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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 32
cccac0a2 33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
debd9a31 44
cccac0a2 45COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 46
592a09dc 47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
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60
61
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62 Conditional configuration
63
64 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
65 depend on conditions:
66
67 if <CONDITION>
68 ... regular configuration directives ...
69 [else
70 ... regular configuration directives ...]
71 endif
72
73 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
74 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
75 configuration directives.
76
77 These individual conditions types are supported:
78
79 true
80 Always evaluates to true.
81 false
82 Always evaluates to false.
83 <integer> = <integer>
84 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
85
86
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87 SMP-Related Macros
88
89 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
90
91 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
92 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
93
94 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
95 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
96 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 97COMMENT_END
98
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99# Options Removed in 3.2
100NAME: ignore_expect_100
101TYPE: obsolete
102DOC_START
103 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
104DOC_END
105
106NAME: ftp_list_width
107TYPE: obsolete
108DOC_START
109 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
110DOC_END
111
112NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
113TYPE: obsolete
114DOC_START
115 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
116DOC_END
117
118# Options Removed in 3.1
119NAME: dns_testnames
120TYPE: obsolete
121DOC_START
122 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
123DOC_END
124
125NAME: extension_methods
126TYPE: obsolete
127DOC_START
128 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
129DOC_END
130
131# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
132NAME: incoming_rate
133TYPE: obsolete
134DOC_NONE
135
136NAME: server_http11
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: upgrade_http0.9
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
146DOC_END
147
148NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
152DOC_END
153
154# Options Removed in 3.0
155NAME: header_access
156TYPE: obsolete
157DOC_START
158 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
159 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
166DOC_END
167
5473c134 168COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 169 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 170 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
171COMMENT_END
172
41bd17a4 173NAME: auth_param
174TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 175IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 176LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 177DEFAULT: none
178DOC_START
41bd17a4 179 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
180 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 181
41bd17a4 182 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 183
41bd17a4 184 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
185 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
186 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
187 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
188 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
189 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
190 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
191 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
192 program entry).
cccac0a2 193
41bd17a4 194 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
195 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
196 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
197 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 198
41bd17a4 199 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
200 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
201 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
202 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
203 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
204 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
205 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
206 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
207 type acl.
cccac0a2 208
41bd17a4 209 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
210 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
211 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
212 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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213 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
214 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 215
41bd17a4 216 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 "program" cmdline
219 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
220 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
221 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
222 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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223 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
224 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 225
41bd17a4 226 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
227 program is specified.
cccac0a2 228
41bd17a4 229 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
230 this line to something like
307b83b7 231
41bd17a4 232 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 233
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234 "utf8" on|off
235 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
236 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
237 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
238 username & password to the helper.
239
7353861b 240 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 241 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 242 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
243 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
244 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
245 authenticator processes.
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246
247 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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248 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
249 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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250 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
251 the maximum.
252
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253 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
254 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
255 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
256 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
257 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
258 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 259 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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260
261 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 262
41bd17a4 263 "realm" realmstring
264 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
265 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
266 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
267 password). There is no default.
268 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 269
41bd17a4 270 "credentialsttl" timetolive
271 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
272 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
273 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
274 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
275 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
276 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
277 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
278 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
279 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 280
41bd17a4 281 "casesensitive" on|off
282 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
283 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
284 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
285 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
286 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 287
41bd17a4 288 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 289
41bd17a4 290 "program" cmdline
291 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
292 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
293 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
294 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
295 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
296 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
297 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 298
41bd17a4 299 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
300 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 301
41bd17a4 302 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
303 something like
cccac0a2 304
7ce93108 305 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 306
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307 "utf8" on|off
308 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
309 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
310 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
311 username & password to the helper.
312
7353861b 313 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 314 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 315 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
316 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
317 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
318 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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319
320 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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321 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
322 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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323 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
324 the maximum.
325
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326 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
327 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
328 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
329 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
330 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
331 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
332 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
333
48d54e4d 334 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 335
41bd17a4 336 "realm" realmstring
337 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
338 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
339 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
340 password). There is no default.
341 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 342
41bd17a4 343 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
344 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
345 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 346
41bd17a4 347 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
348 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
349 valid for.
cccac0a2 350
41bd17a4 351 "nonce_max_count" number
352 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
353 used.
cccac0a2 354
41bd17a4 355 "nonce_strictness" on|off
356 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
357 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
358 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
359 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 360
41bd17a4 361 "check_nonce_count" on|off
362 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
363 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
364 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
365 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 366
41bd17a4 367 "post_workaround" on|off
368 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
369 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
370 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 371
41bd17a4 372 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374 "program" cmdline
375 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
376 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
377 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
378 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
379 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
380 is not used.
cccac0a2 381
41bd17a4 382 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 383
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384 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
385 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 386 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
387 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
388 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
389 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
390 processes.
cccac0a2 391
48d54e4d 392 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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393 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
394 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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395 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
396 the maximum.
397
398 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 399
41bd17a4 400 "keep_alive" on|off
401 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
402 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
403 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
404 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
405 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 406
41bd17a4 407 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 408
41bd17a4 409 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 410
41bd17a4 411 "program" cmdline
412 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
413 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
414 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
415 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
416 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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417 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
418 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
419 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 420 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
421 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 422
41bd17a4 423 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 424
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425 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
426 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 427 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
428 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
429 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
430 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
431 processes.
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432
433 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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434 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
435 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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436 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
437 the maximum.
438
439 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 440
41bd17a4 441 "keep_alive" on|off
442 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
443 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
444 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
445 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
446 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 447
41bd17a4 448 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 449
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451 Examples:
452
41bd17a4 453#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
454#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 455#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 456#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 457#
41bd17a4 458#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 459#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 460#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 461#
41bd17a4 462#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 463#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 464#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
465#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
466#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
467#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 468#
41bd17a4 469#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 470#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 471#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
472#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 473DOC_END
cccac0a2 474
41bd17a4 475NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
476TYPE: time_t
477DEFAULT: 1 hour
478LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
479DOC_START
480 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
481 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
482 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
483 have good reason to.
484DOC_END
cccac0a2 485
41bd17a4 486NAME: authenticate_ttl
487TYPE: time_t
488DEFAULT: 1 hour
489LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
490DOC_START
491 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
492 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
493 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
494 TTL are removed from memory.
495DOC_END
cccac0a2 496
41bd17a4 497NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
498TYPE: time_t
499LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
500DEFAULT: 0 seconds
501DOC_START
502 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
503 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
504 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
505 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
506 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
507 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
508 environment with relatively static address assignments.
509DOC_END
cccac0a2 510
3d1e3e43 511COMMENT_START
512 ACCESS CONTROLS
513 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
514COMMENT_END
515
41bd17a4 516NAME: external_acl_type
517TYPE: externalAclHelper
518LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 519DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 520DOC_START
41bd17a4 521 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
522 to look up the status
cccac0a2 523
41bd17a4 524 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 525
41bd17a4 526 Options:
cccac0a2 527
41bd17a4 528 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
529 for 1 hour)
530 negative_ttl=n
531 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
532 as ttl)
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533 children-max=n
534 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
535 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
536 children-startup=n
537 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
538 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
539 of this type. (default 0)
540 children-idle=n
541 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
542 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
543 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
544 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 545 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
546 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 547 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 548 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
549 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 550 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 551 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 552 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
553 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
055421ee 554 the default is currently 'ipv4'.
cccac0a2 555
41bd17a4 556 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 557
41bd17a4 558 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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559 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
560 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
561 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 562 %IDENT Ident user name
563 %SRC Client IP
564 %SRCPORT Client source port
565 %URI Requested URI
566 %DST Requested host
567 %PROTO Requested protocol
568 %PORT Requested port
569 %PATH Requested URL path
570 %METHOD Request method
571 %MYADDR Squid interface address
572 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
573 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
574 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
575 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
576 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
577 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 578
c68c9682 579 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 580 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 581 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 582 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 583 HTTP request header list member using ; as
584 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
585 character.
cccac0a2 586
c68c9682 587 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 588 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 589 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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590 %<{Hdr:;member}
591 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
592 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
593 character.
594
41bd17a4 595 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
596 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
597 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 598
41bd17a4 599 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
600 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
601 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
602 more details.
cccac0a2 603
41bd17a4 604 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 605
41bd17a4 606 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 607
41bd17a4 608 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 609
41bd17a4 610 user= The users name (login)
611 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
612 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
613 in error pages
614 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
615 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
616 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
617 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 618
41bd17a4 619 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
620 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 621
41bd17a4 622 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
623 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
624 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 625
41bd17a4 626 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
627 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
628 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 629DOC_END
630
41bd17a4 631NAME: acl
632TYPE: acl
633LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 634DEFAULT: all src all
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635DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
636DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
637DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
638DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
cccac0a2 639DOC_START
41bd17a4 640 Defining an Access List
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642 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
643 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
644 they are read from.
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646 acl aclname acltype argument ...
647 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 648
375eeb3b 649 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 650
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652 To make them case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
653 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line without -i.
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656 to access some external data source.
657 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
658 don't are marked as [fast].
659 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
660 for further information
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662 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
663
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664 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
665 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
666 acl aclname dst ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
667 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 668
41bd17a4 669 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
670 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
671 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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673 # other *BSD variants.
674 # [fast]
41bd17a4 675 #
676 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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677 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
678 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
679
680 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
681 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
682 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 683 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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684 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
685 # regex matching client name [slow]
686 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 687 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 688 #
41bd17a4 689 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
690 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
691 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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693 acl aclname src_as number ...
694 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 695 # [fast]
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696 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
697 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
698 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
699 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
700 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
701 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
702 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
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6db78a1a 704 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 705 # [fast]
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706 # match against a named cache_peer entry
707 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
708
375eeb3b 709 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 710 # [fast]
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712 # S - Sunday
713 # M - Monday
714 # T - Tuesday
715 # W - Wednesday
716 # H - Thursday
717 # F - Friday
718 # A - Saturday
719 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
720
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722 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
723 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
724 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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726 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
727 # ranges are alloed
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728 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
729 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
730
b3567eb5 731 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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733 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
734
735 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 736
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738 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 740 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 741 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
e988aa40 742
375eeb3b 743 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 744 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 745 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 746
375eeb3b 747 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 748 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 749 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 750 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 751
41bd17a4 752 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
753 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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755 # supplied credentials [slow]
756 #
757 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 758 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
759 #
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761 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
762 #
41bd17a4 763 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
764 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
765 # in access.log.
766 #
767 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
768 # to check username/password combinations (see
769 # auth_param directive).
770 #
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772 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 773 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 774
41bd17a4 775 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 776 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 777 # Example:
778 #
779 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 780
41bd17a4 781 acl aclname maxconn number
782 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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783 # more than <number> TCP connections established. [fast]
784 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
785 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 786
41bd17a4 787 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
788 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
789 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 790 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 791 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
792 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
793 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
794 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
795 # request is denied)
796 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
797 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
798 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
cccac0a2 799
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800 acl aclname random probability
801 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
802 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
803 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
804
375eeb3b 805 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 806 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
807 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 808 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 809 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
810 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 811
41bd17a4 812 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
813 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
814 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 815 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 816
375eeb3b 817 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 818 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
819 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 820 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 821 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
822 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
823 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 824
41bd17a4 825 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
826 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
827 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 828 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 829
375eeb3b 830 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 831 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 832 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 833
41bd17a4 834 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
835 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 836 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 837
41bd17a4 838 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
839 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 840 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 841
41bd17a4 842 acl aclname ext_user username ...
843 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 844 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 845 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 846
0ab50441 847 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 848 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
cccac0a2 849
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850 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
851 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
852 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
853 #
854 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
855 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
856 # http_reply_access.
857
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859 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
860 acl myexample dst_as 1241
861 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
862 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
863 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 864
41bd17a4 865NOCOMMENT_START
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867# Recommended minimum configuration:
868#
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ee776778 870# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
871# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
872# should be allowed
873acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
874acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
875acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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876acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
877acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 879acl SSL_ports port 443
880acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
881acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
882acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
883acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
884acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
885acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
886acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
887acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
888acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
889acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
890acl CONNECT method CONNECT
891NOCOMMENT_END
892DOC_END
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894NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
895TYPE: acl_access
896IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
897LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
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898DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
899DOC_START
900 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
901 find the original source of a request.
902
903 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
904 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
905 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
906 rightmost address being the most recent.
907
908 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
909 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
910 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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911 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
912 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
913 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
914 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
915 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
916 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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918 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
919 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 920 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 921 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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922 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
923 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 924
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926 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
927
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928 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
929
930 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
931 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
932 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
933 source address of the request. This may enable remote
934 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
935 based on the client's source addresses.
936
937 For example:
938
939 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
940 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
941 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
942 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
943DOC_END
944
945NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
946COMMENT: on|off
947TYPE: onoff
948IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
949DEFAULT: on
950LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
951DOC_START
952 Controls whether the indirect client address
953 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
954 direct client address in acl matching.
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956 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
957 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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959
960NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
961COMMENT: on|off
962TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 963IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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965LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
966DOC_START
967 Controls whether the indirect client address
968 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
969 direct client address in delay pools.
970DOC_END
971
972NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
973COMMENT: on|off
974TYPE: onoff
975IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
976DEFAULT: on
977LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
978DOC_START
979 Controls whether the indirect client address
980 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
981 direct client address in the access log.
982DOC_END
983
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984NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
985COMMENT: on|off
986TYPE: onoff
987IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 988DEFAULT: off
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989LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
990DOC_START
991 Controls whether the indirect client address
992 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
993 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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995 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
996 mode ports.
997
998 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
999 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
1000 of folow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
1001 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1003
41bd17a4 1004NAME: http_access
1005TYPE: acl_access
1006LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1007DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1008DOC_START
1009 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1010
41bd17a4 1011 Access to the HTTP port:
1012 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1013
41bd17a4 1014 NOTE on default values:
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41bd17a4 1016 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1017 the request.
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41bd17a4 1019 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1020 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1021 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1022 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1024 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1027 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1028
41bd17a4 1029NOCOMMENT_START
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1031#
1032# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1033#
1034# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
3c722b3a 1035http_access allow localhost manager
41bd17a4 1036http_access deny manager
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1038# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1039http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1041# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1042http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 1044# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1045# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1046# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1047#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1049#
1050# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1051#
c8f4eac4 1052
ee776778 1053# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1054# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1055# from where browsing should be allowed
1056http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1057http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1058
41bd17a4 1059# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1060http_access deny all
1061NOCOMMENT_END
1062DOC_END
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1064NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1065TYPE: acl_access
1066LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1067DEFAULT: none
1068DOC_START
1069 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1070
1071 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1072 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1073 output.
