544LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3545DOC_START
3546 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3547 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3548 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3549DOC_END
3550
3551NAME: unlinkd_program
3552IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3553TYPE: string
3554DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3555LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3556DOC_START
3557 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3558DOC_END
3559
3560NAME: pinger_program
3561TYPE: string
3562DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3563LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3564IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3565DOC_START
3566 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3567DOC_END
3568
cc192b50 3569NAME: pinger_enable
3570TYPE: onoff
3571DEFAULT: on
3572LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3573IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3574DOC_START
3575 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3577 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3578DOC_END
3579
3580
41bd17a4 3581COMMENT_START
3582 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3583 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3584COMMENT_END
3585
3586NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3587TYPE: wordlist
3588LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3589DEFAULT: none
3590DOC_START
2c7aad89 3591 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 3592 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3593
2c7aad89 3594 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 3595
c71adec1 3596 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3597
3598 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3599 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3600 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3601 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3602
3603 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3604 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3605
3606 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3607 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2c7aad89 3608 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily), etc.
41bd17a4 3609
3610 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3611DOC_END
3612
3613NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3614TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3615DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3616LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3617DOC_START
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3618 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3619 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3620 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3621 and other system resources noticably.
3622
3623 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3624 tuning.
3625
3626 startup=
3627
3628 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3629 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3630 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3631
3632 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3633 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3634
3635 idle=
3636
3637 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3638 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3639 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3640 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3641
3642 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3643
41bd17a4 3644 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3645 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3646 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3648 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3649 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3650 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3651 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3652 to that request.
41bd17a4 3653DOC_END
3654
3655NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3656TYPE: onoff
3657DEFAULT: on
3658LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3659DOC_START
3660 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
3661 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
3662 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
3663
3664 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3665 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
3666DOC_END
3667
3668NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3669TYPE: acl_access
3670DEFAULT: none
3671LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3672DOC_START
3673 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3674 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3675 are sent.
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3676
3677 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3678 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3679DOC_END
3680
3681NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3682TYPE: onoff
3683LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3684DEFAULT: off
3685DOC_START
3686 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3687 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3688 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3689 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3690 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3691 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3692 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3693 users may have access to pages they should not
3694 be allowed to request.
3695DOC_END
3696
3697COMMENT_START
3698 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3699 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3700COMMENT_END
3701
f04b37d8 3702NAME: cache no_cache
3703TYPE: acl_access
3704DEFAULT: none
3705LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3706DOC_START
240887f0 3707 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3708 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3709 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3710
240887f0 3711 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3712 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3713
240887f0 3714 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3715
3716 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3717 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3718DOC_END
3719
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3720NAME: max_stale
3721COMMENT: time-units
3722TYPE: time_t
3723LOC: Config.maxStale
3724DEFAULT: 1 week
3725DOC_START
3726 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
3727 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
3728 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
3729DOC_END
3730
41bd17a4 3731NAME: refresh_pattern
3732TYPE: refreshpattern
3733LOC: Config.Refresh
3734DEFAULT: none
3735DOC_START
3736 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3737
6b698a21 3738 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3739 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3740
41bd17a4 3741 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3742 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3743 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3744 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3745 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3746
41bd17a4 3747 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3748 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3749 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3750
41bd17a4 3751 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3752 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3753
41bd17a4 3754 options: override-expire
3755 override-lastmod
3756 reload-into-ims
3757 ignore-reload
3758 ignore-no-cache
3759 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3760 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3761 ignore-private
3762 ignore-auth
570d3f75 3763 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 3764 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 3765 store-stale
a0ec9f68 3766
41bd17a4 3767 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3768 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3769 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3770 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3771 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3773 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3774 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3775 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3776 the object fresh for that period of time.
3777
41bd17a4 3778 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3779 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3780
41bd17a4 3781 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3782 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3783 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3784 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3785
41bd17a4 3786 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3787 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3788 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3789 it causes.
9bc73deb 3790
41bd17a4 3791 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3792 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3793 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3794 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3795 send it anyway.
3796
3797 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3798 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3799 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3800 liable for problems which it causes.
3801
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3802 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3803 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3804 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3805 liable for problems which it causes.
3806
41bd17a4 3807 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3808 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3809 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3810 liable for problems which it causes.
3811
3812 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3813 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3814 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3815 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3816 it causes.
3817
3818 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3819 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3820 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3821 if one is available.
3822
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3823 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
3824 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
3825 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
3826 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
3827 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
3828
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3829 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
3830 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
3831 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
3832
41bd17a4 3833 Basically a cached object is:
3834
3835 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3836 STALE if age > max
3837 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3838 FRESH if age < min
3839 else STALE
3840
3841 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3842 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3843 match the default will be used.
3844
3845 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3846 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3847 used.
3848
41bd17a4 3849NOCOMMENT_START
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3851# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3852refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3853refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3854refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3855refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3856NOCOMMENT_END
3857DOC_END
3858
3859NAME: quick_abort_min
3860COMMENT: (KB)
3861TYPE: kb_int64_t
3862DEFAULT: 16 KB
3863LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3864DOC_NONE
3865
3866NAME: quick_abort_max
3867COMMENT: (KB)
3868TYPE: kb_int64_t
3869DEFAULT: 16 KB
3870LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3871DOC_NONE
3872
3873NAME: quick_abort_pct
3874COMMENT: (percent)
3875TYPE: int
3876DEFAULT: 95
3877LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3878DOC_START
3879 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3880 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3881 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3882 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3883 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3884 downloads.
3885
3886 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3887 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3888 then.
3889
3890 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3891 it will finish the retrieval.
3892
3893 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3894 it will abort the retrieval.
3895
3896 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3897 it will finish the retrieval.
3898
3899 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3900 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3901 to '0 KB'.
3902
3903 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3904 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3905DOC_END
60d096f4 3906
41bd17a4 3907NAME: read_ahead_gap
3908COMMENT: buffer-size
3909TYPE: b_int64_t
3910LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3911DEFAULT: 16 KB
3912DOC_START
3913 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3914 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3915DOC_END
53e738c6 3916
41bd17a4 3917NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 3918IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3919COMMENT: time-units
3920TYPE: time_t
3921LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3922DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3923DOC_START
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3924 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3925 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3926 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3927 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3928 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3929 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3930
3931 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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3932
3933 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3934 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3935 causes.
41bd17a4 3936DOC_END
53e738c6 3937
41bd17a4 3938NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3939COMMENT: time-units
3940TYPE: time_t
3941LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3942DEFAULT: 6 hours
3943DOC_START
3944 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3945 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3946 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3947DOC_END
c4ab8329 3948
41bd17a4 3949NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3950COMMENT: time-units
3951TYPE: time_t
3952LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3953DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3954DOC_START
3955 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3956 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3957 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3958 much below 10 seconds.
3959DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3960
41bd17a4 3961NAME: range_offset_limit
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3962COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
3963TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 3964LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 3965DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3966DOC_START
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3967 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
3968
3969 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
3970 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
3971 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
3972 the result is NOT cached.
3973
41bd17a4 3974 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3975 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3976 sending anything to the client.
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3977
3978 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
3979 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
3980 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
3981 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
3982
3983 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
3984
3985 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
3986 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
3987
3988 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 3989 client requested. (default)
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3990
3991 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 3992 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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3993
3994 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
3995
3996 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
3997 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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3998 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
3999 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 4000DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4002NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4003COMMENT: (seconds)
4004TYPE: time_t
4005LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4006DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4007DOC_START
4008 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4009 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 4010 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 4011 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4012 is most likely better to make your server return a
4013 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4014 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4015 often be best set to 0.
4016DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4018NAME: store_avg_object_size
4019COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 4020TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 4021DEFAULT: 13 KB
4022LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4023DOC_START
4024 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4025 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 4026DOC_END
4027
41bd17a4 4028NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4029TYPE: int
4030DEFAULT: 20
4031LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4032DOC_START
4033 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4034 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4035 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4036DOC_END
4037
4038COMMENT_START
4039 HTTP OPTIONS
4040 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4041COMMENT_END
4042
f04b37d8 4043NAME: request_header_max_size
4044COMMENT: (KB)
4045TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4046DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4047LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4048DOC_START
4049 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4050 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4051 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4052 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4053 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4054DOC_END
4055
4056NAME: reply_header_max_size
4057COMMENT: (KB)
4058TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4059DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4060LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4061DOC_START
4062 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4063 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4064 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4065 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4066 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4067DOC_END
4068
4069NAME: request_body_max_size
4070COMMENT: (bytes)
4071TYPE: b_int64_t
4072DEFAULT: 0 KB
4073LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4074DOC_START
4075 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4076 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4077 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4078 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4079 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4080 be no limit imposed.
