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31
0f74202c 32COMMENT_START
cccac0a2 33 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
34 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 35
cccac0a2 36 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
37 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
38 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 39
cccac0a2 40 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
41 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
42 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
43 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
44 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
45 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
46 case.
debd9a31 47
cccac0a2 48COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 49
592a09dc 50COMMENT_START
51 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
52 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
53 supported.
54
55 For example,
56
57 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
58
59 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
60 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
61 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
62 configuration files.
63COMMENT_END
64
5473c134 65COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 66 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 67 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
68COMMENT_END
69
41bd17a4 70NAME: auth_param
71TYPE: authparam
72LOC: Config.authConfiguration
cccac0a2 73DEFAULT: none
74DOC_START
41bd17a4 75 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
76 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 77
41bd17a4 78 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 79
41bd17a4 80 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
81 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
82 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
83 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
84 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
85 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
86 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
87 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
88 program entry).
cccac0a2 89
41bd17a4 90 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
91 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
92 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
93 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 94
41bd17a4 95 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
96 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
97 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
98 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
99 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
100 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
101 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
102 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
103 type acl.
cccac0a2 104
41bd17a4 105 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
106 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
107 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
108 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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109 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have authentication
110 disabled.
cccac0a2 111
41bd17a4 112 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 113
41bd17a4 114 "program" cmdline
115 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
116 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
117 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
118 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
119 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 120
41bd17a4 121 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
122 program is specified.
cccac0a2 123
41bd17a4 124 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
125 this line to something like
307b83b7 126
41bd17a4 127 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 128
41bd17a4 129 "children" numberofchildren
130 The number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
131 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
132 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
133 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
134 authenticator processes.
135 auth_param basic children 5
9e7dbc51 136
41bd17a4 137 "concurrency" concurrency
138 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
139 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
140 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
141 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
142 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
143 wating for the response.
144 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
145 auth_param basic concurrency 0
0fdafae7 146
41bd17a4 147 "realm" realmstring
148 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
149 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
150 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
151 password). There is no default.
152 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 153
41bd17a4 154 "credentialsttl" timetolive
155 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
156 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
157 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
158 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
159 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
160 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
161 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
162 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
163 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 164
41bd17a4 165 "casesensitive" on|off
166 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
167 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
168 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
169 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
170 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 171
41bd17a4 172 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 173
41bd17a4 174 "program" cmdline
175 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
176 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
177 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
178 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
179 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
180 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
181 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 182
41bd17a4 183 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
184 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 185
41bd17a4 186 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
187 something like
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41bd17a4 189 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 190
41bd17a4 191 "children" numberofchildren
192 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
193 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
194 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
195 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
196 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
197 auth_param digest children 5
cccac0a2 198
41bd17a4 199 "realm" realmstring
200 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
201 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
202 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
203 password). There is no default.
204 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 205
41bd17a4 206 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
207 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
208 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 209
41bd17a4 210 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
211 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
212 valid for.
cccac0a2 213
41bd17a4 214 "nonce_max_count" number
215 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
216 used.
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 "nonce_strictness" on|off
219 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
220 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
221 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
222 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 223
41bd17a4 224 "check_nonce_count" on|off
225 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
226 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
227 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
228 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 229
41bd17a4 230 "post_workaround" on|off
231 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
232 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
233 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 234
41bd17a4 235 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 236
41bd17a4 237 "program" cmdline
238 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
239 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
240 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
241 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
242 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
243 is not used.
cccac0a2 244
41bd17a4 245 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 246
41bd17a4 247 "children" numberofchildren
248 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
249 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
250 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
251 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
252 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
253 processes.
cccac0a2 254
41bd17a4 255 auth_param ntlm children 5
cccac0a2 256
41bd17a4 257 "keep_alive" on|off
258 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
259 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
260 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
261 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
262 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 263
41bd17a4 264 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 265
41bd17a4 266 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 267
41bd17a4 268 "program" cmdline
269 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
270 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
271 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
272 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
273 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
274 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
275 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
276 is not used.
277 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
278 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 279
41bd17a4 280 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 281
41bd17a4 282 "children" numberofchildren
283 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
284 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
285 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
286 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
287 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
288 processes.
289 auth_param negotiate children 5
d3803853 290
41bd17a4 291 "keep_alive" on|off
292 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
293 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
294 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
295 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
296 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 297
41bd17a4 298 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 299
41bd17a4 300NOCOMMENT_START
301#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
302#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
303#auth_param negotiate children 5
304#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
305#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
306#auth_param ntlm children 5
307#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
308#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
309#auth_param digest children 5
310#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
311#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
312#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
313#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
314#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
315#auth_param basic children 5
316#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
317#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
318NOCOMMENT_END
319DOC_END
cccac0a2 320
41bd17a4 321NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
322TYPE: time_t
323DEFAULT: 1 hour
324LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
325DOC_START
326 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
327 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
328 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
329 have good reason to.
330DOC_END
cccac0a2 331
41bd17a4 332NAME: authenticate_ttl
333TYPE: time_t
334DEFAULT: 1 hour
335LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
336DOC_START
337 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
338 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
339 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
340 TTL are removed from memory.
341DOC_END
cccac0a2 342
41bd17a4 343NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
344TYPE: time_t
345LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
346DEFAULT: 0 seconds
347DOC_START
348 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
349 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
350 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
351 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
352 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
353 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
354 environment with relatively static address assignments.
355DOC_END
cccac0a2 356
3d1e3e43 357COMMENT_START
358 ACCESS CONTROLS
359 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
360COMMENT_END
361
41bd17a4 362NAME: external_acl_type
363TYPE: externalAclHelper
364LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 365DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 366DOC_START
41bd17a4 367 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
368 to look up the status
cccac0a2 369
41bd17a4 370 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 371
41bd17a4 372 Options:
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
375 for 1 hour)
376 negative_ttl=n
377 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
378 as ttl)
379 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
380 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
381 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
382 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
383 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
384 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
385 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
386 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
387 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 388 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
389 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
390 'ipv4' is the default unless --with-localhost-ipv6 is used.
391 --with-localhost-ipv6 changes the default to 'ipv6'.
392 SPECIAL NOTE: these options override --with-localhost-ipv6
cccac0a2 393
41bd17a4 394 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 395
41bd17a4 396 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
397 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
398 %IDENT Ident user name
399 %SRC Client IP
400 %SRCPORT Client source port
401 %URI Requested URI
402 %DST Requested host
403 %PROTO Requested protocol
404 %PORT Requested port
405 %PATH Requested URL path
406 %METHOD Request method
407 %MYADDR Squid interface address
408 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
409 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
410 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
411 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
412 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
413 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
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415 %>{Header} HTTP request header
416 %>{Hdr:member}
417 HTTP request header list member
418 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 419 HTTP request header list member using ; as
420 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
421 character.
cccac0a2 422
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423 %<{Header} HTTP reply header
424 %<{Hdr:member}
425 HTTP reply header list member
426 %<{Hdr:;member}
427 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
428 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
429 character.
430
41bd17a4 431 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
432 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
433 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 434
41bd17a4 435 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
436 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
437 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
438 more details.
cccac0a2 439
41bd17a4 440 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 441
41bd17a4 442 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 443
41bd17a4 444 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 445
41bd17a4 446 user= The users name (login)
447 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
448 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
449 in error pages
450 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
451 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
452 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
453 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 454
41bd17a4 455 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
456 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 457
41bd17a4 458 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
459 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
460 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 461
41bd17a4 462 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
463 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
464 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 465DOC_END
466
41bd17a4 467NAME: acl
468TYPE: acl
469LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 470DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 471DOC_START
41bd17a4 472 Defining an Access List
cccac0a2 473
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474 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
475 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
476 they are read from.
cccac0a2 477
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478 acl aclname acltype argument ...
479 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 480
375eeb3b 481 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 482
41bd17a4 483 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
484 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
cccac0a2 485
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486
487 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
488
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489 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address
490 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses
491 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address
492 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address
cccac0a2 493
41bd17a4 494 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
495 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
496 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
497 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
498 #
499 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
500 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
501 # find out its MAC address.
934b03fc 502
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503 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, from client IP
504 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
505 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ... # regex matching client name
506 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ... # regex matching server
41bd17a4 507 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
508 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
509 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9bc73deb 510
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511 acl aclname src_as number ...
512 acl aclname dst_as number ...
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513 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
514 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
515 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
516 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
517 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
518 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
519 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 520
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521 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
522 # match against a named cache_peer entry
523 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
524
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525 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
526 # day-abbrevs:
527 # S - Sunday
528 # M - Monday
529 # T - Tuesday
530 # W - Wednesday
531 # H - Thursday
532 # F - Friday
533 # A - Saturday
534 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
535
536 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
41bd17a4 537 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
e988aa40 538
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539 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
540 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
541 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
197f6b3c 542 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name
e988aa40 543
375eeb3b 544 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
e988aa40 545
375eeb3b 546 acl aclname method GET POST ...
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547
548 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
549
375eeb3b 550 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
41bd17a4 551 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
e988aa40 552
375eeb3b 553 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
41bd17a4 554 # pattern match on Referer header
555 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 556
375eeb3b 557 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 558 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
559 # string match on ident output.
560 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 561
41bd17a4 562 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
563 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
564 # list of valid usernames
565 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
566 #
567 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
568 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
569 # in access.log.
570 #
571 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
572 # to check username/password combinations (see
573 # auth_param directive).
574 #
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575 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent/intercepting proxy
576 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 577 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 578
41bd17a4 579 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
580 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
581 # Example:
582 #
583 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
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41bd17a4 585 acl aclname maxconn number
586 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
587 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
1e5562e3 588
41bd17a4 589 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
590 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
591 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
592 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
593 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
594 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
595 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
596 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
597 # request is denied)
598 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
599 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
600 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
cccac0a2 601
375eeb3b 602 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 603 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
604 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
605 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
606 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
607 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 608
41bd17a4 609 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
610 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
611 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
612 # ACLs.
cccac0a2 613
375eeb3b 614 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 615 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
616 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
617 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
618 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
619 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
620 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 621
41bd17a4 622 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
623 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
624 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
625 # ACLs.
cccac0a2 626
375eeb3b 627 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 628 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
629 # external_acl_type directive.
cccac0a2 630
41bd17a4 631 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
632 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
633 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
cccac0a2 634
41bd17a4 635 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
636 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
637 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
cccac0a2 638
41bd17a4 639 acl aclname ext_user username ...
640 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
641 # string match on username returned by external acl helper
642 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
cccac0a2 643
41bd17a4 644Examples:
645acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
646acl myexample dst_as 1241
647acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
648acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
649acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 650
41bd17a4 651NOCOMMENT_START
652#Recommended minimum configuration:
41bd17a4 653acl manager proto cache_object
ee776778 654acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
41bd17a4 655acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
ee776778 656#
657# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
658# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
659# should be allowed
660acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
661acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
662acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
663#
41bd17a4 664acl SSL_ports port 443
665acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
666acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
667acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
668acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
669acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
670acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
671acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
672acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
673acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
674acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
675acl CONNECT method CONNECT
676NOCOMMENT_END
677DOC_END
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679NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
680TYPE: acl_access
681IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
682LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
683DEFAULT: none
684DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
685DOC_START
686 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
687 find the original source of a request.
688
689 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
690 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
691 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
692 rightmost address being the most recent.
693
694 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
695 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
696 to see where that host received the request from. If the
697 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, and if
698 acl_uses_indirect_client is on, then we continue backtracking
699 until we reach an address for which we are not allowed to
700 follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
701 address in the list. (If acl_uses_indirect_client is off, then
702 it's impossible to backtrack through more than one level of
703 X-Forwarded-For addresses.)
704
705 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
706 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
707 be treated as the client address for access control, delay
708 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
709 delay_pool_uses_indirect_client and log_uses_indirect_client
710 options.
711
712 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
713
714 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
715 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
716 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
717 source address of the request. This may enable remote
718 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
719 based on the client's source addresses.
720
721 For example:
722
723 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
724 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
725 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
726 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
727DOC_END
728
729NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
730COMMENT: on|off
731TYPE: onoff
732IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
733DEFAULT: on
734LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
735DOC_START
736 Controls whether the indirect client address
737 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
738 direct client address in acl matching.
739DOC_END
740
741NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
742COMMENT: on|off
743TYPE: onoff
97a616ca 744IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR DELAY_POOLS
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745DEFAULT: on
746LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
747DOC_START
748 Controls whether the indirect client address
749 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
750 direct client address in delay pools.
751DOC_END
752
753NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
754COMMENT: on|off
755TYPE: onoff
756IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
757DEFAULT: on
758LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
759DOC_START
760 Controls whether the indirect client address
761 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
762 direct client address in the access log.
763DOC_END
764
41bd17a4 765NAME: http_access
766TYPE: acl_access
767LOC: Config.accessList.http
768DEFAULT: none
769DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
770DOC_START
771 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 772
41bd17a4 773 Access to the HTTP port:
774 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 775
41bd17a4 776 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 777
41bd17a4 778 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
779 the request.
cccac0a2 780
41bd17a4 781 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
782 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
783 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
784 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
785 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
786 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 787
41bd17a4 788NOCOMMENT_START
789#Recommended minimum configuration:
790#
791# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
792http_access allow manager localhost
793http_access deny manager
794# Deny requests to unknown ports
795http_access deny !Safe_ports
796# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
797http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
798#
799# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
800# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
801# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
802#http_access deny to_localhost
803#
804# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
c8f4eac4 805
ee776778 806# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
807# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
808# from where browsing should be allowed
809http_access allow localnet
7d90757b 810
41bd17a4 811# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
812http_access deny all
813NOCOMMENT_END
814DOC_END
7d90757b 815
41bd17a4 816NAME: http_reply_access
817TYPE: acl_access
818LOC: Config.accessList.reply
819DEFAULT: none
820DOC_START
821 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 822
41bd17a4 823 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 824
41bd17a4 825 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
826 all replies
1a224843 827
41bd17a4 828 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
829 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
830 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
cccac0a2 831DOC_END
832
41bd17a4 833NAME: icp_access
834TYPE: acl_access
835LOC: Config.accessList.icp
836DEFAULT: none
837DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 838DOC_START
41bd17a4 839 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
840 access lists
5473c134 841
41bd17a4 842 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 843
41bd17a4 844 See http_access for details
845
846NOCOMMENT_START
ee776778 847#Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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848#icp_access allow localnet
849#icp_access deny all
41bd17a4 850NOCOMMENT_END
5473c134 851DOC_END
852
41bd17a4 853NAME: htcp_access
854IFDEF: USE_HTCP
855TYPE: acl_access
856LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
857DEFAULT: none
858DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 859DOC_START
41bd17a4 860 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
861 access lists
5473c134 862
41bd17a4 863 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 864
41bd17a4 865 See http_access for details
5473c134 866
0b48417e 867 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
868 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
869 using the htcp or htcp-oldsquid options.
