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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
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32
33 This is the documentation for the Squid configuration file.
34 This documentation can also be found online at:
35 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/
36
37 You may wish to look at the Squid home page and wiki for the
38 FAQ and other documentation:
39 http://www.squid-cache.org/
40 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
41 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples
42
43 This documentation shows what the defaults for various directives
44 happen to be. If you don't need to change the default, you should
45 leave the line out of your squid.conf in most cases.
46
47 In some cases "none" refers to no default setting at all,
48 while in other cases it refers to the value of the option
49 - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the case.
debd9a31 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 52
592a09dc 53COMMENT_START
54 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
5945964d 55 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards are
592a09dc 56 supported.
57
58 For example,
59
60 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
61
62 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
63 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
64 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
65 configuration files.
d4a3e179 66
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67 Values with byte units
68
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69 Squid accepts size units on some size related directives. All
70 such directives are documented with a default value displaying
71 a unit.
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72
73 Units accepted by Squid are:
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74 bytes - byte
75 KB - Kilobyte (1024 bytes)
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76 MB - Megabyte
77 GB - Gigabyte
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79 Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters
80
81 Squid supports directive parameters with spaces, quotes, and other
82 special characters. Surround such parameters with "double quotes". Use
83 the configuration_includes_quoted_values directive to enable or
84 disable that support.
85
86 Squid supports reading configuration option parameters from external
87 files using the syntax:
88 parameters("/path/filename")
89 For example:
90 acl whitelist dstdomain parameters("/etc/squid/whitelist.txt")
91
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92 Conditional configuration
93
94 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
95 depend on conditions:
96
97 if <CONDITION>
98 ... regular configuration directives ...
99 [else
100 ... regular configuration directives ...]
101 endif
102
103 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
104 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
105 configuration directives.
106
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107 NOTE: An else-if condition is not supported.
108
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109 These individual conditions types are supported:
110
111 true
112 Always evaluates to true.
113 false
114 Always evaluates to false.
115 <integer> = <integer>
116 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
117
118
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119 SMP-Related Macros
120
121 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
122
123 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
124 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
125
126 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
127 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
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128 across all Squid processes of the current service instance.
129
130 ${service_name} expands into the current Squid service instance
131 name identifier which is provided by -n on the command line.
132
592a09dc 133COMMENT_END
134
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135# options still not yet ported from 2.7 to 3.x
136NAME: broken_vary_encoding
137TYPE: obsolete
138DOC_START
139 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
140DOC_END
141
142NAME: cache_vary
143TYPE: obsolete
144DOC_START
145 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
146DOC_END
147
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148NAME: error_map
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
152DOC_END
153
154NAME: external_refresh_check
155TYPE: obsolete
156DOC_START
157 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
158DOC_END
159
96598f93 160NAME: location_rewrite_program location_rewrite_access location_rewrite_children location_rewrite_concurrency
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161TYPE: obsolete
162DOC_START
163 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
164DOC_END
165
96598f93 166NAME: refresh_stale_hit
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167TYPE: obsolete
168DOC_START
169 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
170DOC_END
171
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172# Options removed in 3.5
173NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
174TYPE: obsolete
175DOC_START
176 Remove this line. Use always_direct or cache_peer_access ACLs instead if you need to prevent cache_peer use.
177DOC_END
178
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179NAME: log_access
180TYPE: obsolete
181DOC_START
182 Remove this line. Use acls with access_log directives to control access logging
183DOC_END
184
185NAME: log_icap
186TYPE: obsolete
187DOC_START
188 Remove this line. Use acls with icap_log directives to control icap logging
189DOC_END
190
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191# Options Removed in 3.3
192NAME: ignore_ims_on_miss
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193TYPE: obsolete
194DOC_START
2d4eefd9 195 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now configured by 'cache_miss_revalidate'.
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196DOC_END
197
76f44481 198# Options Removed in 3.2
74d81220 199NAME: dns_v4_fallback
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200TYPE: obsolete
201DOC_START
74d81220 202 Remove this line. Squid performs a 'Happy Eyeballs' algorithm, the 'fallback' algorithm is no longer relevant.
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203DOC_END
204
74d81220 205NAME: emulate_httpd_log
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206TYPE: obsolete
207DOC_START
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208 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
209DOC_END
210
211NAME: forward_log
212TYPE: obsolete
213DOC_START
214 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
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215DOC_END
216
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217NAME: ftp_list_width
218TYPE: obsolete
219DOC_START
220 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
221DOC_END
222
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223NAME: ignore_expect_100
224TYPE: obsolete
225DOC_START
226 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
227DOC_END
228
229NAME: log_fqdn
230TYPE: obsolete
231DOC_START
232 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
233DOC_END
234
235NAME: log_ip_on_direct
236TYPE: obsolete
237DOC_START
238 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
239DOC_END
240
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241NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
242TYPE: obsolete
243DOC_START
244 Replaced by connect_retries. The behaviour has changed, please read the documentation before altering.
245DOC_END
246
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247NAME: referer_log referrer_log
248TYPE: obsolete
249DOC_START
250 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
251DOC_END
252
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253NAME: update_headers
254TYPE: obsolete
255DOC_START
256 Remove this line. The feature is supported by default in storage types where update is implemented.
257DOC_END
258
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259NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
260TYPE: obsolete
261DOC_START
262 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
263DOC_END
264
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265NAME: useragent_log
266TYPE: obsolete
267DOC_START
268 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
269DOC_END
270
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271# Options Removed in 3.1
272NAME: dns_testnames
273TYPE: obsolete
274DOC_START
275 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
276DOC_END
277
278NAME: extension_methods
279TYPE: obsolete
280DOC_START
281 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
282DOC_END
283
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284# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.2
285NAME: zero_buffers
286TYPE: obsolete
287DOC_NONE
288
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289# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
290NAME: incoming_rate
291TYPE: obsolete
292DOC_NONE
293
294NAME: server_http11
295TYPE: obsolete
296DOC_START
297 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
298DOC_END
299
300NAME: upgrade_http0.9
301TYPE: obsolete
302DOC_START
303 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
304DOC_END
305
306NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
307TYPE: obsolete
308DOC_START
309 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
310DOC_END
311
312# Options Removed in 3.0
313NAME: header_access
314TYPE: obsolete
315DOC_START
316 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
317 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
318DOC_END
319
320NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
321TYPE: obsolete
322DOC_START
323 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
324DOC_END
325
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326NAME: wais_relay_host
327TYPE: obsolete
328DOC_START
329 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
330DOC_END
331
332NAME: wais_relay_port
333TYPE: obsolete
334DOC_START
335 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
336DOC_END
337
5473c134 338COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 339 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 340 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
341COMMENT_END
342
41bd17a4 343NAME: auth_param
344TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 345IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 346LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 347DEFAULT: none
348DOC_START
41bd17a4 349 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
350 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 351
66c583dc 352 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 353
41bd17a4 354 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
355 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
356 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
357 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
358 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
359 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
360 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
361 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
362 program entry).
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41bd17a4 364 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
365 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
366 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
367 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 368
41bd17a4 369 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
370 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
371 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
372 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
373 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
374 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
375 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
376 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
377 type acl.
cccac0a2 378
41bd17a4 379 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
380 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
381 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
382 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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383 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
384 authentication disabled.
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386 === Parameters common to all schemes. ===
387
388 "program" cmdline
66c583dc 389 Specifies the command for the external authenticator.
d4806c91 390
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391 By default, each authentication scheme is not used unless a
392 program is specified.
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394 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/AddonHelpers for
395 more details on helper operations and creating your own.
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397 "key_extras" format
398 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for
399 the authentication helper. "Quoted" format values may contain
400 spaces and logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro
401 can be used. In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if
402 the helper request is sent before the required macro
403 information is available to Squid.
404
405 By default, Squid uses request formats provided in
406 scheme-specific examples below (search for %credentials).
407
408 The expanded key_extras value is added to the Squid credentials
409 cache and, hence, will affect authentication. It can be used to
410 autenticate different users with identical user names (e.g.,
411 when user authentication depends on http_port).
412
413 Avoid adding frequently changing information to key_extras. For
414 example, if you add user source IP, and it changes frequently
415 in your environment, then max_user_ip ACL is going to treat
416 every user+IP combination as a unique "user", breaking the ACL
417 and wasting a lot of memory on those user records. It will also
418 force users to authenticate from scratch whenever their IP
419 changes.
420
421 "realm" string
422 Specifies the protection scope (aka realm name) which is to be
423 reported to the client for the authentication scheme. It is
424 commonly part of the text the user will see when prompted for
425 their username and password.
426
427 For Basic the default is "Squid proxy-caching web server".
428 For Digest there is no default, this parameter is mandatory.
429 For NTLM and Negotiate this parameter is ignored.
5269ec0e 430
66c583dc 431 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
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433 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If
434 you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
435 a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it down. When
436 password verifications are done via a (slow) network you are
437 likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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439 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact
440 amount run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup
441 and reconfigure. Squid will start more in groups of up to
442 idle=N in an attempt to meet traffic needs and to keep idle=N
443 free above those traffic needs up to the maximum.
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445 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests
446 the helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers
447 who only supports one request at a time. Setting this to a
448 number greater than 0 changes the protocol used to include a
449 channel ID field first on the request/response line, allowing
450 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallel
451 without waiting for the response.
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453 Concurrency must not be set unless it's known the helper
454 supports the input format with channel-ID fields.
cccac0a2 455
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456 NOTE: NTLM and Negotiate schemes do not support concurrency
457 in the Squid code module even though some helpers can.
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460IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_BASIC
461 === Basic authentication parameters ===
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463 "utf8" on|off
464 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as character set, while some
465 authentication backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is
466 set to on Squid will translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to
467 UTF-8 before sending the username and password to the helper.
d1b63fc8 468
41bd17a4 469 "credentialsttl" timetolive
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470 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
471 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
472 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
473 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords.
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475 NOTE: setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
476 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
477 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
478 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
479 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
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481 "casesensitive" on|off
482 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases
483 are case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled
484 using both lower and upper case letters, but some are case
485 sensitive. This makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL
486 processing and similar.
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488ENDIF
489IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_DIGEST
490 === Digest authentication parameters ===
cccac0a2 491
d2a89ac1 492 "utf8" on|off
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493 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as character set, while some
494 authentication backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is
495 set to on Squid will translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to
496 UTF-8 before sending the username and password to the helper.
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41bd17a4 498 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
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499 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
500 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
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41bd17a4 502 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
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503 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
504 valid for.
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41bd17a4 506 "nonce_max_count" number
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507 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
508 used.
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41bd17a4 510 "nonce_strictness" on|off
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511 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
512 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
513 user agents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
514 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 515
41bd17a4 516 "check_nonce_count" on|off
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517 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
518 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
519 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
520 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 521
41bd17a4 522 "post_workaround" on|off
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523 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who send an
524 incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing the
525 same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
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527ENDIF
528IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_NEGOTIATE
529 === Negotiate authentication parameters ===
cccac0a2 530
41bd17a4 531 "keep_alive" on|off
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532 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using
533 the this authentication scheme then you can try setting this
534 to off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection
535 on the initial request where the browser asks which schemes
536 are supported by the proxy.
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538ENDIF
539IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_NTLM
540 === NTLM authentication parameters ===
d3803853 541
41bd17a4 542 "keep_alive" on|off
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543 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using
544 the this authentication scheme then you can try setting this
545 to off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection
546 on the initial request where the browser asks which schemes
547 are supported by the proxy.
548ENDIF
527ee50d 549
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550 === Example Configuration ===
551
552 This configuration displays the recommended authentication scheme
553 order from most to least secure with recommended minimum configuration
554 settings for each scheme:
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41bd17a4 556#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 557#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 558#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 559#
66c583dc 560#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 561#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 562#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
563#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
564#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
565#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
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567#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
568#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
569#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
570#
41bd17a4 571#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 572#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 573#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
574#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 575DOC_END
cccac0a2 576
41bd17a4 577NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
578TYPE: time_t
579DEFAULT: 1 hour
580LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
581DOC_START
582 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
4ded749e 583 This is a trade-off between memory utilization (long intervals - say
41bd17a4 584 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
585 have good reason to.
586DOC_END
cccac0a2 587
41bd17a4 588NAME: authenticate_ttl
589TYPE: time_t
590DEFAULT: 1 hour
591LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
592DOC_START
593 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
594 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
595 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
596 TTL are removed from memory.
597DOC_END
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41bd17a4 599NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
600TYPE: time_t
601LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
c35dd848 602DEFAULT: 1 second
41bd17a4 603DOC_START
604 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
605 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
606 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
607 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
4ded749e 608 quickly, as is the case with dialup. You might be safe
41bd17a4 609 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
610 environment with relatively static address assignments.
611DOC_END
cccac0a2 612
3d1e3e43 613COMMENT_START
614 ACCESS CONTROLS
615 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
616COMMENT_END
617
41bd17a4 618NAME: external_acl_type
619TYPE: externalAclHelper
620LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 621DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 622DOC_START
41bd17a4 623 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
624 to look up the status
cccac0a2 625
41bd17a4 626 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 627
41bd17a4 628 Options:
cccac0a2 629
41bd17a4 630 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
631 for 1 hour)
632 negative_ttl=n
633 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
634 as ttl)
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635 children-max=n
636 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
637 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
638 children-startup=n
639 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
640 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
641 of this type. (default 0)
642 children-idle=n
643 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
644 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
645 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
646 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 647 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
648 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
7b27ba35 649 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is 262144.
41bd17a4 650 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
651 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 652 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 653 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
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654 ipv4 / ipv6 IP protocol used to communicate with this helper.
655 The default is to auto-detect IPv6 and use it when available.
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41bd17a4 657 FORMAT specifications
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41bd17a4 659 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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660 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
661 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
662 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 663 %IDENT Ident user name
664 %SRC Client IP
665 %SRCPORT Client source port
666 %URI Requested URI
667 %DST Requested host
4e3f4dc7 668 %PROTO Requested URL scheme
41bd17a4 669 %PORT Requested port
670 %PATH Requested URL path
671 %METHOD Request method
672 %MYADDR Squid interface address
673 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
674 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
675 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
676 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
677 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
f06585e0 678 %USER_CA_CERT_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
cedca6e7 679 %ssl::>sni SSL client SNI sent to Squid
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680 %ssl::<cert_subject SSL server certificate DN
681 %ssl::<cert_issuer SSL server certificate issuer DN
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c68c9682 683 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 684 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 685 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 686 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 687 HTTP request header list member using ; as
688 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
689 character.
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c68c9682 691 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 692 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 693 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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694 %<{Hdr:;member}
695 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
696 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
697 character.
698
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699 %ACL The name of the ACL being tested.
700 %DATA The ACL arguments. If not used then any arguments
701 is automatically added at the end of the line
702 sent to the helper.
703 NOTE: this will encode the arguments as one token,
704 whereas the default will pass each separately.
705
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707 an unchanging input format.
708
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710 General request syntax:
711
712 [channel-ID] FORMAT-values [acl-values ...]
713
714
715 FORMAT-values consists of transaction details expanded with
716 whitespace separation per the config file FORMAT specification
717 using the FORMAT macros listed above.
718
719 acl-values consists of any string specified in the referencing
720 config 'acl ... external' line. see the "acl external" directive.
721
722 Request values sent to the helper are URL escaped to protect
723 each value in requests against whitespaces.
724
725 If using protocol=2.5 then the request sent to the helper is not
726 URL escaped to protect against whitespace.
727
728 NOTE: protocol=3.0 is deprecated as no longer necessary.
729
730 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
731 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
732 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
733 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
734 of the response relating to its request.
735
736
737 The helper receives lines expanded per the above format specification
738 and for each input line returns 1 line starting with OK/ERR/BH result
739 code and optionally followed by additional keywords with more details.
740
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41bd17a4 742 General result syntax:
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745
746 Result consists of one of the codes:
747
748 OK
749 the ACL test produced a match.
750
751 ERR
752 the ACL test does not produce a match.
753
754 BH
4ded749e 755 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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756 a result being identified.
757
758 The meaning of 'a match' is determined by your squid.conf
759 access control configuration. See the Squid wiki for details.
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41bd17a4 761 Defined keywords:
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41bd17a4 763 user= The users name (login)
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41bd17a4 765 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
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05e52854 767 message= Message describing the reason for this response.
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768 Available as %o in error pages.
769 Useful on (ERR and BH results).
770
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771 tag= Apply a tag to a request. Only sets a tag once,
772 does not alter existing tags.
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41bd17a4 774 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
5269ec0e 775 %ea in logformat specifications.
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778 Please see url_rewrite_program related documentation for
779 this kv-pair.
780
05e52854 781 Any keywords may be sent on any response whether OK, ERR or BH.
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784 escaping, or enclosed in double quotes (") and escaped using \ on
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785 any double quotes or \ characters within the value. The wrapping
786 double quotes are removed before the value is interpreted by Squid.
787 \r and \n are also replace by CR and LF.
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790
5269ec0e 791 user=John%20Smith
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792 user="John Smith"
793 user="J. \"Bob\" Smith"
cccac0a2 794DOC_END
795
41bd17a4 796NAME: acl
797TYPE: acl
798LOC: Config.aclList
cb4f4424 799IF USE_OPENSSL
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800DEFAULT: ssl::certHasExpired ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED
801DEFAULT: ssl::certNotYetValid ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID
802DEFAULT: ssl::certDomainMismatch ssl_error SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH
803DEFAULT: ssl::certUntrusted ssl_error X509_V_ERR_INVALID_CA X509_V_ERR_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED
804DEFAULT: ssl::certSelfSigned ssl_error X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
805ENDIF
1f5bd0a4 806DEFAULT: all src all
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807DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
808DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
809DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
810DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
cccac0a2 811DOC_START
41bd17a4 812 Defining an Access List
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814 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
815 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
816 they are read from.
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818 acl aclname acltype argument ...
819 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
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375eeb3b 821 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
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824 The available options are:
825
826 -i,+i By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make them
827 case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
828 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line
829 without -i.
830
831 -n Disable lookups and address type conversions. If lookup or
832 conversion is required because the parameter type (IP or
833 domain name) does not match the message address type (domain
834 name or IP), then the ACL would immediately declare a mismatch
835 without any warnings or lookups.
836
837 -- Used to stop processing all options, in the case the first acl
838 value has '-' character as first character (for example the '-'
839 is a valid domain name)
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842 to access some external data source.
843 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
844 don't are marked as [fast].
845 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
846 for further information
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848 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
849
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850 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
851 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
0f987978 852 acl aclname dst [-n] ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
1e40905d 853 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 854
41bd17a4 855 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
856 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
857 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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858 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some
859 # other *BSD variants.
860 # [fast]
41bd17a4 861 #
862 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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863 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
864 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
865
866 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
867 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
0f987978 868 acl aclname dstdomain [-n] .foo.com ...
e38c7724 869 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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871 # regex matching client name [slow]
0f987978 872 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-n] [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 873 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 874 #
41bd17a4 875 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
876 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
877 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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880 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 881 # [fast]
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883 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
884 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
885 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
886 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
887 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
888 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 889
6db78a1a 890 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 891 # [fast]
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892 # match against a named cache_peer entry
893 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
894
375eeb3b 895 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 896 # [fast]
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898 # S - Sunday
899 # M - Monday
900 # T - Tuesday
901 # W - Wednesday
902 # H - Thursday
903 # F - Friday
904 # A - Saturday
905 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
906
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907 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
908 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
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909 acl aclname urllogin [-i] [^a-zA-Z0-9] ...
910 # regex matching on URL login field
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911 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
912 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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915 # ranges are alloed
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916 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
917 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
918
3cc0f4e7 919 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # *_port name [fast]
e988aa40 920
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921 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
922
923 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 924
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926 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 928 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 929 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 931 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 932 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 933 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
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375eeb3b 935 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 936 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 937 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 938 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 939
41bd17a4 940 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
941 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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943 # supplied credentials [slow]
944 #
945 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 946 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
947 #
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949 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
950 #
41bd17a4 951 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
952 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
953 # in access.log.
954 #
955 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
956 # to check username/password combinations (see
957 # auth_param directive).
958 #
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960 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 961 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 962
41bd17a4 963 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 964 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 965 # Example:
966 #
967 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
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41bd17a4 969 acl aclname maxconn number
970 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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972 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
973 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 974
41bd17a4 975 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
976 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
977 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 978 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 979 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
980 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
981 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
982 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
983 # request is denied)
984 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
985 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
986 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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989 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
990 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
991 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
992
375eeb3b 993 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 994 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
995 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 996 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 997 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
998 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 999
41bd17a4 1000 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1001 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
1002 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1003 # ACL [fast]
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375eeb3b 1005 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 1006 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
1007 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 1008 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 1009 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1010 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1011 # http_reply_access.
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41bd17a4 1013 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1014 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
1015 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1016 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 1017
375eeb3b 1018 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 1019 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 1020 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 1021
41bd17a4 1022 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
1023 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 1024 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 1025
41bd17a4 1026 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
1027 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 1028 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 1029
41bd17a4 1030 acl aclname ext_user username ...
1031 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 1032 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 1033 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
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0ab50441 1035 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
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1037 # DEPRECATED. Only the first tag will match with this ACL.
1038 # Use the 'note' ACL instead for handling multiple tag values.
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1041 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
1042 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
1043 #
1044 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1045 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1046 # http_reply_access.
1047
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1049 # match transaction annotation [fast]
1050 # Without values, matches any annotation with a given name.
1051 # With value(s), matches any annotation with a given name that
1052 # also has one of the given values.
1053 # Names and values are compared using a string equality test.
1054 # Annotation sources include note and adaptation_meta directives
1055 # as well as helper and eCAP responses.
1056
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1058 # Matches the name of any icap_service, ecap_service,
1059 # adaptation_service_set, or adaptation_service_chain that Squid
1060 # has used (or attempted to use) for the master transaction.
1061 # This ACL must be defined after the corresponding adaptation
1062 # service is named in squid.conf. This ACL is usable with
1063 # adaptation_meta because it starts matching immediately after
1064 # the service has been selected for adaptation.
1065
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1068 # match against SSL certificate validation error [fast]
cf1c09f6 1069 #
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1071 # template file.
cf1c09f6 1072 #
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1074 # [ssl::]certHasExpired: the "not after" field is in the past
1075 # [ssl::]certNotYetValid: the "not before" field is in the future
1076 # [ssl::]certUntrusted: The certificate issuer is not to be trusted.
1077 # [ssl::]certSelfSigned: The certificate is self signed.
1078 # [ssl::]certDomainMismatch: The certificate CN domain does not
1079 # match the name the name of the host we are connecting to.
1080 #
1081 # The ssl::certHasExpired, ssl::certNotYetValid, ssl::certDomainMismatch,
1082 # ssl::certUntrusted, and ssl::certSelfSigned can also be used as
1083 # predefined ACLs, just like the 'all' ACL.
1084 #
1085 # NOTE: The ssl_error ACL is only supported with sslproxy_cert_error,
1086 # sslproxy_cert_sign, and sslproxy_cert_adapt options.
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72b12f9e 1088 acl aclname server_cert_fingerprint [-sha1] fingerprint
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1090 #
1091 # The fingerprint is the digest of the DER encoded version
1092 # of the whole certificate. The user should use the form: XX:XX:...
1093 # Optional argument specifies the digest algorithm to use.
1094 # The SHA1 digest algorithm is the default and is currently
1095 # the only algorithm supported (-sha1).
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1099 # Never matches and should not be used outside the ssl_bump context.
1100 #
1101 # At each SslBump step, Squid evaluates ssl_bump directives to find
1102 # the next bumping action (e.g., peek or splice). Valid SslBump step
1103 # values and the corresponding ssl_bump evaluation moments are:
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1105 # SslBump2: After getting SSL Client Hello info.
1106 # SslBump3: After getting SSL Server Hello info.
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1109 # match any one of the acls [fast or slow]
1110 # The first matching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1111 #
1112 # ACLs from multiple any-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1113 # For example, A = (a1 or a2) or (a3 or a4) can be written as
1114 # acl A any-of a1 a2
1115 # acl A any-of a3 a4
1116 #
1117 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1118 # and slow otherwise.
1119
1120 acl aclname all-of acl1 acl2 ...
1121 # match all of the acls [fast or slow]
1122 # The first mismatching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1123 #
1124 # ACLs from multiple all-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1125 # For example, B = (b1 and b2) or (b3 and b4) can be written as
1126 # acl B all-of b1 b2
1127 # acl B all-of b3 b4
1128 #
1129 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1130 # and slow otherwise.
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1133 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
1134 acl myexample dst_as 1241
1135 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
1136 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
1137 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 1138
41bd17a4 1139NOCOMMENT_START
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1141# Recommended minimum configuration:
1142#
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ee776778 1144# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1145# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
1146# should be allowed
1147acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
1148acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
1149acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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1151acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 1153acl SSL_ports port 443
1154acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
1155acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
1156acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
1157acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
1158acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
1159acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
1160acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
1161acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
1162acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
1163acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
1164acl CONNECT method CONNECT
1165NOCOMMENT_END
1166DOC_END
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d3d92daa 1168NAME: proxy_protocol_access
3d674977 1169TYPE: acl_access
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1170LOC: Config.accessList.proxyProtocol
1171DEFAULT: none
c390580b 1172DEFAULT_DOC: all TCP connections to ports with require-proxy-header will be denied
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1174 Determine which client proxies can be trusted to provide correct
1175 information regarding real client IP address using PROXY protocol.