1074
1075 If not set then only http_access is used.
1076DOC_END
1077
41bd17a4 1078NAME: http_reply_access
1079TYPE: acl_access
1080LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1081DEFAULT: none
1082DOC_START
1083 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1084
41bd17a4 1085 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1086
41bd17a4 1087 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1088 all replies
1a224843 1089
41bd17a4 1090 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1091 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1092 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1094 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1095 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1096DOC_END
1097
41bd17a4 1098NAME: icp_access
1099TYPE: acl_access
1100LOC: Config.accessList.icp
41bd17a4 1101DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1102DOC_START
41bd17a4 1103 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1104 access lists
5473c134 1105
41bd17a4 1106 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1107
41bd17a4 1108 See http_access for details
1109
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1111 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1113# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1115#icp_access deny all
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1117
41bd17a4 1118NAME: htcp_access
1119IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1120TYPE: acl_access
1121LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
41bd17a4 1122DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1123DOC_START
41bd17a4 1124 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1125 access lists
5473c134 1126
41bd17a4 1127 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1129 See http_access for details
5473c134 1130
0b48417e 1131 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1132 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1133 using the htcp option.
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1136 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1138# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1140#htcp_access deny all
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41bd17a4 1143NAME: htcp_clr_access
1144IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1145TYPE: acl_access
1146LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
41bd17a4 1147DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1148DOC_START
1149 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1150 on defined access lists
5473c134 1151
41bd17a4 1152 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1153
41bd17a4 1154 See http_access for details
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1157 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1159# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1160acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1161htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
5473c134 1162DOC_END
1163
41bd17a4 1164NAME: miss_access
1165TYPE: acl_access
1166LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1167DEFAULT: none
5473c134 1168DOC_START
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1170
1171 For example;
1172 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1173 a parent.
5473c134 1174
41bd17a4 1175 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1176 miss_access allow localclients
1177 miss_access deny !localclients
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1179 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch relayed/MISS
1180 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1181 objects (HITs).
1182
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1185 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1187 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1188 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1189DOC_END
1190
1191NAME: ident_lookup_access
1192TYPE: acl_access
1193IFDEF: USE_IDENT
41bd17a4 1194DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1195LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1196DOC_START
41bd17a4 1197 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1198 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1199 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1200 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1201 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1202 any requests.
5473c134 1203
41bd17a4 1204 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1205 can follow this example:
5473c134 1206
4daaf3cb 1207 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1208 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1209 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1210
4daaf3cb 1211 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1212 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1213 the correct result.
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1215 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1216 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1217DOC_END
5473c134 1218
5b0f5383 1219NAME: reply_body_max_size
1220COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1221TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1222DEFAULT: none
1223LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1224DOC_START
1225 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1226 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1227 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1228 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1229 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1230 for this reply.
1231
1232 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1233 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1234 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1235 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1236 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1237 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1238 and they will receive a partial reply.
1239
1240 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1241 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1242 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1243 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1244
1245 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1246 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1247 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1248 the size of your largest error page.
1249
1250 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1251 no limit imposed.
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1253 Configuration Format is:
1254 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1255 ie.
1256 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1257
5b0f5383 1258DOC_END
1259
1260COMMENT_START
1261 NETWORK OPTIONS
1262 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1263COMMENT_END
1264
1265NAME: http_port ascii_port
1266TYPE: http_port_list
1267DEFAULT: none
1268LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1269DOC_START
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1270 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1271 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1272 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1273
1274 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1275 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1276 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1277 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1278 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1279 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1280 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1281
1282 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1283 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1284
1285 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1286 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1287 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1288
1289 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1290
c7b1dd5d 1291 Modes:
5b0f5383 1292
e77bdb4e 1293 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1294 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1295 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1296
1297 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1298 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1299 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1300
7f45065d 1301 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1302
3a0c8eb5 1303 ssl-bump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
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1305 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1306 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1307 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1308
1309 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1310 the SslBump feature.
1311
1312 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1313
1314
1315 Accelerator Mode Options:
1316
5b0f5383 1317 defaultsite=domainname
1318 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1319 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1320 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1321
cf673853 1322 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1323
1324 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
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1326 https_port
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1329 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
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1332 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
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1335 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1336 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1337 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
1338
1339 ignore-cc Ignore request Cache-Control headers.
1340
1341 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
1342 used in non-accelerator setups.
1343
1344 allow-direct Allow direct forwarding in accelerator mode. Normally
1345 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1346 never_direct was used.
1347
1348 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1349 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1350 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1351 http_access rules when using this.
1352
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1354 SSL Bump Mode Options:
1355
1356 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1357
1358 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1359 if not specified, the certificate file is
1360 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1361 key file.
1362
1363 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1364 1 automatic (default)
1365 2 SSLv2 only
1366 3 SSLv3 only
1367 4 TLSv1 only
1368
1369 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1370
1371 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1372 being:
1373 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1374 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1375 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1376 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1377 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1378 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1379 documentation for a complete list of options.
1380
1381 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1382 requesting a client certificate.
1383
1384 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1385 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1386 clientca will be used.
1387
1388 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1389 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1390
1391 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1392 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1393 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1394
1395 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1396 DH key exchanges.
1397
1398 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1399 DELAYED_AUTH
1400 Don't request client certificates
1401 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1402 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1403 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1404 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1405 to OpenSSL.
1406 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1407 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1408 will result in a new SSL session.
1409 VERIFY_CRL
1410 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1411 certificates.
1412 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1413 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1414 client certificate chain.
1415
1416 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1417
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1419 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1420 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1421 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1422 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1423 certificate will be selfsigned.
1424 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1425 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1426 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1427 years.
1428 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1429 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1430
1431 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1432 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1433 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
1434 default value is 4MB. An average XXX-bit certificate
1435 consumes about XXX bytes of RAM.
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1437 Other Options:
1438
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1440 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1441 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1443
5b0f5383 1444 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1445 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1446 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1447 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1448 support is enabled.
1449 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1450
1451 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1452 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1453 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1454 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1455 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1456 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1457 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1458 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1459
81b6e9a7 1460 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1461 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1462
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1465 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1466 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1467 timeout the time before giving up.
1468
5b0f5383 1469 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1470 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1471 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1472 visible on the internal address.
1473
1474NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1476# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1477http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1478NOCOMMENT_END
1479DOC_END
1480
1481NAME: https_port
1482IFDEF: USE_SSL
1483TYPE: https_port_list
1484DEFAULT: none
1485LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1486DOC_START
7f45065d 1487 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1488
1489 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1490 requests.
1491
1492 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1493 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1494 accelerator level.
1495
1496 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1497 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1498
7f45065d 1499 Modes:
5b0f5383 1500
7f45065d 1501 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1502
7f45065d 1503 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
5b0f5383 1504
5b0f5383 1505
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1507
1508
1509 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1510
1511 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1512
1513 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1514 if not specified, the certificate file is
1515 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1516 key file.
1517
1518 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1519 1 automatic (default)
1520 2 SSLv2 only
1521 3 SSLv3 only
1522 4 TLSv1 only
1523
1524 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1525
1526 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1527 being:
1528 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1529 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1530 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1531 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1532 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1533 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1534 documentation for a complete list of options.
1535
1536 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1537 requesting a client certificate.
1538
1539 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1540 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1541 clientca will be used.
1542
1543 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1544 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1545
1546 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1547 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1548 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1549
1550 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1551 DH key exchanges.
1552
1553 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1554 DELAYED_AUTH
1555 Don't request client certificates
1556 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1557 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1558 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1559 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1560 to OpenSSL.
1561 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1562 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1563 will result in a new SSL session.
1564 VERIFY_CRL
1565 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1566 certificates.
1567 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1568 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1569 client certificate chain.
1570
1571 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1572
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1574
41bd17a4 1575NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1576TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1577DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1578LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 1579DOC_START
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1581 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1582
41bd17a4 1583 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1584
41bd17a4 1585 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1586 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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1589 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1590 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1591 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1592
41bd17a4 1593 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1595 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1596
41bd17a4 1597 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1598 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1600 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 1601
41bd17a4 1602 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1603 matching line.
cccac0a2 1604DOC_END
1605
41bd17a4 1606NAME: clientside_tos
1607TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1608DEFAULT: none
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1610DOC_START
1611 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1612 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1613
1614 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1615
1616 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1617 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1618
1619 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1620 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1621 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1622 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1623
1624 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1625 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1626DOC_END
1627
1628NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1629TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1630IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1632LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1633DOC_START
1634 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1635 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1636
1637 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1638
1639 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1640 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1641
1642 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1643 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1644 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1645 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1646DOC_END
1647
1648NAME: clientside_mark
1649TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1650IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1652LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
cccac0a2 1653DOC_START
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1655 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1656
1657 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1658
1659 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1660 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1661
1662 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1663 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1664 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1665 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1666
1667 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1668 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 1669DOC_END
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1672TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 1673IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 1674DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1675LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
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575cb927 1677 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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1679 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1680 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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1683 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1684 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1687 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1688 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1689
1690 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
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1693
1694 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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1696 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1697
1698 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1699
1700 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1701
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1703 over the preserve-miss feature (see below).
575cb927 1704
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1706 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1707 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1708 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1709 with all variants of netfilter.
575cb927 1710
575cb927 1711 disable-preserve-miss
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1713 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1714 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1715 and masked with miss-mark.
1716 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1717 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1718 (MARK target).
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1720 miss-mask=0xFF
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1722 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1723 the TOS sent towards clients.
1724 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1725 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1726
1727 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1728 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1729 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1730 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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1733
41bd17a4 1734NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1735TYPE: acl_address
1736DEFAULT: none
1737LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1738DOC_START
1739 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1740 based on the username or source address of the user making
1741 the request.
7f7db318 1742
41bd17a4 1743 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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1746 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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1749 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1750
1751 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
1752 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1753
1754 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
1755 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1756
1757 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
1758 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1759
41bd17a4 1760 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1761 matching line.
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1764 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
1765 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
1766
1767
1768 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 1769 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1770 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1771 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 1773 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
4ed968be 1774 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
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1776 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
6b185b50 1777
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1779
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1780NAME: client_dst_passthru
1781TYPE: onoff
1782DEFAULT: on
1783LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
1784DOC_START
1785 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
1786 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
1787 source.
1788
1789 This option (on by default) prevents cache_peer and alternative DNS
1790 entries being used on intercepted traffic. Both of which lead to
1791 the security vulnerability outlined below.
1792
1793 SECURITY WARNING:
1794
1795 This directive should only be disabled if cache_peer are required.
1796
1797 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
1798 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
1799 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
1800 security policy and sandboxing protections.
1801
1802 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
1803 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
1804 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
1805 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
1806 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
1807
1808DOC_END
1809
41bd17a4 1810COMMENT_START
1811 SSL OPTIONS
1812 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1813COMMENT_END
1814
1815NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1816IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1817TYPE: onoff
1818DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1819LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1820DOC_START
41bd17a4 1821 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1822 messages.
cccac0a2 1823DOC_END
1824
41bd17a4 1825NAME: ssl_engine
1826IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1827TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1828LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1829DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1830DOC_START
41bd17a4 1831 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1832 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1833DOC_END
1834
41bd17a4 1835NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1836IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1837DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1838LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1839TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1840DOC_START
41bd17a4 1841 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1842DOC_END
1843
41bd17a4 1844NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1845IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1846DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1847LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1848TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1849DOC_START
41bd17a4 1850 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1851DOC_END
1852
41bd17a4 1853NAME: sslproxy_version
1854IFDEF: USE_SSL
1855DEFAULT: 1
1856LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1857TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1858DOC_START
41bd17a4 1859 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1860DOC_END
1861
41bd17a4 1862NAME: sslproxy_options
1863IFDEF: USE_SSL
1864DEFAULT: none
1865LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1866TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1867DOC_START
41bd17a4 1868 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1870 The most important being:
1871
1872 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1873 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1874 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1875 SINGLE_DH_USE
1876 Always create a new key when using
1877 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1878
1879 These options vary depending on your SSL engine.
1880 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1881 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 1882DOC_END
1883
41bd17a4 1884NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1885IFDEF: USE_SSL
1886DEFAULT: none
1887LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1888TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1889DOC_START
41bd17a4 1890 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1892 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 1893DOC_END
1894
41bd17a4 1895NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1896IFDEF: USE_SSL
1897DEFAULT: none
1898LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1899TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1900DOC_START
41bd17a4 1901 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1902 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1903DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1905NAME: sslproxy_capath
1906IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1907DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1908LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1909TYPE: string
5473c134 1910DOC_START
41bd17a4 1911 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1912 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1913DOC_END
1914
4c9da963 1915NAME: ssl_bump
1916IFDEF: USE_SSL
1917TYPE: acl_access
1918LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1919DEFAULT: none
1920DOC_START
1921 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1922 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1923 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1924 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1925
1926 By default, no requests are bumped.
1927
e0c0d54c 1928 See also: http_port ssl-bump
4c9da963 1929
e0c0d54c 1930 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 1931 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1933
1934 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1935 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1936
1937 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1938 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1939 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1940 ssl_bump deny localhost
1941 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1942 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 1943DOC_END
1944
41bd17a4 1945NAME: sslproxy_flags
1946IFDEF: USE_SSL
1947DEFAULT: none
1948LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1949TYPE: string
5473c134 1950DOC_START
41bd17a4 1951 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1952 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1953 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1954 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1955 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1956DOC_END
1957
4c9da963 1958NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1959IFDEF: USE_SSL
1960DEFAULT: none
1961LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1962TYPE: acl_access
1963DOC_START
1964 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1965
1966 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1967 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1968 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1969
1970 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1971 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1972 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1973
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1975 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1976 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 1977
1978 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1979 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1980 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1981 the connection may be insecure.
1982
1983 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1984
e0855596 1985 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 1986DOC_END
1987
41bd17a4 1988NAME: sslpassword_program
1989IFDEF: USE_SSL
1990DEFAULT: none
1991LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1992TYPE: string
5473c134 1993DOC_START
41bd17a4 1994 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1995 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1996 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1997 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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1999 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2000 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2001 keys.
5473c134 2002DOC_END
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2005 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2006 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2007COMMENT_END
2008
2009NAME: sslcrtd_program
2010TYPE: eol
2011IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2012DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2013LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2014DOC_START
2015 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2016 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2017 For more information use:
2018 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2019DOC_END
2020
2021NAME: sslcrtd_children
2022TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2023IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2024DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2025LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2026DOC_START
2027 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2028 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2029
2030 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2031 tuning.
