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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
7e3ce7b9 59LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
934b03fc 60DOC_START
7e3ce7b9 61 Usage: port
62 hostname:port
63 1.2.3.4:port
934b03fc 64
7e3ce7b9 65 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
66 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
67 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
68 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
69 address, then Squid binds the socket to that specific
70 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
71 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
72 address, so you can use the port number alone.
73
efd900cb 74 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, then you
7e3ce7b9 75 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
76
77 The -a command line option will override the *first* port
78 number listed here. That option will NOT override an IP
79 address, however.
934b03fc 80
efd900cb 81 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
b9d7fe3e 82
54bab452 83 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
b9d7fe3e 84 and an external interface then we recommend you to specify the
85 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
86 visible on the internal address.
52f772de 87
88NOCOMMENT_START
89# Squid normally listens to port 3128
90http_port 3128
91NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 92DOC_END
93
1f7c9178 94NAME: https_port
95IFDEF: USE_SSL
d193a436 96TYPE: https_port_list
1f7c9178 97DEFAULT: none
98LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
99DOC_START
9690f3c5 100 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1f7c9178 101
d193a436 102 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
103 requests.
d6827718 104
1f7c9178 105 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
106 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
107 accelerator level.
1f7c9178 108
d193a436 109 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
9690f3c5 110 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
820feeed 111
112 Options:
113
114 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format)
115
116 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
117 if not specified, the certificate file is
118 assumed to be a combined certificate and
119 key file
120
121 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
122 1 automatic (default)
123 2 SSLv2 only
124 3 SSLv3 only
125 4 TLSv1 only
126
127 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers
128
129 options= Varions SSL engine options. The most important
130 being:
131 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
132 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
133 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
134 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL documentation
135 for a more complete list.
1f7c9178 136DOC_END
137
79d4ccdf 138NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
e1d9c13c 139IFDEF: USE_SSL
79d4ccdf 140TYPE: onoff
141DEFAULT: off
142LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
1f7c9178 143DOC_START
79d4ccdf 144 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
145 messages.
1f7c9178 146DOC_END
147
934b03fc 148NAME: icp_port udp_port
149TYPE: ushort
150DEFAULT: 3130
151LOC: Config.Port.icp
152DOC_START
78a0e865 153 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
934b03fc 154 and from neighbor caches. Default is 3130. To disable use
155 "0". May be overridden with -u on the command line.
934b03fc 156DOC_END
157
459f1836 158NAME: htcp_port
159IFDEF: USE_HTCP
160TYPE: ushort
161DEFAULT: 4827
162LOC: Config.Port.htcp
163DOC_START
78a0e865 164 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
459f1836 165 and from neighbor caches. Default is 4827. To disable use
166 "0".
459f1836 167DOC_END
168
934b03fc 169
170NAME: mcast_groups
171TYPE: wordlist
172LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
1273d501 173DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 174DOC_START
cf5cc17e 175 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
78a0e865 176 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
934b03fc 177
178 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
179 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
180 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
181 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
a95856a0 182 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
934b03fc 183 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
184 receive replies from multicast group members.
185
186 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
efd900cb 187 is already in use by another group of caches.
934b03fc 188
cf5cc17e 189 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
2b6662ba 190 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
cf5cc17e 191
934b03fc 192 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
193
cf5cc17e 194 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
934b03fc 195DOC_END
196
197
934b03fc 198NAME: udp_incoming_address
199TYPE: address
200LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
270b86af 201DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
934b03fc 202DOC_NONE
203
204NAME: udp_outgoing_address
205TYPE: address
206LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
270b86af 207DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
934b03fc 208DOC_START
934b03fc 209 udp_incoming_address is used for the ICP socket receiving packets
210 from other caches.
211 udp_outgoing_address is used for ICP packets sent out to other
212 caches.
213
efd900cb 214 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
934b03fc 215
4326614a 216 A udp_incoming_address value of 0.0.0.0 indicates that Squid should
217 listen for UDP messages on all available interfaces.
6b53c392 218
219 If udp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
220 then it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address. Only
221 change this if you want to have ICP queries sent using another
222 address than where this Squid listens for ICP queries from other
223 caches.
224
5a3f6538 225 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
6b53c392 226 have the same value since they both use port 3130.
934b03fc 227DOC_END
228
0f74202c 229COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 230 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
231 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 232COMMENT_END
934b03fc 233
40a1495e 234NAME: cache_peer
235TYPE: peer
1273d501 236DEFAULT: none
0153d498 237LOC: Config.peers
934b03fc 238DOC_START
239 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
240
6b53c392 241 cache_peer hostname type http_port icp_port
934b03fc 242
d0d41f07 243 For example,
934b03fc 244
245 # proxy icp
246 # hostname type port port options
247 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
cf5cc17e 248 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
249 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
250 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
934b03fc 251
252 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
253
254 proxy_port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
255 requests.
256
257 icp_port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
258 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
259 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
260 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
261 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
262
263 options: proxy-only
264 weight=n
d1b63fc8 265 basetime=n
934b03fc 266 ttl=n
267 no-query
d1b63fc8 268 background-ping
934b03fc 269 default
270 round-robin
d1b63fc8 271 weighted-round-robin
934b03fc 272 multicast-responder
b3264694 273 closest-only
46b034a4 274 no-digest
223213df 275 no-netdb-exchange
95e36d02 276 no-delay
c3b33cb7 277 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
3f62decd 278 connect-timeout=nn
7e3ce7b9 279 digest-url=url
987de783 280 allow-miss
e79a6f05 281 max-conn
934b03fc 282
283 use 'proxy-only' to specify that objects fetched
284 from this cache should not be saved locally.
285
286 use 'weight=n' to specify a weighted parent.
287 The weight must be an integer. The default weight
288 is 1, larger weights are favored more.
289
d1b63fc8 290 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
291 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
e1ad0523 292 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
d1b63fc8 293 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
294 base time then the rtt is set to a minimal value.
295
934b03fc 296 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
78a0e865 297 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
934b03fc 298 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
299 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
300 hosts, you must configure other group members as
301 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
302
303 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
304 neighbor.
305
d1b63fc8 306 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
307 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
308 round trip time updated and is usually used in
309 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
310
934b03fc 311 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
312 be used as a "last-resort." You should probably
313 only use 'default' in situations where you cannot
314 use ICP with your parent cache(s).
315
316 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
317 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
318 absence of any ICP queries.
319
d1b63fc8 320 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
321 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
322 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
323 time. Closer parents are used more often.
324 Usually used for background-ping parents.
325
934b03fc 326 'multicast-responder' indicates that the named peer
327 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
328 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
329 will be accepted from it.
330
b3264694 331 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
332 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
333 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
334
46b034a4 335 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
336 this neighbor.
337
223213df 338 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
339 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
340
95e36d02 341 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
342 from influencing the delay pools.
343
c68e9c6b 344 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
345 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
4472c779 346 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
347 spaces). This also means that % must be written as %%.
c68e9c6b 348
94439e4e 349 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
ac3e1323 350 the upstream proxy. This will pass the users credentials
351 as they are to the peer proxy. This only works for the
352 Basic HTTP authentication sheme. Note: To combine this
353 with proxy_auth both proxies must share the same user
94439e4e 354 database as HTTP only allows for one proxy login.
355 Also be warned that this will expose your users proxy
ac3e1323 356 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
94439e4e 357
c3b33cb7 358 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
359 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
360 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
361 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
362 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
363 information which is added to the username. This can
364 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
365 the login=username:password option above.
366
3f62decd 367 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
368 specific connect timeout (also see the
369 peer_connect_timeout directive)
370
7e3ce7b9 371 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
372 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
373 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
374 location.
3f62decd 375
987de783 376 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
377 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
378 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
379 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
380 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
381 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
382 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
383 source is a peer)
384
e79a6f05 385 use 'max-conn' to limit the amount of connections Squid
386 may open to this peer.
387
934b03fc 388 NOTE: non-ICP neighbors must be specified as 'parent'.
934b03fc 389DOC_END
390
af7d912e 391NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
934b03fc 392TYPE: hostdomain
f1dc9b30 393DEFAULT: none
394LOC: none
934b03fc 395DOC_START
cf5cc17e 396 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
397 queried. Usage:
934b03fc 398
af7d912e 399 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
400 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
934b03fc 401
402 For example, specifying
403
af7d912e 404 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
934b03fc 405
406 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
407 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
408 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
409 with '!' means that the cache will be queried for objects
410 NOT in that domain.
411
412 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
413 either on the same or separate lines.
414 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
415 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
416 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
417 for all requests.
418 * There are no defaults.
3794b2b6 419 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
934b03fc 420 section.
421DOC_END
422
423
424NAME: neighbor_type_domain
425TYPE: hostdomaintype
f1dc9b30 426DEFAULT: none
427LOC: none
934b03fc 428DOC_START
429 usage: neighbor_type_domain parent|sibling domain domain ...
430
431 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
432 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
a95856a0 433 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
934b03fc 434 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
435 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
436 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
437
438EXAMPLE:
a95856a0 439 cache_peer parent cache.foo.org 3128 3130
934b03fc 440 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
441 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
442DOC_END
443
465dc415 444NAME: icp_query_timeout
445COMMENT: (msec)
446DEFAULT: 0
447TYPE: int
448LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
934b03fc 449DOC_START
465dc415 450 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
451 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
452 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
453 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
454 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
455 timeout (the old default), you would write:
934b03fc 456
465dc415 457 icp_query_timeout 2000
465dc415 458DOC_END
459
28993292 460NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
461COMMENT: (msec)
462DEFAULT: 2000
463TYPE: int
464LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
465DOC_START
efd900cb 466 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
467 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
468 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
469 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
e0d5ba83 470 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
471 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
28993292 472DOC_END
473
43af4d27 474NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
475COMMENT: (msec)
476DEFAULT: 5
477TYPE: int
ce6113a2 478LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
43af4d27 479DOC_START
480 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
481 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
482 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
483 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
484 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
485 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
486 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
487DOC_END
488
465dc415 489NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
490COMMENT: (msec)
491DEFAULT: 2000
492TYPE: int
493LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
494DOC_START
495 For Multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
496 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
497 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
498 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
499 seconds.
934b03fc 500DOC_END
501
dc835977 502NAME: dead_peer_timeout
503COMMENT: (seconds)
504DEFAULT: 10 seconds
505TYPE: time_t
506LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
507DOC_START
508 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
509 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
510 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
511 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
512 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
513 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
514
a8ad9a81 515 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
516 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
517 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
518 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
519 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
520 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
521 instead of to your parents.
dc835977 522DOC_END
523
934b03fc 524
525NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
526TYPE: wordlist
f8d9f54a 527DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 528LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
529DOC_START
530 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
531 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
532 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
533 list this option multiple times.
6b53c392 534NOCOMMENT_START
535#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
934b03fc 536hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b53c392 537NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 538DOC_END
539
540
bd05e3e3 541NAME: no_cache
542TYPE: acl_access
543DEFAULT: none
544LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
934b03fc 545DOC_START
d08a99eb 546 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
547 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
548 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
934b03fc 549
b269cf4e 550 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
551 NOT be cached.
0fdafae7 552
6b53c392 553NOCOMMENT_START
554#We recommend you to use the following two lines.
bd05e3e3 555acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
b269cf4e 556no_cache deny QUERY
6b53c392 557NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 558DOC_END
559
d1b63fc8 560NAME: background_ping_rate
561COMMENT: time-units
562TYPE: time_t
563DEFAULT: 10 seconds
564LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
565DOC_START
566 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
567 have background-ping set.
568DOC_END
569
934b03fc 570
0f74202c 571COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 572 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE CACHE SIZE
573 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 574COMMENT_END
934b03fc 575
576NAME: cache_mem
9906e724 577COMMENT: (bytes)
1b635117 578TYPE: b_size_t
9906e724 579DEFAULT: 8 MB
43a70238 580LOC: Config.memMaxSize
934b03fc 581DOC_START
fab315fd 582 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
583 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
584 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
585 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
7b2496ca 586
587 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
588 for:
589 * In-Transit objects
590 * Hot Objects
591 * Negative-Cached objects
592
593 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
594 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
595 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
596 priority.