4081DOC_END
4082
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4083NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4084COMMENT: (bytes)
4085TYPE: b_size_t
4086DEFAULT: 512 KB
4087LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4088DOC_START
4089 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4090 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4091 a large file.
4092DOC_END
4093
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4094NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4095COMMENT: (bytes)
4096TYPE: b_int64_t
4097DEFAULT: 64 KB
4098LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4099DOC_START
4100 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4101 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4102 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4103 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4104 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4105 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4106
4107 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4108 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4109 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4110 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4111 as if dechunking was disabled.
4112
4113 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4114 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4115
4116 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4117 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4118 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4119DOC_END
4120
41bd17a4 4121NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4122IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4123TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4124DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4125LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4126DOC_START
41bd17a4 4127 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4128 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4129
41bd17a4 4130 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4131 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4132
41bd17a4 4133 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4134
41bd17a4 4135 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4136 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4137 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4138 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 4139
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4140 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4141 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4142
41bd17a4 4143Example:
4144 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4145 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4146DOC_END
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22fff3bf 4148NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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4149COMMENT: on|off
4150TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 4151IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 4152DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 4153LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 4154DOC_START
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4155 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
4156 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
4157
4158 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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4159DOC_END
4160
41bd17a4 4161NAME: via
626096be 4162IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4163COMMENT: on|off
4164TYPE: onoff
4165DEFAULT: on
4166LOC: Config.onoff.via
4167DOC_START
4168 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4169 replies as required by RFC2616.
4170DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4171
41bd17a4 4172NAME: ie_refresh
4173COMMENT: on|off
4174TYPE: onoff
4175LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4176DEFAULT: off
4177DOC_START
4178 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4179 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4180 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4181 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4182 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4183 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4184 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4185 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4186 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4187 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4188 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4189 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4190 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4191 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4192 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4193 force fresh content.
4194DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4196NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4197COMMENT: on|off
4198TYPE: onoff
4199LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4200DEFAULT: off
4201DOC_START
4202 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4203 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4204 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4205 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4206 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4207
4208 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4209 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4210DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4212NAME: request_entities
4213TYPE: onoff
4214LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4215DEFAULT: off
4216DOC_START
4217 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4218 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4219 even if not explicitly forbidden.
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41bd17a4 4221 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4222 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4223 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4224 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4225 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4226DOC_END
6b53c392 4227
41bd17a4 4228NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4229IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4230TYPE: http_header_access[]
4231LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4232DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4233DOC_START
41bd17a4 4234 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4235
41bd17a4 4236 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4237 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4238 causes.
0976f8db 4239
41bd17a4 4240 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4241 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4242 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4243 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4244 mangling.
934b03fc 4245
41bd17a4 4246 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4247 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4248
41bd17a4 4249 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4250 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4251 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4252
41bd17a4 4253 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4254 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4255
41bd17a4 4256 request_header_access From deny all
4257 request_header_access Referer deny all
4258 request_header_access Server deny all
4259 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4260 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4261 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4262
41bd17a4 4263 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4264 you should use:
5401aa8d 4265
41bd17a4 4266 request_header_access Allow allow all
4267 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4268 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4269 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4270 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4271 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4272 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4273 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4274 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4275 request_header_access Date allow all
4276 request_header_access Expires allow all
4277 request_header_access Host allow all
4278 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4279 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4280 request_header_access Location allow all
4281 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4282 request_header_access Accept allow all
4283 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4284 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4285 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4286 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4287 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4288 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4289 request_header_access Title allow all
4290 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4291 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4292
41bd17a4 4293 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4294 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4295
41bd17a4 4296 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4297 performed).
5401aa8d 4298DOC_END
4299
41bd17a4 4300NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4301IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4302TYPE: http_header_access[]
4303LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4304DEFAULT: none
4305DOC_START
41bd17a4 4306 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4307
41bd17a4 4308 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4309 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4310 causes.
934b03fc 4311
41bd17a4 4312 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4313 server to the client.
934b03fc 4314
41bd17a4 4315 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4316 direction.
6b53c392 4317
41bd17a4 4318 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4319 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4320 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4321 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4322 mangling.
cccac0a2 4323
41bd17a4 4324 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4325 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4326 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4327
41bd17a4 4328 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4329 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4330
41bd17a4 4331 reply_header_access From deny all
4332 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4333 reply_header_access Server deny all
4334 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4335 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4336 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4337
41bd17a4 4338 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4339 you should use:
cccac0a2 4340
41bd17a4 4341 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4342 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4343 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4344 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4345 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4346 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4347 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4348 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4349 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4350 reply_header_access Date allow all
4351 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4352 reply_header_access Host allow all
4353 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4354 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4355 reply_header_access Location allow all
4356 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4357 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4358 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4359 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4360 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4361 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4362 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4363 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4364 reply_header_access Title allow all
4365 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4366 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4367
41bd17a4 4368 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4369 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4370
41bd17a4 4371 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4372 performed).
cccac0a2 4373DOC_END
4374
75e4f2ea 4375NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 4376IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4377TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4378LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4379DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4380DOC_START
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4381 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4382 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4383
41bd17a4 4384 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
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4385 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4386 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
41bd17a4 4387 option.
cccac0a2 4388
41bd17a4 4389 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4390
41bd17a4 4391 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4392DOC_END
cccac0a2 4393
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4394NAME: reply_header_replace
4395IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4396TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4397LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4398DEFAULT: none
4399DOC_START
4400 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4401 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4402
4403 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4404 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4405 with some fixed string.
4406
4407 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4408
4409 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4410DOC_END
4411
41bd17a4 4412NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4413COMMENT: on|off|warn
4414TYPE: tristate
4415LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4416DEFAULT: on
4417DOC_START
4418 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4419 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4420 what the sending application intended even if the message
4421 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4422 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4423
41bd17a4 4424 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4425 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4426
41bd17a4 4427 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4428 or response to be rejected.
4429DOC_END
7d90757b 4430
41bd17a4 4431COMMENT_START
4432 TIMEOUTS
4433 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4434COMMENT_END
4435
4436NAME: forward_timeout
4437COMMENT: time-units
4438TYPE: time_t
4439LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4440DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4441DOC_START
4442 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4443 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4444DOC_END
4445
41bd17a4 4446NAME: connect_timeout
4447COMMENT: time-units
4448TYPE: time_t
4449LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4450DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4451DOC_START
41bd17a4 4452 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4453 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4454 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4455DOC_END
4456
41bd17a4 4457NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4458COMMENT: time-units
4459TYPE: time_t
4460LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4461DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4462DOC_START
41bd17a4 4463 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4464 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4465 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4466 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4467DOC_END
7f7db318 4468
41bd17a4 4469NAME: read_timeout
4470COMMENT: time-units
4471TYPE: time_t
4472LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4473DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4474DOC_START
4475 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4476 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4477 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4478 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4479 default is 15 minutes.
4480DOC_END
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4482NAME: write_timeout
4483COMMENT: time-units
4484TYPE: time_t
4485LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4486DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4487DOC_START
4488 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4489 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4490 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4491 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4492 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4493 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4494 default is 15 minutes.
4495DOC_END
4496
41bd17a4 4497NAME: request_timeout
4498TYPE: time_t
4499LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4500DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4501DOC_START
4502 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4503 connection establishment.
4504DOC_END
cccac0a2 4505
41bd17a4 4506NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4507TYPE: time_t
4508LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4509DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4510DOC_START
4511 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4512 connection after the previous request completes.