1176
1177 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
1178 before reaching us. The original source details may by sent in:
1179 * HTTP message Forwarded header, or
1180 * HTTP message X-Forwarded-For header, or
1181 * PROXY protocol connection header.
1182
1183 This directive is solely for validating new PROXY protocol
1184 connections received from a port flagged with require-proxy-header.
1185 It is checked only once after TCP connection setup.
1186
1187 A deny match results in TCP connection closure.
1188
1189 An allow match is required for Squid to permit the corresponding
1190 TCP connection, before Squid even looks for HTTP request headers.
1191 If there is an allow match, Squid starts using PROXY header information
1192 to determine the source address of the connection for all future ACL
1193 checks, logging, etc.
1194
1195 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
1196
c390580b 1197 Any host from which we accept client IP details can place
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1199 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
1200 source address of the request. This may enable remote
1201 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
1202 based on the client's source addresses.
1203
1204 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1205 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1206DOC_END
1207
1208NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
1209TYPE: acl_access
1210IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
3d674977 1211LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
3d674977 1212DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
9353df52 1213DEFAULT_DOC: X-Forwarded-For header will be ignored.
3d674977 1214DOC_START
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1216 information regarding real client IP address.
1217
3d674977 1218 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
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1219 before reaching us. The original source details may by sent in:
1220 * HTTP message Forwarded header, or
1221 * HTTP message X-Forwarded-For header, or
1222 * PROXY protocol connection header.
3d674977 1223
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1225 directive which is checked before this.
1226
3d674977 1227 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
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1228 directive, then we trust the information it provides regarding
1229 the IP of the client it received from (if any).
1230
1231 For the purpose of ACLs used in this directive the src ACL type always
1232 matches the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
1233
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1235 If found the header values are iterated in reverse order and an allow
1236 match is required for Squid to continue on to the next value.
1237 The verification ends when a value receives a deny match, cannot be
1238 tested, or there are no more values to test.
1239 NOTE: Squid does not yet follow the Forwarded HTTP header.
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1241 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
1242 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 1243 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 1244 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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1246 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 1247
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1249 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1250
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1252
c390580b 1253 Any host from which we accept client IP details can place
70a16fea 1254 incorrect information in the relevant header, and Squid
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1256 source address of the request. This may enable remote
1257 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
1258 based on the client's source addresses.
1259
1260 For example:
1261
1262 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
1263 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
1264 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
1265 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
1266DOC_END
1267
1268NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
1269COMMENT: on|off
1270TYPE: onoff
1271IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1272DEFAULT: on
1273LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
1274DOC_START
1275 Controls whether the indirect client address
1276 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1277 direct client address in acl matching.
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1279 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
1280 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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1282
1283NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1284COMMENT: on|off
1285TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 1286IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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1288LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1289DOC_START
1290 Controls whether the indirect client address
1291 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1292 direct client address in delay pools.
1293DOC_END
1294
1295NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
1296COMMENT: on|off
1297TYPE: onoff
1298IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1299DEFAULT: on
1300LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
1301DOC_START
1302 Controls whether the indirect client address
1303 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1304 direct client address in the access log.
1305DOC_END
1306
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1307NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1308COMMENT: on|off
1309TYPE: onoff
1310IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 1311DEFAULT: off
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1312LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1313DOC_START
1314 Controls whether the indirect client address
1315 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1316 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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1318 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
1319 mode ports.
1320
1321 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
1322 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
b01a2238 1323 of follow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
4d7ab5a2 1324 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1327NAME: spoof_client_ip
1328TYPE: acl_access
1329LOC: Config.accessList.spoof_client_ip
1330DEFAULT: none
1331DEFAULT_DOC: Allow spoofing on all TPROXY traffic.
1332DOC_START
1333 Control client IP address spoofing of TPROXY traffic based on
1334 defined access lists.
1335
1336 spoof_client_ip allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1337
1338 If there are no "spoof_client_ip" lines present, the default
1339 is to "allow" spoofing of any suitable request.
1340
1341 Note that the cache_peer "no-tproxy" option overrides this ACL.
1342
1343 This clause supports fast acl types.
1344 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1345DOC_END
1346
41bd17a4 1347NAME: http_access
1348TYPE: acl_access
1349LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1350DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
638402dd 1351DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1352DOC_START
1353 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1354
8a2f40dd 1355 To allow or deny a message received on an HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP port:
41bd17a4 1356 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1357
41bd17a4 1358 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 1359
41bd17a4 1360 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1361 the request.
cccac0a2 1362
41bd17a4 1363 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1364 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1365 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1366 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1368 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1371 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1372
41bd17a4 1373NOCOMMENT_START
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1375#
1376# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1377#
e0855596 1378# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1379http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1381# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1382http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
e0855596 1383
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1385http_access allow localhost manager
1386http_access deny manager
1387
41bd17a4 1388# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1389# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1390# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1391#http_access deny to_localhost
e0855596 1392
41bd17a4 1393#
1394# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1395#
c8f4eac4 1396
ee776778 1397# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1398# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1399# from where browsing should be allowed
1400http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1401http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1402
41bd17a4 1403# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1404http_access deny all
1405NOCOMMENT_END
1406DOC_END
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1408NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1409TYPE: acl_access
1410LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1411DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1412DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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1414 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1415
1416 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1417 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1418 output.
1419
1420 If not set then only http_access is used.
1421DOC_END
1422
41bd17a4 1423NAME: http_reply_access
1424TYPE: acl_access
1425LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1426DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1427DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1428DOC_START
1429 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1430
41bd17a4 1431 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1432
41bd17a4 1433 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
638402dd 1434 all replies.
1a224843 1435
41bd17a4 1436 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1437 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1438 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1440 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1441 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1442DOC_END
1443
41bd17a4 1444NAME: icp_access
1445TYPE: acl_access
1446LOC: Config.accessList.icp
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1448DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1449DOC_START
41bd17a4 1450 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1451 access lists
5473c134 1452
41bd17a4 1453 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1454
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1456 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
1457 using ICP.
41bd17a4 1458
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1460 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1462# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1464#icp_access deny all
5473c134 1465DOC_END
1466
41bd17a4 1467NAME: htcp_access
1468IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1469TYPE: acl_access
1470LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
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1472DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1473DOC_START
41bd17a4 1474 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1475 access lists
5473c134 1476
41bd17a4 1477 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1478
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1480 cache purge (CLR) HTCP messages.
5473c134 1481
0b48417e 1482 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1483 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1484 using the htcp option.
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1487 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1489# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1490#htcp_access allow localnet
1491#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1492DOC_END
5473c134 1493
41bd17a4 1494NAME: htcp_clr_access
1495IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1496TYPE: acl_access
1497LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
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1499DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1500DOC_START
1501 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
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1503 See htcp_access for details on general HTCP access control.
5473c134 1504
41bd17a4 1505 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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1508 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1510# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
638402dd 1511acl htcp_clr_peer src 192.0.2.2 2001:DB8::2
41bd17a4 1512htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
638402dd 1513htcp_clr_access deny all
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1515
41bd17a4 1516NAME: miss_access
1517TYPE: acl_access
1518LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1519DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1520DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1521DOC_START
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1522 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1523
1524 For example;
1525 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1526 a parent.
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638402dd 1528 acl localclients src 192.0.2.0/24 2001:DB8::a:0/64
41bd17a4 1529 miss_access deny !localclients
638402dd 1530 miss_access allow all
5473c134 1531
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1533 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1534 objects (HITs).
1535
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1537 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1539 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1540 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1541DOC_END
1542
1543NAME: ident_lookup_access
1544TYPE: acl_access
1545IFDEF: USE_IDENT
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1547DEFAULT_DOC: Unless rules exist in squid.conf, IDENT is not fetched.
4daaf3cb 1548LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1549DOC_START
41bd17a4 1550 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1551 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1552 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1553 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1554 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1555 any requests.
5473c134 1556
41bd17a4 1557 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1558 can follow this example:
5473c134 1559
4daaf3cb 1560 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1561 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1562 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1563
4daaf3cb 1564 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1565 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1566 the correct result.
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1568 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1569 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1570DOC_END
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5b0f5383 1572NAME: reply_body_max_size
1573COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1574TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1575DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1576DEFAULT_DOC: No limit is applied.
5b0f5383 1577LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1578DOC_START
1579 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1580 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1581 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1582 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1583 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1584 for this reply.
1585
1586 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1587 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1588 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1589 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1590 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1591 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1592 and they will receive a partial reply.
1593
1594 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1595 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1596 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1597 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1598
1599 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1600 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1601 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1602 the size of your largest error page.
1603
1604 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1605 no limit imposed.
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1607 Configuration Format is:
1608 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1609 ie.
1610 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1611
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1613
1614COMMENT_START
1615 NETWORK OPTIONS
1616 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1617COMMENT_END
1618
1619NAME: http_port ascii_port
65d448bc 1620TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1621DEFAULT: none
fa720bfb 1622LOC: HttpPortList
5b0f5383 1623DOC_START
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1624 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1625 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1626 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1627
1628 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1629 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1630 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1631 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1632 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1633 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1634 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1635
1636 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1637 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1638
1639 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1640 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1641 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1642
1643 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1644
c7b1dd5d 1645 Modes:
5b0f5383 1646
e77bdb4e 1647 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1648 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1649 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1650
1651 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1652 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1653 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1654
7f45065d 1655 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1656
caf3666d 1657 ssl-bump For each CONNECT request allowed by ssl_bump ACLs,
c7b1dd5d 1658 establish secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1659 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1661 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1662
7a957a93 1663 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
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1666 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1667
1668
1669 Accelerator Mode Options:
1670
5b0f5383 1671 defaultsite=domainname
1672 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1673 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1674 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1675
cf673853 1676 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1677
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1678 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated and intercepted
1679 requests with. Defaults to HTTP/1.1 for http_port and
1680 HTTPS/1.1 for https_port.
1681 When an unsupported value is configured Squid will
1682 produce a FATAL error.
1683 Values: HTTP or HTTP/1.1, HTTPS or HTTPS/1.1
5b0f5383 1684
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1686 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1687
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1688 vport=NN Virtual host port support. Using the specified port
1689 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1690
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1692 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1693 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1694 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1695
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1697
7f45065d 1698 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1700
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1702 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1703 never_direct was used.
1704
1705 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1706 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1707 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1708 http_access rules when using this.
1709
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1711 SSL Bump Mode Options:
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1713
1714 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
1715 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1716 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1717 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1718 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1719 certificate will be selfsigned.
1720 If there is a CA certificate lifetime of the generated
1721 certificate equals lifetime of the CA certificate. If
1722 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1723 years.
1724 This option is enabled by default when ssl-bump is used.
1725 See the ssl-bump option above for more information.
1726
1727 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1728 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1729 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1730 default value is 4MB.
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1732 TLS / SSL Options:
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1734 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1735
1736 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1737 if not specified, the certificate file is
1738 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1739 key file.
1740
1741 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1742 1 automatic (default)
1743 2 SSLv2 only
1744 3 SSLv3 only
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1745 4 TLSv1.0 only
1746 5 TLSv1.1 only
1747 6 TLSv1.2 only
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1749 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
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1751 additional settings. If those settings are
1752 omitted the ciphers may be silently ignored
1753 by the OpenSSL library.
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943c5f16 1755 options= Various SSL implementation options. The most important
c7b1dd5d 1756 being:
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1757 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1758 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1759 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
1760 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
1761 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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1762 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1763 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
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1765 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
1766 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
1767 strength to some attacks.
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1768 See OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1769 complete list of options.
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1771 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1772 requesting a client certificate.
1773
1774 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1775 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1776 clientca will be used.
1777
1778 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1779 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1780
1781 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1782 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1783 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1784
1785 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
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1787 on how to create this file.
1788 WARNING: EDH ciphers will be silently disabled if this
1789 option is not set.
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1791 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1792 DELAYED_AUTH
1793 Don't request client certificates
1794 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1795 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1796 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1797 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1798 to OpenSSL.
1799 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1800 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1801 will result in a new SSL session.
1802 VERIFY_CRL
1803 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1804 certificates.
1805 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1806 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1807 client certificate chain.
1808
1809 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1810
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1812
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1814 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1815 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1816 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1817
5b0f5383 1818 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1819 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1820 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1821 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1822 support is enabled.
1823 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1824
1825 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1826 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1827 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1828 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1829 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1830 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1831 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1832 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1833
81b6e9a7 1834 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1835 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1836
68924b6d 1837 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
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1839 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1840 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1841 timeout the time before giving up.
1842
d3d92daa 1843 require-proxy-header
151ba0d4 1844 Require PROXY protocol version 1 or 2 connections.
d3d92daa 1845 The proxy_protocol_access is required to whitelist
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1846 downstream proxies which can be trusted.
1847
5b0f5383 1848 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1849 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1850 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1851 visible on the internal address.
1852
1853NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 1854
5b0f5383 1855# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1856http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1857NOCOMMENT_END
1858DOC_END
1859
1860NAME: https_port
cb4f4424 1861IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
65d448bc 1862TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1863DEFAULT: none
fa720bfb 1864LOC: HttpsPortList
5b0f5383 1865DOC_START
7f45065d 1866 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1867
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1869 over TLS or SSL connections. Commonly referred to as HTTPS.
5b0f5383 1870
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1871 This is most useful for situations where you are running squid in
1872 accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the accelerator level.
5b0f5383 1873
1874 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1875 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1876
7f45065d 1877 Modes:
5b0f5383 1878
7f45065d 1879 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1880
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1882 outgoing requests without browser settings.
1883 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
1884
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1886 connections using the client IP address.
1887 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
1888
caf3666d 1889 ssl-bump For each intercepted connection allowed by ssl_bump
7a957a93 1890 ACLs, establish a secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1891 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1893 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1894
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1896 fully enable bumping of intercepted SSL connections.
379e8c1c 1897
38450a50 1898 Requires tproxy or intercept.
379e8c1c 1899
7f45065d 1900 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
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5b0f5383 1902
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1904
1905
1906 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1907
1908 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1909
1910 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1911 if not specified, the certificate file is
1912 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1913 key file.
1914
1915 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1916 1 automatic (default)
1917 2 SSLv2 only
1918 3 SSLv3 only
1919 4 TLSv1 only
1920
1921 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1922
1923 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1924 being:
1925 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1926 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1927 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1928 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1929 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1930 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1931 documentation for a complete list of options.
1932
1933 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1934 requesting a client certificate.
1935
1936 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1937 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1938 clientca will be used.
1939
1940 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1941 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1942
1943 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1944 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1945 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1946
1947 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1948 DH key exchanges.
1949
1950 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1951 DELAYED_AUTH
1952 Don't request client certificates
1953 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1954 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1955 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1956 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1957 to OpenSSL.
1958 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1959 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1960 will result in a new SSL session.
1961 VERIFY_CRL
1962 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1963 certificates.
1964 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1965 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1966 client certificate chain.
1967
1968 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1969
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1971 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1972 destination hosts of bumped SSL requests.When
1973 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1974 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1975 certificate will be selfsigned.
1976 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1977 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1978 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1979 years.
1980 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1981 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1982
1983 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1984 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1985 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1986 default value is 4MB.
379e8c1c 1987
859741ed 1988 See http_port for a list of available options.
5b0f5383 1989DOC_END
1990
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1992TYPE: PortCfg
1993DEFAULT: none
8ea0d847 1994LOC: FtpPortList
434a79b0 1995DOC_START
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1997 listens for FTP client requests. See http_port directive for various
1998 ways to specify the listening address and mode.
1999
2000 Usage: ftp_port address [mode] [options]
2001
2002 WARNING: This is a new, experimental, complex feature that has seen
2003 limited production exposure. Some Squid modules (e.g., caching) do not
2004 currently work with native FTP proxying, and many features have not
2005 even been tested for compatibility. Test well before deploying!
2006
2007 Native FTP proxying differs substantially from proxying HTTP requests
2008 with ftp:// URIs because Squid works as an FTP server and receives
2009 actual FTP commands (rather than HTTP requests with FTP URLs).
2010
2011 Native FTP commands accepted at ftp_port are internally converted or
2012 wrapped into HTTP-like messages. The same happens to Native FTP
2013 responses received from FTP origin servers. Those HTTP-like messages
2014 are shoveled through regular access control and adaptation layers
2015 between the FTP client and the FTP origin server. This allows Squid to
2016 examine, adapt, block, and log FTP exchanges. Squid reuses most HTTP
2017 mechanisms when shoveling wrapped FTP messages. For example,
2018 http_access and adaptation_access directives are used.
2019
2020 Modes:
2021
3cc0f4e7 2022 intercept Same as http_port intercept. The FTP origin address is
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2024 intercepted connection.
2025
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2027 connections using the client IP address.
2028 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
2029
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2030 By default (i.e., without an explicit mode option), Squid extracts the
2031 FTP origin address from the login@origin parameter of the FTP USER
2032 command. Many popular FTP clients support such native FTP proxying.
2033
2034 Options:
2035
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2037 the port address. Usable with myportname ACL.
2038
aea65fec 2039 ftp-track-dirs
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2040 Enables tracking of FTP directories by injecting extra
2041 PWD commands and adjusting Request-URI (in wrapping
2042 HTTP requests) to reflect the current FTP server
aea65fec 2043 directory. Tracking is disabled by default.
8a2f40dd 2044
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2045 protocol=FTP Protocol to reconstruct accelerated and intercepted
2046 requests with. Defaults to FTP. No other accepted
2047 values have been tested with. An unsupported value
2048 results in a FATAL error. Accepted values are FTP,
2049 HTTP (or HTTP/1.1), and HTTPS (or HTTPS/1.1).
2050
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2052 HTTPS may also work.
2053DOC_END
434a79b0 2054
41bd17a4 2055NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
2056TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 2057DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 2058LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 2059DOC_START
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2060 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets outgoing
2061 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 2062
41bd17a4 2063 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 2064
41bd17a4 2065 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 2066 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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2068 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2069 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 2070 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 2071 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 2072
41bd17a4 2073 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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2074 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
2075 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 2076
41bd17a4 2077 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
2078 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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2080 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 2081
41bd17a4 2082 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2083 matching line.
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2085 Only fast ACLs are supported.
cccac0a2 2086DOC_END
2087
41bd17a4 2088NAME: clientside_tos
2089TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 2090DEFAULT: none
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2091LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToClient
2092DOC_START
2093 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
2094 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2095
2096 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2097
2098 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2099 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2100
2101 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2102 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2103 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
2104 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2105
2106 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
2107 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
2108DOC_END
2109
2110NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
2111TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2112IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2113DEFAULT: none
2114LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
2115DOC_START
2116 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
2117 on the server side, based on an ACL.
2118
2119 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2120
2121 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2122 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2123
2124 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2125 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2126 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2127 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
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2129 Only fast ACLs are supported.
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2131
2132NAME: clientside_mark
2133TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2134IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2135DEFAULT: none
2136LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
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2138 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to packets being transmitted
2139 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2140
2141 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2142
2143 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2144 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2145
2146 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2147 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2148 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2149 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
2150
2151 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
2152 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 2153DOC_END
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2156TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 2157IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 2158DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 2159LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 2160DOC_START
575cb927 2161 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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2163 For platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
425de4c8 2164 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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2167 settings simply use "qos_flows mark" or "qos_flows tos". Default
2168 settings will result in the netfilter mark or TOS value being copied
2169 from the upstream connection to the client. Note that it is the connection
2170 CONNMARK value not the packet MARK value that is copied.
2171
2172 It is not currently possible to copy the mark or TOS value from the
2173 client to the upstream connection request.
2174
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2176 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
2177 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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2180 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
2181 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
2182
2183 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
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2186
2187 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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2189 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
2190
2191 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
2192
2193 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
2194
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2196 over the preserve-miss feature (see below), unless
2197 mask is specified, in which case only the bits
2198 specified in the mask are written.
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2201 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
2202 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
2203 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
2204 with all variants of netfilter.
575cb927 2205
575cb927 2206 disable-preserve-miss
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2208 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
2209 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
2210 and masked with miss-mark.
2211 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
2212 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
2213 (MARK target).
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2215 miss-mask=0xFF
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2217 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
2218 the TOS sent towards clients.
2219 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
2220 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
2221
2222 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
2223 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
2224 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
2225 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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41bd17a4 2229NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2230TYPE: acl_address
2231DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2232DEFAULT_DOC: Address selection is performed by the operating system.
41bd17a4 2233LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2234DOC_START
2235 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2236 based on the username or source address of the user making
2237 the request.
7f7db318 2238
41bd17a4 2239 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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2242 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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2245 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
2246
2247 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
2248 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
2249
2250 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
2251 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
2252
2253 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
2254 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 2255
41bd17a4 2256 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2257 matching line.
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2260 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
2261 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
2262
2263
2264 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 2265 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
2266 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
2267 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 2269 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
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2272 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
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cccac0a2 2274DOC_END
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2277TYPE: onoff
2278DEFAULT: off
2279LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
2280DOC_START
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2282 traffic, Squid always verifies that the destination IP address matches
2962f8b8 2283 the Host header domain or IP (called 'authority form URL').
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2285 This enforcement is performed to satisfy a MUST-level requirement in
2286 RFC 2616 section 14.23: "The Host field value MUST represent the naming
2287 authority of the origin server or gateway given by the original URL".
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2289 When set to ON:
2290 Squid always responds with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error
2291 page and logs a security warning if there is no match.
2292
2293 Squid verifies that the destination IP address matches
2294 the Host header for forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic
2295 as well. For those traffic types, Squid also enables the
2296 following checks, comparing the corresponding Host header
2297 and Request-URI components:
2298
2299 * The host names (domain or IP) must be identical,
2300 but valueless or missing Host header disables all checks.
2301 For the two host names to match, both must be either IP
2302 or FQDN.
2303
2304 * Port numbers must be identical, but if a port is missing
2305 the scheme-default port is assumed.
2306
2307
2308 When set to OFF (the default):
2309 Squid allows suspicious requests to continue but logs a
2310 security warning and blocks caching of the response.
2311
2312 * Forward-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
2313
2314 * Reverse-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
2315
2316 * Intercepted traffic which passes verification is handled
32c32865 2317 according to client_dst_passthru.
2962f8b8 2318
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2320 to the client original destination instead of DIRECT.
2321 This overrides 'client_dst_passthru off'.
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2323 For now suspicious intercepted CONNECT requests are always
2324 responded to with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error page.
bfe4e2fe 2325
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2329 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
2330 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
2331 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
2332 security policy and sandboxing protections.
2333
2334 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
2335 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
2336 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
2337 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
2338 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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2340DOC_END
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2342NAME: client_dst_passthru
2343TYPE: onoff
2344DEFAULT: on
2345LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
2346DOC_START
2347 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
2348 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
2349 source using the HTTP Host header.
2350
2351 Using Host to locate alternative servers can provide faster
2352 connectivity with a range of failure recovery options.
2353 But can also lead to connectivity trouble when the client and
2354 server are attempting stateful interactions unaware of the proxy.
2355
2356 This option (on by default) prevents alternative DNS entries being
2357 located to send intercepted traffic DIRECT to an origin server.
2358 The clients original destination IP and port will be used instead.
2359
2360 Regardless of this option setting, when dealing with intercepted
2361 traffic Squid will verify the Host: header and any traffic which
2362 fails Host verification will be treated as if this option were ON.
2363
2364 see host_verify_strict for details on the verification process.
cccac0a2 2365DOC_END
2366
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2367COMMENT_START
2368 TLS OPTIONS
2369 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2370COMMENT_END
2371
2372NAME: tls_outgoing_options
2373IFDEF: USE_GNUTLS||USE_OPENSSL
2374TYPE: securePeerOptions
2375DEFAULT: disable
2376LOC: Security::SslProxyConfig
2377DOC_START
2378 disable Do not support https:// URLs.
2379
2380 cert=/path/to/client/certificate
2381 A client TLS certificate to use when connecting.
2382
2383 key=/path/to/client/private_key
2384 The private TLS key corresponding to the cert= above.
2385 If key= is not specified cert= is assumed to reference
2386 a PEM file containing both the certificate and the key.
2387
2388 version=1|3|4|5|6
2389 The TLS/SSL version to use when connecting
2390 1 = automatic (default)
2391 3 = SSL v3 only
2392 4 = TLS v1.0 only
2393 5 = TLS v1.1 only
2394 6 = TLS v1.2 only
2395
2396 cipher=... The list of valid TLS ciphers to use.
2397
2398 options=... Specify various TLS/SSL implementation options:
2399
2400 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2401 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2402 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2403 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
2404 SINGLE_DH_USE
2405 Always create a new key when using
2406 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
2407 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
2408 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
2409 Be warned that this reduces TLS/SSL
2410 strength to some attacks.
2411
2412 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2413 more complete list.
2414
2415 cafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2416 when verifying the peer certificate.
2417
2418 capath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2419 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2420
2421 crlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2422 verifying the peer certificate.
2423
2424 flags=... Specify various flags modifying the TLS implementation:
2425
2426 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2427 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2428 verify.