934b03fc 597
598 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
599 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
600 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
601 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
602 not needed for in-transit objects.
603
7b2496ca 604 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
605 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
606 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
607 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
608 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
609 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
610 objects.
934b03fc 611DOC_END
612
613
614NAME: cache_swap_low
615COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
616TYPE: int
617DEFAULT: 90
618LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
619DOC_NONE
620
621NAME: cache_swap_high
622COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
623TYPE: int
624DEFAULT: 95
625LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
626DOC_START
2b906e48 627
628 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
629 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
630 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
631 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
632 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
633 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
634
635 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
636 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
637 numbers closer together.
934b03fc 638DOC_END
639
934b03fc 640NAME: maximum_object_size
9e975e4e 641COMMENT: (bytes)
1b635117 642TYPE: b_size_t
9906e724 643DEFAULT: 4096 KB
934b03fc 644LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
645DOC_START
646 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
cf5cc17e 647 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
648 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
649 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
650 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
651 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
934b03fc 652
2b906e48 653 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
654 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
655 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
934b03fc 656DOC_END
657
d20b1cd0 658NAME: minimum_object_size
659COMMENT: (bytes)
660TYPE: b_size_t
661DEFAULT: 0 KB
662LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
663DOC_START
664 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
665 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
666 means there is no minimum.
667DOC_END
934b03fc 668
16689110 669NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
670COMMENT: (bytes)
671TYPE: b_size_t
672DEFAULT: 8 KB
673LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
674DOC_START
675 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
676 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
677 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
678 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem .
679DOC_END
680
934b03fc 681NAME: ipcache_size
682COMMENT: (number of entries)
683TYPE: int
684DEFAULT: 1024
685LOC: Config.ipcache.size
686DOC_NONE
687
688NAME: ipcache_low
689COMMENT: (percent)
690TYPE: int
691DEFAULT: 90
692LOC: Config.ipcache.low
693DOC_NONE
694
695NAME: ipcache_high
696COMMENT: (percent)
697TYPE: int
698DEFAULT: 95
699LOC: Config.ipcache.high
700DOC_START
701 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
934b03fc 702DOC_END
703
e55650e3 704NAME: fqdncache_size
705COMMENT: (number of entries)
706TYPE: int
707DEFAULT: 1024
708LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
709DOC_START
710 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
e55650e3 711DOC_END
712
6a566b9c 713NAME: cache_replacement_policy
714TYPE: removalpolicy
715LOC: Config.replPolicy
716DEFAULT: lru
717DOC_START
718 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
719 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
720
721 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
722 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
723 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
724 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
725
726 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
727
728 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
729
730 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
731 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
732 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
733 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
734
735 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
736 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
737 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
738 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
739
740 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
741 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
742 replacement policies.
743
744 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
745 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
96d88dcb 746 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
6a566b9c 747
748 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
749 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
750 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
751DOC_END
752
753NAME: memory_replacement_policy
754TYPE: removalpolicy
755LOC: Config.memPolicy
756DEFAULT: lru
757DOC_START
758 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
759 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
760
761 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
762DOC_END
763
764
0f74202c 765COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 766 LOGFILE PATHNAMES AND CACHE DIRECTORIES
767 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 768COMMENT_END
934b03fc 769
770NAME: cache_dir
771TYPE: cachedir
f1dc9b30 772DEFAULT: none
8e8d4f30 773DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
f1dc9b30 774LOC: Config.cacheSwap
934b03fc 775DOC_START
cf5cc17e 776 Usage:
777
8e8d4f30 778 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
934b03fc 779
1f7c9178 780 cache_dir diskd Maxobjsize Directory-Name MB L1 L2 Q1 Q2
781
934b03fc 782 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
783 cache among different disk partitions.
784
c463eb5f 785 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
786 is built by default. To eanble any of the other storage systems
787 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
9bc73deb 788
cf5cc17e 789 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
790 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
791 for caching, then this can be the mount-point directory.
792 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
793 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
794
8e8d4f30 795 The ufs store type:
796
797 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
798 been there.
799
800 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
cf5cc17e 801
802 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
803 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
af246b2f 804 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
805 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
806 subtract 20% and use that value.
cf5cc17e 807
808 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
809 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
810
811 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
812 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
813 is 256.
d1595b77 814
8e8d4f30 815 The aufs store type:
816
817 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
818 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
819 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
820
821 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
822
823 see argument descriptions under ufs above
824
825 The diskd store type:
826
827 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
828 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
829 disk-I/O.
830
831 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
832
833 see argument descriptions under ufs above
834
835 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
836 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
837 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
838
d1595b77 839 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
840 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
8e8d4f30 841 Squid blocks until it recevies some replies. Default is 72
842
843 Common options:
844
845 read-only, this cache_dir is read only.
846
847 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
848 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
849 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
850 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
851 ones with no max-size specification last.
934b03fc 852DOC_END
853
854
855NAME: cache_access_log
856TYPE: string
d0b98f84 857DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@
934b03fc 858LOC: Config.Log.access
859DOC_START
860 Logs the client request activity. Contains an entry for
0eb83825 861 every HTTP and ICP queries received. To disable, enter "none".
934b03fc 862DOC_END
863
864
865NAME: cache_log
866TYPE: string
0153d498 867DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
934b03fc 868LOC: Config.Log.log
869DOC_START
cf5cc17e 870 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
efd900cb 871 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
cf5cc17e 872 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
934b03fc 873DOC_END
874
875
876NAME: cache_store_log
877TYPE: string
0153d498 878DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
934b03fc 879LOC: Config.Log.store
880DOC_START
881 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
882 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
cf5cc17e 883 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
efd900cb 884 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
cf5cc17e 885 disable it.
934b03fc 886DOC_END
887
888
889NAME: cache_swap_log
890TYPE: string
891LOC: Config.Log.swap
1273d501 892DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 893DOC_START
d0d3ec94 894 Location for the cache "swap.log." This log file holds the
934b03fc 895 metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild the
a80e50c7 896 cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
934b03fc 897 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
898 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
cf5cc17e 899 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
900 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
934b03fc 901
a80e50c7 902 If %s can be used in the file name then it will be replaced with a
903 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
904 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
905 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
96d88dcb 906
a80e50c7 907 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
908 then these swap logs will have names such as:
710df4ca 909
910 cache_swap_log.00
911 cache_swap_log.01
912 cache_swap_log.02
913
914 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
915 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
916 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
917 lines in this file, then these log files will NOT correspond to
918 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
919 them). We recommend that you do NOT use this option. It is
920 better to keep these log files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
934b03fc 921DOC_END
922
923
924NAME: emulate_httpd_log
925COMMENT: on|off
926TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 927DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 928LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
934b03fc 929DOC_START
930 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
931 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
932 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
cf5cc17e 933 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
efd900cb 934 information that Squid-specific log analyzers use.
934b03fc 935DOC_END
936
890b0fa8 937NAME: log_ip_on_direct
938COMMENT: on|off
939TYPE: onoff
940DEFAULT: on
941LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
942DOC_START
943 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
944 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
945 prefer the old way set this to off.
890b0fa8 946DOC_END
934b03fc 947
948NAME: mime_table
f0b19334 949TYPE: string
0153d498 950DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
934b03fc 951LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
952DOC_START
cf5cc17e 953 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
954 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
955 information if you do.
934b03fc 956DOC_END
957
958
959NAME: log_mime_hdrs
960COMMENT: on|off
961TYPE: onoff
17a0a4ee 962LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
f1dc9b30 963DEFAULT: off
934b03fc 964DOC_START
cf5cc17e 965 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
966 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
967 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
968 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
969 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
934b03fc 970DOC_END
971
972
973NAME: useragent_log
974TYPE: string
975LOC: Config.Log.useragent
f1dc9b30 976DEFAULT: none
6b53c392 977IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
934b03fc 978DOC_START
6b53c392 979 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
980 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
981 is disabled.
934b03fc 982DOC_END
983
984
fd2c5549 985NAME: referer_log
986TYPE: string
987LOC: Config.Log.referer
988DEFAULT: none
b81f1cf3 989IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
fd2c5549 990DOC_START
b81f1cf3 991 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
992 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
fd2c5549 993DOC_END
994
995
934b03fc 996NAME: pid_filename
997TYPE: string
0153d498 998DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
934b03fc 999LOC: Config.pidFilename
1000DOC_START
d0d41f07 1001 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
934b03fc 1002DOC_END
1003
1004
1005NAME: debug_options
f1dc9b30 1006TYPE: eol
934b03fc 1007DEFAULT: ALL,1
1008LOC: Config.debugOptions
1009DOC_START
1010 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
1011 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
1012 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
1013 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
1014 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
1015 "ALL,1".
934b03fc 1016DOC_END
1017
1018
934b03fc 1019NAME: log_fqdn
1020COMMENT: on|off
1021TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 1022DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 1023LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
934b03fc 1024DOC_START
1025 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
cf5cc17e 1026 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
1027 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
1028 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
96d88dcb 1029 browsing.
934b03fc 1030DOC_END
1031
1032
1033NAME: client_netmask
1034TYPE: address
1035LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
f1dc9b30 1036DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
934b03fc 1037DOC_START
1038 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
1039 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
cf5cc17e 1040 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
1041 the last digit set to '0'.
934b03fc 1042DOC_END
1043
1044
0f74202c 1045COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 1046 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1047 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 1048COMMENT_END
934b03fc 1049
934b03fc 1050NAME: ftp_user
1051TYPE: string
cf5cc17e 1052DEFAULT: Squid@
934b03fc 1053LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
1054DOC_START
1055 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
1056 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
efd900cb 1057 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
934b03fc 1058
1059 The reason why this is domainless by default is that the
1060 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
1061 depending on how the cache is used.
1062 Some ftp server also validate that the email address is valid
1063 (for example perl.com).
934b03fc 1064DOC_END
1065
365cb147 1066NAME: ftp_list_width
1b635117 1067TYPE: size_t
365cb147 1068DEFAULT: 32
1069LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
1070DOC_START
cf5cc17e 1071 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
1072 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
1073 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
365cb147 1074DOC_END
1075
d20b1cd0 1076NAME: ftp_passive
1077TYPE: onoff
1078DEFAULT: on
1079LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
1080DOC_START
1081 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
1082 connections, then turn off this option.
1083DOC_END
1084
00c5afca 1085NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
1086TYPE: onoff
1087DEFAULT: on
1088LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
1089DOC_START
1090 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
1091 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
1092 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
1093 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
1094 connection then turn this off.
1095DOC_END
1096
036145b4 1097NAME: check_hostnames
1098TYPE: onoff
1099DEFAULT: on
1100LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
1101DOC_START
1102 For security and stability reasons Squid by default checks
1103 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you do not want
1104 Squid to perform these checks then turn this directive off.
1105DOC_END
1106
934b03fc 1107NAME: cache_dns_program
f0b19334 1108TYPE: string
589c90de 1109IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
0153d498 1110DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
934b03fc 1111LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
1112DOC_START
1113 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
934b03fc 1114DOC_END
1115
934b03fc 1116NAME: dns_children
1117TYPE: int
6b53c392 1118IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
934b03fc 1119DEFAULT: 5
1120LOC: Config.dnsChildren
1121DOC_START
1122 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
1123 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
1124 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
1125 is 32. The default is 5.
1126
efd900cb 1127 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
934b03fc 1128DOC_END
1129
4fe0e1d0 1130NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
1131TYPE: time_t
1132DEFAULT: 5 seconds
1133LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
1134IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1135DOC_START
1136 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
1137 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
1138
1139DOC_END
1140
1141NAME: dns_timeout
1142TYPE: time_t
1143DEFAULT: 5 minutes
1144LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
1145IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1146DOC_START
1147 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
1148 within this time then all DNS servers for the queried domain
1149 is assumed to be unavailable.
1150DOC_END
934b03fc 1151
1152NAME: dns_defnames
1153COMMENT: on|off
589c90de 1154IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
934b03fc 1155TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 1156DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 1157LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
6b53c392 1158IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
934b03fc 1159DOC_START
1160 Normally the 'dnsserver' disables the RES_DEFNAMES resolver
1161 option (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
1162 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
1163 dnsserver to handle single-component names, enable this
1164 option.