4513DOC_END
cccac0a2 4514
41bd17a4 4515NAME: client_lifetime
4516COMMENT: time-units
4517TYPE: time_t
4518LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4519DEFAULT: 1 day
4520DOC_START
4521 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4522 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4523 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4524 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4525 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4526 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4527 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4528
41bd17a4 4529 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4530 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4531 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4532 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4533 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4534 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4535DOC_END
4536
41bd17a4 4537NAME: half_closed_clients
4538TYPE: onoff
4539LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4540DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4541DOC_START
41bd17a4 4542 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4543 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4544 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4545 fully-closed TCP connection.
4546
4547 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4548 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4549
abdf1651 4550 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4551 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4552 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4553 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4554DOC_END
4555
41bd17a4 4556NAME: pconn_timeout
4557TYPE: time_t
4558LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4559DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4560DOC_START
41bd17a4 4561 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4562 proxies.
4563DOC_END
cccac0a2 4564
41bd17a4 4565NAME: ident_timeout
4566TYPE: time_t
4567IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4568LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4569DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4570DOC_START
4571 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4572
41bd17a4 4573 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4574 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4575 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4576DOC_END
4577
41bd17a4 4578NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4579COMMENT: time-units
4580TYPE: time_t
4581LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4582DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4583DOC_START
41bd17a4 4584 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4585 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4586 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4587 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4588 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4589DOC_END
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cccac0a2 4591COMMENT_START
4592 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4593 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4594COMMENT_END
4595
4596NAME: cache_mgr
4597TYPE: string
4598DEFAULT: webmaster
4599LOC: Config.adminEmail
4600DOC_START
4601 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4602 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4603DOC_END
4604
abacf776 4605NAME: mail_from
4606TYPE: string
4607DEFAULT: none
4608LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4609DOC_START
4610 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4611 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4612 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4613 src/globals.h before building squid.
4614DOC_END
4615
d084bf20 4616NAME: mail_program
4617TYPE: eol
4618DEFAULT: mail
4619LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4620DOC_START
4621 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4622 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4623 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4624 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4625
d084bf20 4626 Optional command line options can be specified.
4627DOC_END
4628
cccac0a2 4629NAME: cache_effective_user
4630TYPE: string
5483d916 4631DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4632LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4633DOC_START
4634 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4635 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4636 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4637 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4638DOC_END
4639
cccac0a2 4640NAME: cache_effective_group
4641TYPE: string
4642DEFAULT: none
4643LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4644DOC_START
64e288bd 4645 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4646 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4647 from the groups membership.
4648
e3d74828 4649 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4650 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4651 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4652 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4653 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4654 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4655 group.
64e288bd 4656
4657 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4658 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4659 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4660DOC_END
4661
d3caee79 4662NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4663COMMENT: on|off
4664TYPE: onoff
4665DEFAULT: off
4666LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4667DOC_START
4668 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4669DOC_END
4670
cccac0a2 4671NAME: visible_hostname
4672TYPE: string
4673LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4674DEFAULT: none
4675DOC_START
4676 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4677 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4678 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4679 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4680 names with this setting.
4681DOC_END
4682
cccac0a2 4683NAME: unique_hostname
4684TYPE: string
4685LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4686DEFAULT: none
4687DOC_START
4688 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4689 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4690 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4691DOC_END
4692
cccac0a2 4693NAME: hostname_aliases
4694TYPE: wordlist
4695LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4696DEFAULT: none
4697DOC_START
7f7db318 4698 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4699DOC_END
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4701NAME: umask
4702TYPE: int
4703LOC: Config.umask
4704DEFAULT: 027
4705DOC_START
4706 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4707 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4708
4709 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4710 your value with 0.
4711DOC_END
4712
cccac0a2 4713COMMENT_START
4714 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4715 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4716
4717 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4718 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4719 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4720 create cache hierarchies.
4721
4722 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4723 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4724 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4725
4726 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4727 following information from this configuration file:
4728
4729 http_port
4730 icp_port
4731 cache_mgr
4732
4733 All current information is processed regularly and made
4734 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4735COMMENT_END
4736
4737NAME: announce_period
4738TYPE: time_t
4739LOC: Config.Announce.period
4740DEFAULT: 0
4741DOC_START
4742 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4743 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4744 messages.
4745
e0855596 4746 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
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4748 Example:
4749 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4750DOC_END
4751
cccac0a2 4752NAME: announce_host
4753TYPE: string
4754DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4755LOC: Config.Announce.host
4756DOC_NONE
4757
4758NAME: announce_file
4759TYPE: string
4760DEFAULT: none
4761LOC: Config.Announce.file
4762DOC_NONE
4763
4764NAME: announce_port
ae870270 4765TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 4766DEFAULT: 3131
4767LOC: Config.Announce.port
4768DOC_START
4769 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4770 number where the registration message will be sent.
4771
4772 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4773 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4774 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4775 message.
4776DOC_END
4777
8d6275c0 4778COMMENT_START
4779 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4780 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4781COMMENT_END
4782
cccac0a2 4783NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4784TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 4785DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4786LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4787DOC_START
4788 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4789 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4790 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4791 an identification token.
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4793 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 4794DOC_END
4795
4796NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4797COMMENT: on|off
4798TYPE: onoff
4799DEFAULT: off
4800LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4801DOC_START
4802 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4803 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4804DOC_END
4805
4806NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4807IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4808COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4809TYPE: string
4810LOC: ESIParser::Type
4811DEFAULT: custom
4812DOC_START
4813 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4814 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4815 encodings.
4816DOC_END
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9edd9041 4818COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4819 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4820 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4821COMMENT_END
4822
4823NAME: delay_pools
4824TYPE: delay_pool_count
4825DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 4826IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4827LOC: Config.Delay
4828DOC_START
4829 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4830 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4831 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4832DOC_END
4833
4834NAME: delay_class
4835TYPE: delay_pool_class
4836DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4837IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4838LOC: Config.Delay
4839DOC_START
4840 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4841 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4842 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4843 and here would be:
4844
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4845 Example:
4846 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4847 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4848 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4849 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4850 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4851
4852 The delay pool classes are:
4853
4854 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4855 bucket.
4856
4857 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4858 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4859 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4860
4861 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4862 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4863 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4864 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4865 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4866
4867 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4868 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4869 only takes effect if the username is established
4870 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4871 http_access rules.
4872
4873 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4874 external_acl's tag= reply).
4875
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4876
4877 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
4878 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
4879 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
4880
9edd9041 4881 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4882 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4883 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4884 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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4885
4886 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4887 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 4888DOC_END
4889
4890NAME: delay_access
4891TYPE: delay_pool_access
4892DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4893IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4894LOC: Config.Delay
4895DOC_START
4896 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
4897
4898 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4899 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4900 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4901 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4902
4903 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
4904 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4905
4906Example:
4907 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4908 delay_access 1 deny all
4909 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4910 delay_access 2 deny all
4911 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4912DOC_END
4913
4914NAME: delay_parameters
4915TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4916DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4917IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4918LOC: Config.Delay
4919DOC_START
4920 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4921 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 4922 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 4923
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4924 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4925 delay_pools pool 1
4926 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 4927
4928 For a class 2 delay pool:
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4929 delay_pools pool 2
4930 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 4931
4932 For a class 3 delay pool:
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4933 delay_pools pool 3
4934 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 4935
4936 For a class 4 delay pool:
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4937 delay_pools pool 4
4938 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 4939
4940 For a class 5 delay pool:
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4941 delay_pools pool 5
4942 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 4943
0b68481a 4944 The option variables are:
9edd9041 4945
4946 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4947 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4948 delay_class lines.
4949
fdb47ac6 4950 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 4951 (class 1, 2, 3).
4952
fdb47ac6 4953 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 4954 buckets (class 2, 3).
4955
fdb47ac6 4956 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 4957 (class 3).
4958
fdb47ac6 4959 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 4960 (class 4).
4961
fdb47ac6 4962 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 4963 (class 5).
4964
4965 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4966 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4967 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4968 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4969
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4970 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4971
4972
9edd9041 4973 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 4974 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 4975 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4976
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4977 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4978
4979 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 4980
4981 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4982
0b68481a 4983
9edd9041 4984 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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4985 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
4986 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
4987 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 4988 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4989 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4990 large downloads more significantly:
4991
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4992 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4993
4994 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
4995 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
4996 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 4997
9edd9041 4998
4999 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 5000 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 5001
0b68481a 5002 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
9edd9041 5003DOC_END
5004
5005NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
5006COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 5007TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 5008DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5009IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5010LOC: Config.Delay.initial
5011DOC_START
5012 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5013 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5014 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5015 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5016 "seen" by squid).