2429 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2430 Don't use the default CA list built in
2431 to OpenSSL.
2432 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2433 Don't verify the peer certificate
2434 matches the server name
2435
2436 domain= The peer name as advertised in its certificate.
2437 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2438 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2439 used.
2440DOC_END
2441
41bd17a4 2442COMMENT_START
2443 SSL OPTIONS
2444 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2445COMMENT_END
2446
2447NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
cb4f4424 2448IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2449TYPE: onoff
2450DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 2451LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 2452DOC_START
41bd17a4 2453 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
2454 messages.
cccac0a2 2455DOC_END
2456
41bd17a4 2457NAME: ssl_engine
cb4f4424 2458IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2459TYPE: string
41bd17a4 2460LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
2461DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 2462DOC_START
41bd17a4 2463 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
2464 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 2465DOC_END
2466
41bd17a4 2467NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
cb4f4424 2468IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2469DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2470LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
2471TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2472DOC_START
41bd17a4 2473 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2474DOC_END
2475
41bd17a4 2476NAME: sslproxy_client_key
cb4f4424 2477IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 2478DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2479LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
2480TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2481DOC_START
41bd17a4 2482 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2483DOC_END
2484
41bd17a4 2485NAME: sslproxy_version
cb4f4424 2486IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2487DEFAULT: 1
638402dd 2488DEFAULT_DOC: automatic SSL/TLS version negotiation
41bd17a4 2489LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
2490TYPE: int
cccac0a2 2491DOC_START
41bd17a4 2492 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2493
2494 The versions of SSL/TLS supported:
2495
2496 1 automatic (default)
2497 2 SSLv2 only
2498 3 SSLv3 only
2499 4 TLSv1.0 only
2500 5 TLSv1.1 only
2501 6 TLSv1.2 only
cccac0a2 2502DOC_END
2503
41bd17a4 2504NAME: sslproxy_options
cb4f4424 2505IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2506DEFAULT: none
2507LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
2508TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2509DOC_START
943c5f16 2510 SSL implementation options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2511
2512 The most important being:
2513
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2514 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2515 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2516 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2517 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2518 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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2519 SINGLE_DH_USE
2520 Always create a new key when using temporary/ephemeral
2521 DH key exchanges
2522 SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
2523 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets. Some servers
2524 may have problems understanding the TLS extension due
2525 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2526 ALL Enable various bug workarounds suggested as "harmless"
2527 by OpenSSL. Be warned that this may reduce SSL/TLS
2528 strength to some attacks.
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2530 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2531 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 2532DOC_END
2533
41bd17a4 2534NAME: sslproxy_cipher
cb4f4424 2535IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2536DEFAULT: none
2537LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
2538TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2539DOC_START
41bd17a4 2540 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2541
2542 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 2543DOC_END
2544
41bd17a4 2545NAME: sslproxy_cafile
cb4f4424 2546IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2547DEFAULT: none
2548LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
2549TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2550DOC_START
41bd17a4 2551 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
2552 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2553DOC_END
0976f8db 2554
41bd17a4 2555NAME: sslproxy_capath
cb4f4424 2556IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
5473c134 2557DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2558LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
2559TYPE: string
5473c134 2560DOC_START
41bd17a4 2561 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
2562 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 2563DOC_END
2564
10a69fc0 2565NAME: sslproxy_session_ttl
cb4f4424 2566IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2567DEFAULT: 300
2568LOC: Config.SSL.session_ttl
2569TYPE: int
2570DOC_START
2571 Sets the timeout value for SSL sessions
2572DOC_END
2573
2574NAME: sslproxy_session_cache_size
cb4f4424 2575IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2576DEFAULT: 2 MB
2577LOC: Config.SSL.sessionCacheSize
2578TYPE: b_size_t
2579DOC_START
2580 Sets the cache size to use for ssl session
2581DOC_END
2582
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2583NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign_hash
2584IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
2585DEFAULT: none
2586LOC: Config.SSL.certSignHash
2587TYPE: string
2588DOC_START
2589 Sets the hashing algorithm to use when signing generated certificates.
2590 Valid algorithm names depend on the OpenSSL library used. The following
2591 names are usually available: sha1, sha256, sha512, and md5. Please see
2592 your OpenSSL library manual for the available hashes. By default, Squids
2593 that support this option use sha256 hashes.
2594
2595 Squid does not forcefully purge cached certificates that were generated
2596 with an algorithm other than the currently configured one. They remain
2597 in the cache, subject to the regular cache eviction policy, and become
2598 useful if the algorithm changes again.
2599DOC_END
2600
4c9da963 2601NAME: ssl_bump
cb4f4424 2602IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
caf3666d 2603TYPE: sslproxy_ssl_bump
4c9da963 2604LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
8f165829 2605DEFAULT_DOC: Become a TCP tunnel without decrypting proxied traffic.
4c9da963 2606DEFAULT: none
2607DOC_START
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2608 This option is consulted when a CONNECT request is received on
2609 an http_port (or a new connection is intercepted at an
2610 https_port), provided that port was configured with an ssl-bump
2611 flag. The subsequent data on the connection is either treated as
2612 HTTPS and decrypted OR tunneled at TCP level without decryption,
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2613 depending on the first matching bumping "action".
2614
2615 ssl_bump <action> [!]acl ...
caf3666d 2616
8f165829 2617 The following bumping actions are currently supported:
caf3666d 2618
5d65362c 2619 splice
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2620 Become a TCP tunnel without decrypting proxied traffic.
2621 This is the default action.
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2622
2623 bump
2624 Establish a secure connection with the server and, using a
2625 mimicked server certificate, with the client.
caf3666d 2626
5d65362c 2627 peek
1110989a 2628 Receive client (step SslBump1) or server (step SslBump2)
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2629 certificate while preserving the possibility of splicing the
2630 connection. Peeking at the server certificate (during step 2)
2631 usually precludes bumping of the connection at step 3.
caf3666d 2632
5d65362c 2633 stare
1110989a 2634 Receive client (step SslBump1) or server (step SslBump2)
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2635 certificate while preserving the possibility of bumping the
2636 connection. Staring at the server certificate (during step 2)
2637 usually precludes splicing of the connection at step 3.
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2639 terminate
2640 Close client and server connections.
2641
1110989a 2642 Backward compatibility actions available at step SslBump1:
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2643
2644 client-first
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2645 Bump the connection. Establish a secure connection with the
2646 client first, then connect to the server. This old mode does
2647 not allow Squid to mimic server SSL certificate and does not
2648 work with intercepted SSL connections.
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2649
2650 server-first
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2651 Bump the connection. Establish a secure connection with the
2652 server first, then establish a secure connection with the
2653 client, using a mimicked server certificate. Works with both
2654 CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL connections, but does
2655 not allow to make decisions based on SSL handshake info.
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2657 peek-and-splice
2658 Decide whether to bump or splice the connection based on
d620ae0e 2659 client-to-squid and server-to-squid SSL hello messages.
8f165829 2660 XXX: Remove.
caf3666d 2661
caf3666d 2662 none
8f165829 2663 Same as the "splice" action.
caf3666d 2664
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2665 All ssl_bump rules are evaluated at each of the supported bumping
2666 steps. Rules with actions that are impossible at the current step are
2667 ignored. The first matching ssl_bump action wins and is applied at the
2668 end of the current step. If no rules match, the splice action is used.
652fcffd 2669 See the at_step ACL for a list of the supported SslBump steps.
4c9da963 2670
e0c0d54c 2671 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 2672 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
e0855596 2673
652fcffd 2674 See also: http_port ssl-bump, https_port ssl-bump, and acl at_step.
caf3666d 2675
e0855596 2676
caf3666d 2677 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from
638402dd 2678 # localhost or those going to example.com.
e0855596 2679
e0855596 2680 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
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2681 ssl_bump splice localhost
2682 ssl_bump splice broken_sites
2683 ssl_bump bump all
4c9da963 2684DOC_END
2685
41bd17a4 2686NAME: sslproxy_flags
cb4f4424 2687IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2688DEFAULT: none
2689LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
2690TYPE: string
5473c134 2691DOC_START
41bd17a4 2692 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 2693 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
2694 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 2695 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
2696 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 2697DOC_END
2698
4c9da963 2699NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
cb4f4424 2700IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
4c9da963 2701DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2702DEFAULT_DOC: Server certificate errors terminate the transaction.
4c9da963 2703LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
2704TYPE: acl_access
2705DOC_START
2706 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
2707
2708 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
3b8f558c 2709 when talking to servers for example.com. All other
4c9da963 2710 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
2711
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2712 acl BrokenButTrustedServers dstdomain example.com
2713 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenButTrustedServers
4c9da963 2714 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
2715
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2716 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2717 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
2718 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 2719
2720 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
638402dd 2721 terminate the transaction to protect Squid and the client.
4c9da963 2722
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2723 SQUID_X509_V_ERR_INFINITE_VALIDATION error cannot be bypassed
2724 but should not happen unless your OpenSSL library is buggy.
2725
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2726 SECURITY WARNING:
2727 Bypassing validation errors is dangerous because an
2728 error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted
2729 and the connection may be insecure.
4c9da963 2730
638402dd 2731 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
4c9da963 2732DOC_END
2733
aebe6888 2734NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign
cb4f4424 2735IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
aebe6888 2736DEFAULT: none
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2737POSTSCRIPTUM: signUntrusted ssl::certUntrusted
2738POSTSCRIPTUM: signSelf ssl::certSelfSigned
2739POSTSCRIPTUM: signTrusted all
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2740TYPE: sslproxy_cert_sign
2741LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_sign
2742DOC_START
2743
69742b76 2744 sslproxy_cert_sign <signing algorithm> acl ...
aebe6888 2745
69742b76 2746 The following certificate signing algorithms are supported:
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aebe6888 2748 signTrusted
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2749 Sign using the configured CA certificate which is usually
2750 placed in and trusted by end-user browsers. This is the
2751 default for trusted origin server certificates.
638402dd 2752
aebe6888 2753 signUntrusted
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2754 Sign to guarantee an X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED browser error.
2755 This is the default for untrusted origin server certificates
2756 that are not self-signed (see ssl::certUntrusted).
638402dd 2757
aebe6888 2758 signSelf
69742b76 2759 Sign using a self-signed certificate with the right CN to
aebe6888 2760 generate a X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT error in the
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2761 browser. This is the default for self-signed origin server
2762 certificates (see ssl::certSelfSigned).
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2764 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2765
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2766 When sslproxy_cert_sign acl(s) match, Squid uses the corresponding
2767 signing algorithm to generate the certificate and ignores all
2768 subsequent sslproxy_cert_sign options (the first match wins). If no
2769 acl(s) match, the default signing algorithm is determined by errors
2770 detected when obtaining and validating the origin server certificate.
cf1c09f6 2771
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2772 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2773 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2774 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2775 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2776 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2777 bump-server-first is used.
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2778DOC_END
2779
638402dd 2780NAME: sslproxy_cert_adapt
cb4f4424 2781IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2782DEFAULT: none
2783TYPE: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2784LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_adapt
2785DOC_START
2786
2787 sslproxy_cert_adapt <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
2788
69742b76 2789 The following certificate adaptation algorithms are supported:
638402dd 2790
fb2178bb 2791 setValidAfter
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2792 Sets the "Not After" property to the "Not After" property of
2793 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
638402dd 2794
fb2178bb 2795 setValidBefore
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2796 Sets the "Not Before" property to the "Not Before" property of
2797 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
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2799 setCommonName or setCommonName{CN}
2800 Sets Subject.CN property to the host name specified as a
2801 CN parameter or, if no explicit CN parameter was specified,
2802 extracted from the CONNECT request. It is a misconfiguration
2803 to use setCommonName without an explicit parameter for
2804 intercepted or tproxied SSL connections.
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2806 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2807
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2808 Squid first groups sslproxy_cert_adapt options by adaptation algorithm.
2809 Within a group, when sslproxy_cert_adapt acl(s) match, Squid uses the
2810 corresponding adaptation algorithm to generate the certificate and
2811 ignores all subsequent sslproxy_cert_adapt options in that algorithm's
2812 group (i.e., the first match wins within each algorithm group). If no
2813 acl(s) match, the default mimicking action takes place.
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2815 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2816 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2817 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2818 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2819 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2820 bump-server-first is used.
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2821DOC_END
2822
41bd17a4 2823NAME: sslpassword_program
cb4f4424 2824IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 2825DEFAULT: none
2826LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
2827TYPE: string
5473c134 2828DOC_START
41bd17a4 2829 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
2830 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
2831 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
2832 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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2833
2834 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2835 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2836 keys.
5473c134 2837DOC_END
2838
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2839COMMENT_START
2840 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2841 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2842COMMENT_END
2843
2844NAME: sslcrtd_program
2845TYPE: eol
2846IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2847DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2848LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2849DOC_START
2850 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2851 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2852 For more information use:
2853 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2854DOC_END
2855
2856NAME: sslcrtd_children
2857TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2858IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2859DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2860LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2861DOC_START
2862 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2863 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2864
2865 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2866 tuning.
2867
2868 startup=N
2869
2870 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2871 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2872 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2873
2874 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2875 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2876
2877 idle=N
2878
2879 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2880 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2881 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2882 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2883
2884 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2885DOC_END
2886
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2887NAME: sslcrtvalidator_program
2888TYPE: eol
cb4f4424 2889IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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2890DEFAULT: none
2891LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator
2892DOC_START
2893 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crt_validator
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2894 process.
2895
2896 Usage: sslcrtvalidator_program [ttl=n] [cache=n] path ...
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2897
2898 Options:
638402dd 2899 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results. The default is 60 secs
14798e73 2900 cache=n limit the result cache size. The default value is 2048
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2901DOC_END
2902
2903NAME: sslcrtvalidator_children
2904TYPE: HelperChildConfig
cb4f4424 2905IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
413bb969 2906DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1 concurrency=1
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2907LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator_Children
2908DOC_START
638402dd 2909 The maximum number of processes spawn to service SSL server.
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2911
2912 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2913 tuning.
2914
2915 startup=N
2916
2917 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2918 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2919 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2920
2921 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2922 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2923
2924 idle=N
2925
2926 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2927 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2928 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2929 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
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2931 concurrency=
2932
2933 The number of requests each certificate validator helper can handle in
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2935 support concurrency. Defaults to 1.
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2936
2937 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
2938 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
2939 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
2940 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
2941 to that request.
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2943 You must have at least one ssl_crt_validator process.
2944DOC_END
2945
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41bd17a4 2947 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2948 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2949COMMENT_END
2950
41bd17a4 2951NAME: cache_peer
2952TYPE: peer
2953DEFAULT: none
2954LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2955DOC_START
41bd17a4 2956 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 2958 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
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41bd17a4 2960 For example,
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41bd17a4 2962 # proxy icp
2963 # hostname type port port options
2964 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2965 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2966 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2967 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2e9993e1 2968 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 default
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2969 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2970
2971 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2972
2973 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2974 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2975 For web servers this is usually 80
2976
2977 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2978 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2979 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2980
2981
2982 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2983
2984 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2985 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2986
2987
2988 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2989
2990 multicast-responder
2991 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2992 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2993 replies will be accepted from it.
2994
2995 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2996 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2997
2998 background-ping
2999 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
3000 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
3001 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
3002
3003
3004 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
3005
3006 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
3007 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
3008
3009
3010 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
3011 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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3013 list of options described below.
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18191440 3015 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 3016
18191440 3017 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 3018 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 3019 only-clr.
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3021 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
3022 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 3024 htcp=no-purge-clr
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3025 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
3026 they do not result from PURGE requests.
3027
18191440 3028 htcp=forward-clr
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3029 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
3030
3031
3032 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
3033
3034 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
3035 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
3036
3037
3038 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
3039 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
3040 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
3041
3042 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
3043 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
3044 weight=N can be used to add bias.
3045
3046 weighted-round-robin
3047 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
3048 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
3049 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
3050 Usually used for background-ping parents.
3051 weight=N can be used to add bias.
3052
3053 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
3054 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
3055 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
3056
3057 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
3058
3059 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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3061 multicast-siblings
3062 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
3063 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2e9993e1 3064 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a multicast
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3065 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
3066 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
3067 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
3068 members of the same multicast group.
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3070
3071 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
3072
3073 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
3074 peer-selection mechanisms.
3075 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
3076 larger weights are favored more.
3077 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
3078 protocol is not in use.
3079
3080 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
3081 times of parents.
3082 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
3083 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
3084 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
3085
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3086 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
3087 to this address.
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3088 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
3089 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
3090 hosts, you must configure other group members as
3091 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
3092
3093 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
3094 delay pools.
3095
3096 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
3097 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
3098 than the Squid default location.
3099
3100
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3102
3103 carp-key=key-specification
3104 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
3105 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
3106 scheme, host, port, path, params
3107 Order is not important.
3108
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3110
3111 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
3112 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
3113 is a web server.
3114
3115 forceddomain=name
3116 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
3117 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
3118 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
3119 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
3120
3121 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
3122
3123 no-netdb-exchange
3124 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
3125
3126
3127 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
3128
3129 login=user:password
3130 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
3131 requires proxy authentication.
3132
3133 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
3134 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
3135
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3136 login=PASSTHRU
3137 Send login details received from client to this peer.
3138 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
3139 without alteration to the peer.
3140 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
3141
3142 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
3143 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
3144 connection-auth options are also used.
ee0b94f4 3145
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3146 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
3147 Authentication is not required by this option.
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3149 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
3150 to pass on, but username and password are available
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3151 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
3152 they may be sent instead.
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3153
3154 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
3155 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
3156 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
3157 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
3158 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
3159
3160 login=*:password
3161 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
3162 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
3163 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
3164 needed to identify each user.
3165 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
3166 information which is added to the username. This can
3167 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
3168 the login=username:password option above.
3169
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3170 login=NEGOTIATE
3171 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
3172 requires a secure proxy authentication.
3173 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
3174 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
3175
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3177 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
3178 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
3179
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3180 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
3181 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
3182 requires a secure proxy authentication.
3183 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
3184 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
3185 used.
3186
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3187 WARNING: The connection may transmit requests from multiple
3188 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
3189 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
3190
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3191 connection-auth=on|off
3192 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
3193 connection oriented authentication, and any such
3194 challenges received from there should be ignored.
3195 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
3196 of the peer.
3197
3198
3199 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
3200
3201 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
3202
3203 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
3204 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
3205 this peer.
3206
3207 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
3208 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
3209 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
3210 reference a combined file containing both the
3211 certificate and the key.
3212
3d96b0e8 3213 sslversion=1|2|3|4|5|6
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3214 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
3215 1 = automatic (default)
3216 2 = SSL v2 only
3217 3 = SSL v3 only
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3218 4 = TLS v1.0 only
3219 5 = TLS v1.1 only
3220 6 = TLS v1.2 only
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3221
3222 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
3223 to this peer.
3224
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3225 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL implementation options:
3226
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3227 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
3228 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
3229 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
3230 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
3231 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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3232 SINGLE_DH_USE
3233 Always create a new key when using
3234 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
3235 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
3236 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
3237 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
3238 strength to some attacks.
3239
3240 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
3241 more complete list.
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3242
3243 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
3244 when verifying the peer certificate.
3245
3246 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
3247 use when verifying the peer certificate.
3248
3249 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
3250 verifying the peer certificate.
3251
3252 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
3253
41bd17a4 3254 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
3255 Accept certificates even if they fail to
3256 verify.
3257 NO_DEFAULT_CA
3258 Don't use the default CA list built in
3259 to OpenSSL.
3260 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
3261 Don't verify the peer certificate
3262 matches the server name
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3263
3264 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
3265 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
3266 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
3267 used.
3268
3269 front-end-https
3270 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
3271 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
3272 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
3273 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
3274 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
3275
3276
3277 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
3278
3279 connect-timeout=N
3280 A peer-specific connect timeout.
3281 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
3282
3283 connect-fail-limit=N
3284 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
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3286 count towards this limit. Default is 10.
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3287
3288 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
3289 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
3290 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
3291 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
3292 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
3293 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
3294 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
3295
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3296 max-conn=N Limit the number of concurrent connections the Squid
3297 may open to this peer, including already opened idle
3298 and standby connections. There is no peer-specific
3299 connection limit by default.
3300
3301 A peer exceeding the limit is not used for new
3302 requests unless a standby connection is available.
3303
3304 max-conn currently works poorly with idle persistent
3305 connections: When a peer reaches its max-conn limit,
3306 and there are idle persistent connections to the peer,
3307 the peer may not be selected because the limiting code
3308 does not know whether Squid can reuse those idle
3309 connections.
3310
3311 standby=N Maintain a pool of N "hot standby" connections to an
3312 UP peer, available for requests when no idle
3313 persistent connection is available (or safe) to use.
3314 By default and with zero N, no such pool is maintained.
3315 N must not exceed the max-conn limit (if any).
3316
3317 At start or after reconfiguration, Squid opens new TCP
3318 standby connections until there are N connections
3319 available and then replenishes the standby pool as
3320 opened connections are used up for requests. A used
3321 connection never goes back to the standby pool, but
3322 may go to the regular idle persistent connection pool
3323 shared by all peers and origin servers.
3324
3325 Squid never opens multiple new standby connections
3326 concurrently. This one-at-a-time approach minimizes
3327 flooding-like effect on peers. Furthermore, just a few
3328 standby connections should be sufficient in most cases
3329 to supply most new requests with a ready-to-use
3330 connection.
3331
3332 Standby connections obey server_idle_pconn_timeout.
3333 For the feature to work as intended, the peer must be
3334 configured to accept and keep them open longer than
3335 the idle timeout at the connecting Squid, to minimize
3336 race conditions typical to idle used persistent
3337 connections. Default request_timeout and
3338 server_idle_pconn_timeout values ensure such a
3339 configuration.
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3340
3341 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
3342 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
3343 but different ports.
3344 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
3345 directives to dentify the peer.
3346 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
3347 peername ACL type.
3348
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3349 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
3350 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
0d901ef4 3351 This overrides the spoof_client_ip ACL.
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3353 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
3354
41bd17a4 3355DOC_END
cccac0a2 3356
41bd17a4 3357NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
3358TYPE: hostdomain
3359DEFAULT: none
3360LOC: none
3361DOC_START
3362 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
638402dd 3363 queried.
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3365 Usage:
3366 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
3367 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 3368
41bd17a4 3369 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 3370
41bd17a4 3371 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 3372
41bd17a4 3373 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
3374 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
3375 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
3376 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
3377 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 3378
41bd17a4 3379 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
3380 either on the same or separate lines.
3381 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
3382 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
3383 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
3384 for all requests.
3385 * There are no defaults.
3386 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
3387 section.
3388DOC_END
dd9b1776 3389
41bd17a4 3390NAME: cache_peer_access
3391TYPE: peer_access
3392DEFAULT: none
3393LOC: none
3394DOC_START
3395 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
3396 using ACL elements.
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3398 Usage:
3399 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 3400
41bd17a4 3401 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
3402 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 3403 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 3404DOC_END
dd9b1776 3405
41bd17a4 3406NAME: neighbor_type_domain
3407TYPE: hostdomaintype
3408DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3409DEFAULT_DOC: The peer type from cache_peer directive is used for all requests to that peer.
41bd17a4 3410LOC: none
3411DOC_START
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3412 Modify the cache_peer neighbor type when passing requests
3413 about specific domains to the peer.
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3415 Usage:
3416 neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
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3418 For example:
3419 cache_peer foo.example.com parent 3128 3130
3420 neighbor_type_domain foo.example.com sibling .au .de
6bf4f823 3421
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3422 The above configuration treats all requests to foo.example.com as a
3423 parent proxy unless the request is for a .au or .de ccTLD domain name.
41bd17a4 3424DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3426NAME: dead_peer_timeout
3427COMMENT: (seconds)
3428DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3429TYPE: time_t
3430LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
3431DOC_START
3432 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
3433 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
3434 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
3435 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
3436 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
3437 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 3438
41bd17a4 3439 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
3440 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
3441 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
3442 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
3443 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
3444 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
3445 instead of to your parents.
3446DOC_END
cccac0a2 3447
437823b4 3448NAME: forward_max_tries
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3451LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
3452DOC_START
3453 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
3454 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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3455
3456 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
3457 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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3459
41bd17a4 3460COMMENT_START
3461 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
3462 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3463COMMENT_END
3464
3465NAME: cache_mem
3466COMMENT: (bytes)
3467TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3468DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 3469LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 3470DOC_START
41bd17a4 3471 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
3472 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
3473 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
3474 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
3475
3476 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
3477 for:
3478 * In-Transit objects
3479 * Hot Objects
3480 * Negative-Cached objects
3481
3482 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
3483 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
3484 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
3485 priority.
3486
3487 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
3488 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
3489 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
3490 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
3491 not needed for in-transit objects.
3492
3493 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
3494 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
3495 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
3496 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
3497 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
3498 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
3499 objects.
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3501 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
3502 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
3503 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
3504 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 3505DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3507NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
3508COMMENT: (bytes)
3509TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3510DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 3511LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 3512DOC_START
41bd17a4 3513 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
3514 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
3515 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
3516 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 3517DOC_END
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3520COMMENT: on|off
3521TYPE: YesNoNone
3522LOC: Config.memShared
3523DEFAULT: none
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3525DOC_START
3526 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
3527
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3528 The shared memory cache is meant to occupy cache_mem bytes and replace
3529 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
3530 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
3531 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
3532 caching is enabled).
