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32
0f74202c 33COMMENT_START
448cd7c7 34 WELCOME TO SQUID 2
35 ------------------
3a278cb8 36
cf5cc17e 37 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
2b6662ba 38 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
6b8e7481 39 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 40
debd9a31 41 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
42 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
43 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
44 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
efd900cb 45 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
debd9a31 46 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
47 case.
48
0f74202c 49COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 50
0f74202c 51COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 52 NETWORK OPTIONS
53 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 54COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 55
934b03fc 56NAME: http_port ascii_port
7e3ce7b9 57TYPE: sockaddr_in_list
f53b06f9 58DEFAULT: none
59DEFAULT_IF_NONE: 3128
7e3ce7b9 60LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
934b03fc 61DOC_START
7e3ce7b9 62 Usage: port
63 hostname:port
64 1.2.3.4:port
934b03fc 65
7e3ce7b9 66 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
67 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
68 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
69 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
70 address, then Squid binds the socket to that specific
71 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
72 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
73 address, so you can use the port number alone.
74
75 The default port number is 3128.
76
efd900cb 77 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, then you
7e3ce7b9 78 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
79
80 The -a command line option will override the *first* port
81 number listed here. That option will NOT override an IP
82 address, however.
934b03fc 83
efd900cb 84 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
934b03fc 85DOC_END
86
1f7c9178 87NAME: https_port
88IFDEF: USE_SSL
d193a436 89TYPE: https_port_list
1f7c9178 90DEFAULT: none
91LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
92DOC_START
9690f3c5 93 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1f7c9178 94
d193a436 95 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
96 requests.
d6827718 97
1f7c9178 98 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
99 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
100 accelerator level.
1f7c9178 101
d193a436 102 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
9690f3c5 103 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
820feeed 104
105 Options:
106
107 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format)
108
109 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
110 if not specified, the certificate file is
111 assumed to be a combined certificate and
112 key file
113
114 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
115 1 automatic (default)
116 2 SSLv2 only
117 3 SSLv3 only
118 4 TLSv1 only
119
120 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers
121
122 options= Varions SSL engine options. The most important
123 being:
124 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
125 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
126 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
127 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL documentation
128 for a more complete list.
1f7c9178 129DOC_END
130
79d4ccdf 131NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
e1d9c13c 132IFDEF: USE_SSL
79d4ccdf 133TYPE: onoff
134DEFAULT: off
135LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
1f7c9178 136DOC_START
79d4ccdf 137 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
138 messages.
1f7c9178 139DOC_END
140
934b03fc 141NAME: icp_port udp_port
142TYPE: ushort
143DEFAULT: 3130
144LOC: Config.Port.icp
145DOC_START
78a0e865 146 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
934b03fc 147 and from neighbor caches. Default is 3130. To disable use
148 "0". May be overridden with -u on the command line.
934b03fc 149DOC_END
150
459f1836 151NAME: htcp_port
152IFDEF: USE_HTCP
153TYPE: ushort
154DEFAULT: 4827
155LOC: Config.Port.htcp
156DOC_START
78a0e865 157 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
459f1836 158 and from neighbor caches. Default is 4827. To disable use
159 "0".
459f1836 160DOC_END
161
934b03fc 162
163NAME: mcast_groups
164TYPE: wordlist
165LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
1273d501 166DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 167DOC_START
cf5cc17e 168 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
78a0e865 169 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
934b03fc 170
171 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
172 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
173 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
174 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
a95856a0 175 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
934b03fc 176 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
177 receive replies from multicast group members.
178
179 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
efd900cb 180 is already in use by another group of caches.
934b03fc 181
cf5cc17e 182 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
2b6662ba 183 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
cf5cc17e 184
934b03fc 185 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
186
cf5cc17e 187 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
934b03fc 188DOC_END
189
190
934b03fc 191NAME: udp_incoming_address
192TYPE: address
193LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
270b86af 194DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
934b03fc 195DOC_NONE
196
197NAME: udp_outgoing_address
198TYPE: address
199LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
270b86af 200DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
934b03fc 201DOC_START
202 Usage: tcp_incoming_address 10.20.30.40
203 udp_outgoing_address fully.qualified.domain.name
204
934b03fc 205 udp_incoming_address is used for the ICP socket receiving packets
206 from other caches.
207 udp_outgoing_address is used for ICP packets sent out to other
208 caches.
209
efd900cb 210 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
934b03fc 211
6b53c392 212 A *_incoming_address value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that Squid should
213 listen on all available interfaces.
214
215 If udp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
216 then it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address. Only
217 change this if you want to have ICP queries sent using another
218 address than where this Squid listens for ICP queries from other
219 caches.
220
5a3f6538 221 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
6b53c392 222 have the same value since they both use port 3130.
934b03fc 223
7e3ce7b9 224 NOTE, tcp_incoming_address has been removed. You can now
225 specify IP addresses on the 'http_port' line.
934b03fc 226DOC_END
227
0f74202c 228COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 229 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
230 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 231COMMENT_END
934b03fc 232
40a1495e 233NAME: cache_peer
234TYPE: peer
1273d501 235DEFAULT: none
0153d498 236LOC: Config.peers
934b03fc 237DOC_START
238 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
239
6b53c392 240 cache_peer hostname type http_port icp_port
934b03fc 241
d0d41f07 242 For example,
934b03fc 243
244 # proxy icp
245 # hostname type port port options
246 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
cf5cc17e 247 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
248 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
249 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
934b03fc 250
251 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
252
253 proxy_port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
254 requests.
255
256 icp_port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
257 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
258 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
259 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
260 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
261
262 options: proxy-only
263 weight=n
264 ttl=n
265 no-query
266 default
267 round-robin
268 multicast-responder
b3264694 269 closest-only
46b034a4 270 no-digest
223213df 271 no-netdb-exchange
95e36d02 272 no-delay
c3b33cb7 273 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
3f62decd 274 connect-timeout=nn
7e3ce7b9 275 digest-url=url
987de783 276 allow-miss
e79a6f05 277 max-conn
934b03fc 278
279 use 'proxy-only' to specify that objects fetched
280 from this cache should not be saved locally.
281
282 use 'weight=n' to specify a weighted parent.
283 The weight must be an integer. The default weight
284 is 1, larger weights are favored more.
285
286 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
78a0e865 287 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
934b03fc 288 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
289 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
290 hosts, you must configure other group members as
291 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
292
293 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
294 neighbor.
295
296 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
297 be used as a "last-resort." You should probably
298 only use 'default' in situations where you cannot
299 use ICP with your parent cache(s).
300
301 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
302 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
303 absence of any ICP queries.
304
305 'multicast-responder' indicates that the named peer
306 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
307 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
308 will be accepted from it.
309
b3264694 310 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
311 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
312 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
313
46b034a4 314 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
315 this neighbor.
316
223213df 317 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
318 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
319
95e36d02 320 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
321 from influencing the delay pools.
322
c68e9c6b 323 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
324 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
4472c779 325 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
326 spaces). This also means that % must be written as %%.
c68e9c6b 327
94439e4e 328 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
ac3e1323 329 the upstream proxy. This will pass the users credentials
330 as they are to the peer proxy. This only works for the
331 Basic HTTP authentication sheme. Note: To combine this
332 with proxy_auth both proxies must share the same user
94439e4e 333 database as HTTP only allows for one proxy login.
334 Also be warned that this will expose your users proxy
ac3e1323 335 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
94439e4e 336
c3b33cb7 337 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
338 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
339 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
340 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
341 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
342 information which is added to the username. This can
343 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
344 the login=username:password option above.
345
3f62decd 346 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
347 specific connect timeout (also see the
348 peer_connect_timeout directive)
349
7e3ce7b9 350 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
351 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
352 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
353 location.
3f62decd 354
987de783 355 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
356 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
357 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
358 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
359 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
360 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
361 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
362 source is a peer)
363
e79a6f05 364 use 'max-conn' to limit the amount of connections Squid
365 may open to this peer.
366
934b03fc 367 NOTE: non-ICP neighbors must be specified as 'parent'.
934b03fc 368DOC_END
369
af7d912e 370NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
934b03fc 371TYPE: hostdomain
f1dc9b30 372DEFAULT: none
373LOC: none
934b03fc 374DOC_START
cf5cc17e 375 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
376 queried. Usage:
934b03fc 377
af7d912e 378 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
379 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
934b03fc 380
381 For example, specifying
382
af7d912e 383 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
934b03fc 384
385 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
386 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
387 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
388 with '!' means that the cache will be queried for objects
389 NOT in that domain.
390
391 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
392 either on the same or separate lines.
393 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
394 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
395 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
396 for all requests.
397 * There are no defaults.
3794b2b6 398 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
934b03fc 399 section.
400DOC_END
401
402
403NAME: neighbor_type_domain
404TYPE: hostdomaintype
f1dc9b30 405DEFAULT: none
406LOC: none
934b03fc 407DOC_START
408 usage: neighbor_type_domain parent|sibling domain domain ...
409
410 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
411 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
a95856a0 412 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
934b03fc 413 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
414 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
415 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
416
417EXAMPLE:
a95856a0 418 cache_peer parent cache.foo.org 3128 3130
934b03fc 419 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
420 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
421DOC_END
422
465dc415 423NAME: icp_query_timeout
424COMMENT: (msec)
425DEFAULT: 0
426TYPE: int
427LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
934b03fc 428DOC_START
465dc415 429 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
430 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
431 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
432 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
433 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
434 timeout (the old default), you would write:
934b03fc 435
465dc415 436 icp_query_timeout 2000
465dc415 437DOC_END
438
28993292 439NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
440COMMENT: (msec)
441DEFAULT: 2000
442TYPE: int
443LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
444DOC_START
efd900cb 445 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
446 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
447 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
448 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
e0d5ba83 449 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
450 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
28993292 451DOC_END
452
465dc415 453NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
454COMMENT: (msec)
455DEFAULT: 2000
456TYPE: int
457LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
458DOC_START
459 For Multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
460 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
461 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
462 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
463 seconds.
934b03fc 464DOC_END
465
dc835977 466NAME: dead_peer_timeout
467COMMENT: (seconds)
468DEFAULT: 10 seconds
469TYPE: time_t
470LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
471DOC_START
472 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
473 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
474 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
475 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
476 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
477 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
478
a8ad9a81 479 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
480 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
481 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
482 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
483 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
484 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
485 instead of to your parents.
dc835977 486DOC_END
487
934b03fc 488
489NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
490TYPE: wordlist
f8d9f54a 491DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 492LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
493DOC_START
494 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
495 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
496 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
497 list this option multiple times.
6b53c392 498NOCOMMENT_START
499#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
934b03fc 500hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b53c392 501NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 502DOC_END
503
504
bd05e3e3 505NAME: no_cache
506TYPE: acl_access
507DEFAULT: none
508LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
934b03fc 509DOC_START
d08a99eb 510 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
511 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
512 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
934b03fc 513
b269cf4e 514 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
515 NOT be cached.
0fdafae7 516
6b53c392 517NOCOMMENT_START
518#We recommend you to use the following two lines.
bd05e3e3 519acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
b269cf4e 520no_cache deny QUERY
6b53c392 521NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 522DOC_END
523
934b03fc 524
0f74202c 525COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 526 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE CACHE SIZE
527 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 528COMMENT_END
934b03fc 529
530NAME: cache_mem
9906e724 531COMMENT: (bytes)
1b635117 532TYPE: b_size_t
9906e724 533DEFAULT: 8 MB
43a70238 534LOC: Config.memMaxSize
934b03fc 535DOC_START
7b2496ca 536 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS
537 SIZE. IT PLACES A LIMIT ON ONE ASPECT OF SQUID'S MEMORY
538 USAGE. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER THINGS AS WELL.
539 YOUR PROCESS WILL PROBABLY BECOME TWICE OR THREE TIMES
96d88dcb 540 BIGGER THAN THE VALUE YOU PUT HERE
7b2496ca 541
542 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
543 for:
544 * In-Transit objects
545 * Hot Objects
546 * Negative-Cached objects
547
548 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
549 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
550 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
551 priority.