5017DOC_END
5018
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5019COMMENT_START
5020 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5021 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5022COMMENT_END
5023
5024NAME: client_delay_pools
5025TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5026DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5027IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5028LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5029DOC_START
5030 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5031 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5032
5033Example:
5034 client_delay_pools 2
5035DOC_END
5036
5037NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5038COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 5039TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 5040DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5041IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5042LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5043DOC_START
5044 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5045 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5046 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5047 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5048
5049 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5050 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5051 from client_delay_parameters.
5052
5053Example:
5054 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5055DOC_END
5056
5057NAME: client_delay_parameters
5058TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5059DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5060IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5061LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5062DOC_START
5063
5064 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5065 following format:
5066
5067 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5068
5069 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5070
5071 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5072
5073 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5074 speed_limit additions.
5075
5076 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5077 examples.
5078
5079Example:
5080 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5081 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5082DOC_END
5083
5084NAME: client_delay_access
5085TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5086DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5087IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5088LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5089DOC_START
5090
5091 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5092 request:
5093
5094 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5095
5096 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5097 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5098 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5099 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5100 limited.
5101
5102 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5103 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5104 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5105 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5106
5107 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5108
5109Example:
5110 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5111 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5112DOC_END
5113
cccac0a2 5114COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5115 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5116 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5117COMMENT_END
5118
8d6275c0 5119NAME: wccp_router
5120TYPE: address
5121LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5122DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5123IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5124DOC_START
5125 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5126 Squid.
5127
5128 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5129
5130 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5131
5132 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5133 which version of WCCP to use.
5134DOC_END
df2eec10 5135
8d6275c0 5136NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5137TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5138LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5139DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5140IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5141DOC_START
8d6275c0 5142 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5143 Squid.
cccac0a2 5144
8d6275c0 5145 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5146
8d6275c0 5147 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5148
8d6275c0 5149 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5150 which version of WCCP to use.
5151DOC_END
5152
5153NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5154TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5155LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5156DEFAULT: 4
5157IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5158DOC_START
8d6275c0 5159 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5160 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5161 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5162 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5163 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5164
8d6275c0 5165 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5166 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5167 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5168 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5169DOC_END
5170
8d6275c0 5171NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5172TYPE: onoff
5173LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5174DEFAULT: on
5175IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5176DOC_START
5177 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5178 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5179DOC_END
cccac0a2 5180
8d6275c0 5181NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5182TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5183LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5184DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5185IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5186DOC_START
699acd19 5187 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5188 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5189
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5190 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5191 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5192
8d6275c0 5193 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5194 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5195DOC_END
5196
8d6275c0 5197NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5198TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5199LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5200DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5201IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5202DOC_START
699acd19 5203 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5204 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5205 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
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5207 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5208 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5209
8d6275c0 5210 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5211 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5212
699acd19 5213 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5214 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5215 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5216 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5217DOC_END
5218
8d6275c0 5219NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5220TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5221LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5222DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5223IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5224DOC_START
8d6275c0 5225 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5226 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5227
451c4786 5228 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5229 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5230
8d6275c0 5231 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5232 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5233DOC_END
cccac0a2 5234
8d6275c0 5235NAME: wccp2_service
5236TYPE: wccp2_service
5237LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5238DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5239IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5240DOC_START
5241 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5242 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5243 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5244 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5245 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5246 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5247
5248 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5249 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5250
5251 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5252 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5253
5254 Examples:
5255
5256 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5257 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5258 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5259 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5260DOC_END
5261
5262NAME: wccp2_service_info
5263TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5264LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5265DEFAULT: none
5266IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5267DOC_START
5268 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5269 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5270
5271 The format is:
5272
5273 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5274 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5275
5276 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5277 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5278 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5279 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5280 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5281 + ports_source
5282
5283 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5284
5285 Example:
5286
5287 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5288 priority=240 ports=80
5289
5290 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5291 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5292DOC_END
5293
5294NAME: wccp2_weight
5295TYPE: int
5296LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5297DEFAULT: 10000
5298IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5299DOC_START
5300 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5301 hash proportional to their weight.
5302DOC_END
5303
5304NAME: wccp_address
5305TYPE: address
5306LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5307DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5308IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5309DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5310
8d6275c0 5311NAME: wccp2_address
5312TYPE: address
5313LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5314DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5315IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5316DOC_START
5317 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5318 interface address.
5319
5320 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5321DOC_END
5322
5323COMMENT_START
5324 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5325 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5326
5327 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5328COMMENT_END
5329
5330NAME: client_persistent_connections
5331TYPE: onoff
5332LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5333DEFAULT: on
5334DOC_NONE
5335
5336NAME: server_persistent_connections
5337TYPE: onoff
5338LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5339DEFAULT: on
5340DOC_START
5341 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5342 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5343 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5344 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5345DOC_END
5346
5347NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5348TYPE: onoff
5349LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5350DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5351DOC_START
5352 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5353 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5354 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5355DOC_END
5356
5357NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5358TYPE: onoff
5359LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5360DEFAULT: off
5361DOC_START
5362 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5363 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5364 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5365 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5366
5367 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5368 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5369 after 10 seconds timeout.
5370DOC_END
5371
5372COMMENT_START
5373 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5374 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5375COMMENT_END
5376
5377NAME: digest_generation
5378IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5379TYPE: onoff
5380LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5381DEFAULT: on
5382DOC_START
5383 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5384 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5385 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5386DOC_END
5387
5388NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5389IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5390TYPE: int
5391LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5392DEFAULT: 5
5393DOC_START
5394 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5395 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5396 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5397DOC_END
5398
5399NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5400IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5401COMMENT: (seconds)
5402TYPE: time_t
5403LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5404DEFAULT: 1 hour
5405DOC_START
749ceff8 5406 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5407DOC_END
5408
5409NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5410COMMENT: (seconds)
5411IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5412TYPE: time_t
5413LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5414DEFAULT: 1 hour
5415DOC_START
749ceff8 5416 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5417 disk.
5418DOC_END
5419
5420NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5421COMMENT: (bytes)
5422TYPE: b_size_t
5423IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5424LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5425DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5426DOC_START
5427 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5428 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5429 default swap page.
5430DOC_END
5431
5432NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5433COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5434IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5435TYPE: int
5436LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5437DEFAULT: 10
5438DOC_START
5439 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5440 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5441DOC_END
5442
1db9eacd 5443COMMENT_START
5473c134 5444 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5445 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5446COMMENT_END
5447
5473c134 5448NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 5449TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5450LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5451DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5452IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5453DOC_START
87630341 5454 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5455 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5456 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5457 set to "0" (disabled)
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5458
5459 Example:
5460 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5461DOC_END
5462
5473c134 5463NAME: snmp_access
5464TYPE: acl_access
5465LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5466DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5467IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5468DOC_START
5473c134 5469 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5470
5473c134 5471 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5472 usage:
8d6275c0 5473
5473c134 5474 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5475
b3567eb5
FC
5476 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5477 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5478Example:
5479 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5480 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5481DOC_END
5482
5473c134 5483NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5484TYPE: address
5485LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5486DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5487IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5488DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5489
5473c134 5490NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5491TYPE: address
5492LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5493DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5494IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5495DOC_START
df2eec10 5496 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5497
5473c134 5498 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5499 messages from SNMP agents.
5500 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5501 agents.
cccac0a2 5502
0eb08770 5503 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5504 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5505
0eb08770
HN
5506 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5507 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5508 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5509 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5510
5473c134 5511 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5512 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5513DOC_END
5514
5473c134 5515COMMENT_START
5516 ICP OPTIONS
5517 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5518COMMENT_END
5519
5520NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 5521TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5522DEFAULT: 0
5523LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5524DOC_START
5473c134 5525 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5526 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5527 Default is disabled (0).