934b03fc 1165DOC_END
1166
09c483ec 1167NAME: dns_nameservers
1168TYPE: wordlist
1169DEFAULT: none
1170LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
1171DOC_START
1172 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
1173 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
1174 /etc/resolv.conf file.
836d6233 1175 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
1176 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
1177 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
1178 configurations are supported.
09c483ec 1179
1180 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
09c483ec 1181DOC_END
1182
0e70aa1e 1183NAME: hosts_file
1184TYPE: string
9d798391 1185DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
0e70aa1e 1186LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
1187DOC_START
1188 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
9d798391 1189 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
1190 default locations:
1191 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
1192 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
1193 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
1194 - Windows XP: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
1195 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
1196 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
1197 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
1198 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
0e70aa1e 1199
1200 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
1201 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
9d798391 1202 whitespace-separated. Lines beginnng with an hash (#)
0e70aa1e 1203 character are comments.
1204
9d798391 1205 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
1206 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
1207 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
1208 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
1209 definitions.
0e70aa1e 1210DOC_END
934b03fc 1211
be7d89d4 1212NAME: diskd_program
1213TYPE: string
1214DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
1215LOC: Config.Program.diskd
1216DOC_START
1217 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
1218 Note that this is only useful if you have compiled in
1219 diskd as one of the store io modules.
1220DOC_END
1221
934b03fc 1222NAME: unlinkd_program
a3d0a19d 1223IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
f0b19334 1224TYPE: string
0153d498 1225DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
934b03fc 1226LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
1227DOC_START
1228 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
934b03fc 1229DOC_END
1230
934b03fc 1231NAME: pinger_program
a95856a0 1232TYPE: string
0153d498 1233DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
934b03fc 1234LOC: Config.Program.pinger
6b53c392 1235IFDEF: USE_ICMP
934b03fc 1236DOC_START
1237 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
934b03fc 1238DOC_END
1239
1240
1241NAME: redirect_program
c6d5b87b 1242TYPE: wordlist
934b03fc 1243LOC: Config.Program.redirect
62607543 1244DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 1245DOC_START
1246 Specify the location of the executable for the URL redirector.
cf5cc17e 1247 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3f94eab9 1248 See the FAQ (section 15) for information on how to write one.
cf5cc17e 1249 By default, a redirector is not used.
934b03fc 1250DOC_END
1251
1252
1253NAME: redirect_children
1254TYPE: int
1255DEFAULT: 5
1256LOC: Config.redirectChildren
1257DOC_START
cf5cc17e 1258 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
1259 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
1260 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
1261 and other system resources.
934b03fc 1262DOC_END
1263
c68e9c6b 1264NAME: redirect_rewrites_host_header
1265TYPE: onoff
1266DEFAULT: on
1267LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
1268DOC_START
7e3ce7b9 1269 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
54bab452 1270 requests. If you are running an accelerator then this may
7e3ce7b9 1271 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
c68e9c6b 1272DOC_END
1273
9bc73deb 1274NAME: redirector_access
1275TYPE: acl_access
1276DEFAULT: none
1277LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
1278DOC_START
1279 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
1280 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
1281 are sent.
1282DOC_END
1283
94439e4e 1284NAME: auth_param
1285TYPE: authparam
1286LOC: Config.authConfig
73e67ee0 1287DEFAULT: none
1288DOC_START
94439e4e 1289 This is used to pass parameters to the various authentication
1290 schemes.
1291 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
1292
1293 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
1294 would tell the basic authentication scheme it's program parameter.
1295
1296 The order that authentication prompts are presented to the client_agent
1297 is dependant on the order the scheme first appears in config file.
1298 IE has a bug (it's not rfc 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
1299 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure schemes
1300 are presented. For now use the order in the file below. If other browsers
1301 have difficulties (don't recognise the schemes offered even if you are using
1302 basic) then either put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting
1303 out their program entry).
1304
2d70df72 1305 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be shutdown
1306 by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on the fly and
96d88dcb 1307 activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a different helper,
2d70df72 1308 but not unconfigure the helper completely.
1309
94439e4e 1310 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
1311
1312 "program" cmdline
6c20b822 1313 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a
1314 program reads a line containing "username password" and replies
1315 "OK" or "ERR" in an endless loop. If you use an authenticator,
1316 make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth. By default, the
94439e4e 1317 authenticate_program is not used.
73e67ee0 1318
6c20b822 1319 If you want to use the traditional proxy authentication,
1320 jump over to the ../auth_modules/NCSA directory and
1321 type:
1322 % make
1323 % make install
73e67ee0 1324
6c20b822 1325 Then, set this line to something like
73e67ee0 1326
94439e4e 1327 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
73e67ee0 1328
94439e4e 1329 "children" numberofchildren
73eab8df 1330 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1331 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1332 process a backlog of usercode/password verifications, slowing
1333 it down. When password verifications are done via a (slow)
1334 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1335 processes.
94439e4e 1336 auth_param basic children 5
1337
1338 "realm" realmstring
73eab8df 1339 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1340 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
1341 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1342 password). There is no default.
94439e4e 1343 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1344
1345 "credentialsttl" timetolive
73eab8df 1346 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
1347 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
1348 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
1349 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
1350 that setting this high does not impact your susceptability
1351 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
1352 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
1353 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
1354 enable the IP ttl is strict option.
94439e4e 1355
2d70df72 1356 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
1357
1358 "program" cmdline
73eab8df 1359 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
1360 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
1361 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value base64 encoded.
1362 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1). If you use an
1363 authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
1364 By default, authentication is not used.
2d70df72 1365
54bab452 1366 If you want to use build an authenticator,
96d88dcb 1367 jump over to the ../digest_auth_modules directory and choose the
2d70df72 1368 authenticator to use. It it's directory type
1369 % make
1370 % make install
1371
1372 Then, set this line to something like
1373
1374 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
1375
1376
1377 "children" numberofchildren
73eab8df 1378 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1379 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1380 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
1381 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
1382 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
2d70df72 1383 auth_param digest children 5
1384
1385 "realm" realmstring
73eab8df 1386 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1387 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
1388 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1389 password). There is no default.
2d70df72 1390 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1391
1392 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
73eab8df 1393 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
1394 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
2d70df72 1395
1396 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
73eab8df 1397 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
1398 valid for.
2d70df72 1399
1400 "nonce_max_count" number
73eab8df 1401 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
1402 used.
2d70df72 1403
d205783b 1404 "nonce_strictness" on|off
73eab8df 1405 Determines if squid requires increment-by-1 behaviour for
1406 nonce counts (on - the default), or strictly incrementing
1407 (off - for use when useragents generate nonce counts that
1408 occasionally miss 1 (ie, 1,2,4,6)).
d205783b 1409
94439e4e 1410 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1411
1412 "program" cmdline
73eab8df 1413 Specify the command for the external ntlm authenticator.
1414 Such a program reads a line containing the uuencoded NEGOTIATE
1415 and replies with the ntlm CHALLENGE, then waits for the
1416 response and answers with "OK" or "ERR" in an endless loop.
1417 If you use an ntlm authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
1418 of type proxy_auth. By default, the ntlm authenticator_program
1419 is not used.
94439e4e 1420
1421 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1422
1423 "children" numberofchildren
73eab8df 1424 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1425 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1426 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
1427 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
1428 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1429 processes.
94439e4e 1430 auth_param ntlm children 5
1431
1432 "max_challenge_reuses" number
73eab8df 1433 The maximum number of times a challenge given by a ntlm
1434 authentication helper can be reused. Increasing this number
1435 increases your exposure to replay attacks on your network.
1436 0 means use the challenge only once. (disable challenge
1437 caching) See max_ntlm_challenge_lifetime for more information.
94439e4e 1438 auth_param ntlm max_challenge_reuses 0
1439
1440 "max_challenge_lifetime" timespan
73eab8df 1441 The maximum time period that a ntlm challenge is reused
1442 over. The actual period will be the minimum of this time
1443 AND the number of reused challenges.
94439e4e 1444 auth_param ntlm max_challenge_lifetime 2 minutes
1445
1446NOCOMMENT_START
1447#Recommended minimum configuration:
2d70df72 1448#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1449#auth_param digest children 5
1450#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1451#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1452#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1453#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
94439e4e 1454#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
2d70df72 1455#auth_param ntlm children 5
1456#auth_param ntlm max_challenge_reuses 0
1457#auth_param ntlm max_challenge_lifetime 2 minutes
94439e4e 1458#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
1459auth_param basic children 5
1460auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1461auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
1462NOCOMMENT_END
1463DOC_END
1464
1465NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1466TYPE: time_t
1467DEFAULT: 1 hour
1468LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1469DOC_START
73eab8df 1470 The time period between garbage collection across the
1471 username cache. This is a tradeoff between memory utilisation
1472 (long intervals - say 2 days) and CPU (short intervals -
1473 say 1 minute). Only change if you have good reason to.
73e67ee0 1474DOC_END
1475
c68e9c6b 1476NAME: authenticate_ttl
70a76033 1477TYPE: time_t
1478DEFAULT: 1 hour
c68e9c6b 1479LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1480DOC_START
73eab8df 1481 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
1482 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
1483 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
1484 TTL are removed from memory.
c68e9c6b 1485DOC_END
1486
9bc73deb 1487NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
70a76033 1488TYPE: time_t
9bc73deb 1489LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
70a76033 1490DEFAULT: 0 seconds
9bc73deb 1491DOC_START
1492 With this option you control how long a proxy authentication
1493 will be bound to a specific IP address. If a request using
1494 the same user name is received during this time then access
1495 will be denied and both users are required to reauthenticate
1496 them selves. The idea behind this is to make it annoying
1497 for people to share their password to their friends, but
1498 yet allow a dialup user to reconnect on a different dialup
1499 port.
1500
1501 The default is 0 to disable the check. Recommended value
70a76033 1502 if you have dialup users are no more than 60 seconds to allow
1503 the user to redial without hassle. If all your users are
1504 stationary then higher values may be used.
1505
1cdf9bc1 1506 See also the acl max_user_ip. The max_user_ip acl replaces
b0213b00 1507 the authenticate_ip_ttl_is_strict option found in earlier
1508 Squid versions.
9bc73deb 1509DOC_END
1510
d9572179 1511NAME: external_acl_type
1512TYPE: externalAclHelper
1513LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
1514DEFAULT: none
1515DOC_START
1516 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
1517 to look up the status
1518
1519 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
1520
1521 Options:
1522
1523 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
1524 for 1 hour)
1525 negative_ttl=n
1526 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
1527 as ttl)
94a04679 1528 concurrency=n Concurrency level / number of processes spawn
d9572179 1529 to service external acl lookups of this type.
1530 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
1531
d9572179 1532 FORMAT specifications
1533
1534 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
1535 %IDENT Ident user name
1536 %SRC Client IP
1537 %DST Requested host
1538 %PROTO Requested protocol
1539 %PORT Requested port
7a31d9e8 1540 %PATH Requested URL path
d9572179 1541 %METHOD Request method
1542 %{Header} HTTP request header
1543 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
1544 %{Hdr:;member}
1545 HTTP request header list member using ; as
1546 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
1547 character.
1548
9ad4dd4b 1549 In addition, any string specified in the referencing acl will
1550 also be included in the helper request line, after the specified
1551 formats (see the "acl external" directive)
d9572179 1552
9ad4dd4b 1553 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
1554 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
1555 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
1556 more details.
