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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 32
cccac0a2 33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
debd9a31 44
cccac0a2 45COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 46
592a09dc 47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
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60
61
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62 Conditional configuration
63
64 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
65 depend on conditions:
66
67 if <CONDITION>
68 ... regular configuration directives ...
69 [else
70 ... regular configuration directives ...]
71 endif
72
73 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
74 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
75 configuration directives.
76
77 These individual conditions types are supported:
78
79 true
80 Always evaluates to true.
81 false
82 Always evaluates to false.
83 <integer> = <integer>
84 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
85
86
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87 SMP-Related Macros
88
89 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
90
91 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
92 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
93
94 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
95 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
96 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 97COMMENT_END
98
5473c134 99COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 100 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 101 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
102COMMENT_END
103
41bd17a4 104NAME: auth_param
105TYPE: authparam
5817ee13 106LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 107DEFAULT: none
108DOC_START
41bd17a4 109 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
110 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 111
41bd17a4 112 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 113
41bd17a4 114 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
115 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
116 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
117 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
118 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
119 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
120 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
121 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
122 program entry).
cccac0a2 123
41bd17a4 124 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
125 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
126 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
127 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 128
41bd17a4 129 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
130 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
131 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
132 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
133 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
134 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
135 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
136 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
137 type acl.
cccac0a2 138
41bd17a4 139 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
140 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
141 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
142 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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143 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
144 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 145
41bd17a4 146 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 147
41bd17a4 148 "program" cmdline
149 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
150 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
151 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
152 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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153 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
154 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 155
41bd17a4 156 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
157 program is specified.
cccac0a2 158
41bd17a4 159 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
160 this line to something like
307b83b7 161
41bd17a4 162 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 163
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164 "utf8" on|off
165 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
166 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
167 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
168 username & password to the helper.
169
7353861b 170 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 171 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 172 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
173 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
174 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
175 authenticator processes.
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176
177 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
178 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
179 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
180 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
181 the maximum.
182
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183 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
184 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
185 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
186 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
187 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
188 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 189 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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190
191 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 192
41bd17a4 193 "realm" realmstring
194 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
195 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
196 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
197 password). There is no default.
198 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 199
41bd17a4 200 "credentialsttl" timetolive
201 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
202 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
203 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
204 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
205 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
206 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
207 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
208 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
209 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 210
41bd17a4 211 "casesensitive" on|off
212 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
213 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
214 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
215 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
216 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 219
41bd17a4 220 "program" cmdline
221 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
222 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
223 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
224 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
225 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
226 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
227 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 228
41bd17a4 229 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
230 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 231
41bd17a4 232 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
233 something like
cccac0a2 234
7ce93108 235 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 236
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237 "utf8" on|off
238 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
239 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
240 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
241 username & password to the helper.
242
7353861b 243 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 244 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 245 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
246 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
247 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
248 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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249
250 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
251 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
252 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
253 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
254 the maximum.
255
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256 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
257 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
258 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
259 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
260 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
261 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
262 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
263
48d54e4d 264 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 265
41bd17a4 266 "realm" realmstring
267 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
268 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
269 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
270 password). There is no default.
271 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 272
41bd17a4 273 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
274 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
275 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 276
41bd17a4 277 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
278 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
279 valid for.
cccac0a2 280
41bd17a4 281 "nonce_max_count" number
282 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
283 used.
cccac0a2 284
41bd17a4 285 "nonce_strictness" on|off
286 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
287 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
288 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
289 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 290
41bd17a4 291 "check_nonce_count" on|off
292 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
293 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
294 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
295 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 296
41bd17a4 297 "post_workaround" on|off
298 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
299 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
300 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 301
41bd17a4 302 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 303
41bd17a4 304 "program" cmdline
305 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
306 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
307 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
308 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
309 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
310 is not used.
cccac0a2 311
41bd17a4 312 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 313
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314 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
315 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 316 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
317 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
318 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
319 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
320 processes.
cccac0a2 321
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322 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
323 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
324 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
325 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
326 the maximum.
327
328 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 329
41bd17a4 330 "keep_alive" on|off
331 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
332 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
333 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
334 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
335 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 336
41bd17a4 337 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 338
41bd17a4 339 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 340
41bd17a4 341 "program" cmdline
342 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
343 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
344 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
345 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
346 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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347 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
348 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
349 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 350 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
351 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 352
41bd17a4 353 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 354
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355 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
356 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 357 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
358 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
359 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
360 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
361 processes.
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362
363 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
364 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
365 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
366 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
367 the maximum.
368
369 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 370
41bd17a4 371 "keep_alive" on|off
372 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
373 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
374 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
375 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
376 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 377
41bd17a4 378 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 379
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381 Examples:
382
41bd17a4 383#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
384#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 385#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 386#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 387#
41bd17a4 388#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 389#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 390#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 391#
41bd17a4 392#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 393#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 394#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
395#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
396#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
397#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 398#
41bd17a4 399#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 400#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 401#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
402#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 403DOC_END
cccac0a2 404
41bd17a4 405NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
406TYPE: time_t
407DEFAULT: 1 hour
408LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
409DOC_START
410 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
411 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
412 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
413 have good reason to.
414DOC_END
cccac0a2 415
41bd17a4 416NAME: authenticate_ttl
417TYPE: time_t
418DEFAULT: 1 hour
419LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
420DOC_START
421 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
422 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
423 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
424 TTL are removed from memory.
425DOC_END
cccac0a2 426
41bd17a4 427NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
428TYPE: time_t
429LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
430DEFAULT: 0 seconds
431DOC_START
432 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
433 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
434 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
435 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
436 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
437 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
438 environment with relatively static address assignments.
439DOC_END
cccac0a2 440
3d1e3e43 441COMMENT_START
442 ACCESS CONTROLS
443 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
444COMMENT_END
445
41bd17a4 446NAME: external_acl_type
447TYPE: externalAclHelper
448LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 449DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 450DOC_START
41bd17a4 451 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
452 to look up the status
cccac0a2 453
41bd17a4 454 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 455
41bd17a4 456 Options:
cccac0a2 457
41bd17a4 458 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
459 for 1 hour)
460 negative_ttl=n
461 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
462 as ttl)
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463 children-max=n
464 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
465 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
466 children-startup=n
467 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
468 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
469 of this type. (default 0)
470 children-idle=n
471 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
472 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
473 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
474 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 475 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
476 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 477 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 478 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
479 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 480 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 481 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 482 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
483 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
055421ee 484 the default is currently 'ipv4'.
cccac0a2 485
41bd17a4 486 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 487
41bd17a4 488 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
489 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
490 %IDENT Ident user name
491 %SRC Client IP
492 %SRCPORT Client source port
493 %URI Requested URI
494 %DST Requested host
495 %PROTO Requested protocol
496 %PORT Requested port
497 %PATH Requested URL path
498 %METHOD Request method
499 %MYADDR Squid interface address
500 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
501 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
502 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
503 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
504 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
505 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 506
c68c9682 507 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 508 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 509 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 510 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 511 HTTP request header list member using ; as
512 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
513 character.
cccac0a2 514
c68c9682 515 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 516 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 517 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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518 %<{Hdr:;member}
519 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
520 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
521 character.
522
41bd17a4 523 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
524 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
525 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 526
41bd17a4 527 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
528 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
529 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
530 more details.
cccac0a2 531
41bd17a4 532 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 533
41bd17a4 534 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 535
41bd17a4 536 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 537
41bd17a4 538 user= The users name (login)
539 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
540 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
541 in error pages
542 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
543 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
544 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
545 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 546
41bd17a4 547 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
548 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 549
41bd17a4 550 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
551 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
552 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 553
41bd17a4 554 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
555 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
556 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 557DOC_END
558
41bd17a4 559NAME: acl
560TYPE: acl
561LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 562DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 563DOC_START
41bd17a4 564 Defining an Access List
cccac0a2 565
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566 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
567 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
568 they are read from.
cccac0a2 569
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570 acl aclname acltype argument ...
571 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 572
375eeb3b 573 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 574
41bd17a4 575 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
576 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
cccac0a2 577
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578 Some acl types require suspending the current request in order
579 to access some external data source.
580 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
581 don't are marked as [fast].
582 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
583 for further information
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585 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
586
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587 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address [fast]
588 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses [fast]
589 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
590 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address [fast]
cccac0a2 591
41bd17a4 592 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
593 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
594 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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596 # other *BSD variants.
597 # [fast]
41bd17a4 598 #
599 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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601 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
602
603 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
604 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
605 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 606 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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607 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
608 # regex matching client name [slow]
609 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 610 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 611 #
41bd17a4 612 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
613 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
614 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9bc73deb 615
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616 acl aclname src_as number ...