870
ee776778 871NOCOMMENT_START
872#Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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873#htcp_access allow localnet
874#htcp_access deny all
ee776778 875NOCOMMENT_END
41bd17a4 876DOC_END
5473c134 877
41bd17a4 878NAME: htcp_clr_access
879IFDEF: USE_HTCP
880TYPE: acl_access
881LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
882DEFAULT: none
883DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
884DOC_START
885 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
886 on defined access lists
5473c134 887
41bd17a4 888 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 889
41bd17a4 890 See http_access for details
5473c134 891
41bd17a4 892#Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
893acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
894htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
5473c134 895DOC_END
896
41bd17a4 897NAME: miss_access
898TYPE: acl_access
899LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 900DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 901DOC_START
41bd17a4 902 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
903 a parent. For example:
5473c134 904
41bd17a4 905 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
906 miss_access allow localclients
907 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 908
41bd17a4 909 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
910 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 911
41bd17a4 912 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
913 to fetch MISSES from us.
41bd17a4 914DOC_END
915
916NAME: ident_lookup_access
917TYPE: acl_access
918IFDEF: USE_IDENT
919DEFAULT: none
920DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
921LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
5473c134 922DOC_START
41bd17a4 923 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
924 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
925 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
926 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
927 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
928 any requests.
5473c134 929
41bd17a4 930 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
931 can follow this example:
5473c134 932
41bd17a4 933 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
934 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
935 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 936
41bd17a4 937 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
938 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
939 the correct result.
940DOC_END
5473c134 941
5b0f5383 942NAME: reply_body_max_size
943COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
944TYPE: acl_b_size_t
945DEFAULT: none
946LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
947DOC_START
948 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
949 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
950 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
951 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
952 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
953 for this reply.
954
955 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
956 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
957 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
958 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
959 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
960 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
961 and they will receive a partial reply.
962
963 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
964 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
965 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
966 use this option if you have downstream caches.
967
968 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
969 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
970 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
971 the size of your largest error page.
972
973 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
974 no limit imposed.
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976 Configuration Format is:
977 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
978 ie.
979 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
980
5b0f5383 981DOC_END
982
983COMMENT_START
984 NETWORK OPTIONS
985 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
986COMMENT_END
987
988NAME: http_port ascii_port
989TYPE: http_port_list
990DEFAULT: none
991LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
992DOC_START
993 Usage: port [options]
994 hostname:port [options]
995 1.2.3.4:port [options]
996
997 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
998 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
999 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1000 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1001 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
1002 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
1003 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
1004 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1005
1006 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1007 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1008
1009 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1010 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1011 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1012
1013 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1014
1015 Options:
1016
e77bdb4e 1017 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1018 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1019 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1020
1021 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1022 connections using the client IP address.
13b5cd0c 1023 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1024
1025 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1026 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1027
1028 defaultsite=domainname
1029 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1030 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1031 accelerators should consider the default.
1032 Implies accel.
1033
1034 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1035 domain support. Implies accel.
1036
1037 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1038 Implies accel.
1039
1040 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1041 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
1042
1043 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1044 Defaults to http.
1045
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1047 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1048 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
1049 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1050
5b0f5383 1051 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1052 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1053 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1054 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1055 support is enabled.
1056 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1057
1058 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1059 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1060 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1061 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1062 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1063 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1064 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1065 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1066
4c9da963 1067 sslBump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
1068 establish secure connection with the client and with
1069 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1070 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1071 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1072
1073 When this option is enabled, additional options become
1074 available to specify SSL-related properties of the
1075 client-side connection: cert, key, version, cipher,
1076 options, clientca, cafile, capath, crlfile, dhparams,
1077 sslflags, and sslcontext. See the https_port directive
1078 for more information on these options.
1079
1080 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1081 the SslBump feature.
1082
81b6e9a7 1083 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1084 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1085
b2130d58 1086 keepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
1087 Enable TCP keepalive probes of idle connections
1088 idle is the initial time before TCP starts probing
1089 the connection, interval how often to probe, and
1090 timeout the time before giving up.
1091
5b0f5383 1092 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1093 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1094 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1095 visible on the internal address.
1096
1097NOCOMMENT_START
1098# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1099http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1100NOCOMMENT_END
1101DOC_END
1102
1103NAME: https_port
1104IFDEF: USE_SSL
1105TYPE: https_port_list
1106DEFAULT: none
1107LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1108DOC_START
1109 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1110
1111 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1112 requests.
1113
1114 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1115 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1116 accelerator level.
1117
1118 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1119 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1120
1121 Options:
1122
1123 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1124 defaultsite or vhost.
1125
1126 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1127 this port. Implies accel.
1128
1129 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1130 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1131 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1132 Implies accel.
1133
1134 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1135 Defaults to https.
1136
1137 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1138
1139 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1140 if not specified, the certificate file is
1141 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1142 key file.
1143
1144 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1145 1 automatic (default)
1146 2 SSLv2 only
1147 3 SSLv3 only
1148 4 TLSv1 only
1149
1150 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1151
1152 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1153 being:
1154 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1155 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1156 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1157 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1158 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1159 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1160 documentation for a complete list of options.
1161
1162 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1163 requesting a client certificate.
1164
1165 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1166 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1167 clientca will be used.
1168
1169 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1170 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1171
1172 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1173 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1174 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1175
1176 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1177 DH key exchanges.
1178
1179 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1180 DELAYED_AUTH
1181 Don't request client certificates
1182 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1183 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1184 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1185 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1186 to OpenSSL.
1187 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1188 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1189 will result in a new SSL session.
1190 VERIFY_CRL
1191 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1192 certificates.
1193 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1194 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1195 client certificate chain.
1196
1197 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1198
1199 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1200
1201 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1202 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1203
81b6e9a7 1204 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1205 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1206
5b0f5383 1207DOC_END
1208
41bd17a4 1209NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1210TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1211DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1212LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
5473c134 1213DOC_START
41bd17a4 1214 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
1215 connections with, based on the username or source address
1216 making the request.
5473c134 1217
41bd17a4 1218 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1219
41bd17a4 1220 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1221 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1222
41bd17a4 1223 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
1224 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2c73de90 1225 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1226 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1227
41bd17a4 1228 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1230 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1231
41bd17a4 1232 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1233 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
1234 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
1235 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
cccac0a2 1236
41bd17a4 1237 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1238 matching line.
cccac0a2 1239
41bd17a4 1240 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1241 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1242 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
1243 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 1244DOC_END
1245
41bd17a4 1246NAME: clientside_tos
1247TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1248DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1249LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
cccac0a2 1250DOC_START
41bd17a4 1251 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
1252 connections with, based on the username or source address
1253 making the request.
1254DOC_END
cccac0a2 1255
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1256NAME: qos_flows
1257TYPE: QosConfig
7172612f 1258IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
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1259DEFAULT: none
1260LOC: Config.zph
7172612f 1261DOC_START
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1262 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
1263 connections with, based on where the reply was sourced.
7172612f 1264
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1265 TOS values really only have local significance - so you should
1266 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1267 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1269 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - octet value 0x00-0xFF.
1270 Note that in practice often only values up to 0x3F are usable
1271 as the two highest bits have been redefined for use by ECN
1272 (RFC3168).
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1274 This setting is configured by setting the source TOS values:
1275
1276 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1277
1278 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1279
1280 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1281
1282
1283 For the following to work correctly, you will need to patch your
1284 linux kernel with the TOS preserving ZPH patch.
1285 The kernel patch can be downloaded from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1286
1287
1288 disable-preserve-miss
1289 If set, any HTTP response towards clients will
1290 have the TOS value of the response comming from the
1291 remote server masked with the value of miss-mask.
1292
1293 miss-mask=0xFF
1294 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS received from the
1295 remote server, before copying the value to the TOS sent
1296 towards clients.
1297 Default: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
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1300
41bd17a4 1301NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1302TYPE: acl_address
1303DEFAULT: none
1304LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1305DOC_START
1306 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1307 based on the username or source address of the user making
1308 the request.
7f7db318 1309
41bd17a4 1310 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
c33aa074 1311
41bd17a4 1312 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1313 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1314 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1315 source address 10.1.0.3.
9197cd13 1316
17148b2f 1317 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1318 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1319 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1320 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1321 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1322
41bd17a4 1323 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1324 matching line.
cccac0a2 1325
41bd17a4 1326 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1327 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1328 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1329 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cc192b50 1330
1331
1332 IPv6 Magic:
1333
1334 Squid is built with a capability of bridging the IPv4 and IPv6 internets.
1335 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1336 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1337 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1338
1339 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1340 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1341 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1342
1343 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1344 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1345 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1346
1347 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1348 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1349
1350 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
17148b2f 1351 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
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1352
1353 WARNING:
1354 'dst ipv6' bases its selection assuming DIRECT access.
1355 If peers are used the peername ACL are needed to select outgoing
1356 address which can link to the peer.
1357
cccac0a2 1358DOC_END
1359
41bd17a4 1360COMMENT_START
1361 SSL OPTIONS
1362 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1363COMMENT_END
1364
1365NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1366IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1367TYPE: onoff
1368DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1369LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1370DOC_START
41bd17a4 1371 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1372 messages.
cccac0a2 1373DOC_END
1374
41bd17a4 1375NAME: ssl_engine
1376IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1377TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1378LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1379DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1380DOC_START
41bd17a4 1381 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1382 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1383DOC_END
1384
41bd17a4 1385NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1386IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1387DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1388LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1389TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1390DOC_START
41bd17a4 1391 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1392DOC_END
1393
41bd17a4 1394NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1395IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1396DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1397LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1398TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1399DOC_START
41bd17a4 1400 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1401DOC_END
1402
41bd17a4 1403NAME: sslproxy_version
1404IFDEF: USE_SSL
1405DEFAULT: 1
1406LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1407TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1408DOC_START
41bd17a4 1409 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1410DOC_END
1411
41bd17a4 1412NAME: sslproxy_options
1413IFDEF: USE_SSL
1414DEFAULT: none
1415LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1416TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1417DOC_START
41bd17a4 1418 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1419DOC_END
1420
41bd17a4 1421NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1422IFDEF: USE_SSL
1423DEFAULT: none
1424LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1425TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1426DOC_START
41bd17a4 1427 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1428DOC_END
1429
41bd17a4 1430NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1431IFDEF: USE_SSL
1432DEFAULT: none
1433LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1434TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1435DOC_START
41bd17a4 1436 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1437 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1438DOC_END
0976f8db 1439
41bd17a4 1440NAME: sslproxy_capath
1441IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1442DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1443LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1444TYPE: string
5473c134 1445DOC_START
41bd17a4 1446 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1447 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1448DOC_END
1449
4c9da963 1450NAME: ssl_bump
1451IFDEF: USE_SSL
1452TYPE: acl_access
1453LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1454DEFAULT: none
1455DOC_START
1456 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1457 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1458 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1459 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1460
1461 By default, no requests are bumped.
1462
1463 See also: http_port sslBump
1464
1465NOCOMMENT_START
1466# Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1467# those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1468#
1469# acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1470# acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1471# acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1472# ssl_bump deny localhost
1473# ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1474# ssl_bump allow all
1475NOCOMMENT_END
1476DOC_END
1477
41bd17a4 1478NAME: sslproxy_flags
1479IFDEF: USE_SSL
1480DEFAULT: none
1481LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1482TYPE: string
5473c134 1483DOC_START
41bd17a4 1484 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1485 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1486 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1487 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1488 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1489DOC_END
1490
4c9da963 1491
1492NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1493IFDEF: USE_SSL
1494DEFAULT: none
1495LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1496TYPE: acl_access
1497DOC_START
1498 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1499
1500 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1501 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1502 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1503
1504 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1505 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1506 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1507
1508 This option must use fast ACL expressions only. Expressions that use
1509 external lookups or communication result in unpredictable behavior or
1510 crashes.
1511
1512 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1513 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1514 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1515 the connection may be insecure.
1516
1517 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1518
1519NOCOMMENT_START
1520#Default setting:
1521# sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1522NOCOMMENT_END
1523DOC_END
1524
1525
1526
41bd17a4 1527NAME: sslpassword_program
1528IFDEF: USE_SSL
1529DEFAULT: none
1530LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1531TYPE: string
5473c134 1532DOC_START
41bd17a4 1533 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1534 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1535 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1536 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
5473c134 1537DOC_END
1538
cccac0a2 1539COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1540 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 1541 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1542COMMENT_END
1543
41bd17a4 1544NAME: cache_peer
1545TYPE: peer
1546DEFAULT: none
1547LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 1548DOC_START
41bd17a4 1549 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
cccac0a2 1550
41bd17a4 1551 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
cccac0a2 1552
41bd17a4 1553 For example,
cccac0a2 1554
41bd17a4 1555 # proxy icp
1556 # hostname type port port options
1557 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
1558 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 proxy-only default
1559 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1560 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
cccac0a2 1561
41bd17a4 1562 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
d5277f40 1563
41bd17a4 1564 proxy-port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
1565 requests.
8d6275c0 1566
41bd17a4 1567 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
1568 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
df2eec10 1569 specify '0' for the ICP port.