934b03fc 552
553 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
554 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
555 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
556 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
557 not needed for in-transit objects.
558
7b2496ca 559 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
560 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
561 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
562 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
563 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
564 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
565 objects.
934b03fc 566DOC_END
567
568
569NAME: cache_swap_low
570COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
571TYPE: int
572DEFAULT: 90
573LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
574DOC_NONE
575
576NAME: cache_swap_high
577COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
578TYPE: int
579DEFAULT: 95
580LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
581DOC_START
2b906e48 582
583 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
584 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
585 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
586 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
587 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
588 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
589
590 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
591 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
592 numbers closer together.
934b03fc 593DOC_END
594
934b03fc 595NAME: maximum_object_size
9e975e4e 596COMMENT: (bytes)
1b635117 597TYPE: b_size_t
9906e724 598DEFAULT: 4096 KB
934b03fc 599LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
600DOC_START
601 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
cf5cc17e 602 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
603 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
604 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
605 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
606 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
934b03fc 607
2b906e48 608 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
609 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
610 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
934b03fc 611DOC_END
612
d20b1cd0 613NAME: minimum_object_size
614COMMENT: (bytes)
615TYPE: b_size_t
616DEFAULT: 0 KB
617LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
618DOC_START
619 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
620 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
621 means there is no minimum.
622DOC_END
934b03fc 623
16689110 624NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
625COMMENT: (bytes)
626TYPE: b_size_t
627DEFAULT: 8 KB
628LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
629DOC_START
630 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
631 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
632 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
633 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem .
634DOC_END
635
934b03fc 636NAME: ipcache_size
637COMMENT: (number of entries)
638TYPE: int
639DEFAULT: 1024
640LOC: Config.ipcache.size
641DOC_NONE
642
643NAME: ipcache_low
644COMMENT: (percent)
645TYPE: int
646DEFAULT: 90
647LOC: Config.ipcache.low
648DOC_NONE
649
650NAME: ipcache_high
651COMMENT: (percent)
652TYPE: int
653DEFAULT: 95
654LOC: Config.ipcache.high
655DOC_START
656 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
934b03fc 657DOC_END
658
e55650e3 659NAME: fqdncache_size
660COMMENT: (number of entries)
661TYPE: int
662DEFAULT: 1024
663LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
664DOC_START
665 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
e55650e3 666DOC_END
667
6a566b9c 668NAME: cache_replacement_policy
669TYPE: removalpolicy
670LOC: Config.replPolicy
671DEFAULT: lru
672DOC_START
673 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
674 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
675
676 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
677 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
678 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
679 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
680
681 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
682
683 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
684
685 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
686 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
687 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
688 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
689
690 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
691 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
692 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
693 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
694
695 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
696 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
697 replacement policies.
698
699 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
700 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
96d88dcb 701 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
6a566b9c 702
703 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
704 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
705 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
706DOC_END
707
708NAME: memory_replacement_policy
709TYPE: removalpolicy
710LOC: Config.memPolicy
711DEFAULT: lru
712DOC_START
713 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
714 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
715
716 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
717DOC_END
718
719
0f74202c 720COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 721 LOGFILE PATHNAMES AND CACHE DIRECTORIES
722 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 723COMMENT_END
934b03fc 724
725NAME: cache_dir
726TYPE: cachedir
f1dc9b30 727DEFAULT: none
8e8d4f30 728DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
f1dc9b30 729LOC: Config.cacheSwap
934b03fc 730DOC_START
cf5cc17e 731 Usage:
732
8e8d4f30 733 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
934b03fc 734
1f7c9178 735 cache_dir diskd Maxobjsize Directory-Name MB L1 L2 Q1 Q2
736
934b03fc 737 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
738 cache among different disk partitions.
739
c463eb5f 740 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
741 is built by default. To eanble any of the other storage systems
742 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
9bc73deb 743
cf5cc17e 744 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
745 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
746 for caching, then this can be the mount-point directory.
747 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
748 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
749
8e8d4f30 750 The ufs store type:
751
752 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
753 been there.
754
755 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
cf5cc17e 756
757 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
758 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
759 configuration.
760
761 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
762 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
763
764 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
765 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
766 is 256.
d1595b77 767
8e8d4f30 768 The aufs store type:
769
770 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
771 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
772 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
773
774 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
775
776 see argument descriptions under ufs above
777
778 The diskd store type:
779
780 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
781 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
782 disk-I/O.
783
784 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
785
786 see argument descriptions under ufs above
787
788 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
789 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
790 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
791
d1595b77 792 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
793 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
8e8d4f30 794 Squid blocks until it recevies some replies. Default is 72
795
796 Common options:
797
798 read-only, this cache_dir is read only.
799
800 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
801 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
802 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
803 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
804 ones with no max-size specification last.
934b03fc 805DOC_END
806
807
808NAME: cache_access_log
809TYPE: string
d0b98f84 810DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@
934b03fc 811LOC: Config.Log.access
812DOC_START
813 Logs the client request activity. Contains an entry for
0eb83825 814 every HTTP and ICP queries received. To disable, enter "none".
934b03fc 815DOC_END
816
817
818NAME: cache_log
819TYPE: string
0153d498 820DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
934b03fc 821LOC: Config.Log.log
822DOC_START
cf5cc17e 823 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
efd900cb 824 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
cf5cc17e 825 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
934b03fc 826DOC_END
827
828
829NAME: cache_store_log
830TYPE: string
0153d498 831DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
934b03fc 832LOC: Config.Log.store
833DOC_START
834 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
835 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
cf5cc17e 836 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
efd900cb 837 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
cf5cc17e 838 disable it.
934b03fc 839DOC_END
840
841
842NAME: cache_swap_log
843TYPE: string
844LOC: Config.Log.swap
1273d501 845DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 846DOC_START
d0d3ec94 847 Location for the cache "swap.log." This log file holds the
934b03fc 848 metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild the
a80e50c7 849 cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
934b03fc 850 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
851 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
cf5cc17e 852 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
853 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
934b03fc 854
a80e50c7 855 If %s can be used in the file name then it will be replaced with a
856 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
857 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
858 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
96d88dcb 859
a80e50c7 860 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
861 then these swap logs will have names such as:
710df4ca 862
863 cache_swap_log.00
864 cache_swap_log.01
865 cache_swap_log.02
866
867 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
868 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
869 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
870 lines in this file, then these log files will NOT correspond to
871 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
872 them). We recommend that you do NOT use this option. It is
873 better to keep these log files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
934b03fc 874DOC_END
875
876
877NAME: emulate_httpd_log
878COMMENT: on|off
879TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 880DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 881LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
934b03fc 882DOC_START
883 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
884 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
885 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
cf5cc17e 886 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
efd900cb 887 information that Squid-specific log analyzers use.
934b03fc 888DOC_END
889
890b0fa8 890NAME: log_ip_on_direct
891COMMENT: on|off
892TYPE: onoff
893DEFAULT: on
894LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
895DOC_START
896 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
897 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
898 prefer the old way set this to off.
890b0fa8 899DOC_END
934b03fc 900
901NAME: mime_table
f0b19334 902TYPE: string
0153d498 903DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
934b03fc 904LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
905DOC_START
cf5cc17e 906 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
907 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
908 information if you do.
934b03fc 909DOC_END
910
911
912NAME: log_mime_hdrs
913COMMENT: on|off
914TYPE: onoff
17a0a4ee 915LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
f1dc9b30 916DEFAULT: off
934b03fc 917DOC_START
cf5cc17e 918 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
919 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
920 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
921 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
922 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
934b03fc 923DOC_END
924
925
926NAME: useragent_log
927TYPE: string
928LOC: Config.Log.useragent
f1dc9b30 929DEFAULT: none
6b53c392 930IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
934b03fc 931DOC_START
6b53c392 932 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
933 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
934 is disabled.
934b03fc 935DOC_END
936
937
fd2c5549 938NAME: referer_log
939TYPE: string
940LOC: Config.Log.referer
941DEFAULT: none
b81f1cf3 942IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
fd2c5549 943DOC_START
b81f1cf3 944 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
945 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
fd2c5549 946DOC_END
947
948
934b03fc 949NAME: pid_filename
950TYPE: string
0153d498 951DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
934b03fc 952LOC: Config.pidFilename
953DOC_START
d0d41f07 954 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
934b03fc 955DOC_END
956
957
958NAME: debug_options
f1dc9b30 959TYPE: eol
934b03fc 960DEFAULT: ALL,1
961LOC: Config.debugOptions
962DOC_START
963 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
964 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
965 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
966 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
967 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
968 "ALL,1".
934b03fc 969DOC_END
970
971
934b03fc 972NAME: log_fqdn
973COMMENT: on|off
974TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 975DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 976LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
934b03fc 977DOC_START
978 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
cf5cc17e 979 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
980 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
981 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
96d88dcb 982 browsing.
934b03fc 983DOC_END
984
985
986NAME: client_netmask
987TYPE: address
988LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
f1dc9b30 989DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
934b03fc 990DOC_START
991 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
992 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
cf5cc17e 993 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
994 the last digit set to '0'.
934b03fc 995DOC_END
996
997
0f74202c 998COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 999 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1000 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 1001COMMENT_END
934b03fc 1002
934b03fc 1003NAME: ftp_user
1004TYPE: string
cf5cc17e 1005DEFAULT: Squid@
934b03fc 1006LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
1007DOC_START
1008 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
1009 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
efd900cb 1010 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
934b03fc 1011
1012 The reason why this is domainless by default is that the
1013 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
1014 depending on how the cache is used.
1015 Some ftp server also validate that the email address is valid
1016 (for example perl.com).
934b03fc 1017DOC_END
1018
365cb147 1019NAME: ftp_list_width
1b635117 1020TYPE: size_t
365cb147 1021DEFAULT: 32
1022LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
1023DOC_START
cf5cc17e 1024 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
1025 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
1026 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
365cb147 1027DOC_END
1028
d20b1cd0 1029NAME: ftp_passive
1030TYPE: onoff
1031DEFAULT: on
1032LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
1033DOC_START
1034 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
1035 connections, then turn off this option.
1036DOC_END
1037
934b03fc 1038NAME: cache_dns_program
f0b19334 1039TYPE: string
589c90de 1040IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
0153d498 1041DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
934b03fc 1042LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
1043DOC_START
1044 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
934b03fc 1045DOC_END
1046
934b03fc 1047NAME: dns_children
1048TYPE: int
6b53c392 1049IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
934b03fc 1050DEFAULT: 5
1051LOC: Config.dnsChildren
1052DOC_START
1053 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
1054 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
1055 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
1056 is 32. The default is 5.
1057
efd900cb 1058 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
934b03fc 1059DOC_END
1060
4fe0e1d0 1061NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
1062TYPE: time_t
1063DEFAULT: 5 seconds
1064LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
1065IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1066DOC_START
1067 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
1068 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
1069
1070DOC_END
1071
1072NAME: dns_timeout
1073TYPE: time_t
1074DEFAULT: 5 minutes
1075LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
1076IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1077DOC_START
1078 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
1079 within this time then all DNS servers for the queried domain
1080 is assumed to be unavailable.