2032
2033 startup=N
2034
2035 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2036 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2037 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2038
2039 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2040 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2041
2042 idle=N
2043
2044 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2045 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2046 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2047 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2048
2049 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2050DOC_END
2051
cccac0a2 2052COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2053 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2054 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2055COMMENT_END
2056
41bd17a4 2057NAME: cache_peer
2058TYPE: peer
2059DEFAULT: none
2060LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2061DOC_START
41bd17a4 2062 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 2064 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2065
41bd17a4 2066 For example,
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41bd17a4 2068 # proxy icp
2069 # hostname type port port options
2070 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2071 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2072 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2073 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
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2075 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2076
2077 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2078
2079 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2080 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2081 For web servers this is usually 80
2082
2083 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2084 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2085 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2086
2087
2088 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2089
2090 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2091 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2092
2093
2094 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2095
2096 multicast-responder
2097 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2098 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2099 replies will be accepted from it.
2100
2101 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2102 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2103
2104 background-ping
2105 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2106 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2107 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2108
2109
2110 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2111
2112 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2113 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2114
2115
2116 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2117 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2119 list of options described below.
2b94f655 2120
18191440 2121 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2122
18191440 2123 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2124 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2125 only-clr.
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2127 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
2128 This cannot be used with no-clr.
2b94f655 2129
18191440 2130 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2131 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
2132 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2133
18191440 2134 htcp=forward-clr
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2135 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2136
2137
2138 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2139
2140 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2141 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2142
2143
2144 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2145 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2146 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2147
2148 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2149 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2150 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2151
2152 weighted-round-robin
2153 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2154 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2155 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2156 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2157 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2158
2159 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2160 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2161 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2162
2163 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2164
2165 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2167 multicast-siblings
2168 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2169 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2170 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
2171 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
2172 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2173 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2174 members of the same multicast group.
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2176
2177 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2178
2179 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2180 peer-selection mechanisms.
2181 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2182 larger weights are favored more.
2183 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2184 protocol is not in use.
2185
2186 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2187 times of parents.
2188 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2189 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2190 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2191
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2193 to this address.
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2194 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
2195 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2196 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2197 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2198
2199 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2200 delay pools.
2201
2202 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2203 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2204 than the Squid default location.
2205
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2208
2209 carp-key=key-specification
2210 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2211 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2212 scheme, host, port, path, params
2213 Order is not important.
2214
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2216
2217 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2218 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2219 is a web server.
2220
2221 forceddomain=name
2222 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2223 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2224 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2225 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2226
2227 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2228
2229 no-netdb-exchange
2230 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2231
2232
2233 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2234
2235 login=user:password
2236 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2237 requires proxy authentication.
2238
2239 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2240 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2241
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2243 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2244 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2245 without alteration to the peer.
2246 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2247
2248 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2249 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2250 connection-auth options are also used.
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2252 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
2253 Authentication is not required by this option.
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2256 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2258 they may be sent instead.
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2260 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2261 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2262 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2263 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2264 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2265
2266 login=*:password
2267 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2268 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2269 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2270 needed to identify each user.
2271 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2272 information which is added to the username. This can
2273 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2274 the login=username:password option above.
2275
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2277 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2278 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2279 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2280 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2281
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2283 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2284 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2285
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2287 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2288 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2289 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2290 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2291 used.
2292
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2294 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2295 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2296
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2297 connection-auth=on|off
2298 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2299 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2300 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2301 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2302 of the peer.
2303
2304
2305 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2306
2307 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2308
2309 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2310 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2311 this peer.
2312
2313 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2314 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2315 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2316 reference a combined file containing both the
2317 certificate and the key.
2318
2319 sslversion=1|2|3|4
2320 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2321 1 = automatic (default)
2322 2 = SSL v2 only
2323 3 = SSL v3 only
2324 4 = TLS v1 only
2325
2326 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2327 to this peer.
2328
2329 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
2330 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2331 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2332 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2333 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
2334 a more complete list.
2335
2336 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2337 when verifying the peer certificate.
2338
2339 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2340 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2341
2342 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2343 verifying the peer certificate.
2344
2345 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2346
41bd17a4 2347 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2348 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2349 verify.
2350 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2351 Don't use the default CA list built in
2352 to OpenSSL.
2353 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2354 Don't verify the peer certificate
2355 matches the server name
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2357 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2358 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2359 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2360 used.
2361
2362 front-end-https
2363 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2364 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2365 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2366 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2367 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2368
2369
2370 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2371
2372 connect-timeout=N
2373 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2374 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2375
2376 connect-fail-limit=N
2377 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2378 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2379
2380 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2381 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2382 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2383 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2384 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2385 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2386 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2387
2388 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2389 peer. see also
2390
2391 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2392 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2393 but different ports.
2394 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2395 directives to dentify the peer.
2396 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2397 peername ACL type.
2398
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2400 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2401
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2403
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41bd17a4 2406NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2407TYPE: hostdomain
2408DEFAULT: none
2409LOC: none
2410DOC_START
2411 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2412 queried. Usage:
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41bd17a4 2414 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2415 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2416
41bd17a4 2417 For example, specifying
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41bd17a4 2419 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
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41bd17a4 2421 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2422 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2423 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2424 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2425 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2426
41bd17a4 2427 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2428 either on the same or separate lines.
2429 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2430 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2431 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2432 for all requests.
2433 * There are no defaults.
2434 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2435 section.
2436DOC_END
dd9b1776 2437
41bd17a4 2438NAME: cache_peer_access
2439TYPE: peer_access
2440DEFAULT: none
2441LOC: none
2442DOC_START
2443 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2444 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2445
41bd17a4 2446 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2447
41bd17a4 2448 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2449 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2450 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2451DOC_END
dd9b1776 2452
41bd17a4 2453NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2454TYPE: hostdomaintype
2455DEFAULT: none
2456LOC: none
2457DOC_START
2458 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2459
41bd17a4 2460 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2461 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2462 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2463 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2464 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2465 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2466
41bd17a4 2467EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2468 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2469 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2470 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2471DOC_END
6bf4f823 2472
41bd17a4 2473NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2474COMMENT: (seconds)
2475DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2476TYPE: time_t
2477LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2478DOC_START
2479 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2480 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2481 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2482 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2483 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2484 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2485
41bd17a4 2486 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2487 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2488 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2489 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2490 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2491 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2492 instead of to your parents.
2493DOC_END
cccac0a2 2494
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2495NAME: forward_max_tries
2496DEFAULT: 10
2497TYPE: int
2498LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2499DOC_START
2500 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2501 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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2502
2503 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
2504 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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2505DOC_END
2506
41bd17a4 2507NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2508TYPE: wordlist
2509DEFAULT: none
2510LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2511DOC_START
2512 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2513 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2514 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2515 list this option multiple times.
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2517 Example:
2518 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
2519
2520 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
6b698a21 2521DOC_END
0976f8db 2522
41bd17a4 2523COMMENT_START
2524 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2525 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2526COMMENT_END
2527
2528NAME: cache_mem
2529COMMENT: (bytes)
2530TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2531DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2532LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2533DOC_START
41bd17a4 2534 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2535 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2536 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2537 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2538
2539 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2540 for:
2541 * In-Transit objects
2542 * Hot Objects
2543 * Negative-Cached objects
2544
2545 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2546 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2547 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2548 priority.
2549
2550 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2551 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2552 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2553 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2554 not needed for in-transit objects.
2555
2556 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2557 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2558 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2559 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2560 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2561 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2562 objects.
6b698a21 2563DOC_END
0976f8db 2564
41bd17a4 2565NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2566COMMENT: (bytes)
2567TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2568DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2569LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2570DOC_START
41bd17a4 2571 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2572 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2573 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2574 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2575DOC_END
0976f8db 2576
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2577NAME: memory_cache_mode
2578TYPE: memcachemode
2579LOC: Config
2580DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2581DOC_START
ea21d497 2582 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2583
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2584 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2585
2586 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2587 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2588 a second time before cached in memory.
2589
2590 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2591DOC_END
2592
41bd17a4 2593NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2594TYPE: removalpolicy
2595LOC: Config.memPolicy
2596DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2597DOC_START
41bd17a4 2598 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2599 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2600
41bd17a4 2601 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2602DOC_END
6b698a21 2603
41bd17a4 2604COMMENT_START
2605 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2606 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2607COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2608
41bd17a4 2609NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2610TYPE: removalpolicy
2611LOC: Config.replPolicy
2612DEFAULT: lru
2613DOC_START
2614 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2615 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2616
41bd17a4 2617 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2618 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2619 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2620 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2621
41bd17a4 2622 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2623
41bd17a4 2624 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2625
41bd17a4 2626 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2627 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2628 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2629 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2630
41bd17a4 2631 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2632 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2633 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2634 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2635
41bd17a4 2636 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2637 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2638 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2639
41bd17a4 2640 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2641 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2642 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2643
41bd17a4 2644 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2645 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2646 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2647DOC_END
0976f8db 2648
41bd17a4 2649NAME: cache_dir
2650TYPE: cachedir
2651DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2652LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2653DOC_START
41bd17a4 2654 Usage:
0976f8db 2655
41bd17a4 2656 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2657
41bd17a4 2658 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2659 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2660
41bd17a4 2661 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2662 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2663 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2664
41bd17a4 2665 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2666 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2667 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2668 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2669 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
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2671 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
2672 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2673 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2674
41bd17a4 2675 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2676
41bd17a4 2677 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2678 been there.
0976f8db 2679
41bd17a4 2680 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2681
41bd17a4 2682 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2683 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2684 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2685 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2686 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2687
56fba4d0 2688 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2689 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2690
56fba4d0 2691 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2692 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2693 is 256.
0976f8db 2694
41bd17a4 2695 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2696
41bd17a4 2697 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2698 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2699 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2700
41bd17a4 2701 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2702
41bd17a4 2703 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2704
41bd17a4 2705 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2706
41bd17a4 2707 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2708 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2709 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2710
41bd17a4 2711 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2712
41bd17a4 2713 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2714
41bd17a4 2715 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2716 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2717 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2718
41bd17a4 2719 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2720 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2721 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2722
41bd17a4 2723 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2724 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2725 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2726 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2727 time.
0976f8db 2728
41bd17a4 2729 The coss store type:
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2731 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2732 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2733 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2734
41bd17a4 2735 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2736 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2737 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2738 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2739 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2740 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2741 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2742
41bd17a4 2743 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2744 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2745 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2746
41bd17a4 2747 Common options:
0976f8db 2748
41bd17a4 2749 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2750
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2751 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
2752 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
2753 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
2754 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
2755
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2756 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
2757 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 2758 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2759 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2760 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2761
41bd17a4 2762 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2763 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2764 option.
bebc043b 2765NOCOMMENT_START
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2767# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2768#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2769NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2770DOC_END
0976f8db 2771
41bd17a4 2772NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2773TYPE: string
2774LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2775DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2776DOC_START
41bd17a4 2777 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2778DOC_END
0976f8db 2779
41bd17a4 2780NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2781TYPE: int
2782LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2783DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2784DOC_START
41bd17a4 2785 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2786 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2787 descriptors are open.
2788
2789 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2790DOC_END
0976f8db 2791
41bd17a4 2792NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2793COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2794TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2795DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2796LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2797DOC_START
41bd17a4 2798 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2799 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2800 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2801DOC_END
0976f8db 2802
41bd17a4 2803NAME: maximum_object_size
2804COMMENT: (bytes)
2805TYPE: b_int64_t
2806DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2807LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2808DOC_START
41bd17a4 2809 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2810 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2811 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2812 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2813 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2814 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2815
41bd17a4 2816 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2817 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2818 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2819DOC_END
0976f8db 2820
41bd17a4 2821NAME: cache_swap_low
2822COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2823TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2824DEFAULT: 90
2825LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2826DOC_NONE
2827
2828NAME: cache_swap_high
2829COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2830TYPE: int
2831DEFAULT: 95
2832LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2833DOC_START
41bd17a4 2834
2835 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2836 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2837 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2838 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2839 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2840 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2841
2842 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2843 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2844 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2845DOC_END
0976f8db 2846
5473c134 2847COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2848 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2849 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2850COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2851
41bd17a4 2852NAME: logformat
2853TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 2854LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 2855DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2856DOC_START
41bd17a4 2857 Usage:
0976f8db 2858
41bd17a4 2859 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2860
41bd17a4 2861 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2862
41bd17a4 2863 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2864
41bd17a4 2865 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2866 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2867 as required according to their context and the output format
2868 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2869 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2870
41bd17a4 2871 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2872
41bd17a4 2873 " output in quoted string format
2874 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2875 # output in URL quoted format
2876 ' output as-is
5473c134 2877
41bd17a4 2878 - left aligned
2879 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2880 output is zero padded
2881 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2882
41bd17a4 2883 Format codes:
5473c134 2884
3ff65596 2885 % a literal % character
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2886 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
2887 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
2888 a similar internal error identifier.
2889 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
2890
2891 Connection related format codes:
2892
41bd17a4 2893 >a Client source IP address
2894 >A Client FQDN
2895 >p Client source port
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2896 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
2897 >la Local IP address the client connected to
2898 >lp Local port number the client connected to
2899
2900 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
2901 <A Server FQDN or peer name
2902 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 2903 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 2904 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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2905
2906 Time related format codes:
2907
41bd17a4 2908 ts Seconds since epoch
2909 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2910 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2911 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2912 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2913 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2914 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2916
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2917 Access Control related format codes:
2918
2919 et Tag returned by external acl
2920 ea Log string returned by external acl
2921 un User name (any available)
2922 ul User name from authentication
2923 ue User name from external acl helper
2924 ui User name from ident
2925 us User name from SSL
2926
2927 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 2928
ca2e92d8 2929 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 2930 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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2931 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
2932 Optional header name argument as for >h
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2933 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2934 as for >h
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2935 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2936 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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2937 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
2938 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
2939 transfer encoding and control messages.
2940 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
2941 received bodies.
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2942 [http::]mt MIME content type
2943 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
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2944 [http::]>rm Request method from client
2945 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
2946 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
2947 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
2948 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
3ff65596 2949 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
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2950 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
2951 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sento to server or peer
3ff65596 2952 [http::]rv Request protocol version
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2953 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
2954 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
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2955 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
2956 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
2957 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
2958 are not included
2959 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
2960 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
2961 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
2962 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
2963 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
2964 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
2965 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
2966 and stops when the last response byte is received.
2967 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
2968 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
2969 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
2970 with the last I/O with the last peer.
2971
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2972 Squid handling related format codes:
2973
2974 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2975 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2976
5038f9d8 2977 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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2979
2980 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
2981 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
2982 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
2983 transaction is in progress.
2984
5038f9d8 2985 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
3ff65596 2986
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2987 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
2988 meta-information from the last eCAP
2989 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
2990 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
2991 argument.
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2993 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
2994 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
2995 the order of transaction start time. Each time
2996 value is recorded as an integer number,
2997 representing response time of one or more
2998 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
2999 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3000 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3001 logged individually but added to the
3002 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3003 adapt::all_trs.
3004
3005 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3006 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3007 individual transactions are never added
3008 together. Instead, all transaction response
3009 times are recorded individually.