41bd17a4 1570 NOTE: Also requires icp_port option enabled to send/receive
1571 requests via this method.
a78278e2 1572
41bd17a4 1573 options: proxy-only
1574 weight=n
1575 basetime=n
1576 ttl=n
1577 no-query
1578 background-ping
1579 default
1580 round-robin
1581 weighted-round-robin
1582 carp
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1583 userhash
1584 sourcehash
41bd17a4 1585 multicast-responder
1586 closest-only
1587 no-digest
1588 no-netdb-exchange
1589 no-delay
1590 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
1591 connect-timeout=nn
1592 digest-url=url
1593 allow-miss
1594 max-conn=n
1595 htcp
1596 htcp-oldsquid
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1597 htcp-no-clr
1598 htcp-no-purge-clr
1599 htcp-only-clr
1600 htcp-forward-clr
41bd17a4 1601 originserver
1602 name=xxx
1603 forceddomain=name
1604 ssl
1605 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
1606 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
1607 sslversion=1|2|3|4
1608 sslcipher=...
1609 ssloptions=...
1610 front-end-https[=on|auto]
d67acb4e 1611 connection-auth[=on|off|auto]
cccac0a2 1612
41bd17a4 1613 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
1614 from this cache should not be saved locally.
cccac0a2 1615
41bd17a4 1616 use 'weight=n' to affect the selection of a peer
1617 during any weighted peer-selection mechanisms.
1618 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
1619 larger weights are favored more.
1620 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
1621 protocol is not in use.
cccac0a2 1622
41bd17a4 1623 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
1624 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
1625 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
1626 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
1627 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 1628
41bd17a4 1629 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
1630 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
1631 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
1632 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
1633 hosts, you must configure other group members as
1634 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
5473c134 1635
41bd17a4 1636 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
1637 neighbor.
5473c134 1638
41bd17a4 1639 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
1640 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
1641 round trip time updated and is usually used in
1642 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
cccac0a2 1643
41bd17a4 1644 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
1645 be used as a "last-resort" if a peer cannot be located
1646 by any of the peer-selection mechanisms.
1647 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
cccac0a2 1648
41bd17a4 1649 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
1650 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
1651 absence of any ICP queries.
cccac0a2 1652
41bd17a4 1653 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
1654 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
1655 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
1656 time. Closer parents are used more often.
1657 Usually used for background-ping parents.
cccac0a2 1658
41bd17a4 1659 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
1660 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
1661 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
382db7eb 1662 balancing hash function based on their weight.
cccac0a2 1663
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1664 use 'userhash' to load-balance amongst a set of parents
1665 based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
1666
1667 use 'sourcehash' to load-balance amongst a set of parents
1668 based on the client source ip.
1669
41bd17a4 1670 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
1671 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
1672 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
1673 will be accepted from it.
cccac0a2 1674
41bd17a4 1675 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
1676 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
1677 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
cccac0a2 1678
41bd17a4 1679 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
1680 this neighbor.
cccac0a2 1681
41bd17a4 1682 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
1683 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
cccac0a2 1684
41bd17a4 1685 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
1686 from influencing the delay pools.
7d90757b 1687
41bd17a4 1688 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
1689 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
1690 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
1691 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
7d90757b 1692
41bd17a4 1693 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
1694 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
1695 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
1696 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
1697 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
1698 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
1699 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
1700 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
1701 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
1702 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
7d90757b 1703
41bd17a4 1704 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
1705 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
1706 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
1707 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
1708 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
1709 information which is added to the username. This can
1710 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
1711 the login=username:password option above.
cccac0a2 1712
41bd17a4 1713 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
1714 specific connect timeout (also see the
1715 peer_connect_timeout directive)
7f7db318 1716
41bd17a4 1717 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
1718 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
1719 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
1720 location.
cccac0a2 1721
41bd17a4 1722 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
1723 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
1724 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
1725 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
1726 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
1727 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
1728 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
1729 source is a peer)
cccac0a2 1730
41bd17a4 1731 use 'max-conn=n' to limit the amount of connections Squid
1732 may open to this peer.
cccac0a2 1733
41bd17a4 1734 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
1735 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
1736 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
0b48417e 1737 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1738 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
cccac0a2 1739
41bd17a4 1740 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
0b48417e 1741 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1742 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
cccac0a2 1743
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1744 use 'htcp-no-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor but without
1745 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
1746 htcp-only-clr.
1747
1748 use 'htcp-no-purge-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor
1749 including CLRs but only when they do not result from
1750 PURGE requests.
1751
1752 use 'htcp-only-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY
1753 CLR requests. This cannot be used with htcp-no-clr.
1754
1755 use 'htcp-forward-clr' to forward any HTCP CLR requests
1756 this proxy receives to the peer.
1757
41bd17a4 1758 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
1759 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
cccac0a2 1760
41bd17a4 1761 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
1762 host but different ports. This name can be used to
1763 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
6db78a1a 1764 directives. Including the peername ACL type.
cccac0a2 1765
41bd17a4 1766 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
1767 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
1768 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
1769 name and using redirectors to feed this domain name
1770 is not feasible.
64658378 1771
41bd17a4 1772 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
1773 be SSL/TLS encrypted.
cccac0a2 1774
41bd17a4 1775 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
1776 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
4c9fa5d5 1777
41bd17a4 1778 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
1779 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
1780 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
1781 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
4c9fa5d5 1782
41bd17a4 1783 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
1784 when connecting to this peer
1785 1 = automatic (default)
1786 2 = SSL v2 only
1787 3 = SSL v3 only
1788 4 = TLS v1 only
cccac0a2 1789
41bd17a4 1790 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL ciphers
1791 to use when connecting to this peer.
cccac0a2 1792
41bd17a4 1793 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
1794 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1795 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1796 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1797 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
1798 a more complete list.
cccac0a2 1799
41bd17a4 1800 use sslcafile=... to specify a file containing
1801 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1802 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 1803
41bd17a4 1804 use sslcapath=... to specify a directory containing
1805 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1806 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 1807
41bd17a4 1808 use sslcrlfile=... to specify a certificate revocation
1809 list file to use when verifying the peer certificate.
1810
1811 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
1812 SSL implementation:
1813 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
1814 Accept certificates even if they fail to
1815 verify.
1816 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1817 Don't use the default CA list built in
1818 to OpenSSL.
1819 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
1820 Don't verify the peer certificate
1821 matches the server name
cccac0a2 1822
41bd17a4 1823 use ssldomain= to specify the peer name as advertised
1824 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
1825 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
1826 peer hostname will be used.
cccac0a2 1827
41bd17a4 1828 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
1829 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend in front
1830 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
1831 on this header. If set to auto the header will
1832 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
1833 URL.
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1835 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid that this peer does
1836 not support Microsoft connection oriented authentication,
1837 and any such challenges received from there should be
1838 ignored. Default is auto to automatically determine the
1839 status of the peer.
41bd17a4 1840DOC_END
cccac0a2 1841
41bd17a4 1842NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
1843TYPE: hostdomain
1844DEFAULT: none
1845LOC: none
1846DOC_START
1847 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
1848 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 1849
41bd17a4 1850 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
1851 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 1852
41bd17a4 1853 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 1854
41bd17a4 1855 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 1856
41bd17a4 1857 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
1858 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
1859 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
1860 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
1861 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 1862
41bd17a4 1863 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
1864 either on the same or separate lines.
1865 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
1866 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
1867 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
1868 for all requests.
1869 * There are no defaults.
1870 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
1871 section.
1872DOC_END
dd9b1776 1873
41bd17a4 1874NAME: cache_peer_access
1875TYPE: peer_access
1876DEFAULT: none
1877LOC: none
1878DOC_START
1879 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
1880 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 1881
41bd17a4 1882 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 1883
41bd17a4 1884 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
1885 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
1886 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
1887DOC_END
dd9b1776 1888
41bd17a4 1889NAME: neighbor_type_domain
1890TYPE: hostdomaintype
1891DEFAULT: none
1892LOC: none
1893DOC_START
1894 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 1895
41bd17a4 1896 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
1897 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
1898 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
1899 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
1900 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
1901 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 1902
41bd17a4 1903EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 1904 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 1905 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
1906 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
1907DOC_END
6bf4f823 1908
41bd17a4 1909NAME: dead_peer_timeout
1910COMMENT: (seconds)
1911DEFAULT: 10 seconds
1912TYPE: time_t
1913LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
1914DOC_START
1915 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
1916 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
1917 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
1918 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
1919 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
1920 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 1921
41bd17a4 1922 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
1923 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
1924 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
1925 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
1926 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
1927 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
1928 instead of to your parents.
1929DOC_END
cccac0a2 1930
41bd17a4 1931NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
1932TYPE: wordlist
1933DEFAULT: none
1934LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
1935DOC_START
1936 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
1937 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
1938 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
1939 list this option multiple times.
1940 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
cccac0a2 1941NOCOMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1942#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
1943hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 1944NOCOMMENT_END
1945DOC_END
0976f8db 1946
41bd17a4 1947COMMENT_START
1948 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
1949 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1950COMMENT_END
1951
1952NAME: cache_mem
1953COMMENT: (bytes)
1954TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 1955DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 1956LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 1957DOC_START
41bd17a4 1958 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
1959 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
1960 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
1961 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
1962
1963 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
1964 for:
1965 * In-Transit objects
1966 * Hot Objects
1967 * Negative-Cached objects
1968
1969 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
1970 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
1971 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
1972 priority.
1973
1974 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
1975 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
1976 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
1977 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
1978 not needed for in-transit objects.
1979
1980 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
1981 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
1982 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
1983 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
1984 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
1985 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
1986 objects.
6b698a21 1987DOC_END
0976f8db 1988
41bd17a4 1989NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
1990COMMENT: (bytes)
1991TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 1992DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 1993LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 1994DOC_START
41bd17a4 1995 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
1996 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
1997 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
1998 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 1999DOC_END
0976f8db 2000
41bd17a4 2001NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2002TYPE: removalpolicy
2003LOC: Config.memPolicy
2004DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2005DOC_START
41bd17a4 2006 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2007 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2008
41bd17a4 2009 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2010DOC_END
6b698a21 2011
41bd17a4 2012COMMENT_START
2013 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2014 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2015COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2016
41bd17a4 2017NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2018TYPE: removalpolicy
2019LOC: Config.replPolicy
2020DEFAULT: lru
2021DOC_START
2022 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2023 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2024
41bd17a4 2025 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2026 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2027 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2028 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2029
41bd17a4 2030 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2031
41bd17a4 2032 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2033
41bd17a4 2034 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2035 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2036 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2037 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2038
41bd17a4 2039 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2040 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2041 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2042 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2043
41bd17a4 2044 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2045 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2046 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2047
41bd17a4 2048 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2049 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2050 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2051
41bd17a4 2052 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2053 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2054 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2055DOC_END
0976f8db 2056
41bd17a4 2057NAME: cache_dir
2058TYPE: cachedir
2059DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2060LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2061DOC_START
41bd17a4 2062 Usage:
0976f8db 2063
41bd17a4 2064 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2065
41bd17a4 2066 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2067 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2068
41bd17a4 2069 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2070 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2071 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2072
41bd17a4 2073 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2074 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2075 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2076 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2077 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2078
41bd17a4 2079 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2080
41bd17a4 2081 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2082 been there.
0976f8db 2083
41bd17a4 2084 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2085
41bd17a4 2086 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2087 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2088 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2089 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2090 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2091
41bd17a4 2092 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
2093 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2094
41bd17a4 2095 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
2096 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2097 is 256.
0976f8db 2098
41bd17a4 2099 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2100
41bd17a4 2101 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2102 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2103 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2104
41bd17a4 2105 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2106
41bd17a4 2107 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2108
41bd17a4 2109 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2110
41bd17a4 2111 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2112 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2113 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2114
41bd17a4 2115 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2116
41bd17a4 2117 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2118
41bd17a4 2119 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2120 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2121 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2122
41bd17a4 2123 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2124 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2125 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2126
41bd17a4 2127 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2128 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2129 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2130 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2131 time.
0976f8db 2132
41bd17a4 2133 The coss store type:
0976f8db 2134
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2135 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2136 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2137 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2138
41bd17a4 2139 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2140 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2141 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2142 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2143 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2144 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2145 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2146
41bd17a4 2147 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2148 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2149 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2150
41bd17a4 2151 Common options:
0976f8db 2152
41bd17a4 2153 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2154
41bd17a4 2155 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
2156 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
2157 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2158 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2159 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2160
41bd17a4 2161 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2162 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2163 option.
bebc043b 2164NOCOMMENT_START
df2eec10 2165# cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2166NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2167DOC_END
0976f8db 2168
41bd17a4 2169NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2170TYPE: string
2171LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2172DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2173DOC_START
41bd17a4 2174 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2175DOC_END
0976f8db 2176
41bd17a4 2177NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2178TYPE: int
2179LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2180DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2181DOC_START
41bd17a4 2182 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2183 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2184 descriptors are open.
2185
2186 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2187DOC_END
0976f8db 2188
41bd17a4 2189NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2190COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2191TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2192DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2193LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2194DOC_START
41bd17a4 2195 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2196 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2197 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2198DOC_END
0976f8db 2199
41bd17a4 2200NAME: maximum_object_size
2201COMMENT: (bytes)
2202TYPE: b_int64_t
2203DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2204LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2205DOC_START
41bd17a4 2206 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2207 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2208 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2209 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2210 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2211 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2212
41bd17a4 2213 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2214 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2215 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2216DOC_END
0976f8db 2217
41bd17a4 2218NAME: cache_swap_low
2219COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2220TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2221DEFAULT: 90
2222LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2223DOC_NONE
2224
2225NAME: cache_swap_high
2226COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2227TYPE: int
2228DEFAULT: 95
2229LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2230DOC_START
41bd17a4 2231
2232 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2233 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2234 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2235 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2236 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2237 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2238
2239 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2240 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2241 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2242DOC_END
0976f8db 2243
5473c134 2244COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2245 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2246 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2247COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2248
41bd17a4 2249NAME: logformat
2250TYPE: logformat
2251LOC: Config.Log.logformats
5473c134 2252DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2253DOC_START
41bd17a4 2254 Usage:
0976f8db 2255
41bd17a4 2256 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2257
41bd17a4 2258 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2259
41bd17a4 2260 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2261
41bd17a4 2262 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2263 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2264 as required according to their context and the output format
2265 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2266 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2267
41bd17a4 2268 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2269
41bd17a4 2270 " output in quoted string format
2271 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2272 # output in URL quoted format
2273 ' output as-is
5473c134 2274
41bd17a4 2275 - left aligned
2276 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2277 output is zero padded
2278 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2279
41bd17a4 2280 Format codes:
5473c134 2281
41bd17a4 2282 >a Client source IP address
2283 >A Client FQDN
2284 >p Client source port
2285 <A Server IP address or peer name
2286 la Local IP address (http_port)
2287 lp Local port number (http_port)
2288 ts Seconds since epoch
2289 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2290 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
2291 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2292 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
2293 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2294 tr Response time (milliseconds)
2295 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
2296 on the format header[:[separator]element]
2297 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2298 as for >h
2299 un User name
2300 ul User name from authentication
2301 ui User name from ident
2302 us User name from SSL
2303 ue User name from external acl helper
2304 Hs HTTP status code
2305 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2306 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2307 mt MIME content type
2308 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2309 ru Request URL
2310 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2311 rv Request protocol version
2312 et Tag returned by external acl
2313 ea Log string returned by external acl
2314 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
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2315 >st Request size including HTTP headers
2316 st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
41bd17a4 2317 <sH Reply high offset sent
2318 <sS Upstream object size
2319 % a literal % character
5473c134 2320
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2321 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
2322
2323logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
2324logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
41bd17a4 2325logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2326logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
5473c134 2327DOC_END
2328
41bd17a4 2329NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2330TYPE: access_log
2331LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
02424612 2332DEFAULT: none
01ddaf65 2333DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2334DOC_START
41bd17a4 2335 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2336 ICP request. The format is:
2337 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2338 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
5473c134 2339
41bd17a4 2340 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
2341 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2342 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
2343 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
5473c134 2344
41bd17a4 2345 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
2346 a logformat name should not be specified.