1081DOC_END
934b03fc 1082
1083NAME: dns_defnames
1084COMMENT: on|off
589c90de 1085IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
934b03fc 1086TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 1087DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 1088LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
6b53c392 1089IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
934b03fc 1090DOC_START
1091 Normally the 'dnsserver' disables the RES_DEFNAMES resolver
1092 option (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
1093 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
1094 dnsserver to handle single-component names, enable this
1095 option.
934b03fc 1096DOC_END
1097
09c483ec 1098NAME: dns_nameservers
1099TYPE: wordlist
1100DEFAULT: none
1101LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
1102DOC_START
1103 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
1104 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
1105 /etc/resolv.conf file.
1106
1107 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
09c483ec 1108DOC_END
1109
0e70aa1e 1110NAME: hosts_file
1111TYPE: string
1112DEFAULT: /etc/hosts
1113LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
1114DOC_START
1115 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
1116 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file: under
1117 Un*X it's by default in /etc/hosts MS-Windows NT/2000 places
1118 that in %SystemRoot%(by default
1119 c:\winnt)\system32\drivers\etc\hosts, while Windows 9x/ME
1120 places that in %windir%(usually c:\windows)\hosts
1121
1122 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
1123 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
1124 whitespace-separated. lines beginnng with an hash (#)
1125 character are comments.
1126
1127 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration. If
1128 set to 'none', it won't be checked. If append_domain is
1129 used, that domain will be added to domain-local (i.e. not
1130 containing any dot character) host definitions.
1131DOC_END
934b03fc 1132
be7d89d4 1133NAME: diskd_program
1134TYPE: string
1135DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
1136LOC: Config.Program.diskd
1137DOC_START
1138 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
1139 Note that this is only useful if you have compiled in
1140 diskd as one of the store io modules.
1141DOC_END
1142
934b03fc 1143NAME: unlinkd_program
a3d0a19d 1144IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
f0b19334 1145TYPE: string
0153d498 1146DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
934b03fc 1147LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
1148DOC_START
1149 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
934b03fc 1150DOC_END
1151
934b03fc 1152NAME: pinger_program
a95856a0 1153TYPE: string
0153d498 1154DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
934b03fc 1155LOC: Config.Program.pinger
6b53c392 1156IFDEF: USE_ICMP
934b03fc 1157DOC_START
1158 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
934b03fc 1159DOC_END
1160
1161
1162NAME: redirect_program
c6d5b87b 1163TYPE: wordlist
934b03fc 1164LOC: Config.Program.redirect
62607543 1165DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 1166DOC_START
1167 Specify the location of the executable for the URL redirector.
cf5cc17e 1168 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3f94eab9 1169 See the FAQ (section 15) for information on how to write one.
cf5cc17e 1170 By default, a redirector is not used.
934b03fc 1171DOC_END
1172
1173
1174NAME: redirect_children
1175TYPE: int
1176DEFAULT: 5
1177LOC: Config.redirectChildren
1178DOC_START
cf5cc17e 1179 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
1180 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
1181 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
1182 and other system resources.
934b03fc 1183DOC_END
1184
c68e9c6b 1185NAME: redirect_rewrites_host_header
1186TYPE: onoff
1187DEFAULT: on
1188LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
1189DOC_START
7e3ce7b9 1190 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
1191 requests. If you are running a accelerator then this may
1192 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
c68e9c6b 1193DOC_END
1194
9bc73deb 1195NAME: redirector_access
1196TYPE: acl_access
1197DEFAULT: none
1198LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
1199DOC_START
1200 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
1201 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
1202 are sent.
1203DOC_END
1204
94439e4e 1205NAME: auth_param
1206TYPE: authparam
1207LOC: Config.authConfig
73e67ee0 1208DEFAULT: none
1209DOC_START
94439e4e 1210 This is used to pass parameters to the various authentication
1211 schemes.
1212 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
1213
1214 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
1215 would tell the basic authentication scheme it's program parameter.
1216
1217 The order that authentication prompts are presented to the client_agent
1218 is dependant on the order the scheme first appears in config file.
1219 IE has a bug (it's not rfc 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
1220 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure schemes
1221 are presented. For now use the order in the file below. If other browsers
1222 have difficulties (don't recognise the schemes offered even if you are using
1223 basic) then either put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting
1224 out their program entry).
1225
2d70df72 1226 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be shutdown
1227 by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on the fly and
96d88dcb 1228 activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a different helper,
2d70df72 1229 but not unconfigure the helper completely.
1230
94439e4e 1231 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
1232
1233 "program" cmdline
6c20b822 1234 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a
1235 program reads a line containing "username password" and replies
1236 "OK" or "ERR" in an endless loop. If you use an authenticator,
1237 make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth. By default, the
94439e4e 1238 authenticate_program is not used.
73e67ee0 1239
6c20b822 1240 If you want to use the traditional proxy authentication,
1241 jump over to the ../auth_modules/NCSA directory and
1242 type:
1243 % make
1244 % make install
73e67ee0 1245
6c20b822 1246 Then, set this line to something like
73e67ee0 1247
94439e4e 1248 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
73e67ee0 1249
94439e4e 1250 "children" numberofchildren
1251 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default). If you
73e67ee0 1252 start too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog
1253 of usercode/password verifications, slowing it down. When password
1254 verifications are done via a (slow) network you are likely to need
1255 lots of authenticator processes.
94439e4e 1256 auth_param basic children 5
1257
1258 "realm" realmstring
1259 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the client for
1260 the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of the text the user will
1261 see when prompted their username and password). Their is no default.
1262 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1263
1264 "credentialsttl" timetolive
1265 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated username:password
96d88dcb 1266 pair is valid for - in other words how often the helper program is called
94439e4e 1267 for that user. Set this low to force revalidation with short lived passwords.
1268 Note that setting this high does not impact your susceptability to replay
1269 attacks unless you are using a one-time password system (such as SecureID).
1270 If you are using such a system, you will be vulnerable to replay attacks
1271 unless you also enable the IP ttl is strict option.
1272
2d70df72 1273 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
1274
1275 "program" cmdline
1276 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a
1277 program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and replies
1278 with the appropriate H(A1) value base64 encoded. See rfc 2616 for
1279 the definition of H(A1). If you use an authenticator,
96d88dcb 1280 make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth. By default,
2d70df72 1281 authentication is not used.
1282
1283 If you want to use build a authenticator,
96d88dcb 1284 jump over to the ../digest_auth_modules directory and choose the
2d70df72 1285 authenticator to use. It it's directory type
1286 % make
1287 % make install
1288
1289 Then, set this line to something like
1290
1291 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
1292
1293
1294 "children" numberofchildren
1295 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default). If you
1296 start too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog
1297 of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down. When the H(A1) calculations
96d88dcb 1298 are done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
2d70df72 1299 authenticator processes.
1300 auth_param digest children 5
1301
1302 "realm" realmstring
1303 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the client for
1304 the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of the text the user will
1305 see when prompted their username and password). There is no default.
1306 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1307
1308 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
1309 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued to client_agent's
1310 are checked for validity.
1311
1312 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
96d88dcb 1313 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be valid for.
2d70df72 1314
1315 "nonce_max_count" number
1316 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be used.
1317
94439e4e 1318 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1319
1320 "program" cmdline
1321 Specify the command for the external ntlm authenticator. Such a
1322 program reads a line containing the uuencoded NEGOTIATE and replies
1323 with the ntlm CHALLENGE, then waits for the response and answers with
1324 "OK" or "ERR" in an endless loop. If you use an ntlm authenticator,
1325 make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth. By default, the
1326 ntlm authenticator_program is not used.
1327
1328 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1329
1330 "children" numberofchildren
1331 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default). If you
1332 start too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog
1333 of credential verifications, slowing it down. When crendential
1334 verifications are done via a (slow) network you are likely to need
1335 lots of authenticator processes.
1336 auth_param ntlm children 5
1337
1338 "max_challenge_reuses" number
1339 The maximum number of times a challenge given by a ntlm authentication
96d88dcb 1340 helper can be reused. Increasing this number increases your exposure
1341 to replay attacks on your network. 0 means use the challenge only once.
94439e4e 1342 (disable challenge caching)
1343 See max_ntlm_challenge_lifetime for more information.
1344 auth_param ntlm max_challenge_reuses 0
1345
1346 "max_challenge_lifetime" timespan
1347 The maximum time period that a ntlm challenge is reused over.
96d88dcb 1348 The actual period will be the minimum of this time AND the number of
94439e4e 1349 reused challenges.
1350 auth_param ntlm max_challenge_lifetime 2 minutes
1351
1352NOCOMMENT_START
1353#Recommended minimum configuration:
2d70df72 1354#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1355#auth_param digest children 5
1356#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1357#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1358#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1359#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
94439e4e 1360#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
2d70df72 1361#auth_param ntlm children 5
1362#auth_param ntlm max_challenge_reuses 0
1363#auth_param ntlm max_challenge_lifetime 2 minutes
94439e4e 1364#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
1365auth_param basic children 5
1366auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1367auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
1368NOCOMMENT_END
1369DOC_END
1370
1371NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1372TYPE: time_t
1373DEFAULT: 1 hour
1374LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1375DOC_START
96d88dcb 1376 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
94439e4e 1377 This is a tradeoff between memory utilisation (long intervals - say
1378 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if
1379 you have good reason to.
73e67ee0 1380DOC_END
1381
c68e9c6b 1382NAME: authenticate_ttl
70a76033 1383TYPE: time_t
1384DEFAULT: 1 hour
c68e9c6b 1385LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1386DOC_START
94439e4e 1387 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in user cache
1388 since their last request. When the garbage interval passes, all
1389 user credentials that have passed their TTL are removed from memory.
c68e9c6b 1390DOC_END
1391
9bc73deb 1392NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
70a76033 1393TYPE: time_t
9bc73deb 1394LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
70a76033 1395DEFAULT: 0 seconds
9bc73deb 1396DOC_START
1397 With this option you control how long a proxy authentication
1398 will be bound to a specific IP address. If a request using
1399 the same user name is received during this time then access
1400 will be denied and both users are required to reauthenticate
1401 them selves. The idea behind this is to make it annoying
1402 for people to share their password to their friends, but
1403 yet allow a dialup user to reconnect on a different dialup
1404 port.
1405
1406 The default is 0 to disable the check. Recommended value
70a76033 1407 if you have dialup users are no more than 60 seconds to allow
1408 the user to redial without hassle. If all your users are
1409 stationary then higher values may be used.
1410
60d096f4 1411 See also the acl max_user_ip.
9bc73deb 1412DOC_END
1413
0f74202c 1414COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 1415 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
1416 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 1417COMMENT_END
934b03fc 1418
0153d498 1419NAME: wais_relay_host
1420TYPE: string
1273d501 1421DEFAULT: none
0153d498 1422LOC: Config.Wais.relayHost
1423DOC_NONE
934b03fc 1424
0153d498 1425NAME: wais_relay_port
1426TYPE: ushort
1427DEFAULT: 0
1428LOC: Config.Wais.relayPort
934b03fc 1429DOC_START
1430 Relay WAIS request to host (1st arg) at port (2 arg).
934b03fc 1431DOC_END
1432
1433
0483b991 1434NAME: request_header_max_size
1435COMMENT: (KB)
1436TYPE: b_size_t
1437DEFAULT: 10 KB
1438LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
1439DOC_START
1440 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
1441 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
1442 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
1443 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
1444 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
0483b991 1445DOC_END
1446
1447NAME: request_body_max_size
9906e724 1448COMMENT: (KB)
518da0bd 1449TYPE: b_size_t
ec719ae2 1450DEFAULT: 0 KB
0483b991 1451LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
934b03fc 1452DOC_START
0483b991 1453 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
1454 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
1455 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
1456 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
ec719ae2 1457 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
1458 be no limit imposed.