87e6f180 1557
1558 General result syntax:
1559
1560 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
1561
9ad4dd4b 1562 Defined keywords:
87e6f180 1563
1564 user= The users name (login)
1565 error= Error description (only defined for ERR results)
1566
73eab8df 1567 Keyword values need to be enclosed in quotes if they may
1568 contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \. Any
1569 quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \
1570 escaped.
d9572179 1571DOC_END
1572
0f74202c 1573COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 1574 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
1575 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 1576COMMENT_END
934b03fc 1577
0153d498 1578NAME: wais_relay_host
1579TYPE: string
1273d501 1580DEFAULT: none
0153d498 1581LOC: Config.Wais.relayHost
1582DOC_NONE
934b03fc 1583
0153d498 1584NAME: wais_relay_port
1585TYPE: ushort
1586DEFAULT: 0
1587LOC: Config.Wais.relayPort
934b03fc 1588DOC_START
1589 Relay WAIS request to host (1st arg) at port (2 arg).
934b03fc 1590DOC_END
1591
1592
0483b991 1593NAME: request_header_max_size
1594COMMENT: (KB)
1595TYPE: b_size_t
1596DEFAULT: 10 KB
1597LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
1598DOC_START
1599 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
1600 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
1601 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
1602 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
1603 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
0483b991 1604DOC_END
1605
1606NAME: request_body_max_size
9906e724 1607COMMENT: (KB)
518da0bd 1608TYPE: b_size_t
ec719ae2 1609DEFAULT: 0 KB
0483b991 1610LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
934b03fc 1611DOC_START
0483b991 1612 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
1613 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
1614 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
1615 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
ec719ae2 1616 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
1617 be no limit imposed.
0483b991 1618DOC_END
934b03fc 1619
934b03fc 1620NAME: refresh_pattern
934b03fc 1621TYPE: refreshpattern
f1dc9b30 1622LOC: Config.Refresh
1273d501 1623DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 1624DOC_START
7ddc902f 1625 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
1626
1627 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
1628 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
934b03fc 1629
7e3ce7b9 1630 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
1631 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
1632 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
efd900cb 1633 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
7e3ce7b9 1634 has taken the appropriate actions.
1635
1636 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
efd900cb 1637 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
7e3ce7b9 1638 will be considered fresh.
1639
1640 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
1641 expiry time will be considered fresh.
934b03fc 1642
c20d16c0 1643 options: override-expire
1dfa1d81 1644 override-lastmod
cbe3a719 1645 reload-into-ims
1646 ignore-reload
1dfa1d81 1647
1648 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
cbe3a719 1649 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
1650 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
1651 for problems which it causes.
1dfa1d81 1652
1653 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
1654 that was modified recently.
cbe3a719 1655
1656 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
1657 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
1658 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
1659 liable for problems which it causes.
1660
1661 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
1662 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
1663 this feature could make you liable for problems which
1664 it causes.
1dfa1d81 1665
934b03fc 1666 Please see the file doc/Release-Notes-1.1.txt for a full
1667 description of Squid's refresh algorithm. Basically a
1dfa1d81 1668 cached object is: (the order is changed from 1.1.X)
934b03fc 1669
1dfa1d81 1670 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
6b8e7481 1671 STALE if age > max
1dfa1d81 1672 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
1673 FRESH if age < min
1674 else STALE
934b03fc 1675
1676 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
1677 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
1678 match, then the default will be used.
1679
6b53c392 1680 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
1681 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
1682 used.
8e89beb3 1683
1684Suggested default:
1685NOCOMMENT_START
1686refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
1687refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
1688refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
1689NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 1690DOC_END
1691
0153d498 1692NAME: quick_abort_min
9906e724 1693COMMENT: (KB)
1694TYPE: kb_size_t
c68e9c6b 1695DEFAULT: 16 KB
0153d498 1696LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
1697DOC_NONE
1698
0153d498 1699NAME: quick_abort_max
9906e724 1700COMMENT: (KB)
1701TYPE: kb_size_t
6b53c392 1702DEFAULT: 16 KB
0153d498 1703LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
1b2f5c2f 1704DOC_NONE
1705
1706NAME: quick_abort_pct
1707COMMENT: (percent)
1708TYPE: int
c68e9c6b 1709DEFAULT: 95
1b2f5c2f 1710LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
934b03fc 1711DOC_START
9923e308 1712 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
7a61d612 1713 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
1714 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
1715 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
1716 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
1717 downloads.
934b03fc 1718
1719 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
1720 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
1721 then.
1722
cf5cc17e 1723 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2bb84b43 1724 it will finish the retrieval.
934b03fc 1725
cf5cc17e 1726 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
1727 it will abort the retrieval.
934b03fc 1728
1b2f5c2f 1729 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
1730 it will finish the retrieval.
2bb84b43 1731
7a61d612 1732 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2bb84b43 1733 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
1734 to '0 KB'.
1735
9923e308 1736 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
2bb84b43 1737 cached then set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
934b03fc 1738DOC_END
1739
7e820f36 1740NAME: read_ahead_gap
1741COMMENT: buffer-size
1742TYPE: kb_size_t
1743LOC: Config.readAheadGap
1744DEFAULT: 16 KB
1745DOC_START
1746 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
1747 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
1748DOC_END
934b03fc 1749
1750NAME: negative_ttl
bc0eb004 1751COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1752TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1753LOC: Config.negativeTtl
9e975e4e 1754DEFAULT: 5 minutes
934b03fc 1755DOC_START
1756 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
1757 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
cf5cc17e 1758 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
1759 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
1760 negative caching of DNS lookups.
934b03fc 1761DOC_END
1762
1763
1764NAME: positive_dns_ttl
bc0eb004 1765COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1766TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1767LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
9e975e4e 1768DEFAULT: 6 hours
934b03fc 1769DOC_START
1770 Time-to-Live (TTL) for positive caching of successful DNS lookups.
1771 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). If you want to minimize the
1772 use of Squid's ipcache, set this to 1, not 0.
934b03fc 1773DOC_END
1774
1775
1776NAME: negative_dns_ttl
bc0eb004 1777COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1778TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1779LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
9e975e4e 1780DEFAULT: 5 minutes
934b03fc 1781DOC_START
1782 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
934b03fc 1783DOC_END
1784
c68e9c6b 1785NAME: range_offset_limit
1786COMMENT: (bytes)
1787TYPE: b_size_t
1788LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
1789DEFAULT: 0 KB
1790DOC_START
1791 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
1792 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
1793 limit then Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
1794 is NOT cached.
1795
1796 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
1797 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
1798 sending anything to the client.
1799
1800 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
1801 beginning so that it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
1802
6e7dbcbd 1803 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
c68e9c6b 1804 client requested. (default)
c68e9c6b 1805DOC_END
1806
1807
0f74202c 1808COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 1809 TIMEOUTS
1810 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 1811COMMENT_END
934b03fc 1812
1813NAME: connect_timeout
bc0eb004 1814COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1815TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1816LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
9e975e4e 1817DEFAULT: 2 minutes
934b03fc 1818DOC_START
1819 Some systems (notably Linux) can not be relied upon to properly
cf5cc17e 1820 time out connect(2) requests. Therefore the Squid process
934b03fc 1821 enforces its own timeout on server connections. This parameter
1822 specifies how long to wait for the connect to complete. The
1823 default is two minutes (120 seconds).
934b03fc 1824DOC_END
1825
3f62decd 1826NAME: peer_connect_timeout
1827COMMENT: time-units
1828TYPE: time_t
1829LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
1830DEFAULT: 30 seconds
1831DOC_START
1832 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
1833 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
1834 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
1835 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
9bc73deb 1836DOC_END
3f62decd 1837
934b03fc 1838NAME: read_timeout
bc0eb004 1839COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1840TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1841LOC: Config.Timeout.read
9e975e4e 1842DEFAULT: 15 minutes
934b03fc 1843DOC_START
1844 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
1845 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
1846 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
1847 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
1848 default is 15 minutes.
934b03fc 1849DOC_END
1850
1851
934b03fc 1852NAME: request_timeout
f1dc9b30 1853TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1854LOC: Config.Timeout.request
049d61bb 1855DEFAULT: 5 minutes
1856DOC_START
1857 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
1858 connection establishment.
1859DOC_END
1860
1861
1862NAME: persistent_request_timeout
1863TYPE: time_t
1864LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
1865DEFAULT: 1 minute
934b03fc 1866DOC_START
049d61bb 1867 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
1868 connection after the previous request completes.
934b03fc 1869DOC_END
1870
1871
1872NAME: client_lifetime
bc0eb004 1873COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1874TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1875LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
9e975e4e 1876DEFAULT: 1 day
934b03fc 1877DOC_START
1878 The maximum amount of time that a client (browser) is allowed to
1879 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
efd900cb 1880 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
934b03fc 1881 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
1882 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
1883 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
1884 day, 1440 minutes.
1885
1886 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
1887 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
1888 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
1889 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
1890 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
049d61bb 1891 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
934b03fc 1892DOC_END
1893
ea285003 1894NAME: half_closed_clients
1895TYPE: onoff
1896LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
1897DEFAULT: on
1898DOC_START
1899 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
1900 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
1901 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
1902 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
1903 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
1904 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
1905 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
1906 "no more data to read."
ea285003 1907DOC_END
1908
603a02fd 1909NAME: pconn_timeout
1910TYPE: time_t
1911LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
1912DEFAULT: 120 seconds
1913DOC_START
1914 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
1915 proxies.
603a02fd 1916DOC_END
1917
05832ae1 1918NAME: ident_timeout
1919TYPE: time_t
3898f57f 1920IFDEF: USE_IDENT
05832ae1 1921LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
1922DEFAULT: 10 seconds
1923DOC_START
c463eb5f 1924 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
1925
1926 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
1927 users, then you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
1928 many ident requests going at once.
05832ae1 1929DOC_END
1930
934b03fc 1931
1932NAME: shutdown_lifetime
bc0eb004 1933COMMENT: time-units
f1dc9b30 1934TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 1935LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
9e975e4e 1936DEFAULT: 30 seconds
934b03fc 1937DOC_START
1938 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
1939 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
1940 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
1941 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
1942 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
934b03fc 1943DOC_END
1944
0f74202c 1945COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 1946 ACCESS CONTROLS
1947 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 1948COMMENT_END
934b03fc 1949
1950NAME: acl
1951TYPE: acl
f1dc9b30 1952LOC: Config.aclList
1953DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 1954DOC_START
1955 Defining an Access List
1956
1957 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
1958 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
1959
1960 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
1961
fc659d9d 1962 acltype is one of the types described below
934b03fc 1963
edd80fbb 1964 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
1965 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
1966
934b03fc 1967 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
1968 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
1969 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
ae2c08a2 1970 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
d0d41f07 1971
efd900cb 1972 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
1973 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
edd80fbb 1974 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
1975 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
d0d41f07 1976 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
1977 # based URL is used. The name "none" is used if the reverse lookup
1978 # fails.
1979
934b03fc 1980 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
1981 day-abbrevs:
1982 S - Sunday
1983 M - Monday
1984 T - Tuesday
1985 W - Wednesday
1986 H - Thursday
1987 F - Friday
1988 A - Saturday
1989 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
edd80fbb 1990 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
1991 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
934b03fc 1992 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
ec5bba4d 1993 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
7e3ce7b9 1994 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
934b03fc 1995 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
1996 acl aclname method GET POST ...
fc659d9d 1997 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
edd80fbb 1998 # pattern match on User-Agent header
fc659d9d 1999 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
2000 # pattern match on Referer header
2001 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
c68e9c6b 2002 acl aclname ident username ...
145cf928 2003 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
c68e9c6b 2004 # string match on ident output.
2005 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
96d88dcb 2006 acl aclname src_as number ...
6468fe10 2007 acl aclname dst_as number ...
2008 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
96d88dcb 2009 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
2010 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
6468fe10 2011 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
2012 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
d87ebd78 2013 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
2014 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
6468fe10 2015
c68e9c6b 2016 acl aclname proxy_auth username ...
145cf928 2017 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
c68e9c6b 2018 # list of valid usernames
2019 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
73e67ee0 2020 #
2021 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
2022 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
2023 # in access.log.
c68e9c6b 2024 #
2025 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
2026 # to check username/password combinations (see
2027 # authenticate_program).
2028 #
2029 # WARNING: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy. It
2030 # collides with any authentication done by origin servers. It may
2031 # seem like it works at first, but it doesn't.