5473c134 2347
41bd17a4 2348 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
5473c134 2349
41bd17a4 2350 access_log syslog[:facility.priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
2351 where facility could be any of:
2352 authpriv, daemon, local0 .. local7 or user.
5473c134 2353
41bd17a4 2354 And priority could be any of:
2355 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
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2356
2357 Default:
2358 access_log @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 2359DOC_END
5473c134 2360
5b0f5383 2361NAME: log_access
2362TYPE: acl_access
2363LOC: Config.accessList.log
2364DEFAULT: none
2365COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2366DOC_START
2367 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2368 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2369 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
2370DOC_END
2371
41bd17a4 2372NAME: cache_log
2373TYPE: string
02424612 2374DEFAULT: none
01ddaf65 2375DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
41bd17a4 2376LOC: Config.Log.log
2377DOC_START
2378 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
2379 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
2380 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
2381DOC_END
5473c134 2382
41bd17a4 2383NAME: cache_store_log
2384TYPE: string
df2eec10 2385DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2386LOC: Config.Log.store
2387DOC_START
2388 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
2389 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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2390 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
2391 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 2392 disable it.
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2393NOCOMMENT_START
2394# cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
2395NOCOMMENT_END
5473c134 2396DOC_END
2397
41bd17a4 2398NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
2399TYPE: string
2400LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 2401DEFAULT: none
2402DOC_START
41bd17a4 2403 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
2404 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
2405 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
2406 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
2407 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
2408 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
2409 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 2410
41bd17a4 2411 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
2412 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
2413 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
2414 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 2415
41bd17a4 2416 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
2417 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 2418
41bd17a4 2419 cache_swap_log.00
2420 cache_swap_log.01
2421 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 2422
41bd17a4 2423 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
2424 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
2425 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
2426 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
2427 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
2428 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
2429 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 2430DOC_END
2431
41bd17a4 2432NAME: logfile_rotate
2433TYPE: int
2434DEFAULT: 10
2435LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 2436DOC_START
41bd17a4 2437 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2438 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
2439 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
2440 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
2441 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
2442 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 2443
41bd17a4 2444 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2445 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2446 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2447 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2448 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2449 <pid>'.
2450DOC_END
5473c134 2451
41bd17a4 2452NAME: emulate_httpd_log
2453COMMENT: on|off
2454TYPE: onoff
2455DEFAULT: off
2456LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
2457DOC_START
2458 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
2459 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
2460 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
2461 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
2462 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
5473c134 2463DOC_END
2464
41bd17a4 2465NAME: log_ip_on_direct
2466COMMENT: on|off
2467TYPE: onoff
5473c134 2468DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 2469LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 2470DOC_START
41bd17a4 2471 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
2472 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
2473 prefer the old way set this to off.
2474DOC_END
5473c134 2475
41bd17a4 2476NAME: mime_table
2477TYPE: string
2478DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
2479LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
2480DOC_START
2481 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
2482 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
2483 information if you do.
5473c134 2484DOC_END
2485
41bd17a4 2486NAME: log_mime_hdrs
2487COMMENT: on|off
2488TYPE: onoff
2489LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
2490DEFAULT: off
2491DOC_START
2492 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
2493 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
2494 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
2495 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
2496 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
2497DOC_END
5473c134 2498
41bd17a4 2499NAME: useragent_log
2500TYPE: string
2501LOC: Config.Log.useragent
2502DEFAULT: none
2503IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
5473c134 2504DOC_START
41bd17a4 2505 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
2506 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
2507 is disabled.
5473c134 2508DOC_END
2509
41bd17a4 2510NAME: referer_log referrer_log
2511TYPE: string
2512LOC: Config.Log.referer
2513DEFAULT: none
2514IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
5473c134 2515DOC_START
41bd17a4 2516 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
2517 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
2518 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
2519 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
2520 and we accept both.
5473c134 2521DOC_END
2522
41bd17a4 2523NAME: pid_filename
2524TYPE: string
2525DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
2526LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 2527DOC_START
41bd17a4 2528 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 2529DOC_END
2530
41bd17a4 2531NAME: debug_options
fb6a61d1 2532TYPE: eol
41bd17a4 2533DEFAULT: ALL,1
2534LOC: Config.debugOptions
5473c134 2535DOC_START
41bd17a4 2536 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
2537 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
2538 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
2539 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
2540 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
2541 "ALL,1".
5473c134 2542DOC_END
2543
41bd17a4 2544NAME: log_fqdn
2545COMMENT: on|off
2546TYPE: onoff
2547DEFAULT: off
2548LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
5473c134 2549DOC_START
41bd17a4 2550 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
2551 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
2552 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
2553 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
2554 browsing.
5473c134 2555DOC_END
2556
41bd17a4 2557NAME: client_netmask
2558TYPE: address
2559LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
2560DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
5473c134 2561DOC_START
41bd17a4 2562 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
2563 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
2564 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
2565 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 2566DOC_END
2567
41bd17a4 2568NAME: forward_log
2569IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
2570TYPE: string
2571DEFAULT: none
2572LOC: Config.Log.forward
5473c134 2573DOC_START
41bd17a4 2574 Logs the server-side requests.
5473c134 2575
41bd17a4 2576 This is currently work in progress.
5473c134 2577DOC_END
2578
41bd17a4 2579NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 2580TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 2581LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 2582DEFAULT: on
2583DOC_START
41bd17a4 2584 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
2585 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 2586DOC_END
2587
41bd17a4 2588NAME: buffered_logs
2589COMMENT: on|off
2590TYPE: onoff
2591DEFAULT: off
2592LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 2593DOC_START
41bd17a4 2594 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
2595 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
2596 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
2597 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
2598 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 2599DOC_END
0976f8db 2600
2b753521 2601NAME: netdb_filename
2602TYPE: string
2603DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2604LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 2605IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 2606DOC_START
2607 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
2608 To disable, enter "none".
2609DOC_END
2610
41bd17a4 2611COMMENT_START
2612 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
2613 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2614COMMENT_END
2615
2616NAME: ftp_user
2617TYPE: string
2618DEFAULT: Squid@
2619LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 2620DOC_START
41bd17a4 2621 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
2622 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
2623 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 2624
41bd17a4 2625 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
2626 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
2627 depending on how the cache is used.
2628 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
2629 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 2630DOC_END
0976f8db 2631
41bd17a4 2632NAME: ftp_list_width
2633TYPE: size_t
2634DEFAULT: 32
2635LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
6b698a21 2636DOC_START
41bd17a4 2637 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
2638 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
2639 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
6b698a21 2640DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2641
41bd17a4 2642NAME: ftp_passive
2643TYPE: onoff
2644DEFAULT: on
2645LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 2646DOC_START
41bd17a4 2647 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
2648 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 2649
2650 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
2651DOC_END
2652
2653NAME: ftp_epsv_all
2654TYPE: onoff
2655DEFAULT: off
2656LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
2657DOC_START
2658 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
2659
2660 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
2661 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
2662 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
2663
2664 When a client only expects to do two-way FTP transfers this may be useful.
2665 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
2666 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
2667
2668 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
2669 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
2670
2671 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default)
41bd17a4 2672DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2673
41bd17a4 2674NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
2675TYPE: onoff
2676DEFAULT: on
2677LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
2678DOC_START
2679 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
2680 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
2681 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
2682 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
2683 connection turn this off.
2684DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2685
41bd17a4 2686NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
2687TYPE: onoff
2688DEFAULT: on
2689LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
2690DOC_START
2691 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
2692 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
2693 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
2694 the FTP protocol.
2695
2696 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
2697 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
2698 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
2699 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
2700 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
2701DOC_END
2702
2703COMMENT_START
2704 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
2705 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2706COMMENT_END
2707
2708NAME: diskd_program
2709TYPE: string
2710DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
2711LOC: Config.Program.diskd
2712DOC_START
2713 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
2714 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
2715 diskd as one of the store io modules.
2716DOC_END
2717
2718NAME: unlinkd_program
2719IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
2720TYPE: string
2721DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
2722LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
2723DOC_START
2724 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
2725DOC_END
2726
2727NAME: pinger_program
2728TYPE: string
2729DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 2730LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 2731IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2732DOC_START
2733 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
2734DOC_END
2735
cc192b50 2736NAME: pinger_enable
2737TYPE: onoff
2738DEFAULT: on
2739LOC: Config.pinger.enable
2740IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2741DOC_START
2742 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
2743 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple squid -k reconfigure.
2744DOC_END
2745
2746
41bd17a4 2747COMMENT_START
2748 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
2749 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2750COMMENT_END
2751
2752NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
2753TYPE: wordlist
2754LOC: Config.Program.redirect
2755DEFAULT: none
2756DOC_START
2757 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
2758 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
2759
2760 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
2761
c71adec1 2762 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
2763
2764 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
2765 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
2766 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
2767 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 2768
2769 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
2770 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
2771
2772 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
2773 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2774 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
2775
2776 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
2777DOC_END
2778
2779NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
2780TYPE: int
2781DEFAULT: 5
2782LOC: Config.redirectChildren
2783DOC_START
2784 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
2785 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
2786 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
2787 and other system resources.
2788DOC_END
2789
2790NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
2791TYPE: int
2792DEFAULT: 0
2793LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
2794DOC_START
2795 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
2796 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
2797 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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2798
2799 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
2800 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
2801 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
2802 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
2803 to that request.
41bd17a4 2804DOC_END
2805
2806NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
2807TYPE: onoff
2808DEFAULT: on
2809LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
2810DOC_START
2811 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
2812 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
2813 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
2814
2815 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
2816 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
2817DOC_END
2818
2819NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
2820TYPE: acl_access
2821DEFAULT: none
2822LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
2823DOC_START
2824 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
2825 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
2826 are sent.
2827DOC_END
2828
2829NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
2830TYPE: onoff
2831LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
2832DEFAULT: off
2833DOC_START
2834 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
2835 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
2836 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
2837 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
2838 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
2839 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
2840 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
2841 users may have access to pages they should not
2842 be allowed to request.
2843DOC_END
2844
2845COMMENT_START
2846 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
2847 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2848COMMENT_END
2849
f04b37d8 2850NAME: cache no_cache
2851TYPE: acl_access
2852DEFAULT: none
2853LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 2854DOC_START
240887f0 2855 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 2856 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
2857 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 2858
240887f0 2859 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
2860 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 2861
240887f0 2862 Default is to allow all to be cached.
41bd17a4 2863DOC_END
2864
2865NAME: refresh_pattern
2866TYPE: refreshpattern
2867LOC: Config.Refresh
2868DEFAULT: none
2869DOC_START
2870 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 2871
6b698a21 2872 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2873 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2874
41bd17a4 2875 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2876 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2877 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2878 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2879 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 2880
41bd17a4 2881 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2882 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2883 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 2884
41bd17a4 2885 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2886 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 2887
41bd17a4 2888 options: override-expire
2889 override-lastmod
2890 reload-into-ims
2891 ignore-reload
2892 ignore-no-cache
2893 ignore-no-store
2894 ignore-private
2895 ignore-auth
2896 refresh-ims
a0ec9f68 2897
41bd17a4 2898 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
9b2ad080
HN
2899 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
2900 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
2901 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
2902 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
6468fe10 2903
41bd17a4 2904 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
2905 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 2906
41bd17a4 2907 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2908 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2909 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2910 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 2911
41bd17a4 2912 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2913 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2914 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2915 it causes.
9bc73deb 2916
41bd17a4 2917 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2918 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2919 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2920 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2921 send it anyway.
2922
2923 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2924 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2925 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2926 liable for problems which it causes.
2927
2928 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2929 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2930 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2931 liable for problems which it causes.
2932
2933 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2934 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
2935 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
2936 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
2937 it causes.
2938
2939 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2940 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2941 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2942 if one is available.
2943
2944 Basically a cached object is:
2945
2946 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2947 STALE if age > max
2948 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2949 FRESH if age < min
2950 else STALE
2951
2952 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2953 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
2954 match the default will be used.
2955
2956 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2957 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2958 used.
2959
2960Suggested default:
2961NOCOMMENT_START
2962refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2963refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 2964refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 2965refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2966NOCOMMENT_END
2967DOC_END
2968
2969NAME: quick_abort_min
2970COMMENT: (KB)
2971TYPE: kb_int64_t
2972DEFAULT: 16 KB
2973LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2974DOC_NONE
2975
2976NAME: quick_abort_max
2977COMMENT: (KB)
2978TYPE: kb_int64_t
2979DEFAULT: 16 KB
2980LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2981DOC_NONE
2982
2983NAME: quick_abort_pct
2984COMMENT: (percent)
2985TYPE: int
2986DEFAULT: 95
2987LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2988DOC_START
2989 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2990 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2991 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2992 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2993 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2994 downloads.
2995
2996 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2997 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2998 then.