0483b991 1459DOC_END
934b03fc 1460
934b03fc 1461NAME: refresh_pattern
934b03fc 1462TYPE: refreshpattern
f1dc9b30 1463LOC: Config.Refresh
1273d501 1464DEFAULT: none
6b53c392 1465DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
1466DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
1467DEFAULT_IF_NONE: . 0 20% 4320
934b03fc 1468DOC_START
7ddc902f 1469 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
1470
1471 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
1472 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
934b03fc 1473
7e3ce7b9 1474 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
1475 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
1476 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
efd900cb 1477 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
7e3ce7b9 1478 has taken the appropriate actions.
1479
1480 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
efd900cb 1481 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
7e3ce7b9 1482 will be considered fresh.
1483
1484 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
1485 expiry time will be considered fresh.
934b03fc 1486
7e3ce7b9 1487 options: overrsde-expire
1dfa1d81 1488 override-lastmod
cbe3a719 1489 reload-into-ims
1490 ignore-reload
1dfa1d81 1491
1492 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
cbe3a719 1493 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
1494 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
1495 for problems which it causes.
1dfa1d81 1496
1497 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
1498 that was modified recently.
cbe3a719 1499
1500 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
1501 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
1502 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
1503 liable for problems which it causes.
1504
1505 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
1506 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
1507 this feature could make you liable for problems which
1508 it causes.
1dfa1d81 1509
934b03fc 1510 Please see the file doc/Release-Notes-1.1.txt for a full
1511 description of Squid's refresh algorithm. Basically a
1dfa1d81 1512 cached object is: (the order is changed from 1.1.X)
934b03fc 1513
1dfa1d81 1514 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
6b8e7481 1515 STALE if age > max
1dfa1d81 1516 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
1517 FRESH if age < min
1518 else STALE
934b03fc 1519
1520 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
1521 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
1522 match, then the default will be used.
1523
6b53c392 1524 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
1525 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
1526 used.
934b03fc 1527DOC_END
1528
934b03fc 1529NAME: reference_age
f1dc9b30 1530TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1531LOC: Config.referenceAge
f1dc9b30 1532DEFAULT: 1 year
934b03fc 1533DOC_START
1534 As a part of normal operation, Squid performs Least Recently
1535 Used removal of cached objects. The LRU age for removal is
1536 computed dynamically, based on the amount of disk space in
6778c757 1537 use. The dynamic value can be seen in the Cache Manager 'info'
1538 output.
1539
1540 The 'reference_age' parameter defines the maximum LRU age. For
1541 example, setting reference_age to '1 week' will cause objects
1542 to be removed if they have not been accessed for a week or
7e3ce7b9 1543 more. The default value is one year.
934b03fc 1544
1545 Specify a number here, followed by units of time. For example:
1546 1 week
1547 3.5 days
1548 4 months
1549 2.2 hours
1550
2b906e48 1551 NOTE: this parameter is not used when using the enhanced
1552 replacement policies, GDSH or LFUDA.
934b03fc 1553DOC_END
1554
1555
0153d498 1556NAME: quick_abort_min
9906e724 1557COMMENT: (KB)
1558TYPE: kb_size_t
c68e9c6b 1559DEFAULT: 16 KB
0153d498 1560LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
1561DOC_NONE
1562
0153d498 1563NAME: quick_abort_max
9906e724 1564COMMENT: (KB)
1565TYPE: kb_size_t
6b53c392 1566DEFAULT: 16 KB
0153d498 1567LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
1b2f5c2f 1568DOC_NONE
1569
1570NAME: quick_abort_pct
1571COMMENT: (percent)
1572TYPE: int
c68e9c6b 1573DEFAULT: 95
1b2f5c2f 1574LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
934b03fc 1575DOC_START
9923e308 1576 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
7a61d612 1577 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
1578 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
1579 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
1580 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
1581 downloads.
934b03fc 1582
1583 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
1584 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
1585 then.
1586
cf5cc17e 1587 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2bb84b43 1588 it will finish the retrieval.
934b03fc 1589
cf5cc17e 1590 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
1591 it will abort the retrieval.
934b03fc 1592
1b2f5c2f 1593 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
1594 it will finish the retrieval.
2bb84b43 1595
7a61d612 1596 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2bb84b43 1597 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
1598 to '0 KB'.
1599
9923e308 1600 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
2bb84b43 1601 cached then set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
934b03fc 1602DOC_END
1603
1604
1605NAME: negative_ttl
bc0eb004 1606COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1607TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1608LOC: Config.negativeTtl
9e975e4e 1609DEFAULT: 5 minutes
934b03fc 1610DOC_START
1611 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
1612 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
cf5cc17e 1613 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
1614 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
1615 negative caching of DNS lookups.
934b03fc 1616DOC_END
1617
1618
1619NAME: positive_dns_ttl
bc0eb004 1620COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1621TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1622LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
9e975e4e 1623DEFAULT: 6 hours
934b03fc 1624DOC_START
1625 Time-to-Live (TTL) for positive caching of successful DNS lookups.
1626 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). If you want to minimize the
1627 use of Squid's ipcache, set this to 1, not 0.
934b03fc 1628DOC_END
1629
1630
1631NAME: negative_dns_ttl
bc0eb004 1632COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1633TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1634LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
9e975e4e 1635DEFAULT: 5 minutes
934b03fc 1636DOC_START
1637 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
934b03fc 1638DOC_END
1639
c68e9c6b 1640NAME: range_offset_limit
1641COMMENT: (bytes)
1642TYPE: b_size_t
1643LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
1644DEFAULT: 0 KB
1645DOC_START
1646 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
1647 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
1648 limit then Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
1649 is NOT cached.
1650
1651 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
1652 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
1653 sending anything to the client.
1654
1655 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
1656 beginning so that it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
1657
6e7dbcbd 1658 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
c68e9c6b 1659 client requested. (default)
c68e9c6b 1660DOC_END
1661
1662
0f74202c 1663COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 1664 TIMEOUTS
1665 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 1666COMMENT_END
934b03fc 1667
1668NAME: connect_timeout
bc0eb004 1669COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1670TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1671LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
9e975e4e 1672DEFAULT: 2 minutes
934b03fc 1673DOC_START
1674 Some systems (notably Linux) can not be relied upon to properly
cf5cc17e 1675 time out connect(2) requests. Therefore the Squid process
934b03fc 1676 enforces its own timeout on server connections. This parameter
1677 specifies how long to wait for the connect to complete. The
1678 default is two minutes (120 seconds).
934b03fc 1679DOC_END
1680
3f62decd 1681NAME: peer_connect_timeout
1682COMMENT: time-units
1683TYPE: time_t
1684LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
1685DEFAULT: 30 seconds
1686DOC_START
1687 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
1688 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
1689 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
1690 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
9bc73deb 1691DOC_END
3f62decd 1692
23d92c64 1693NAME: siteselect_timeout
1694COMMENT: time-units
1695TYPE: time_t
1696LOC: Config.Timeout.siteSelect
1697DEFAULT: 4 seconds
1698DOC_START
1699 For URN to multiple URL's URL selection
23d92c64 1700DOC_END
934b03fc 1701
1702NAME: read_timeout
bc0eb004 1703COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1704TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1705LOC: Config.Timeout.read
9e975e4e 1706DEFAULT: 15 minutes
934b03fc 1707DOC_START
1708 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
1709 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
1710 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
1711 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
1712 default is 15 minutes.
934b03fc 1713DOC_END
1714
1715
934b03fc 1716NAME: request_timeout
f1dc9b30 1717TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1718LOC: Config.Timeout.request
049d61bb 1719DEFAULT: 5 minutes
1720DOC_START
1721 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
1722 connection establishment.
1723DOC_END
1724
1725
1726NAME: persistent_request_timeout
1727TYPE: time_t
1728LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
1729DEFAULT: 1 minute
934b03fc 1730DOC_START
049d61bb 1731 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
1732 connection after the previous request completes.
934b03fc 1733DOC_END
1734
1735
1736NAME: client_lifetime
bc0eb004 1737COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1738TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1739LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
9e975e4e 1740DEFAULT: 1 day
934b03fc 1741DOC_START
1742 The maximum amount of time that a client (browser) is allowed to
1743 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
efd900cb 1744 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
934b03fc 1745 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
1746 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
1747 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
1748 day, 1440 minutes.
1749
1750 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
1751 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
1752 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
1753 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
1754 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
049d61bb 1755 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
934b03fc 1756DOC_END
1757
ea285003 1758NAME: half_closed_clients
1759TYPE: onoff
1760LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
1761DEFAULT: on
1762DOC_START
1763 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
1764 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
1765 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
1766 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
1767 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
1768 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
1769 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
1770 "no more data to read."
ea285003 1771DOC_END
1772
603a02fd 1773NAME: pconn_timeout
1774TYPE: time_t
1775LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
1776DEFAULT: 120 seconds
1777DOC_START
1778 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
1779 proxies.
603a02fd 1780DOC_END
1781
05832ae1 1782NAME: ident_timeout
1783TYPE: time_t
3898f57f 1784IFDEF: USE_IDENT
05832ae1 1785LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
1786DEFAULT: 10 seconds
1787DOC_START
c463eb5f 1788 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
1789
1790 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
1791 users, then you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
1792 many ident requests going at once.
05832ae1 1793DOC_END
1794
934b03fc 1795
1796NAME: shutdown_lifetime
bc0eb004 1797COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1798TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1799LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
9e975e4e 1800DEFAULT: 30 seconds
934b03fc 1801DOC_START
1802 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
1803 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
1804 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
1805 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
1806 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
934b03fc 1807DOC_END
1808
0f74202c 1809COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 1810 ACCESS CONTROLS
1811 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 1812COMMENT_END
934b03fc 1813
1814NAME: acl
1815TYPE: acl
f1dc9b30 1816LOC: Config.aclList
1817DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 1818DOC_START
1819 Defining an Access List
1820
1821 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
1822 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
1823
1824 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
1825
fc659d9d 1826 acltype is one of the types described below
934b03fc 1827
edd80fbb 1828 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
1829 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
1830
934b03fc 1831 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
1832 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
1833 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
ae2c08a2 1834 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
d0d41f07 1835
efd900cb 1836 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
1837 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
edd80fbb 1838 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
1839 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
d0d41f07 1840 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
1841 # based URL is used. The name "none" is used if the reverse lookup
1842 # fails.
1843
934b03fc 1844 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
1845 day-abbrevs:
1846 S - Sunday
1847 M - Monday
1848 T - Tuesday
1849 W - Wednesday
1850 H - Thursday
1851 F - Friday
1852 A - Saturday
1853 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
edd80fbb 1854 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
1855 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
934b03fc 1856 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
ec5bba4d 1857 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
7e3ce7b9 1858 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
934b03fc 1859 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
1860 acl aclname method GET POST ...
fc659d9d 1861 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
edd80fbb 1862 # pattern match on User-Agent header
fc659d9d 1863 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
1864 # pattern match on Referer header
1865 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
c68e9c6b 1866 acl aclname ident username ...
145cf928 1867 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
c68e9c6b 1868 # string match on ident output.
1869 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
96d88dcb 1870 acl aclname src_as number ...
6468fe10 1871 acl aclname dst_as number ...
1872 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
96d88dcb 1873 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
1874 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
6468fe10 1875 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
1876 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
d87ebd78 1877 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
1878 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
6468fe10 1879
c68e9c6b 1880 acl aclname proxy_auth username ...
145cf928 1881 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
c68e9c6b 1882 # list of valid usernames
1883 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
73e67ee0 1884 #
1885 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
1886 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
1887 # in access.log.
c68e9c6b 1888 #
1889 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
1890 # to check username/password combinations (see
1891 # authenticate_program).