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5528
5529 Example:
5530 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5531DOC_END
5532
5473c134 5533NAME: htcp_port
5534IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 5535TYPE: u_short
87630341 5536DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5537LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5538DOC_START
5473c134 5539 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5540 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5541 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5542
5543 Example:
5544 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5545DOC_END
5546
5547NAME: log_icp_queries
5548COMMENT: on|off
5549TYPE: onoff
5550DEFAULT: on
5551LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5552DOC_START
5553 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5554 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5555 up or to simplify log analysis.
5556DOC_END
5557
5473c134 5558NAME: udp_incoming_address
5559TYPE: address
5560LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5561DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5562DOC_START
5563 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5564 caches.
5565
5566 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5567
5568 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5569 a specific interface/address.
5570
5571 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5572 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5573
5574 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5575
5576 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5577 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5578DOC_END
cccac0a2 5579
5473c134 5580NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5581TYPE: address
5582LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5583DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5584DOC_START
8524d4b2 5585 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5586 caches.
cccac0a2 5587
5473c134 5588 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5589
8524d4b2 5590 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5591 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5592 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5593 caches.
5594
8524d4b2 5595 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5596 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5597
5598 see also; udp_incoming_address
5599
5473c134 5600 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5601 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5602DOC_END
5603
3d1e3e43 5604NAME: icp_hit_stale
5605COMMENT: on|off
5606TYPE: onoff
5607DEFAULT: off
5608LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5609DOC_START
5610 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5611 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5612 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5613 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5614 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5615 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5616 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5617DOC_END
5618
5473c134 5619NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5620TYPE: int
5473c134 5621DEFAULT: 4
5622LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5623DOC_START
5473c134 5624 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5625 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5626DOC_END
5627
5473c134 5628NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5629TYPE: int
5630DEFAULT: 400
5631LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5632DOC_START
5473c134 5633 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5634 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5635DOC_END
5636
cccac0a2 5637NAME: netdb_low
5638TYPE: int
5639DEFAULT: 900
5640LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5641DOC_NONE
5642
5643NAME: netdb_high
5644TYPE: int
5645DEFAULT: 1000
5646LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5647DOC_START
5648 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5649 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5650 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5651 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5652DOC_END
5653
cccac0a2 5654NAME: netdb_ping_period
5655TYPE: time_t
5656LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5657DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5658DOC_START
5659 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5660 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5661 network. The default is five minutes.
5662DOC_END
5663
cccac0a2 5664NAME: query_icmp
5665COMMENT: on|off
5666TYPE: onoff
5667DEFAULT: off
5668LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5669DOC_START
5670 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5671 replies, enable this option.
5672
5673 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5674 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5675 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5676 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5677 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5678 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5679 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5680 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5681DOC_END
5682
5683NAME: test_reachability
5684COMMENT: on|off
5685TYPE: onoff
5686DEFAULT: off
5687LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5688DOC_START
5689 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5690 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5691 database, or has a zero RTT.
5692DOC_END
5693
5473c134 5694NAME: icp_query_timeout
5695COMMENT: (msec)
5696DEFAULT: 0
5697TYPE: int
5698LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5699DOC_START
5473c134 5700 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5701 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5702 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5703 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5704 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5705 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5706
5473c134 5707 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5708DOC_END
5709
5473c134 5710NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5711COMMENT: (msec)
5712DEFAULT: 2000
5713TYPE: int
5714LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5715DOC_START
5473c134 5716 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5717 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5718 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5719 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5720 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5721 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5722DOC_END
5723
5473c134 5724NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5725COMMENT: (msec)
5726DEFAULT: 5
5727TYPE: int
5728LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5729DOC_START
5473c134 5730 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5731 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5732 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5733 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5734 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5735 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5736 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5737DOC_END
5738
5473c134 5739NAME: background_ping_rate
5740COMMENT: time-units
5741TYPE: time_t
5742DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5743LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5744DOC_START
5473c134 5745 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5746 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5747DOC_END
5748
5473c134 5749COMMENT_START
5750 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5751 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5752COMMENT_END
5753
5754NAME: mcast_groups
5755TYPE: wordlist
5756LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5757DEFAULT: none
5758DOC_START
5473c134 5759 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5760 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5761
5473c134 5762 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5763 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5764 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5765 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5766 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5767 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5768 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5769
5473c134 5770 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5771 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5772
5473c134 5773 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5774 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5775
5473c134 5776 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5777
5473c134 5778 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5779DOC_END
8c01ada0 5780
5473c134 5781NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5782IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5783TYPE: address
5784LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 5785DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5786DOC_START
5787 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5788 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5789
5473c134 5790 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5791 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5792DOC_END
5793
5473c134 5794NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5795IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5796TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5797LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5798DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5799DOC_START
5473c134 5800 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5801 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5802 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5803DOC_END
cccac0a2 5804
5473c134 5805NAME: mcast_miss_port
5806IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5807TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5808LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5809DEFAULT: 3135
5810DOC_START
5811 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5812 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5813DOC_END
cccac0a2 5814
5473c134 5815NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5816IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5817TYPE: string
5818LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5819DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5820DOC_START
5821 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5822 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5823DOC_END
8c01ada0 5824
5473c134 5825NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5826COMMENT: (msec)
5827DEFAULT: 2000
5828TYPE: int
5829LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5830DOC_START
5831 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5832 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5833 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5834 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5835 seconds.
cccac0a2 5836DOC_END
5837
5473c134 5838COMMENT_START
5839 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5840 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5841COMMENT_END
5842
cccac0a2 5843NAME: icon_directory
5844TYPE: string
5845LOC: Config.icons.directory
5846DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5847DOC_START
5848 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5849 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5850DOC_END
5851
f024c970 5852NAME: global_internal_static
5853TYPE: onoff
5854LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5855DEFAULT: on
5856DOC_START
5857 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5858 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5859 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5860 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5861 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5862 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5863 the server generating a directory listing.
5864DOC_END
5865
5473c134 5866NAME: short_icon_urls
5867TYPE: onoff
5868LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5869DEFAULT: on
5870DOC_START
5871 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5872 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5873 it's own name and port in the URL.
5874
5875 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5876 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5877DOC_END
5878
5879COMMENT_START
5880 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5881 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5882COMMENT_END
5883
5884NAME: error_directory
5885TYPE: string
5886LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 5887DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5888DOC_START
5889 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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5890 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
5891 the error/template files to another directory and point
5892 this tag at them.
5893
5894 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
5895 on error pages if used.
5473c134 5896
5897 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5898 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 5899 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 5900 contributing your translation back to the project.
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5901 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5902
5903 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
5904 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
5905DOC_END
5906
5907NAME: error_default_language
5908IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5909TYPE: string
5910LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
5911DEFAULT: none
5912DOC_START
5913 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
5914 if no existing translation matches the clients language
5915 preferences.
5916
5917 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
5918
5919 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5920 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
5921 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
5922 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 5923DOC_END
5924
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5925NAME: error_log_languages
5926IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5927TYPE: onoff
5928LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
5929DEFAULT: on
5930DOC_START
5931 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
5932 auto-negotiate for translations.
5933
5934 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
5935 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 5936 of its error page translations.
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5937DOC_END
5938
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5939NAME: err_page_stylesheet
5940TYPE: string
5941LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
5942DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
5943DOC_START
5944 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
5945
5946 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
5947DOC_END
5948
5473c134 5949NAME: err_html_text
5950TYPE: eol
5951LOC: Config.errHtmlText
5952DEFAULT: none
5953DOC_START
5954 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
5955 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
5956 organizations Web page.
5957
5958 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
5959 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
5960 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
5961 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
5962DOC_END
5963
5964NAME: email_err_data
5965COMMENT: on|off
5966TYPE: onoff
5967LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
5968DEFAULT: on
5969DOC_START
5970 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
5971 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
5972 so that the email body contains the data.
5973 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
5974DOC_END
5975
5976NAME: deny_info
5977TYPE: denyinfo
5978LOC: Config.denyInfoList
5979DEFAULT: none
5980DOC_START
5981 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
5982 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 5983 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 5984
5985 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
5986 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
5987 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
5988 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
5989
5990 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
5991 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
5992 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
5993 the first authentication related acl encountered
5994 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
5995 acl processed on the last http_access line.