934b03fc 2032
dba79ac5 2033 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
08f6b5e0 2034 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
dba79ac5 2035 # Example:
96d88dcb 2036 #
dba79ac5 2037 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
2038
9bc73deb 2039 acl aclname maxconn number
2040 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
2041 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
2042
be5caa55 2043 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
96d88dcb 2044 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
60d096f4 2045 # than <number> different ip address's. The authenticate_ip_ttl
2046 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
be5caa55 2047 # If -s is specified then the limit is strict, denying browsing
2048 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
2049 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" deny requests.
2050 # (the counter is then reset each time the limit is reached and a
2051 # request is denied)
2052 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
2053 # clients may appear to come from multiple address's if they are
2054 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
60d096f4 2055
fb8ee28e 2056 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
ba2b31a8 2057 # regex match agains the mime type of the request generated
2058 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
2059 # types HTTP tunelling requests.
2060 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
2061 # to match the returned file type.
c68e9c6b 2062
fb8ee28e 2063 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
c4ab8329 2064 # regex match against the mime type of the reply recieved by
2065 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
2066 # types HTTP tunelling requests.
2067 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
2068 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
2069 # http_reply_access.
2070
d9572179 2071 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
2072 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
2073 # external_acl_type directive.
c4ab8329 2074
c68e9c6b 2075Examples:
2076acl myexample dst_as 1241
aa6956a5 2077acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
ba2b31a8 2078acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
c4ab8329 2079acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
c68e9c6b 2080
c68e9c6b 2081NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2082#Recommended minimum configuration:
c68e9c6b 2083acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
934b03fc 2084acl manager proto cache_object
2085acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
4cc6eb12 2086acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
934b03fc 2087acl SSL_ports port 443 563
6b53c392 2088acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
2089acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
2090acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
2091acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
2092acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
2093acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
9bc73deb 2094acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
2095acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
2096acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
2097acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
934b03fc 2098acl CONNECT method CONNECT
c68e9c6b 2099NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2100DOC_END
2101
2102NAME: http_access
2103TYPE: acl_access
f1dc9b30 2104LOC: Config.accessList.http
2105DEFAULT: none
da7f354f 2106DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
934b03fc 2107DOC_START
2108 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
2109
2110 Access to the HTTP port:
2111 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2112
934b03fc 2113 NOTE on default values:
2114
6b53c392 2115 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
934b03fc 2116 the request.
2117
2118 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
2119 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
2120 deny, then the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
2121 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
2122 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
2123 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
2124
c68e9c6b 2125NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2126#Recommended minimum configuration:
2127#
2128# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
c68e9c6b 2129http_access allow manager localhost
2130http_access deny manager
6b53c392 2131# Deny requests to unknown ports
499558df 2132http_access deny !Safe_ports
6b53c392 2133# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
c68e9c6b 2134http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
2135#
4cc6eb12 2136# We strongly recommend to uncomment the following to protect innocent
2137# web applications running on the proxy server who think that the only
2138# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
2139#http_access deny to_localhost
c68e9c6b 2140#
4cc6eb12 2141# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
2142
b9d7fe3e 2143# Exampe rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
2144# to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
2145# be allowed
2146#acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
2147#http_access allow our_networks
2148
6b53c392 2149# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
c68e9c6b 2150http_access deny all
2151NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2152DOC_END
2153
c4ab8329 2154NAME: http_reply_access
2155TYPE: acl_access
2156LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2157DEFAULT: none
2158DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2159DOC_START
2160 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
2161
2162 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
2163
96d88dcb 2164 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
c4ab8329 2165 all replies
2166
2167 If none of the access lines cause a match, then the opposite of the
2168 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2169 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
2170
2171NOCOMMENT_START
2172#Recommended minimum configuration:
2173#
2174# Insert your own rules here.
2175#
2176#
2177# and finally allow by default
2178http_reply_access allow all
2179NOCOMMENT_END
2180DOC_END
2181
934b03fc 2182
2183NAME: icp_access
2184TYPE: acl_access
f1dc9b30 2185LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2186DEFAULT: none
da7f354f 2187DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
934b03fc 2188DOC_START
6b53c392 2189 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2190 access lists
2191
2192 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2193
2194 See http_access for details
934b03fc 2195
c68e9c6b 2196NOCOMMENT_START
403b5e7b 2197#Allow ICP queries from everyone
c68e9c6b 2198icp_access allow all
2199NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2200DOC_END
2201
2202
2203NAME: miss_access
2204TYPE: acl_access
f1dc9b30 2205LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2206DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2207DOC_START
2208 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2209 a parent. For example:
2210
2211 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2212 miss_access allow localclients
2213 miss_access deny !localclients
2214
2215 This means that only your local clients are allowed to fetch
2216 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
2217
2218 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2219 to fetch MISSES from us.
6b53c392 2220
c68e9c6b 2221NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2222#Default setting:
2223# miss_access allow all
c68e9c6b 2224NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2225DOC_END
2226
2227
505e35db 2228NAME: cache_peer_access
2229TYPE: peer_access
f1dc9b30 2230DEFAULT: none
2231LOC: none
934b03fc 2232DOC_START
505e35db 2233 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2234 using ACL elements.
934b03fc 2235
505e35db 2236 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 2237
505e35db 2238 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2239 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
2b6662ba 2240 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
934b03fc 2241DOC_END
2242
ec603b25 2243NAME: ident_lookup_access
2244TYPE: acl_access
2245IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2246DEFAULT: none
2247DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2248LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
2249DOC_START
2250 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
2251 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
2252 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
2253 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
2254 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
2255 any requests.
2256
2257 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
2258 can follow this example:
96d88dcb 2259
ec603b25 2260 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
2261 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
2262 ident_lookup_access deny all
2263
c463eb5f 2264 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
2265 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
2266 the correct result.
ec603b25 2267DOC_END
2268
43a5f06a 2269NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
d6827718 2270TYPE: acl_tos
2271DEFAULT: none
2272LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
2273DOC_START
2274 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
2275 connections with, based on the username or source address
2276 making the request.
2277
2278 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2279
2280 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2281 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
2282
2283 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2284 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2285 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
2286 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2287
2288 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
2289 know what you're specifying. For more, see RFC 2474
2290
2291 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a byte, value 0 - 255, or
2292 "default" to use whatever default your host has.
2293
2294 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2295 matching line.
2296DOC_END
2297
2298NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2299TYPE: acl_address
2300DEFAULT: none
2301LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2302DOC_START
2303 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2304 based on the username or sourceaddress of the user making
2305 the request.
2306
2307 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
2308
2309 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwareded
2310 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
2311 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
2312 source address 10.1.0.3.
2313
2314 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2315 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2316 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
2317 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
2318 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
2319
2320 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2321 matching line.
2322DOC_END
ec603b25 2323
a560ee93 2324NAME: reply_body_max_size
2325COMMENT: bytes allow|deny acl acl...
2326TYPE: body_size_t
2327DEFAULT: none
2328DEFAULT_IF_NONE: 0 allow all
2329LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
2330DOC_START
2331 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It
2332 can be used to prevent users from downloading very large files,
2333 such as MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are recieved,
2334 the reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line with
2335 a result of "allow" is used as the maximum body size for this reply.
2336 This size is then checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
2337 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
2338 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
2339 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
2340 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
2341 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
2342 and they will receive a partial reply.
2343
2344 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
2345 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
2346 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
2347 use this option if you have downstream caches.
2348
96d88dcb 2349 WARNING: A maximum size larger than the size of squid's error messages
a560ee93 2350 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
2351 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
2352 the size of your largest error page.
2353
2354 If you set this parameter to zero (the default), there will be
2355 no limit imposed.
2356DOC_END
2357
0f74202c 2358COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 2359 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
2360 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 2361COMMENT_END
934b03fc 2362
2363NAME: cache_mgr
2364TYPE: string
2365DEFAULT: webmaster
2366LOC: Config.adminEmail
2367DOC_START
2368 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
2369 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
934b03fc 2370DOC_END
2371
2372
2373NAME: cache_effective_user
0153d498 2374TYPE: string
a95856a0 2375DEFAULT: nobody
0153d498 2376LOC: Config.effectiveUser
2377DOC_NONE
2378
2379NAME: cache_effective_group
2380TYPE: string
8749fa47 2381DEFAULT: none
0153d498 2382LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
934b03fc 2383DOC_START
5a3f6538 2384
934b03fc 2385 If the cache is run as root, it will change its effective/real
5a3f6538 2386 UID/GID to the UID/GID specified below. The default is to
8749fa47 2387 change to UID to nobody and GID to the default group of nobody.
5a3f6538 2388
2389 If Squid is not started as root, the default is to keep the
8749fa47 2390 current UID/GID, and only the GID can be changed to any of
2391 the groups the user starting Squid is member of. Note that if
2392 Squid is not started as root then you cannot set http_port to
2393 a value lower than 1024.
934b03fc 2394DOC_END
2395
2396
2397NAME: visible_hostname
2398TYPE: string
2399LOC: Config.visibleHostname
f1dc9b30 2400DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2401DOC_START
2402 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
2403 then define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cf5cc17e 2404 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
2405 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
2406 names with this setting.
934b03fc 2407DOC_END
2408
98829f69 2409
2410NAME: unique_hostname
2411TYPE: string
2412LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
2413DEFAULT: none
2414DOC_START
2415 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
2416 'visible_hostname' then you must give each machine a different
2417 'unique_hostname' so that forwarding loops can be detected.
98829f69 2418DOC_END
2419
1f38f50a 2420
2421NAME: hostname_aliases
2422TYPE: wordlist
2423LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
2424DEFAULT: none
2425DOC_START
2426 A list of other DNS names that your cache has.
2427DOC_END
2428
0f74202c 2429COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 2430 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
2431 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
934b03fc 2432
3a278cb8 2433 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
2434 announcement service. This service is provided to help
2435 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
2436 create cache hierarchies.
934b03fc 2437
3a278cb8 2438 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
efd900cb 2439 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
d2d631ce 2440 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3a278cb8 2441
2442 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
2443 following information from this configuration file:
934b03fc 2444
3a278cb8 2445 http_port
2446 icp_port
2447 cache_mgr
2448
2449 All current information is processed regularly and made
2b6662ba 2450 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
0f74202c 2451COMMENT_END
934b03fc 2452
f1dc9b30 2453NAME: announce_period
2454TYPE: time_t
2455LOC: Config.Announce.period
d2d631ce 2456DEFAULT: 0
934b03fc 2457DOC_START
d2d631ce 2458 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
2459 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
2460 messages.
934b03fc 2461
cd748f27 2462 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
2463 below.
2464
6b53c392 2465NOCOMMENT_START
2466#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
2467#announce_period 1 day
2468NOCOMMENT_END
934b03fc 2469DOC_END
2470
2471
f1dc9b30 2472NAME: announce_host
2473TYPE: string
61735fcf 2474DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
f1dc9b30 2475LOC: Config.Announce.host
2476DOC_NONE
2477
cf5cc17e 2478NAME: announce_file
2479TYPE: string
61735fcf 2480DEFAULT: none
cf5cc17e 2481LOC: Config.Announce.file
2482DOC_NONE
2483
f1dc9b30 2484NAME: announce_port
2485TYPE: ushort
2486DEFAULT: 3131
2487LOC: Config.Announce.port
934b03fc 2488DOC_START
d2d631ce 2489 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
2490 number where the registration message will be sent.
934b03fc 2491
d2d631ce 2492 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
2493 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
2494 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
2495 message.
934b03fc 2496DOC_END
2497
0f74202c 2498COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 2499 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
2500 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 2501COMMENT_END
934b03fc 2502
f1dc9b30 2503NAME: httpd_accel_host
2504TYPE: string
2505LOC: Config.Accel.host
2506DEFAULT: none
2507DOC_NONE
2508
2509NAME: httpd_accel_port
2510TYPE: ushort
2511LOC: Config.Accel.port
5b68a4d3 2512DEFAULT: 80
934b03fc 2513DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2514 If you want to run Squid as an httpd accelerator, define the
934b03fc 2515 host name and port number where the real HTTP server is.
2516
2c10d62d 2517 If you want IP based virtual host support then specify the
2518 hostname as "virtual". This will make Squid use the IP address
2519 where it accepted the request as hostname in the URL.