1892 #
1893 # WARNING: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy. It
1894 # collides with any authentication done by origin servers. It may
1895 # seem like it works at first, but it doesn't.
934b03fc 1896
dba79ac5 1897 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
08f6b5e0 1898 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
dba79ac5 1899 # Example:
96d88dcb 1900 #
dba79ac5 1901 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
1902
9bc73deb 1903 acl aclname maxconn number
1904 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
1905 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
1906
60d096f4 1907 acl aclname max_user_ip
96d88dcb 1908 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
60d096f4 1909 # than <number> different ip address's. The authenticate_ip_ttl
1910 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
96d88dcb 1911 # NOTE: in acceleration mode, clients may appear to come from
60d096f4 1912 # multiple address's if they are going through proxy farms,
1913 # so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
1914
1915
fb8ee28e 1916 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
ba2b31a8 1917 # regex match agains the mime type of the request generated
1918 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
1919 # types HTTP tunelling requests.
1920 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
1921 # to match the returned file type.
c68e9c6b 1922
fb8ee28e 1923 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
c4ab8329 1924 # regex match against the mime type of the reply recieved by
1925 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
1926 # types HTTP tunelling requests.
1927 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1928 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1929 # http_reply_access.
1930
1931
c68e9c6b 1932Examples:
1933acl myexample dst_as 1241
aa6956a5 1934acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
ba2b31a8 1935acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
c4ab8329 1936acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
c68e9c6b 1937
c68e9c6b 1938NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 1939#Recommended minimum configuration:
c68e9c6b 1940acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
934b03fc 1941acl manager proto cache_object
1942acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
4cc6eb12 1943acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
934b03fc 1944acl SSL_ports port 443 563
6b53c392 1945acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
1946acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
1947acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
1948acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
1949acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
1950acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
9bc73deb 1951acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
1952acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
1953acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
1954acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
934b03fc 1955acl CONNECT method CONNECT
c68e9c6b 1956NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 1957DOC_END
1958
1959NAME: http_access
1960TYPE: acl_access
f1dc9b30 1961LOC: Config.accessList.http
1962DEFAULT: none
da7f354f 1963DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
934b03fc 1964DOC_START
1965 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1966
1967 Access to the HTTP port:
1968 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1969
934b03fc 1970 NOTE on default values:
1971
6b53c392 1972 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
934b03fc 1973 the request.
1974
1975 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1976 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1977 deny, then the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1978 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
1979 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
1980 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
1981
c68e9c6b 1982NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 1983#Recommended minimum configuration:
1984#
1985# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
c68e9c6b 1986http_access allow manager localhost
1987http_access deny manager
6b53c392 1988# Deny requests to unknown ports
499558df 1989http_access deny !Safe_ports
6b53c392 1990# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
c68e9c6b 1991http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
1992#
4cc6eb12 1993# We strongly recommend to uncomment the following to protect innocent
1994# web applications running on the proxy server who think that the only
1995# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1996#http_access deny to_localhost
c68e9c6b 1997#
4cc6eb12 1998# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
1999
6b53c392 2000# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
c68e9c6b 2001http_access deny all
2002NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2003DOC_END
2004
c4ab8329 2005NAME: http_reply_access
2006TYPE: acl_access
2007LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2008DEFAULT: none
2009DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2010DOC_START
2011 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
2012
2013 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
2014
96d88dcb 2015 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
c4ab8329 2016 all replies
2017
2018 If none of the access lines cause a match, then the opposite of the
2019 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2020 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
2021
2022NOCOMMENT_START
2023#Recommended minimum configuration:
2024#
2025# Insert your own rules here.
2026#
2027#
2028# and finally allow by default
2029http_reply_access allow all
2030NOCOMMENT_END
2031DOC_END
2032
934b03fc 2033
2034NAME: icp_access
2035TYPE: acl_access
f1dc9b30 2036LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2037DEFAULT: none
da7f354f 2038DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
934b03fc 2039DOC_START
6b53c392 2040 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2041 access lists
2042
2043 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2044
2045 See http_access for details
934b03fc 2046
c68e9c6b 2047NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2048#Allow ICP queries from eveyone
c68e9c6b 2049icp_access allow all
2050NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2051DOC_END
2052
2053
2054NAME: miss_access
2055TYPE: acl_access
f1dc9b30 2056LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2057DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2058DOC_START
2059 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2060 a parent. For example:
2061
2062 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2063 miss_access allow localclients
2064 miss_access deny !localclients
2065
2066 This means that only your local clients are allowed to fetch
2067 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
2068
2069 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2070 to fetch MISSES from us.
6b53c392 2071
c68e9c6b 2072NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2073#Default setting:
2074# miss_access allow all
c68e9c6b 2075NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2076DOC_END
2077
2078
505e35db 2079NAME: cache_peer_access
2080TYPE: peer_access
f1dc9b30 2081DEFAULT: none
2082LOC: none
934b03fc 2083DOC_START
505e35db 2084 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2085 using ACL elements.
934b03fc 2086
505e35db 2087 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 2088
505e35db 2089 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2090 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
2b6662ba 2091 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
934b03fc 2092DOC_END
2093
ec603b25 2094NAME: ident_lookup_access
2095TYPE: acl_access
2096IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2097DEFAULT: none
2098DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2099LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
2100DOC_START
2101 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
2102 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
2103 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
2104 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
2105 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
2106 any requests.
2107
2108 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
2109 can follow this example:
96d88dcb 2110
ec603b25 2111 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
2112 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
2113 ident_lookup_access deny all
2114
c463eb5f 2115 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
2116 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
2117 the correct result.
ec603b25 2118DOC_END
2119
d6827718 2120NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoin_dscp
2121TYPE: acl_tos
2122DEFAULT: none
2123LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
2124DOC_START
2125 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
2126 connections with, based on the username or source address
2127 making the request.
2128
2129 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2130
2131 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2132 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
2133
2134 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2135 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2136 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
2137 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2138
2139 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
2140 know what you're specifying. For more, see RFC 2474
2141
2142 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a byte, value 0 - 255, or
2143 "default" to use whatever default your host has.
2144
2145 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2146 matching line.
2147DOC_END
2148
2149NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2150TYPE: acl_address
2151DEFAULT: none
2152LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2153DOC_START
2154 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2155 based on the username or sourceaddress of the user making
2156 the request.
2157
2158 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
2159
2160 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwareded
2161 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
2162 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
2163 source address 10.1.0.3.
2164
2165 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2166 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2167 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
2168 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
2169 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
2170
2171 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2172 matching line.
2173DOC_END
ec603b25 2174
a560ee93 2175NAME: reply_body_max_size
2176COMMENT: bytes allow|deny acl acl...
2177TYPE: body_size_t
2178DEFAULT: none
2179DEFAULT_IF_NONE: 0 allow all
2180LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
2181DOC_START
2182 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It
2183 can be used to prevent users from downloading very large files,
2184 such as MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are recieved,
2185 the reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line with
2186 a result of "allow" is used as the maximum body size for this reply.
2187 This size is then checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
2188 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
2189 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
2190 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
2191 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
2192 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
2193 and they will receive a partial reply.
2194
2195 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
2196 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
2197 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
2198 use this option if you have downstream caches.
2199
96d88dcb 2200 WARNING: A maximum size larger than the size of squid's error messages
a560ee93 2201 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
2202 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
2203 the size of your largest error page.
2204
2205 If you set this parameter to zero (the default), there will be
2206 no limit imposed.
2207DOC_END
2208
0f74202c 2209COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 2210 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
2211 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 2212COMMENT_END
934b03fc 2213
2214NAME: cache_mgr
2215TYPE: string
2216DEFAULT: webmaster
2217LOC: Config.adminEmail
2218DOC_START
2219 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
2220 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
934b03fc 2221DOC_END
2222
2223
2224NAME: cache_effective_user
0153d498 2225TYPE: string
a95856a0 2226DEFAULT: nobody
0153d498 2227LOC: Config.effectiveUser
2228DOC_NONE
2229
2230NAME: cache_effective_group
2231TYPE: string
8749fa47 2232DEFAULT: none
0153d498 2233LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
934b03fc 2234DOC_START
5a3f6538 2235
934b03fc 2236 If the cache is run as root, it will change its effective/real
5a3f6538 2237 UID/GID to the UID/GID specified below. The default is to
8749fa47 2238 change to UID to nobody and GID to the default group of nobody.
5a3f6538 2239
2240 If Squid is not started as root, the default is to keep the
8749fa47 2241 current UID/GID, and only the GID can be changed to any of
2242 the groups the user starting Squid is member of. Note that if
2243 Squid is not started as root then you cannot set http_port to
2244 a value lower than 1024.
934b03fc 2245DOC_END
2246
2247
2248NAME: visible_hostname
2249TYPE: string
2250LOC: Config.visibleHostname
f1dc9b30 2251DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2252DOC_START
2253 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
2254 then define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cf5cc17e 2255 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
2256 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
2257 names with this setting.
934b03fc 2258DOC_END
2259
98829f69 2260
2261NAME: unique_hostname
2262TYPE: string
2263LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
2264DEFAULT: none
2265DOC_START
2266 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
2267 'visible_hostname' then you must give each machine a different
2268 'unique_hostname' so that forwarding loops can be detected.
98829f69 2269DOC_END
2270
1f38f50a 2271
2272NAME: hostname_aliases
2273TYPE: wordlist
2274LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
2275DEFAULT: none
2276DOC_START
2277 A list of other DNS names that your cache has.
2278DOC_END
2279
0f74202c 2280COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 2281 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
2282 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
934b03fc 2283
3a278cb8 2284 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
2285 announcement service. This service is provided to help
2286 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
2287 create cache hierarchies.
934b03fc 2288
3a278cb8 2289 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
efd900cb 2290 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
d2d631ce 2291 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3a278cb8 2292
2293 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
2294 following information from this configuration file:
934b03fc 2295
3a278cb8 2296 http_port
2297 icp_port
2298 cache_mgr
2299
2300 All current information is processed regularly and made
2b6662ba 2301 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
0f74202c 2302COMMENT_END
934b03fc 2303
f1dc9b30 2304NAME: announce_period
2305TYPE: time_t
2306LOC: Config.Announce.period
d2d631ce 2307DEFAULT: 0
934b03fc 2308DOC_START
d2d631ce 2309 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
2310 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
2311 messages.
934b03fc 2312
cd748f27 2313 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
2314 below.
2315
6b53c392 2316NOCOMMENT_START
2317#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
2318#announce_period 1 day
2319NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2320DOC_END
2321
2322
f1dc9b30 2323NAME: announce_host
2324TYPE: string
61735fcf 2325DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
f1dc9b30 2326LOC: Config.Announce.host
2327DOC_NONE
2328
cf5cc17e 2329NAME: announce_file
2330TYPE: string
61735fcf 2331DEFAULT: none
cf5cc17e 2332LOC: Config.Announce.file
2333DOC_NONE
2334
f1dc9b30 2335NAME: announce_port
2336TYPE: ushort
2337DEFAULT: 3131
2338LOC: Config.Announce.port
934b03fc 2339DOC_START
d2d631ce 2340 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
2341 number where the registration message will be sent.
934b03fc 2342
d2d631ce 2343 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
2344 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
2345 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
2346 message.
934b03fc 2347DOC_END
2348
0f74202c 2349COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 2350 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
2351 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 2352COMMENT_END
934b03fc 2353
f1dc9b30 2354NAME: httpd_accel_host
2355TYPE: string
2356LOC: Config.Accel.host
2357DEFAULT: none
2358DOC_NONE
2359
2360NAME: httpd_accel_port
2361TYPE: ushort
2362LOC: Config.Accel.port
5b68a4d3 2363DEFAULT: 80
934b03fc 2364DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2365 If you want to run Squid as an httpd accelerator, define the
934b03fc 2366 host name and port number where the real HTTP server is.