3533
65b81b27 3534 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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3536 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
3537 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
3538 and GCC-style atomic operations).
3539
3540 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
3541 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
3542 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
3543
3544 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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3546
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3547NAME: memory_cache_mode
3548TYPE: memcachemode
3549LOC: Config
3550DEFAULT: always
638402dd 3551DEFAULT_DOC: Keep the most recently fetched objects in memory
ff4b33f4 3552DOC_START
ea21d497 3553 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 3554
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3555 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
3556
3557 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
3558 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
3559 a second time before cached in memory.
3560
3561 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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3562DOC_END
3563
41bd17a4 3564NAME: memory_replacement_policy
3565TYPE: removalpolicy
3566LOC: Config.memPolicy
3567DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 3568DOC_START
41bd17a4 3569 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
3570 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 3571
638402dd 3572 See cache_replacement_policy for details on algorithms.
41bd17a4 3573DOC_END
6b698a21 3574
41bd17a4 3575COMMENT_START
3576 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
3577 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3578COMMENT_END
6b698a21 3579
41bd17a4 3580NAME: cache_replacement_policy
3581TYPE: removalpolicy
3582LOC: Config.replPolicy
3583DEFAULT: lru
3584DOC_START
3585 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
3586 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 3587
41bd17a4 3588 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
3589 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
3590 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
3591 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 3592
638402dd 3593 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this directive.
7f7db318 3594
41bd17a4 3595 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 3596
41bd17a4 3597 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
3598 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
3599 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
3600 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 3601
41bd17a4 3602 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
3603 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
3604 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
3605 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 3606
41bd17a4 3607 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
3608 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
3609 replacement policies.
7d90757b 3610
41bd17a4 3611 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
b51ec8c8 3612 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4 MB to
41bd17a4 3613 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 3614
41bd17a4 3615 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
3616 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
3617 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 3618DOC_END
0976f8db 3619
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3620NAME: minimum_object_size
3621COMMENT: (bytes)
3622TYPE: b_int64_t
3623DEFAULT: 0 KB
3624DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
3625LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
3626DOC_START
3627 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3628 value is specified in bytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
3629 means all responses can be stored.
3630DOC_END
3631
3632NAME: maximum_object_size
3633COMMENT: (bytes)
3634TYPE: b_int64_t
3635DEFAULT: 4 MB
3636LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
3637DOC_START
499f852c 3638 Set the default value for max-size parameter on any cache_dir.
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3639 The value is specified in bytes, and the default is 4 MB.
3640
3641 If you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
3642 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
3643 hits).
3644
3645 If you wish to increase hit ratio more than you want to
3646 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
3647
3648 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
3649 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
3650 See cache_replacement_policy for a discussion of this policy.
3651DOC_END
3652
41bd17a4 3653NAME: cache_dir
3654TYPE: cachedir
3655DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3656DEFAULT_DOC: No disk cache. Store cache ojects only in memory.
41bd17a4 3657LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 3658DOC_START
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3659 Format:
3660 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 3661
41bd17a4 3662 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
3663 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 3664
41bd17a4 3665 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
3666 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
3667 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 3668
41bd17a4 3669 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
3670 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
3671 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
3672 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
3673 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 3674
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3675 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
3676 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
3677 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
3678
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3680 ==== The ufs store type ====
0976f8db 3681
41bd17a4 3682 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
3683 been there.
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3685 Usage:
3686 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 3687
41bd17a4 3688 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
3689 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
3690 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
3691 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
3692 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 3693
56fba4d0 3694 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3695 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 3696
56fba4d0 3697 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3698 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
3699 is 256.
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3702 ==== The aufs store type ====
7f7db318 3703
41bd17a4 3704 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
3705 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3706 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 3707
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3708 Usage:
3709 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 3710
41bd17a4 3711 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 3712
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3714 ==== The diskd store type ====
38f9c547 3715
41bd17a4 3716 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
3717 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3718 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 3719
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3720 Usage:
3721 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 3722
41bd17a4 3723 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 3724
41bd17a4 3725 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
3726 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
3727 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 3728
41bd17a4 3729 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
3730 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
3731 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 3732
41bd17a4 3733 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
3734 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
3735 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
3736 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
3737 time.
0976f8db 3738
e2851fe7 3739
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3740 ==== The rock store type ====
3741
3742 Usage:
e51ce7da 3743 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes [options]
e2851fe7 3744
2e55f083 3745 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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3746 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots.
3747 A single entry occupies one or more slots.
e2851fe7 3748
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3749 If possible, Squid using Rock Store creates a dedicated kid
3750 process called "disker" to avoid blocking Squid worker(s) on disk
3751 I/O. One disker kid is created for each rock cache_dir. Diskers
3752 are created only when Squid, running in daemon mode, has support
3753 for the IpcIo disk I/O module.
3754
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3755 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
3756 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
3757 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
3758 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
3759 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
3760 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
3761 expected swap wait time.
3762
df881a0f 3763 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
1e614370 3764 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap out requests that
df881a0f 3765 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
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3766 delayed. Individual swap in requests (i.e., hits or reads) are
3767 not delayed, but they do contribute to measured swap rate and
3768 since they are placed in the same FIFO queue as swap out
3769 requests, they may wait longer if max-swap-rate is smaller.
3770 This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
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3771 many" writes and then start blocking Squid and other processes
3772 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
3773 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
3774 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
3775 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
3776 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
3777
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3779 storing cached responses. A cached response occupies at least
3780 one slot and all database I/O is done using individual slots so
3781 increasing this parameter leads to more disk space waste while
3782 decreasing it leads to more disk I/O overheads. Should be a
3783 multiple of your operating system I/O page size. Defaults to
3784 16KBytes. A housekeeping header is stored with each slot and
3785 smaller slot-sizes will be rejected. The header is smaller than
3786 100 bytes.
3787
df881a0f 3788
638402dd 3789 ==== COMMON OPTIONS ====
0976f8db 3790
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3791 no-store no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir.
3792
3793 min-size=n the minimum object size in bytes this cache_dir
3794 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir
3795 to only store large objects (e.g. AUFS) while
3796 other stores are optimized for smaller objects
73656056 3797 (e.g. Rock).
638402dd 3798 Defaults to 0.
0976f8db 3799
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3800 max-size=n the maximum object size in bytes this cache_dir
3801 supports.
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3802 The value in maximum_object_size directive sets
3803 the default unless more specific details are
3804 available (ie a small store capacity).
b6662ffd 3805
41bd17a4 3806 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
638402dd 3807 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first.
0976f8db 3808
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3810
3811# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
3812#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 3813NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 3814DOC_END
0976f8db 3815
41bd17a4 3816NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3817TYPE: string
3818LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3819DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 3820DOC_START
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3821 How Squid selects which cache_dir to use when the response
3822 object will fit into more than one.
3823
3824 Regardless of which algorithm is used the cache_dir min-size
3825 and max-size parameters are obeyed. As such they can affect
3826 the selection algorithm by limiting the set of considered
3827 cache_dir.
3828
3829 Algorithms:
3830
3831 least-load
3832
3833 This algorithm is suited to caches with similar cache_dir
3834 sizes and disk speeds.
3835
3836 The disk with the least I/O pending is selected.
3837 When there are multiple disks with the same I/O load ranking
3838 the cache_dir with most available capacity is selected.
3839
3840 When a mix of cache_dir sizes are configured the faster disks
3841 have a naturally lower I/O loading and larger disks have more
3842 capacity. So space used to store objects and data throughput
3843 may be very unbalanced towards larger disks.
3844
3845
3846 round-robin
3847
3848 This algorithm is suited to caches with unequal cache_dir
3849 disk sizes.
3850
3851 Each cache_dir is selected in a rotation. The next suitable
3852 cache_dir is used.
3853
3854 Available cache_dir capacity is only considered in relation
3855 to whether the object will fit and meets the min-size and
3856 max-size parameters.
3857
3858 Disk I/O loading is only considered to prevent overload on slow
3859 disks. This algorithm does not spread objects by size, so any
3860 I/O loading per-disk may appear very unbalanced and volatile.
3861
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3863 limits to to reject certain responses, then do not group such
3864 cache_dir lines together, to avoid round-robin selection bias
3865 towards the first cache_dir after the group. Instead, interleave
3866 cache_dir lines from different groups. For example:
3867
3868 store_dir_select_algorithm round-robin
3869 cache_dir rock /hdd1 ... min-size=100000
3870 cache_dir rock /ssd1 ... max-size=99999
3871 cache_dir rock /hdd2 ... min-size=100000
3872 cache_dir rock /ssd2 ... max-size=99999
3873 cache_dir rock /hdd3 ... min-size=100000
3874 cache_dir rock /ssd3 ... max-size=99999
6b698a21 3875DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3877NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3878TYPE: int
3879LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3880DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 3881DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
6b698a21 3882DOC_START
41bd17a4 3883 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3884 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3885 descriptors are open.
3886
3887 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 3888DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3890NAME: cache_swap_low
3891COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 3892TYPE: int
41bd17a4 3893DEFAULT: 90
3894LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
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3895DOC_START
3896 The low-water mark for cache object replacement.
3897 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3898 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3899 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3900 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3901 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3902
3903 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3904 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3905 numbers closer together.
3906
3907 See also cache_swap_high
3908DOC_END
41bd17a4 3909
3910NAME: cache_swap_high
3911COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3912TYPE: int
3913DEFAULT: 95
3914LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 3915DOC_START
638402dd 3916 The high-water mark for cache object replacement.
41bd17a4 3917 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3918 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3919 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3920 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3921 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3922
3923 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3924 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3925 numbers closer together.
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3926
3927 See also cache_swap_low
6b698a21 3928DOC_END
0976f8db 3929
5473c134 3930COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 3931 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 3932 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3933COMMENT_END
0976f8db 3934
41bd17a4 3935NAME: logformat
3936TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 3937LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 3938DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3939DEFAULT_DOC: The format definitions squid, common, combined, referrer, useragent are built in.
6b698a21 3940DOC_START
41bd17a4 3941 Usage:
0976f8db 3942
41bd17a4 3943 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 3944
41bd17a4 3945 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 3946
41bd17a4 3947 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 3948
41bd17a4 3949 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
3950 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
3951 as required according to their context and the output format
3952 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
3953 output format is desired.
6b698a21 3954
41bd17a4 3955 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 3956
41bd17a4 3957 " output in quoted string format
3958 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
3959 # output in URL quoted format
3960 ' output as-is
5473c134 3961
41bd17a4 3962 - left aligned
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3964 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
3965 [width_min][.width_max]
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3967 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 3968
41bd17a4 3969 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 3970
41bd17a4 3971 Format codes:
5473c134 3972
3ff65596 3973 % a literal % character
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3974 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
3975 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
3976 a similar internal error identifier.
3977 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
c7bcf010 3978 note The annotation specified by the argument. Also
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3980 adaptation_meta configuration parameter.
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3981 If no argument given all annotations logged.
3982 The argument may include a separator to use with
3983 annotation values:
3984 name[:separator]
3985 By default, multiple note values are separated with ","
3986 and multiple notes are separated with "\r\n".
3987 When logging named notes with %{name}note, the
3988 explicitly configured separator is used between note
3989 values. When logging all notes with %note, the
3990 explicitly configured separator is used between
3991 individual notes. There is currently no way to
3992 specify both value and notes separators when logging
3993 all notes with %note.
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3994
3995 Connection related format codes:
3996
41bd17a4 3997 >a Client source IP address
3998 >A Client FQDN
3999 >p Client source port
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4000 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
4001 >la Local IP address the client connected to
4002 >lp Local port number the client connected to
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4003 >qos Client connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
4004 >nfmark Client connection netfilter mark set by Squid
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4006 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
4007 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
4008
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4009 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
4010 <A Server FQDN or peer name
4011 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 4012 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 4013 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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4014 <qos Server connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
4015 <nfmark Server connection netfilter mark set by Squid
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4016
4017 Time related format codes:
4018
41bd17a4 4019 ts Seconds since epoch
4020 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
4021 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 4022 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 4023 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 4024 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 4025 tr Response time (milliseconds)
3ff65596 4026 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
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4027 tS Approximate master transaction start time in
4028 <full seconds since epoch>.<fractional seconds> format.
4029 Currently, Squid considers the master transaction
4030 started when a complete HTTP request header initiating
4031 the transaction is received from the client. This is
4032 the same value that Squid uses to calculate transaction
4033 response time when logging %tr to access.log. Currently,
4034 Squid uses millisecond resolution for %tS values,
4035 similar to the default access.log "current time" field
4036 (%ts.%03tu).
3ff65596 4037
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4038 Access Control related format codes:
4039
4040 et Tag returned by external acl
4041 ea Log string returned by external acl
4042 un User name (any available)
4043 ul User name from authentication
4044 ue User name from external acl helper
4045 ui User name from ident
4046 us User name from SSL
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4047 credentials Client credentials. The exact meaning depends on
4048 the authentication scheme: For Basic authentication,
4049 it is the password; for Digest, the realm sent by the
4050 client; for NTLM and Negotiate, the client challenge
4051 or client credentials prefixed with "YR " or "KK ".
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4052
4053 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 4054
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4055 REQUEST
4056
4057 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
4058 [http::]>rm Request method from client
4059 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
4060 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
4061 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
4062 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
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4063 [http::]>rs Request URL scheme from client
4064 [http::]<rs Request URL scheme sent to server or peer
fa450988 4065 [http::]>rd Request URL domain from client
f42ac6e6 4066 [http::]<rd Request URL domain sent to server or peer
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4067 [http::]>rP Request URL port from client
4068 [http::]<rP Request URL port sent to server or peer
4069 [http::]rp Request URL path excluding hostname
4070 [http::]>rp Request URL path excluding hostname from client
4071 [http::]<rp Request URL path excluding hostname sent to server or peer
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4072 [http::]rv Request protocol version
4073 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
4074 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
4075
5aca9cf2 4076 [http::]>h Original received request header.
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4078 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
4079 Accepts optional header field name/value filter
4080 argument using name[:[separator]element] format.
4081 [http::]>ha Received request header after adaptation and
4082 redirection (pre-cache REQMOD vectoring point).
4083 Usually differs from the request header sent by
4084 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
6fca33e0 4085 Optional header name argument as for >h
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4087
4088 RESPONSE
4089
4090 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
4091 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
4092
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4094 as for >h
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4095
4096 [http::]mt MIME content type
4097
4098
4099 SIZE COUNTERS
4100
4101 [http::]st Total size of request + reply traffic with client
4102 [http::]>st Total size of request received from client.
4103 Excluding chunked encoding bytes.
4104 [http::]<st Total size of reply sent to client (after adaptation)
4105
4106 [http::]>sh Size of request headers received from client
4107 [http::]<sh Size of reply headers sent to client (after adaptation)
4108
4109 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
4110 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
4111
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4112 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
4113 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
4114 transfer encoding and control messages.
4115 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
4116 received bodies.
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4117
4118
4119 TIMING
4120
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4121 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
4122 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
4123 and stops when the last response byte is received.
d5430dc8 4124 [http::]<tt Total time in milliseconds. The timer
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4125 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
4126 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
4127 with the last I/O with the last peer.
4128
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4129 Squid handling related format codes:
4130
4131 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
4132 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
4133
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4134 SSL-related format codes:
4135
4136 ssl::bump_mode SslBump decision for the transaction:
4137
4138 For CONNECT requests that initiated bumping of
4139 a connection and for any request received on
4140 an already bumped connection, Squid logs the
4141 corresponding SslBump mode ("server-first" or
4142 "client-first"). See the ssl_bump option for
4143 more information about these modes.
4144
4145 A "none" token is logged for requests that
4146 triggered "ssl_bump" ACL evaluation matching
4147 either a "none" rule or no rules at all.
4148
4149 In all other cases, a single dash ("-") is
4150 logged.
4151
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4152 ssl::>sni SSL client SNI sent to Squid. Available only
4153 after the peek, stare, or splice SSL bumping
4154 actions.
4155
5038f9d8 4156 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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4157 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
4158
4159 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
4160 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
4161 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
4162 transaction is in progress.
4163
5038f9d8 4164 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
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4166 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
4167 meta-information from the last eCAP
4168 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
4169 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
4170 argument.
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4172 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
4173 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
4174 the order of transaction start time. Each time
4175 value is recorded as an integer number,
4176 representing response time of one or more
4177 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
4178 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
4179 being retried or repeated, its time is not
4180 logged individually but added to the
4181 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
4182 adapt::all_trs.
4183
4184 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
4185 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
4186 individual transactions are never added
4187 together. Instead, all transaction response
4188 times are recorded individually.
4189
4190 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
4191 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
4192 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 4193
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4194 If SSL is enabled, the following formating codes become available:
4195
4196 %ssl::>cert_subject The Subject field of the received client
4197 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
4198 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
4199 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
4200 logged value because Subject often has spaces.
4201
4202 %ssl::>cert_issuer The Issuer field of the received client
4203 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
4204 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
4205 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
4206 logged value because Issuer often has spaces.
4207
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4208 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
4209
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4210logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
4211logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
4212logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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4213logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
4214logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
4215
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4216 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
4217 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
4218 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
4219
4220 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
4221 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 4222
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4224
41bd17a4 4225NAME: access_log cache_access_log
4226TYPE: access_log
4227LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 4228DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
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4230 Configures whether and how Squid logs HTTP and ICP transactions.
4231 If access logging is enabled, a single line is logged for every
4232 matching HTTP or ICP request. The recommended directive formats are:
4233
4234 access_log <module>:<place> [option ...] [acl acl ...]
4235 access_log none [acl acl ...]
4236
4237 The following directive format is accepted but may be deprecated:
82b7abe3 4238 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
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4239
4240 In most cases, the first ACL name must not contain the '=' character
4241 and should not be equal to an existing logformat name. You can always
4242 start with an 'all' ACL to work around those restrictions.
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4243
4244 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 4245 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
4246 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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4247 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
4248
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4249 ===== Available options for the recommended directive format =====
4250
4251 logformat=name Names log line format (either built-in or
4252 defined by a logformat directive). Defaults
4253 to 'squid'.
4254
4255 buffer-size=64KB Defines approximate buffering limit for log
4256 records (see buffered_logs). Squid should not
4257 keep more than the specified size and, hence,
4258 should flush records before the buffer becomes
4259 full to avoid overflows under normal
4260 conditions (the exact flushing algorithm is
4261 module-dependent though). The on-error option
4262 controls overflow handling.
4263
4264 on-error=die|drop Defines action on unrecoverable errors. The
4265 'drop' action ignores (i.e., does not log)
4266 affected log records. The default 'die' action
4267 kills the affected worker. The drop action
4268 support has not been tested for modules other
4269 than tcp.
4270
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4271 ===== Modules Currently available =====
4272
bb7a1781 4273 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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4274 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
4275
4276 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
4277 each request.
4278 Place: the filename and path to be written.
4279
4280 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
4281 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
4282 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
4283
4284 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
4285
4286 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
4287 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
4288 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 4289
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4290 where facility could be any of:
4291 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 4292
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4293 And priority could be any of:
4294 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
4295
4296 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
4297 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 4298 Place Format: //host:port
df2eec10 4299
2bf4e8fa 4300 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
fb0c2f17 4301 Lines may be accumulated before sending (see buffered_logs).
2bf4e8fa 4302 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 4303 Place Format: //host:port
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4305 Default:
82b7abe3 4306 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 4307DOC_END
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4309NAME: icap_log
4310TYPE: access_log
4311IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4312LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
4313DEFAULT: none
4314DOC_START
4315 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
4316 transaction.
4317
4318 The icap_log option format is:
4319 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
4320 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
4321
4322 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
4323 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
4324 features.
4325
4326 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
4327 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
4328 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
4329 log line.
4330
4331 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
4332 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
4333 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
4334 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
4335 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
4336 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
4337 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
4338
4339 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
4340
4341 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
4342
4343 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
4344 option in Squid configuration file.
4345
4346 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
4347
4348 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
4349 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
4350
4351 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
4352 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
4353
4354 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
4355 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
4356 the socket).
4357
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4358 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
4359 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
4360 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
4361 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
4362 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
4363 computed.
4364
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4365 icap::tr Transaction response time (in
4366 milliseconds). The timer starts when
4367 the ICAP transaction is created and
4368 stops when the transaction is completed.
4369 Similar to tr.
4370
4371 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
4372 timer starts when the first ICAP request
4373 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
4374 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
4375 is received.
4376
4377 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
4378 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
4379 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
4380 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
4381 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
4382 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
4383
4384 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
4385
4386 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
4387
4388 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
4389
4390 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
4391 definition, is called icap_squid:
4392
4393logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
4394
5038f9d8 4395 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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4396DOC_END
4397
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4398NAME: logfile_daemon
4399TYPE: string
4400DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
4401LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
4402DOC_START
4403 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
4404 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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4405
4406 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
4407 L<data>\n - logfile data
4408 R\n - rotate file
4409 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 4410 O\n - reopen file
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4411 F\n - flush file
4412 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
4413 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
4414
4415 No responses is expected.
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4416DOC_END
4417
8ebad780 4418NAME: stats_collection
3ff65596 4419TYPE: acl_access
8ebad780 4420LOC: Config.accessList.stats_collection
3ff65596 4421DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4422DEFAULT_DOC: Allow logging for all transactions.
5b0f5383 4423COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
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4425 This options allows you to control which requests gets accounted
4426 in performance counters.
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4427
4428 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4429 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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4431
41bd17a4 4432NAME: cache_store_log
4433TYPE: string
df2eec10 4434DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4435LOC: Config.Log.store
4436DOC_START
4437 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
4438 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
6d1dfcfc 4439 saved and for how long.
df2eec10 4440 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
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4441 disable it (the default).
4442
4443 Store log uses modular logging outputs. See access_log for the list
4444 of modules supported.
4445
e0855596 4446 Example:
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4447 cache_store_log stdio:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
4448 cache_store_log daemon:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 4449DOC_END
4450
41bd17a4 4451NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
4452TYPE: string
4453LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 4454DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4455DEFAULT_DOC: Store the journal inside its cache_dir
5473c134 4456DOC_START
41bd17a4 4457 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
4458 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
4459 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
4460 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
4461 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
4462 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
4463 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
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41bd17a4 4465 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
4466 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
4467 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
4468 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 4469
41bd17a4 4470 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
4471 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 4472
41bd17a4 4473 cache_swap_log.00
4474 cache_swap_log.01
4475 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 4476
41bd17a4 4477 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
4478 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
4479 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
4480 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
4481 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
4482 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
4483 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 4484DOC_END
4485
41bd17a4 4486NAME: logfile_rotate
4487TYPE: int
4488DEFAULT: 10
4489LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 4490DOC_START
41bd17a4 4491 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
4492 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
4493 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
4494 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
4495 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
4496 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
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41bd17a4 4498 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
4499 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
4500 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
4501 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
4502 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
4503 <pid>'.
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4505 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option is only a default for cache.log,
4506 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options.
41bd17a4 4507DOC_END
5473c134 4508
41bd17a4 4509NAME: mime_table
4510TYPE: string
4511DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
4512LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
4513DOC_START
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4514 Path to Squid's icon configuration file.
4515
4516 You shouldn't need to change this, but the default file contains
4517 examples and formatting information if you do.
5473c134 4518DOC_END
4519
41bd17a4 4520NAME: log_mime_hdrs
4521COMMENT: on|off
4522TYPE: onoff
4523LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
4524DEFAULT: off
4525DOC_START
4526 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
4527 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
4528 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
4529 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
4530 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
4531DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4533NAME: pid_filename
4534TYPE: string
4535DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
4536LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 4537DOC_START
41bd17a4 4538 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 4539DOC_END
4540
41bd17a4 4541NAME: client_netmask
4542TYPE: address
4543LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 4544DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 4545DEFAULT_DOC: Log full client IP address
5473c134 4546DOC_START
41bd17a4 4547 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
4548 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
4549 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
4550 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 4551DOC_END
4552
41bd17a4 4553NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 4554TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 4555LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 4556DEFAULT: on
4557DOC_START
41bd17a4 4558 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
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4559 logging. This protects your user's privacy and reduces log size.
4560
4561 When investigating HIT/MISS or other caching behaviour you
4562 will need to disable this to see the full URL used by Squid.
5473c134 4563DOC_END
4564
41bd17a4 4565NAME: buffered_logs
4566COMMENT: on|off
4567TYPE: onoff
4568DEFAULT: off
4569LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 4570DOC_START
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4571 Whether to write/send access_log records ASAP or accumulate them and
4572 then write/send them in larger chunks. Buffering may improve
4573 performance because it decreases the number of I/Os. However,
4574 buffering increases the delay before log records become available to
4575 the final recipient (e.g., a disk file or logging daemon) and,
4576 hence, increases the risk of log records loss.
4577
4578 Note that even when buffered_logs are off, Squid may have to buffer
4579 records if it cannot write/send them immediately due to pending I/Os
4580 (e.g., the I/O writing the previous log record) or connectivity loss.