617 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 618 # [fast]
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620 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
621 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
622 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
623 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
624 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
625 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 626
6db78a1a 627 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 628 # [fast]
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630 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
631
375eeb3b 632 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 633 # [fast]
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635 # S - Sunday
636 # M - Monday
637 # T - Tuesday
638 # W - Wednesday
639 # H - Thursday
640 # F - Friday
641 # A - Saturday
642 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
643
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645 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
646 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
647 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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649 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
650 # ranges are alloed
651 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # local socket TCP port [fast]
652 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
e988aa40 653
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655
656 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
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658 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
659 # status code in reply [fast]
e988aa40 660
375eeb3b 661 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 662 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
e988aa40 663
375eeb3b 664 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 665 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 666 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 667
375eeb3b 668 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 669 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 670 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 671 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 672
41bd17a4 673 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
674 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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676 # supplied credentials [slow]
677 #
678 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 679 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
680 #
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682 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
683 #
41bd17a4 684 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
685 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
686 # in access.log.
687 #
688 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
689 # to check username/password combinations (see
690 # auth_param directive).
691 #
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693 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 694 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 695
41bd17a4 696 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 697 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 698 # Example:
699 #
700 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 701
41bd17a4 702 acl aclname maxconn number
703 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
b3567eb5 704 # more than <number> HTTP connections established. [fast]
1e5562e3 705
41bd17a4 706 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
707 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
708 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 709 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 710 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
711 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
712 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
713 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
714 # request is denied)
715 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
716 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
717 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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720 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
721 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
722 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
723
375eeb3b 724 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 725 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
726 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 727 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 728 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
729 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 730
41bd17a4 731 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
732 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
733 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 734 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 735
375eeb3b 736 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 737 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
738 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 739 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 740 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
741 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
742 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 743
41bd17a4 744 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
745 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
746 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 747 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 748
375eeb3b 749 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 750 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 751 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 752
41bd17a4 753 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
754 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 755 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 756
41bd17a4 757 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
758 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 759 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 760
41bd17a4 761 acl aclname ext_user username ...
762 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 763 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 764 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 765
0ab50441 766 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 767 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
cccac0a2 768
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769 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
770 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
771 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
772 #
773 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
774 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
775 # http_reply_access.
776
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778 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
779 acl myexample dst_as 1241
780 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
781 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
782 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 783
41bd17a4 784NOCOMMENT_START
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786# Recommended minimum configuration:
787#
41bd17a4 788acl manager proto cache_object
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789acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
790acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
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ee776778 792# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
793# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
794# should be allowed
795acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
796acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
797acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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798acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
799acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 801acl SSL_ports port 443
802acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
803acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
804acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
805acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
806acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
807acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
808acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
809acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
810acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
811acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
812acl CONNECT method CONNECT
813NOCOMMENT_END
814DOC_END
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816NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
817TYPE: acl_access
818IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
819LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
820DEFAULT: none
821DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
822DOC_START
823 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
824 find the original source of a request.
825
826 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
827 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
828 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
829 rightmost address being the most recent.
830
831 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
832 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
833 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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834 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
835 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
836 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
837 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
838 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
839 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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841 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
842 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 843 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 844 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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845 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
846 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 847
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849 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
850
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851 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
852
853 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
854 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
855 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
856 source address of the request. This may enable remote
857 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
858 based on the client's source addresses.
859
860 For example:
861
862 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
863 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
864 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
865 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
866DOC_END
867
868NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
869COMMENT: on|off
870TYPE: onoff
871IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
872DEFAULT: on
873LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
874DOC_START
875 Controls whether the indirect client address
876 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
877 direct client address in acl matching.
878DOC_END
879
880NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
881COMMENT: on|off
882TYPE: onoff
0dae2bca 883IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&DELAY_POOLS
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885LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
886DOC_START
887 Controls whether the indirect client address
888 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
889 direct client address in delay pools.
890DOC_END
891
892NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
893COMMENT: on|off
894TYPE: onoff
895IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
896DEFAULT: on
897LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
898DOC_START
899 Controls whether the indirect client address
900 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
901 direct client address in the access log.
902DOC_END
903
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904NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
905COMMENT: on|off
906TYPE: onoff
907IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 908DEFAULT: off
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909LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
910DOC_START
911 Controls whether the indirect client address
912 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
913 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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915 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
916 mode ports.
917
918 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
919 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
920 of folow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
921 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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923
41bd17a4 924NAME: http_access
925TYPE: acl_access
926LOC: Config.accessList.http
927DEFAULT: none
928DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
929DOC_START
930 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 931
41bd17a4 932 Access to the HTTP port:
933 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 934
41bd17a4 935 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 936
41bd17a4 937 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
938 the request.
cccac0a2 939
41bd17a4 940 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
941 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
942 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
943 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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945 lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 946
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948 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
949
41bd17a4 950NOCOMMENT_START
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952#
953# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 954#
955# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
956http_access allow manager localhost
957http_access deny manager
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959# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 960http_access deny !Safe_ports
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962# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 963http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 965# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
966# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
967# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
968#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 970#
971# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 972#
c8f4eac4 973
ee776778 974# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
975# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
976# from where browsing should be allowed
977http_access allow localnet
afb33856 978http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 979
41bd17a4 980# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
981http_access deny all
982NOCOMMENT_END
983DOC_END
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986TYPE: acl_access
987LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
988DEFAULT: none
989DOC_START
990 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
991
992 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
993 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
994 output.
995
996 If not set then only http_access is used.
997DOC_END
998
41bd17a4 999NAME: http_reply_access
1000TYPE: acl_access
1001LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1002DEFAULT: none
1003DOC_START
1004 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
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41bd17a4 1006 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1007
41bd17a4 1008 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1009 all replies
1a224843 1010
41bd17a4 1011 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1012 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1013 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1015 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1016 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1017DOC_END
1018
41bd17a4 1019NAME: icp_access
1020TYPE: acl_access
1021LOC: Config.accessList.icp
1022DEFAULT: none
1023DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1024DOC_START
41bd17a4 1025 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1026 access lists
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41bd17a4 1028 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1030 See http_access for details
1031
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1033 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1035# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1037#icp_access deny all
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1039
41bd17a4 1040NAME: htcp_access
1041IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1042TYPE: acl_access
1043LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
1044DEFAULT: none
1045DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1046DOC_START
41bd17a4 1047 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1048 access lists
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41bd17a4 1050 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1052 See http_access for details
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0b48417e 1054 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1055 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1056 using the htcp option.
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1059 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1061# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1063#htcp_access deny all
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41bd17a4 1066NAME: htcp_clr_access
1067IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1068TYPE: acl_access
1069LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
1070DEFAULT: none
1071DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1072DOC_START
1073 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1074 on defined access lists
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41bd17a4 1076 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1078 See http_access for details
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1081 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1083# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1084acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1085htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
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1087
41bd17a4 1088NAME: miss_access
1089TYPE: acl_access
1090LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 1091DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 1092DOC_START
41bd17a4 1093 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1094 a parent. For example:
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41bd17a4 1096 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1097 miss_access allow localclients
1098 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 1099
41bd17a4 1100 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
1101 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 1102
41bd17a4 1103 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
1104 to fetch MISSES from us.
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1106 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1107 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1108DOC_END
1109
1110NAME: ident_lookup_access
1111TYPE: acl_access
1112IFDEF: USE_IDENT
1113DEFAULT: none
1114DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1115LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1116DOC_START
41bd17a4 1117 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1118 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1119 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1120 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1121 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1122 any requests.
5473c134 1123
41bd17a4 1124 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1125 can follow this example:
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4daaf3cb 1127 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1128 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1129 ident_lookup_access deny all
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4daaf3cb 1131 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1132 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1133 the correct result.
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1135 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1136 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1137DOC_END
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5b0f5383 1139NAME: reply_body_max_size
1140COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1141TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1142DEFAULT: none
1143LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1144DOC_START
1145 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1146 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1147 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1148 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1149 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1150 for this reply.
1151
1152 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1153 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1154 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1155 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1156 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1157 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1158 and they will receive a partial reply.
1159
1160 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1161 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1162 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1163 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1164
1165 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1166 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1167 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1168 the size of your largest error page.
1169
1170 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1171 no limit imposed.
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1173 Configuration Format is:
1174 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1175 ie.
1176 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1177
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1179
1180COMMENT_START
1181 NETWORK OPTIONS
1182 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1183COMMENT_END
1184
1185NAME: http_port ascii_port
1186TYPE: http_port_list
1187DEFAULT: none
1188LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1189DOC_START
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1190 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1191 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1192 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1193
1194 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1195 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1196 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1197 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1198 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1199 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1200 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1201
1202 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1203 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1204
1205 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1206 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1207 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1208
1209 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1210
c7b1dd5d 1211 Modes:
5b0f5383 1212
e77bdb4e 1213 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1214 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1215 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1216
1217 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1218 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1219 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1220
1221 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1222 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1223
3a0c8eb5 1224 ssl-bump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
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1226 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1227 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1228 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1229
1230 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1231 the SslBump feature.