2367
2368 If you want virtual host support then specify the hostname
2369 as "virtual".
2370
42b51993 2371 If you want virtual port support then specify the port as "0".
2372
839491ad 2373 NOTE: enabling httpd_accel_host disables proxy-caching and
2374 ICP. If you want these features enabled also, then set
2375 the 'httpd_accel_with_proxy' option.
934b03fc 2376DOC_END
2377
13c7936a 2378NAME: httpd_accel_single_host
2379COMMENT: on|off
2380TYPE: onoff
2381LOC: Config.Accel.single_host
b0a9b5f2 2382DEFAULT: off
13c7936a 2383DOC_START
2384 If you are running Squid as a accelerator and have a single backend
2385 server then set this to on. This causes Squid to forward the request
2386 to this server irregardles of what any redirectors or Host headers
2387 says.
2388
b0a9b5f2 2389 Leave this at off if you have multiple backend servers, and use a
2390 redirector (or host table or private DNS) to map the requests to the
13c7936a 2391 appropriate backend servers. Note that the mapping needs to be a
2392 1-1 mapping between requested and backend (from redirector) domain
2393 names or caching will fail, as cacing is performed using the
2394 URL returned from the redirector.
2395
2396 See also redirect_rewrites_host_header.
2397DOC_END
934b03fc 2398
2399NAME: httpd_accel_with_proxy
2400COMMENT: on|off
2401TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2402DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 2403LOC: Config.onoff.accel_with_proxy
934b03fc 2404DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2405 If you want to use Squid as both a local httpd accelerator
6b53c392 2406 and as a proxy, change this to 'on'. Note however that your
2407 proxy users may have trouble to reach the accelerated domains
2408 unless their browsers are configured not to use this proxy for
2409 those domains (for example via the no_proxy browser configuration
2410 setting)
934b03fc 2411DOC_END
2412
934b03fc 2413NAME: httpd_accel_uses_host_header
2414COMMENT: on|off
2415TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2416DEFAULT: off
934b03fc 2417LOC: opt_accel_uses_host
2418DOC_START
2419 HTTP/1.1 requests include a Host: header which is basically the
2420 hostname from the URL. Squid can be an accelerator for
2421 different HTTP servers by looking at this header. However,
2422 Squid does NOT check the value of the Host header, so it opens
2423 a big security hole. We recommend that this option remain
2424 disabled unless you are sure of what you are doing.
2425
04f6f348 2426 However, you will need to enable this option if you run Squid
2427 as a transparent proxy. Otherwise, virtual servers which
2428 require the Host: header will not be properly cached.
934b03fc 2429DOC_END
2430
0f74202c 2431COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 2432 MISCELLANEOUS
2433 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 2434COMMENT_END
934b03fc 2435
2436NAME: dns_testnames
2437TYPE: wordlist
2438LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
f1dc9b30 2439DEFAULT: none
6b53c392 2440DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
934b03fc 2441DOC_START
2442 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
2443
6b53c392 2444 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
934b03fc 2445DOC_END
2446
2447
2448NAME: logfile_rotate
2449TYPE: int
2450DEFAULT: 10
2451LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
2452DOC_START
5a3f6538 2453 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2454 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
cf5cc17e 2455 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
934b03fc 2456 disable the rotation, but the logfiles are still closed and
cf5cc17e 2457 re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
5a3f6538 2458 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
2459
2460 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2461 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2462 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2463 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2464 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2465 <pid>'.
934b03fc 2466DOC_END
2467
2468
2469NAME: append_domain
f1dc9b30 2470TYPE: string
2471LOC: Config.appendDomain
2472DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2473DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2474 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
2475 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
934b03fc 2476
cd98395a 2477 Be warned that there today is Internet names with no dots in
2478 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
2479 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
2480
6b53c392 2481Example:
2482 append_domain .yourdomain.com
934b03fc 2483DOC_END
2484
2485
2486NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
89de058c 2487COMMENT: (bytes)
1b635117 2488TYPE: b_size_t
89de058c 2489DEFAULT: 0 bytes
934b03fc 2490LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
2491DOC_START
2492 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
2493 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
2494 the default buffer size.
934b03fc 2495DOC_END
2496
934b03fc 2497NAME: err_html_text
f1dc9b30 2498TYPE: eol
2499LOC: Config.errHtmlText
2500DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2501DOC_START
2502 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
2503 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
2504 organizations Web page.
2505
ab1e6b8a 2506 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
2507 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
2508 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
2509 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
934b03fc 2510DOC_END
2511
2512
2513NAME: deny_info
2514TYPE: denyinfo
2515LOC: Config.denyInfoList
f1dc9b30 2516DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2517DOC_START
02922e76 2518 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
2519 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
934b03fc 2520
02922e76 2521 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
934b03fc 2522 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. A single ACL will cause
2523 the http_access check to fail. If a 'deny_info' line exists
02922e76 2524 for that ACL then Squid returns a corresponding error page.
cf5cc17e 2525
02922e76 2526 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
2527 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
934b03fc 2528DOC_END
2529
934b03fc 2530NAME: memory_pools
2531COMMENT: on|off
2532TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2533DEFAULT: on
3f6c0fb2 2534LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
934b03fc 2535DOC_START
2536 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
2537 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
96d88dcb 2538 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
d0d41f07 2539 routines, disable this.
934b03fc 2540DOC_END
2541
7021844c 2542NAME: memory_pools_limit
2543COMMENT: (bytes)
2544TYPE: b_size_t
2545DEFAULT: none
f12c295b 2546LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
7021844c 2547DOC_START
f12c295b 2548 Used only with memory_pools on:
2549 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
7021844c 2550
f12c295b 2551 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
2552 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
2553 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
2554 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
2555 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7021844c 2556 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
f12c295b 2557 configuration will use less memory.
2558
2559 If not set (default) or set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it
2560 can. That is, there will be no limit on the total amount of memory
2561 used for safe-keeping.
7021844c 2562
2563 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
2564 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
2565
f12c295b 2566 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
2567 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
2568 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
2569 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
7021844c 2570DOC_END
2571
934b03fc 2572NAME: forwarded_for
2573COMMENT: on|off
2574TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2575DEFAULT: on
934b03fc 2576LOC: opt_forwarded_for
2577DOC_START
2578 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
2579 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
2580 this:
2581
2582 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
2583
2584 If you disable this, it will appear as
2585
2586 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
934b03fc 2587DOC_END
2588
2589NAME: log_icp_queries
2590COMMENT: on|off
2591TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2592DEFAULT: on
17a0a4ee 2593LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
934b03fc 2594DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2595 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
2596 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
2597 up or to simplify log analysis.
934b03fc 2598DOC_END
2599
88738790 2600NAME: icp_hit_stale
2601COMMENT: on|off
2602TYPE: onoff
2603DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 2604LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
88738790 2605DOC_START
2606 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
2607 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
2608 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
2609 have sibling relationships with caches under your control, then
2610 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
0ccdf88e 2611 If set to 'on', then your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
2612 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
88738790 2613DOC_END
2614
934b03fc 2615
2616NAME: minimum_direct_hops
2617TYPE: int
2618DEFAULT: 4
2619LOC: Config.minDirectHops
2620DOC_START
2621 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
2622 which are no more than this many hops away.
934b03fc 2623DOC_END
2624
5f84d830 2625NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
2626TYPE: int
2627DEFAULT: 400
2628LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
2629DOC_START
2630 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
2631 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
2632DOC_END
934b03fc 2633
2634NAME: cachemgr_passwd
2635TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
86101e40 2636DEFAULT: none
f1dc9b30 2637LOC: Config.passwd_list
934b03fc 2638DOC_START
2639 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
2640
2641 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
2642
064a674d 2643 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
2644 5min
2645 60min
2646 asndb
2647 authenticator
2648 cbdata
2649 client_list
2650 comm_incoming
2651 config *
2652 counters
2653 delay
2654 digest_stats
cf5cc17e 2655 dns
064a674d 2656 events
cf5cc17e 2657 filedescriptors
064a674d 2658 fqdncache
2659 histograms
2660 http_headers
2661 info
2662 io
2663 ipcache
2664 mem
2665 menu
cf5cc17e 2666 netdb
064a674d 2667 non_peers
2668 objects
2669 pconn
2670 peer_select
2671 redirector
2672 refresh
934b03fc 2673 server_list
064a674d 2674 shutdown *
2675 store_digest
2676 storedir
2677 utilization
2678 via_headers
2679 vm_objects
934b03fc 2680
2681 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
2682 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
2683
2684 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
2685 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
2686 password to "none".
2687
2688 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
2689
6b53c392 2690Example:
2691 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
2692 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
2693 cachemgr_passwd disable all
934b03fc 2694DOC_END
2695
934b03fc 2696NAME: store_avg_object_size
86101e40 2697COMMENT: (kbytes)
2698TYPE: kb_size_t
2bf99296 2699DEFAULT: 13 KB
934b03fc 2700LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
2701DOC_START
2702 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
2703 cache can hold. See doc/Release-Notes-1.1.txt. The default is
2bf99296 2704 13 KB.
934b03fc 2705DOC_END
2706
2707NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
2708TYPE: int
baf144ad 2709DEFAULT: 20
934b03fc 2710LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
2711DOC_START
2712 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
2713 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
7e3ce7b9 2714 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 50.
934b03fc 2715DOC_END
2716
934b03fc 2717NAME: client_db
2718COMMENT: on|off
2719TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2720DEFAULT: on
17a0a4ee 2721LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
934b03fc 2722DOC_START
2723 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics, then
2724 turn off client_db here.
934b03fc 2725DOC_END
2726
2727
2728NAME: netdb_low
2729TYPE: int
2730DEFAULT: 900
2731LOC: Config.Netdb.low
2732DOC_NONE
2733
2734NAME: netdb_high
2735TYPE: int
2736DEFAULT: 1000
2737LOC: Config.Netdb.high
2738DOC_START
2739 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
2740 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
2741 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
2742 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
934b03fc 2743DOC_END
2744
2745
2746NAME: netdb_ping_period
f1dc9b30 2747TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 2748LOC: Config.Netdb.period
9e975e4e 2749DEFAULT: 5 minutes
934b03fc 2750DOC_START
2751 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
2752 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
2753 network. The default is five minutes.
934b03fc 2754DOC_END
2755
2756
2757NAME: query_icmp
2758COMMENT: on|off
2759TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2760DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 2761LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
934b03fc 2762DOC_START
2763 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
2764 replies, enable this option.
2765
cf5cc17e 2766 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
2767 '--enable-icmp' then that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
2768 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option then the
2769 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
2770 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
934b03fc 2771 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
2772 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
2773 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
934b03fc 2774DOC_END
2775
88500f96 2776NAME: test_reachability
194dd3b8 2777COMMENT: on|off
2778TYPE: onoff
2779DEFAULT: off
2780LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
2781DOC_START
2782 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
2783 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
2784 database, or has a zero RTT.
194dd3b8 2785DOC_END
2786
78f1250a 2787NAME: buffered_logs
2788COMMENT: on|off
2789TYPE: onoff
2790DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 2791LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
78f1250a 2792DOC_START
2793 Some log files (cache.log, useragent.log) are written with
2794 stdio functions, and as such they can be buffered or
cf5cc17e 2795 unbuffered. By default they will be unbuffered. Buffering them
2796 can speed up the writing slightly (though you are unlikely to
2797 need to worry).