4581
fb0c2f17 4582 Currently honored by 'daemon' and 'tcp' access_log modules only.
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2b753521 4585NAME: netdb_filename
4586TYPE: string
221faecb 4587DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 4588LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 4589IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 4590DOC_START
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4591 Where Squid stores it's netdb journal.
4592 When enabled this journal preserves netdb state between restarts.
4593
2b753521 4594 To disable, enter "none".
4595DOC_END
4596
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4597COMMENT_START
4598 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
4599 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4600COMMENT_END
4601
4602NAME: cache_log
4603TYPE: string
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4604DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
4605LOC: Debug::cache_log
4606DOC_START
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4607 Squid administrative logging file.
4608
4609 This is where general information about Squid behavior goes. You can
4610 increase the amount of data logged to this file and how often it is
4611 rotated with "debug_options"
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4612DOC_END
4613
4614NAME: debug_options
4615TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 4616DEFAULT: ALL,1
638402dd 4617DEFAULT_DOC: Log all critical and important messages.
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4618LOC: Debug::debugOptions
4619DOC_START
4620 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
4621 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
4622 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
4623 log file, so be careful.
4624
4625 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
638402dd 4626 The default is to run with "ALL,1" to record important warnings.
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4628 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
4629 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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4630 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
4631 events affecting Squid.
4632DOC_END
4633
4634NAME: coredump_dir
4635TYPE: string
4636LOC: Config.coredump_dir
62493678 4637DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
638402dd 4638DEFAULT_DOC: Use the directory from where Squid was started.
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4639DOC_START
4640 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
4641 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
4642 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
4643 and coredump files will be left there.
4644
4645NOCOMMENT_START
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4647# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
4648coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
4649NOCOMMENT_END
4650DOC_END
4651
4652
41bd17a4 4653COMMENT_START
4654 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
4655 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4656COMMENT_END
4657
4658NAME: ftp_user
4659TYPE: string
4660DEFAULT: Squid@
4661LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 4662DOC_START
41bd17a4 4663 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
638402dd 4664 (and enable the use of picky FTP servers), set this to something
41bd17a4 4665 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 4666
41bd17a4 4667 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
4668 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
4669 depending on how the cache is used.
638402dd 4670 Some FTP server also validate the email address is valid
41bd17a4 4671 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 4672DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4674NAME: ftp_passive
4675TYPE: onoff
4676DEFAULT: on
4677LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 4678DOC_START
41bd17a4 4679 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
4680 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 4681
4682 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
4683DOC_END
4684
4685NAME: ftp_epsv_all
4686TYPE: onoff
4687DEFAULT: off
4688LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
4689DOC_START
4690 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
4691
4692 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
4693 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
4694 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
4695
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4697 useful.
a689bd4e 4698 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
4699 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
4700
4701 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
4702 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
4703
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4704 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
4705DOC_END
4706
4707NAME: ftp_epsv
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4709DEFAULT: none
4710LOC: Config.accessList.ftp_epsv
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4711DOC_START
4712 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
4713
4714 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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4715 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
4716 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
4717 will never be needed.
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4719 EPSV is often required to interoperate with FTP servers on IPv6
4720 networks. On the other hand, it may break some IPv4 servers.
4721
4722 By default, EPSV may try EPSV with any FTP server. To fine tune
4723 that decision, you may restrict EPSV to certain clients or servers
4724 using ACLs:
4725
4726 ftp_epsv allow|deny al1 acl2 ...
4727
4728 WARNING: Disabling EPSV may cause problems with external NAT and IPv6.
51ee534d 4729
ddf5aa2b 4730 Only fast ACLs are supported.
51ee534d 4731 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 4732DOC_END
9e7dbc51 4733
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4734NAME: ftp_eprt
4735TYPE: onoff
4736DEFAULT: on
4737LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
4738DOC_START
4739 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
4740
4741 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
4742 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
4743 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
4744
4745 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
4746 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
4747
4748 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
4749 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
4750 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
4751 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
4752
4753 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
4754 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
4755DOC_END
4756
41bd17a4 4757NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
4758TYPE: onoff
4759DEFAULT: on
4760LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
4761DOC_START
4762 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
4763 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
4764 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
4765 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
4766 connection turn this off.
4767DOC_END
9e7dbc51 4768
41bd17a4 4769NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
4770TYPE: onoff
4771DEFAULT: on
4772LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
4773DOC_START
4774 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
4775 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
4776 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
4777 the FTP protocol.
4778
4779 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
4780 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
4781 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
4782 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
4783 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
4784DOC_END
4785
4786COMMENT_START
4787 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
4788 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4789COMMENT_END
4790
4791NAME: diskd_program
4792TYPE: string
4793DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
4794LOC: Config.Program.diskd
4795DOC_START
4796 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
4797 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
4798 diskd as one of the store io modules.
4799DOC_END
4800
4801NAME: unlinkd_program
4802IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
4803TYPE: string
4804DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
4805LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
4806DOC_START
4807 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
4808DOC_END
4809
4810NAME: pinger_program
4811TYPE: string
4812DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 4813LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 4814IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4815DOC_START
4816 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
4817DOC_END
4818
cc192b50 4819NAME: pinger_enable
4820TYPE: onoff
4821DEFAULT: on
4822LOC: Config.pinger.enable
4823IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4824DOC_START
4825 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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4826 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
4827 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 4828DOC_END
4829
4830
41bd17a4 4831COMMENT_START
4832 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
4833 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4834COMMENT_END
4835
4836NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
4837TYPE: wordlist
4838LOC: Config.Program.redirect
4839DEFAULT: none
4840DOC_START
2c7aad89 4841 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 4842 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
4843
2c7aad89 4844 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 4845
b11724bb 4846 [channel-ID <SP>] URL [<SP> extras]<NL>
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4848 See url_rewrite_extras on how to send "extras" with optional values to
4849 the helper.
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4850 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
4851
24eac830 4852 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
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4853
4854 The result code can be:
4855
4856 OK status=30N url="..."
4857 Redirect the URL to the one supplied in 'url='.
4858 'status=' is optional and contains the status code to send
4859 the client in Squids HTTP response. It must be one of the
4860 HTTP redirect status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307, 308.
4861 When no status is given Squid will use 302.
c71adec1 4862
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4863 OK rewrite-url="..."
4864 Rewrite the URL to the one supplied in 'rewrite-url='.
4865 The new URL is fetched directly by Squid and returned to
4866 the client as the response to its request.
4867
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4868 OK
4869 When neither of url= and rewrite-url= are sent Squid does
4870 not change the URL.
4871
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4872 ERR
4873 Do not change the URL.
4874
4875 BH
4ded749e 4876 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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4877 a result being identified. The 'message=' key name is
4878 reserved for delivering a log message.
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4879
4880
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4881 In addition to the above kv-pairs Squid also understands the following
4882 optional kv-pairs received from URL rewriters:
4883 clt_conn_tag=TAG
4884 Associates a TAG with the client TCP connection.
4885 The TAG is treated as a regular annotation but persists across
4886 future requests on the client connection rather than just the
4887 current request. A helper may update the TAG during subsequent
4888 requests be returning a new kv-pair.
41bd17a4 4889
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4890 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
4891 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
4892 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
4893 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
4894 of the response relating to its request.
4895
4896 WARNING: URL re-writing ability should be avoided whenever possible.
4897 Use the URL redirect form of response instead.
41bd17a4 4898
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4899 Re-write creates a difference in the state held by the client
4900 and server. Possibly causing confusion when the server response
4901 contains snippets of its view state. Embeded URLs, response
4902 and content Location headers, etc. are not re-written by this
4903 interface.
41bd17a4 4904
4905 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
4906DOC_END
4907
4908NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 4909TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 4910DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 4911LOC: Config.redirectChildren
4912DOC_START
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4913 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
4914 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
4915 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
4916 and other system resources noticably.
4917
4918 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
4919 tuning.
4920
4921 startup=
4922
4923 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
4924 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
4925 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
4926
4927 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
4928 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
4929
4930 idle=
4931
4932 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
4933 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
4934 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
4935 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
4936
4937 concurrency=
41bd17a4 4938
41bd17a4 4939 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
4940 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
4941 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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4942
4943 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
4944 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
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4945 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
4946 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
41bd17a4 4947DOC_END
4948
4949NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
4950TYPE: onoff
4951DEFAULT: on
4952LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
4953DOC_START
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4954 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
4955 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
4956 any Host: header in redirected requests.
4957
4958 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
4959 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
4960 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
4961
41bd17a4 4962 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
4963 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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4964
4965 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
4966 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
4967 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 4968DOC_END
4969
4970NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
4971TYPE: acl_access
4972DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4973DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 4974LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
4975DOC_START
4976 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
638402dd 4977 sent to the redirector processes.
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4978
4979 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4980 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4981DOC_END
4982
4983NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
4984TYPE: onoff
4985LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4986DEFAULT: off
4987DOC_START
4988 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
638402dd 4989 redirector if all the helpers are busy. If this is 'off'
41bd17a4 4990 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4991 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4992 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4993 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4994 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
4995 users may have access to pages they should not
4996 be allowed to request.
4997DOC_END
4998
fe7966ec 4999NAME: url_rewrite_extras
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5000TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
5001LOC: Config.redirector_extras
5002DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
5003DOC_START
5004 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
5005 rewriter helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
5006 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
5007 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
5008 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
5009DOC_END
5010
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5011COMMENT_START
5012 OPTIONS FOR STORE ID
5013 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5014COMMENT_END
5015
5016NAME: store_id_program storeurl_rewrite_program
5017TYPE: wordlist
5018LOC: Config.Program.store_id
5019DEFAULT: none
5020DOC_START
5021 Specify the location of the executable StoreID helper to use.
5022 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
5023
5024 For each requested URL, the helper will receive one line with the format
5025
b11724bb 5026 [channel-ID <SP>] URL [<SP> extras]<NL>
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5027
5028
5029 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
5030
5031 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
5032
5033 The result code can be:
5034
5035 OK store-id="..."
5036 Use the StoreID supplied in 'store-id='.
5037
5038 ERR
5039 The default is to use HTTP request URL as the store ID.
5040
5041 BH
5042 An internal error occured in the helper, preventing
5043 a result being identified.
5044
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5045 In addition to the above kv-pairs Squid also understands the following
5046 optional kv-pairs received from URL rewriters:
5047 clt_conn_tag=TAG
5048 Associates a TAG with the client TCP connection.
5049 Please see url_rewrite_program related documentation for this
5050 kv-pair
a8a0b1c2 5051
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5052 Helper programs should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore
5053 additional whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
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5054
5055 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
5056 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
5057 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
5058 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
5059 of the response relating to its request.
5060
5061 NOTE: when using StoreID refresh_pattern will apply to the StoreID
5062 returned from the helper and not the URL.
5063
5064 WARNING: Wrong StoreID value returned by a careless helper may result
5065 in the wrong cached response returned to the user.
5066
5067 By default, a StoreID helper is not used.
5068DOC_END
5069
fe7966ec 5070NAME: store_id_extras
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5071TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
5072LOC: Config.storeId_extras
5073DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
5074DOC_START
5075 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
5076 StoreId helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
5077 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
5078 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
5079 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
5080DOC_END
5081
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5082NAME: store_id_children storeurl_rewrite_children
5083TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5084DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
5085LOC: Config.storeIdChildren
5086DOC_START
5087 The maximum number of StoreID helper processes to spawn. If you limit
5088 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
5089 requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
5090 and other system resources noticably.
5091
5092 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
5093 tuning.
5094
5095 startup=
5096
5097 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
5098 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
5099 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
5100
5101 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
5102 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
5103
5104 idle=
5105
5106 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
5107 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
5108 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
5109 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
5110
5111 concurrency=
5112
5113 The number of requests each storeID helper can handle in
5114 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the helper
5115 is a old-style single threaded program.
5116
5117 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
5118 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
5119 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
5120 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
5121DOC_END
5122
5123NAME: store_id_access storeurl_rewrite_access
5124TYPE: acl_access
5125DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5126DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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5127LOC: Config.accessList.store_id
5128DOC_START
5129 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
5130 sent to the StoreID processes. By default all requests
5131 are sent.
5132
5133 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5134 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5135DOC_END
5136
5137NAME: store_id_bypass storeurl_rewrite_bypass
5138TYPE: onoff
5139LOC: Config.onoff.store_id_bypass
5140DEFAULT: on
5141DOC_START
5142 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
5143 helper if all helpers are busy. If this is 'off'
5144 and the helper queue grows too large, Squid will exit
5145 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
5146 helpers. You should only enable this if the helperss
5147 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
5148 helpers for critical caching components, and you enable this
5149 option, users may not get objects from cache.
5150DOC_END
5151
41bd17a4 5152COMMENT_START
5153 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
5154 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5155COMMENT_END
5156
f04b37d8 5157NAME: cache no_cache
5158TYPE: acl_access
5159DEFAULT: none
70706149 5160DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
f04b37d8 5161LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 5162DOC_START
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5163 Requests denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
5164 and their responses will not be stored in the cache. This directive
5165 has no effect on other transactions and on already cached responses.
f04b37d8 5166
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5167 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5168 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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5169
5170 This and the two other similar caching directives listed below are
5171 checked at different transaction processing stages, have different
5172 access to response information, affect different cache operations,
5173 and differ in slow ACLs support:
5174
5175 * cache: Checked before Squid makes a hit/miss determination.
5176 No access to reply information!
5177 Denies both serving a hit and storing a miss.
5178 Supports both fast and slow ACLs.
5179 * send_hit: Checked after a hit was detected.
5180 Has access to reply (hit) information.
5181 Denies serving a hit only.
5182 Supports fast ACLs only.
5183 * store_miss: Checked before storing a cachable miss.
5184 Has access to reply (miss) information.
5185 Denies storing a miss only.
5186 Supports fast ACLs only.
5187
5188 If you are not sure which of the three directives to use, apply the
5189 following decision logic:
5190
5191 * If your ACL(s) are of slow type _and_ need response info, redesign.
5192 Squid does not support that particular combination at this time.
5193 Otherwise:
5194 * If your directive ACL(s) are of slow type, use "cache"; and/or
5195 * if your directive ACL(s) need no response info, use "cache".
5196 Otherwise:
5197 * If you do not want the response cached, use store_miss; and/or
5198 * if you do not want a hit on a cached response, use send_hit.
5199DOC_END
5200
5201NAME: send_hit
5202TYPE: acl_access
5203DEFAULT: none
5204DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
5205LOC: Config.accessList.sendHit
5206DOC_START
5207 Responses denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
5208 (but may still be cached, see store_miss). This directive has no
5209 effect on the responses it allows and on the cached objects.
5210
5211 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
5212 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives.
5213
5214 Unlike the "cache" directive, send_hit only supports fast acl
5215 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5216
5217 For example:
5218
5219 # apply custom Store ID mapping to some URLs
5220 acl MapMe dstdomain .c.example.com
5221 store_id_program ...
5222 store_id_access allow MapMe
5223
5224 # but prevent caching of special responses
5225 # such as 302 redirects that cause StoreID loops
5226 acl Ordinary http_status 200-299
5227 store_miss deny MapMe !Ordinary
5228
5229 # and do not serve any previously stored special responses
5230 # from the cache (in case they were already cached before
5231 # the above store_miss rule was in effect).
5232 send_hit deny MapMe !Ordinary
5233DOC_END
5234
5235NAME: store_miss
5236TYPE: acl_access
5237DEFAULT: none
5238DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
5239LOC: Config.accessList.storeMiss
5240DOC_START
5241 Responses denied by this directive will not be cached (but may still
5242 be served from the cache, see send_hit). This directive has no
5243 effect on the responses it allows and on the already cached responses.
5244
5245 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
5246 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives. See the
5247 send_hit directive for a usage example.
5248
5249 Unlike the "cache" directive, store_miss only supports fast acl
5250 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 5251DOC_END
5252
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5253NAME: max_stale
5254COMMENT: time-units
5255TYPE: time_t
5256LOC: Config.maxStale
5257DEFAULT: 1 week
5258DOC_START
5259 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
5260 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
5261 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
5262DOC_END
5263
41bd17a4 5264NAME: refresh_pattern
5265TYPE: refreshpattern
5266LOC: Config.Refresh
5267DEFAULT: none
5268DOC_START
5269 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 5270
6b698a21 5271 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
5272 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 5273
41bd17a4 5274 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
5275 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
5276 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
5277 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
5278 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 5279
41bd17a4 5280 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
5281 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
5282 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 5283
41bd17a4 5284 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
5285 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 5286
41bd17a4 5287 options: override-expire
5288 override-lastmod
5289 reload-into-ims
5290 ignore-reload
41bd17a4 5291 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 5292 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 5293 ignore-private
5294 ignore-auth
570d3f75 5295 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 5296 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 5297 store-stale
a0ec9f68 5298
41bd17a4 5299 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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5300 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
5301 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
5302 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
5303 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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5305 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
5306 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
5307 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
5308 the object fresh for that period of time.
5309
41bd17a4 5310 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
5311 that were modified recently.
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5313 reload-into-ims changes a client no-cache or ``reload''
5314 request for a cached entry into a conditional request using
5315 If-Modified-Since and/or If-None-Match headers, provided the
5316 cached entry has a Last-Modified and/or a strong ETag header.
5317 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
5318 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 5319
41bd17a4 5320 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
5321 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5322 this feature could make you liable for problems which
5323 it causes.
9bc73deb 5324
41bd17a4 5325 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
5326 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5327 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5328 liable for problems which it causes.
5329
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5330 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
5331 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5332 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5333 liable for problems which it causes.
5334
41bd17a4 5335 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
5336 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5337 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5338 liable for problems which it causes.
5339
5340 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
5341 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
5342 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
5343 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
5344 it causes.
5345
5346 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
5347 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
5348 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
5349 if one is available.
5350
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5351 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
5352 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
5353 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
5354 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
5355 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
5356
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5357 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
5358 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
5359 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
5360
41bd17a4 5361 Basically a cached object is:
5362
5363 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
5364 STALE if age > max
5365 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
5366 FRESH if age < min
5367 else STALE
5368
5369 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
5370 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
5371 match the default will be used.
5372
5373 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
5374 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
5375 used.
5376
41bd17a4 5377NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 5378
638402dd 5379#
e0855596 5380# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
638402dd 5381#
41bd17a4 5382refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
5383refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 5384refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 5385refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
5386NOCOMMENT_END
5387DOC_END
5388
5389NAME: quick_abort_min
5390COMMENT: (KB)
5391TYPE: kb_int64_t
5392DEFAULT: 16 KB
5393LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
5394DOC_NONE
5395
5396NAME: quick_abort_max
5397COMMENT: (KB)
5398TYPE: kb_int64_t
5399DEFAULT: 16 KB
5400LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
5401DOC_NONE
5402
5403NAME: quick_abort_pct
5404COMMENT: (percent)
5405TYPE: int
5406DEFAULT: 95
5407LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
5408DOC_START
5409 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
5410 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
5411 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
5412 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
5413 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
5414 downloads.
5415
5416 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2d4eefd9 5417 quick_abort values to the amount of data transferred until
41bd17a4 5418 then.
5419
5420 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
5421 it will finish the retrieval.
5422
5423 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
5424 it will abort the retrieval.
5425
5426 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
5427 it will finish the retrieval.
5428
5429 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
5430 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
5431 to '0 KB'.
5432
5433 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
5434 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
5435DOC_END
60d096f4 5436
41bd17a4 5437NAME: read_ahead_gap
5438COMMENT: buffer-size
5439TYPE: b_int64_t
5440LOC: Config.readAheadGap
5441DEFAULT: 16 KB
5442DOC_START
5443 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
5444 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
5445DOC_END
53e738c6 5446
41bd17a4 5447NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 5448IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 5449COMMENT: time-units
5450TYPE: time_t
5451LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 5452DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 5453DOC_START
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5454 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
5455 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
5456 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
5457 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
5458 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
5459 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
5460
5461 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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5462
5463 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5464 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5465 causes.
41bd17a4 5466DOC_END
53e738c6 5467
41bd17a4 5468NAME: positive_dns_ttl
5469COMMENT: time-units
5470TYPE: time_t
5471LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
5472DEFAULT: 6 hours
5473DOC_START
5474 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
5475 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
5476 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
5477DOC_END
c4ab8329 5478
41bd17a4 5479NAME: negative_dns_ttl
5480COMMENT: time-units
5481TYPE: time_t
5482LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
5483DEFAULT: 1 minutes
5484DOC_START
5485 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
5486 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
5487 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
5488 much below 10 seconds.
5489DOC_END
7df0bfd7 5490
41bd17a4 5491NAME: range_offset_limit
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5492COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
5493TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 5494LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 5495DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5496DOC_START
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5497 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
5498
5499 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
5500 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
5501 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
5502 the result is NOT cached.
5503
41bd17a4 5504 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
5505 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
5506 sending anything to the client.
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5507
5508 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
5509 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
5510 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
5511 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
5512
5513 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
5514
5515 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
5516 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
5517
5518 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 5519 client requested. (default)
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5520
5521 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 5522 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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5523
5524 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
5525
5526 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
5527 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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5528 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
5529 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 5530DOC_END
d95b862f 5531
41bd17a4 5532NAME: minimum_expiry_time
5533COMMENT: (seconds)
5534TYPE: time_t
5535LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
5536DEFAULT: 60 seconds
5537DOC_START
5538 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
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5539 headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated.
5540 The default is 60 seconds.
5541
5542 In reverse proxy environments it might be desirable to honor
5543 shorter object lifetimes. It is most likely better to make
5544 your server return a meaningful Last-Modified header however.
5545
5546 In ESI environments where page fragments often have short
5547 lifetimes, this will often be best set to 0.
41bd17a4 5548DOC_END
c68e9c6b 5549
41bd17a4 5550NAME: store_avg_object_size
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5551COMMENT: (bytes)
5552TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 5553DEFAULT: 13 KB
5554LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
5555DOC_START
5556 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
5557 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
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5558
5559 This is used to pre-seed the cache index memory allocation to
5560 reduce expensive reallocate operations while handling clients
5561 traffic. Too-large values may result in memory allocation during
5562 peak traffic, too-small values will result in wasted memory.
5563
5564 Check the cache manager 'info' report metrics for the real
5565 object sizes seen by your Squid before tuning this.
cccac0a2 5566DOC_END
5567
41bd17a4 5568NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
5569TYPE: int
5570DEFAULT: 20
5571LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
5572DOC_START
5573 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
5574 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
5575 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
5576DOC_END
5577
5578COMMENT_START
5579 HTTP OPTIONS
5580 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5581COMMENT_END
5582
f04b37d8 5583NAME: request_header_max_size
5584COMMENT: (KB)
5585TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 5586DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 5587LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
5588DOC_START
5589 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
5590 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
5591 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
5592 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
5593 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
5594DOC_END
5595
5596NAME: reply_header_max_size
5597COMMENT: (KB)
5598TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 5599DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 5600LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
5601DOC_START
5602 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
5603 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
5604 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
5605 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
5606 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
5607DOC_END
5608
5609NAME: request_body_max_size
5610COMMENT: (bytes)
5611TYPE: b_int64_t
5612DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 5613DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
f04b37d8 5614LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
5615DOC_START
5616 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
5617 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
5618 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
5619 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
5620 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
5621 be no limit imposed.
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5622
5623 See also client_request_buffer_max_size for an alternative
5624 limitation on client uploads which can be configured.
f04b37d8 5625DOC_END
5626
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5627NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
5628COMMENT: (bytes)
5629TYPE: b_size_t
5630DEFAULT: 512 KB
5631LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
5632DOC_START
5633 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
5634 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
5635 a large file.
5636DOC_END
5637
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5638NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
5639COMMENT: (bytes)
5640TYPE: b_int64_t
5641DEFAULT: 64 KB
5642LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
5643DOC_START
5644 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
5645 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
5646 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
5647 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
5648 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
5649 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
5650
5651 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
5652 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
5653 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
5654 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
5655 as if dechunking was disabled.
5656
5657 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
5658 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
5659
5660 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
5661 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
5662 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
5663DOC_END
5664
41bd17a4 5665NAME: broken_posts
626096be 5666IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 5667TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 5668DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5669DEFAULT_DOC: Obey RFC 2616.
41bd17a4 5670LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 5671DOC_START
41bd17a4 5672 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
5673 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 5674
41bd17a4 5675 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
5676 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 5677
41bd17a4 5678 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 5679
41bd17a4 5680 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
5681 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
5682 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
5683 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 5684
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5685 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5686 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5687
41bd17a4 5688Example:
5689 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
5690 broken_posts allow buggy_server
5691DOC_END
cccac0a2 5692
22fff3bf 5693NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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5694COMMENT: on|off
5695TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 5696IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 5697DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 5698LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 5699DOC_START
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5700 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
5701 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
5702
5703 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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5704DOC_END
5705
41bd17a4 5706NAME: via
626096be 5707IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 5708COMMENT: on|off
5709TYPE: onoff
5710DEFAULT: on
5711LOC: Config.onoff.via
5712DOC_START
5713 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
5714 replies as required by RFC2616.