1232
1233 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1234
1235
1236 Accelerator Mode Options:
1237
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1238 allow-direct Allow direct forwarding in accelerator mode. Normally
1239 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1240 never_direct was used.
1241
5b0f5383 1242 defaultsite=domainname
1243 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1244 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1245 accelerators should consider the default.
1246 Implies accel.
1247
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1248 vhost Using the Host header for virtual domain support.
1249 Also uses the port as specified in Host: header.
5b0f5383 1250
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1251 vport IP based virtual host support. Using the http_port number
1252 in passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1253
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1255 http_port number.
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1257 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
c7b1dd5d 1258 Defaults to http://.
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1261
1262 Warning: This option violates HTTP specifications if
1263 used in non-accelerator setups.
1264
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1266 SSL Bump Mode Options:
1267
1268 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1269
1270 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1271 if not specified, the certificate file is
1272 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1273 key file.
1274
1275 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1276 1 automatic (default)
1277 2 SSLv2 only
1278 3 SSLv3 only
1279 4 TLSv1 only
1280
1281 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1282
1283 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1284 being:
1285 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1286 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1287 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1288 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1289 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1290 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1291 documentation for a complete list of options.
1292
1293 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1294 requesting a client certificate.
1295
1296 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1297 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1298 clientca will be used.
1299
1300 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1301 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1302
1303 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1304 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1305 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1306
1307 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1308 DH key exchanges.
1309
1310 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1311 DELAYED_AUTH
1312 Don't request client certificates
1313 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1314 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1315 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1316 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1317 to OpenSSL.
1318 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1319 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1320 will result in a new SSL session.
1321 VERIFY_CRL
1322 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1323 certificates.
1324 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1325 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1326 client certificate chain.
1327
1328 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1329
1330
1331 Other Options:
1332
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1334 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1335 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1337
5b0f5383 1338 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1339 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1340 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1341 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1342 support is enabled.
1343 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1344
1345 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1346 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1347 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1348 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1349 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1350 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1351 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1352 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1353
81b6e9a7 1354 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1355 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1356
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1359 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1360 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1361 timeout the time before giving up.
1362
5b0f5383 1363 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1364 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1365 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1366 visible on the internal address.
1367
1368NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 1369
5b0f5383 1370# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1371http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1372NOCOMMENT_END
1373DOC_END
1374
1375NAME: https_port
1376IFDEF: USE_SSL
1377TYPE: https_port_list
1378DEFAULT: none
1379LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1380DOC_START
1381 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1382
1383 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1384 requests.
1385
1386 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1387 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1388 accelerator level.
1389
1390 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1391 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1392
1393 Options:
1394
1395 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1396 defaultsite or vhost.
1397
1398 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1399 this port. Implies accel.
1400
1401 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1402 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1403 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1404 Implies accel.
1405
1406 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1407 Defaults to https.
1408
1409 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1410
1411 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1412 if not specified, the certificate file is
1413 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1414 key file.
1415
1416 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1417 1 automatic (default)
1418 2 SSLv2 only
1419 3 SSLv3 only
1420 4 TLSv1 only
1421
1422 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1423
1424 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1425 being:
1426 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1427 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1428 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1429 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1430 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1431 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1432 documentation for a complete list of options.
1433
1434 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1435 requesting a client certificate.
1436
1437 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1438 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1439 clientca will be used.
1440
1441 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1442 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1443
1444 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1445 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1446 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1447
1448 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1449 DH key exchanges.
1450
1451 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1452 DELAYED_AUTH
1453 Don't request client certificates
1454 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1455 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1456 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1457 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1458 to OpenSSL.
1459 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1460 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1461 will result in a new SSL session.
1462 VERIFY_CRL
1463 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1464 certificates.
1465 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1466 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1467 client certificate chain.
1468
1469 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1470
1471 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1472
1473 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1474 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1475
81b6e9a7 1476 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1477 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1478
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1480
41bd17a4 1481NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1482TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1483DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1484LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
5473c134 1485DOC_START
41bd17a4 1486 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
1487 connections with, based on the username or source address
1488 making the request.
5473c134 1489
41bd17a4 1490 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1491
41bd17a4 1492 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1493 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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1496 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1497 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1498 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1499
41bd17a4 1500 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1502 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1503
41bd17a4 1504 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1505 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1507 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 1508
41bd17a4 1509 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1510 matching line.
cccac0a2 1511
41bd17a4 1512 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1513 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1514 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
1515 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 1516DOC_END
1517
41bd17a4 1518NAME: clientside_tos
1519TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1520DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1521LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
cccac0a2 1522DOC_START
41bd17a4 1523 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
1524 connections with, based on the username or source address
1525 making the request.
1526DOC_END
cccac0a2 1527
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1529TYPE: QosConfig
7172612f 1530IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
575cb927 1531DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1532LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 1533DOC_START
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1535 connections with, based on where the reply was sourced.
7172612f 1536
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1538 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1539 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
7172612f 1540
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1542 Note that in practice often only values up to 0x3F are usable
1543 as the two highest bits have been redefined for use by ECN
1544 (RFC3168).
7172612f 1545
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1547
1548 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1549
1550 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1551
1552 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1553
1554
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1556
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1558 linux kernel with the TOS preserving ZPH patch.
1559 The kernel patch can be downloaded from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1560
575cb927 1561 disable-preserve-miss
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1563 from the remote server will be retained and masked with
1564 miss-mark. This option disables that feature.
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1566 miss-mask=0xFF
1567 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS received from the
1568 remote server, before copying the value to the TOS sent
1569 towards clients.
1570 Default: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
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1573
41bd17a4 1574NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1575TYPE: acl_address
1576DEFAULT: none
1577LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1578DOC_START
1579 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1580 based on the username or source address of the user making
1581 the request.
7f7db318 1582
41bd17a4 1583 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
c33aa074 1584
41bd17a4 1585 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1586 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1587 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1588 source address 10.1.0.3.
9197cd13 1589
17148b2f 1590 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1591 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1592 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1593 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1594 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1595
41bd17a4 1596 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1597 matching line.
cccac0a2 1598
41bd17a4 1599 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1600 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1601 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1602 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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1605 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
1606 When needing to contact peers use the no-tproxy cache_peer option to
1607 re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
cc192b50 1608
1609 IPv6 Magic:
1610
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1612 internets.
cc192b50 1613 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1614 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1615 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1616
1617 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1618 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1619 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1620
1621 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1622 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1623 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1624
1625 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1626 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
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1628 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
17148b2f 1629 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
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1631 WARNING:
1632 'dst ipv6' bases its selection assuming DIRECT access.
1633 If peers are used the peername ACL are needed to select outgoing
1634 address which can link to the peer.
1635
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1637 previously in the http_access rules to locate the destination IP.
1638 Some more magic may be needed for that:
1639 http_access allow to_ipv6 !all
1640 (meaning, allow if to IPv6 but not from anywhere ;)
1641
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1643
41bd17a4 1644COMMENT_START
1645 SSL OPTIONS
1646 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1647COMMENT_END
1648
1649NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1650IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1651TYPE: onoff
1652DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1653LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1654DOC_START
41bd17a4 1655 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1656 messages.
cccac0a2 1657DOC_END
1658
41bd17a4 1659NAME: ssl_engine
1660IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1661TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1662LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1663DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1664DOC_START
41bd17a4 1665 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1666 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1667DOC_END
1668
41bd17a4 1669NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1670IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1671DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1672LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1673TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1674DOC_START
41bd17a4 1675 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1676DOC_END
1677
41bd17a4 1678NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1679IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1680DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1681LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1682TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1683DOC_START
41bd17a4 1684 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1685DOC_END
1686
41bd17a4 1687NAME: sslproxy_version
1688IFDEF: USE_SSL
1689DEFAULT: 1
1690LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1691TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1692DOC_START
41bd17a4 1693 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1694DOC_END
1695
41bd17a4 1696NAME: sslproxy_options
1697IFDEF: USE_SSL
1698DEFAULT: none
1699LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1700TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1701DOC_START
41bd17a4 1702 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1704 The most important being:
1705
1706 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1707 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1708 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1709 SINGLE_DH_USE
1710 Always create a new key when using
1711 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1712
1713 These options vary depending on your SSL engine.
1714 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1715 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 1716DOC_END
1717
41bd17a4 1718NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1719IFDEF: USE_SSL
1720DEFAULT: none
1721LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1722TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1723DOC_START
41bd17a4 1724 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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1726 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 1727DOC_END
1728
41bd17a4 1729NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1730IFDEF: USE_SSL
1731DEFAULT: none
1732LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1733TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1734DOC_START
41bd17a4 1735 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1736 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1737DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1739NAME: sslproxy_capath
1740IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1741DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1742LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1743TYPE: string
5473c134 1744DOC_START
41bd17a4 1745 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1746 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1747DOC_END
1748
4c9da963 1749NAME: ssl_bump
1750IFDEF: USE_SSL
1751TYPE: acl_access
1752LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1753DEFAULT: none
1754DOC_START
1755 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1756 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1757 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1758 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1759
1760 By default, no requests are bumped.
1761
1762 See also: http_port sslBump
1763
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1765 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1767
1768 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1769 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1770
1771 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1772 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1773 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1774 ssl_bump deny localhost
1775 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1776 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 1777DOC_END
1778
41bd17a4 1779NAME: sslproxy_flags
1780IFDEF: USE_SSL
1781DEFAULT: none
1782LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1783TYPE: string
5473c134 1784DOC_START
41bd17a4 1785 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1786 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1787 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1788 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1789 to OpenSSL.