78f1250a 2798DOC_END
2799
465dc415 2800NAME: reload_into_ims
9f60cfdf 2801IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
465dc415 2802COMMENT: on|off
2803TYPE: onoff
2804DEFAULT: off
2805LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
2806DOC_START
2807 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
2808 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
2809 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
2810 feature could make you liable for problems which it
2811 causes.
cbe3a719 2812
2813 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
465dc415 2814DOC_END
2815
934b03fc 2816NAME: always_direct
2817TYPE: acl_access
2818LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
f1dc9b30 2819DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2820DOC_START
2a78fa67 2821 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2822
2823 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
3445a83a 2824 ALWAYS be forwarded directly to origin servers. For example,
2825 to always directly forward requests for local servers use
2a78fa67 2826 something like:
2827
2828 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
2829 always_direct allow local-servers
2830
2831 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
2832
2833 acl FTP proto FTP
2834 always_direct allow FTP
2835
2836 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
2837 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
2838 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
2839 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
2840 some other rule. Example:
2841
2842 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5d8ea528 2843 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
2a78fa67 2844 always_direct deny local-external
2845 always_direct allow local-servers
3445a83a 2846
2847 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
2848 and local_ip.
934b03fc 2849DOC_END
2850
2851NAME: never_direct
2852TYPE: acl_access
2853LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
f1dc9b30 2854DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2855DOC_START
d0d41f07 2856 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2a78fa67 2857
2858 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
2859 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
934b03fc 2860
2a78fa67 2861 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
2862 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
3445a83a 2863 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
2864 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
2a78fa67 2865
5d8ea528 2866 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
2a78fa67 2867 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
d0d41f07 2868 never_direct deny local-servers
2869 never_direct allow all
3445a83a 2870
2871 or if squid is inside a firewall and there is local intranet
2872 servers inside the firewall then use something like:
2873
5d8ea528 2874 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
3445a83a 2875 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
2876 always_direct deny local-external
2877 always_direct allow local-intranet
2878 never_direct allow all
2879
2880 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
2881 and firewall_ip.
2a78fa67 2882DOC_END
934b03fc 2883
6bccf575 2884NAME: header_access
2885TYPE: http_header_access[]
2886LOC: Config.header_access
97474590 2887DEFAULT: none
2888DOC_START
6bccf575 2889 Usage: header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
96d88dcb 2890
6bccf575 2891 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
2892 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
2893 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
2894 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
2895 mangling.
2896
2897 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
2898 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
2899 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
96d88dcb 2900
6bccf575 2901 For example, to achieve the same behaviour as the old
5bcad01d 2902 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
96d88dcb 2903
6bccf575 2904 header_access From deny all
2905 header_access Referer deny all
2906 header_access Server deny all
2907 header_access User-Agent deny all
2908 header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
2909 header_access Link deny all
97474590 2910
5bcad01d 2911 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
2912 you should use:
96d88dcb 2913
6bccf575 2914 header_access Allow allow all
2915 header_access Authorization allow all
2916 header_access Cache-Control allow all
2917 header_access Content-Encoding allow all
2918 header_access Content-Length allow all
2919 header_access Content-Type allow all
2920 header_access Date allow all
2921 header_access Expires allow all
2922 header_access Host allow all
2923 header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
2924 header_access Last-Modified allow all
2925 header_access Location allow all
2926 header_access Pragma allow all
2927 header_access Accept allow all
2928 header_access Charset allow all
2929 header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
2930 header_access Accept-Language allow all
2931 header_access Content-Language allow all
2932 header_access Mime-Version allow all
2933 header_access Retry-After allow all
2934 header_access Title allow all
2935 header_access Connection allow all
2936 header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
2937 header_access All deny all
96d88dcb 2938
5bcad01d 2939 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
2940 performed).
97474590 2941DOC_END
2942
6bccf575 2943NAME: header_replace
2944TYPE: http_header_replace[]
2945LOC: Config.header_access
88738790 2946DEFAULT: none
2947DOC_START
6bccf575 2948 Usage: header_replace header_name message
2949 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
96d88dcb 2950
6bccf575 2951 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
2952 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
2953 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
2954 option.
96d88dcb 2955
6bccf575 2956 By default, headers are removed if denied.
88738790 2957DOC_END
2958
365cb147 2959NAME: icon_directory
f0b19334 2960TYPE: string
365cb147 2961LOC: Config.icons.directory
2962DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
2963DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2964 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
2965 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
365cb147 2966DOC_END
2967
cf5cc17e 2968NAME: error_directory
365cb147 2969TYPE: string
cf5cc17e 2970LOC: Config.errorDirectory
2971DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
365cb147 2972DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2973 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
efd900cb 2974 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
2975 language or company copy the template English files to another
cf5cc17e 2976 directory and point this tag at them.
365cb147 2977DOC_END
88738790 2978
22c653cd 2979NAME: minimum_retry_timeout
2980COMMENT: (seconds)
2981TYPE: time_t
2982LOC: Config.retry.timeout
2983DEFAULT: 5 seconds
2984DOC_START
2985 This specifies the minimum connect timeout, for when the
2986 connect timeout is reduced to compensate for the availability
2987 of multiple IP addresses.
2988
cf5cc17e 2989 When a connection to a host is initiated, and that host has
2990 several IP addresses, the default connection timeout is reduced
2991 by dividing it by the number of addresses. So, a site with 15
2992 addresses would then have a timeout of 8 seconds for each
2993 address attempted. To avoid having the timeout reduced to the
2994 point where even a working host would not have a chance to
2995 respond, this setting is provided. The default, and the
2996 minimum value, is five seconds, and the maximum value is sixty
2997 seconds, or half of connect_timeout, whichever is greater and
2998 less than connect_timeout.
22c653cd 2999DOC_END
3000
3001NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
3002TYPE: int
3003LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
3004DEFAULT: 3
3005DOC_START
3006 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
3007 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
3008 each address is tried once).
3009
3010 The default value is three tries, the (not recommended)
3011 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
3012 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
22c653cd 3013DOC_END
6d1c0d53 3014
a97cfa48 3015NAME: snmp_port
3016TYPE: ushort
3017LOC: Config.Port.snmp
3018DEFAULT: 3401
1df370e3 3019IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
a97cfa48 3020DOC_START
cf5cc17e 3021 Squid can now serve statistics and status information via SNMP.
3022 By default it listens to port 3401 on the machine. If you don't
9bc73deb 3023 wish to use SNMP, set this to "0".
a97cfa48 3024DOC_END
3025
dba79ac5 3026NAME: snmp_access
3027TYPE: acl_access
3028LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
a97cfa48 3029DEFAULT: none
6502682e 3030DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1df370e3 3031IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
a97cfa48 3032DOC_START
dba79ac5 3033 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
08f6b5e0 3034
3035 All access to the agent is denied by default.
dba79ac5 3036 usage:
4feb7b2e 3037
dba79ac5 3038 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
08f6b5e0 3039
3040Example:
6b53c392 3041 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3042 snmp_access deny all
bdf18524 3043DOC_END
3044
15dcc168 3045NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3046TYPE: address
1ecaa0a0 3047LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
15dcc168 3048DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3049IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3050DOC_NONE
3051NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
3052TYPE: address
3053LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
3054DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3055IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3056DOC_START
3057 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
3058
3059 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
3060 messages from SNMP agents.
3061 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
3062 agents.
3063
6b53c392 3064 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
3065 available network interfaces.
15dcc168 3066
6b53c392 3067 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
3068 then it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
3069 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
3070 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
15dcc168 3071
6b53c392 3072 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
3073 the same value since they both use port 3401.
15dcc168 3074DOC_END
bdf18524 3075
53ad48e6 3076NAME: as_whois_server
3077TYPE: string
3078LOC: Config.as_whois_server
3079DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
3080DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
3081DOC_START
cf5cc17e 3082 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
3083 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
53ad48e6 3084DOC_END
95e36d02 3085
320e9f36 3086NAME: wccp_router
3087TYPE: address
3088LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3089DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
eb824054 3090IFDEF: USE_WCCP
320e9f36 3091DOC_START
efd900cb 3092 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3093 Squid. Setting the 'wccp_router' to 0.0.0.0 (the default)
3094 disables WCCP.
320e9f36 3095DOC_END
3096
d20b1cd0 3097NAME: wccp_version
3098TYPE: int
3099LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3100DEFAULT: 4
3101IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3102DOC_START
3103 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 only supports WCCP
3104 version 3. If you're using that version of IOS, change
3105 this value to 3.
3106DOC_END
3107
320e9f36 3108NAME: wccp_incoming_address
3109TYPE: address
eb824054 3110LOC: Config.Wccp.incoming
320e9f36 3111DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
eb824054 3112IFDEF: USE_WCCP
320e9f36 3113DOC_NONE
3114NAME: wccp_outgoing_address
3115TYPE: address
eb824054 3116LOC: Config.Wccp.outgoing
320e9f36 3117DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
eb824054 3118IFDEF: USE_WCCP
320e9f36 3119DOC_START
efd900cb 3120 wccp_incoming_address Use this option if you require WCCP
3121 messages to be received on only one
3122 interface. Do NOT use this option if
3123 you're unsure how many interfaces you
3124 have, or if you know you have only one
3125 interface.
320e9f36 3126
efd900cb 3127 wccp_outgoing_address Use this option if you require WCCP
3128 messages to be sent out on only one
3129 interface. Do NOT use this option if
3130 you're unsure how many interfaces you
3131 have, or if you know you have only one
3132 interface.
320e9f36 3133
efd900cb 3134 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
320e9f36 3135
3136 NOTE, wccp_incoming_address and wccp_outgoing_address can not have
3137 the same value since they both use port 2048.
320e9f36 3138DOC_END
3139
3140
95e36d02 3141COMMENT_START
3142 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS (all require DELAY_POOLS compilation option)
3143 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
95e36d02 3144COMMENT_END
3145
59715b38 3146NAME: delay_pools
3147TYPE: delay_pool_count
3148DEFAULT: 0
95e36d02 3149IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3150LOC: Config.Delay
95e36d02 3151DOC_START
59715b38 3152 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3153 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3154 have a total of 2 delay pools.
95e36d02 3155DOC_END
3156
59715b38 3157NAME: delay_class
3158TYPE: delay_pool_class
95e36d02 3159DEFAULT: none
3160IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3161LOC: Config.Delay
95e36d02 3162DOC_START
59715b38 3163 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3164 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3165 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3166 and here would be:
3167
6b53c392 3168Example:
3169 delay_pools 2 # 2 delay pools
3170 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3171 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
59715b38 3172
3173 The delay pool classes are:
3174
3175 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3176 bucket.
3177
3178 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3179 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3180 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3181
3182 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3183 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3184 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3185 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3186 32 of the IP address.
3187
3188 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3189 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3190 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3191 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
95e36d02 3192DOC_END
3193
59715b38 3194NAME: delay_access
3195TYPE: delay_pool_access
95e36d02 3196DEFAULT: none
3197IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3198LOC: Config.Delay
95e36d02 3199DOC_START
59715b38 3200 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
efd900cb 3201 The first matched delay pool is always used, i.e., if a request falls
59715b38 3202 into delay pool number one, no more delay are checked, otherwise the
3203 rest are checked in order of their delay pool number until they have
3204 all been checked. For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3205 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
95e36d02 3206
6b53c392 3207Example:
3208 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3209 delay_access 1 deny all
3210 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3211 delay_access 2 deny all
95e36d02 3212DOC_END
3213
59715b38 3214NAME: delay_parameters
3215TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3216DEFAULT: none
95e36d02 3217IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3218LOC: Config.Delay
95e36d02 3219DOC_START
59715b38 3220 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3221 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3222 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
95e36d02 3223
59715b38 3224delay_parameters pool aggregate
95e36d02 3225
59715b38 3226 For a class 2 delay pool:
95e36d02 3227
59715b38 3228delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
95e36d02 3229
59715b38 3230 For a class 3 delay pool:
95e36d02 3231
59715b38 3232delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
95e36d02 3233
59715b38 3234 The variables here are:
95e36d02 3235
59715b38 3236 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3237 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3238 delay_class lines.