3010
3011 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3012 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3013 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 3014
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3015 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
3016
8652f8e7 3017logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<a %mt
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3018logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
3019logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
3020logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
3021logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
3022
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3023 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
3024 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
3025 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
3026
3027 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
3028 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 3029
5473c134 3030DOC_END
3031
41bd17a4 3032NAME: access_log cache_access_log
3033TYPE: access_log
3034LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 3035DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 3036DOC_START
41bd17a4 3037 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
3038 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 3039 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 3040 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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3042 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 3043 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3044 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3045 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3046
3047 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3048
bb7a1781 3049 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3050 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3051
3052 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3053 each request.
3054 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3055
3056 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3057 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3058 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3059
3060 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3061
3062 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3063 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3064 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 3065
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3066 where facility could be any of:
3067 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3068
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3069 And priority could be any of:
3070 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3071
3072 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3073 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3074 Place Format: \\host:port
df2eec10 3075
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3076 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3077 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
3078 Place Format: \\host:port
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3080 Default:
82b7abe3 3081 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3082DOC_END
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3085TYPE: access_log
3086IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3087LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3088DEFAULT: none
3089DOC_START
3090 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3091 transaction.
3092
3093 The icap_log option format is:
3094 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3095 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3096
3097 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3098 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3099 features.
3100
3101 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3102 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3103 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3104 log line.
3105
3106 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3107 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3108 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3109 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3110 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3111 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3112 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3113
3114 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3115
3116 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3117
3118 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3119 option in Squid configuration file.
3120
3121 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3122
3123 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3124 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3125
3126 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3127 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3128
3129 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3130 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3131 the socket).
3132
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3133 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
3134 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3135 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3136 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3137 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3138 computed.
3139
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3141 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3142 the ICAP transaction is created and
3143 stops when the transaction is completed.
3144 Similar to tr.
3145
3146 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3147 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3148 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3149 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3150 is received.
3151
3152 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3153 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3154 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3155 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3156 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3157 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3158
3159 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3160
3161 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3162
3163 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3164
3165 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3166 definition, is called icap_squid:
3167
3168logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3169
5038f9d8 3170 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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3172
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3173NAME: logfile_daemon
3174TYPE: string
3175DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3176LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3177DOC_START
3178 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3179 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3180
3181 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3182 L<data>\n - logfile data
3183 R\n - rotate file
3184 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 3185 O\n - reopen file
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3186 F\n - flush file
3187 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3188 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3189
3190 No responses is expected.
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3191DOC_END
3192
5b0f5383 3193NAME: log_access
3194TYPE: acl_access
3195LOC: Config.accessList.log
3196DEFAULT: none
3197COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3198DOC_START
3199 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3200 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3201 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3202
3203 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3204 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3205DOC_END
3206
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3207NAME: log_icap
3208TYPE: acl_access
3209IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3210LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3211DEFAULT: none
3212DOC_START
3213 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3214 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3215DOC_END
3216
41bd17a4 3217NAME: cache_store_log
3218TYPE: string
df2eec10 3219DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3220LOC: Config.Log.store
3221DOC_START
3222 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3223 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3225 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3226 disable it.
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3227
3228 Example:
3229 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3230DOC_END
3231
41bd17a4 3232NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3233TYPE: string
3234LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3235DEFAULT: none
3236DOC_START
41bd17a4 3237 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3238 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3239 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3240 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3241 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3242 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3243 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 3244
41bd17a4 3245 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3246 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3247 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3248 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3249
41bd17a4 3250 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3251 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 3252
41bd17a4 3253 cache_swap_log.00
3254 cache_swap_log.01
3255 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3256
41bd17a4 3257 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3258 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3259 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3260 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3261 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3262 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3263 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3264DOC_END
3265
41bd17a4 3266NAME: logfile_rotate
3267TYPE: int
3268DEFAULT: 10
3269LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3270DOC_START
41bd17a4 3271 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3272 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3273 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3274 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3275 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3276 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3277
41bd17a4 3278 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3279 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3280 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3281 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3282 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3283 <pid>'.
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3284
3285 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3286 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3287DOC_END
5473c134 3288
41bd17a4 3289NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 3290TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 3291DOC_START
20efa1c2 3292 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 3293DOC_END
3294
41bd17a4 3295NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 3296TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3297DOC_START
8652f8e7 3298 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 3299DOC_END
5473c134 3300
41bd17a4 3301NAME: mime_table
3302TYPE: string
3303DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3304LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3305DOC_START
3306 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3307 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3308 information if you do.
5473c134 3309DOC_END
3310
41bd17a4 3311NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3312COMMENT: on|off
3313TYPE: onoff
3314LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3315DEFAULT: off
3316DOC_START
3317 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3318 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3319 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3320 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3321 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3322DOC_END
5473c134 3323
41bd17a4 3324NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 3325TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3326DOC_START
20efa1c2 3327 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 3328DOC_END
3329
41bd17a4 3330NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 3331TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3332DOC_START
20efa1c2 3333 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 3334DOC_END
3335
41bd17a4 3336NAME: pid_filename
3337TYPE: string
3338DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3339LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3340DOC_START
41bd17a4 3341 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3342DOC_END
3343
41bd17a4 3344NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3345TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3346DOC_START
c581e96b 3347 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3348DOC_END
3349
41bd17a4 3350NAME: client_netmask
3351TYPE: address
3352LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3353DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3354DOC_START
41bd17a4 3355 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3356 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3357 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3358 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3359DOC_END
3360
41bd17a4 3361NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 3362TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3363DOC_START
20efa1c2 3364 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 3365DOC_END
3366
41bd17a4 3367NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3368TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3369LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3370DEFAULT: on
3371DOC_START
41bd17a4 3372 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3373 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3374DOC_END
3375
41bd17a4 3376NAME: buffered_logs
3377COMMENT: on|off
3378TYPE: onoff
3379DEFAULT: off
3380LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3381DOC_START
41bd17a4 3382 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3383 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3384 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3385 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3386 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 3387DOC_END
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2b753521 3389NAME: netdb_filename
3390TYPE: string
3391DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
3392LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3393IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3394DOC_START
3395 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3396 To disable, enter "none".
3397DOC_END
3398
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3400 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3401 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3402COMMENT_END
3403
3404NAME: cache_log
3405TYPE: string
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3406DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3407LOC: Debug::cache_log
3408DOC_START
3409 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3410 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3411 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3412DOC_END
3413
3414NAME: debug_options
3415TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3416DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3417LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3418DOC_START
3419 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3420 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3421 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3422 log file, so be careful.
3423
3424 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3425 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3426
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3427 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
3428 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3429 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3430 events affecting Squid.
3431DOC_END
3432
3433NAME: coredump_dir
3434TYPE: string
3435LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3436DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3437DOC_START
3438 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3439 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3440 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3441 and coredump files will be left there.
3442
3443NOCOMMENT_START
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3445# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3446coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3447NOCOMMENT_END
3448DOC_END
3449
3450
41bd17a4 3451COMMENT_START
3452 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3453 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3454COMMENT_END
3455
3456NAME: ftp_user
3457TYPE: string
3458DEFAULT: Squid@
3459LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3460DOC_START
41bd17a4 3461 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3462 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3463 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3464
41bd17a4 3465 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3466 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3467 depending on how the cache is used.
3468 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3469 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3470DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3472NAME: ftp_passive
3473TYPE: onoff
3474DEFAULT: on
3475LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3476DOC_START
41bd17a4 3477 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3478 connections, turn off this option.
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3480 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3481DOC_END
3482
3483NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3484TYPE: onoff
3485DEFAULT: off
3486LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3487DOC_START
3488 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3489
3490 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3491 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3492 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3493
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3495 useful.
a689bd4e 3496 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3497 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3498
3499 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3500 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3501
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3503DOC_END
3504
3505NAME: ftp_epsv
3506TYPE: onoff
3507DEFAULT: on
3508LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3509DOC_START
3510 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3511
3512 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3513 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3514 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3515 will never be needed.
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3517 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3518 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3519 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3520
3521 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3522DOC_END
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3524NAME: ftp_eprt
3525TYPE: onoff
3526DEFAULT: on
3527LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3528DOC_START
3529 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3530
3531 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3532 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3533 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3534
3535 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3536 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3537
3538 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3539 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3540 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3541 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3542
3543 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3544 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3545DOC_END
3546
41bd17a4 3547NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3548TYPE: onoff
3549DEFAULT: on
3550LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3551DOC_START
3552 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3553 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3554 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3555 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3556 connection turn this off.
3557DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3558
41bd17a4 3559NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3560TYPE: onoff
3561DEFAULT: on
3562LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3563DOC_START
3564 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3565 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3566 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3567 the FTP protocol.
3568
3569 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3570 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3571 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3572 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3573 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3574DOC_END
3575
3576COMMENT_START
3577 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3578 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3579COMMENT_END
3580
3581NAME: diskd_program
3582TYPE: string
3583DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3584LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3585DOC_START
3586 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3587 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3588 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3589DOC_END
3590
3591NAME: unlinkd_program
3592IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3593TYPE: string
3594DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3595LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3596DOC_START
3597 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3598DOC_END
3599
3600NAME: pinger_program
3601TYPE: string
3602DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3603LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3604IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3605DOC_START
3606 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3607DOC_END
3608
cc192b50 3609NAME: pinger_enable
3610TYPE: onoff
3611DEFAULT: on
3612LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3613IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3614DOC_START
3615 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3616 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3617 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3618DOC_END
3619
3620
41bd17a4 3621COMMENT_START
3622 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3623 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3624COMMENT_END
3625
3626NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3627TYPE: wordlist
3628LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3629DEFAULT: none
3630DOC_START
2c7aad89 3631 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 3632 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3633
2c7aad89 3634 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 3635
c71adec1 3636 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3637
3638 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3639 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3640 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3641 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3642
3643 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3644 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3645
3646 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3647 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2c7aad89 3648 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily), etc.
41bd17a4 3649
3650 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3651DOC_END
3652
3653NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3654TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3655DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3656LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3657DOC_START
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3658 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3659 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3660 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3661 and other system resources noticably.
3662
3663 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3664 tuning.
3665
3666 startup=
3667
3668 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3669 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3670 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3671
3672 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3673 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3674
3675 idle=
3676
3677 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3678 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3679 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3680 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3681
3682 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3683
41bd17a4 3684 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3685 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3686 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3687
3688 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3689 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3690 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3691 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3692 to that request.
41bd17a4 3693DOC_END
3694
3695NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3696TYPE: onoff
3697DEFAULT: on
3698LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3699DOC_START
3700 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
3701 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
3702 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
3703
3704 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3705 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
3706DOC_END
3707
3708NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3709TYPE: acl_access
3710DEFAULT: none
3711LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3712DOC_START
3713 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3714 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3715 are sent.
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3716
3717 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3718 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3719DOC_END
3720
3721NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3722TYPE: onoff
3723LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3724DEFAULT: off
3725DOC_START
3726 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3727 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3728 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3729 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3730 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3731 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3732 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3733 users may have access to pages they should not
3734 be allowed to request.
3735DOC_END
3736
3737COMMENT_START
3738 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3739 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3740COMMENT_END
3741
f04b37d8 3742NAME: cache no_cache
3743TYPE: acl_access
3744DEFAULT: none
3745LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3746DOC_START
240887f0 3747 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3748 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3749 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3750
240887f0 3751 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3752 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3753
240887f0 3754 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3755
3756 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3757 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3758DOC_END
3759
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3760NAME: max_stale
3761COMMENT: time-units
3762TYPE: time_t
3763LOC: Config.maxStale
3764DEFAULT: 1 week
3765DOC_START
3766 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
3767 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
3768 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
3769DOC_END
3770
41bd17a4 3771NAME: refresh_pattern
3772TYPE: refreshpattern
3773LOC: Config.Refresh
3774DEFAULT: none
3775DOC_START
3776 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3777
6b698a21 3778 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3779 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3780
41bd17a4 3781 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3782 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3783 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3784 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3785 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3786
41bd17a4 3787 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3788 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3789 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3790
41bd17a4 3791 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3792 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3793
41bd17a4 3794 options: override-expire
3795 override-lastmod
3796 reload-into-ims
3797 ignore-reload
3798 ignore-no-cache
3799 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3800 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3801 ignore-private
3802 ignore-auth
570d3f75 3803 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 3804 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 3805 store-stale
a0ec9f68 3806
41bd17a4 3807 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3808 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3809 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3810 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3811 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3813 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3814 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3815 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3816 the object fresh for that period of time.
3817
41bd17a4 3818 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3819 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3820
41bd17a4 3821 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3822 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3823 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3824 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3825
41bd17a4 3826 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3827 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3828 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3829 it causes.
9bc73deb 3830
41bd17a4 3831 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3832 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3833 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3834 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3835 send it anyway.
3836
3837 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3838 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3839 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3840 liable for problems which it causes.
3841
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3842 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3843 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3844 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3845 liable for problems which it causes.
3846
41bd17a4 3847 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3848 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3849 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3850 liable for problems which it causes.
3851
3852 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3853 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3854 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3855 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3856 it causes.
3857
3858 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3859 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3860 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3861 if one is available.
3862
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3863 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
3864 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
3865 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
3866 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
3867 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
3868
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3869 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
3870 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
3871 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
3872
41bd17a4 3873 Basically a cached object is:
3874
3875 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3876 STALE if age > max
3877 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3878 FRESH if age < min
3879 else STALE
3880
3881 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3882 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3883 match the default will be used.
3884
3885 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3886 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3887 used.
3888
41bd17a4 3889NOCOMMENT_START
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3890
3891# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3892refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3893refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3894refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3895refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3896NOCOMMENT_END
3897DOC_END
3898
3899NAME: quick_abort_min
3900COMMENT: (KB)
3901TYPE: kb_int64_t
3902DEFAULT: 16 KB
3903LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3904DOC_NONE
3905
3906NAME: quick_abort_max
3907COMMENT: (KB)
3908TYPE: kb_int64_t
3909DEFAULT: 16 KB
3910LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3911DOC_NONE
3912
3913NAME: quick_abort_pct
3914COMMENT: (percent)
3915TYPE: int
3916DEFAULT: 95
3917LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3918DOC_START
3919 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3920 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3921 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3922 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3923 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3924 downloads.
3925
3926 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3927 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3928 then.
3929
3930 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3931 it will finish the retrieval.
3932
3933 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3934 it will abort the retrieval.
3935
3936 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3937 it will finish the retrieval.
3938
3939 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3940 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3941 to '0 KB'.