2999
3000 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3001 it will finish the retrieval.
3002
3003 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3004 it will abort the retrieval.
3005
3006 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3007 it will finish the retrieval.
3008
3009 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3010 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3011 to '0 KB'.
3012
3013 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3014 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3015DOC_END
60d096f4 3016
41bd17a4 3017NAME: read_ahead_gap
3018COMMENT: buffer-size
3019TYPE: b_int64_t
3020LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3021DEFAULT: 16 KB
3022DOC_START
3023 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3024 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3025DOC_END
53e738c6 3026
41bd17a4 3027NAME: negative_ttl
ac9cc053 3028IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3029COMMENT: time-units
3030TYPE: time_t
3031LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3032DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3033DOC_START
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AJ
3034 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3035 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3036 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3037 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3038 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3039 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3040
3041 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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AJ
3042
3043 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3044 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3045 causes.
41bd17a4 3046DOC_END
53e738c6 3047
41bd17a4 3048NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3049COMMENT: time-units
3050TYPE: time_t
3051LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3052DEFAULT: 6 hours
3053DOC_START
3054 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3055 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3056 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3057DOC_END
c4ab8329 3058
41bd17a4 3059NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3060COMMENT: time-units
3061TYPE: time_t
3062LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3063DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3064DOC_START
3065 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3066 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3067 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3068 much below 10 seconds.
3069DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3070
41bd17a4 3071NAME: range_offset_limit
3072COMMENT: (bytes)
3073TYPE: b_int64_t
3074LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
3075DEFAULT: 0 KB
3076DOC_START
3077 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
3078 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
3079 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
3080 is NOT cached.
c4ab8329 3081
41bd17a4 3082 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3083 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3084 sending anything to the client.
a7ad6e4e 3085
41bd17a4 3086 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
3087 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
a7ad6e4e 3088
41bd17a4 3089 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
3090 client requested. (default)
3091DOC_END
d95b862f 3092
41bd17a4 3093NAME: minimum_expiry_time
3094COMMENT: (seconds)
3095TYPE: time_t
3096LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
3097DEFAULT: 60 seconds
3098DOC_START
3099 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
3100 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 3101 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 3102 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
3103 is most likely better to make your server return a
3104 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
3105 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
3106 often be best set to 0.
3107DOC_END
c68e9c6b 3108
41bd17a4 3109NAME: store_avg_object_size
3110COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 3111TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 3112DEFAULT: 13 KB
3113LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3114DOC_START
3115 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3116 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 3117DOC_END
3118
41bd17a4 3119NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3120TYPE: int
3121DEFAULT: 20
3122LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3123DOC_START
3124 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3125 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
3126 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
3127DOC_END
3128
3129COMMENT_START
3130 HTTP OPTIONS
3131 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3132COMMENT_END
3133
f04b37d8 3134NAME: request_header_max_size
3135COMMENT: (KB)
3136TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3137DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3138LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
3139DOC_START
3140 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
3141 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3142 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
3143 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3144 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3145DOC_END
3146
3147NAME: reply_header_max_size
3148COMMENT: (KB)
3149TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3150DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3151LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3152DOC_START
3153 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3154 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3155 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3156 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3157 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3158DOC_END
3159
3160NAME: request_body_max_size
3161COMMENT: (bytes)
3162TYPE: b_int64_t
3163DEFAULT: 0 KB
3164LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
3165DOC_START
3166 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
3167 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
3168 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
3169 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
3170 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
3171 be no limit imposed.
3172DOC_END
3173
41bd17a4 3174NAME: broken_posts
cccac0a2 3175TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 3176DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3177LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 3178DOC_START
41bd17a4 3179 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
3180 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 3181
41bd17a4 3182 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
3183 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 3184
41bd17a4 3185 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 3186
41bd17a4 3187 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3188 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3189 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3190 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 3191
41bd17a4 3192Example:
3193 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3194 broken_posts allow buggy_server
3195DOC_END
cccac0a2 3196
41bd17a4 3197NAME: via
3198IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3199COMMENT: on|off
3200TYPE: onoff
3201DEFAULT: on
3202LOC: Config.onoff.via
3203DOC_START
3204 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3205 replies as required by RFC2616.
3206DOC_END
4cc6eb12 3207
41bd17a4 3208NAME: ie_refresh
3209COMMENT: on|off
3210TYPE: onoff
3211LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3212DEFAULT: off
3213DOC_START
3214 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3215 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3216 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3217 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3218 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3219 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3220 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3221 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
3222 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3223 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3224 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3225 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3226 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3227 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3228 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3229 force fresh content.
3230DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 3231
41bd17a4 3232NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3233COMMENT: on|off
3234TYPE: onoff
3235LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3236DEFAULT: off
3237DOC_START
3238 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3239 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3240 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3241 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3242 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
3243 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
3244 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 3245DOC_END
c4ab8329 3246
41bd17a4 3247NAME: request_entities
3248TYPE: onoff
3249LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
3250DEFAULT: off
3251DOC_START
3252 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
3253 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
3254 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 3255
41bd17a4 3256 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
3257 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
3258 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
3259 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
3260 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 3261DOC_END
6b53c392 3262
41bd17a4 3263NAME: request_header_access
3264IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3265TYPE: http_header_access[]
3266LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3267DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 3268DOC_START
41bd17a4 3269 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 3270
41bd17a4 3271 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3272 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3273 causes.
0976f8db 3274
41bd17a4 3275 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3276 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3277 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3278 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3279 mangling.
934b03fc 3280
41bd17a4 3281 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3282 client to the server.
5401aa8d 3283
41bd17a4 3284 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3285 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3286 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 3287
41bd17a4 3288 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3289 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 3290
41bd17a4 3291 request_header_access From deny all
3292 request_header_access Referer deny all
3293 request_header_access Server deny all
3294 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3295 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3296 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 3297
41bd17a4 3298 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3299 you should use:
5401aa8d 3300
41bd17a4 3301 request_header_access Allow allow all
3302 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3303 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3304 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3305 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3306 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3307 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3308 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3309 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3310 request_header_access Date allow all
3311 request_header_access Expires allow all
3312 request_header_access Host allow all
3313 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3314 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3315 request_header_access Location allow all
3316 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3317 request_header_access Accept allow all
3318 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3319 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3320 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3321 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3322 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3323 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3324 request_header_access Title allow all
3325 request_header_access Connection allow all
3326 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3327 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 3328
41bd17a4 3329 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3330 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 3331
41bd17a4 3332 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3333 performed).
5401aa8d 3334DOC_END
3335
41bd17a4 3336NAME: reply_header_access
3337IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3338TYPE: http_header_access[]
3339LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 3340DEFAULT: none
3341DOC_START
41bd17a4 3342 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 3343
41bd17a4 3344 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3345 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3346 causes.
934b03fc 3347
41bd17a4 3348 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3349 server to the client.
934b03fc 3350
41bd17a4 3351 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3352 direction.
6b53c392 3353
41bd17a4 3354 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3355 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3356 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3357 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3358 mangling.
cccac0a2 3359
41bd17a4 3360 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3361 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3362 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 3363
41bd17a4 3364 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3365 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 3366
41bd17a4 3367 reply_header_access From deny all
3368 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3369 reply_header_access Server deny all
3370 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3371 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3372 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3373
41bd17a4 3374 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3375 you should use:
cccac0a2 3376
41bd17a4 3377 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3378 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3379 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3380 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3381 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3382 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3383 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3384 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3385 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3386 reply_header_access Date allow all
3387 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3388 reply_header_access Host allow all
3389 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3390 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3391 reply_header_access Location allow all
3392 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3393 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3394 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3395 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3396 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3397 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3398 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3399 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3400 reply_header_access Title allow all
3401 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3402 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3403 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 3404
41bd17a4 3405 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3406 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3407
41bd17a4 3408 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3409 performed).
cccac0a2 3410DOC_END
3411
41bd17a4 3412NAME: header_replace
3413IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3414TYPE: http_header_replace[]
3415LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3416DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3417DOC_START
3418 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3419 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 3420
41bd17a4 3421 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3422 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3423 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3424 option.
cccac0a2 3425
41bd17a4 3426 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 3427
41bd17a4 3428 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3429DOC_END
cccac0a2 3430
41bd17a4 3431NAME: relaxed_header_parser
3432COMMENT: on|off|warn
3433TYPE: tristate
3434LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
3435DEFAULT: on
3436DOC_START
3437 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
3438 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
3439 what the sending application intended even if the message
3440 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
3441 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 3442
41bd17a4 3443 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
3444 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 3445
41bd17a4 3446 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
3447 or response to be rejected.
3448DOC_END
7d90757b 3449
41bd17a4 3450COMMENT_START
3451 TIMEOUTS
3452 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3453COMMENT_END
3454
3455NAME: forward_timeout
3456COMMENT: time-units
3457TYPE: time_t
3458LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
3459DEFAULT: 4 minutes
3460DOC_START
3461 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
3462 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 3463DOC_END
3464
41bd17a4 3465NAME: connect_timeout
3466COMMENT: time-units
3467TYPE: time_t
3468LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
3469DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 3470DOC_START
41bd17a4 3471 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
3472 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
3473 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 3474DOC_END
3475
41bd17a4 3476NAME: peer_connect_timeout
3477COMMENT: time-units
3478TYPE: time_t
3479LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
3480DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 3481DOC_START
41bd17a4 3482 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
3483 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
3484 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
3485 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
3486DOC_END
7f7db318 3487
41bd17a4 3488NAME: read_timeout
3489COMMENT: time-units
3490TYPE: time_t
3491LOC: Config.Timeout.read
3492DEFAULT: 15 minutes
3493DOC_START
3494 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
3495 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
3496 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
3497 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
3498 default is 15 minutes.
3499DOC_END
cccac0a2 3500
41bd17a4 3501NAME: request_timeout
3502TYPE: time_t
3503LOC: Config.Timeout.request
3504DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3505DOC_START
3506 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
3507 connection establishment.
3508DOC_END
cccac0a2 3509
41bd17a4 3510NAME: persistent_request_timeout
3511TYPE: time_t
3512LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
3513DEFAULT: 2 minutes
3514DOC_START
3515 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
3516 connection after the previous request completes.
3517DOC_END
cccac0a2 3518
41bd17a4 3519NAME: client_lifetime
3520COMMENT: time-units
3521TYPE: time_t
3522LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
3523DEFAULT: 1 day
3524DOC_START
3525 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
3526 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
3527 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
3528 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
3529 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
3530 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
3531 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 3532
41bd17a4 3533 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
3534 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
3535 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
3536 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
3537 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
3538 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 3539DOC_END
3540
41bd17a4 3541NAME: half_closed_clients
3542TYPE: onoff
3543LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
3544DEFAULT: on
4eb368f9 3545DOC_START
41bd17a4 3546 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
3547 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
3548 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
3549 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
3550 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
3551 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
3552 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
3553 "no more data to read."
4eb368f9 3554DOC_END
3555
41bd17a4 3556NAME: pconn_timeout
3557TYPE: time_t
3558LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
3559DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 3560DOC_START
41bd17a4 3561 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
3562 proxies.
3563DOC_END
cccac0a2 3564
41bd17a4 3565NAME: ident_timeout
3566TYPE: time_t
3567IFDEF: USE_IDENT
3568LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
3569DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3570DOC_START
3571 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 3572
41bd17a4 3573 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
3574 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
3575 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 3576DOC_END
3577
41bd17a4 3578NAME: shutdown_lifetime
3579COMMENT: time-units
3580TYPE: time_t
3581LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
3582DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 3583DOC_START
41bd17a4 3584 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
3585 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
3586 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
3587 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
3588 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 3589DOC_END
0976f8db 3590
cccac0a2 3591COMMENT_START
3592 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3593 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3594COMMENT_END
3595
3596NAME: cache_mgr
3597TYPE: string
3598DEFAULT: webmaster
3599LOC: Config.adminEmail
3600DOC_START
3601 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3602 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3603DOC_END
3604
abacf776 3605NAME: mail_from
3606TYPE: string
3607DEFAULT: none
3608LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3609DOC_START
3610 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3611 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 3612 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 3613 src/globals.h before building squid.
3614DOC_END
3615
d084bf20 3616NAME: mail_program
3617TYPE: eol
3618DEFAULT: mail
3619LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3620DOC_START
3621 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 3622 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 3623 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 3624 mail-program recipient < mailfile
3625
d084bf20 3626 Optional command line options can be specified.
3627DOC_END
3628
cccac0a2 3629NAME: cache_effective_user
3630TYPE: string
5483d916 3631DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 3632LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 3633DOC_START
3634 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3635 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 3636 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 3637 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 3638DOC_END
3639
cccac0a2 3640NAME: cache_effective_group
3641TYPE: string
3642DEFAULT: none
3643LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3644DOC_START
64e288bd 3645 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
3646 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
3647 from the groups membership.
3648
e3d74828 3649 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3650 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3651 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 3652 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 3653 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 3654 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 3655 group.
64e288bd 3656
3657 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
3658 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
3659 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 3660DOC_END
3661
d3caee79 3662NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3663COMMENT: on|off
3664TYPE: onoff
3665DEFAULT: off
3666LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3667DOC_START
3668 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3669DOC_END
3670
cccac0a2 3671NAME: visible_hostname
3672TYPE: string
3673LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3674DEFAULT: none
3675DOC_START
3676 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3677 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3678 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3679 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3680 names with this setting.
3681DOC_END
3682
cccac0a2 3683NAME: unique_hostname
3684TYPE: string
3685LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3686DEFAULT: none
3687DOC_START
3688 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3689 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3690 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3691DOC_END
3692
cccac0a2 3693NAME: hostname_aliases
3694TYPE: wordlist
3695LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3696DEFAULT: none
3697DOC_START
7f7db318 3698 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3699DOC_END
0976f8db 3700
c642c141
AJ
3701NAME: umask
3702TYPE: int
3703LOC: Config.umask
3704DEFAULT: 027
3705DOC_START
3706 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
3707 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
3708
3709 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
3710 your value with 0.
3711DOC_END
3712
cccac0a2 3713COMMENT_START
3714 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3715 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3716
3717 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3718 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3719 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3720 create cache hierarchies.