5715DOC_END
4cc6eb12 5716
41bd17a4 5717NAME: ie_refresh
5718COMMENT: on|off
5719TYPE: onoff
5720LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
5721DEFAULT: off
5722DOC_START
5723 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
5724 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
5725 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
5726 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
5727 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
5728 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
5729 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
5730 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
5731 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
5732 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
5733 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
5734 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
5735 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
5736 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
5737 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
5738 force fresh content.
5739DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 5740
41bd17a4 5741NAME: vary_ignore_expire
5742COMMENT: on|off
5743TYPE: onoff
5744LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
5745DEFAULT: off
5746DOC_START
5747 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
5748 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
5749 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
5750 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
5751 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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5752
5753 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
5754 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 5755DOC_END
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41bd17a4 5757NAME: request_entities
5758TYPE: onoff
5759LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
5760DEFAULT: off
5761DOC_START
5762 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
5763 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
5764 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 5765
41bd17a4 5766 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
5767 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
5768 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
5769 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
5770 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 5771DOC_END
6b53c392 5772
41bd17a4 5773NAME: request_header_access
626096be 5774IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5775TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 5776LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 5777DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5778DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 5779DOC_START
41bd17a4 5780 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 5781
41bd17a4 5782 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5783 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5784 causes.
0976f8db 5785
41bd17a4 5786 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
5787 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
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5788 more configurable. A list of ACLs for each header name allows
5789 removal of specific header fields under specific conditions.
5790
5791 This option only applies to outgoing HTTP request headers (i.e.,
5792 headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a cache peer
5793 or an origin server). The option has no effect during cache hit
5794 detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point in ICAP
5795 terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
5796
5797 The option is applied to individual outgoing request header
5798 fields. For each request header field F, Squid uses the first
5799 qualifying sets of request_header_access rules:
5800
5801 1. Rules with header_name equal to F's name.
5802 2. Rules with header_name 'Other', provided F's name is not
5803 on the hard-coded list of commonly used HTTP header names.
5804 3. Rules with header_name 'All'.
5805
5806 Within that qualifying rule set, rule ACLs are checked as usual.
5807 If ACLs of an "allow" rule match, the header field is allowed to
5808 go through as is. If ACLs of a "deny" rule match, the header is
5809 removed and request_header_replace is then checked to identify
5810 if the removed header has a replacement. If no rules within the
5811 set have matching ACLs, the header field is left as is.
5401aa8d 5812
41bd17a4 5813 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
5814 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 5815
41bd17a4 5816 request_header_access From deny all
5817 request_header_access Referer deny all
41bd17a4 5818 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
5401aa8d 5819
41bd17a4 5820 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
5821 you should use:
5401aa8d 5822
41bd17a4 5823 request_header_access Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 5824 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 5825 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
41bd17a4 5826 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
5827 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
5828 request_header_access Date allow all
41bd17a4 5829 request_header_access Host allow all
5830 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
41bd17a4 5831 request_header_access Pragma allow all
5832 request_header_access Accept allow all
5833 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
5834 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
5835 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
41bd17a4 5836 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 5837 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 5838
638402dd 5839 HTTP reply headers are controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 5840
638402dd 5841 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is performed).
5401aa8d 5842DOC_END
5843
41bd17a4 5844NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 5845IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5846TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 5847LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 5848DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5849DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 5850DOC_START
41bd17a4 5851 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 5852
41bd17a4 5853 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5854 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5855 causes.
934b03fc 5856
41bd17a4 5857 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
5858 server to the client.
934b03fc 5859
41bd17a4 5860 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
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5861 direction. Please see request_header_access for detailed
5862 documentation.
cccac0a2 5863
41bd17a4 5864 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
5865 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 5866
41bd17a4 5867 reply_header_access Server deny all
41bd17a4 5868 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
5869 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 5870
41bd17a4 5871 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
5872 you should use:
cccac0a2 5873
41bd17a4 5874 reply_header_access Allow allow all
41bd17a4 5875 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
41bd17a4 5876 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
5877 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
5878 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
5879 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
5880 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
5881 reply_header_access Date allow all
5882 reply_header_access Expires allow all
41bd17a4 5883 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
5884 reply_header_access Location allow all
5885 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
41bd17a4 5886 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
41bd17a4 5887 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
5888 reply_header_access Title allow all
638402dd 5889 reply_header_access Content-Disposition allow all
41bd17a4 5890 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 5891 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 5892
638402dd 5893 HTTP request headers are controlled with the request_header_access directive.
cccac0a2 5894
41bd17a4 5895 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
5896 performed).
cccac0a2 5897DOC_END
5898
75e4f2ea 5899NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 5900IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5901TYPE: http_header_replace
41bd17a4 5902LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 5903DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5904DOC_START
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5905 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
5906 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 5907
41bd17a4 5908 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
75e4f2ea 5909 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
638402dd 5910 with some fixed string.
cccac0a2 5911
41bd17a4 5912 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 5913
41bd17a4 5914 By default, headers are removed if denied.
5915DOC_END
cccac0a2 5916
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5917NAME: reply_header_replace
5918IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5919TYPE: http_header_replace
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5920LOC: Config.reply_header_access
5921DEFAULT: none
5922DOC_START
5923 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
5924 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
5925
5926 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
5927 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
5928 with some fixed string.
5929
5930 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
5931
5932 By default, headers are removed if denied.
5933DOC_END
5934
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5935NAME: request_header_add
5936TYPE: HeaderWithAclList
5937LOC: Config.request_header_add
5938DEFAULT: none
5939DOC_START
5940 Usage: request_header_add field-name field-value acl1 [acl2] ...
5941 Example: request_header_add X-Client-CA "CA=%ssl::>cert_issuer" all
5942
5943 This option adds header fields to outgoing HTTP requests (i.e.,
5944 request headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a
5945 cache peer or an origin server). The option has no effect during
5946 cache hit detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point
5947 in ICAP terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
5948
5949 Field-name is a token specifying an HTTP header name. If a
5950 standard HTTP header name is used, Squid does not check whether
5951 the new header conflicts with any existing headers or violates
5952 HTTP rules. If the request to be modified already contains a
5953 field with the same name, the old field is preserved but the
5954 header field values are not merged.
5955
5956 Field-value is either a token or a quoted string. If quoted
5957 string format is used, then the surrounding quotes are removed
5958 while escape sequences and %macros are processed.
5959
5960 In theory, all of the logformat codes can be used as %macros.
5961 However, unlike logging (which happens at the very end of
5962 transaction lifetime), the transaction may not yet have enough
5963 information to expand a macro when the new header value is needed.
5964 And some information may already be available to Squid but not yet
5965 committed where the macro expansion code can access it (report
5966 such instances!). The macro will be expanded into a single dash
5967 ('-') in such cases. Not all macros have been tested.
5968
5969 One or more Squid ACLs may be specified to restrict header
5970 injection to matching requests. As always in squid.conf, all
5971 ACLs in an option ACL list must be satisfied for the insertion
5972 to happen. The request_header_add option supports fast ACLs
5973 only.
5974DOC_END
5975
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5976NAME: note
5977TYPE: note
5978LOC: Config.notes
5979DEFAULT: none
5980DOC_START
5981 This option used to log custom information about the master
5982 transaction. For example, an admin may configure Squid to log
5983 which "user group" the transaction belongs to, where "user group"
5984 will be determined based on a set of ACLs and not [just]
5985 authentication information.
5986 Values of key/value pairs can be logged using %{key}note macros:
5987
5988 note key value acl ...
5989 logformat myFormat ... %{key}note ...
5990DOC_END
5991
41bd17a4 5992NAME: relaxed_header_parser
5993COMMENT: on|off|warn
5994TYPE: tristate
5995LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
5996DEFAULT: on
5997DOC_START
5998 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
5999 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
6000 what the sending application intended even if the message
6001 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
6002 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 6003
41bd17a4 6004 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
6005 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 6006
41bd17a4 6007 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
6008 or response to be rejected.
6009DOC_END
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6011NAME: collapsed_forwarding
6012COMMENT: (on|off)
6013TYPE: onoff
6014LOC: Config.onoff.collapsed_forwarding
6015DEFAULT: off
6016DOC_START
6017 This option controls whether Squid is allowed to merge multiple
6018 potentially cachable requests for the same URI before Squid knows
6019 whether the response is going to be cachable.
6020
6021 This feature is disabled by default: Enabling collapsed forwarding
6022 needlessly delays forwarding requests that look cachable (when they are
6023 collapsed) but then need to be forwarded individually anyway because
6024 they end up being for uncachable content. However, in some cases, such
6025 as accelleration of highly cachable content with periodic or groupped
6026 expiration times, the gains from collapsing [large volumes of
6027 simultenous refresh requests] outweigh losses from such delays.
6028DOC_END
6029
41bd17a4 6030COMMENT_START
6031 TIMEOUTS
6032 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6033COMMENT_END
6034
6035NAME: forward_timeout
6036COMMENT: time-units
6037TYPE: time_t
6038LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
6039DEFAULT: 4 minutes
6040DOC_START
6041 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
6042 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 6043DOC_END
6044
41bd17a4 6045NAME: connect_timeout
6046COMMENT: time-units
6047TYPE: time_t
6048LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
6049DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 6050DOC_START
41bd17a4 6051 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6052 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
6053 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 6054DOC_END
6055
41bd17a4 6056NAME: peer_connect_timeout
6057COMMENT: time-units
6058TYPE: time_t
6059LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
6060DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 6061DOC_START
41bd17a4 6062 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
6063 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
6064 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
6065 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
6066DOC_END
7f7db318 6067
41bd17a4 6068NAME: read_timeout
6069COMMENT: time-units
6070TYPE: time_t
6071LOC: Config.Timeout.read
6072DEFAULT: 15 minutes
6073DOC_START
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6075
6076 After each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
41bd17a4 6077 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
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6078 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT.
6079
6080 The default is 15 minutes.
41bd17a4 6081DOC_END
cccac0a2 6082
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6083NAME: write_timeout
6084COMMENT: time-units
6085TYPE: time_t
6086LOC: Config.Timeout.write
6087DEFAULT: 15 minutes
6088DOC_START
6089 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
6090 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
6091 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
6092 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
6093 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
6094 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
6095 default is 15 minutes.
6096DOC_END
6097
41bd17a4 6098NAME: request_timeout
6099TYPE: time_t
6100LOC: Config.Timeout.request
6101DEFAULT: 5 minutes
6102DOC_START
6b2a2108 6103 How long to wait for complete HTTP request headers after initial
41bd17a4 6104 connection establishment.
6105DOC_END
cccac0a2 6106
97b32442 6107NAME: client_idle_pconn_timeout persistent_request_timeout
41bd17a4 6108TYPE: time_t
97b32442 6109LOC: Config.Timeout.clientIdlePconn
41bd17a4 6110DEFAULT: 2 minutes
6111DOC_START
6112 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
97b32442 6113 client connection after the previous request completes.
41bd17a4 6114DOC_END
cccac0a2 6115
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6116NAME: ftp_client_idle_timeout
6117TYPE: time_t
6118LOC: Config.Timeout.ftpClientIdle
6119DEFAULT: 30 minutes
6120DOC_START
6121 How long to wait for an FTP request on a connection to Squid ftp_port.
6122 Many FTP clients do not deal with idle connection closures well,
6123 necessitating a longer default timeout than client_idle_pconn_timeout
6124 used for incoming HTTP requests.
6125DOC_END
6126
41bd17a4 6127NAME: client_lifetime
6128COMMENT: time-units
6129TYPE: time_t
6130LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
6131DEFAULT: 1 day
6132DOC_START
6133 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
6134 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
6135 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
6136 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
6137 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
6138 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
6139 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 6140
41bd17a4 6141 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
6142 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
6143 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
6144 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
6145 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
6146 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 6147DOC_END
6148
41bd17a4 6149NAME: half_closed_clients
6150TYPE: onoff
6151LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 6152DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 6153DOC_START
41bd17a4 6154 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
6155 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
6156 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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6157 fully-closed TCP connection.
6158
6159 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
6160 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
6161
abdf1651 6162 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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6163 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
6164 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
6165 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 6166DOC_END
6167
97b32442 6168NAME: server_idle_pconn_timeout pconn_timeout
41bd17a4 6169TYPE: time_t
97b32442 6170LOC: Config.Timeout.serverIdlePconn
41bd17a4 6171DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 6172DOC_START
41bd17a4 6173 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
6174 proxies.
6175DOC_END
cccac0a2 6176
41bd17a4 6177NAME: ident_timeout
6178TYPE: time_t
6179IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 6180LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 6181DEFAULT: 10 seconds
6182DOC_START
6183 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 6184
41bd17a4 6185 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
6186 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6187 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 6188DOC_END
6189
41bd17a4 6190NAME: shutdown_lifetime
6191COMMENT: time-units
6192TYPE: time_t
6193LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
6194DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 6195DOC_START
41bd17a4 6196 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
6197 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
6198 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
6199 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
6200 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 6201DOC_END
0976f8db 6202
cccac0a2 6203COMMENT_START
6204 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
6205 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6206COMMENT_END
6207
6208NAME: cache_mgr
6209TYPE: string
6210DEFAULT: webmaster
6211LOC: Config.adminEmail
6212DOC_START
6213 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
638402dd 6214 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster".
cccac0a2 6215DOC_END
6216
abacf776 6217NAME: mail_from
6218TYPE: string
6219DEFAULT: none
6220LOC: Config.EmailFrom
6221DOC_START
6222 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
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6223 The default is to use 'squid@unique_hostname'.
6224
6225 See also: unique_hostname directive.
abacf776 6226DOC_END
6227
d084bf20 6228NAME: mail_program
6229TYPE: eol
6230DEFAULT: mail
6231LOC: Config.EmailProgram
6232DOC_START
6233 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 6234 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 6235 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 6236 mail-program recipient < mailfile
6237
d084bf20 6238 Optional command line options can be specified.
6239DOC_END
6240
cccac0a2 6241NAME: cache_effective_user
6242TYPE: string
5483d916 6243DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 6244LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 6245DOC_START
6246 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
6247 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 6248 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 6249 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 6250DOC_END
6251
cccac0a2 6252NAME: cache_effective_group
6253TYPE: string
6254DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6255DEFAULT_DOC: Use system group memberships of the cache_effective_user account
cccac0a2 6256LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
6257DOC_START
64e288bd 6258 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
6259 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
6260 from the groups membership.
6261
e3d74828 6262 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
6263 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
6264 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 6265 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 6266 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 6267 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 6268 group.
64e288bd 6269
6270 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
6271 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
6272 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 6273DOC_END
6274
d3caee79 6275NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
6276COMMENT: on|off
6277TYPE: onoff
6278DEFAULT: off
6279LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
6280DOC_START
6281 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
6282DOC_END
6283
cccac0a2 6284NAME: visible_hostname
6285TYPE: string
6286LOC: Config.visibleHostname
6287DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6288DEFAULT_DOC: Automatically detect the system host name
cccac0a2 6289DOC_START
6290 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 6291 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 6292 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
6293 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
6294 names with this setting.
6295DOC_END
6296
cccac0a2 6297NAME: unique_hostname
6298TYPE: string
6299LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
6300DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6301DEFAULT_DOC: Copy the value from visible_hostname
cccac0a2 6302DOC_START
6303 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 6304 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
6305 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 6306DOC_END
6307
cccac0a2 6308NAME: hostname_aliases
6309TYPE: wordlist
6310LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
6311DEFAULT: none
6312DOC_START
7f7db318 6313 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 6314DOC_END
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6316NAME: umask
6317TYPE: int
6318LOC: Config.umask
6319DEFAULT: 027
6320DOC_START
6321 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
6322 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
6323
6324 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
6325 your value with 0.
6326DOC_END
6327
cccac0a2 6328COMMENT_START
6329 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
6330 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6331
6332 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
6333 announcement service. This service is provided to help
6334 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
6335 create cache hierarchies.
6336
6337 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
6338 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
6339 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
6340
6341 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
6342 following information from this configuration file:
6343
6344 http_port
6345 icp_port
6346 cache_mgr
6347
6348 All current information is processed regularly and made
6349 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
6350COMMENT_END
6351
6352NAME: announce_period
6353TYPE: time_t
6354LOC: Config.Announce.period
6355DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 6356DEFAULT_DOC: Announcement messages disabled.
cccac0a2 6357DOC_START
638402dd 6358 This is how frequently to send cache announcements.
cccac0a2 6359
e0855596 6360 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
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6362 Example:
6363 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 6364DOC_END
6365
cccac0a2 6366NAME: announce_host
6367TYPE: string
6368DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
6369LOC: Config.Announce.host
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6370DOC_START
6371 Set the hostname where announce registration messages will be sent.
6372
6373 See also announce_port and announce_file
6374DOC_END
cccac0a2 6375
6376NAME: announce_file
6377TYPE: string
6378DEFAULT: none
6379LOC: Config.Announce.file
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6380DOC_START
6381 The contents of this file will be included in the announce
6382 registration messages.
6383DOC_END
cccac0a2 6384
6385NAME: announce_port
ae870270 6386TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 6387DEFAULT: 3131
6388LOC: Config.Announce.port
6389DOC_START
638402dd 6390 Set the port where announce registration messages will be sent.
cccac0a2 6391
638402dd 6392 See also announce_host and announce_file
cccac0a2 6393DOC_END
6394
8d6275c0 6395COMMENT_START
6396 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
6397 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6398COMMENT_END
6399
cccac0a2 6400NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 6401TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 6402DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6403DEFAULT_DOC: visible_hostname is used if no specific ID is set.
cccac0a2 6404LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 6405DOC_START
6406 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
6407 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
6408 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
6409 an identification token.
6410DOC_END
6411
6412NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 6413COMMENT: on|off
6414TYPE: onoff
6415DEFAULT: off
6416LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
6417DOC_START
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6418 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour the header
6419 "Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote".
6420
cccac0a2 6421 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
6422DOC_END
6423
6424NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 6425IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 6426COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 6427TYPE: string
6428LOC: ESIParser::Type
6429DEFAULT: custom
6430DOC_START
6431 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
6432 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
6433 encodings.
6434DOC_END
0976f8db 6435
9edd9041 6436COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 6437 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 6438 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6439COMMENT_END
6440
6441NAME: delay_pools
6442TYPE: delay_pool_count
6443DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 6444IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6445LOC: Config.Delay
6446DOC_START
6447 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
6448 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
6449 have a total of 2 delay pools.
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6450
6451 See also delay_parameters, delay_class, delay_access for pool
6452 configuration details.
9edd9041 6453DOC_END
6454
6455NAME: delay_class
6456TYPE: delay_pool_class
6457DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6458IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6459LOC: Config.Delay
6460DOC_START
6461 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
6462 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
6463 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
6464 and here would be:
6465
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6466 Example:
6467 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
6468 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
6469 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
6470 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
6471 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 6472
6473 The delay pool classes are:
6474
6475 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6476 bucket.
6477
6478 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6479 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 6480 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 6481
6482 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6483 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
6484 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
6485 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 6486 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 6487
6488 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
6489 additional limit on a per user basis. This
6490 only takes effect if the username is established
6491 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
6492 http_access rules.
6493
6494 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
6495 external_acl's tag= reply).
6496
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6497
6498 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
6499 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
6500 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
6501
9edd9041 6502 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
6503 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
6504 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
6505 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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6506
6507 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
6508 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
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6509
6510 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6511 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6512
6513 See also delay_parameters and delay_access.
9edd9041 6514DOC_END
6515
6516NAME: delay_access
6517TYPE: delay_pool_access
6518DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6519DEFAULT_DOC: Deny using the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 6520IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6521LOC: Config.Delay
6522DOC_START
6523 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
6524
6525 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
6526 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
6527 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
6528 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
6529
6530 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
6531 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
6532
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6533 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
6534 delay_access 1 deny all
6535 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
6536 delay_access 2 deny all
6537 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
6538
6539 See also delay_parameters and delay_class.
6540
9edd9041 6541DOC_END
6542
6543NAME: delay_parameters
6544TYPE: delay_pool_rates
6545DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6546IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6547LOC: Config.Delay
6548DOC_START
6549 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
6550 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 6551 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 6552
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6553 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
6554 delay_pools pool 1
6555 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 6556
6557 For a class 2 delay pool:
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6558 delay_pools pool 2
6559 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 6560
6561 For a class 3 delay pool:
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6562 delay_pools pool 3
6563 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 6564
6565 For a class 4 delay pool:
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6566 delay_pools pool 4
6567 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 6568
6569 For a class 5 delay pool:
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6570 delay_pools pool 5
6571 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 6572
0b68481a 6573 The option variables are:
9edd9041 6574
6575 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
6576 number specified in delay_pools as used in
6577 delay_class lines.
6578
fdb47ac6 6579 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 6580 (class 1, 2, 3).
6581
fdb47ac6 6582 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 6583 buckets (class 2, 3).
6584
fdb47ac6 6585 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 6586 (class 3).
6587
fdb47ac6 6588 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 6589 (class 4).
6590
fdb47ac6 6591 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 6592 (class 5).
6593
6594 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
6595 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
6596 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
6597 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
6598
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6599 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
6600
6601
9edd9041 6602 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 6603 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 6604 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
6605
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6606 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
6607
6608 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 6609
6610 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
6611
0b68481a 6612
9edd9041 6613 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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6614 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
6615 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
6616 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 6617 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
6618 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
6619 large downloads more significantly:
6620
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6621 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
6622
6623 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
6624 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
6625 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 6626
9edd9041 6627
6628 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 6629 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 6630
0b68481a 6631 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
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6632
6633
6634 See also delay_class and delay_access.
6635
9edd9041 6636DOC_END
6637
6638NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
6639COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 6640TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 6641DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 6642IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6643LOC: Config.Delay.initial
6644DOC_START
6645 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
6646 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
6647 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
6648 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
6649 "seen" by squid).
6650DOC_END
6651
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6652COMMENT_START
6653 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
6654 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6655COMMENT_END
6656
6657NAME: client_delay_pools
6658TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
6659DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 6660IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6661LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6662DOC_START
6663 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
6664 preceed other client_delay_* options.
6665
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6666 Example:
6667 client_delay_pools 2
6668
6669 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_access.
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6670DOC_END
6671
6672NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
6673COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 6674TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 6675DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 6676IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6677LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
6678DOC_START
6679 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
6680 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
6681 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
6682 buckets are periodically deleted up.
6683
6684 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
6685 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
6686 from client_delay_parameters.
6687
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6688 Example:
6689 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
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6690DOC_END
6691
6692NAME: client_delay_parameters
6693TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
6694DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6695IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6696LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6697DOC_START
6698
6699 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
6700 following format:
6701
6702 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
6703
6704 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
6705
6706 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
6707
6708 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
6709 speed_limit additions.
6710
6711 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
6712 examples.
6713
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6714 Example:
6715 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
6716 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
6717
6718 See also client_delay_access.
6719
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6720DOC_END
6721
6722NAME: client_delay_access
6723TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
6724DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6725DEFAULT_DOC: Deny use of the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 6726IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6727LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6728DOC_START
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6729 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
6730 request:
6731
6732 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
6733
6734 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
6735 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
6736 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
6737 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
6738 limited.
6739
6740 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
6741 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
6742 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
6743 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
6744
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6745 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6746 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6747 Additionally, only the client TCP connection details are available.
6748 ACLs testing HTTP properties will not work.
6749
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6750 Please see delay_access for more examples.
6751
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6752 Example:
6753 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
6754 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
6755
6756
6757 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_pools.
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6758DOC_END
6759
cccac0a2 6760COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 6761 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 6762 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6763COMMENT_END
6764
8d6275c0 6765NAME: wccp_router
6766TYPE: address
6767LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 6768DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 6769DEFAULT_DOC: WCCP disabled.
8d6275c0 6770IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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6771DOC_START
6772 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
6773 Squid.
6774
6775 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
6776
6777 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
6778
6779 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
6780 which version of WCCP to use.
6781DOC_END
df2eec10 6782
8d6275c0 6783NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 6784TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 6785LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 6786DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6787DEFAULT_DOC: WCCPv2 disabled.
8d6275c0 6788IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6789DOC_START
8d6275c0 6790 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
6791 Squid.
cccac0a2 6792
8d6275c0 6793 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 6794
8d6275c0 6795 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 6796
8d6275c0 6797 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
6798 which version of WCCP to use.
6799DOC_END
6800
6801NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 6802TYPE: int
8d6275c0 6803LOC: Config.Wccp.version
6804DEFAULT: 4
6805IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 6806DOC_START
8d6275c0 6807 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
6808 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
6809 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
6810 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
6811 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 6812
8d6275c0 6813 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
6814 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
6815 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
6816 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 6817DOC_END
6818
8d6275c0 6819NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
6820TYPE: onoff
6821LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
6822DEFAULT: on
6823IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6824DOC_START
6825 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
6826 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
6827DOC_END
cccac0a2 6828
8d6275c0 6829NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 6830TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 6831LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 6832DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 6833IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6834DOC_START
699acd19 6835 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 6836 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6837
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6838 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
6839 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 6840
8d6275c0 6841 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
6842 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 6843DOC_END
6844
8d6275c0 6845NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 6846TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 6847LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 6848DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 6849IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6850DOC_START
699acd19 6851 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 6852 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
6853 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6854
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6855 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
6856 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 6857
8d6275c0 6858 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
6859 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 6860
699acd19 6861 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 6862 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
6863 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
6864 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 6865DOC_END
6866
8d6275c0 6867NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 6868TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 6869LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 6870DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 6871IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6872DOC_START
8d6275c0 6873 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
6874 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6875
451c4786 6876 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 6877 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 6878
8d6275c0 6879 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
6880 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
6881DOC_END
cccac0a2 6882
8d6275c0 6883NAME: wccp2_service
6884TYPE: wccp2_service
6885LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 6886DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
638402dd 6887DEFAULT_DOC: Use the 'web-cache' standard service.