3942
3943 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3944 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3945DOC_END
60d096f4 3946
41bd17a4 3947NAME: read_ahead_gap
3948COMMENT: buffer-size
3949TYPE: b_int64_t
3950LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3951DEFAULT: 16 KB
3952DOC_START
3953 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3954 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3955DOC_END
53e738c6 3956
41bd17a4 3957NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 3958IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3959COMMENT: time-units
3960TYPE: time_t
3961LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3962DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3963DOC_START
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3964 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3965 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3966 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3967 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3968 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3969 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3970
3971 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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3972
3973 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3974 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3975 causes.
41bd17a4 3976DOC_END
53e738c6 3977
41bd17a4 3978NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3979COMMENT: time-units
3980TYPE: time_t
3981LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3982DEFAULT: 6 hours
3983DOC_START
3984 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3985 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3986 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3987DOC_END
c4ab8329 3988
41bd17a4 3989NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3990COMMENT: time-units
3991TYPE: time_t
3992LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3993DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3994DOC_START
3995 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3996 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3997 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3998 much below 10 seconds.
3999DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4001NAME: range_offset_limit
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4002COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
4003TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 4004LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 4005DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4006DOC_START
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4007 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
4008
4009 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
4010 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
4011 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
4012 the result is NOT cached.
4013
41bd17a4 4014 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
4015 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
4016 sending anything to the client.
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4017
4018 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
4019 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
4020 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
4021 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
4022
4023 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
4024
4025 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
4026 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
4027
4028 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 4029 client requested. (default)
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4030
4031 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 4032 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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4033
4034 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
4035
4036 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
4037 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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4038 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
4039 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 4040DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4042NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4043COMMENT: (seconds)
4044TYPE: time_t
4045LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4046DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4047DOC_START
4048 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4049 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 4050 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 4051 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4052 is most likely better to make your server return a
4053 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4054 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4055 often be best set to 0.
4056DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4058NAME: store_avg_object_size
4059COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 4060TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 4061DEFAULT: 13 KB
4062LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4063DOC_START
4064 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4065 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 4066DOC_END
4067
41bd17a4 4068NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4069TYPE: int
4070DEFAULT: 20
4071LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4072DOC_START
4073 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4074 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4075 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4076DOC_END
4077
4078COMMENT_START
4079 HTTP OPTIONS
4080 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4081COMMENT_END
4082
f04b37d8 4083NAME: request_header_max_size
4084COMMENT: (KB)
4085TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4086DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4087LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4088DOC_START
4089 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4090 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4091 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4092 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4093 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4094DOC_END
4095
4096NAME: reply_header_max_size
4097COMMENT: (KB)
4098TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4099DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4100LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4101DOC_START
4102 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4103 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4104 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4105 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4106 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4107DOC_END
4108
4109NAME: request_body_max_size
4110COMMENT: (bytes)
4111TYPE: b_int64_t
4112DEFAULT: 0 KB
4113LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4114DOC_START
4115 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4116 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4117 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4118 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4119 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4120 be no limit imposed.
4121DOC_END
4122
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4123NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4124COMMENT: (bytes)
4125TYPE: b_size_t
4126DEFAULT: 512 KB
4127LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4128DOC_START
4129 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4130 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4131 a large file.
4132DOC_END
4133
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4134NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4135COMMENT: (bytes)
4136TYPE: b_int64_t
4137DEFAULT: 64 KB
4138LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4139DOC_START
4140 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4141 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4142 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4143 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4144 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4145 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4146
4147 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4148 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4149 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4150 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4151 as if dechunking was disabled.
4152
4153 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4154 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4155
4156 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4157 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4158 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4159DOC_END
4160
41bd17a4 4161NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4162IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4163TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4164DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4165LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4166DOC_START
41bd17a4 4167 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4168 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4169
41bd17a4 4170 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4171 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4172
41bd17a4 4173 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4174
41bd17a4 4175 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4176 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4177 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4178 a request with an extra CRLF.
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4180 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4181 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4182
41bd17a4 4183Example:
4184 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4185 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4186DOC_END
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22fff3bf 4188NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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4189COMMENT: on|off
4190TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 4191IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 4192DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 4193LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 4194DOC_START
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4195 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
4196 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
4197
4198 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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4199DOC_END
4200
41bd17a4 4201NAME: via
626096be 4202IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4203COMMENT: on|off
4204TYPE: onoff
4205DEFAULT: on
4206LOC: Config.onoff.via
4207DOC_START
4208 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4209 replies as required by RFC2616.
4210DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4211
41bd17a4 4212NAME: ie_refresh
4213COMMENT: on|off
4214TYPE: onoff
4215LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4216DEFAULT: off
4217DOC_START
4218 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4219 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4220 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4221 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4222 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4223 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4224 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4225 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4226 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4227 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4228 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4229 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4230 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4231 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4232 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4233 force fresh content.
4234DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4236NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4237COMMENT: on|off
4238TYPE: onoff
4239LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4240DEFAULT: off
4241DOC_START
4242 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4243 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4244 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4245 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4246 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4247
4248 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4249 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4250DOC_END
c4ab8329 4251
41bd17a4 4252NAME: request_entities
4253TYPE: onoff
4254LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4255DEFAULT: off
4256DOC_START
4257 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4258 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4259 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 4260
41bd17a4 4261 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4262 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4263 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4264 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4265 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4266DOC_END
6b53c392 4267
41bd17a4 4268NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4269IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4270TYPE: http_header_access[]
4271LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4272DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4273DOC_START
41bd17a4 4274 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4275
41bd17a4 4276 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4277 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4278 causes.
0976f8db 4279
41bd17a4 4280 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4281 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4282 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4283 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4284 mangling.
934b03fc 4285
41bd17a4 4286 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4287 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4288
41bd17a4 4289 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4290 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4291 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4292
41bd17a4 4293 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4294 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4295
41bd17a4 4296 request_header_access From deny all
4297 request_header_access Referer deny all
4298 request_header_access Server deny all
4299 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4300 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4301 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4302
41bd17a4 4303 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4304 you should use:
5401aa8d 4305
41bd17a4 4306 request_header_access Allow allow all
4307 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4308 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4309 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4310 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4311 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4312 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4313 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4314 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4315 request_header_access Date allow all
4316 request_header_access Expires allow all
4317 request_header_access Host allow all
4318 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4319 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4320 request_header_access Location allow all
4321 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4322 request_header_access Accept allow all
4323 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4324 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4325 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4326 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4327 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4328 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4329 request_header_access Title allow all
4330 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4331 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4332
41bd17a4 4333 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4334 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4335
41bd17a4 4336 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4337 performed).
5401aa8d 4338DOC_END
4339
41bd17a4 4340NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4341IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4342TYPE: http_header_access[]
4343LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4344DEFAULT: none
4345DOC_START
41bd17a4 4346 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4347
41bd17a4 4348 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4349 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4350 causes.
934b03fc 4351
41bd17a4 4352 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4353 server to the client.
934b03fc 4354
41bd17a4 4355 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4356 direction.
6b53c392 4357
41bd17a4 4358 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4359 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4360 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4361 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4362 mangling.
cccac0a2 4363
41bd17a4 4364 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4365 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4366 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4367
41bd17a4 4368 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4369 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4370
41bd17a4 4371 reply_header_access From deny all
4372 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4373 reply_header_access Server deny all
4374 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4375 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4376 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4377
41bd17a4 4378 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4379 you should use:
cccac0a2 4380
41bd17a4 4381 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4382 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4383 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4384 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4385 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4386 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4387 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4388 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4389 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4390 reply_header_access Date allow all
4391 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4392 reply_header_access Host allow all
4393 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4394 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4395 reply_header_access Location allow all
4396 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4397 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4398 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4399 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4400 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4401 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4402 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4403 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4404 reply_header_access Title allow all
4405 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4406 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4407
41bd17a4 4408 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4409 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4410
41bd17a4 4411 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4412 performed).
cccac0a2 4413DOC_END
4414
75e4f2ea 4415NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 4416IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4417TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4418LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4419DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4420DOC_START
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4421 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4422 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4423
41bd17a4 4424 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
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4425 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4426 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
41bd17a4 4427 option.
cccac0a2 4428
41bd17a4 4429 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4430
41bd17a4 4431 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4432DOC_END
cccac0a2 4433
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4434NAME: reply_header_replace
4435IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4436TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4437LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4438DEFAULT: none
4439DOC_START
4440 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4441 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4442
4443 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4444 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4445 with some fixed string.
4446
4447 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4448
4449 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4450DOC_END
4451
41bd17a4 4452NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4453COMMENT: on|off|warn
4454TYPE: tristate
4455LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4456DEFAULT: on
4457DOC_START
4458 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4459 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4460 what the sending application intended even if the message
4461 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4462 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4463
41bd17a4 4464 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4465 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4466
41bd17a4 4467 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4468 or response to be rejected.
4469DOC_END
7d90757b 4470
41bd17a4 4471COMMENT_START
4472 TIMEOUTS
4473 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4474COMMENT_END
4475
4476NAME: forward_timeout
4477COMMENT: time-units
4478TYPE: time_t
4479LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4480DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4481DOC_START
4482 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4483 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4484DOC_END
4485
41bd17a4 4486NAME: connect_timeout
4487COMMENT: time-units
4488TYPE: time_t
4489LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4490DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4491DOC_START
41bd17a4 4492 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4493 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4494 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4495DOC_END
4496
41bd17a4 4497NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4498COMMENT: time-units
4499TYPE: time_t
4500LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4501DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4502DOC_START
41bd17a4 4503 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4504 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4505 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4506 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4507DOC_END
7f7db318 4508
41bd17a4 4509NAME: read_timeout
4510COMMENT: time-units
4511TYPE: time_t
4512LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4513DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4514DOC_START
4515 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4516 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4517 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4518 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4519 default is 15 minutes.
4520DOC_END
cccac0a2 4521
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4522NAME: write_timeout
4523COMMENT: time-units
4524TYPE: time_t
4525LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4526DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4527DOC_START
4528 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4529 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4530 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4531 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4532 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4533 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4534 default is 15 minutes.
4535DOC_END
4536
41bd17a4 4537NAME: request_timeout
4538TYPE: time_t
4539LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4540DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4541DOC_START
4542 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4543 connection establishment.
4544DOC_END
cccac0a2 4545
41bd17a4 4546NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4547TYPE: time_t
4548LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4549DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4550DOC_START
4551 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4552 connection after the previous request completes.
4553DOC_END
cccac0a2 4554
41bd17a4 4555NAME: client_lifetime
4556COMMENT: time-units
4557TYPE: time_t
4558LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4559DEFAULT: 1 day
4560DOC_START
4561 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4562 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4563 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4564 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4565 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4566 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4567 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4568
41bd17a4 4569 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4570 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4571 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4572 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4573 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4574 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4575DOC_END
4576
41bd17a4 4577NAME: half_closed_clients
4578TYPE: onoff
4579LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4580DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4581DOC_START
41bd17a4 4582 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4583 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4584 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4585 fully-closed TCP connection.
4586
4587 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4588 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4589
abdf1651 4590 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4591 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4592 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4593 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4594DOC_END
4595
41bd17a4 4596NAME: pconn_timeout
4597TYPE: time_t
4598LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4599DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4600DOC_START
41bd17a4 4601 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4602 proxies.
4603DOC_END
cccac0a2 4604
41bd17a4 4605NAME: ident_timeout
4606TYPE: time_t
4607IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4608LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4609DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4610DOC_START
4611 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4612
41bd17a4 4613 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4614 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4615 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4616DOC_END
4617
41bd17a4 4618NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4619COMMENT: time-units
4620TYPE: time_t
4621LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4622DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4623DOC_START
41bd17a4 4624 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4625 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4626 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4627 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4628 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4629DOC_END
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cccac0a2 4631COMMENT_START
4632 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4633 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4634COMMENT_END
4635
4636NAME: cache_mgr
4637TYPE: string
4638DEFAULT: webmaster
4639LOC: Config.adminEmail
4640DOC_START
4641 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4642 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4643DOC_END
4644
abacf776 4645NAME: mail_from
4646TYPE: string
4647DEFAULT: none
4648LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4649DOC_START
4650 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4651 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4652 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4653 src/globals.h before building squid.
4654DOC_END
4655
d084bf20 4656NAME: mail_program
4657TYPE: eol
4658DEFAULT: mail
4659LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4660DOC_START
4661 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4662 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4663 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4664 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4665
d084bf20 4666 Optional command line options can be specified.
4667DOC_END
4668
cccac0a2 4669NAME: cache_effective_user
4670TYPE: string
5483d916 4671DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4672LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4673DOC_START
4674 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4675 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4676 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4677 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4678DOC_END
4679
cccac0a2 4680NAME: cache_effective_group
4681TYPE: string
4682DEFAULT: none
4683LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4684DOC_START
64e288bd 4685 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4686 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4687 from the groups membership.
4688
e3d74828 4689 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4690 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4691 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4692 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4693 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4694 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4695 group.
64e288bd 4696
4697 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4698 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4699 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4700DOC_END
4701
d3caee79 4702NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4703COMMENT: on|off
4704TYPE: onoff
4705DEFAULT: off
4706LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4707DOC_START
4708 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4709DOC_END
4710
cccac0a2 4711NAME: visible_hostname
4712TYPE: string
4713LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4714DEFAULT: none
4715DOC_START
4716 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4717 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4718 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4719 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4720 names with this setting.
4721DOC_END
4722
cccac0a2 4723NAME: unique_hostname
4724TYPE: string
4725LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4726DEFAULT: none
4727DOC_START
4728 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4729 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4730 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4731DOC_END
4732
cccac0a2 4733NAME: hostname_aliases
4734TYPE: wordlist
4735LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4736DEFAULT: none
4737DOC_START
7f7db318 4738 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4739DOC_END
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4741NAME: umask
4742TYPE: int
4743LOC: Config.umask
4744DEFAULT: 027
4745DOC_START
4746 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4747 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4748
4749 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4750 your value with 0.
4751DOC_END
4752
cccac0a2 4753COMMENT_START
4754 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4755 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4756
4757 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4758 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4759 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4760 create cache hierarchies.
4761
4762 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4763 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4764 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4765
4766 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4767 following information from this configuration file:
4768
4769 http_port
4770 icp_port
4771 cache_mgr
4772
4773 All current information is processed regularly and made
4774 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4775COMMENT_END
4776
4777NAME: announce_period
4778TYPE: time_t
4779LOC: Config.Announce.period
4780DEFAULT: 0
4781DOC_START
4782 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4783 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4784 messages.
4785
e0855596 4786 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
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4788 Example:
4789 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4790DOC_END
4791
cccac0a2 4792NAME: announce_host
4793TYPE: string
4794DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4795LOC: Config.Announce.host
4796DOC_NONE
4797
4798NAME: announce_file
4799TYPE: string
4800DEFAULT: none
4801LOC: Config.Announce.file
4802DOC_NONE
4803
4804NAME: announce_port
ae870270 4805TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 4806DEFAULT: 3131
4807LOC: Config.Announce.port
4808DOC_START
4809 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4810 number where the registration message will be sent.