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1791
4c9da963 1792
1793NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1794IFDEF: USE_SSL
1795DEFAULT: none
1796LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1797TYPE: acl_access
1798DOC_START
1799 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1800
1801 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1802 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1803 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1804
1805 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1806 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1807 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1808
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1810 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1811 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
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1813 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1814 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1815 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1816 the connection may be insecure.
1817
1818 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1819
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4c9da963 1821DOC_END
1822
1823
1824
41bd17a4 1825NAME: sslpassword_program
1826IFDEF: USE_SSL
1827DEFAULT: none
1828LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1829TYPE: string
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41bd17a4 1831 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1832 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1833 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1834 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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1836 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
1837 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
1838 keys.
5473c134 1839DOC_END
1840
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41bd17a4 1842 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 1843 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1844COMMENT_END
1845
41bd17a4 1846NAME: cache_peer
1847TYPE: peer
1848DEFAULT: none
1849LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 1850DOC_START
41bd17a4 1851 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 1853 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 1854
41bd17a4 1855 For example,
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41bd17a4 1857 # proxy icp
1858 # hostname type port port options
1859 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 1860 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 1861 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1862 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
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1864 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
1865
1866 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
1867
1868 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
1869 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
1870 For web servers this is usually 80
1871
1872 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
1873 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
1874 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
1875
1876
1877 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
1878
1879 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
1880 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
1881
1882
1883 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
1884
1885 multicast-responder
1886 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
1887 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
1888 replies will be accepted from it.
1889
1890 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
1891 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
1892
1893 background-ping
1894 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
1895 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
1896 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
1897
1898
1899 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
1900
1901 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
1902 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
1903
1904
1905 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
1906 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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1908 list of options described below.
2b94f655 1909
18191440 1910 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 1911
18191440 1912 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 1913 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 1914 only-clr.
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1917 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 1919 htcp=no-purge-clr
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1921 they do not result from PURGE requests.
1922
18191440 1923 htcp=forward-clr
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1925
1926
1927 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
1928
1929 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
1930 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
1931
1932
1933 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
1934 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
1935 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
1936
1937 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
1938 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
1939 weight=N can be used to add bias.
1940
1941 weighted-round-robin
1942 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
1943 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
1944 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
1945 Usually used for background-ping parents.
1946 weight=N can be used to add bias.
1947
1948 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
1949 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
1950 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
1951
1952 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
1953
1954 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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1956 multicast-siblings
1957 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
1958 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
1959 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
1960 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
1961 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
1962 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
1963 members of the same multicast group.
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1965
1966 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
1967
1968 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
1969 peer-selection mechanisms.
1970 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
1971 larger weights are favored more.
1972 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
1973 protocol is not in use.
1974
1975 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
1976 times of parents.
1977 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
1978 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
1979 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
1980
1981 ttl=N Specify a IP multicast TTL to use when sending an ICP
1982 queries to this address.
1983 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
1984 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
1985 hosts, you must configure other group members as
1986 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
1987
1988 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
1989 delay pools.
1990
1991 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
1992 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
1993 than the Squid default location.
1994
1995
1996 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
1997
1998 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
1999 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2000 is a web server.
2001
2002 forceddomain=name
2003 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2004 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2005 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2006 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2007
2008 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2009
2010 no-netdb-exchange
2011 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2012
2013
2014 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2015
2016 login=user:password
2017 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2018 requires proxy authentication.
2019
2020 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2021 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2022
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2024 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2025 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2026 without alteration to the peer.
2027 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2028
2029 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2030 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2031 connection-auth options are also used.
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2033 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
2034 Authentication is not required by this option.
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2037 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2039 they may be sent instead.
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2041 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2042 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2043 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2044 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2045 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2046
2047 login=*:password
2048 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2049 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2050 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2051 needed to identify each user.
2052 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2053 information which is added to the username. This can
2054 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2055 the login=username:password option above.
2056
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2058 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2059 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2060 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2061 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2062
2063 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
2064 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2065 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2066 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2067 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2068 used.
2069
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2071 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2072 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2073 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2074 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2075 of the peer.
2076
2077
2078 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2079
2080 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2081
2082 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2083 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2084 this peer.
2085
2086 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2087 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2088 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2089 reference a combined file containing both the
2090 certificate and the key.
2091
2092 sslversion=1|2|3|4
2093 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2094 1 = automatic (default)
2095 2 = SSL v2 only
2096 3 = SSL v3 only
2097 4 = TLS v1 only
2098
2099 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2100 to this peer.
2101
2102 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
2103 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2104 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2105 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
2106 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
2107 a more complete list.
2108
2109 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2110 when verifying the peer certificate.
2111
2112 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2113 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2114
2115 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2116 verifying the peer certificate.
2117
2118 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2119
41bd17a4 2120 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2121 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2122 verify.
2123 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2124 Don't use the default CA list built in
2125 to OpenSSL.
2126 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2127 Don't verify the peer certificate
2128 matches the server name
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2130 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2131 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2132 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2133 used.
2134
2135 front-end-https
2136 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2137 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2138 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2139 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2140 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2141
2142
2143 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2144
2145 connect-timeout=N
2146 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2147 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2148
2149 connect-fail-limit=N
2150 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2151 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2152
2153 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2154 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2155 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2156 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2157 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2158 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2159 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2160
2161 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2162 peer. see also
2163
2164 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2165 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2166 but different ports.
2167 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2168 directives to dentify the peer.
2169 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2170 peername ACL type.
2171
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2173 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2174
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2175 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
2176
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41bd17a4 2179NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2180TYPE: hostdomain
2181DEFAULT: none
2182LOC: none
2183DOC_START
2184 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2185 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 2186
41bd17a4 2187 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2188 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2189
41bd17a4 2190 For example, specifying
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41bd17a4 2192 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 2193
41bd17a4 2194 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2195 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2196 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2197 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2198 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2199
41bd17a4 2200 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2201 either on the same or separate lines.
2202 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2203 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2204 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2205 for all requests.
2206 * There are no defaults.
2207 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2208 section.
2209DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2211NAME: cache_peer_access
2212TYPE: peer_access
2213DEFAULT: none
2214LOC: none
2215DOC_START
2216 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2217 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2218
41bd17a4 2219 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2220
41bd17a4 2221 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2222 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2223 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2224DOC_END
dd9b1776 2225
41bd17a4 2226NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2227TYPE: hostdomaintype
2228DEFAULT: none
2229LOC: none
2230DOC_START
2231 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2232
41bd17a4 2233 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2234 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2235 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2236 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2237 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2238 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2239
41bd17a4 2240EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2241 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2242 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2243 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2244DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2246NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2247COMMENT: (seconds)
2248DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2249TYPE: time_t
2250LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2251DOC_START
2252 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2253 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2254 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2255 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2256 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2257 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2258
41bd17a4 2259 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2260 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2261 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2262 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2263 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2264 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2265 instead of to your parents.
2266DOC_END
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2269DEFAULT: 10
2270TYPE: int
2271LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2272DOC_START
2273 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2274 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
2275DOC_END
2276
41bd17a4 2277NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2278TYPE: wordlist
2279DEFAULT: none
2280LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2281DOC_START
2282 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2283 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2284 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2285 list this option multiple times.
2286 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
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2289# We recommend you to use at least the following line.
41bd17a4 2290hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 2291NOCOMMENT_END
2292DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2294COMMENT_START
2295 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2296 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2297COMMENT_END
2298
2299NAME: cache_mem
2300COMMENT: (bytes)
2301TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2302DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2303LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2304DOC_START
41bd17a4 2305 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2306 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2307 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2308 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2309
2310 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2311 for:
2312 * In-Transit objects
2313 * Hot Objects
2314 * Negative-Cached objects
2315
2316 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2317 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2318 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2319 priority.
2320
2321 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2322 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2323 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2324 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2325 not needed for in-transit objects.
2326
2327 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2328 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2329 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2330 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2331 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2332 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2333 objects.
6b698a21 2334DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2336NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2337COMMENT: (bytes)
2338TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2339DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2340LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
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41bd17a4 2342 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2343 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2344 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2345 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2346DOC_END
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2349TYPE: memcachemode
2350LOC: Config
2351DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2352DOC_START
ea21d497 2353 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2354
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2356
2357 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2358 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2359 a second time before cached in memory.