3721
3722 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3723 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3724 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3725
3726 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3727 following information from this configuration file:
3728
3729 http_port
3730 icp_port
3731 cache_mgr
3732
3733 All current information is processed regularly and made
3734 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3735COMMENT_END
3736
3737NAME: announce_period
3738TYPE: time_t
3739LOC: Config.Announce.period
3740DEFAULT: 0
3741DOC_START
3742 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3743 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3744 messages.
3745
3746 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3747 below.
3748
3749NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3750#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3751#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3752NOCOMMENT_END
3753DOC_END
3754
cccac0a2 3755NAME: announce_host
3756TYPE: string
3757DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3758LOC: Config.Announce.host
3759DOC_NONE
3760
3761NAME: announce_file
3762TYPE: string
3763DEFAULT: none
3764LOC: Config.Announce.file
3765DOC_NONE
3766
3767NAME: announce_port
3768TYPE: ushort
3769DEFAULT: 3131
3770LOC: Config.Announce.port
3771DOC_START
3772 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3773 number where the registration message will be sent.
3774
3775 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3776 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3777 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3778 message.
3779DOC_END
3780
8d6275c0 3781COMMENT_START
3782 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
3783 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3784COMMENT_END
3785
cccac0a2 3786NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
f41735ea 3787IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
cccac0a2 3788TYPE: string
3789LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3790DEFAULT: unset-id
3791DOC_START
3792 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3793 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3794 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3795 an identification token.
3796DOC_END
3797
3798NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
f41735ea 3799IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
cccac0a2 3800COMMENT: on|off
3801TYPE: onoff
3802DEFAULT: off
3803LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3804DOC_START
3805 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3806 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3807DOC_END
3808
3809NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 3810IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 3811COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3812TYPE: string
3813LOC: ESIParser::Type
3814DEFAULT: custom
3815DOC_START
3816 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3817 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3818 encodings.
3819DOC_END
0976f8db 3820
9edd9041 3821COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3822 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 3823 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3824COMMENT_END
3825
3826NAME: delay_pools
3827TYPE: delay_pool_count
3828DEFAULT: 0
3829IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3830LOC: Config.Delay
3831DOC_START
3832 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3833 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3834 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3835DOC_END
3836
3837NAME: delay_class
3838TYPE: delay_pool_class
3839DEFAULT: none
3840IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3841LOC: Config.Delay
3842DOC_START
3843 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3844 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3845 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3846 and here would be:
3847
3848Example:
3849 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3850 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3851 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3852 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3853 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3854
3855 The delay pool classes are:
3856
3857 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3858 bucket.
3859
3860 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3861 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3862 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3863
3864 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3865 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3866 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3867 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3868 32 of the IP address.
3869
3870 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3871 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3872 only takes effect if the username is established
3873 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3874 http_access rules.
3875
3876 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3877 external_acl's tag= reply).
3878
3879 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3880 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3881 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3882 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3883DOC_END
3884
3885NAME: delay_access
3886TYPE: delay_pool_access
3887DEFAULT: none
3888IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3889LOC: Config.Delay
3890DOC_START
3891 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3892
3893 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3894 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3895 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3896 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3897
3898 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3899 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3900
3901Example:
3902 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3903 delay_access 1 deny all
3904 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3905 delay_access 2 deny all
3906 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3907DOC_END
3908
3909NAME: delay_parameters
3910TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3911DEFAULT: none
3912IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3913LOC: Config.Delay
3914DOC_START
3915 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3916 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3917 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3918
3919delay_parameters pool aggregate
3920
3921 For a class 2 delay pool:
3922
3923delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3924
3925 For a class 3 delay pool:
3926
3927delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3928
3929 For a class 4 delay pool:
3930
3931delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3932
3933 For a class 5 delay pool:
3934
3935delay_parameters pool tag
3936
3937 The variables here are:
3938
3939 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3940 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3941 delay_class lines.
3942
3943 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3944 (class 1, 2, 3).
3945
3946 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3947 buckets (class 2, 3).
3948
3949 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3950 (class 3).
3951
3952 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3953 (class 4).
3954
3955 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3956 (class 5).
3957
3958 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3959 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3960 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3961 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3962
3963 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3964 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3965 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3966
3967delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3968
3969 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3970
3971 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3972 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3973 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3974 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3975 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3976 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3977 large downloads more significantly:
3978
3979delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3980
3981 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3982
3983 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3984 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
3985
3986delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
3987DOC_END
3988
3989NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3990COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3991TYPE: ushort
3992DEFAULT: 50
3993IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3994LOC: Config.Delay.initial
3995DOC_START
3996 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
3997 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
3998 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
3999 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4000 "seen" by squid).
4001DOC_END
4002
cccac0a2 4003COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4004 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 4005 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4006COMMENT_END
4007
8d6275c0 4008NAME: wccp_router
4009TYPE: address
4010LOC: Config.Wccp.router
4011DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4012IFDEF: USE_WCCP
e313ab0a
AJ
4013DOC_START
4014 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4015 Squid.
4016
4017 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
4018
4019 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
4020
4021 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4022 which version of WCCP to use.
4023DOC_END
df2eec10 4024
8d6275c0 4025NAME: wccp2_router
cc192b50 4026TYPE: IPAddress_list
8d6275c0 4027LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 4028DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4029IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4030DOC_START
8d6275c0 4031 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4032 Squid.
cccac0a2 4033
8d6275c0 4034 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 4035
8d6275c0 4036 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 4037
8d6275c0 4038 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4039 which version of WCCP to use.
4040DOC_END
4041
4042NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 4043TYPE: int
8d6275c0 4044LOC: Config.Wccp.version
4045DEFAULT: 4
4046IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 4047DOC_START
8d6275c0 4048 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
4049 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
4050 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
4051 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
4052 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 4053
8d6275c0 4054 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
4055 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
4056 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
4057 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 4058DOC_END
4059
8d6275c0 4060NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
4061TYPE: onoff
4062LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
4063DEFAULT: on
4064IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4065DOC_START
4066 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
4067 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
4068DOC_END
cccac0a2 4069
8d6275c0 4070NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 4071TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4072LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 4073DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4074IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4075DOC_START
699acd19 4076 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 4077 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4078
451c4786
AJ
4079 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4080 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4081
8d6275c0 4082 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4083 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 4084DOC_END
4085
8d6275c0 4086NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 4087TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4088LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 4089DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4090IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4091DOC_START
699acd19 4092 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 4093 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
4094 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4095
451c4786
AJ
4096 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4097 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4098
8d6275c0 4099 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4100 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 4101
699acd19 4102 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 4103 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
4104 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
4105 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 4106DOC_END
4107
8d6275c0 4108NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 4109TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 4110LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 4111DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 4112IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4113DOC_START
8d6275c0 4114 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
4115 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4116
451c4786
AJ
4117 hash - Hash assignment
4118 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 4119
8d6275c0 4120 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
4121 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
4122DOC_END
cccac0a2 4123
8d6275c0 4124NAME: wccp2_service
4125TYPE: wccp2_service
4126LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4127DEFAULT: none
4128DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
4129IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4130DOC_START
4131 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
4132 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
4133 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
4134 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
4135 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
4136 using the wccp2_service_info option.
4137
4138 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
4139 just specifying the service id will suffice.
4140
4141 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
4142 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
4143
4144 Examples:
4145
4146 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
4147 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
4148 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
4149 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 4150DOC_END
4151
4152NAME: wccp2_service_info
4153TYPE: wccp2_service_info
4154LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4155DEFAULT: none
4156IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4157DOC_START
4158 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
4159 traffic you wish to have diverted.
4160
4161 The format is:
4162
4163 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
4164 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
4165
4166 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
4167 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 4168 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 4169 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
4170 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
4171 + ports_source
4172
4173 The port list can be one to eight entries.
4174
4175 Example:
4176
4177 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
4178 priority=240 ports=80
4179
4180 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
4181 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
4182DOC_END
4183
4184NAME: wccp2_weight
4185TYPE: int
4186LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
4187DEFAULT: 10000
4188IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4189DOC_START
4190 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
4191 hash proportional to their weight.
4192DOC_END
4193
4194NAME: wccp_address
4195TYPE: address
4196LOC: Config.Wccp.address
4197DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4198IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4199DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4200
8d6275c0 4201NAME: wccp2_address
4202TYPE: address
4203LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
4204DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4205IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4206DOC_START
4207 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
4208 interface address.
4209
4210 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4211DOC_END
4212
4213COMMENT_START
4214 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
4215 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4216
4217 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
4218COMMENT_END
4219
4220NAME: client_persistent_connections
4221TYPE: onoff
4222LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4223DEFAULT: on
4224DOC_NONE
4225
4226NAME: server_persistent_connections
4227TYPE: onoff
4228LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4229DEFAULT: on
4230DOC_START
4231 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4232 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4233 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4234 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4235DOC_END
4236
4237NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
4238TYPE: onoff
4239LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
4240DEFAULT: off
4241DOC_START
4242 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
4243 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
4244 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
4245DOC_END
4246
4247NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4248TYPE: onoff
4249LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4250DEFAULT: off
4251DOC_START
4252 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4253 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4254 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4255 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4256
4257 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4258 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4259 after 10 seconds timeout.
4260DOC_END
4261
4262COMMENT_START
4263 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
4264 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4265COMMENT_END
4266
4267NAME: digest_generation
4268IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4269TYPE: onoff
4270LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4271DEFAULT: on
4272DOC_START
4273 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4274 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 4275 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 4276DOC_END
4277
4278NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4279IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4280TYPE: int
4281LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4282DEFAULT: 5
4283DOC_START
4284 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4285 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4286 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4287DOC_END
4288
4289NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4290IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4291COMMENT: (seconds)
4292TYPE: time_t
4293LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4294DEFAULT: 1 hour
4295DOC_START
749ceff8 4296 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 4297DOC_END
4298
4299NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4300COMMENT: (seconds)
4301IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4302TYPE: time_t
4303LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4304DEFAULT: 1 hour
4305DOC_START
749ceff8 4306 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 4307 disk.
4308DOC_END
4309
4310NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4311COMMENT: (bytes)
4312TYPE: b_size_t
4313IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4314LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4315DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4316DOC_START
4317 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4318 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4319 default swap page.
4320DOC_END
4321
4322NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4323COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4324IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4325TYPE: int
4326LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4327DEFAULT: 10
4328DOC_START
4329 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4330 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4331DOC_END
4332
1db9eacd 4333COMMENT_START
5473c134 4334 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 4335 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4336COMMENT_END
4337
5473c134 4338NAME: snmp_port
4339TYPE: ushort
4340LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 4341DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4342IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4343DOC_START
87630341 4344 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
4345 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
4346 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
4347 set to "0" (disabled)
4348NOCOMMENT_START
4349#snmp_port 3401
4350NOCOMMENT_END
8d6275c0 4351DOC_END
4352
5473c134 4353NAME: snmp_access
4354TYPE: acl_access
4355LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 4356DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4357DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4358IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4359DOC_START
5473c134 4360 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 4361
5473c134 4362 All access to the agent is denied by default.
4363 usage:
8d6275c0 4364
5473c134 4365 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 4366
5473c134 4367Example:
4368 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
4369 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 4370DOC_END
4371
5473c134 4372NAME: snmp_incoming_address
4373TYPE: address
4374LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
4375DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4376IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4377DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4378
5473c134 4379NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
4380TYPE: address
4381LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
4382DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4383IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 4384DOC_START
df2eec10 4385 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 4386
5473c134 4387 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
4388 messages from SNMP agents.
4389 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
4390 agents.
cccac0a2 4391
5473c134 4392 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
4393 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 4394
5473c134 4395 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4396 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
4397 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
4398 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 4399
5473c134 4400 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
4401 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 4402DOC_END
4403
5473c134 4404COMMENT_START
4405 ICP OPTIONS
4406 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4407COMMENT_END
4408
4409NAME: icp_port udp_port
4410TYPE: ushort
4411DEFAULT: 0
4412LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 4413DOC_START
5473c134 4414 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
4415 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
4416 Default is disabled (0).
4417NOCOMMENT_START
df2eec10 4418#icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
5473c134 4419NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 4420DOC_END
4421
5473c134 4422NAME: htcp_port
4423IFDEF: USE_HTCP
4424TYPE: ushort
87630341 4425DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4426LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 4427DOC_START
5473c134 4428 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 4429 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
4430 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
4431NOCOMMENT_START
4432#htcp_port 4827
4433NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 4434DOC_END
4435
4436NAME: log_icp_queries
4437COMMENT: on|off
4438TYPE: onoff
4439DEFAULT: on
4440LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
4441DOC_START
4442 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
4443 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
4444 up or to simplify log analysis.
4445DOC_END
4446
5473c134 4447NAME: udp_incoming_address
4448TYPE: address
4449LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
4450DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
8524d4b2 4451DOC_START
4452 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
4453 caches.
4454
4455 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4456
4457 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
4458 a specific interface/address.
4459
4460 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4461 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4462
4463 see also; udp_outgoing_address
4464
4465 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4466 have the same value since they both use the same port.
4467DOC_END
cccac0a2 4468
5473c134 4469NAME: udp_outgoing_address
4470TYPE: address
4471LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
4472DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
cccac0a2 4473DOC_START
8524d4b2 4474 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 4475 caches.
cccac0a2 4476
5473c134 4477 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 4478
8524d4b2 4479 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
4480 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
4481 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 4482 caches.
4483
8524d4b2 4484 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4485 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4486
4487 see also; udp_incoming_address
4488
5473c134 4489 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 4490 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 4491DOC_END
4492
3d1e3e43 4493NAME: icp_hit_stale
4494COMMENT: on|off
4495TYPE: onoff
4496DEFAULT: off
4497LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
4498DOC_START
4499 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
4500 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
4501 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
4502 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
4503 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
4504 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
4505 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
4506DOC_END
4507
5473c134 4508NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 4509TYPE: int
5473c134 4510DEFAULT: 4
4511LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 4512DOC_START
5473c134 4513 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4514 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 4515DOC_END
4516
5473c134 4517NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
4518TYPE: int
4519DEFAULT: 400
4520LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 4521DOC_START
5473c134 4522 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4523 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 4524DOC_END
4525
cccac0a2 4526NAME: netdb_low
4527TYPE: int
4528DEFAULT: 900
4529LOC: Config.Netdb.low
4530DOC_NONE
4531
4532NAME: netdb_high
4533TYPE: int
4534DEFAULT: 1000
4535LOC: Config.Netdb.high
4536DOC_START
4537 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
4538 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
4539 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
4540 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
4541DOC_END
4542
cccac0a2 4543NAME: netdb_ping_period
4544TYPE: time_t
4545LOC: Config.Netdb.period
4546DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4547DOC_START
4548 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
4549 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
4550 network. The default is five minutes.