4811
4812 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4813 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4814 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4815 message.
4816DOC_END
4817
8d6275c0 4818COMMENT_START
4819 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4820 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4821COMMENT_END
4822
cccac0a2 4823NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4824TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 4825DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4826LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4827DOC_START
4828 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4829 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4830 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4831 an identification token.
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4833 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 4834DOC_END
4835
4836NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4837COMMENT: on|off
4838TYPE: onoff
4839DEFAULT: off
4840LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4841DOC_START
4842 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4843 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4844DOC_END
4845
4846NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4847IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4848COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4849TYPE: string
4850LOC: ESIParser::Type
4851DEFAULT: custom
4852DOC_START
4853 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4854 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4855 encodings.
4856DOC_END
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9edd9041 4858COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4859 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4860 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4861COMMENT_END
4862
4863NAME: delay_pools
4864TYPE: delay_pool_count
4865DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 4866IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4867LOC: Config.Delay
4868DOC_START
4869 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4870 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4871 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4872DOC_END
4873
4874NAME: delay_class
4875TYPE: delay_pool_class
4876DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4877IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4878LOC: Config.Delay
4879DOC_START
4880 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4881 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4882 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4883 and here would be:
4884
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4885 Example:
4886 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4887 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4888 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4889 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4890 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4891
4892 The delay pool classes are:
4893
4894 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4895 bucket.
4896
4897 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4898 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4899 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4900
4901 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4902 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4903 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4904 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4905 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4906
4907 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4908 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4909 only takes effect if the username is established
4910 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4911 http_access rules.
4912
4913 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4914 external_acl's tag= reply).
4915
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4916
4917 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
4918 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
4919 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
4920
9edd9041 4921 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4922 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4923 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4924 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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4925
4926 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4927 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 4928DOC_END
4929
4930NAME: delay_access
4931TYPE: delay_pool_access
4932DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4933IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4934LOC: Config.Delay
4935DOC_START
4936 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
4937
4938 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4939 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4940 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4941 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4942
4943 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
4944 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4945
4946Example:
4947 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4948 delay_access 1 deny all
4949 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4950 delay_access 2 deny all
4951 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4952DOC_END
4953
4954NAME: delay_parameters
4955TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4956DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 4957IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 4958LOC: Config.Delay
4959DOC_START
4960 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4961 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 4962 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 4963
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4964 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4965 delay_pools pool 1
4966 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 4967
4968 For a class 2 delay pool:
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4969 delay_pools pool 2
4970 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 4971
4972 For a class 3 delay pool:
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4973 delay_pools pool 3
4974 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 4975
4976 For a class 4 delay pool:
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4977 delay_pools pool 4
4978 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 4979
4980 For a class 5 delay pool:
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4981 delay_pools pool 5
4982 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 4983
0b68481a 4984 The option variables are:
9edd9041 4985
4986 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4987 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4988 delay_class lines.
4989
fdb47ac6 4990 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 4991 (class 1, 2, 3).
4992
fdb47ac6 4993 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 4994 buckets (class 2, 3).
4995
fdb47ac6 4996 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 4997 (class 3).
4998
fdb47ac6 4999 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 5000 (class 4).
5001
fdb47ac6 5002 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 5003 (class 5).
5004
5005 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
5006 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
5007 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
5008 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
5009
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5010 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
5011
5012
9edd9041 5013 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 5014 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 5015 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
5016
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5017 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
5018
5019 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 5020
5021 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
5022
0b68481a 5023
9edd9041 5024 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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5025 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
5026 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
5027 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 5028 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
5029 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
5030 large downloads more significantly:
5031
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5032 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
5033
5034 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
5035 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
5036 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 5037
9edd9041 5038
5039 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 5040 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 5041
0b68481a 5042 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
9edd9041 5043DOC_END
5044
5045NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
5046COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 5047TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 5048DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5049IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5050LOC: Config.Delay.initial
5051DOC_START
5052 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5053 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5054 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5055 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5056 "seen" by squid).
5057DOC_END
5058
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5059COMMENT_START
5060 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5061 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5062COMMENT_END
5063
5064NAME: client_delay_pools
5065TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5066DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5067IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5068LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5069DOC_START
5070 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5071 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5072
5073Example:
5074 client_delay_pools 2
5075DOC_END
5076
5077NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5078COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 5079TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 5080DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5081IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5082LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5083DOC_START
5084 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5085 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5086 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5087 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5088
5089 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5090 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5091 from client_delay_parameters.
5092
5093Example:
5094 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5095DOC_END
5096
5097NAME: client_delay_parameters
5098TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5099DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5100IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5101LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5102DOC_START
5103
5104 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5105 following format:
5106
5107 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5108
5109 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5110
5111 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5112
5113 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5114 speed_limit additions.
5115
5116 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5117 examples.
5118
5119Example:
5120 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5121 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5122DOC_END
5123
5124NAME: client_delay_access
5125TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5126DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5127IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5128LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5129DOC_START
5130
5131 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5132 request:
5133
5134 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5135
5136 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5137 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5138 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5139 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5140 limited.
5141
5142 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5143 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5144 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5145 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5146
5147 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5148
5149Example:
5150 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5151 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5152DOC_END
5153
cccac0a2 5154COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5155 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5156 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5157COMMENT_END
5158
8d6275c0 5159NAME: wccp_router
5160TYPE: address
5161LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5162DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5163IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5164DOC_START
5165 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5166 Squid.
5167
5168 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5169
5170 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5171
5172 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5173 which version of WCCP to use.
5174DOC_END
df2eec10 5175
8d6275c0 5176NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5177TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5178LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5179DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5180IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5181DOC_START
8d6275c0 5182 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5183 Squid.
cccac0a2 5184
8d6275c0 5185 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5186
8d6275c0 5187 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5188
8d6275c0 5189 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5190 which version of WCCP to use.
5191DOC_END
5192
5193NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5194TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5195LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5196DEFAULT: 4
5197IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5198DOC_START
8d6275c0 5199 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5200 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5201 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5202 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5203 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5204
8d6275c0 5205 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5206 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5207 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5208 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5209DOC_END
5210
8d6275c0 5211NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5212TYPE: onoff
5213LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5214DEFAULT: on
5215IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5216DOC_START
5217 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5218 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5219DOC_END
cccac0a2 5220
8d6275c0 5221NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5222TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5223LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5224DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5225IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5226DOC_START
699acd19 5227 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5228 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5229
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5230 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5231 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5232
8d6275c0 5233 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5234 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5235DOC_END
5236
8d6275c0 5237NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5238TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5239LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5240DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5241IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5242DOC_START
699acd19 5243 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5244 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5245 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5246
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5247 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5248 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5249
8d6275c0 5250 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5251 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5252
699acd19 5253 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5254 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5255 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5256 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5257DOC_END
5258
8d6275c0 5259NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5260TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5261LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5262DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5263IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5264DOC_START
8d6275c0 5265 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5266 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5267
451c4786 5268 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5269 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5270
8d6275c0 5271 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5272 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5273DOC_END
cccac0a2 5274
8d6275c0 5275NAME: wccp2_service
5276TYPE: wccp2_service
5277LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5278DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5279IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5280DOC_START
5281 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5282 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5283 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5284 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5285 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5286 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5287
5288 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5289 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5290
5291 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5292 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5293
5294 Examples:
5295
5296 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5297 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5298 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5299 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5300DOC_END
5301
5302NAME: wccp2_service_info
5303TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5304LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5305DEFAULT: none
5306IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5307DOC_START
5308 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5309 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5310
5311 The format is:
5312
5313 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5314 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5315
5316 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5317 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5318 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5319 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5320 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5321 + ports_source
5322
5323 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5324
5325 Example:
5326
5327 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5328 priority=240 ports=80
5329
5330 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5331 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5332DOC_END
5333
5334NAME: wccp2_weight
5335TYPE: int
5336LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5337DEFAULT: 10000
5338IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5339DOC_START
5340 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5341 hash proportional to their weight.
5342DOC_END
5343
5344NAME: wccp_address
5345TYPE: address
5346LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5347DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5348IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5349DOC_NONE
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8d6275c0 5351NAME: wccp2_address
5352TYPE: address
5353LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5354DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5355IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5356DOC_START
5357 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5358 interface address.
5359
5360 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5361DOC_END
5362
5363COMMENT_START
5364 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5365 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5366
5367 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5368COMMENT_END
5369
5370NAME: client_persistent_connections
5371TYPE: onoff
5372LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5373DEFAULT: on
5374DOC_NONE
5375
5376NAME: server_persistent_connections
5377TYPE: onoff
5378LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5379DEFAULT: on
5380DOC_START
5381 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5382 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5383 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5384 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5385DOC_END
5386
5387NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5388TYPE: onoff
5389LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5390DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5391DOC_START
5392 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5393 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5394 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5395DOC_END
5396
5397NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5398TYPE: onoff
5399LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5400DEFAULT: off
5401DOC_START
5402 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5403 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5404 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5405 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5406
5407 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5408 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5409 after 10 seconds timeout.
5410DOC_END
5411
5412COMMENT_START
5413 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5414 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5415COMMENT_END
5416
5417NAME: digest_generation
5418IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5419TYPE: onoff
5420LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5421DEFAULT: on
5422DOC_START
5423 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5424 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5425 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5426DOC_END
5427
5428NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5429IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5430TYPE: int
5431LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5432DEFAULT: 5
5433DOC_START
5434 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5435 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5436 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5437DOC_END
5438
5439NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5440IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5441COMMENT: (seconds)
5442TYPE: time_t
5443LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5444DEFAULT: 1 hour
5445DOC_START
749ceff8 5446 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5447DOC_END
5448
5449NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5450COMMENT: (seconds)
5451IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5452TYPE: time_t
5453LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5454DEFAULT: 1 hour
5455DOC_START
749ceff8 5456 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5457 disk.
5458DOC_END
5459
5460NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5461COMMENT: (bytes)
5462TYPE: b_size_t
5463IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5464LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5465DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5466DOC_START
5467 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5468 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5469 default swap page.
5470DOC_END
5471
5472NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5473COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5474IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5475TYPE: int
5476LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5477DEFAULT: 10
5478DOC_START
5479 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5480 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5481DOC_END
5482
1db9eacd 5483COMMENT_START
5473c134 5484 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5485 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5486COMMENT_END
5487
5473c134 5488NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 5489TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5490LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5491DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5492IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5493DOC_START
87630341 5494 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5495 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5496 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5497 set to "0" (disabled)
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5498
5499 Example:
5500 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5501DOC_END
5502
5473c134 5503NAME: snmp_access
5504TYPE: acl_access
5505LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5506DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5507IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5508DOC_START
5473c134 5509 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5510
5473c134 5511 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5512 usage:
8d6275c0 5513
5473c134 5514 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5515
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5516 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5517 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5518Example:
5519 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5520 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5521DOC_END
5522
5473c134 5523NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5524TYPE: address
5525LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5526DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5527IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5528DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5529
5473c134 5530NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5531TYPE: address
5532LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5533DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5534IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5535DOC_START
df2eec10 5536 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5537
5473c134 5538 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5539 messages from SNMP agents.
5540 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5541 agents.
cccac0a2 5542
0eb08770 5543 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5544 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5545
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5546 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5547 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5548 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5549 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5550
5473c134 5551 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5552 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5553DOC_END
5554
5473c134 5555COMMENT_START
5556 ICP OPTIONS
5557 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5558COMMENT_END
5559
5560NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 5561TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5562DEFAULT: 0
5563LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5564DOC_START
5473c134 5565 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5566 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5567 Default is disabled (0).
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5568
5569 Example:
5570 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5571DOC_END
5572
5473c134 5573NAME: htcp_port
5574IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 5575TYPE: u_short
87630341 5576DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5577LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5578DOC_START
5473c134 5579 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5580 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5581 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5582
5583 Example:
5584 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5585DOC_END
5586
5587NAME: log_icp_queries
5588COMMENT: on|off
5589TYPE: onoff
5590DEFAULT: on
5591LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5592DOC_START
5593 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5594 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5595 up or to simplify log analysis.
5596DOC_END
5597
5473c134 5598NAME: udp_incoming_address
5599TYPE: address
5600LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5601DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5602DOC_START
5603 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5604 caches.
5605
5606 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5607
5608 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5609 a specific interface/address.
5610
5611 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5612 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5613
5614 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5615
5616 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5617 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5618DOC_END
cccac0a2 5619
5473c134 5620NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5621TYPE: address
5622LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5623DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5624DOC_START
8524d4b2 5625 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5626 caches.
cccac0a2 5627
5473c134 5628 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5629
8524d4b2 5630 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5631 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5632 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5633 caches.
5634
8524d4b2 5635 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5636 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5637
5638 see also; udp_incoming_address
5639
5473c134 5640 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5641 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5642DOC_END
5643
3d1e3e43 5644NAME: icp_hit_stale
5645COMMENT: on|off
5646TYPE: onoff
5647DEFAULT: off
5648LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5649DOC_START
5650 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5651 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5652 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5653 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5654 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5655 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5656 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5657DOC_END
5658
5473c134 5659NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5660TYPE: int
5473c134 5661DEFAULT: 4
5662LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5663DOC_START
5473c134 5664 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5665 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5666DOC_END
5667
5473c134 5668NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5669TYPE: int
5670DEFAULT: 400
5671LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5672DOC_START
5473c134 5673 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5674 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5675DOC_END
5676
cccac0a2 5677NAME: netdb_low
5678TYPE: int
5679DEFAULT: 900
5680LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5681DOC_NONE
5682
5683NAME: netdb_high
5684TYPE: int
5685DEFAULT: 1000
5686LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5687DOC_START
5688 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5689 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5690 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5691 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5692DOC_END
5693
cccac0a2 5694NAME: netdb_ping_period
5695TYPE: time_t
5696LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5697DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5698DOC_START
5699 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5700 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5701 network. The default is five minutes.
5702DOC_END
5703
cccac0a2 5704NAME: query_icmp
5705COMMENT: on|off
5706TYPE: onoff
5707DEFAULT: off
5708LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5709DOC_START
5710 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5711 replies, enable this option.
5712
5713 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5714 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5715 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5716 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5717 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5718 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5719 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5720 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5721DOC_END
5722
5723NAME: test_reachability
5724COMMENT: on|off
5725TYPE: onoff
5726DEFAULT: off
5727LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5728DOC_START
5729 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5730 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5731 database, or has a zero RTT.