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5996 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
5997 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 5998
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5999 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
6000 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
6001 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 6002
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6003 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
6004 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
6005 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
6006
5473c134 6007 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
6008 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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6009
6010 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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6011 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
6012 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6013 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6014 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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6015
6016 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6017 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6018 %B - FTP path URL
6019 %e - Error number
6020 %E - Error description
6021 %h - Squid hostname
6022 %H - Request domain name
6023 %i - Client IP Address
6024 %M - Request Method
6025 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6026 %p - Request Port number
6027 %P - Request Protocol name
6028 %R - Request URL path
6029 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6030 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6031 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6032 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6033 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 6034 %x - Error name
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6035 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6036
5473c134 6037DOC_END
6038
6039COMMENT_START
6040 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6041 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6042COMMENT_END
6043
6044NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6045TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6046LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6047DEFAULT: on
6048DOC_START
5473c134 6049 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6050 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6051 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 6052
5473c134 6053 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6054 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 6055
5473c134 6056 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6057 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6058 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 6059
5473c134 6060 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6061 this directive.
8d6275c0 6062DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 6063
5473c134 6064NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6065TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6066LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6067DEFAULT: off
6068DOC_START
5473c134 6069 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6070 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6071 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 6072
5473c134 6073 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6074 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6075 fails.
6076
6077 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6078 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6079 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 6080DOC_END
6081
5473c134 6082NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 6083TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 6084LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6085DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6086DOC_START
5473c134 6087 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6088
5473c134 6089 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6090 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6091 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6092 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6093 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6094
5473c134 6095 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6096 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6097
5473c134 6098 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6099
5473c134 6100 acl FTP proto FTP
6101 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6102
5473c134 6103 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6104 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6105 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6106 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6107 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6108
5473c134 6109 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6110 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6111 always_direct deny local-external
6112 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6113
5473c134 6114 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6115 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6116 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6117 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6118
5473c134 6119 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6120 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6121 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6122
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6123 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6124 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6125DOC_END
0976f8db 6126
5473c134 6127NAME: never_direct
6128TYPE: acl_access
6129LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6130DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6131DOC_START
5473c134 6132 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6133
6134 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6135 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6136
6137 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6138 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6139 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6140 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6141
6142 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6143 never_direct deny local-servers
6144 never_direct allow all
6145
6146 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6147 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6148
6149 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6150 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6151 always_direct deny local-external
6152 always_direct allow local-intranet
6153 never_direct allow all
6154
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6155 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6156 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6157DOC_END
0976f8db 6158
5473c134 6159COMMENT_START
6160 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6161 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6162COMMENT_END
6163
cccac0a2 6164NAME: incoming_icp_average
6165TYPE: int
6166DEFAULT: 6
6167LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
6168DOC_NONE
6169
6170NAME: incoming_http_average
6171TYPE: int
6172DEFAULT: 4
6173LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
6174DOC_NONE
6175
6176NAME: incoming_dns_average
6177TYPE: int
6178DEFAULT: 4
6179LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
6180DOC_NONE
6181
6182NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6183TYPE: int
6184DEFAULT: 8
6185LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
6186DOC_NONE
6187
6188NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6189TYPE: int
6190DEFAULT: 8
6191LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
6192DOC_NONE
6193
6194NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6195TYPE: int
6196DEFAULT: 8
6197LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
6198DOC_START
5473c134 6199 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6200 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6201 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6202DOC_END
6203
6204NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6205TYPE: string
6206DEFAULT: none
6207LOC: Config.accept_filter
6208DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6209 FreeBSD:
6210
5473c134 6211 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6212 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6213 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6214
6215 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6216 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6217 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6218
6219 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6220 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6221 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6222
6223 Linux:
6224
6225 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6226 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6227 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6228 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6229 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6230EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6231# FreeBSD
5473c134 6232accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6233# Linux
6234accept_filter data
5473c134 6235DOC_END
6236
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6237NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6238TYPE: int
6239LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6240DEFAULT: -1
6241DOC_START
6242 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6243 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6244 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6245
6246 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6247 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6248
6249 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6250
6251 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6252 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6253DOC_END
6254
5473c134 6255NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6256COMMENT: (bytes)
6257TYPE: b_size_t
6258DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6259LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6260DOC_START
6261 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6262 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6263 the default buffer size.
6264DOC_END
6265
6266COMMENT_START
6267 ICAP OPTIONS
6268 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6269COMMENT_END
6270
6271NAME: icap_enable
6272TYPE: onoff
6273IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6274COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6275LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6276DEFAULT: off
6277DOC_START
53e738c6 6278 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6279DOC_END
6280
6281NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6282TYPE: time_t
6283DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6284LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6285IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6286DOC_START
6287 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6288 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6289 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6290
6291 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6292 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6293 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6294DOC_END
6295
6296NAME: icap_io_timeout
6297COMMENT: time-units
6298TYPE: time_t
6299DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6300LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6301IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6302DOC_START
6303 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6304 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6305 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6306 failure.
6307
6308 The default is read_timeout.
6309DOC_END
6310
6311NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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6313TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6314IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6315LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6316DEFAULT: 10
6317DOC_START
6318 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6319 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6320 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6321 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6322 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6323
6324 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6325 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6326 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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6327
6328 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6329 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6330 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6331 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6332 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6333
6334 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6335 effect on service failure expiration.
6336
6337 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6338 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6339 setting.
6340
6341 For example,
6342 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6343 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6344DOC_END
6345
5473c134 6346NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6347TYPE: int
5473c134 6348IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6349LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6350DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6351DOC_START
5473c134 6352 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6353 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6354 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6355 fetched.
cccac0a2 6356
5473c134 6357 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6358 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6359DOC_END
6360
5473c134 6361NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6362TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6363IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6364COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6365LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6366DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6367DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6368 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6369 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6370 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6371 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6372
6373 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6374 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6375 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6376
6377 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6378 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6379Example:
6380icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6381DOC_END
6382
5473c134 6383NAME: icap_preview_size
6384TYPE: int
6385IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6386LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6387DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6388DOC_START
53e738c6 6389 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6390 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6391 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6392DOC_END
6393
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6394NAME: icap_206_enable
6395TYPE: onoff
6396IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6397COMMENT: on|off
6398LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6399DEFAULT: on
6400DOC_START
6401 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6402 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6403 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6404 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6405
6406 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6407 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6408 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6409 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6410 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6411
6412 Example:
6413 icap_206_enable off
6414DOC_END
6415
5473c134 6416NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6417TYPE: int
6418IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6419LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6420DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6421DOC_START
53e738c6 6422 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6423 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6424DOC_END
6425
5473c134 6426NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6427TYPE: onoff
6428IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6429COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6430LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6431DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6432DOC_START
5473c134 6433 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6434 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6435DOC_END
6436
22fff3bf 6437NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 6438TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6439IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6440COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6441LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 6442DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6443DOC_START
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6444 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
6445 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
6446 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
6447
6448 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 6449DOC_END
6450
22fff3bf 6451NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 6452TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6453IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6454COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6455LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 6456DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6457DOC_START
5473c134 6458 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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6459 the adaptation service.
6460
6461 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 6462 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6463 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6464DOC_END
6465
5473c134 6466NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6467TYPE: string
5473c134 6468IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6469LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6470DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6471DOC_START
db49f682 6472 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 6473DOC_END
6474
5473c134 6475NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6476TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6477IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6478COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6479LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6480DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6481DOC_START
5473c134 6482 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6483DOC_END
6484
5473c134 6485NAME: icap_service
6486TYPE: icap_service_type
6487IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6488LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6489DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6490DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6491 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6492
a22e6cd3 6493 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
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6495 service_name: ID
6496 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
6497
6498 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6499 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6500 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6501 are not yet supported.
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6502
6503 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
6504 ICAP server and service location.
6505
6506 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6507 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6508 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6509 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6510 service_names differ.
6511
6512
6513 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6514 the following name=value options:
6515
6516 bypass=on|off|1|0
6517 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6518 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6519 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6520 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6521 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6522 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6523 returned to the HTTP client.
6524
6525 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6526
6527 routing=on|off|1|0
6528 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6529 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6530 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6531 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6532 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
6533 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf and
6534 should have the same method and vectoring point as the current
6535 ICAP transaction. Services violating these rules are ignored.
6536 An empty X-Next-Services value results in an empty plan which
6537 ends the current adaptation.