8d6275c0 6888IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6889DOC_START
6890 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
6891 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
6892 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
6893 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
6894 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
6895 using the wccp2_service_info option.
6896
6897 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
6898 just specifying the service id will suffice.
6899
6900 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
6901 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
6902
6903 Examples:
6904
6905 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
6906 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
6907 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
6908 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 6909DOC_END
6910
6911NAME: wccp2_service_info
6912TYPE: wccp2_service_info
6913LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
6914DEFAULT: none
6915IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6916DOC_START
6917 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
6918 traffic you wish to have diverted.
6919
6920 The format is:
6921
6922 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
6923 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
6924
6925 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
6926 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 6927 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 6928 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
6929 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
6930 + ports_source
6931
6932 The port list can be one to eight entries.
6933
6934 Example:
6935
6936 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
6937 priority=240 ports=80
6938
6939 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
6940 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
6941DOC_END
6942
6943NAME: wccp2_weight
6944TYPE: int
6945LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
6946DEFAULT: 10000
6947IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6948DOC_START
6949 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
6950 hash proportional to their weight.
6951DOC_END
6952
6953NAME: wccp_address
6954TYPE: address
6955LOC: Config.Wccp.address
6956DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 6957DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 6958IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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6959DOC_START
6960 Use this option if you require WCCPv2 to use a specific
6961 interface address.
6962
6963 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6964DOC_END
df2eec10 6965
8d6275c0 6966NAME: wccp2_address
6967TYPE: address
6968LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
6969DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 6970DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 6971IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6972DOC_START
6973 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
6974 interface address.
6975
6976 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6977DOC_END
6978
6979COMMENT_START
6980 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
6981 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6982
6983 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
6984COMMENT_END
6985
6986NAME: client_persistent_connections
6987TYPE: onoff
6988LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
6989DEFAULT: on
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6990DOC_START
6991 Persistent connection support for clients.
6992 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
6993 this option to disable persistent connections with clients.
6994DOC_END
8d6275c0 6995
6996NAME: server_persistent_connections
6997TYPE: onoff
6998LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
6999DEFAULT: on
7000DOC_START
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7001 Persistent connection support for servers.
7002 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
7003 this option to disable persistent connections with servers.
8d6275c0 7004DOC_END
7005
7006NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
7007TYPE: onoff
7008LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 7009DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 7010DOC_START
7011 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
7012 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
7013 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
7014DOC_END
7015
7016NAME: detect_broken_pconn
7017TYPE: onoff
7018LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
7019DEFAULT: off
7020DOC_START
7021 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
7022 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
7023 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
7024 has mostly been seen on redirects.
7025
7026 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
7027 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
7028 after 10 seconds timeout.
7029DOC_END
7030
7031COMMENT_START
7032 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
7033 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7034COMMENT_END
7035
7036NAME: digest_generation
7037IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7038TYPE: onoff
7039LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
7040DEFAULT: on
7041DOC_START
7042 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
7043 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 7044 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 7045DOC_END
7046
7047NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
7048IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7049TYPE: int
7050LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
7051DEFAULT: 5
7052DOC_START
7053 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
7054 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
7055 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
7056DOC_END
7057
7058NAME: digest_rebuild_period
7059IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7060COMMENT: (seconds)
7061TYPE: time_t
7062LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
7063DEFAULT: 1 hour
7064DOC_START
749ceff8 7065 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 7066DOC_END
7067
7068NAME: digest_rewrite_period
7069COMMENT: (seconds)
7070IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7071TYPE: time_t
7072LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
7073DEFAULT: 1 hour
7074DOC_START
749ceff8 7075 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 7076 disk.
7077DOC_END
7078
7079NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
7080COMMENT: (bytes)
7081TYPE: b_size_t
7082IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7083LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
7084DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
7085DOC_START
7086 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
7087 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
7088 default swap page.
7089DOC_END
7090
7091NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
7092COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
7093IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7094TYPE: int
7095LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
7096DEFAULT: 10
7097DOC_START
7098 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
7099 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
7100DOC_END
7101
1db9eacd 7102COMMENT_START
5473c134 7103 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 7104 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7105COMMENT_END
7106
5473c134 7107NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 7108TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7109LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 7110DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7111DEFAULT_DOC: SNMP disabled.
5473c134 7112IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 7113DOC_START
87630341 7114 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
7115 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
7116 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
7117 set to "0" (disabled)
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7118
7119 Example:
7120 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 7121DOC_END
7122
5473c134 7123NAME: snmp_access
7124TYPE: acl_access
7125LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
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7126DEFAULT: none
7127DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 7128IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 7129DOC_START
5473c134 7130 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 7131
5473c134 7132 All access to the agent is denied by default.
7133 usage:
8d6275c0 7134
5473c134 7135 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 7136
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7137 This clause only supports fast acl types.
7138 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
638402dd 7139
5473c134 7140Example:
7141 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
7142 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 7143DOC_END
7144
5473c134 7145NAME: snmp_incoming_address
7146TYPE: address
7147LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 7148DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 7149DEFAULT_DOC: Accept SNMP packets from all machine interfaces.
5473c134 7150IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
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7151DOC_START
7152 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
7153
7154 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
7155 messages from SNMP agents.
7156
7157 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
7158 available network interfaces.
7159DOC_END
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5473c134 7161NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
7162TYPE: address
7163LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 7164DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7165DEFAULT_DOC: Use snmp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
5473c134 7166IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 7167DOC_START
638402dd 7168 Just like 'udp_outgoing_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 7169
5473c134 7170 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
7171 agents.
cccac0a2 7172
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7173 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
7174 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
7175 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
7176 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 7177
5473c134 7178 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
638402dd 7179 the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 7180DOC_END
7181
5473c134 7182COMMENT_START
7183 ICP OPTIONS
7184 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7185COMMENT_END
7186
7187NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 7188TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7189DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7190DEFAULT_DOC: ICP disabled.
5473c134 7191LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 7192DOC_START
5473c134 7193 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
7194 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
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7195
7196 Example:
7197 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 7198DOC_END
7199
5473c134 7200NAME: htcp_port
7201IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 7202TYPE: u_short
87630341 7203DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7204DEFAULT_DOC: HTCP disabled.
5473c134 7205LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 7206DOC_START
5473c134 7207 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 7208 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
638402dd 7209 4827.
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7210
7211 Example:
7212 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 7213DOC_END
7214
7215NAME: log_icp_queries
7216COMMENT: on|off
7217TYPE: onoff
7218DEFAULT: on
7219LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
7220DOC_START
7221 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
7222 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
7223 up or to simplify log analysis.
7224DOC_END
7225
5473c134 7226NAME: udp_incoming_address
7227TYPE: address
7228LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 7229DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 7230DEFAULT_DOC: Accept packets from all machine interfaces.
8524d4b2 7231DOC_START
7232 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
7233 caches.
7234
7235 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
7236
7237 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
7238 a specific interface/address.
7239
7240 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
7241 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
7242
7243 see also; udp_outgoing_address
7244
7245 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
7246 have the same value since they both use the same port.
7247DOC_END
cccac0a2 7248
5473c134 7249NAME: udp_outgoing_address
7250TYPE: address
7251LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 7252DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7253DEFAULT_DOC: Use udp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
cccac0a2 7254DOC_START
8524d4b2 7255 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 7256 caches.
cccac0a2 7257
5473c134 7258 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 7259
8524d4b2 7260 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
7261 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
7262 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 7263 caches.
7264
8524d4b2 7265 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
7266 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
7267
7268 see also; udp_incoming_address
7269
5473c134 7270 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 7271 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 7272DOC_END
7273
3d1e3e43 7274NAME: icp_hit_stale
7275COMMENT: on|off
7276TYPE: onoff
7277DEFAULT: off
7278LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
7279DOC_START
7280 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
7281 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
7282 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
7283 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
7284 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
7285 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
7286 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
7287DOC_END
7288
5473c134 7289NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 7290TYPE: int
5473c134 7291DEFAULT: 4
7292LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 7293DOC_START
5473c134 7294 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
7295 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 7296DOC_END
7297
5473c134 7298NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
638402dd 7299COMMENT: (msec)
5473c134 7300TYPE: int
7301DEFAULT: 400
7302LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 7303DOC_START
5473c134 7304 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
7305 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 7306DOC_END
7307
cccac0a2 7308NAME: netdb_low
7309TYPE: int
7310DEFAULT: 900
7311LOC: Config.Netdb.low
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7312DOC_START
7313 The low water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
7314
7315 Note: high watermark controlled by netdb_high directive.
7316
7317 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
7318 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
7319 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
7320 mark is reached.
7321DOC_END
cccac0a2 7322
7323NAME: netdb_high
7324TYPE: int
7325DEFAULT: 1000
7326LOC: Config.Netdb.high
7327DOC_START
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7328 The high water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
7329
7330 Note: low watermark controlled by netdb_low directive.
7331
7332 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
7333 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
7334 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
7335 mark is reached.
cccac0a2 7336DOC_END
7337
cccac0a2 7338NAME: netdb_ping_period
7339TYPE: time_t
7340LOC: Config.Netdb.period
7341DEFAULT: 5 minutes
7342DOC_START
7343 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
7344 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
7345 network. The default is five minutes.
7346DOC_END
7347
cccac0a2 7348NAME: query_icmp
7349COMMENT: on|off
7350TYPE: onoff
7351DEFAULT: off
7352LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
7353DOC_START
7354 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
7355 replies, enable this option.
7356
7357 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 7358 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
7359 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 7360 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
7361 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
7362 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
7363 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
7364 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
7365DOC_END
7366
7367NAME: test_reachability
7368COMMENT: on|off
7369TYPE: onoff
7370DEFAULT: off
7371LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
7372DOC_START
7373 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
7374 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
7375 database, or has a zero RTT.
7376DOC_END
7377
5473c134 7378NAME: icp_query_timeout
7379COMMENT: (msec)
7380DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7381DEFAULT_DOC: Dynamic detection.
5473c134 7382TYPE: int
7383LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 7384DOC_START
5473c134 7385 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
7386 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
7387 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
7388 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
7389 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
7390 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 7391
5473c134 7392 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 7393DOC_END
7394
5473c134 7395NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
7396COMMENT: (msec)
7397DEFAULT: 2000
7398TYPE: int
7399LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 7400DOC_START
5473c134 7401 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
7402 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
7403 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
7404 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
7405 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
7406 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 7407DOC_END
7408
5473c134 7409NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
7410COMMENT: (msec)
7411DEFAULT: 5
7412TYPE: int
7413LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 7414DOC_START
5473c134 7415 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
7416 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
7417 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
7418 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
7419 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
7420 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
7421 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 7422DOC_END
7423
5473c134 7424NAME: background_ping_rate
7425COMMENT: time-units
7426TYPE: time_t
7427DEFAULT: 10 seconds
7428LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 7429DOC_START
5473c134 7430 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
7431 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 7432DOC_END
7433
5473c134 7434COMMENT_START
7435 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
7436 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7437COMMENT_END
7438
7439NAME: mcast_groups
7440TYPE: wordlist
7441LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 7442DEFAULT: none
7443DOC_START
5473c134 7444 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
7445 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 7446
5473c134 7447 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
7448 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
7449 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
7450 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
7451 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
7452 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
7453 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 7454
5473c134 7455 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
7456 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 7457
5473c134 7458 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
7459 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 7460
5473c134 7461 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 7462
5473c134 7463 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
7464DOC_END
8c01ada0 7465
5473c134 7466NAME: mcast_miss_addr
7467IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
7468TYPE: address
7469LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 7470DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7471DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 7472DOC_START
7473 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
7474 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 7475
5473c134 7476 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
7477 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 7478DOC_END
7479
5473c134 7480NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
7481IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 7482TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7483LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
7484DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 7485DOC_START
5473c134 7486 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
7487 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
7488 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
7489DOC_END
cccac0a2 7490
5473c134 7491NAME: mcast_miss_port
7492IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 7493TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7494LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
7495DEFAULT: 3135
7496DOC_START
7497 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
7498 'mcast_miss_addr'.
7499DOC_END
cccac0a2 7500
5473c134 7501NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
7502IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
7503TYPE: string
7504LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
7505DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
7506DOC_START
7507 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
7508 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
7509DOC_END
8c01ada0 7510
5473c134 7511NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
7512COMMENT: (msec)
7513DEFAULT: 2000
7514TYPE: int
7515LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
7516DOC_START
7517 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
7518 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
7519 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
7520 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
7521 seconds.
cccac0a2 7522DOC_END
7523
5473c134 7524COMMENT_START
7525 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
7526 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7527COMMENT_END
7528
cccac0a2 7529NAME: icon_directory
7530TYPE: string
7531LOC: Config.icons.directory
7532DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
7533DOC_START
7534 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
7535 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
7536DOC_END
7537
f024c970 7538NAME: global_internal_static
7539TYPE: onoff
7540LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
7541DEFAULT: on
7542DOC_START
7543 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
7544 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
7545 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
7546 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
7547 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
7548 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
7549 the server generating a directory listing.
7550DOC_END
7551
5473c134 7552NAME: short_icon_urls
7553TYPE: onoff
7554LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
7555DEFAULT: on
7556DOC_START
7557 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
7558 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
7559 it's own name and port in the URL.
7560
7561 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
7562 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
7563DOC_END
7564
7565COMMENT_START
7566 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
7567 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7568COMMENT_END
7569
7570NAME: error_directory
7571TYPE: string
7572LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 7573DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7574DEFAULT_DOC: Send error pages in the clients preferred language
5473c134 7575DOC_START
7576 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
43000484
AJ
7577 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
7578 the error/template files to another directory and point
7579 this tag at them.
7580
7581 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
7582 on error pages if used.
5473c134 7583
7584 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
7585 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 7586 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 7587 contributing your translation back to the project.
43000484
AJ
7588 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
7589
7590 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
7591 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
7592DOC_END
7593
7594NAME: error_default_language
7595IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
7596TYPE: string
7597LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
7598DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7599DEFAULT_DOC: Generate English language pages.
43000484
AJ
7600DOC_START
7601 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
7602 if no existing translation matches the clients language
7603 preferences.
7604
7605 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
7606
7607 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
7608 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
7609 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
7610 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 7611DOC_END
7612
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7613NAME: error_log_languages
7614IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
7615TYPE: onoff
7616LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
7617DEFAULT: on
7618DOC_START
7619 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
7620 auto-negotiate for translations.
7621
7622 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
7623 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 7624 of its error page translations.
c411820c
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7625DOC_END
7626
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7627NAME: err_page_stylesheet
7628TYPE: string
7629LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
7630DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
7631DOC_START
7632 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
7633
7634 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
7635DOC_END
7636
5473c134 7637NAME: err_html_text
7638TYPE: eol
7639LOC: Config.errHtmlText
7640DEFAULT: none
7641DOC_START
7642 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
7643 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
7644 organizations Web page.
7645
7646 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
7647 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
7648 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
7649 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
7650DOC_END
7651
7652NAME: email_err_data
7653COMMENT: on|off
7654TYPE: onoff
7655LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
7656DEFAULT: on
7657DOC_START
7658 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
7659 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
7660 so that the email body contains the data.
7661 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
7662DOC_END
7663
7664NAME: deny_info
7665TYPE: denyinfo
7666LOC: Config.denyInfoList
7667DEFAULT: none
7668DOC_START
7669 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
7670 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 7671 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 7672
7673 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
7674 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
7675 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
7676 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
7677
7678 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
7679 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
7680 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
7681 the first authentication related acl encountered
7682 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
7683 acl processed on the last http_access line.
3af10ac0
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7684 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
7685 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 7686
43000484
AJ
7687 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
7688 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
7689 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 7690
aed9a15b
AJ
7691 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
7692 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
7693 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
7694
5473c134 7695 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
7696 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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AJ
7697
7698 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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AJ
7699 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
7700 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
7701 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
7702 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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AJ
7703
7704 URL FORMAT TAGS:
7705 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
7706 %B - FTP path URL
7707 %e - Error number
7708 %E - Error description
7709 %h - Squid hostname
7710 %H - Request domain name
7711 %i - Client IP Address
7712 %M - Request Method
7713 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
7714 %p - Request Port number
7715 %P - Request Protocol name
7716 %R - Request URL path
7717 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
7718 %U - Full canonical URL from client
7719 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
7720 %u - Full canonical URL from client
7721 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 7722 %x - Error name
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AJ
7723 %% - Literal percent (%) code
7724
5473c134 7725DOC_END
7726
7727COMMENT_START
7728 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
7729 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7730COMMENT_END
7731
7732NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 7733TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7734LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 7735DEFAULT: on
7736DOC_START
5473c134 7737 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
9967aef6 7738 (not cacheable request type) direct to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 7739
638402dd 7740 When this is set to "off", Squid will prefer to send these
5473c134 7741 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 7742
5473c134 7743 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
7744 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
7745 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 7746
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AJ
7747 This option only sets a preference. If the parent is unavailable a
7748 direct connection to the origin server may still be attempted. To
7749 completely prevent direct connections use never_direct.
8d6275c0 7750DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 7751
5473c134 7752NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 7753TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7754LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 7755DEFAULT: off
7756DOC_START
5473c134 7757 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
7758 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
7759 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 7760
5473c134 7761 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
7762 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
7763 fails.
7764
7765 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
7766 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
7767 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 7768DOC_END
7769
96598f93
AJ
7770NAME: cache_miss_revalidate
7771COMMENT: on|off
7772TYPE: onoff
7773DEFAULT: on
7774LOC: Config.onoff.cache_miss_revalidate
7775DOC_START
2d4eefd9
AJ
7776 RFC 7232 defines a conditional request mechanism to prevent
7777 response objects being unnecessarily transferred over the network.
7778 If that mechanism is used by the client and a cache MISS occurs
7779 it can prevent new cache entries being created.
7780
7781 This option determines whether Squid on cache MISS will pass the
7782 client revalidation request to the server or tries to fetch new
7783 content for caching. It can be useful while the cache is mostly
7784 empty to more quickly have the cache populated by generating
7785 non-conditional GETs.
96598f93
AJ
7786
7787 When set to 'on' (default), Squid will pass all client If-* headers
2d4eefd9
AJ
7788 to the server. This permits server responses without a cacheable
7789 payload to be delivered and on MISS no new cache entry is created.
96598f93
AJ
7790
7791 When set to 'off' and if the request is cacheable, Squid will
7792 remove the clients If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match headers from
2d4eefd9
AJ
7793 the request sent to the server. This requests a 200 status response
7794 from the server to create a new cache entry with.
96598f93
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7795DOC_END
7796
5473c134 7797NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 7798TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 7799LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 7800DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7801DEFAULT_DOC: Prevent any cache_peer being used for this request.
0b0cfcf2 7802DOC_START
5473c134 7803 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 7804
5473c134 7805 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
7806 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
7807 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
7808 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
7809 something like:
0b0cfcf2 7810
5473c134 7811 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
7812 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 7813
5473c134 7814 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 7815
5473c134 7816 acl FTP proto FTP
7817 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 7818
5473c134 7819 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
7820 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
7821 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
7822 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
7823 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 7824
5473c134 7825 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
7826 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
7827 always_direct deny local-external
7828 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 7829
5473c134 7830 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
7831 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
7832 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
7833 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 7834
5473c134 7835 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
7836 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 7837 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 7838
b3567eb5
FC
7839 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
7840 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 7841DOC_END
0976f8db 7842
5473c134 7843NAME: never_direct
7844TYPE: acl_access
7845LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
7846DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7847DEFAULT_DOC: Allow DNS results to be used for this request.
8d6275c0 7848DOC_START
5473c134 7849 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
7850
7851 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
7852 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
7853
7854 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
7855 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
7856 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
7857 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
7858
7859 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 7860 never_direct deny local-servers
7861 never_direct allow all
7862
7863 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
7864 servers inside the firewall use something like:
7865
7866 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
7867 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
7868 always_direct deny local-external
7869 always_direct allow local-intranet
7870 never_direct allow all
7871
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7872 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
7873 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 7874DOC_END
0976f8db 7875
5473c134 7876COMMENT_START
7877 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
7878 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7879COMMENT_END
7880
65d448bc 7881NAME: incoming_udp_average incoming_icp_average
cccac0a2 7882TYPE: int
7883DEFAULT: 6
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7884LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.average
7885DOC_START
7886 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7887 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7888 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7889DOC_END
cccac0a2 7890
65d448bc 7891NAME: incoming_tcp_average incoming_http_average
cccac0a2 7892TYPE: int
7893DEFAULT: 4
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7894LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.average
7895DOC_START
7896 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7897 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7898 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7899DOC_END
cccac0a2 7900
7901NAME: incoming_dns_average
7902TYPE: int
7903DEFAULT: 4
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7904LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.average
7905DOC_START
7906 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7907 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7908 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7909DOC_END
cccac0a2 7910
65d448bc 7911NAME: min_udp_poll_cnt min_icp_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 7912TYPE: int
7913DEFAULT: 8
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7914LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.min_poll
7915DOC_START
7916 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7917 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7918 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7919DOC_END
cccac0a2 7920
7921NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
7922TYPE: int
7923DEFAULT: 8
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7924LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.min_poll
7925DOC_START
7926 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7927 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7928 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7929DOC_END
cccac0a2 7930
65d448bc 7931NAME: min_tcp_poll_cnt min_http_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 7932TYPE: int
7933DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc 7934LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.min_poll
cccac0a2 7935DOC_START
5473c134 7936 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7937 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7938 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7939DOC_END
7940
7941NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 7942TYPE: string
7943DEFAULT: none
7944LOC: Config.accept_filter
7945DOC_START
0b4d4be5 7946 FreeBSD:
7947
5473c134 7948 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
7949 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
7950 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
7951
7952 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 7953 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 7954 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
7955
7956 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
7957 to Squid until there is some data to process.
7958 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
7959
7960 Linux:
7961
7962 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
7963 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
7964 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
7965 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
7966 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 7967EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 7968# FreeBSD
5473c134 7969accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 7970# Linux
7971accept_filter data
5473c134 7972DOC_END
7973
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7974NAME: client_ip_max_connections
7975TYPE: int
7976LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
7977DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 7978DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
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7979DOC_START
7980 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
7981 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
7982 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
7983
7984 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
7985 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
7986
7987 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
7988
7989 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
7990 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
7991DOC_END
7992
5473c134 7993NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
7994COMMENT: (bytes)
7995TYPE: b_size_t
7996DEFAULT: 0 bytes
638402dd 7997DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system TCP defaults.
5473c134 7998LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
7999DOC_START
8000 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
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8001 as easy to change your kernel's default.
8002 Omit from squid.conf to use the default buffer size.
5473c134 8003DOC_END
8004
8005COMMENT_START
8006 ICAP OPTIONS
8007 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8008COMMENT_END
8009
8010NAME: icap_enable
8011TYPE: onoff
8012IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8013COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 8014LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 8015DEFAULT: off
8016DOC_START
53e738c6 8017 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 8018DOC_END
8019
8020NAME: icap_connect_timeout
8021TYPE: time_t
8022DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 8023LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 8024IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8025DOC_START
8026 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
8027 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
8028 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
8029
8030 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
8031 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
8032 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
8033DOC_END
8034
8035NAME: icap_io_timeout
8036COMMENT: time-units
8037TYPE: time_t
8038DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8039DEFAULT_DOC: Use read_timeout.
26cc52cb 8040LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 8041IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8042DOC_START
8043 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
8044 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
8045 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
8046 failure.
5473c134 8047DOC_END
8048
8049NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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8050COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
8051TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 8052IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 8053LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 8054DEFAULT: 10
8055DOC_START
8056 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
8057 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
8058 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
8059 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 8060 OPTIONS.
5473c134 8061
8062 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
8063 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
8064 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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8065
8066 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
8067 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
8068 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
8069 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
8070 value into ten time slots of equal length.
8071
8072 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
8073 effect on service failure expiration.
8074
8075 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
8076 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
8077 setting.