95e36d02 3239
59715b38 3240 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3241 (class 1, 2, 3).
95e36d02 3242
59715b38 3243 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3244 buckets (class 2, 3).
3245
3246 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3247 (class 3).
3248
3249 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3250 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3251 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3252 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3253
3254 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3255 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3256 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3257
3258delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3259
3260 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3261
3262 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3263 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3264 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3265 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3266 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3267 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3268 large downloads more significantly:
3269
3270delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000
3271
3272 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
95e36d02 3273DOC_END
3274
59715b38 3275NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3276COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3277TYPE: ushort
3278DEFAULT: 50
95e36d02 3279IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3280LOC: Config.Delay.initial
95e36d02 3281DOC_START
59715b38 3282 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3283 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3284 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3285 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
3286 "seen" by squid).
95e36d02 3287DOC_END
6be2389e 3288
9cd6c6fb 3289NAME: incoming_icp_average
6be2389e 3290TYPE: int
3291DEFAULT: 6
3292LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
3293DOC_NONE
3294
9cd6c6fb 3295NAME: incoming_http_average
6be2389e 3296TYPE: int
3297DEFAULT: 4
3298LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
3299DOC_NONE
3300
afc28c12 3301NAME: incoming_dns_average
3302TYPE: int
3303DEFAULT: 4
3304LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
3305DOC_NONE
3306
9cd6c6fb 3307NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6be2389e 3308TYPE: int
3309DEFAULT: 8
3310LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
3311DOC_NONE
3312
afc28c12 3313NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
3314TYPE: int
3315DEFAULT: 8
3316LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
3317DOC_NONE
3318
9cd6c6fb 3319NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6be2389e 3320TYPE: int
3321DEFAULT: 8
3322LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
3323DOC_START
b6a2f15e 3324 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6be2389e 3325 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
3326 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
3327DOC_END
2b4283e4 3328
c5f627c2 3329NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3330TYPE: int
3331LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3332DEFAULT: 0
6b53c392 3333DOC_START
3334 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3335 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3336 descriptors are open.
3337
3338 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
3339DOC_END
c5f627c2 3340
b540e168 3341NAME: offline_mode
3342TYPE: onoff
3343LOC: Config.onoff.offline
3344DEFAULT: off
3345DOC_START
3346 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
3347 objects.
3348DOC_END
3349
d548ee64 3350NAME: uri_whitespace
3351TYPE: uri_whitespace
3352LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7e3ce7b9 3353DEFAULT: strip
d548ee64 3354DOC_START
3355 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
3356 URI. Options:
3357
7e3ce7b9 3358 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
3359 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2616.
d548ee64 3360 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
3361 Request" message.
3362 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
3363 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
3364 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
3365 are in use.
3366 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
3367 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
3368 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
3369 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
3370 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
3371 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
3372 violation.
d548ee64 3373DOC_END
3374
376bb137 3375NAME: broken_posts
3376TYPE: acl_access
3377DEFAULT: none
3378LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
c68e9c6b 3379DOC_START
376bb137 3380 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
3381 a extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
3382
3383 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
3384 and rely on a extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
3385
3386 Quote from RFC 2068 section 4.1 on this matter:
3387
3388 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3389 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3390 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3391 a request with an extra CRLF.
3392
6b53c392 3393Example:
3394 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3395 broken_posts allow buggy_server
c68e9c6b 3396DOC_END
9b094667 3397
e66d7923 3398NAME: mcast_miss_addr
3399IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
3400TYPE: address
3401LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
3402DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
b6a2f15e 3403DOC_START
3404 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
3405 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
3406
3407 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
3408 certain you understand what you are doing.
3409DOC_END
e66d7923 3410
7e3ce7b9 3411NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
3412IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_TTL
3413TYPE: ushort
3414LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
3415DEFAULT: 16
3416DOC_START
3417 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
3418 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
3419 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
3420DOC_END
3421
e66d7923 3422NAME: mcast_miss_port
3423IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
3424TYPE: ushort
3425LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
3426DEFAULT: 3135
b6a2f15e 3427DOC_START
efd900cb 3428 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
b6a2f15e 3429 'mcast_miss_addr'.
3430DOC_END
e66d7923 3431
3432NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
3433IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
3434TYPE: string
3435LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
3436DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
b6a2f15e 3437DOC_START
3438 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
3439 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
3440DOC_END
e66d7923 3441
168dfda9 3442NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
3443TYPE: onoff
3444LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
3445DEFAULT: on
3446DOC_START
3447 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
3448 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cachable request type) direct
3449 to origin servers.
3450
3451 If you set this to off, then Squid will prefer to send these
3452 requests to parents.
3453
3454 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
3455 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
3456 ratio.
3457
3458 If you are inside an firewall then see never_direct instead of
3459 this directive.
168dfda9 3460DOC_END
3461
9b094667 3462NAME: prefer_direct
3463TYPE: onoff
3464LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
168dfda9 3465DEFAULT: off
9b094667 3466DOC_START
168dfda9 3467 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you by some
3468 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
3469 going direct fails then set this to off.
3470
3471 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
3472 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
3473 fails.
9b094667 3474DOC_END
4d62b0af 3475
bcbc11b0 3476NAME: strip_query_terms
3477TYPE: onoff
3478LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
3479DEFAULT: on
3480DOC_START
3481 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3482 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
bcbc11b0 3483DOC_END
3484
b6a2f15e 3485NAME: coredump_dir
3486TYPE: string
3487LOC: Config.coredump_dir
3488DEFAULT: none
5ff76111 3489DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
b6a2f15e 3490DOC_START
5ff76111 3491 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3492 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
b6a2f15e 3493 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3494 and coredump files will be left there.
5ff76111 3495
3496NOCOMMENT_START
3497# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3498coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3499NOCOMMENT_END
b6a2f15e 3500DOC_END
3501
07476a7f 3502NAME: redirector_bypass
3503TYPE: onoff
3504LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3505DEFAULT: off
3506DOC_START
3507 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3508 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3509 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
29de1a20 3510 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
07476a7f 3511 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3512 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3513 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3514 then users may have access to pages that they should not
3515 be allowed to request.
3516DOC_END
3517
9bc73deb 3518NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
3519TYPE: onoff
3520LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
3521DEFAULT: on
3522DOC_START
3523 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
3524 from the same IP addresses that they are sent to. If they
3525 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
3526 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
3527 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
9bc73deb 3528DOC_END
3529
7e3ce7b9 3530NAME: digest_generation
3531IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3532TYPE: onoff
3533LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
3534DEFAULT: on
3535DOC_START
3536 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
3537 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
3538 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
7e3ce7b9 3539DOC_END
3540
3541NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
3542IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3543TYPE: int
3544LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
3545DEFAULT: 5
3546DOC_START
3547 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
3548 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
3549 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
7e3ce7b9 3550DOC_END
3551
3552NAME: digest_rebuild_period
3553IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
efd900cb 3554COMMENT: (seconds)
3555TYPE: time_t
7e3ce7b9 3556LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
efd900cb 3557DEFAULT: 1 hour
7e3ce7b9 3558DOC_START
3559 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
7e3ce7b9 3560DOC_END
3561
3562NAME: digest_rewrite_period
efd900cb 3563COMMENT: (seconds)
7e3ce7b9 3564IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
efd900cb 3565TYPE: time_t
7e3ce7b9 3566LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
efd900cb 3567DEFAULT: 1 hour
7e3ce7b9 3568DOC_START
3569 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
6b53c392 3570 disk.
7e3ce7b9 3571DOC_END
3572
3573NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
efd900cb 3574COMMENT: (bytes)
3575TYPE: b_size_t
7e3ce7b9 3576IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7e3ce7b9 3577LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
efd900cb 3578DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
7e3ce7b9 3579DOC_START
3580 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
efd900cb 3581 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
3582 default swap page.
7e3ce7b9 3583DOC_END
3584
3585NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
efd900cb 3586COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
7e3ce7b9 3587IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3588TYPE: int
3589LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
3590DEFAULT: 10
3591DOC_START
efd900cb 3592 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
3593 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
7e3ce7b9 3594DOC_END
3595
efd900cb 3596NAME: chroot
3597TYPE: string
3598LOC: Config.chroot_dir
3599DEFAULT: none
3600DOC_START
3601 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
3602 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
3603 initializing. This means, for example, that if you use a HTTP
3604 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will get an
3605 error.
3606DOC_END
efd900cb 3607
3608NAME: client_persistent_connections
3609TYPE: onoff
3610LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
3611DEFAULT: on
3612DOC_NONE
3613
3614NAME: server_persistent_connections
3615TYPE: onoff
3616LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
3617DEFAULT: on
3618DOC_START
3619 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
3620 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
3621 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
3622 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
efd900cb 3623DOC_END
9d24d603 3624
3d15e2d7 3625NAME: pipeline_prefetch
3626TYPE: onoff
3627LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
3628DEFAULT: on
3629DOC_START
3630 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
3631 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid tries to fetch
3632 up to two requests in parallell from a pipeline.
3633DOC_END
3634
56fe752e 3635NAME: extension_methods
3636TYPE: wordlist
3637LOC: Config.ext_methods
3638DEFAULT: none
3639DOC_START
3640 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
3641 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
3642DOC_END
3643
b8a46de0 3644NAME: high_response_time_warning
3645TYPE: int
3646COMMENT: (msec)
3647LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
3648DEFAULT: 0
3649DOC_START
3650 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
3651 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
3652 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
3653DOC_END
3654
3655NAME: high_page_fault_warning
3656TYPE: int
3657LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
3658DEFAULT: 0
3659DOC_START
3660 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
3661 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
3662 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
3663 per second.
3664DOC_END
3665
3666NAME: high_memory_warning
3667TYPE: b_size_t
3668LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
3669DEFAULT: 0
3670DOC_START
3671 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
3672 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
3673 the administrators attention.
3674DOC_END
3675
65a53c8e 3676NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3677TYPE: string
3678LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3679DEFAULT: least-load
3680DOC_START
3681 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
3682DOC_END
3683
225644d7 3684NAME: forward_log
3685IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
3686TYPE: string
3687DEFAULT: none
3688LOC: Config.Log.forward
3689DOC_START
3690 Logs the server-side requests.
3691
3692 This is currently work in progress.
3693DOC_END
3694
7613d09c 3695NAME: ie_refresh
3696COMMENT: on|off
3697TYPE: onoff
3698LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3699DEFAULT: off
3700DOC_START
3701 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3702 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3703 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3704 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3705 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3706 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3707 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3708 fresh content when they want it. Note that because Squid
3709 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3710 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3711 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3712 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3713 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3714 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3715 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3716 force fresh content.
3717DOC_END
3718
f66a9ef4 3719NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3720COMMENT: on|off
3721TYPE: onoff
3722LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3723DEFAULT: off
3724DOC_START
3725 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3726 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3727 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3728 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3729 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
3730 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
3731 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
3732DOC_END
3733
d1ec12c7 3734NAME: sleep_after_fork
3735COMMENT: (microseconds)
3736TYPE: int
3737LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
3738DEFAULT: 0
3739DOC_START
96d88dcb 3740 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
3741 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
3742 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
3743 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
3744 memory. Note, however, that if you have a lot of child
3745 processes, then these sleep delays will add up and your
3746 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
3747 until all the child processes have been started.
d1ec12c7 3748DOC_END
1fbbdcb0 3749
2b4283e4 3750EOF