2360
2361 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2363
41bd17a4 2364NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2365TYPE: removalpolicy
2366LOC: Config.memPolicy
2367DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2368DOC_START
41bd17a4 2369 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2370 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2371
41bd17a4 2372 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2373DOC_END
6b698a21 2374
41bd17a4 2375COMMENT_START
2376 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2377 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2378COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2379
41bd17a4 2380NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2381TYPE: removalpolicy
2382LOC: Config.replPolicy
2383DEFAULT: lru
2384DOC_START
2385 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2386 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2387
41bd17a4 2388 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2389 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2390 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2391 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2392
41bd17a4 2393 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2394
41bd17a4 2395 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2396
41bd17a4 2397 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2398 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2399 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2400 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
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41bd17a4 2402 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2403 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2404 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2405 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
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41bd17a4 2407 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2408 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2409 replacement policies.
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41bd17a4 2411 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2412 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2413 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
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41bd17a4 2415 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2416 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2417 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2418DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2420NAME: cache_dir
2421TYPE: cachedir
2422DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2423LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2424DOC_START
41bd17a4 2425 Usage:
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41bd17a4 2427 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2428
41bd17a4 2429 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2430 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2431
41bd17a4 2432 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2433 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2434 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2435
41bd17a4 2436 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2437 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2438 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2439 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2440 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2441
41bd17a4 2442 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2443
41bd17a4 2444 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2445 been there.
0976f8db 2446
41bd17a4 2447 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2448
41bd17a4 2449 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2450 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2451 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2452 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2453 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2454
56fba4d0 2455 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2456 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2457
56fba4d0 2458 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 2459 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2460 is 256.
0976f8db 2461
41bd17a4 2462 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2463
41bd17a4 2464 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2465 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2466 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2467
41bd17a4 2468 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2469
41bd17a4 2470 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2471
41bd17a4 2472 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2473
41bd17a4 2474 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2475 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2476 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2477
41bd17a4 2478 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2479
41bd17a4 2480 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2481
41bd17a4 2482 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2483 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2484 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2485
41bd17a4 2486 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2487 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2488 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2489
41bd17a4 2490 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2491 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2492 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2493 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2494 time.
0976f8db 2495
41bd17a4 2496 The coss store type:
0976f8db 2497
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2499 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2500 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2501
41bd17a4 2502 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2503 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2504 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2505 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2506 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2507 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2508 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2509
41bd17a4 2510 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2511 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2512 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2513
41bd17a4 2514 Common options:
0976f8db 2515
41bd17a4 2516 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2517
41bd17a4 2518 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
2519 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
2520 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2521 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2522 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2523
41bd17a4 2524 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2525 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2526 option.
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2529# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2530#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2531NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2532DOC_END
0976f8db 2533
41bd17a4 2534NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2535TYPE: string
2536LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2537DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2538DOC_START
41bd17a4 2539 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2540DOC_END
0976f8db 2541
41bd17a4 2542NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2543TYPE: int
2544LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2545DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2546DOC_START
41bd17a4 2547 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2548 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2549 descriptors are open.
2550
2551 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2552DOC_END
0976f8db 2553
41bd17a4 2554NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2555COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2556TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2557DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2558LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2559DOC_START
41bd17a4 2560 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2561 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2562 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2563DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2565NAME: maximum_object_size
2566COMMENT: (bytes)
2567TYPE: b_int64_t
2568DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2569LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2570DOC_START
41bd17a4 2571 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2572 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2573 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2574 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2575 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2576 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2577
41bd17a4 2578 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2579 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2580 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2581DOC_END
0976f8db 2582
41bd17a4 2583NAME: cache_swap_low
2584COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2585TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2586DEFAULT: 90
2587LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2588DOC_NONE
2589
2590NAME: cache_swap_high
2591COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2592TYPE: int
2593DEFAULT: 95
2594LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2595DOC_START
41bd17a4 2596
2597 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2598 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2599 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2600 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2601 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2602 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2603
2604 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2605 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2606 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2607DOC_END
0976f8db 2608
5473c134 2609COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2610 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2611 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2612COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2613
41bd17a4 2614NAME: logformat
2615TYPE: logformat
2616LOC: Config.Log.logformats
5473c134 2617DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2618DOC_START
41bd17a4 2619 Usage:
0976f8db 2620
41bd17a4 2621 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2622
41bd17a4 2623 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2624
41bd17a4 2625 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2626
41bd17a4 2627 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2628 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2629 as required according to their context and the output format
2630 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2631 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2632
41bd17a4 2633 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2634
41bd17a4 2635 " output in quoted string format
2636 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2637 # output in URL quoted format
2638 ' output as-is
5473c134 2639
41bd17a4 2640 - left aligned
2641 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2642 output is zero padded
2643 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2644
41bd17a4 2645 Format codes:
5473c134 2646
3ff65596 2647 % a literal % character
41bd17a4 2648 >a Client source IP address
2649 >A Client FQDN
2650 >p Client source port
2651 <A Server IP address or peer name
2652 la Local IP address (http_port)
2653 lp Local port number (http_port)
152e24b3 2654 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
17fde513 2655 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
41bd17a4 2656 ts Seconds since epoch
2657 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2658 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2659 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2660 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2661 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2662 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2664
2665 HTTP cache related format codes:
2666
ca2e92d8 2667 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 2668 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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2670 Optional header name argument as for >h
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2671 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2672 as for >h
2673 [http::]un User name
2674 [http::]ul User name from authentication
2675 [http::]ui User name from ident
2676 [http::]us User name from SSL
2677 [http::]ue User name from external acl helper
2678 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2679 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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2680 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
2681 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
2682 transfer encoding and control messages.
2683 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
2684 received bodies.
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2685 [http::]Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2686 [http::]Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2687 [http::]mt MIME content type
2688 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2689 [http::]ru Request URL
2690 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2691 [http::]rv Request protocol version
2692 [http::]et Tag returned by external acl
2693 [http::]ea Log string returned by external acl
2694 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
2695 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
2696 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
2697 are not included
2698 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
2699 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
2700 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
2701 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
2702 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
2703 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
2704 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
2705 and stops when the last response byte is received.
2706 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
2707 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
2708 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
2709 with the last I/O with the last peer.
2710
2711 If ICAP is enabled, the following two codes become available (as
2712 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
2713
2714 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
2715 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
2716 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
2717 transaction is in progress.
2718
2719 icap::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response
2720 related to the HTTP transaction. Like
2721 <h, accepts an optional header name
2722 argument. Will not change semantics
2723 when multiple ICAP transactions per HTTP
2724 transaction are supported.
2725
2726 If adaptation is enabled the following two codes become available:
2727
2728 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
2729 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
2730 the order of transaction start time. Each time
2731 value is recorded as an integer number,
2732 representing response time of one or more
2733 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
2734 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
2735 being retried or repeated, its time is not
2736 logged individually but added to the
2737 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
2738 adapt::all_trs.
2739
2740 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
2741 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
2742 individual transactions are never added
2743 together. Instead, all transaction response
2744 times are recorded individually.
2745
2746 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
2747 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
2748 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 2749
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2751
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2753logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
2754logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2755logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
5473c134 2756DOC_END
2757
41bd17a4 2758NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2759TYPE: access_log
2760LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
02424612 2761DEFAULT: none
82b7abe3 2762DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2763DOC_START
41bd17a4 2764 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2765 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 2766 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 2767 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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2768
2769 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 2770 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2771 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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2772 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
2773
2774 ===== Modules Currently available =====
2775
2776 none Do not log any requests matchign these ACL.
2777 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
2778
2779 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
2780 each request.
2781 Place: the filename and path to be written.
2782
2783 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
2784 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
2785 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
2786
2787 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
2788
2789 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
2790 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
2791 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 2792
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2793 where facility could be any of:
2794 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 2795
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2796 And priority could be any of:
2797 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
2798
2799 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
2800 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
2801 Place Format: \\host:port
df2eec10 2802
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2803 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
2804 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
2805 Place Format: \\host:port
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2806
2807 Default:
82b7abe3 2808 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 2809DOC_END
5473c134 2810
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2811NAME: icap_log
2812TYPE: access_log
2813IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
2814LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
2815DEFAULT: none
2816DOC_START
2817 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
2818 transaction.
2819
2820 The icap_log option format is:
2821 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2822 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
2823
2824 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
2825 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
2826 features.
2827
2828 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
2829 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
2830 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
2831 log line.
2832
2833 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
2834 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
2835 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
2836 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
2837 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
2838 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
2839 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
2840
2841 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
2842
2843 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
2844
2845 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
2846 option in Squid configuration file.
2847
2848 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
2849
2850 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
2851 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
2852
2853 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
2854 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
2855
2856 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
2857 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
2858 the socket).
2859
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2860 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
2861 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
2862 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
2863 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
2864 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
2865 computed.
2866
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2868 milliseconds). The timer starts when
2869 the ICAP transaction is created and
2870 stops when the transaction is completed.
2871 Similar to tr.
2872
2873 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
2874 timer starts when the first ICAP request
2875 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
2876 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
2877 is received.