934b03fc 2520
42b51993 2521 If you want virtual port support then specify the port as "0".
2522
839491ad 2523 NOTE: enabling httpd_accel_host disables proxy-caching and
2524 ICP. If you want these features enabled also, then set
2525 the 'httpd_accel_with_proxy' option.
934b03fc 2526DOC_END
2527
13c7936a 2528NAME: httpd_accel_single_host
2529COMMENT: on|off
2530TYPE: onoff
2531LOC: Config.Accel.single_host
b0a9b5f2 2532DEFAULT: off
13c7936a 2533DOC_START
54bab452 2534 If you are running Squid as an accelerator and have a single backend
13c7936a 2535 server then set this to on. This causes Squid to forward the request
2536 to this server irregardles of what any redirectors or Host headers
2537 says.
2538
b0a9b5f2 2539 Leave this at off if you have multiple backend servers, and use a
2540 redirector (or host table or private DNS) to map the requests to the
13c7936a 2541 appropriate backend servers. Note that the mapping needs to be a
2542 1-1 mapping between requested and backend (from redirector) domain
2543 names or caching will fail, as cacing is performed using the
2544 URL returned from the redirector.
2545
2546 See also redirect_rewrites_host_header.
2547DOC_END
934b03fc 2548
2549NAME: httpd_accel_with_proxy
2550COMMENT: on|off
2551TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2552DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 2553LOC: Config.onoff.accel_with_proxy
934b03fc 2554DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2555 If you want to use Squid as both a local httpd accelerator
6b53c392 2556 and as a proxy, change this to 'on'. Note however that your
2557 proxy users may have trouble to reach the accelerated domains
2558 unless their browsers are configured not to use this proxy for
2559 those domains (for example via the no_proxy browser configuration
2560 setting)
934b03fc 2561DOC_END
2562
934b03fc 2563NAME: httpd_accel_uses_host_header
2564COMMENT: on|off
2565TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2566DEFAULT: off
934b03fc 2567LOC: opt_accel_uses_host
2568DOC_START
2569 HTTP/1.1 requests include a Host: header which is basically the
2c10d62d 2570 hostname from the URL. The Host: header is used for domain based
2571 virutal hosts. If your accelerator needs to provide domain based
2572 virtual hosts on the same IP address then you will need to turn this
2573 on.
2574
2575 Note that Squid does NOT check the value of the Host header matches
2576 any of your accelerated server, so it may open a big security hole
2577 unless you take care to set up access controls proper. We recommend
2578 that this option remain disabled unless you are sure of what you
2579 are doing.
934b03fc 2580
04f6f348 2581 However, you will need to enable this option if you run Squid
2582 as a transparent proxy. Otherwise, virtual servers which
2583 require the Host: header will not be properly cached.
934b03fc 2584DOC_END
2585
0f74202c 2586COMMENT_START
3a278cb8 2587 MISCELLANEOUS
2588 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
0f74202c 2589COMMENT_END
934b03fc 2590
2591NAME: dns_testnames
2592TYPE: wordlist
2593LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
f1dc9b30 2594DEFAULT: none
6b53c392 2595DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
934b03fc 2596DOC_START
2597 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
2598
6b53c392 2599 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
934b03fc 2600DOC_END
2601
2602
2603NAME: logfile_rotate
2604TYPE: int
2605DEFAULT: 10
2606LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
2607DOC_START
5a3f6538 2608 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2609 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
cf5cc17e 2610 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
934b03fc 2611 disable the rotation, but the logfiles are still closed and
cf5cc17e 2612 re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
5a3f6538 2613 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
2614
2615 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2616 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2617 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2618 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2619 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2620 <pid>'.
934b03fc 2621DOC_END
2622
2623
2624NAME: append_domain
f1dc9b30 2625TYPE: string
2626LOC: Config.appendDomain
2627DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2628DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2629 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
2630 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
934b03fc 2631
cd98395a 2632 Be warned that there today is Internet names with no dots in
2633 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
2634 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
2635
6b53c392 2636Example:
2637 append_domain .yourdomain.com
934b03fc 2638DOC_END
2639
2640
2641NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
89de058c 2642COMMENT: (bytes)
1b635117 2643TYPE: b_size_t
89de058c 2644DEFAULT: 0 bytes
934b03fc 2645LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
2646DOC_START
2647 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
2648 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
2649 the default buffer size.
934b03fc 2650DOC_END
2651
934b03fc 2652NAME: err_html_text
f1dc9b30 2653TYPE: eol
2654LOC: Config.errHtmlText
2655DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2656DOC_START
2657 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
2658 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
2659 organizations Web page.
2660
ab1e6b8a 2661 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
2662 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
2663 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
2664 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
934b03fc 2665DOC_END
2666
b5fb34f1 2667NAME: email_err_data
2668COMMENT: on|off
2669TYPE: onoff
2670LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
2671DEFAULT: on
2672DOC_START
2673 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
2674 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
2675 so that the email body then contains the data.
2676 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
2677DOC_END
2678
934b03fc 2679
2680NAME: deny_info
2681TYPE: denyinfo
2682LOC: Config.denyInfoList
f1dc9b30 2683DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 2684DOC_START
02922e76 2685 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
76cdc28d 2686 or deny_info http://... acl
02922e76 2687 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
934b03fc 2688
02922e76 2689 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
934b03fc 2690 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. A single ACL will cause
2691 the http_access check to fail. If a 'deny_info' line exists
02922e76 2692 for that ACL then Squid returns a corresponding error page.
cf5cc17e 2693
02922e76 2694 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
2695 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
76cdc28d 2696
2697 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will then
2698 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
2699 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
2700
2701 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
2702 by specifying TCP_RESET.
934b03fc 2703DOC_END
2704
934b03fc 2705NAME: memory_pools
2706COMMENT: on|off
2707TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2708DEFAULT: on
3f6c0fb2 2709LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
934b03fc 2710DOC_START
2711 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
2712 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
96d88dcb 2713 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
d0d41f07 2714 routines, disable this.
934b03fc 2715DOC_END
2716
7021844c 2717NAME: memory_pools_limit
2718COMMENT: (bytes)
2719TYPE: b_size_t
2720DEFAULT: none
f12c295b 2721LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
7021844c 2722DOC_START
f12c295b 2723 Used only with memory_pools on:
2724 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
7021844c 2725
f12c295b 2726 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
2727 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
2728 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
2729 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
2730 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7021844c 2731 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
f12c295b 2732 configuration will use less memory.
2733
2734 If not set (default) or set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it
2735 can. That is, there will be no limit on the total amount of memory
2736 used for safe-keeping.
7021844c 2737
2738 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
2739 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
2740
f12c295b 2741 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
2742 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
2743 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
2744 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
7021844c 2745DOC_END
2746
736cb6aa 2747NAME: via
8d5c0862 2748IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
736cb6aa 2749COMMENT: on|off
8d5c0862 2750TYPE: onoff
736cb6aa 2751DEFAULT: on
2752LOC: Config.onoff.via
2753DOC_START
2754 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
2755 replies as required by RFC2616.
2756DOC_END
2757
934b03fc 2758NAME: forwarded_for
2759COMMENT: on|off
2760TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2761DEFAULT: on
934b03fc 2762LOC: opt_forwarded_for
2763DOC_START
2764 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
2765 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
2766 this:
2767
2768 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
2769
2770 If you disable this, it will appear as
2771
2772 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
934b03fc 2773DOC_END
2774
2775NAME: log_icp_queries
2776COMMENT: on|off
2777TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2778DEFAULT: on
17a0a4ee 2779LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
934b03fc 2780DOC_START
cf5cc17e 2781 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
2782 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
2783 up or to simplify log analysis.
934b03fc 2784DOC_END
2785
88738790 2786NAME: icp_hit_stale
2787COMMENT: on|off
2788TYPE: onoff
2789DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 2790LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
88738790 2791DOC_START
2792 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
2793 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
2794 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
2795 have sibling relationships with caches under your control, then
2796 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
0ccdf88e 2797 If set to 'on', then your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
2798 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
88738790 2799DOC_END
2800
934b03fc 2801
2802NAME: minimum_direct_hops
2803TYPE: int
2804DEFAULT: 4
2805LOC: Config.minDirectHops
2806DOC_START
2807 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
2808 which are no more than this many hops away.
934b03fc 2809DOC_END
2810
5f84d830 2811NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
2812TYPE: int
2813DEFAULT: 400
2814LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
2815DOC_START
2816 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
2817 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
2818DOC_END
934b03fc 2819
2820NAME: cachemgr_passwd
2821TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
86101e40 2822DEFAULT: none
f1dc9b30 2823LOC: Config.passwd_list
934b03fc 2824DOC_START
2825 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
2826
2827 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
2828
064a674d 2829 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
2830 5min
2831 60min
2832 asndb
2833 authenticator
2834 cbdata
2835 client_list
2836 comm_incoming
2837 config *
2838 counters
2839 delay
2840 digest_stats
cf5cc17e 2841 dns
064a674d 2842 events
cf5cc17e 2843 filedescriptors
064a674d 2844 fqdncache
2845 histograms
2846 http_headers
2847 info
2848 io
2849 ipcache
2850 mem
2851 menu
cf5cc17e 2852 netdb
064a674d 2853 non_peers
2854 objects
2855 pconn
2856 peer_select
2857 redirector
2858 refresh
934b03fc 2859 server_list
064a674d 2860 shutdown *
2861 store_digest
2862 storedir
2863 utilization
2864 via_headers
2865 vm_objects
934b03fc 2866
2867 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
2868 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
2869
2870 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
2871 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
2872 password to "none".
2873
2874 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
2875
6b53c392 2876Example:
2877 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
2878 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
2879 cachemgr_passwd disable all
934b03fc 2880DOC_END
2881
934b03fc 2882NAME: store_avg_object_size
86101e40 2883COMMENT: (kbytes)
2884TYPE: kb_size_t
2bf99296 2885DEFAULT: 13 KB
934b03fc 2886LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
2887DOC_START
2888 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
2889 cache can hold. See doc/Release-Notes-1.1.txt. The default is
2bf99296 2890 13 KB.
934b03fc 2891DOC_END
2892
2893NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
2894TYPE: int
baf144ad 2895DEFAULT: 20
934b03fc 2896LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
2897DOC_START
2898 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
2899 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
7e3ce7b9 2900 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 50.
934b03fc 2901DOC_END
2902
934b03fc 2903NAME: client_db
2904COMMENT: on|off
2905TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2906DEFAULT: on
17a0a4ee 2907LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
934b03fc 2908DOC_START
2909 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics, then
2910 turn off client_db here.
934b03fc 2911DOC_END
2912
2913
2914NAME: netdb_low
2915TYPE: int
2916DEFAULT: 900
2917LOC: Config.Netdb.low
2918DOC_NONE
2919
2920NAME: netdb_high
2921TYPE: int
2922DEFAULT: 1000
2923LOC: Config.Netdb.high
2924DOC_START
2925 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
2926 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
2927 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
2928 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
934b03fc 2929DOC_END
2930
2931
2932NAME: netdb_ping_period
f1dc9b30 2933TYPE: time_t
934b03fc 2934LOC: Config.Netdb.period
9e975e4e 2935DEFAULT: 5 minutes
934b03fc 2936DOC_START
2937 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
2938 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
2939 network. The default is five minutes.
934b03fc 2940DOC_END
2941
2942
2943NAME: query_icmp
2944COMMENT: on|off
2945TYPE: onoff
f1dc9b30 2946DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 2947LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
934b03fc 2948DOC_START
2949 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
2950 replies, enable this option.
2951
cf5cc17e 2952 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
2953 '--enable-icmp' then that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
2954 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option then the
2955 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
2956 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
934b03fc 2957 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
2958 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
2959 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
934b03fc 2960DOC_END
2961
88500f96 2962NAME: test_reachability
194dd3b8 2963COMMENT: on|off
2964TYPE: onoff
2965DEFAULT: off
2966LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
2967DOC_START
2968 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
2969 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
2970 database, or has a zero RTT.