6538
6539 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6540 response header is ignored.
6541
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6542 ipv6=on|off
6543 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6544 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6545 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6546
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6547 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
6548 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
6549 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
6550 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
6551 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
6552 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
6553 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
6554
6555 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
6556 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
6557 workers may use a given service.
6558
6559 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
6560 otherwise it is set to "wait".
6561
6562
6563 max-conn=number
6564 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
6565 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
6566
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6567 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6568 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 6569
5473c134 6570Example:
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6571icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
6572icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 6573DOC_END
6574
5473c134 6575NAME: icap_class
6576TYPE: icap_class_type
6577IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6578LOC: none
5473c134 6579DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6580DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6581 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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6582 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6583 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 6584
62c7f90e 6585 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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6586 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6587 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 6588DOC_END
6589
5473c134 6590NAME: icap_access
6591TYPE: icap_access_type
6592IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6593LOC: none
cccac0a2 6594DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6595DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6596 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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6597 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6598 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 6599DOC_END
6600
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6601COMMENT_START
6602 eCAP OPTIONS
6603 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6604COMMENT_END
6605
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6606NAME: ecap_enable
6607TYPE: onoff
6608IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6609COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6610LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6611DEFAULT: off
6612DOC_START
6613 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6614DOC_END
6615
6616NAME: ecap_service
6617TYPE: ecap_service_type
6618IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6619LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6620DEFAULT: none
6621DOC_START
6622 Defines a single eCAP service
6623
6624 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
6625
6626 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6627 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6628 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6629 are not yet supported.
6630 bypass = 1|0
6631 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
6632 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6633 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6634 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6635 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6636 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6637 HTTP client.
6638 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6639
6640Example:
6641ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6642ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6643DOC_END
6644
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6645NAME: loadable_modules
6646TYPE: wordlist
6647IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6648LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6649DEFAULT: none
6650DOC_START
6651 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6652 preloaded module(s).
6653Example:
6654loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6655DOC_END
6656
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6657COMMENT_START
6658 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6659 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6660COMMENT_END
6661
6662NAME: adaptation_service_set
6663TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6664IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6665LOC: none
6666DEFAULT: none
6667DOC_START
6668
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6669 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6670 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6671
6672 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6673
6674 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6675 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6676 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6677 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6678 intact.
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6680 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6681 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 6682
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6683 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6684 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6685
6686 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6687 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6688 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6689 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6690 transaction fails as well.
6691
6692 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6693 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6694 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6695 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6696 matters.
6697
6698 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6699
6700Example:
6701adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6702adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6703DOC_END
6704
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6705NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6706TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6707IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6708LOC: none
6709DEFAULT: none
6710DOC_START
6711
6712 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6713 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6714 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6715
6716 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6717
6718 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6719 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6720 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6721 the previous service in the chain.
6722
6723 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6724 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6725
6726 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6727 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6728 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6729
6730 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6731 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6732
6733 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6734 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6735 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6736 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6737
6738 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6739
6740Example:
6741adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6742DOC_END
6743
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6744NAME: adaptation_access
6745TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6746IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6747LOC: none
6748DEFAULT: none
6749DOC_START
6750 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6751
6752 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6753 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6754
6755 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6756 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6757 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6758 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6759
6760 - services serving different vectoring points
6761 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6762 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6763 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6764
6765 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6766 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6767 adaptation_service_set for details.
6768
6769 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6770 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6771 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6772 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6773
6774 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6775 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6776
6777 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6778
6779Example:
6780adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6781DOC_END
6782
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6783NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6784TYPE: int
6785IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6786LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6787DEFAULT: 16
6788DOC_START
6789 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6790 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6791 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6792 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6793 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6794 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6795
6796 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6797
6798 See also: icap_service routing=1
6799DOC_END
6800
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6801NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6802TYPE: string
6803IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6804LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6805DEFAULT: none
6806DOC_START
6807 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6808 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6809 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6810 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6811 with the master transaction.
6812
6813 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6814 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6815
6816 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6817 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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6818 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
6819
6820 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6821 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
6822 to provide an option with a name specified in
6823 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
5038f9d8
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6824
6825 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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6826 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6827
6828 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6829
6830Example:
6831# share authentication information among ICAP services
6832adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6833DOC_END
6834
6835NAME: icap_retry
6836TYPE: acl_access
6837IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6838LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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6839DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6840DOC_START
6841 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6842 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6843 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6844 that response are usually retriable.
6845
6846 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6847
6848 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6849 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6850
6851 See also: icap_retry_limit
6852DOC_END
6853
6854NAME: icap_retry_limit
6855TYPE: int
6856IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6857LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6858DEFAULT: 0
6859DOC_START
6860 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6861 no retries are allowed.
6862
6863 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6864 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6865 count against this limit.
6866
6867 See also: icap_retry
6868DOC_END
6869
6870
5473c134 6871COMMENT_START
6872 DNS OPTIONS
6873 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6874COMMENT_END
6875
6876NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6877TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6878DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6879LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6880DOC_START
5473c134 6881 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6882 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6883 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 6884DOC_END
6885
5473c134 6886NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6887TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6888DEFAULT: on
5473c134 6889LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6890DOC_START
5473c134 6891 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6892 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
6893 Squid to be strict about the standard.
6894 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 6895DOC_END
6896
5473c134 6897NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 6898TYPE: string
5473c134 6899IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6900DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
6901LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 6902DOC_START
5473c134 6903 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 6904DOC_END
6905
5473c134 6906NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 6907TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 6908IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 6909DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 6910LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 6911DOC_START
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6912 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
6913 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
6914 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
6915 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
6916 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
6917
6918 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
6919 tuning.
6920
6921 startup=
6922
6923 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
6924 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
6925 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
6926
6927 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
6928 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
6929
6930 idle=
6931
6932 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
6933 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
6934 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
6935 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 6936DOC_END
6937
5473c134 6938NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 6939TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 6940DEFAULT: 5 seconds
6941LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
6942IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6943DOC_START
5473c134 6944 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
6945 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 6946DOC_END
6947
5473c134 6948NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 6949TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 6950DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 6951LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
6952IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6953DOC_START
5473c134 6954 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
6955 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
6956 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 6957DOC_END
6958
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6959NAME: dns_packet_max
6960TYPE: b_ssize_t
6961DEFAULT: none
6962LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
6963IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
6964DOC_START
6965 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
6966 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
6967
6968 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
6969 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
6970 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
6971 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
6972 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
6973
6974 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
6975 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
6976 necessary.
6977
6978 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
6979 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
6980 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
6981 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
6982 sizes being advertised by Squid.
6983 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
6984 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
6985DOC_END
6986
5473c134 6987NAME: dns_defnames
6988COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 6989TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6990DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6991LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 6992DOC_START
5473c134 6993 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
6994 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
6995 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
6996 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 6997DOC_END
6998
5473c134 6999NAME: dns_nameservers
7000TYPE: wordlist
7001DEFAULT: none
7002LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 7003DOC_START
5473c134 7004 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
7005 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
7006 /etc/resolv.conf file.