2878
2879 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
2880 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
2881 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
2882 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
2883 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
2884 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
2885
2886 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
2887
2888 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
2889
2890 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
2891
2892 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
2893 definition, is called icap_squid:
2894
2895logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
2896
2897 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %icap::<last_h
2898DOC_END
2899
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2900NAME: logfile_daemon
2901TYPE: string
2902DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
2903LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
2904DOC_START
2905 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
2906 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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2907
2908 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
2909 L<data>\n - logfile data
2910 R\n - rotate file
2911 T\n - truncate file
2912 O\n - repoen file
2913 F\n - flush file
2914 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
2915 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
2916
2917 No responses is expected.
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2918DOC_END
2919
5b0f5383 2920NAME: log_access
2921TYPE: acl_access
2922LOC: Config.accessList.log
2923DEFAULT: none
2924COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2925DOC_START
2926 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2927 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2928 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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2929
2930 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2931 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 2932DOC_END
2933
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2934NAME: log_icap
2935TYPE: acl_access
2936IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
2937LOC: Config.accessList.icap
2938DEFAULT: none
2939DOC_START
2940 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
2941 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
2942DOC_END
2943
41bd17a4 2944NAME: cache_store_log
2945TYPE: string
df2eec10 2946DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2947LOC: Config.Log.store
2948DOC_START
2949 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
2950 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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2951 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
2952 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 2953 disable it.
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2954
2955 Example:
2956 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 2957DOC_END
2958
41bd17a4 2959NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
2960TYPE: string
2961LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 2962DEFAULT: none
2963DOC_START
41bd17a4 2964 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
2965 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
2966 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
2967 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
2968 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
2969 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
2970 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 2971
41bd17a4 2972 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
2973 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
2974 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
2975 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 2976
41bd17a4 2977 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
2978 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 2979
41bd17a4 2980 cache_swap_log.00
2981 cache_swap_log.01
2982 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 2983
41bd17a4 2984 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
2985 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
2986 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
2987 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
2988 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
2989 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
2990 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 2991DOC_END
2992
41bd17a4 2993NAME: logfile_rotate
2994TYPE: int
2995DEFAULT: 10
2996LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 2997DOC_START
41bd17a4 2998 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2999 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3000 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3001 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3002 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3003 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3004
41bd17a4 3005 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3006 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3007 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3008 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3009 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3010 <pid>'.
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3011
3012 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3013 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3014DOC_END
5473c134 3015
41bd17a4 3016NAME: emulate_httpd_log
3017COMMENT: on|off
3018TYPE: onoff
3019DEFAULT: off
3020LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
3021DOC_START
3022 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
3023 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
3024 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
3025 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
3026 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
5473c134 3027DOC_END
3028
41bd17a4 3029NAME: log_ip_on_direct
3030COMMENT: on|off
3031TYPE: onoff
5473c134 3032DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 3033LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 3034DOC_START
41bd17a4 3035 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
3036 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
3037 prefer the old way set this to off.
3038DOC_END
5473c134 3039
41bd17a4 3040NAME: mime_table
3041TYPE: string
3042DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3043LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3044DOC_START
3045 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3046 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3047 information if you do.
5473c134 3048DOC_END
3049
41bd17a4 3050NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3051COMMENT: on|off
3052TYPE: onoff
3053LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3054DEFAULT: off
3055DOC_START
3056 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3057 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3058 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3059 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3060 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3061DOC_END
5473c134 3062
41bd17a4 3063NAME: useragent_log
3064TYPE: string
3065LOC: Config.Log.useragent
3066DEFAULT: none
3067IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
5473c134 3068DOC_START
41bd17a4 3069 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
3070 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
3071 is disabled.
5473c134 3072DOC_END
3073
41bd17a4 3074NAME: referer_log referrer_log
3075TYPE: string
3076LOC: Config.Log.referer
3077DEFAULT: none
3078IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
5473c134 3079DOC_START
41bd17a4 3080 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
3081 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
3082 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
3083 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
3084 and we accept both.
5473c134 3085DOC_END
3086
41bd17a4 3087NAME: pid_filename
3088TYPE: string
3089DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3090LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3091DOC_START
41bd17a4 3092 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3093DOC_END
3094
41bd17a4 3095NAME: log_fqdn
3096COMMENT: on|off
3097TYPE: onoff
3098DEFAULT: off
3099LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
5473c134 3100DOC_START
41bd17a4 3101 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
3102 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
3103 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
3104 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
3105 browsing.
5473c134 3106DOC_END
3107
41bd17a4 3108NAME: client_netmask
3109TYPE: address
3110LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3111DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3112DOC_START
41bd17a4 3113 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3114 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3115 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3116 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3117DOC_END
3118
41bd17a4 3119NAME: forward_log
3120IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
3121TYPE: string
3122DEFAULT: none
3123LOC: Config.Log.forward
5473c134 3124DOC_START
41bd17a4 3125 Logs the server-side requests.
5473c134 3126
41bd17a4 3127 This is currently work in progress.
5473c134 3128DOC_END
3129
41bd17a4 3130NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3131TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3132LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3133DEFAULT: on
3134DOC_START
41bd17a4 3135 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3136 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3137DOC_END
3138
41bd17a4 3139NAME: buffered_logs
3140COMMENT: on|off
3141TYPE: onoff
3142DEFAULT: off
3143LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3144DOC_START
41bd17a4 3145 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3146 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3147 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3148 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3149 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 3150DOC_END
0976f8db 3151
2b753521 3152NAME: netdb_filename
3153TYPE: string
3154DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
3155LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3156IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3157DOC_START
3158 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3159 To disable, enter "none".
3160DOC_END
3161
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3162COMMENT_START
3163 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3164 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3165COMMENT_END
3166
3167NAME: cache_log
3168TYPE: string
3169DEFAULT: none
3170DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3171LOC: Debug::cache_log
3172DOC_START
3173 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3174 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3175 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3176DOC_END
3177
3178NAME: debug_options
3179TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3180DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3181LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3182DOC_START
3183 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3184 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3185 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3186 log file, so be careful.
3187
3188 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3189 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3190
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3191 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
3192 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3193 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3194 events affecting Squid.
3195DOC_END
3196
3197NAME: coredump_dir
3198TYPE: string
3199LOC: Config.coredump_dir
3200DEFAULT: none
3201DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3202DOC_START
3203 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3204 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3205 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3206 and coredump files will be left there.
3207
3208NOCOMMENT_START
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3210# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3211coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3212NOCOMMENT_END
3213DOC_END
3214
3215
41bd17a4 3216COMMENT_START
3217 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3218 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3219COMMENT_END
3220
3221NAME: ftp_user
3222TYPE: string
3223DEFAULT: Squid@
3224LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3225DOC_START
41bd17a4 3226 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3227 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3228 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3229
41bd17a4 3230 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3231 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3232 depending on how the cache is used.
3233 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3234 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3235DOC_END
0976f8db 3236
41bd17a4 3237NAME: ftp_passive
3238TYPE: onoff
3239DEFAULT: on
3240LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3241DOC_START
41bd17a4 3242 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3243 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 3244
3245 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3246DOC_END
3247
3248NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3249TYPE: onoff
3250DEFAULT: off
3251LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3252DOC_START
3253 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3254
3255 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3256 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3257 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3258
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3259 When a client only expects to do two-way FTP transfers this may be
3260 useful.
a689bd4e 3261 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3262 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3263
3264 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3265 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3266
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3267 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
3268DOC_END
3269
3270NAME: ftp_epsv
3271TYPE: onoff
3272DEFAULT: on
3273LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3274DOC_START
3275 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3276
3277 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3278 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3279 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3280 will never be needed.
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3281
3282 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3283 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3284 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3285
3286 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3287DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3288
41bd17a4 3289NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3290TYPE: onoff
3291DEFAULT: on
3292LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3293DOC_START
3294 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3295 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3296 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3297 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3298 connection turn this off.
3299DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3300
41bd17a4 3301NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3302TYPE: onoff
3303DEFAULT: on
3304LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3305DOC_START
3306 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3307 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3308 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3309 the FTP protocol.
3310
3311 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3312 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3313 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3314 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3315 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3316DOC_END
3317
3318COMMENT_START
3319 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3320 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3321COMMENT_END
3322
3323NAME: diskd_program
3324TYPE: string
3325DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3326LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3327DOC_START
3328 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3329 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3330 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3331DOC_END
3332
3333NAME: unlinkd_program
3334IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3335TYPE: string
3336DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3337LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3338DOC_START
3339 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3340DOC_END
3341
3342NAME: pinger_program
3343TYPE: string
3344DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3345LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3346IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3347DOC_START
3348 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3349DOC_END
3350
cc192b50 3351NAME: pinger_enable
3352TYPE: onoff
3353DEFAULT: on
3354LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3355IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3356DOC_START
3357 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3358 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3359 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3360DOC_END
3361
3362
41bd17a4 3363COMMENT_START
3364 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3365 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3366COMMENT_END
3367
3368NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3369TYPE: wordlist
3370LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3371DEFAULT: none
3372DOC_START
3373 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
3374 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3375
3376 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
3377
c71adec1 3378 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3379
3380 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3381 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3382 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3383 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3384
3385 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3386 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3387
3388 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3389 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
3390 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
3391
3392 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3393DOC_END
3394
3395NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3396TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3397DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3398LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3399DOC_START
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3400 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3401 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3402 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3403 and other system resources noticably.