194dd3b8 2971DOC_END
2972
78f1250a 2973NAME: buffered_logs
2974COMMENT: on|off
2975TYPE: onoff
2976DEFAULT: off
17a0a4ee 2977LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
78f1250a 2978DOC_START
3d44788b 2979 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
2980 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
2981 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
2982 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
2983 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
78f1250a 2984DOC_END
2985
465dc415 2986NAME: reload_into_ims
9f60cfdf 2987IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
465dc415 2988COMMENT: on|off
2989TYPE: onoff
2990DEFAULT: off
2991LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
2992DOC_START
2993 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
2994 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
2995 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
2996 feature could make you liable for problems which it
2997 causes.
cbe3a719 2998
2999 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
465dc415 3000DOC_END
3001
934b03fc 3002NAME: always_direct
3003TYPE: acl_access
3004LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
f1dc9b30 3005DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 3006DOC_START
2a78fa67 3007 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3008
3009 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
3445a83a 3010 ALWAYS be forwarded directly to origin servers. For example,
3011 to always directly forward requests for local servers use
2a78fa67 3012 something like:
3013
3014 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
3015 always_direct allow local-servers
3016
3017 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
3018
3019 acl FTP proto FTP
3020 always_direct allow FTP
3021
3022 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
3023 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
3024 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
3025 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
3026 some other rule. Example:
3027
3028 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5d8ea528 3029 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
2a78fa67 3030 always_direct deny local-external
3031 always_direct allow local-servers
3445a83a 3032
3033 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
3034 and local_ip.
934b03fc 3035DOC_END
3036
3037NAME: never_direct
3038TYPE: acl_access
3039LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
f1dc9b30 3040DEFAULT: none
934b03fc 3041DOC_START
d0d41f07 3042 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2a78fa67 3043
3044 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
3045 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
934b03fc 3046
2a78fa67 3047 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
3048 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
3445a83a 3049 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
3050 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
2a78fa67 3051
5d8ea528 3052 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
2a78fa67 3053 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
d0d41f07 3054 never_direct deny local-servers
3055 never_direct allow all
3445a83a 3056
3057 or if squid is inside a firewall and there is local intranet
3058 servers inside the firewall then use something like:
3059
5d8ea528 3060 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
3445a83a 3061 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3062 always_direct deny local-external
3063 always_direct allow local-intranet
3064 never_direct allow all
3065
3066 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
3067 and firewall_ip.
2a78fa67 3068DOC_END
934b03fc 3069
6bccf575 3070NAME: header_access
585dbb7c 3071IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
6bccf575 3072TYPE: http_header_access[]
3073LOC: Config.header_access
97474590 3074DEFAULT: none
3075DOC_START
6bccf575 3076 Usage: header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
96d88dcb 3077
585dbb7c 3078 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3079 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3080 causes.
3081
6bccf575 3082 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3083 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3084 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3085 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3086 mangling.
3087
3088 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3089 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3090 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
96d88dcb 3091
6bccf575 3092 For example, to achieve the same behaviour as the old
5bcad01d 3093 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
96d88dcb 3094
6bccf575 3095 header_access From deny all
3096 header_access Referer deny all
3097 header_access Server deny all
3098 header_access User-Agent deny all
3099 header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3100 header_access Link deny all
97474590 3101
5bcad01d 3102 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3103 you should use:
96d88dcb 3104
6bccf575 3105 header_access Allow allow all
3106 header_access Authorization allow all
3107 header_access Cache-Control allow all
3108 header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3109 header_access Content-Length allow all
3110 header_access Content-Type allow all
3111 header_access Date allow all
3112 header_access Expires allow all
3113 header_access Host allow all
3114 header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3115 header_access Last-Modified allow all
3116 header_access Location allow all
3117 header_access Pragma allow all
3118 header_access Accept allow all
585dbb7c 3119 header_access Accept-Charset allow all
6bccf575 3120 header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3121 header_access Accept-Language allow all
3122 header_access Content-Language allow all
3123 header_access Mime-Version allow all
3124 header_access Retry-After allow all
3125 header_access Title allow all
3126 header_access Connection allow all
3127 header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3128 header_access All deny all
96d88dcb 3129
5bcad01d 3130 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3131 performed).
97474590 3132DOC_END
3133
6bccf575 3134NAME: header_replace
62769c50 3135IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
6bccf575 3136TYPE: http_header_replace[]
3137LOC: Config.header_access
88738790 3138DEFAULT: none
3139DOC_START
6bccf575 3140 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3141 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
96d88dcb 3142
6bccf575 3143 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3144 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3145 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3146 option.
96d88dcb 3147
6bccf575 3148 By default, headers are removed if denied.
88738790 3149DOC_END
3150
365cb147 3151NAME: icon_directory
f0b19334 3152TYPE: string
365cb147 3153LOC: Config.icons.directory
3154DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
3155DOC_START
cf5cc17e 3156 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
3157 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
365cb147 3158DOC_END
3159
cf5cc17e 3160NAME: error_directory
365cb147 3161TYPE: string
cf5cc17e 3162LOC: Config.errorDirectory
3163DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
365cb147 3164DOC_START
cf5cc17e 3165 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
efd900cb 3166 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
3167 language or company copy the template English files to another
cf5cc17e 3168 directory and point this tag at them.
365cb147 3169DOC_END
88738790 3170
22c653cd 3171NAME: minimum_retry_timeout
3172COMMENT: (seconds)
3173TYPE: time_t
3174LOC: Config.retry.timeout
3175DEFAULT: 5 seconds
3176DOC_START
3177 This specifies the minimum connect timeout, for when the
3178 connect timeout is reduced to compensate for the availability
3179 of multiple IP addresses.
3180
cf5cc17e 3181 When a connection to a host is initiated, and that host has
3182 several IP addresses, the default connection timeout is reduced
3183 by dividing it by the number of addresses. So, a site with 15
3184 addresses would then have a timeout of 8 seconds for each
3185 address attempted. To avoid having the timeout reduced to the
3186 point where even a working host would not have a chance to
3187 respond, this setting is provided. The default, and the
3188 minimum value, is five seconds, and the maximum value is sixty
3189 seconds, or half of connect_timeout, whichever is greater and
3190 less than connect_timeout.
22c653cd 3191DOC_END
3192
3193NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
3194TYPE: int
3195LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
3196DEFAULT: 3
3197DOC_START
3198 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
3199 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
3200 each address is tried once).
3201
3202 The default value is three tries, the (not recommended)
3203 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
3204 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
22c653cd 3205DOC_END
6d1c0d53 3206
a97cfa48 3207NAME: snmp_port
3208TYPE: ushort
3209LOC: Config.Port.snmp
3210DEFAULT: 3401
1df370e3 3211IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
a97cfa48 3212DOC_START
cf5cc17e 3213 Squid can now serve statistics and status information via SNMP.
3214 By default it listens to port 3401 on the machine. If you don't
9bc73deb 3215 wish to use SNMP, set this to "0".
a97cfa48 3216DOC_END
3217
dba79ac5 3218NAME: snmp_access
3219TYPE: acl_access
3220LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
a97cfa48 3221DEFAULT: none
6502682e 3222DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1df370e3 3223IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
a97cfa48 3224DOC_START
dba79ac5 3225 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
08f6b5e0 3226
3227 All access to the agent is denied by default.
dba79ac5 3228 usage:
4feb7b2e 3229
dba79ac5 3230 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
08f6b5e0 3231
3232Example:
6b53c392 3233 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3234 snmp_access deny all
bdf18524 3235DOC_END
3236
15dcc168 3237NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3238TYPE: address
1ecaa0a0 3239LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
15dcc168 3240DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3241IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3242DOC_NONE
3243NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
3244TYPE: address
3245LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
3246DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3247IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3248DOC_START
3249 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
3250
3251 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
3252 messages from SNMP agents.
3253 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
3254 agents.
3255
6b53c392 3256 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
3257 available network interfaces.
15dcc168 3258
6b53c392 3259 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
3260 then it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
3261 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
3262 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
15dcc168 3263
6b53c392 3264 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
3265 the same value since they both use port 3401.
15dcc168 3266DOC_END
bdf18524 3267
53ad48e6 3268NAME: as_whois_server
3269TYPE: string
3270LOC: Config.as_whois_server
3271DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
3272DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
3273DOC_START
cf5cc17e 3274 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
3275 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
53ad48e6 3276DOC_END
95e36d02 3277
320e9f36 3278NAME: wccp_router
3279TYPE: address
3280LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3281DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
eb824054 3282IFDEF: USE_WCCP
320e9f36 3283DOC_START
efd900cb 3284 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3285 Squid. Setting the 'wccp_router' to 0.0.0.0 (the default)
3286 disables WCCP.
320e9f36 3287DOC_END
3288
d20b1cd0 3289NAME: wccp_version
3290TYPE: int
3291LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3292DEFAULT: 4
3293IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3294DOC_START
3295 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 only supports WCCP
3296 version 3. If you're using that version of IOS, change
3297 this value to 3.
3298DOC_END
3299
320e9f36 3300NAME: wccp_incoming_address
3301TYPE: address
eb824054 3302LOC: Config.Wccp.incoming
320e9f36 3303DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
eb824054 3304IFDEF: USE_WCCP
320e9f36 3305DOC_NONE
3306NAME: wccp_outgoing_address
3307TYPE: address
eb824054 3308LOC: Config.Wccp.outgoing
320e9f36 3309DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
eb824054 3310IFDEF: USE_WCCP
320e9f36 3311DOC_START
efd900cb 3312 wccp_incoming_address Use this option if you require WCCP
3313 messages to be received on only one
3314 interface. Do NOT use this option if
3315 you're unsure how many interfaces you
3316 have, or if you know you have only one
3317 interface.
320e9f36 3318
efd900cb 3319 wccp_outgoing_address Use this option if you require WCCP
3320 messages to be sent out on only one
3321 interface. Do NOT use this option if
3322 you're unsure how many interfaces you
3323 have, or if you know you have only one
3324 interface.
320e9f36 3325
efd900cb 3326 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
320e9f36 3327
3328 NOTE, wccp_incoming_address and wccp_outgoing_address can not have
3329 the same value since they both use port 2048.
320e9f36 3330DOC_END
3331
3332
95e36d02 3333COMMENT_START
3334 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS (all require DELAY_POOLS compilation option)
3335 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
95e36d02 3336COMMENT_END
3337
59715b38 3338NAME: delay_pools
3339TYPE: delay_pool_count
3340DEFAULT: 0
95e36d02 3341IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3342LOC: Config.Delay
95e36d02 3343DOC_START
59715b38 3344 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3345 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3346 have a total of 2 delay pools.
95e36d02 3347DOC_END
3348
59715b38 3349NAME: delay_class
3350TYPE: delay_pool_class
95e36d02 3351DEFAULT: none
3352IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3353LOC: Config.Delay
95e36d02 3354DOC_START
59715b38 3355 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3356 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3357 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3358 and here would be:
3359
6b53c392 3360Example:
3361 delay_pools 2 # 2 delay pools
3362 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3363 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
59715b38 3364
3365 The delay pool classes are:
3366
3367 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3368 bucket.
3369
3370 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3371 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3372 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3373
3374 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3375 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3376 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3377 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3378 32 of the IP address.
3379
3380 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3381 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3382 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3383 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
95e36d02 3384DOC_END
3385
59715b38 3386NAME: delay_access
3387TYPE: delay_pool_access
95e36d02 3388DEFAULT: none
3389IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3390LOC: Config.Delay
95e36d02 3391DOC_START
59715b38 3392 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
efd900cb 3393 The first matched delay pool is always used, i.e., if a request falls
59715b38 3394 into delay pool number one, no more delay are checked, otherwise the
3395 rest are checked in order of their delay pool number until they have
3396 all been checked. For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3397 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
95e36d02 3398
6b53c392 3399Example:
3400 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3401 delay_access 1 deny all
3402 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3403 delay_access 2 deny all
95e36d02 3404DOC_END
3405
59715b38 3406NAME: delay_parameters
3407TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3408DEFAULT: none
95e36d02 3409IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3410LOC: Config.Delay
95e36d02 3411DOC_START
59715b38 3412 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3413 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3414 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
95e36d02 3415
59715b38 3416delay_parameters pool aggregate
95e36d02 3417
59715b38 3418 For a class 2 delay pool:
95e36d02 3419
59715b38 3420delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
95e36d02 3421
59715b38 3422 For a class 3 delay pool:
95e36d02 3423
59715b38 3424delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
95e36d02 3425
59715b38 3426 The variables here are:
95e36d02 3427
59715b38 3428 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3429 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3430 delay_class lines.