5732DOC_END
5733
5473c134 5734NAME: icp_query_timeout
5735COMMENT: (msec)
5736DEFAULT: 0
5737TYPE: int
5738LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5739DOC_START
5473c134 5740 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5741 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5742 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5743 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5744 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5745 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5746
5473c134 5747 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5748DOC_END
5749
5473c134 5750NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5751COMMENT: (msec)
5752DEFAULT: 2000
5753TYPE: int
5754LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5755DOC_START
5473c134 5756 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5757 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5758 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5759 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5760 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5761 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5762DOC_END
5763
5473c134 5764NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5765COMMENT: (msec)
5766DEFAULT: 5
5767TYPE: int
5768LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5769DOC_START
5473c134 5770 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5771 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5772 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5773 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5774 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5775 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5776 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5777DOC_END
5778
5473c134 5779NAME: background_ping_rate
5780COMMENT: time-units
5781TYPE: time_t
5782DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5783LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5784DOC_START
5473c134 5785 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5786 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5787DOC_END
5788
5473c134 5789COMMENT_START
5790 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5791 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5792COMMENT_END
5793
5794NAME: mcast_groups
5795TYPE: wordlist
5796LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5797DEFAULT: none
5798DOC_START
5473c134 5799 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5800 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5801
5473c134 5802 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5803 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5804 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5805 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5806 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5807 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5808 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5809
5473c134 5810 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5811 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5812
5473c134 5813 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5814 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5815
5473c134 5816 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5817
5473c134 5818 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5819DOC_END
8c01ada0 5820
5473c134 5821NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5822IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5823TYPE: address
5824LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 5825DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5826DOC_START
5827 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5828 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5829
5473c134 5830 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5831 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5832DOC_END
5833
5473c134 5834NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5835IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5836TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5837LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5838DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5839DOC_START
5473c134 5840 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5841 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5842 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5843DOC_END
cccac0a2 5844
5473c134 5845NAME: mcast_miss_port
5846IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 5847TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5848LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5849DEFAULT: 3135
5850DOC_START
5851 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5852 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5853DOC_END
cccac0a2 5854
5473c134 5855NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5856IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5857TYPE: string
5858LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5859DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5860DOC_START
5861 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5862 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5863DOC_END
8c01ada0 5864
5473c134 5865NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5866COMMENT: (msec)
5867DEFAULT: 2000
5868TYPE: int
5869LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5870DOC_START
5871 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5872 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5873 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5874 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5875 seconds.
cccac0a2 5876DOC_END
5877
5473c134 5878COMMENT_START
5879 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5880 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5881COMMENT_END
5882
cccac0a2 5883NAME: icon_directory
5884TYPE: string
5885LOC: Config.icons.directory
5886DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5887DOC_START
5888 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5889 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5890DOC_END
5891
f024c970 5892NAME: global_internal_static
5893TYPE: onoff
5894LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5895DEFAULT: on
5896DOC_START
5897 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5898 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5899 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5900 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5901 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5902 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5903 the server generating a directory listing.
5904DOC_END
5905
5473c134 5906NAME: short_icon_urls
5907TYPE: onoff
5908LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5909DEFAULT: on
5910DOC_START
5911 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5912 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5913 it's own name and port in the URL.
5914
5915 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5916 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5917DOC_END
5918
5919COMMENT_START
5920 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5921 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5922COMMENT_END
5923
5924NAME: error_directory
5925TYPE: string
5926LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 5927DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5928DOC_START
5929 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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5930 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
5931 the error/template files to another directory and point
5932 this tag at them.
5933
5934 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
5935 on error pages if used.
5473c134 5936
5937 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5938 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 5939 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 5940 contributing your translation back to the project.
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5941 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5942
5943 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
5944 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
5945DOC_END
5946
5947NAME: error_default_language
5948IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5949TYPE: string
5950LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
5951DEFAULT: none
5952DOC_START
5953 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
5954 if no existing translation matches the clients language
5955 preferences.
5956
5957 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
5958
5959 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5960 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
5961 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
5962 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 5963DOC_END
5964
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5965NAME: error_log_languages
5966IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5967TYPE: onoff
5968LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
5969DEFAULT: on
5970DOC_START
5971 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
5972 auto-negotiate for translations.
5973
5974 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
5975 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 5976 of its error page translations.
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5977DOC_END
5978
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5979NAME: err_page_stylesheet
5980TYPE: string
5981LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
5982DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
5983DOC_START
5984 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
5985
5986 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
5987DOC_END
5988
5473c134 5989NAME: err_html_text
5990TYPE: eol
5991LOC: Config.errHtmlText
5992DEFAULT: none
5993DOC_START
5994 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
5995 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
5996 organizations Web page.
5997
5998 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
5999 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
6000 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
6001 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
6002DOC_END
6003
6004NAME: email_err_data
6005COMMENT: on|off
6006TYPE: onoff
6007LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
6008DEFAULT: on
6009DOC_START
6010 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
6011 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
6012 so that the email body contains the data.
6013 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
6014DOC_END
6015
6016NAME: deny_info
6017TYPE: denyinfo
6018LOC: Config.denyInfoList
6019DEFAULT: none
6020DOC_START
6021 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
6022 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 6023 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 6024
6025 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
6026 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
6027 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
6028 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
6029
6030 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
6031 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
6032 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
6033 the first authentication related acl encountered
6034 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
6035 acl processed on the last http_access line.
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6036 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
6037 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 6038
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6039 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
6040 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
6041 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 6042
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6043 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
6044 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
6045 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
6046
5473c134 6047 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
6048 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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6049
6050 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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6051 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
6052 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6053 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6054 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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6055
6056 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6057 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6058 %B - FTP path URL
6059 %e - Error number
6060 %E - Error description
6061 %h - Squid hostname
6062 %H - Request domain name
6063 %i - Client IP Address
6064 %M - Request Method
6065 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6066 %p - Request Port number
6067 %P - Request Protocol name
6068 %R - Request URL path
6069 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6070 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6071 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6072 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6073 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 6074 %x - Error name
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6075 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6076
5473c134 6077DOC_END
6078
6079COMMENT_START
6080 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6081 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6082COMMENT_END
6083
6084NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6085TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6086LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6087DEFAULT: on
6088DOC_START
5473c134 6089 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6090 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6091 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 6092
5473c134 6093 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6094 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 6095
5473c134 6096 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6097 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6098 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 6099
5473c134 6100 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6101 this directive.
8d6275c0 6102DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 6103
5473c134 6104NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6105TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6106LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6107DEFAULT: off
6108DOC_START
5473c134 6109 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6110 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6111 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 6112
5473c134 6113 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6114 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6115 fails.
6116
6117 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6118 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6119 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 6120DOC_END
6121
5473c134 6122NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 6123TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 6124LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6125DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6126DOC_START
5473c134 6127 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6128
5473c134 6129 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6130 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6131 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6132 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6133 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6134
5473c134 6135 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6136 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6137
5473c134 6138 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6139
5473c134 6140 acl FTP proto FTP
6141 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6142
5473c134 6143 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6144 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6145 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6146 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6147 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6148
5473c134 6149 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6150 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6151 always_direct deny local-external
6152 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6153
5473c134 6154 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6155 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6156 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6157 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6158
5473c134 6159 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6160 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6161 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6162
b3567eb5
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6163 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6164 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6165DOC_END
0976f8db 6166
5473c134 6167NAME: never_direct
6168TYPE: acl_access
6169LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6170DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6171DOC_START
5473c134 6172 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6173
6174 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6175 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6176
6177 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6178 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6179 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6180 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6181
6182 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6183 never_direct deny local-servers
6184 never_direct allow all
6185
6186 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6187 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6188
6189 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6190 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6191 always_direct deny local-external
6192 always_direct allow local-intranet
6193 never_direct allow all
6194
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6195 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6196 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6197DOC_END
0976f8db 6198
5473c134 6199COMMENT_START
6200 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6201 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6202COMMENT_END
6203
cccac0a2 6204NAME: incoming_icp_average
6205TYPE: int
6206DEFAULT: 6
6207LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
6208DOC_NONE
6209
6210NAME: incoming_http_average
6211TYPE: int
6212DEFAULT: 4
6213LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
6214DOC_NONE
6215
6216NAME: incoming_dns_average
6217TYPE: int
6218DEFAULT: 4
6219LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
6220DOC_NONE
6221
6222NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6223TYPE: int
6224DEFAULT: 8
6225LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
6226DOC_NONE
6227
6228NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6229TYPE: int
6230DEFAULT: 8
6231LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
6232DOC_NONE
6233
6234NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6235TYPE: int
6236DEFAULT: 8
6237LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
6238DOC_START
5473c134 6239 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6240 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6241 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6242DOC_END
6243
6244NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6245TYPE: string
6246DEFAULT: none
6247LOC: Config.accept_filter
6248DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6249 FreeBSD:
6250
5473c134 6251 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6252 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6253 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6254
6255 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6256 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6257 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6258
6259 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6260 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6261 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6262
6263 Linux:
6264
6265 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6266 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6267 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6268 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6269 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6270EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6271# FreeBSD
5473c134 6272accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6273# Linux
6274accept_filter data
5473c134 6275DOC_END
6276
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6277NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6278TYPE: int
6279LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6280DEFAULT: -1
6281DOC_START
6282 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6283 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6284 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6285
6286 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6287 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6288
6289 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6290
6291 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6292 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6293DOC_END
6294
5473c134 6295NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6296COMMENT: (bytes)
6297TYPE: b_size_t
6298DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6299LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6300DOC_START
6301 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6302 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6303 the default buffer size.
6304DOC_END
6305
6306COMMENT_START
6307 ICAP OPTIONS
6308 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6309COMMENT_END
6310
6311NAME: icap_enable
6312TYPE: onoff
6313IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6314COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6315LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6316DEFAULT: off
6317DOC_START
53e738c6 6318 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6319DOC_END
6320
6321NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6322TYPE: time_t
6323DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6324LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6325IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6326DOC_START
6327 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6328 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6329 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6330
6331 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6332 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6333 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6334DOC_END
6335
6336NAME: icap_io_timeout
6337COMMENT: time-units
6338TYPE: time_t
6339DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6340LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6341IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6342DOC_START
6343 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6344 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6345 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6346 failure.
6347
6348 The default is read_timeout.
6349DOC_END
6350
6351NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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6353TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6354IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6355LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6356DEFAULT: 10
6357DOC_START
6358 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6359 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6360 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6361 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6362 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6363
6364 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6365 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6366 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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6367
6368 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6369 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6370 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6371 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6372 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6373
6374 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6375 effect on service failure expiration.
6376
6377 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6378 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6379 setting.
6380
6381 For example,
6382 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6383 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6384DOC_END
6385
5473c134 6386NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6387TYPE: int
5473c134 6388IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6389LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6390DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6391DOC_START
5473c134 6392 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6393 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6394 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6395 fetched.
cccac0a2 6396
5473c134 6397 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6398 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6399DOC_END
6400
5473c134 6401NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6402TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6403IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6404COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6405LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6406DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6407DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6408 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6409 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6410 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6411 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6412
6413 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6414 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6415 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6416
6417 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6418 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6419Example:
6420icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6421DOC_END
6422
5473c134 6423NAME: icap_preview_size
6424TYPE: int
6425IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6426LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6427DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6428DOC_START
53e738c6 6429 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6430 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6431 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6432DOC_END
6433
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6434NAME: icap_206_enable
6435TYPE: onoff
6436IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6437COMMENT: on|off
6438LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6439DEFAULT: on
6440DOC_START
6441 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6442 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6443 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6444 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6445
6446 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6447 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6448 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6449 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6450 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6451
6452 Example:
6453 icap_206_enable off
6454DOC_END
6455
5473c134 6456NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6457TYPE: int
6458IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6459LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6460DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6461DOC_START
53e738c6 6462 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6463 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6464DOC_END
6465
5473c134 6466NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6467TYPE: onoff
6468IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6469COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6470LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6471DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6472DOC_START
5473c134 6473 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6474 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6475DOC_END
6476
22fff3bf 6477NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 6478TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6479IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6480COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6481LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 6482DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6483DOC_START
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6484 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
6485 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
6486 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
6487
6488 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 6489DOC_END
6490
22fff3bf 6491NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 6492TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6493IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6494COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6495LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 6496DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6497DOC_START
5473c134 6498 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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6499 the adaptation service.
6500
6501 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 6502 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6503 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6504DOC_END
6505
5473c134 6506NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6507TYPE: string
5473c134 6508IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6509LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6510DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6511DOC_START
db49f682 6512 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 6513DOC_END
6514
5473c134 6515NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6516TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6517IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6518COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6519LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6520DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6521DOC_START
5473c134 6522 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6523DOC_END
6524
5473c134 6525NAME: icap_service
6526TYPE: icap_service_type
6527IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6528LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6529DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6530DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6531 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6532
a22e6cd3 6533 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
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6535 service_name: ID
6536 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
6537
6538 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6539 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6540 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6541 are not yet supported.
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6542
6543 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
6544 ICAP server and service location.
6545
6546 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6547 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6548 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6549 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6550 service_names differ.
6551
6552
6553 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6554 the following name=value options:
6555
6556 bypass=on|off|1|0
6557 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6558 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6559 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6560 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6561 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6562 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6563 returned to the HTTP client.
6564
6565 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6566
6567 routing=on|off|1|0
6568 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6569 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6570 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6571 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6572 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
6573 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf and
6574 should have the same method and vectoring point as the current
6575 ICAP transaction. Services violating these rules are ignored.
6576 An empty X-Next-Services value results in an empty plan which
6577 ends the current adaptation.
6578
6579 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6580 response header is ignored.
6581
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6582 ipv6=on|off
6583 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6584 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6585 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6586
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6587 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
6588 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
6589 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
6590 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
6591 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
6592 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
6593 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
6594
6595 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
6596 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
6597 workers may use a given service.
6598
6599 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
6600 otherwise it is set to "wait".
6601
6602
6603 max-conn=number
6604 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
6605 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
6606
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6607 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6608 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 6609
5473c134 6610Example:
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6611icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
6612icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 6613DOC_END
6614
5473c134 6615NAME: icap_class
6616TYPE: icap_class_type
6617IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6618LOC: none
5473c134 6619DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6620DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6621 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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6622 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6623 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 6624
62c7f90e 6625 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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6626 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6627 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 6628DOC_END
6629
5473c134 6630NAME: icap_access
6631TYPE: icap_access_type
6632IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6633LOC: none
cccac0a2 6634DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6635DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6636 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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6637 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6638 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 6639DOC_END
6640
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6641COMMENT_START
6642 eCAP OPTIONS
6643 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6644COMMENT_END
6645
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6646NAME: ecap_enable
6647TYPE: onoff
6648IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6649COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6650LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6651DEFAULT: off
6652DOC_START
6653 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6654DOC_END
6655
6656NAME: ecap_service
6657TYPE: ecap_service_type
6658IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6659LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6660DEFAULT: none
6661DOC_START
6662 Defines a single eCAP service
6663
6664 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
6665
6666 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6667 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6668 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6669 are not yet supported.