3404
3405 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3406 tuning.
3407
3408 startup=
3409
3410 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3411 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3412 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3413
3414 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3415 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3416
3417 idle=
3418
3419 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3420 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3421 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3422 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3423
3424 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3425
41bd17a4 3426 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3427 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3428 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3429
3430 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3431 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3432 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3433 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3434 to that request.
41bd17a4 3435DOC_END
3436
3437NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3438TYPE: onoff
3439DEFAULT: on
3440LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3441DOC_START
3442 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
3443 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
3444 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
3445
3446 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3447 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
3448DOC_END
3449
3450NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3451TYPE: acl_access
3452DEFAULT: none
3453LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3454DOC_START
3455 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3456 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3457 are sent.
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3458
3459 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3460 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3461DOC_END
3462
3463NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3464TYPE: onoff
3465LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3466DEFAULT: off
3467DOC_START
3468 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3469 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3470 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3471 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3472 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3473 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3474 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3475 users may have access to pages they should not
3476 be allowed to request.
3477DOC_END
3478
3479COMMENT_START
3480 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3481 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3482COMMENT_END
3483
f04b37d8 3484NAME: cache no_cache
3485TYPE: acl_access
3486DEFAULT: none
3487LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3488DOC_START
240887f0 3489 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3490 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3491 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3492
240887f0 3493 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3494 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3495
240887f0 3496 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3497
3498 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3499 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3500DOC_END
3501
3502NAME: refresh_pattern
3503TYPE: refreshpattern
3504LOC: Config.Refresh
3505DEFAULT: none
3506DOC_START
3507 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3508
6b698a21 3509 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3510 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3511
41bd17a4 3512 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3513 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3514 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3515 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3516 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3517
41bd17a4 3518 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3519 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3520 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3521
41bd17a4 3522 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3523 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3524
41bd17a4 3525 options: override-expire
3526 override-lastmod
3527 reload-into-ims
3528 ignore-reload
3529 ignore-no-cache
3530 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3531 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3532 ignore-private
3533 ignore-auth
3534 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 3535 store-stale
a0ec9f68 3536
41bd17a4 3537 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3538 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3539 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3540 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3541 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3543 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3544 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3545 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3546 the object fresh for that period of time.
3547
41bd17a4 3548 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3549 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3550
41bd17a4 3551 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3552 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3553 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3554 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3555
41bd17a4 3556 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3557 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3558 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3559 it causes.
9bc73deb 3560
41bd17a4 3561 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3562 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3563 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3564 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3565 send it anyway.
3566
3567 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3568 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3569 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3570 liable for problems which it causes.
3571
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3572 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3573 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3574 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3575 liable for problems which it causes.
3576
41bd17a4 3577 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3578 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3579 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3580 liable for problems which it causes.
3581
3582 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3583 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3584 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3585 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3586 it causes.
3587
3588 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3589 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3590 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3591 if one is available.
3592
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3593 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
3594 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
3595 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
3596 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
3597 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
3598
41bd17a4 3599 Basically a cached object is:
3600
3601 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3602 STALE if age > max
3603 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3604 FRESH if age < min
3605 else STALE
3606
3607 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3608 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3609 match the default will be used.
3610
3611 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3612 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3613 used.
3614
41bd17a4 3615NOCOMMENT_START
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3617# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3618refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3619refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3620refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3621refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3622NOCOMMENT_END
3623DOC_END
3624
3625NAME: quick_abort_min
3626COMMENT: (KB)
3627TYPE: kb_int64_t
3628DEFAULT: 16 KB
3629LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3630DOC_NONE
3631
3632NAME: quick_abort_max
3633COMMENT: (KB)
3634TYPE: kb_int64_t
3635DEFAULT: 16 KB
3636LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3637DOC_NONE
3638
3639NAME: quick_abort_pct
3640COMMENT: (percent)
3641TYPE: int
3642DEFAULT: 95
3643LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3644DOC_START
3645 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3646 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3647 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3648 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3649 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3650 downloads.
3651
3652 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3653 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3654 then.
3655
3656 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3657 it will finish the retrieval.
3658
3659 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3660 it will abort the retrieval.
3661
3662 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3663 it will finish the retrieval.
3664
3665 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3666 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3667 to '0 KB'.
3668
3669 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3670 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3671DOC_END
60d096f4 3672
41bd17a4 3673NAME: read_ahead_gap
3674COMMENT: buffer-size
3675TYPE: b_int64_t
3676LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3677DEFAULT: 16 KB
3678DOC_START
3679 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3680 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3681DOC_END
53e738c6 3682
41bd17a4 3683NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 3684IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3685COMMENT: time-units
3686TYPE: time_t
3687LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3688DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3689DOC_START
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3690 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3691 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3692 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3693 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3694 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3695 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3696
3697 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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3698
3699 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3700 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3701 causes.
41bd17a4 3702DOC_END
53e738c6 3703
41bd17a4 3704NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3705COMMENT: time-units
3706TYPE: time_t
3707LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3708DEFAULT: 6 hours
3709DOC_START
3710 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3711 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3712 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3713DOC_END
c4ab8329 3714
41bd17a4 3715NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3716COMMENT: time-units
3717TYPE: time_t
3718LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3719DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3720DOC_START
3721 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3722 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3723 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3724 much below 10 seconds.
3725DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3726
41bd17a4 3727NAME: range_offset_limit
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3728COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
3729TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 3730LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 3731DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3732DOC_START
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3733 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
3734
3735 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
3736 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
3737 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
3738 the result is NOT cached.
3739
41bd17a4 3740 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3741 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3742 sending anything to the client.
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3743
3744 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
3745 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
3746 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
3747 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
3748
3749 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
3750
3751 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
3752 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
3753
3754 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 3755 client requested. (default)
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3756
3757 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 3758 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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3759
3760 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
3761
3762 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
3763 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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3764 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
3765 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 3766DOC_END
d95b862f 3767
41bd17a4 3768NAME: minimum_expiry_time
3769COMMENT: (seconds)
3770TYPE: time_t
3771LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
3772DEFAULT: 60 seconds
3773DOC_START
3774 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
3775 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 3776 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 3777 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
3778 is most likely better to make your server return a
3779 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
3780 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
3781 often be best set to 0.
3782DOC_END
c68e9c6b 3783
41bd17a4 3784NAME: store_avg_object_size
3785COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 3786TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 3787DEFAULT: 13 KB
3788LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3789DOC_START
3790 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3791 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 3792DOC_END
3793
41bd17a4 3794NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3795TYPE: int
3796DEFAULT: 20
3797LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3798DOC_START
3799 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3800 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
3801 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
3802DOC_END
3803
3804COMMENT_START
3805 HTTP OPTIONS
3806 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3807COMMENT_END
3808
f04b37d8 3809NAME: request_header_max_size
3810COMMENT: (KB)
3811TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3812DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3813LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
3814DOC_START
3815 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
3816 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3817 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
3818 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3819 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3820DOC_END
3821
3822NAME: reply_header_max_size
3823COMMENT: (KB)
3824TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3825DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3826LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3827DOC_START
3828 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3829 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3830 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3831 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3832 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3833DOC_END
3834
3835NAME: request_body_max_size
3836COMMENT: (bytes)
3837TYPE: b_int64_t
3838DEFAULT: 0 KB
3839LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
3840DOC_START
3841 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
3842 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
3843 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
3844 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
3845 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
3846 be no limit imposed.
3847DOC_END
3848
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3849NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
3850COMMENT: (bytes)
3851TYPE: b_int64_t
3852DEFAULT: 64 KB
3853LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
3854DOC_START
3855 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
3856 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
3857 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
3858 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
3859 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
3860 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
3861
3862 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
3863 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
3864 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
3865 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
3866 as if dechunking was disabled.
3867
3868 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
3869 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
3870
3871 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
3872 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
3873 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
3874DOC_END
3875
41bd17a4 3876NAME: broken_posts
626096be 3877IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 3878TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 3879DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3880LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 3881DOC_START
41bd17a4 3882 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
3883 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 3884
41bd17a4 3885 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
3886 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 3887
41bd17a4 3888 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 3889
41bd17a4 3890 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3891 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3892 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3893 a request with an extra CRLF.