4551DOC_END
4552
cccac0a2 4553NAME: query_icmp
4554COMMENT: on|off
4555TYPE: onoff
4556DEFAULT: off
4557LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
4558DOC_START
4559 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
4560 replies, enable this option.
4561
4562 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 4563 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
4564 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 4565 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
4566 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
4567 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
4568 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
4569 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
4570DOC_END
4571
4572NAME: test_reachability
4573COMMENT: on|off
4574TYPE: onoff
4575DEFAULT: off
4576LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
4577DOC_START
4578 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
4579 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
4580 database, or has a zero RTT.
4581DOC_END
4582
5473c134 4583NAME: icp_query_timeout
4584COMMENT: (msec)
4585DEFAULT: 0
4586TYPE: int
4587LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 4588DOC_START
5473c134 4589 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
4590 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
4591 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
4592 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
4593 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
4594 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 4595
5473c134 4596 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 4597DOC_END
4598
5473c134 4599NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
4600COMMENT: (msec)
4601DEFAULT: 2000
4602TYPE: int
4603LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 4604DOC_START
5473c134 4605 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4606 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
4607 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
4608 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4609 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4610 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4611DOC_END
4612
5473c134 4613NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
4614COMMENT: (msec)
4615DEFAULT: 5
4616TYPE: int
4617LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 4618DOC_START
5473c134 4619 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4620 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
4621 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
4622 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
4623 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4624 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4625 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4626DOC_END
4627
5473c134 4628NAME: background_ping_rate
4629COMMENT: time-units
4630TYPE: time_t
4631DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4632LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 4633DOC_START
5473c134 4634 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
4635 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 4636DOC_END
4637
5473c134 4638COMMENT_START
4639 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
4640 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4641COMMENT_END
4642
4643NAME: mcast_groups
4644TYPE: wordlist
4645LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 4646DEFAULT: none
4647DOC_START
5473c134 4648 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
4649 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 4650
5473c134 4651 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
4652 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
4653 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
4654 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
4655 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
4656 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
4657 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 4658
5473c134 4659 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
4660 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 4661
5473c134 4662 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
4663 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 4664
5473c134 4665 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 4666
5473c134 4667 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
4668DOC_END
8c01ada0 4669
5473c134 4670NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4671IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4672TYPE: address
4673LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4674DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4675DOC_START
4676 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4677 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 4678
5473c134 4679 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4680 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 4681DOC_END
4682
5473c134 4683NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
4684IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4685TYPE: ushort
4686LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4687DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 4688DOC_START
5473c134 4689 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4690 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4691 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4692DOC_END
cccac0a2 4693
5473c134 4694NAME: mcast_miss_port
4695IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4696TYPE: ushort
4697LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4698DEFAULT: 3135
4699DOC_START
4700 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4701 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4702DOC_END
cccac0a2 4703
5473c134 4704NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4705IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4706TYPE: string
4707LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4708DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4709DOC_START
4710 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4711 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4712DOC_END
8c01ada0 4713
5473c134 4714NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
4715COMMENT: (msec)
4716DEFAULT: 2000
4717TYPE: int
4718LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
4719DOC_START
4720 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
4721 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
4722 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
4723 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
4724 seconds.
cccac0a2 4725DOC_END
4726
5473c134 4727COMMENT_START
4728 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
4729 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4730COMMENT_END
4731
cccac0a2 4732NAME: icon_directory
4733TYPE: string
4734LOC: Config.icons.directory
4735DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4736DOC_START
4737 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4738 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4739DOC_END
4740
f024c970 4741NAME: global_internal_static
4742TYPE: onoff
4743LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4744DEFAULT: on
4745DOC_START
4746 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4747 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4748 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4749 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4750 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4751 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4752 the server generating a directory listing.
4753DOC_END
4754
5473c134 4755NAME: short_icon_urls
4756TYPE: onoff
4757LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4758DEFAULT: on
4759DOC_START
4760 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
4761 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
4762 it's own name and port in the URL.
4763
4764 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
4765 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
4766DOC_END
4767
4768COMMENT_START
4769 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
4770 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4771COMMENT_END
4772
4773NAME: error_directory
4774TYPE: string
4775LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 4776DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4777DOC_START
4778 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
43000484
AJ
4779 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
4780 the error/template files to another directory and point
4781 this tag at them.
4782
4783 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
4784 on error pages if used.
5473c134 4785
4786 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4787 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 4788 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 4789 contributing your translation back to the project.
43000484
AJ
4790 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
4791
4792 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
4793 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
4794DOC_END
4795
4796NAME: error_default_language
4797IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
4798TYPE: string
4799LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
4800DEFAULT: none
4801DOC_START
4802 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
4803 if no existing translation matches the clients language
4804 preferences.
4805
4806 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
4807
4808 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4809 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
4810 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
4811 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 4812DOC_END
4813
c411820c
AJ
4814NAME: error_log_languages
4815IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
4816TYPE: onoff
4817LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
4818DEFAULT: on
4819DOC_START
4820 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
4821 auto-negotiate for translations.
4822
4823 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
4824 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 4825 of its error page translations.
c411820c
AJ
4826DOC_END
4827
5b52cb6c
AJ
4828NAME: err_page_stylesheet
4829TYPE: string
4830LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
4831DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
4832DOC_START
4833 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
4834
4835 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
4836DOC_END
4837
5473c134 4838NAME: err_html_text
4839TYPE: eol
4840LOC: Config.errHtmlText
4841DEFAULT: none
4842DOC_START
4843 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
4844 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
4845 organizations Web page.
4846
4847 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
4848 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
4849 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
4850 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
4851DOC_END
4852
4853NAME: email_err_data
4854COMMENT: on|off
4855TYPE: onoff
4856LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
4857DEFAULT: on
4858DOC_START
4859 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
4860 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
4861 so that the email body contains the data.
4862 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
4863DOC_END
4864
4865NAME: deny_info
4866TYPE: denyinfo
4867LOC: Config.denyInfoList
4868DEFAULT: none
4869DOC_START
4870 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
4871 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 4872 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 4873
4874 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
4875 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
4876 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
4877 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
4878
4879 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
4880 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
4881 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
4882 the first authentication related acl encountered
4883 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
4884 acl processed on the last http_access line.
4885
43000484
AJ
4886 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
4887 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
4888 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 4889
4890 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
4891 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
4892 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
4893
4894 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
4895 by specifying TCP_RESET.
4896DOC_END
4897
4898COMMENT_START
4899 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
4900 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4901COMMENT_END
4902
4903NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4904TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4905LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4906DEFAULT: on
4907DOC_START
5473c134 4908 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4909 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
4910 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 4911
5473c134 4912 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
4913 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 4914
5473c134 4915 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4916 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4917 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 4918
5473c134 4919 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
4920 this directive.
8d6275c0 4921DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 4922
5473c134 4923NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4924TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4925LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4926DEFAULT: off
4927DOC_START
5473c134 4928 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
4929 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
4930 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 4931
5473c134 4932 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4933 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4934 fails.
4935
4936 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4937 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4938 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 4939DOC_END
4940
5473c134 4941NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 4942TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 4943LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 4944DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 4945DOC_START
5473c134 4946 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 4947
5473c134 4948 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
4949 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
4950 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
4951 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
4952 something like:
0b0cfcf2 4953
5473c134 4954 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
4955 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 4956
5473c134 4957 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 4958
5473c134 4959 acl FTP proto FTP
4960 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 4961
5473c134 4962 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
4963 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
4964 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
4965 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
4966 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 4967
5473c134 4968 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4969 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4970 always_direct deny local-external
4971 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 4972
5473c134 4973 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
4974 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
4975 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
4976 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 4977
5473c134 4978 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
4979 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
4980 the replies see no_cache.
4981
4982 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
4983 and local_ip.
cccac0a2 4984DOC_END
0976f8db 4985
5473c134 4986NAME: never_direct
4987TYPE: acl_access
4988LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
4989DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4990DOC_START
5473c134 4991 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4992
4993 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
4994 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
4995
4996 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
4997 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
4998 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
4999 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
5000
5001 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 5002 never_direct deny local-servers
5003 never_direct allow all
5004
5005 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
5006 servers inside the firewall use something like:
5007
5008 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
5009 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5010 always_direct deny local-external
5011 always_direct allow local-intranet
5012 never_direct allow all
5013
5014 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
5015 and firewall_ip.
8d6275c0 5016DOC_END
0976f8db 5017
5473c134 5018COMMENT_START
5019 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
5020 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5021COMMENT_END
5022
cccac0a2 5023NAME: incoming_icp_average
5024TYPE: int
5025DEFAULT: 6
5026LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
5027DOC_NONE
5028
5029NAME: incoming_http_average
5030TYPE: int
5031DEFAULT: 4
5032LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
5033DOC_NONE
5034
5035NAME: incoming_dns_average
5036TYPE: int
5037DEFAULT: 4
5038LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
5039DOC_NONE
5040
5041NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
5042TYPE: int
5043DEFAULT: 8
5044LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
5045DOC_NONE
5046
5047NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
5048TYPE: int
5049DEFAULT: 8
5050LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
5051DOC_NONE
5052
5053NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
5054TYPE: int
5055DEFAULT: 8
5056LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
5057DOC_START
5473c134 5058 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
5059 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
5060 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
5061DOC_END
5062
5063NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 5064TYPE: string
5065DEFAULT: none
5066LOC: Config.accept_filter
5067DOC_START
0b4d4be5 5068 FreeBSD:
5069
5473c134 5070 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
5071 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
5072 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
5073
5074 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 5075 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 5076 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
5077
5078 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
5079 to Squid until there is some data to process.
5080 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
5081
5082 Linux:
5083
5084 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
5085 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
5086 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
5087 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
5088 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 5089EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 5090# FreeBSD
5473c134 5091accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 5092# Linux
5093accept_filter data
5473c134 5094DOC_END
5095
5096NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
5097COMMENT: (bytes)
5098TYPE: b_size_t
5099DEFAULT: 0 bytes
5100LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
5101DOC_START
5102 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
5103 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
5104 the default buffer size.
5105DOC_END
5106
5107COMMENT_START
5108 ICAP OPTIONS
5109 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5110COMMENT_END
5111
5112NAME: icap_enable
5113TYPE: onoff
5114IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5115COMMENT: on|off
5116LOC: TheICAPConfig.onoff
5117DEFAULT: off
5118DOC_START
53e738c6 5119 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 5120DOC_END
5121
5122NAME: icap_connect_timeout
5123TYPE: time_t
5124DEFAULT: none
5125LOC: TheICAPConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5126IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5127DOC_START
5128 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5129 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
5130 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
5131
5132 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
5133 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
5134 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
5135DOC_END
5136
5137NAME: icap_io_timeout
5138COMMENT: time-units
5139TYPE: time_t
5140DEFAULT: none
5141LOC: TheICAPConfig.io_timeout_raw
5142IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5143DOC_START
5144 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
5145 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
5146 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
5147 failure.
5148
5149 The default is read_timeout.
5150DOC_END
5151
5152NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
5153TYPE: int
5154IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5155LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_failure_limit
5156DEFAULT: 10
5157DOC_START
5158 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
5159 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
5160 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
5161 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
5162 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
5163 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
5164
5165 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
5166 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
5167 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5168DOC_END
5169
5473c134 5170NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 5171TYPE: int
5473c134 5172IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5173LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_revival_delay
5174DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 5175DOC_START
5473c134 5176 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
5177 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
5178 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
5179 fetched.
cccac0a2 5180
5473c134 5181 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
5182 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 5183DOC_END
5184
5473c134 5185NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 5186TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5187IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5188COMMENT: on|off
5189LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 5190DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5191DOC_START
ac7a62f9 5192 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
5193 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
5194 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
5195 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
5196
5197 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
5198 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
5199 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
5200
5201 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
5202 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
5203Example:
5204icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 5205DOC_END
5206
5473c134 5207NAME: icap_preview_size
5208TYPE: int
5209IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5210LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_size
5211DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 5212DOC_START
53e738c6 5213 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
5214 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
5215 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5216DOC_END
5217
5473c134 5218NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
5219TYPE: int
5220IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5221LOC: TheICAPConfig.default_options_ttl
5222DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 5223DOC_START
53e738c6 5224 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 5225 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 5226DOC_END
5227
5473c134 5228NAME: icap_persistent_connections
5229TYPE: onoff
5230IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5231COMMENT: on|off
5232LOC: TheICAPConfig.reuse_connections
5233DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5234DOC_START
5473c134 5235 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
5236 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 5237DOC_END
5238
5473c134 5239NAME: icap_send_client_ip
5240TYPE: onoff
5241IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5242COMMENT: on|off
5243LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_ip
5244DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5245DOC_START
53e738c6 5246 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 5247DOC_END
5248
5473c134 5249NAME: icap_send_client_username
5250TYPE: onoff
5251IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5252COMMENT: on|off
5253LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_username
5254DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5255DOC_START
5473c134 5256 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
5257 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
5258 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
5259 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 5260DOC_END
5261
5473c134 5262NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 5263TYPE: string
5473c134 5264IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5265LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_header
5266DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 5267DOC_START
5473c134 5268 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 5269DOC_END
5270
5473c134 5271NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 5272TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5273IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5274COMMENT: on|off
5275LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_encode
5276DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5277DOC_START
5473c134 5278 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 5279DOC_END
5280
5473c134 5281NAME: icap_service
5282TYPE: icap_service_type
5283IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5284LOC: TheICAPConfig
5285DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5286DOC_START
53e738c6 5287 Defines a single ICAP service
cccac0a2 5288
53e738c6 5289 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
7d90757b 5290
53e738c6 5291 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 5292 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5293 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5294 are not yet supported.
53e738c6 5295 bypass = 1|0
f3db09e2 5296 If set to 1, the ICAP service is treated as optional. If the
5297 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
5298 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
5299 was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be bypassed.