7007 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
7008 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
7009 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
7010 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 7011
5473c134 7012 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 7013DOC_END
7014
5473c134 7015NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 7016TYPE: string
5473c134 7017DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
7018LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 7019DOC_START
5473c134 7020 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
7021 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7022 default locations:
7023 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
7024 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7025 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
7026 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7027 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
7028 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
7029 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
7030 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 7031
5473c134 7032 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
7033 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
7034 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
7035 character are comments.
cccac0a2 7036
5473c134 7037 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7038 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7039 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7040 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7041 definitions.
cccac0a2 7042DOC_END
7043
5473c134 7044NAME: append_domain
7045TYPE: string
7046LOC: Config.appendDomain
7047DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 7048DOC_START
5473c134 7049 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7050 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7051
7052 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7053 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7054 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7055
7056Example:
7057 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 7058DOC_END
7059
5473c134 7060NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7061TYPE: onoff
7062LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 7063DEFAULT: on
7064DOC_START
5473c134 7065 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7066 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7067 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7068 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7069 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 7070DOC_END
7071
cc192b50 7072NAME: dns_v4_fallback
7073TYPE: onoff
7074DEFAULT: on
7075LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
7076DOC_START
7077 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
7078 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
7079 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
7080
7081 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
7082 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
7083
7084 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
7085 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
7086
7087 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
7088 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
7089 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
7090DOC_END
7091
6bc15a4f 7092NAME: ipcache_size
7093COMMENT: (number of entries)
7094TYPE: int
7095DEFAULT: 1024
7096LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7097DOC_NONE
7098
7099NAME: ipcache_low
7100COMMENT: (percent)
7101TYPE: int
7102DEFAULT: 90
7103LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7104DOC_NONE
7105
7106NAME: ipcache_high
7107COMMENT: (percent)
7108TYPE: int
7109DEFAULT: 95
7110LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7111DOC_START
7112 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7113DOC_END
7114
7115NAME: fqdncache_size
7116COMMENT: (number of entries)
7117TYPE: int
7118DEFAULT: 1024
7119LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7120DOC_START
7121 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7122DOC_END
7123
a58ff010 7124COMMENT_START
5473c134 7125 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7126 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7127COMMENT_END
7128
5473c134 7129NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7130COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7131TYPE: onoff
7132DEFAULT: on
7133LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7134DOC_START
5473c134 7135 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7136 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7137 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7138 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7139DOC_END
7140
5473c134 7141NAME: memory_pools_limit
7142COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7143TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7144DEFAULT: 5 MB
7145LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7146DOC_START
5473c134 7147 Used only with memory_pools on:
7148 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7149
5473c134 7150 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7151 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7152 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7153 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7154 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7155 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7156 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7157
89646bd7 7158 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7159 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7160
5473c134 7161 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7162 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7163
7164 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7165 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7166 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7167 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7168DOC_END
7169
5473c134 7170NAME: forwarded_for
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AJ
7171COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7172TYPE: string
5473c134 7173DEFAULT: on
7174LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7175DOC_START
67c06f0d
AJ
7176 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7177 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7178
5473c134 7179 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7180
67c06f0d 7181 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7182
7183 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
7184
7185 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7186 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7187
7188 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7189 X-Forwarded-For header.
7190
7191 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 7192 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7193DOC_END
7194
5473c134 7195NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7196TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7197DEFAULT: none
7198LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7199DOC_START
5473c134 7200 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7201
5473c134 7202 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7203
7204 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7205 5min
7206 60min
7207 asndb
7208 authenticator
7209 cbdata
7210 client_list
7211 comm_incoming
7212 config *
7213 counters
7214 delay
7215 digest_stats
7216 dns
7217 events
7218 filedescriptors
7219 fqdncache
7220 histograms
7221 http_headers
7222 info
7223 io
7224 ipcache
7225 mem
7226 menu
7227 netdb
7228 non_peers
7229 objects
7230 offline_toggle *
7231 pconn
7232 peer_select
b360c477 7233 reconfigure *
5473c134 7234 redirector
7235 refresh
7236 server_list
7237 shutdown *
7238 store_digest
7239 storedir
7240 utilization
7241 via_headers
7242 vm_objects
7243
7244 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7245 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7246
7247 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7248 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7249 password to "none".
7250
7251 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7252
7253Example:
7254 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7255 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7256 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7257DOC_END
7258
5473c134 7259NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7260COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7261TYPE: onoff
7262DEFAULT: on
7263LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7264DOC_START
5473c134 7265 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7266 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7267DOC_END
7268
5473c134 7269NAME: refresh_all_ims
7270COMMENT: on|off
7271TYPE: onoff
7272DEFAULT: off
7273LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7274DOC_START
5473c134 7275 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7276 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7277 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7278 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7279 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7280
5473c134 7281 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7282 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7283DOC_END
7284
5473c134 7285NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7286IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7287COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7288TYPE: onoff
7289DEFAULT: off
7290LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7291DOC_START
5473c134 7292 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7293 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7294 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7295 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7296 causes.
7297
7298 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7299DOC_END
7300
31ef19cd 7301NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 7302TYPE: int
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AJ
7303LOC: Config.connect_retries
7304DEFAULT: 0
a58ff010 7305DOC_START
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AJ
7306 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
7307 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
7308 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
7309
7310 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
7311 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
7312
7313 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
7314 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 7315
31ef19cd
AJ
7316 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
7317 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
7318 a useful server.
a58ff010 7319DOC_END
7320
5473c134 7321NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7322TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7323LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7324DEFAULT: off
7325DOC_START
5473c134 7326 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
7327 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
7328 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
7329 control errors.
5f8252d2 7330DOC_END
7331
5473c134 7332NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7333TYPE: string
5473c134 7334LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7335DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7336DOC_START
5473c134 7337 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7338 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7339DOC_END
7340
5473c134 7341NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7342TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7343LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7344DEFAULT: off
7345DOC_START
5473c134 7346 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7347 objects.
a58ff010 7348DOC_END
7349
5473c134 7350NAME: uri_whitespace
7351TYPE: uri_whitespace
7352LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7353DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7354DOC_START
5473c134 7355 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7356 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7357
5473c134 7358 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7359 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7360 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7361 Request" message.
7362 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7363 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7364 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7365 are in use.
7366 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7367 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7368 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7369 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7370 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7371 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7372 violation.
7373DOC_END
a58ff010 7374
5473c134 7375NAME: chroot
7376TYPE: string
7377LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7378DEFAULT: none
7379DOC_START
9f37c18a 7380 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
2d89f399
HN
7381 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7382 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7383 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7384 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7385DOC_END
a58ff010 7386
5473c134 7387NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7388TYPE: onoff
7389LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7390DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7391DOC_START
cc192b50 7392 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7393 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7394 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7395
5473c134 7396 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7397 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7398 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7399
cc192b50 7400 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 7401DOC_END
7402
5473c134 7403NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7404TYPE: onoff
7405LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7406DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 7407DOC_START
5473c134 7408 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7409 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7410 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 7411
5473c134 7412 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7413 reasons.
a0e23afd
AJ
7414
7415 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 7416DOC_END
a58ff010 7417
5473c134 7418NAME: high_response_time_warning
7419TYPE: int
7420COMMENT: (msec)
7421LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7422DEFAULT: 0
7423DOC_START
7424 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7425 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7426 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 7427DOC_END
7428
5473c134 7429NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7430TYPE: int
7431LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7432DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 7433DOC_START
5473c134 7434 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7435 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7436 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7437 per second.
7438DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7439
5473c134 7440NAME: high_memory_warning
7441TYPE: b_size_t
7442LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 7443DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7444DOC_START
7445 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7446 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7447 the administrators attention.
7448DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7449
5473c134 7450NAME: sleep_after_fork
7451COMMENT: (microseconds)
7452TYPE: int
7453LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7454DEFAULT: 0
7455DOC_START
7456 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7457 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7458 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7459 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7460 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7461 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7462 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7463 until all the child processes have been started.
7464 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7465 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7466DOC_END
7467
b6696974 7468NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7469IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
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7470COMMENT: on|off
7471TYPE: onoff
7472DEFAULT: on
7473LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7474DOC_START
7475 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7476 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7477 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7478 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7479 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7480 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7481DOC_END
7482
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7483NAME: eui_lookup
7484TYPE: onoff
7485IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7486DEFAULT: on
7487LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7488DOC_START
7489 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7490DOC_END
7491
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7492NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7493TYPE: int
7494DEFAULT: 0
7495LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7496DOC_START
7497 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7498
7499 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7500
7501 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7502 not all comm loops supports large values.
7503DOC_END
7504
13aeac35 7505NAME: workers
007d775d 7506TYPE: int
13aeac35 7507LOC: Config.workers
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7508DEFAULT: 1
7509DOC_START
13aeac35 7510 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
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7511 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7512 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
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7513 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7514
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7515 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7516 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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7517DOC_END
7518
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7519NAME: cpu_affinity_map
7520TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
7521LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
7522DEFAULT: none
7523DOC_START
7524 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
7525
7526 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
7527
7528 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
7529
7530 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
7531 four even cores, starting with core #1.
7532
7533 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
7534 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
7535
7536 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
7537
7538 See also: workers
7539DOC_END
7540
cccac0a2 7541EOF