6670 bypass = 1|0
6671 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
6672 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6673 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6674 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6675 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6676 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6677 HTTP client.
6678 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6679
6680Example:
6681ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6682ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6683DOC_END
6684
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6685NAME: loadable_modules
6686TYPE: wordlist
6687IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6688LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6689DEFAULT: none
6690DOC_START
6691 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6692 preloaded module(s).
6693Example:
6694loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6695DOC_END
6696
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6697COMMENT_START
6698 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6699 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6700COMMENT_END
6701
6702NAME: adaptation_service_set
6703TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6704IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6705LOC: none
6706DEFAULT: none
6707DOC_START
6708
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6709 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6710 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6711
6712 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6713
6714 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6715 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6716 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6717 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6718 intact.
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6720 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6721 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 6722
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6723 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6724 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6725
6726 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6727 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6728 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6729 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6730 transaction fails as well.
6731
6732 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6733 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6734 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6735 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6736 matters.
6737
6738 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6739
6740Example:
6741adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6742adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6743DOC_END
6744
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6745NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6746TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6747IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6748LOC: none
6749DEFAULT: none
6750DOC_START
6751
6752 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6753 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6754 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6755
6756 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6757
6758 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6759 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6760 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6761 the previous service in the chain.
6762
6763 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6764 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6765
6766 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6767 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6768 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6769
6770 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6771 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6772
6773 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6774 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6775 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6776 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6777
6778 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6779
6780Example:
6781adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6782DOC_END
6783
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6784NAME: adaptation_access
6785TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6786IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6787LOC: none
6788DEFAULT: none
6789DOC_START
6790 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6791
6792 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6793 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6794
6795 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6796 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6797 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6798 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6799
6800 - services serving different vectoring points
6801 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6802 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6803 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6804
6805 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6806 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6807 adaptation_service_set for details.
6808
6809 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6810 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6811 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6812 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6813
6814 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6815 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6816
6817 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6818
6819Example:
6820adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6821DOC_END
6822
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6823NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6824TYPE: int
6825IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6826LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6827DEFAULT: 16
6828DOC_START
6829 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6830 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6831 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6832 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6833 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6834 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6835
6836 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6837
6838 See also: icap_service routing=1
6839DOC_END
6840
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6841NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6842TYPE: string
6843IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6844LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6845DEFAULT: none
6846DOC_START
6847 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6848 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6849 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6850 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6851 with the master transaction.
6852
6853 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6854 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6855
6856 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6857 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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6858 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
6859
6860 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6861 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
6862 to provide an option with a name specified in
6863 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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6864
6865 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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6866 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6867
6868 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6869
6870Example:
6871# share authentication information among ICAP services
6872adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6873DOC_END
6874
6875NAME: icap_retry
6876TYPE: acl_access
6877IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6878LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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6879DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6880DOC_START
6881 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6882 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6883 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6884 that response are usually retriable.
6885
6886 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6887
6888 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6889 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6890
6891 See also: icap_retry_limit
6892DOC_END
6893
6894NAME: icap_retry_limit
6895TYPE: int
6896IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6897LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6898DEFAULT: 0
6899DOC_START
6900 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6901 no retries are allowed.
6902
6903 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6904 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6905 count against this limit.
6906
6907 See also: icap_retry
6908DOC_END
6909
6910
5473c134 6911COMMENT_START
6912 DNS OPTIONS
6913 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6914COMMENT_END
6915
6916NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6917TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6918DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6919LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6920DOC_START
5473c134 6921 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6922 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6923 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 6924DOC_END
6925
5473c134 6926NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6927TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6928DEFAULT: on
5473c134 6929LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6930DOC_START
5473c134 6931 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6932 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
6933 Squid to be strict about the standard.
6934 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 6935DOC_END
6936
5473c134 6937NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 6938TYPE: string
5473c134 6939IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6940DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
6941LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 6942DOC_START
5473c134 6943 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 6944DOC_END
6945
5473c134 6946NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 6947TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 6948IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 6949DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 6950LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 6951DOC_START
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6952 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
6953 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
6954 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
6955 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
6956 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
6957
6958 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
6959 tuning.
6960
6961 startup=
6962
6963 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
6964 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
6965 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
6966
6967 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
6968 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
6969
6970 idle=
6971
6972 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
6973 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
6974 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
6975 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 6976DOC_END
6977
5473c134 6978NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 6979TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 6980DEFAULT: 5 seconds
6981LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
6982IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6983DOC_START
5473c134 6984 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
6985 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 6986DOC_END
6987
5473c134 6988NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 6989TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 6990DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 6991LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
6992IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6993DOC_START
5473c134 6994 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
6995 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
6996 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 6997DOC_END
6998
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6999NAME: dns_packet_max
7000TYPE: b_ssize_t
7001DEFAULT: none
7002LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
7003IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
7004DOC_START
7005 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
7006 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
7007
7008 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
7009 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
7010 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
7011 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
7012 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
7013
7014 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
7015 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
7016 necessary.
7017
7018 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
7019 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
7020 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
7021 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
7022 sizes being advertised by Squid.
7023 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
7024 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
7025DOC_END
7026
5473c134 7027NAME: dns_defnames
7028COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 7029TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7030DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7031LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 7032DOC_START
5473c134 7033 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
7034 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
7035 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
7036 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 7037DOC_END
7038
5473c134 7039NAME: dns_nameservers
7040TYPE: wordlist
7041DEFAULT: none
7042LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 7043DOC_START
5473c134 7044 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
7045 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
7046 /etc/resolv.conf file.
7047 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
7048 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
7049 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
7050 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 7051
5473c134 7052 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 7053DOC_END
7054
5473c134 7055NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 7056TYPE: string
5473c134 7057DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
7058LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 7059DOC_START
5473c134 7060 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
7061 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7062 default locations:
7063 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
7064 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7065 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
7066 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7067 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
7068 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
7069 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
7070 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 7071
5473c134 7072 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
7073 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
7074 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
7075 character are comments.
cccac0a2 7076
5473c134 7077 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7078 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7079 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7080 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7081 definitions.
cccac0a2 7082DOC_END
7083
5473c134 7084NAME: append_domain
7085TYPE: string
7086LOC: Config.appendDomain
7087DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 7088DOC_START
5473c134 7089 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7090 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7091
7092 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7093 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7094 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7095
7096Example:
7097 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 7098DOC_END
7099
5473c134 7100NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7101TYPE: onoff
7102LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 7103DEFAULT: on
f10a6c8a 7104IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
df6fd596 7105DOC_START
5473c134 7106 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7107 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7108 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7109 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7110 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 7111DOC_END
7112
cc192b50 7113NAME: dns_v4_fallback
7114TYPE: onoff
7115DEFAULT: on
7116LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
f10a6c8a 7117IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cc192b50 7118DOC_START
7119 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
7120 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
7121 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
7122
7123 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
7124 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
7125
7126 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
7127 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
7128
7129 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
7130 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
7131 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
7132DOC_END
7133
6bc15a4f 7134NAME: ipcache_size
7135COMMENT: (number of entries)
7136TYPE: int
7137DEFAULT: 1024
7138LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7139DOC_NONE
7140
7141NAME: ipcache_low
7142COMMENT: (percent)
7143TYPE: int
7144DEFAULT: 90
7145LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7146DOC_NONE
7147
7148NAME: ipcache_high
7149COMMENT: (percent)
7150TYPE: int
7151DEFAULT: 95
7152LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7153DOC_START
7154 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7155DOC_END
7156
7157NAME: fqdncache_size
7158COMMENT: (number of entries)
7159TYPE: int
7160DEFAULT: 1024
7161LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7162DOC_START
7163 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7164DOC_END
7165
a58ff010 7166COMMENT_START
5473c134 7167 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7168 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7169COMMENT_END
7170
5473c134 7171NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7172COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7173TYPE: onoff
7174DEFAULT: on
7175LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7176DOC_START
5473c134 7177 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7178 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7179 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7180 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7181DOC_END
7182
5473c134 7183NAME: memory_pools_limit
7184COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7185TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7186DEFAULT: 5 MB
7187LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7188DOC_START
5473c134 7189 Used only with memory_pools on:
7190 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7191
5473c134 7192 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7193 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7194 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7195 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7196 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7197 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7198 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7199
89646bd7 7200 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7201 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7202
5473c134 7203 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7204 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7205
7206 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7207 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7208 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7209 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7210DOC_END
7211
5473c134 7212NAME: forwarded_for
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7213COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7214TYPE: string
5473c134 7215DEFAULT: on
7216LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7217DOC_START
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AJ
7218 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7219 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7220
5473c134 7221 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7222
67c06f0d 7223 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7224
7225 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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AJ
7226
7227 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7228 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7229
7230 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7231 X-Forwarded-For header.
7232
7233 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 7234 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7235DOC_END
7236
5473c134 7237NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7238TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7239DEFAULT: none
7240LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7241DOC_START
5473c134 7242 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7243
5473c134 7244 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7245
7246 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7247 5min
7248 60min
7249 asndb
7250 authenticator
7251 cbdata
7252 client_list
7253 comm_incoming
7254 config *
7255 counters
7256 delay
7257 digest_stats
7258 dns
7259 events
7260 filedescriptors
7261 fqdncache
7262 histograms
7263 http_headers
7264 info
7265 io
7266 ipcache
7267 mem
7268 menu
7269 netdb
7270 non_peers
7271 objects
7272 offline_toggle *
7273 pconn
7274 peer_select
b360c477 7275 reconfigure *
5473c134 7276 redirector
7277 refresh
7278 server_list
7279 shutdown *
7280 store_digest
7281 storedir
7282 utilization
7283 via_headers
7284 vm_objects
7285
7286 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7287 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7288
7289 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7290 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7291 password to "none".
7292
7293 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7294
7295Example:
7296 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7297 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7298 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7299DOC_END
7300
5473c134 7301NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7302COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7303TYPE: onoff
7304DEFAULT: on
7305LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7306DOC_START
5473c134 7307 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7308 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7309DOC_END
7310
5473c134 7311NAME: refresh_all_ims
7312COMMENT: on|off
7313TYPE: onoff
7314DEFAULT: off
7315LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7316DOC_START
5473c134 7317 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7318 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7319 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7320 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7321 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7322
5473c134 7323 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7324 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7325DOC_END
7326
5473c134 7327NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7328IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7329COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7330TYPE: onoff
7331DEFAULT: off
7332LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7333DOC_START
5473c134 7334 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7335 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7336 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7337 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7338 causes.
7339
7340 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7341DOC_END
7342
31ef19cd 7343NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 7344TYPE: int
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7345LOC: Config.connect_retries
7346DEFAULT: 0
a58ff010 7347DOC_START
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7348 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
7349 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
7350 complete within the connection timeout period.
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7351
7352 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
7353 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
7354
7355 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
7356 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 7357
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7358 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
7359 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
7360 a useful server.
a58ff010 7361DOC_END
7362
5473c134 7363NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7364TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7365LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7366DEFAULT: off
7367DOC_START
5473c134 7368 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
7369 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
7370 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
7371 control errors.
5f8252d2 7372DOC_END
7373
5473c134 7374NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7375TYPE: string
5473c134 7376LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7377DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7378DOC_START
5473c134 7379 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7380 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7381DOC_END
7382
5473c134 7383NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7384TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7385LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7386DEFAULT: off
7387DOC_START
5473c134 7388 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7389 objects.
a58ff010 7390DOC_END
7391
5473c134 7392NAME: uri_whitespace
7393TYPE: uri_whitespace
7394LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7395DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7396DOC_START
5473c134 7397 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7398 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7399
5473c134 7400 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7401 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7402 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7403 Request" message.
7404 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7405 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7406 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7407 are in use.
7408 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7409 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7410 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7411 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7412 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7413 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7414 violation.
7415DOC_END
a58ff010 7416
5473c134 7417NAME: chroot
7418TYPE: string
7419LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7420DEFAULT: none
7421DOC_START
9f37c18a 7422 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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7423 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7424 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7425 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7426 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7427DOC_END
a58ff010 7428
5473c134 7429NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7430TYPE: onoff
7431LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7432DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7433DOC_START
cc192b50 7434 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7435 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7436 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7437
5473c134 7438 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7439 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7440 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7441
cc192b50 7442 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 7443DOC_END
7444
5473c134 7445NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7446TYPE: onoff
7447LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7448DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 7449DOC_START
5473c134 7450 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7451 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7452 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 7453
5473c134 7454 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7455 reasons.
a0e23afd
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7456
7457 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 7458DOC_END
a58ff010 7459
5473c134 7460NAME: high_response_time_warning
7461TYPE: int
7462COMMENT: (msec)
7463LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7464DEFAULT: 0
7465DOC_START
7466 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7467 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7468 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 7469DOC_END
7470
5473c134 7471NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7472TYPE: int
7473LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7474DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 7475DOC_START
5473c134 7476 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7477 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7478 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7479 per second.
7480DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7481
5473c134 7482NAME: high_memory_warning
7483TYPE: b_size_t
7484LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 7485DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7486DOC_START
7487 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7488 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7489 the administrators attention.
7490DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7491
5473c134 7492NAME: sleep_after_fork
7493COMMENT: (microseconds)
7494TYPE: int
7495LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7496DEFAULT: 0
7497DOC_START
7498 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7499 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7500 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7501 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7502 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7503 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7504 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7505 until all the child processes have been started.
7506 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7507 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7508DOC_END
7509
b6696974 7510NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7511IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
b6696974
GS
7512COMMENT: on|off
7513TYPE: onoff
7514DEFAULT: on
7515LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7516DOC_START
7517 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7518 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7519 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7520 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7521 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7522 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7523DOC_END
7524
a98c2da5
AJ
7525NAME: eui_lookup
7526TYPE: onoff
7527IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7528DEFAULT: on
7529LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7530DOC_START
7531 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7532DOC_END
7533
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AJ
7534NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7535TYPE: int
7536DEFAULT: 0
7537LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7538DOC_START
7539 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7540
7541 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7542
7543 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7544 not all comm loops supports large values.
7545DOC_END
7546
13aeac35 7547NAME: workers
007d775d 7548TYPE: int
13aeac35 7549LOC: Config.workers
007d775d
AR
7550DEFAULT: 1
7551DOC_START
13aeac35 7552 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
007d775d
AR
7553 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7554 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
13aeac35
AR
7555 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7556
b87f6632
AR
7557 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7558 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
007d775d
AR
7559DOC_END
7560
96c2bb61
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7561NAME: cpu_affinity_map
7562TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
7563LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
7564DEFAULT: none
7565DOC_START
7566 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
7567
7568 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
7569
7570 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
7571
7572 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
7573 four even cores, starting with core #1.
7574
7575 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
7576 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
7577
7578 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
7579
7580 See also: workers
7581DOC_END
7582
cccac0a2 7583EOF