5300 If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as essential and all
5301 ICAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
5302 HTTP client.
53e738c6 5303 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
5473c134 5304
5473c134 5305Example:
5306icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
5307icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 5308DOC_END
5309
5473c134 5310NAME: icap_class
5311TYPE: icap_class_type
5312IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5313LOC: none
5473c134 5314DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5315DOC_START
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5316 This depricated option was documented to define an ICAP service
5317 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
5318 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 5319
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5320 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
5321 adaptation_service_set directive.
5473c134 5322
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5323 If you need adaptation service chains, patches or sponsorship
5324 is welcome.
cccac0a2 5325DOC_END
5326
5473c134 5327NAME: icap_access
5328TYPE: icap_access_type
5329IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5330LOC: none
cccac0a2 5331DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5332DOC_START
62c7f90e
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5333 This option is depricated. Please use adaptation_access, which
5334 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
5335 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 5336DOC_END
5337
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5338COMMENT_START
5339 eCAP OPTIONS
5340 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5341COMMENT_END
5342
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5343NAME: ecap_enable
5344TYPE: onoff
5345IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5346COMMENT: on|off
5347LOC: Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
5348DEFAULT: off
5349DOC_START
5350 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
5351DOC_END
5352
5353NAME: ecap_service
5354TYPE: ecap_service_type
5355IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5356LOC: Ecap::TheConfig
5357DEFAULT: none
5358DOC_START
5359 Defines a single eCAP service
5360
5361 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
5362
5363 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
5364 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5365 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5366 are not yet supported.
5367 bypass = 1|0
5368 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
5369 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
5370 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
5371 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
5372 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
5373 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
5374 HTTP client.
5375 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
5376
5377Example:
5378ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
5379ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
5380DOC_END
5381
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5382NAME: loadable_modules
5383TYPE: wordlist
5384IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
5385LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
5386DEFAULT: none
5387DOC_START
5388 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
5389 preloaded module(s).
5390Example:
5391loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
5392DOC_END
5393
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5394COMMENT_START
5395 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
5396 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5397COMMENT_END
5398
5399NAME: adaptation_service_set
5400TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
5401IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5402LOC: none
5403DEFAULT: none
5404DOC_START
5405
5406 Defines a named adaptation service set. The set is populated in
5407 the order of adaptation_service_set directives in this file.
5408 When adaptation ACLs are processed, the first and only the first
5409 applicable adaptation service from the set will be used. Thus,
5410 the set should group similar, redundant services, rather than a
5411 chain of complementary services.
5412
5413 If you have a single adaptation service, you do not need to
5414 define a set containing it because adaptation_access accepts
5415 service names.
5416
5417 See also: adaptation_access
5418
5419Example:
5420adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
5421adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
5422DOC_END
5423
5424NAME: adaptation_access
5425TYPE: adaptation_access_type
5426IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5427LOC: none
5428DEFAULT: none
5429DOC_START
5430 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
5431
5432 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
5433 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
5434
5435 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
5436 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
5437 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
5438 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
5439
5440 - services serving different vectoring points
5441 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
5442 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
5443 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
5444
5445 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
5446 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
5447 adaptation_service_set for details.
5448
5449 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
5450 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
5451 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
5452 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
5453
5454 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
5455 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
5456
5457 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
5458
5459Example:
5460adaptation_access service_1 allow all
5461DOC_END
5462
5473c134 5463COMMENT_START
5464 DNS OPTIONS
5465 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5466COMMENT_END
5467
5468NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 5469TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5470DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5471LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 5472DOC_START
5473c134 5473 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
5474 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
5475 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 5476DOC_END
5477
5473c134 5478NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 5479TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5480DEFAULT: on
5473c134 5481LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 5482DOC_START
5473c134 5483 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
5484 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
5485 Squid to be strict about the standard.
5486 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 5487DOC_END
5488
5473c134 5489NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 5490TYPE: string
5473c134 5491IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
5492DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
5493LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 5494DOC_START
5473c134 5495 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 5496DOC_END
5497
5473c134 5498NAME: dns_children
5499TYPE: int
5500IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
5501DEFAULT: 5
5502LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 5503DOC_START
5473c134 5504 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
5505 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
5506 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
5507 is 32. The default is 5.
58850d15 5508
5473c134 5509 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
58850d15 5510DOC_END
5511
5473c134 5512NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
5513TYPE: time_t
5514DEFAULT: 5 seconds
5515LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
5516IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 5517DOC_START
5473c134 5518 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
5519 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 5520
cccac0a2 5521DOC_END
5522
5473c134 5523NAME: dns_timeout
5524TYPE: time_t
5525DEFAULT: 2 minutes
5526LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
5527IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 5528DOC_START
5473c134 5529 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
5530 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
5531 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 5532DOC_END
5533
5473c134 5534NAME: dns_defnames
5535COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 5536TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5537DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5538LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 5539DOC_START
5473c134 5540 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
5541 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
5542 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
5543 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 5544DOC_END
5545
5473c134 5546NAME: dns_nameservers
5547TYPE: wordlist
5548DEFAULT: none
5549LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 5550DOC_START
5473c134 5551 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
5552 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
5553 /etc/resolv.conf file.
5554 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
5555 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
5556 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
5557 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 5558
5473c134 5559 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 5560DOC_END
5561
5473c134 5562NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 5563TYPE: string
5473c134 5564DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
5565LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 5566DOC_START
5473c134 5567 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
5568 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
5569 default locations:
5570 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
5571 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5572 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
5573 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5574 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
5575 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
5576 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
5577 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 5578
5473c134 5579 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
5580 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
5581 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
5582 character are comments.
cccac0a2 5583
5473c134 5584 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
5585 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
5586 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
5587 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
5588 definitions.
cccac0a2 5589DOC_END
5590
5473c134 5591NAME: append_domain
5592TYPE: string
5593LOC: Config.appendDomain
5594DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 5595DOC_START
5473c134 5596 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
5597 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
5598
5599 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
5600 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
5601 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
5602
5603Example:
5604 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 5605DOC_END
5606
5473c134 5607NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
5608TYPE: onoff
5609LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 5610DEFAULT: on
5611DOC_START
5473c134 5612 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
5613 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
5614 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
5615 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
5616 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 5617DOC_END
5618
cc192b50 5619NAME: dns_v4_fallback
5620TYPE: onoff
5621DEFAULT: on
5622LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
5623DOC_START
5624 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
5625 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
5626 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
5627
5628 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
5629 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
5630
5631 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
5632 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
5633
5634 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
5635 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
5636 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
5637DOC_END
5638
6bc15a4f 5639NAME: ipcache_size
5640COMMENT: (number of entries)
5641TYPE: int
5642DEFAULT: 1024
5643LOC: Config.ipcache.size
5644DOC_NONE
5645
5646NAME: ipcache_low
5647COMMENT: (percent)
5648TYPE: int
5649DEFAULT: 90
5650LOC: Config.ipcache.low
5651DOC_NONE
5652
5653NAME: ipcache_high
5654COMMENT: (percent)
5655TYPE: int
5656DEFAULT: 95
5657LOC: Config.ipcache.high
5658DOC_START
5659 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
5660DOC_END
5661
5662NAME: fqdncache_size
5663COMMENT: (number of entries)
5664TYPE: int
5665DEFAULT: 1024
5666LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
5667DOC_START
5668 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
5669DOC_END
5670
a58ff010 5671COMMENT_START
5473c134 5672 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 5673 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5674COMMENT_END
5675
5473c134 5676NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 5677COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5678TYPE: onoff
5679DEFAULT: on
5680LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 5681DOC_START
5473c134 5682 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
5683 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
5684 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
5685 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 5686DOC_END
5687
5473c134 5688NAME: memory_pools_limit
5689COMMENT: (bytes)
5690TYPE: b_size_t
5691DEFAULT: 5 MB
5692LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 5693DOC_START
5473c134 5694 Used only with memory_pools on:
5695 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 5696
5473c134 5697 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
5698 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
5699 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
5700 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
5701 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
5702 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
5703 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 5704
5473c134 5705 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5706 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 5707
5473c134 5708 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
5709 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5710
5711 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
5712 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
5713 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
5714 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 5715DOC_END
5716
5473c134 5717NAME: forwarded_for
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5718COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
5719TYPE: string
5473c134 5720DEFAULT: on
5721LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 5722DOC_START
67c06f0d
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5723 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
5724 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 5725
5473c134 5726 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
5727
67c06f0d 5728 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 5729
5730 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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5731
5732 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
5733 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
5734
5735 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
5736 X-Forwarded-For header.
5737
5738 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
5739 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place itself as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 5740DOC_END
5741
5473c134 5742NAME: cachemgr_passwd
5743TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
5744DEFAULT: none
5745LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 5746DOC_START
5473c134 5747 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 5748
5473c134 5749 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
5750
5751 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
5752 5min
5753 60min
5754 asndb
5755 authenticator
5756 cbdata
5757 client_list
5758 comm_incoming
5759 config *
5760 counters
5761 delay
5762 digest_stats
5763 dns
5764 events
5765 filedescriptors
5766 fqdncache
5767 histograms
5768 http_headers
5769 info
5770 io
5771 ipcache
5772 mem
5773 menu
5774 netdb
5775 non_peers
5776 objects
5777 offline_toggle *
5778 pconn
5779 peer_select
b360c477 5780 reconfigure *
5473c134 5781 redirector
5782 refresh
5783 server_list
5784 shutdown *
5785 store_digest
5786 storedir
5787 utilization
5788 via_headers
5789 vm_objects
5790
5791 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
5792 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
5793
5794 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
5795 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
5796 password to "none".
5797
5798 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
5799
5800Example:
5801 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
5802 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
5803 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 5804DOC_END
5805
5473c134 5806NAME: client_db
a58ff010 5807COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5808TYPE: onoff
5809DEFAULT: on
5810LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 5811DOC_START
5473c134 5812 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
5813 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 5814DOC_END
5815
5473c134 5816NAME: refresh_all_ims
5817COMMENT: on|off
5818TYPE: onoff
5819DEFAULT: off
5820LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 5821DOC_START
5473c134 5822 When you enable this option, squid will always check
5823 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
5824 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
5825 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
5826 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 5827
5473c134 5828 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
5829 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 5830DOC_END
5831
5473c134 5832NAME: reload_into_ims
5833IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 5834COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5835TYPE: onoff
5836DEFAULT: off
5837LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 5838DOC_START
5473c134 5839 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
5840 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
5841 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
5842 feature could make you liable for problems which it
5843 causes.
5844
5845 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 5846DOC_END
5847
5473c134 5848NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
5849TYPE: int
5850LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
5851DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 5852DOC_START
5473c134 5853 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
5854 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
5855 each address is tried once).
5856
5857 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
5858 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
5859 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
5860
5861 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
5862 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 5863DOC_END
5864
5473c134 5865NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 5866TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5867LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 5868DEFAULT: off
5869DOC_START
5473c134 5870 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
5871 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
5872 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
5873 control errors.
5f8252d2 5874DOC_END
5875
5473c134 5876NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 5877TYPE: string
5473c134 5878LOC: Config.as_whois_server
5879DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5880DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 5881DOC_START
5473c134 5882 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
5883 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 5884DOC_END
5885
5473c134 5886NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 5887TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5888LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 5889DEFAULT: off
5890DOC_START
5473c134 5891 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
5892 objects.
a58ff010 5893DOC_END
5894
5473c134 5895NAME: uri_whitespace
5896TYPE: uri_whitespace
5897LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
5898DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 5899DOC_START
5473c134 5900 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
5901 URI. Options:
a58ff010 5902
5473c134 5903 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
5904 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
5905 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
5906 Request" message.
5907 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
5908 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
5909 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
5910 are in use.
5911 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
5912 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
5913 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
5914 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
5915 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
5916 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
5917 violation.
5918DOC_END
a58ff010 5919
5473c134 5920NAME: coredump_dir
5921TYPE: string
5922LOC: Config.coredump_dir
5923DEFAULT: none
5924DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
5925DOC_START
5926 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5927 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5928 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5929 and coredump files will be left there.
a58ff010 5930
5473c134 5931NOCOMMENT_START
5932# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5933coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
5934NOCOMMENT_END
5935DOC_END
a58ff010 5936
5473c134 5937NAME: chroot
5938TYPE: string
5939LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 5940DEFAULT: none
5941DOC_START
5473c134 5942 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
5943 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
5944 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
5945 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will may get an
5946 error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5947DOC_END
a58ff010 5948
5473c134 5949NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
5950TYPE: onoff
5951LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 5952DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5953DOC_START
cc192b50 5954 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
5955 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
5956 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
5957
5473c134 5958 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
5959 found not to preserve user session state across requests
5960 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 5961
cc192b50 5962 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 5963DOC_END
5964
5473c134 5965NAME: pipeline_prefetch
5966TYPE: onoff
5967LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
5968DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 5969DOC_START
5473c134 5970 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
5971 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5972 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 5973
5473c134 5974 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
5975 reasons.
5976DOC_END
a58ff010 5977
5473c134 5978NAME: high_response_time_warning
5979TYPE: int
5980COMMENT: (msec)
5981LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
5982DEFAULT: 0
5983DOC_START
5984 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
5985 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
5986 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 5987DOC_END
5988
5473c134 5989NAME: high_page_fault_warning
5990TYPE: int
5991LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
5992DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 5993DOC_START
5473c134 5994 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
5995 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5996 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
5997 per second.
5998DOC_END
cc9f92d4 5999
5473c134 6000NAME: high_memory_warning
6001TYPE: b_size_t
6002LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 6003DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 6004DOC_START
6005 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 6006 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 6007 the administrators attention.
6008DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6009
5473c134 6010NAME: sleep_after_fork
6011COMMENT: (microseconds)
6012TYPE: int
6013LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
6014DEFAULT: 0
6015DOC_START
6016 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
6017 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
6018 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
6019 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
6020 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
6021 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
6022 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
6023 until all the child processes have been started.
6024 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
6025 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 6026DOC_END
6027
b6696974
GS
6028NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6029COMMENT: on|off
6030TYPE: onoff
6031DEFAULT: on
6032LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
6033DOC_START
6034 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
6035 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
6036 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
6037 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
6038 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
6039 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
6040DOC_END
6041
cccac0a2 6042EOF