8078
8079 For example,
8080 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
8081 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 8082DOC_END
8083
5473c134 8084NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 8085TYPE: int
5473c134 8086IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8087LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 8088DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 8089DOC_START
5473c134 8090 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
8091 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
8092 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
8093 fetched.
cccac0a2 8094
5473c134 8095 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
8096 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 8097DOC_END
8098
5473c134 8099NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 8100TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8101IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8102COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 8103LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 8104DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 8105DOC_START
ac7a62f9 8106 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
8107 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
8108 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
8109 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
8110
8111 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
8112 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
8113 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
8114
8115 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
8116 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
8117Example:
8118icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 8119DOC_END
8120
5473c134 8121NAME: icap_preview_size
8122TYPE: int
8123IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8124LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 8125DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 8126DEFAULT_DOC: No preview sent.
cccac0a2 8127DOC_START
53e738c6 8128 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
638402dd 8129 This value might be overwritten on a per server basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 8130DOC_END
8131
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8132NAME: icap_206_enable
8133TYPE: onoff
8134IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8135COMMENT: on|off
8136LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
8137DEFAULT: on
8138DOC_START
8139 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
8140 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
8141 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
8142 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
8143
8144 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
8145 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
8146 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
8147 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
8148 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
8149
8150 Example:
8151 icap_206_enable off
8152DOC_END
8153
5473c134 8154NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
8155TYPE: int
8156IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8157LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 8158DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 8159DOC_START
53e738c6 8160 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 8161 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 8162DOC_END
8163
5473c134 8164NAME: icap_persistent_connections
8165TYPE: onoff
8166IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8167COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 8168LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 8169DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 8170DOC_START
5473c134 8171 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
8172 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 8173DOC_END
8174
22fff3bf 8175NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 8176TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 8177IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 8178COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 8179LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 8180DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 8181DOC_START
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8182 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
8183 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
8184 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
8185
8186 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 8187DOC_END
8188
22fff3bf 8189NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 8190TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 8191IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 8192COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 8193LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 8194DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 8195DOC_START
5473c134 8196 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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8197 the adaptation service.
8198
8199 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 8200 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
8201 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 8202DOC_END
8203
5473c134 8204NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 8205TYPE: string
5473c134 8206IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8207LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 8208DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 8209DOC_START
db49f682 8210 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 8211DOC_END
8212
5473c134 8213NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 8214TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8215IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8216COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 8217LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 8218DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 8219DOC_START
5473c134 8220 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 8221DOC_END
8222
5473c134 8223NAME: icap_service
8224TYPE: icap_service_type
8225IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 8226LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 8227DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8228DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8229 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 8230
c25c2836 8231 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
7d90757b 8232
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8233 id: ID
8234 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
8235 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
8236 services in squid.conf.
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8237
8238 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 8239 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
8240 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
8241 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 8242
c25c2836 8243 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
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8244 ICAP server and service location.
8245
8246 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
8247 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
8248 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
8249 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
8250 service_names differ.
8251
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8252 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
8253 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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8254
8255 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
8256 the following name=value options:
8257
8258 bypass=on|off|1|0
8259 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
8260 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
8261 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
8262 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
8263 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
8264 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
8265 returned to the HTTP client.
8266
8267 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
8268
8269 routing=on|off|1|0
8270 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
8271 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
8272 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
8273 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
8274 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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8275 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
8276 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
8277 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
8278
8279 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
8280 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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8281
8282 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
8283 response header is ignored.
8284
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8285 ipv6=on|off
8286 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
8287 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
8288 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
8289
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8290 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
8291 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
8292 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
8293 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
8294 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
8295 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
8296 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
8297
8298 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
8299 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
8300 workers may use a given service.
8301
8302 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
8303 otherwise it is set to "wait".
8304
8305
8306 max-conn=number
8307 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
8308 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
8309
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8310 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
8311 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 8312
5473c134 8313Example:
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8314icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
8315icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod routing=on
cccac0a2 8316DOC_END
8317
5473c134 8318NAME: icap_class
8319TYPE: icap_class_type
8320IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 8321LOC: none
5473c134 8322DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8323DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8324 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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8325 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
8326 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 8327
62c7f90e 8328 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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8329 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
8330 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 8331DOC_END
8332
5473c134 8333NAME: icap_access
8334TYPE: icap_access_type
8335IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 8336LOC: none
cccac0a2 8337DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8338DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8339 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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8340 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
8341 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 8342DOC_END
8343
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8344COMMENT_START
8345 eCAP OPTIONS
8346 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8347COMMENT_END
8348
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8349NAME: ecap_enable
8350TYPE: onoff
8351IFDEF: USE_ECAP
8352COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 8353LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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8354DEFAULT: off
8355DOC_START
8356 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
8357DOC_END
8358
8359NAME: ecap_service
8360TYPE: ecap_service_type
8361IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 8362LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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8363DEFAULT: none
8364DOC_START
8365 Defines a single eCAP service
8366
c25c2836 8367 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 8368
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8369 id: ID
8370 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
8371 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
8372 services in squid.conf.
8373
8374 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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8375 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
8376 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
8377 are not yet supported.
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8378
8379 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
8380 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
8381 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
8382 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
8383 the service provider.
8384
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8385 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
8386 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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8387
8388 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
8389 the following name=value options:
8390
8391 bypass=on|off|1|0
8392 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
8393 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
8394 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 8395 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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8396 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
8397 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
21a26d31 8398 HTTP client.
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8399
8400 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
8401
8402 routing=on|off|1|0
8403 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
8404 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
8405 returning a chain of services to be used next.
8406
8407 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
8408 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
8409
8410 Routing is not allowed by default.
8411
8412 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
8413 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
8414
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8415
8416Example:
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8417ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
8418ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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8419DOC_END
8420
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8421NAME: loadable_modules
8422TYPE: wordlist
8423IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
8424LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
8425DEFAULT: none
8426DOC_START
8427 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
8428 preloaded module(s).
8429Example:
8430loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
8431DOC_END
8432
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8433COMMENT_START
8434 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
8435 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8436COMMENT_END
8437
8438NAME: adaptation_service_set
8439TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
8440IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8441LOC: none
8442DEFAULT: none
8443DOC_START
8444
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8445 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
8446 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
8447
8448 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
8449
8450 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
8451 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
8452 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
8453 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
8454 intact.
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8456 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
8457 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 8458
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8459 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
8460 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
8461
8462 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
8463 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
8464 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
8465 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
8466 transaction fails as well.
8467
8468 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
8469 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
8470 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
8471 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
8472 matters.
8473
8474 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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8476Example:
8477adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
8478adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
8479DOC_END
8480
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8481NAME: adaptation_service_chain
8482TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
8483IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8484LOC: none
8485DEFAULT: none
8486DOC_START
8487
8488 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
8489 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
8490 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
8491
8492 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
8493
8494 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
8495 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
8496 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
8497 the previous service in the chain.
8498
8499 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
8500 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
8501
8502 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
8503 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
8504 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
8505
8506 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
8507 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
8508
8509 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
8510 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
8511 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
8512 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
8513
8514 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
8515
8516Example:
8517adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
8518DOC_END
8519
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8520NAME: adaptation_access
8521TYPE: adaptation_access_type
8522IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8523LOC: none
8524DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8525DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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8526DOC_START
8527 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
8528
8529 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
8530 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
8531
8532 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
8533 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
8534 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
8535 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
8536
8537 - services serving different vectoring points
8538 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
8539 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
8540 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
8541
8542 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
8543 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
8544 adaptation_service_set for details.
8545
8546 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
8547 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
8548 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
8549 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
8550
8551 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
8552 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
8553
8554 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
8555
8556Example:
8557adaptation_access service_1 allow all
8558DOC_END
8559
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8560NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
8561TYPE: int
8562IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8563LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
8564DEFAULT: 16
8565DOC_START
8566 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
8567 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
8568 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
8569 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
8570 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
8571 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
8572
8573 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
8574
8575 See also: icap_service routing=1
8576DOC_END
8577
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8578NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
8579TYPE: string
8580IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8581LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
8582DEFAULT: none
8583DOC_START
8584 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
8585 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
8586 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
8587 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
8588 with the master transaction.
8589
8590 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
8591 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
8592
8593 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
8594 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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8595 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
8596
8597 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
8598 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
8599 to provide an option with a name specified in
8600 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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8602 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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8603 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
8604
8605 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
8606
8607Example:
8608# share authentication information among ICAP services
8609adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
8610DOC_END
8611
71be37e0 8612NAME: adaptation_meta
d7f4a0b7 8613TYPE: note
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8614IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8615LOC: Adaptation::Config::metaHeaders
8616DEFAULT: none
8617DOC_START
8618 This option allows Squid administrator to add custom ICAP request
8619 headers or eCAP options to Squid ICAP requests or eCAP transactions.
8620 Use it to pass custom authentication tokens and other
8621 transaction-state related meta information to an ICAP/eCAP service.
8622
8623 The addition of a meta header is ACL-driven:
8624 adaptation_meta name value [!]aclname ...
8625
8626 Processing for a given header name stops after the first ACL list match.
8627 Thus, it is impossible to add two headers with the same name. If no ACL
8628 lists match for a given header name, no such header is added. For
8629 example:
8630
8631 # do not debug transactions except for those that need debugging
8632 adaptation_meta X-Debug 1 needs_debugging
8633
8634 # log all transactions except for those that must remain secret
8635 adaptation_meta X-Log 1 !keep_secret
8636
8637 # mark transactions from users in the "G 1" group
8638 adaptation_meta X-Authenticated-Groups "G 1" authed_as_G1
8639
8640 The "value" parameter may be a regular squid.conf token or a "double
8641 quoted string". Within the quoted string, use backslash (\) to escape
8642 any character, which is currently only useful for escaping backslashes
8643 and double quotes. For example,
8644 "this string has one backslash (\\) and two \"quotes\""
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8645
8646 Used adaptation_meta header values may be logged via %note
8647 logformat code. If multiple adaptation_meta headers with the same name
8648 are used during master transaction lifetime, the header values are
8649 logged in the order they were used and duplicate values are ignored
8650 (only the first repeated value will be logged).
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8651DOC_END
8652
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8653NAME: icap_retry
8654TYPE: acl_access
8655IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8656LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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8657DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
8658DOC_START
8659 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
8660 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
8661 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
8662 that response are usually retriable.
8663
8664 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8665
8666 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
8667 due to persistent connection race conditions.
8668
8669 See also: icap_retry_limit
8670DOC_END
8671
8672NAME: icap_retry_limit
8673TYPE: int
8674IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8675LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
8676DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8677DEFAULT_DOC: No retries are allowed.
3ff65596 8678DOC_START
638402dd 8679 Limits the number of retries allowed.
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8680
8681 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
8682 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
8683 count against this limit.
8684
8685 See also: icap_retry
8686DOC_END
8687
8688
5473c134 8689COMMENT_START
8690 DNS OPTIONS
8691 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8692COMMENT_END
8693
8694NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 8695TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8696DEFAULT: off
5473c134 8697LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 8698DOC_START
5473c134 8699 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
8700 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
8701 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 8702DOC_END
8703
5473c134 8704NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 8705TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8706DEFAULT: on
5473c134 8707LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 8708DOC_START
5473c134 8709 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
8710 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
8711 Squid to be strict about the standard.
8712 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 8713DOC_END
8714
5473c134 8715NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 8716TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 8717DEFAULT: 5 seconds
8718LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
cccac0a2 8719DOC_START
5473c134 8720 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
8721 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 8722DOC_END
8723
5473c134 8724NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 8725TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 8726DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 8727LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
cccac0a2 8728DOC_START
5473c134 8729 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
8730 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
8731 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 8732DOC_END
8733
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8734NAME: dns_packet_max
8735TYPE: b_ssize_t
638402dd 8736DEFAULT_DOC: EDNS disabled
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8737DEFAULT: none
8738LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
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8739DOC_START
8740 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
8741 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
8742
8743 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
8744 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
8745 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
8746 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
8747 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
8748
8749 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
8750 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
8751 necessary.
8752
8753 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
8754 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
8755 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
8756 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
8757 sizes being advertised by Squid.
8758 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
8759 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
8760DOC_END
8761
5473c134 8762NAME: dns_defnames
8763COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 8764TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8765DEFAULT: off
638402dd 8766DEFAULT_DOC: Search for single-label domain names is disabled.
5473c134 8767LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 8768DOC_START
5473c134 8769 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
8770 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
8771 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
8772 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 8773DOC_END
8774
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8775NAME: dns_multicast_local
8776COMMENT: on|off
8777TYPE: onoff
8778DEFAULT: off
8779DEFAULT_DOC: Search for .local and .arpa names is disabled.
8780LOC: Config.onoff.dns_mdns
8781DOC_START
8782 When set to on, Squid sends multicast DNS lookups on the local
8783 network for domains ending in .local and .arpa.
8784 This enables local servers and devices to be contacted in an
8785 ad-hoc or zero-configuration network environment.
8786DOC_END
8787
5473c134 8788NAME: dns_nameservers
8789TYPE: wordlist
8790DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8791DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
5473c134 8792LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 8793DOC_START
5473c134 8794 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
8795 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
8796 /etc/resolv.conf file.
638402dd 8797
5473c134 8798 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
8799 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
8800 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
8801 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 8802
5473c134 8803 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 8804DOC_END
8805
5473c134 8806NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 8807TYPE: string
5473c134 8808DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
8809LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 8810DOC_START
5473c134 8811 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
8812 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
8813 default locations:
8814 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
8815 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
8816 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
8817 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
8818 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
8819 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
8820 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
8821 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 8822
5473c134 8823 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
8824 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
8825 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
8826 character are comments.
cccac0a2 8827
5473c134 8828 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
8829 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
8830 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
8831 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
8832 definitions.
cccac0a2 8833DOC_END
8834
5473c134 8835NAME: append_domain
8836TYPE: string
8837LOC: Config.appendDomain
8838DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8839DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
6a2f3fcf 8840DOC_START
5473c134 8841 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
8842 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
8843
8844 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
8845 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
8846 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
8847
8848Example:
8849 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 8850DOC_END
8851
5473c134 8852NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
8853TYPE: onoff
8854LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 8855DEFAULT: on
8856DOC_START
5473c134 8857 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
8858 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
8859 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
8860 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
8861 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 8862DOC_END
8863
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8864NAME: dns_v4_first
8865TYPE: onoff
8866DEFAULT: off
8867LOC: Config.dns.v4_first
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8868DOC_START
8869 With the IPv6 Internet being as fast or faster than IPv4 Internet
8870 for most networks Squid prefers to contact websites over IPv6.
8871
8872 This option reverses the order of preference to make Squid contact
8873 dual-stack websites over IPv4 first. Squid will still perform both
8874 IPv6 and IPv4 DNS lookups before connecting.
8875
8876 WARNING:
8877 This option will restrict the situations under which IPv6
8878 connectivity is used (and tested). Hiding network problems
8879 which would otherwise be detected and warned about.
8880DOC_END
8881
6bc15a4f 8882NAME: ipcache_size
8883COMMENT: (number of entries)
8884TYPE: int
8885DEFAULT: 1024
8886LOC: Config.ipcache.size
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8887DOC_START
8888 Maximum number of DNS IP cache entries.
8889DOC_END
6bc15a4f 8890
8891NAME: ipcache_low
8892COMMENT: (percent)
8893TYPE: int
8894DEFAULT: 90
8895LOC: Config.ipcache.low
8896DOC_NONE
8897
8898NAME: ipcache_high
8899COMMENT: (percent)
8900TYPE: int
8901DEFAULT: 95
8902LOC: Config.ipcache.high
8903DOC_START
8904 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
8905DOC_END
8906
8907NAME: fqdncache_size
8908COMMENT: (number of entries)
8909TYPE: int
8910DEFAULT: 1024
8911LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
8912DOC_START
8913 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
8914DOC_END
8915
a58ff010 8916COMMENT_START
5473c134 8917 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 8918 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8919COMMENT_END
8920
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8921NAME: configuration_includes_quoted_values
8922COMMENT: on|off
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8923TYPE: configuration_includes_quoted_values
8924DEFAULT: off
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8925LOC: ConfigParser::RecognizeQuotedValues
8926DOC_START
8927 If set, Squid will recognize each "quoted string" after a configuration
8928 directive as a single parameter. The quotes are stripped before the
8929 parameter value is interpreted or used.
8930 See "Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters"
8931 section for more details.
8932DOC_END
8933
5473c134 8934NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 8935COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8936TYPE: onoff
8937DEFAULT: on
8938LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 8939DOC_START
5473c134 8940 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
8941 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
8942 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
8943 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 8944DOC_END
8945
5473c134 8946NAME: memory_pools_limit
8947COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 8948TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 8949DEFAULT: 5 MB
8950LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 8951DOC_START
5473c134 8952 Used only with memory_pools on:
8953 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 8954
5473c134 8955 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
8956 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
8957 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
8958 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
8959 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
8960 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
8961 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 8962
89646bd7 8963 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 8964 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 8965
5473c134 8966 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 8967 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 8968
8969 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
8970 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
8971 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
8972 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 8973DOC_END
8974
5473c134 8975NAME: forwarded_for
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8976COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
8977TYPE: string
5473c134 8978DEFAULT: on
8979LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 8980DOC_START
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8981 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
8982 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 8983
5473c134 8984 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
8985
67c06f0d 8986 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 8987
8988 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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8989
8990 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
8991 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
8992
8993 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
8994 X-Forwarded-For header.
8995
8996 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 8997 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 8998DOC_END
8999
5473c134 9000NAME: cachemgr_passwd
9001TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
9002DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9003DEFAULT_DOC: No password. Actions which require password are denied.
5473c134 9004LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 9005DOC_START
5473c134 9006 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 9007
5473c134 9008 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
9009
9010 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
9011 5min
9012 60min
9013 asndb
9014 authenticator
9015 cbdata
9016 client_list
9017 comm_incoming
9018 config *
9019 counters
9020 delay
9021 digest_stats
9022 dns
9023 events
9024 filedescriptors
9025 fqdncache
9026 histograms
9027 http_headers
9028 info
9029 io
9030 ipcache
9031 mem
9032 menu
9033 netdb
9034 non_peers
9035 objects
9036 offline_toggle *
9037 pconn
9038 peer_select
b360c477 9039 reconfigure *
5473c134 9040 redirector
9041 refresh
9042 server_list
9043 shutdown *
9044 store_digest
9045 storedir
9046 utilization
9047 via_headers
9048 vm_objects
9049
9050 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
9051 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
9052
9053 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
9054 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
9055 password to "none".
9056
9057 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
9058
9059Example:
9060 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
9061 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
9062 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 9063DOC_END
9064
5473c134 9065NAME: client_db
a58ff010 9066COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 9067TYPE: onoff
9068DEFAULT: on
9069LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 9070DOC_START
5473c134 9071 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
9072 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 9073DOC_END
9074
5473c134 9075NAME: refresh_all_ims
9076COMMENT: on|off
9077TYPE: onoff
9078DEFAULT: off
9079LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 9080DOC_START
5473c134 9081 When you enable this option, squid will always check
9082 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
9083 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
9084 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
9085 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 9086
5473c134 9087 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
9088 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 9089DOC_END
9090
5473c134 9091NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 9092IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 9093COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 9094TYPE: onoff
9095DEFAULT: off
9096LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 9097DOC_START
5473c134 9098 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
9099 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
9100 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
9101 feature could make you liable for problems which it
9102 causes.
9103
9104 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 9105DOC_END
9106
31ef19cd 9107NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 9108TYPE: int
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9109LOC: Config.connect_retries
9110DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9111DEFAULT_DOC: Do not retry failed connections.
a58ff010 9112DOC_START
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9113 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
9114 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
9115 complete within the connection timeout period.
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9116
9117 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
9118 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 9119
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9120 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
9121 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 9122
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9123 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
9124 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
9125 a useful server.
a58ff010 9126DOC_END
9127
5473c134 9128NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 9129TYPE: onoff
5473c134 9130LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 9131DEFAULT: off
9132DOC_START
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9133 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
9134 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
9135 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
9136 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
9137
9138 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
9139 work around access control errors.
9140
9141 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
9142 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 9143DOC_END
9144
5473c134 9145NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 9146TYPE: string
5473c134 9147LOC: Config.as_whois_server
9148DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 9149DOC_START
5473c134 9150 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
9151 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 9152DOC_END
9153
5473c134 9154NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 9155TYPE: onoff
5473c134 9156LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 9157DEFAULT: off
9158DOC_START
5473c134 9159 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
9160 objects.
a58ff010 9161DOC_END
9162
5473c134 9163NAME: uri_whitespace
9164TYPE: uri_whitespace
9165LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
9166DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 9167DOC_START
5473c134 9168 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
9169 URI. Options:
a58ff010 9170
5473c134 9171 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
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9172 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396 and RFC3986
9173 for tolerant handling of generic URI.
9174 NOTE: This is one difference between generic URI and HTTP URLs.
9175
5473c134 9176 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
9177 Request" message.
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9178 This is the behaviour recommended by RFC2616 for safe
9179 handling of HTTP request URL.
9180
5473c134 9181 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
9182 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
9183 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
9184 are in use.
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9185 Note this may be considered a violation of RFC2616
9186 request parsing where whitespace is prohibited in the
9187 URL field.
9188
5473c134 9189 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
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9190 encoded according to RFC1738.
9191
5473c134 9192 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
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9193 first whitespace.
9194
9195
9196 NOTE the current Squid implementation of encode and chop violates
9197 RFC2616 by not using a 301 redirect after altering the URL.
5473c134 9198DOC_END
a58ff010 9199
5473c134 9200NAME: chroot
9201TYPE: string
9202LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 9203DEFAULT: none
9204DOC_START
9f37c18a 9205 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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9206 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
9207 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
9208 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
9209 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 9210DOC_END
a58ff010 9211
5473c134 9212NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
9213TYPE: onoff
9214LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 9215DEFAULT: off
5473c134 9216DOC_START
cc192b50 9217 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
9218 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
9219 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
9220
5473c134 9221 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
9222 found not to preserve user session state across requests
9223 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 9224
cc192b50 9225 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 9226DOC_END
9227
5473c134 9228NAME: pipeline_prefetch
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9229TYPE: pipelinePrefetch
9230LOC: Config.pipeline_max_prefetch
9231DEFAULT: 0
9232DEFAULT_DOC: Do not pre-parse pipelined requests.
a58ff010 9233DOC_START
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9234 HTTP clients may send a pipeline of 1+N requests to Squid using a
9235 single connection, without waiting for Squid to respond to the first
9236 of those requests. This option limits the number of concurrent
9237 requests Squid will try to handle in parallel. If set to N, Squid
9238 will try to receive and process up to 1+N requests on the same
9239 connection concurrently.
a58ff010 9240
079a8480 9241 Defaults to 0 (off) for bandwidth management and access logging
5473c134 9242 reasons.
a0e23afd 9243
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9244 NOTE: pipelining requires persistent connections to clients.
9245
a0e23afd 9246 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 9247DOC_END
a58ff010 9248
5473c134 9249NAME: high_response_time_warning
9250TYPE: int
9251COMMENT: (msec)
9252LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
9253DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9254DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 9255DOC_START
9256 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
9257 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
9258 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 9259DOC_END
9260
5473c134 9261NAME: high_page_fault_warning
9262TYPE: int
9263LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
9264DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9265DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
cc9f92d4 9266DOC_START
5473c134 9267 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
9268 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
9269 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
9270 per second.
9271DOC_END
cc9f92d4 9272
5473c134 9273NAME: high_memory_warning
9274TYPE: b_size_t
9275LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
f2228f3b 9276IFDEF: HAVE_MSTATS&&HAVE_GNUMALLOC_H
904971da 9277DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 9278DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 9279DOC_START
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9280 If the memory usage (as determined by gnumalloc, if available and used)
9281 exceeds this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 9282 the administrators attention.
9283DOC_END
4bf2a476 9284# TODO: link high_memory_warning to mempools?
cc9f92d4 9285
5473c134 9286NAME: sleep_after_fork
9287COMMENT: (microseconds)
9288TYPE: int
9289LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
9290DEFAULT: 0
9291DOC_START
9292 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
9293 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
9294 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
9295 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
9296 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
9297 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
9298 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
9299 until all the child processes have been started.
9300 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
9301 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 9302DOC_END
9303
b6696974 9304NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
7aa9bb3e 9305IFDEF: _SQUID_WINDOWS_
b6696974
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9306COMMENT: on|off
9307TYPE: onoff
9308DEFAULT: on
9309LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
9310DOC_START
9311 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
9312 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
9313 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
9314 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
9315 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
9316 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
9317DOC_END
9318
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9319NAME: eui_lookup
9320TYPE: onoff
9321IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
9322DEFAULT: on
9323LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
9324DOC_START
9325 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
9326DOC_END
9327
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9328NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
9329TYPE: int
9330DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9331DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system limits set by ulimit.
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9332LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
9333DOC_START
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9334 Reduce the maximum number of filedescriptors supported below
9335 the usual operating system defaults.
f3f0f563 9336
638402dd 9337 Remove from squid.conf to inherit the current ulimit setting.
f3f0f563
AJ
9338
9339 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
638402dd 9340 not all I/O types supports large values (eg on Windows).
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9341DOC_END
9342
13aeac35 9343NAME: workers
007d775d 9344TYPE: int
13aeac35 9345LOC: Config.workers
007d775d 9346DEFAULT: 1
638402dd 9347DEFAULT_DOC: SMP support disabled.
007d775d 9348DOC_START
13aeac35 9349 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
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AR
9350 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
9351 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
13aeac35
AR
9352 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
9353
b87f6632
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9354 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
9355 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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9356DOC_END
9357
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9358NAME: cpu_affinity_map
9359TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
9360LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
9361DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9362DEFAULT_DOC: Let operating system decide.
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9363DOC_START
9364 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
9365
9366 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
9367
9368 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
9369
9370 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
9371 four even cores, starting with core #1.
9372
9373 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
9374 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
9375
9376 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
9377
9378 See also: workers
9379DOC_END
9380
cccac0a2 9381EOF