95e36d02 3431
59715b38 3432 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3433 (class 1, 2, 3).
95e36d02 3434
59715b38 3435 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3436 buckets (class 2, 3).
3437
3438 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3439 (class 3).
3440
3441 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3442 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3443 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3444 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3445
3446 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3447 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3448 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3449
3450delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3451
3452 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3453
3454 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3455 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3456 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3457 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3458 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3459 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3460 large downloads more significantly:
3461
3462delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000
3463
3464 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
95e36d02 3465DOC_END
3466
59715b38 3467NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3468COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3469TYPE: ushort
3470DEFAULT: 50
95e36d02 3471IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
59715b38 3472LOC: Config.Delay.initial
95e36d02 3473DOC_START
59715b38 3474 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3475 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3476 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3477 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
3478 "seen" by squid).
95e36d02 3479DOC_END
6be2389e 3480
9cd6c6fb 3481NAME: incoming_icp_average
6be2389e 3482TYPE: int
3483DEFAULT: 6
3484LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
3485DOC_NONE
3486
9cd6c6fb 3487NAME: incoming_http_average
6be2389e 3488TYPE: int
3489DEFAULT: 4
3490LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
3491DOC_NONE
3492
afc28c12 3493NAME: incoming_dns_average
3494TYPE: int
3495DEFAULT: 4
3496LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
3497DOC_NONE
3498
9cd6c6fb 3499NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
6be2389e 3500TYPE: int
3501DEFAULT: 8
3502LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
3503DOC_NONE
3504
afc28c12 3505NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
3506TYPE: int
3507DEFAULT: 8
3508LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
3509DOC_NONE
3510
9cd6c6fb 3511NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
6be2389e 3512TYPE: int
3513DEFAULT: 8
3514LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
3515DOC_START
b6a2f15e 3516 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6be2389e 3517 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
3518 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
3519DOC_END
2b4283e4 3520
c5f627c2 3521NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3522TYPE: int
3523LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3524DEFAULT: 0
6b53c392 3525DOC_START
3526 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3527 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3528 descriptors are open.
3529
3530 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
3531DOC_END
c5f627c2 3532
b540e168 3533NAME: offline_mode
3534TYPE: onoff
3535LOC: Config.onoff.offline
3536DEFAULT: off
3537DOC_START
3538 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
3539 objects.
3540DOC_END
3541
d548ee64 3542NAME: uri_whitespace
3543TYPE: uri_whitespace
3544LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7e3ce7b9 3545DEFAULT: strip
d548ee64 3546DOC_START
3547 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
3548 URI. Options:
3549
7e3ce7b9 3550 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
3551 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2616.
d548ee64 3552 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
3553 Request" message.
3554 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
3555 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
3556 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
3557 are in use.
3558 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
3559 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
3560 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
3561 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
3562 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
3563 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
3564 violation.
d548ee64 3565DOC_END
3566
376bb137 3567NAME: broken_posts
3568TYPE: acl_access
3569DEFAULT: none
3570LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
c68e9c6b 3571DOC_START
376bb137 3572 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
54bab452 3573 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
376bb137 3574
3575 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
54bab452 3576 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
376bb137 3577
3578 Quote from RFC 2068 section 4.1 on this matter:
3579
3580 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3581 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3582 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3583 a request with an extra CRLF.
3584
6b53c392 3585Example:
3586 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3587 broken_posts allow buggy_server
c68e9c6b 3588DOC_END
9b094667 3589
e66d7923 3590NAME: mcast_miss_addr
3591IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
3592TYPE: address
3593LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
3594DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
b6a2f15e 3595DOC_START
3596 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
3597 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
3598
3599 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
3600 certain you understand what you are doing.
3601DOC_END
e66d7923 3602
7e3ce7b9 3603NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
3604IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_TTL
3605TYPE: ushort
3606LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
3607DEFAULT: 16
3608DOC_START
3609 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
3610 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
3611 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
3612DOC_END
3613
e66d7923 3614NAME: mcast_miss_port
3615IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
3616TYPE: ushort
3617LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
3618DEFAULT: 3135
b6a2f15e 3619DOC_START
efd900cb 3620 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
b6a2f15e 3621 'mcast_miss_addr'.
3622DOC_END
e66d7923 3623
3624NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
3625IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
3626TYPE: string
3627LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
3628DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
b6a2f15e 3629DOC_START
3630 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
3631 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
3632DOC_END
e66d7923 3633
168dfda9 3634NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
3635TYPE: onoff
3636LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
3637DEFAULT: on
3638DOC_START
3639 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
3640 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cachable request type) direct
3641 to origin servers.
3642
3643 If you set this to off, then Squid will prefer to send these
3644 requests to parents.
3645
3646 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
3647 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
3648 ratio.
3649
3650 If you are inside an firewall then see never_direct instead of
3651 this directive.
168dfda9 3652DOC_END
3653
9b094667 3654NAME: prefer_direct
3655TYPE: onoff
3656LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
168dfda9 3657DEFAULT: off
9b094667 3658DOC_START
168dfda9 3659 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you by some
3660 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
177c7d77 3661 going direct fails then set this to on.
168dfda9 3662
3663 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
3664 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
3665 fails.
9b094667 3666DOC_END
4d62b0af 3667
bcbc11b0 3668NAME: strip_query_terms
3669TYPE: onoff
3670LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
3671DEFAULT: on
3672DOC_START
3673 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3674 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
bcbc11b0 3675DOC_END
3676
b6a2f15e 3677NAME: coredump_dir
3678TYPE: string
3679LOC: Config.coredump_dir
3680DEFAULT: none
5ff76111 3681DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
b6a2f15e 3682DOC_START
5ff76111 3683 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3684 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
b6a2f15e 3685 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3686 and coredump files will be left there.
5ff76111 3687
3688NOCOMMENT_START
3689# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3690coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3691NOCOMMENT_END
b6a2f15e 3692DOC_END
3693
07476a7f 3694NAME: redirector_bypass
3695TYPE: onoff
3696LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3697DEFAULT: off
3698DOC_START
3699 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3700 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3701 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
29de1a20 3702 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
07476a7f 3703 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3704 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3705 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3706 then users may have access to pages that they should not
3707 be allowed to request.
3708DOC_END
3709
9bc73deb 3710NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
3711TYPE: onoff
3712LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
3713DEFAULT: on
3714DOC_START
3715 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
3716 from the same IP addresses that they are sent to. If they
3717 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
3718 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
3719 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
9bc73deb 3720DOC_END
3721
7e3ce7b9 3722NAME: digest_generation
3723IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3724TYPE: onoff
3725LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
3726DEFAULT: on
3727DOC_START
3728 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
3729 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
3730 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
7e3ce7b9 3731DOC_END
3732
3733NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
3734IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3735TYPE: int
3736LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
3737DEFAULT: 5
3738DOC_START
3739 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
3740 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
3741 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
7e3ce7b9 3742DOC_END
3743
3744NAME: digest_rebuild_period
3745IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
efd900cb 3746COMMENT: (seconds)
3747TYPE: time_t
7e3ce7b9 3748LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
efd900cb 3749DEFAULT: 1 hour
7e3ce7b9 3750DOC_START
3751 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
7e3ce7b9 3752DOC_END
3753
3754NAME: digest_rewrite_period
efd900cb 3755COMMENT: (seconds)
7e3ce7b9 3756IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
efd900cb 3757TYPE: time_t
7e3ce7b9 3758LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
efd900cb 3759DEFAULT: 1 hour
7e3ce7b9 3760DOC_START
3761 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
6b53c392 3762 disk.
7e3ce7b9 3763DOC_END
3764
3765NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
efd900cb 3766COMMENT: (bytes)
3767TYPE: b_size_t
7e3ce7b9 3768IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
7e3ce7b9 3769LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
efd900cb 3770DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
7e3ce7b9 3771DOC_START
3772 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
efd900cb 3773 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
3774 default swap page.
7e3ce7b9 3775DOC_END
3776
3777NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
efd900cb 3778COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
7e3ce7b9 3779IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
3780TYPE: int
3781LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
3782DEFAULT: 10
3783DOC_START
efd900cb 3784 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
3785 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
7e3ce7b9 3786DOC_END
3787
efd900cb 3788NAME: chroot
3789TYPE: string
3790LOC: Config.chroot_dir
3791DEFAULT: none
3792DOC_START
3793 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
3794 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
3795 initializing. This means, for example, that if you use a HTTP
3796 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will get an
3797 error.
3798DOC_END
efd900cb 3799
3800NAME: client_persistent_connections
3801TYPE: onoff
3802LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
3803DEFAULT: on
3804DOC_NONE
3805
3806NAME: server_persistent_connections
3807TYPE: onoff
3808LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
3809DEFAULT: on
3810DOC_START
3811 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
3812 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
3813 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
3814 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
efd900cb 3815DOC_END
9d24d603 3816
3d15e2d7 3817NAME: pipeline_prefetch
3818TYPE: onoff
3819LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
30b4eb1e 3820DEFAULT: off
3d15e2d7 3821DOC_START
3822 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
036145b4 3823 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
3d15e2d7 3824 up to two requests in parallell from a pipeline.
30b4eb1e 3825
036145b4 3826 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
3827 reasons.
3d15e2d7 3828DOC_END
3829
56fe752e 3830NAME: extension_methods
3831TYPE: wordlist
3832LOC: Config.ext_methods
3833DEFAULT: none
3834DOC_START
3835 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
3836 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
3837DOC_END
3838
b8a46de0 3839NAME: high_response_time_warning
3840TYPE: int
3841COMMENT: (msec)
3842LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
3843DEFAULT: 0
3844DOC_START
3845 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
3846 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
3847 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
3848DOC_END
3849
3850NAME: high_page_fault_warning
3851TYPE: int
3852LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
3853DEFAULT: 0
3854DOC_START
3855 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
3856 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
3857 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
3858 per second.
3859DOC_END
3860
3861NAME: high_memory_warning
3862TYPE: b_size_t
3863LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
3864DEFAULT: 0
3865DOC_START
3866 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
3867 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
3868 the administrators attention.
3869DOC_END
3870
65a53c8e 3871NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3872TYPE: string
3873LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3874DEFAULT: least-load
3875DOC_START
3876 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
3877DOC_END
3878
225644d7 3879NAME: forward_log
3880IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
3881TYPE: string
3882DEFAULT: none
3883LOC: Config.Log.forward
3884DOC_START
3885 Logs the server-side requests.
3886
3887 This is currently work in progress.
3888DOC_END
3889
7613d09c 3890NAME: ie_refresh
3891COMMENT: on|off
3892TYPE: onoff
3893LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3894DEFAULT: off
3895DOC_START
3896 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3897 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3898 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3899 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3900 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3901 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3902 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3903 fresh content when they want it. Note that because Squid
3904 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3905 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3906 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3907 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3908 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3909 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3910 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3911 force fresh content.
3912DOC_END
3913
f66a9ef4 3914NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3915COMMENT: on|off
3916TYPE: onoff
3917LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3918DEFAULT: off
3919DOC_START
3920 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3921 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3922 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3923 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3924 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
3925 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
3926 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
3927DOC_END
3928
d1ec12c7 3929NAME: sleep_after_fork
3930COMMENT: (microseconds)
3931TYPE: int
3932LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
3933DEFAULT: 0
3934DOC_START
96d88dcb 3935 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
3936 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
3937 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
3938 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
3939 memory. Note, however, that if you have a lot of child
3940 processes, then these sleep delays will add up and your
3941 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
3942 until all the child processes have been started.
d1ec12c7 3943DOC_END
1fbbdcb0 3944
2b4283e4 3945EOF