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3895 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3896 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
3897
41bd17a4 3898Example:
3899 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3900 broken_posts allow buggy_server
3901DOC_END
cccac0a2 3902
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3903NAME: icap_uses_indirect_client
3904COMMENT: on|off
3905TYPE: onoff
0dae2bca 3906IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&ICAP_CLIENT
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3907DEFAULT: on
3908LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.icap_uses_indirect_client
3909DOC_START
3910 Controls whether the indirect client address
3911 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) instead of the
3912 direct client address is passed to an ICAP
3913 server as "X-Client-IP".
3914DOC_END
3915
41bd17a4 3916NAME: via
626096be 3917IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3918COMMENT: on|off
3919TYPE: onoff
3920DEFAULT: on
3921LOC: Config.onoff.via
3922DOC_START
3923 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3924 replies as required by RFC2616.
3925DOC_END
4cc6eb12 3926
41bd17a4 3927NAME: ie_refresh
3928COMMENT: on|off
3929TYPE: onoff
3930LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3931DEFAULT: off
3932DOC_START
3933 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3934 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3935 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3936 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3937 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3938 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3939 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3940 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
3941 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3942 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3943 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3944 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3945 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3946 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3947 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3948 force fresh content.
3949DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 3950
41bd17a4 3951NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3952COMMENT: on|off
3953TYPE: onoff
3954LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3955DEFAULT: off
3956DOC_START
3957 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3958 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3959 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3960 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3961 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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3962
3963 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
3964 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 3965DOC_END
c4ab8329 3966
41bd17a4 3967NAME: request_entities
3968TYPE: onoff
3969LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
3970DEFAULT: off
3971DOC_START
3972 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
3973 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
3974 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 3975
41bd17a4 3976 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
3977 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
3978 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
3979 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
3980 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 3981DOC_END
6b53c392 3982
41bd17a4 3983NAME: request_header_access
626096be 3984IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3985TYPE: http_header_access[]
3986LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3987DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 3988DOC_START
41bd17a4 3989 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 3990
41bd17a4 3991 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3992 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3993 causes.
0976f8db 3994
41bd17a4 3995 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3996 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3997 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3998 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3999 mangling.
934b03fc 4000
41bd17a4 4001 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4002 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4003
41bd17a4 4004 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4005 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4006 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4007
41bd17a4 4008 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4009 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4010
41bd17a4 4011 request_header_access From deny all
4012 request_header_access Referer deny all
4013 request_header_access Server deny all
4014 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4015 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4016 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4017
41bd17a4 4018 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4019 you should use:
5401aa8d 4020
41bd17a4 4021 request_header_access Allow allow all
4022 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4023 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4024 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4025 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4026 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4027 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4028 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4029 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4030 request_header_access Date allow all
4031 request_header_access Expires allow all
4032 request_header_access Host allow all
4033 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4034 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4035 request_header_access Location allow all
4036 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4037 request_header_access Accept allow all
4038 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4039 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4040 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4041 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4042 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4043 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4044 request_header_access Title allow all
4045 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4046 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4047
41bd17a4 4048 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4049 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4050
41bd17a4 4051 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4052 performed).
5401aa8d 4053DOC_END
4054
41bd17a4 4055NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4056IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4057TYPE: http_header_access[]
4058LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4059DEFAULT: none
4060DOC_START
41bd17a4 4061 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4062
41bd17a4 4063 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4064 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4065 causes.
934b03fc 4066
41bd17a4 4067 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4068 server to the client.
934b03fc 4069
41bd17a4 4070 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4071 direction.
6b53c392 4072
41bd17a4 4073 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4074 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4075 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4076 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4077 mangling.
cccac0a2 4078
41bd17a4 4079 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4080 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4081 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4082
41bd17a4 4083 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4084 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4085
41bd17a4 4086 reply_header_access From deny all
4087 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4088 reply_header_access Server deny all
4089 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4090 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4091 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4092
41bd17a4 4093 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4094 you should use:
cccac0a2 4095
41bd17a4 4096 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4097 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4098 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4099 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4100 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4101 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4102 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4103 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4104 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4105 reply_header_access Date allow all
4106 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4107 reply_header_access Host allow all
4108 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4109 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4110 reply_header_access Location allow all
4111 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4112 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4113 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4114 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4115 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4116 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4117 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4118 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4119 reply_header_access Title allow all
4120 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4121 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4122
41bd17a4 4123 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4124 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4125
41bd17a4 4126 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4127 performed).
cccac0a2 4128DOC_END
4129
41bd17a4 4130NAME: header_replace
626096be 4131IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4132TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4133LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4134DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4135DOC_START
4136 Usage: header_replace header_name message
4137 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4138
41bd17a4 4139 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4140 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
4141 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
4142 option.
cccac0a2 4143
41bd17a4 4144 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4145
41bd17a4 4146 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4147DOC_END
cccac0a2 4148
41bd17a4 4149NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4150COMMENT: on|off|warn
4151TYPE: tristate
4152LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4153DEFAULT: on
4154DOC_START
4155 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4156 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4157 what the sending application intended even if the message
4158 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4159 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4160
41bd17a4 4161 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4162 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4163
41bd17a4 4164 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4165 or response to be rejected.
4166DOC_END
7d90757b 4167
41bd17a4 4168COMMENT_START
4169 TIMEOUTS
4170 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4171COMMENT_END
4172
4173NAME: forward_timeout
4174COMMENT: time-units
4175TYPE: time_t
4176LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4177DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4178DOC_START
4179 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4180 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4181DOC_END
4182
41bd17a4 4183NAME: connect_timeout
4184COMMENT: time-units
4185TYPE: time_t
4186LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4187DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4188DOC_START
41bd17a4 4189 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4190 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4191 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4192DOC_END
4193
41bd17a4 4194NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4195COMMENT: time-units
4196TYPE: time_t
4197LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4198DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4199DOC_START
41bd17a4 4200 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4201 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4202 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4203 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4204DOC_END
7f7db318 4205
41bd17a4 4206NAME: read_timeout
4207COMMENT: time-units
4208TYPE: time_t
4209LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4210DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4211DOC_START
4212 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4213 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4214 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4215 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4216 default is 15 minutes.
4217DOC_END
cccac0a2 4218
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4219NAME: write_timeout
4220COMMENT: time-units
4221TYPE: time_t
4222LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4223DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4224DOC_START
4225 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4226 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4227 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4228 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4229 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4230 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4231 default is 15 minutes.
4232DOC_END
4233
41bd17a4 4234NAME: request_timeout
4235TYPE: time_t
4236LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4237DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4238DOC_START
4239 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4240 connection establishment.
4241DOC_END
cccac0a2 4242
41bd17a4 4243NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4244TYPE: time_t
4245LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4246DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4247DOC_START
4248 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4249 connection after the previous request completes.
4250DOC_END
cccac0a2 4251
41bd17a4 4252NAME: client_lifetime
4253COMMENT: time-units
4254TYPE: time_t
4255LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4256DEFAULT: 1 day
4257DOC_START
4258 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4259 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4260 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4261 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4262 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4263 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4264 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4265
41bd17a4 4266 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4267 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4268 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4269 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4270 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4271 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4272DOC_END
4273
41bd17a4 4274NAME: half_closed_clients
4275TYPE: onoff
4276LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4277DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4278DOC_START
41bd17a4 4279 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4280 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4281 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4282 fully-closed TCP connection.
4283
4284 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4285 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4286
abdf1651 4287 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4288 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4289 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4290 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4291DOC_END
4292
41bd17a4 4293NAME: pconn_timeout
4294TYPE: time_t
4295LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4296DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4297DOC_START
41bd17a4 4298 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4299 proxies.
4300DOC_END
cccac0a2 4301
41bd17a4 4302NAME: ident_timeout
4303TYPE: time_t
4304IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4305LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4306DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4307DOC_START
4308 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4309
41bd17a4 4310 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4311 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4312 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4313DOC_END
4314
41bd17a4 4315NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4316COMMENT: time-units
4317TYPE: time_t
4318LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4319DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4320DOC_START
41bd17a4 4321 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4322 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4323 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4324 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4325 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4326DOC_END
0976f8db 4327
cccac0a2 4328COMMENT_START
4329 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4330 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4331COMMENT_END
4332
4333NAME: cache_mgr
4334TYPE: string
4335DEFAULT: webmaster
4336LOC: Config.adminEmail
4337DOC_START
4338 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4339 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4340DOC_END
4341
abacf776 4342NAME: mail_from
4343TYPE: string
4344DEFAULT: none
4345LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4346DOC_START
4347 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4348 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4349 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4350 src/globals.h before building squid.
4351DOC_END
4352
d084bf20 4353NAME: mail_program
4354TYPE: eol
4355DEFAULT: mail
4356LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4357DOC_START
4358 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4359 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4360 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4361 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4362
d084bf20 4363 Optional command line options can be specified.
4364DOC_END
4365
cccac0a2 4366NAME: cache_effective_user
4367TYPE: string
5483d916 4368DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4369LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4370DOC_START
4371 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4372 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4373 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4374 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4375DOC_END
4376
cccac0a2 4377NAME: cache_effective_group
4378TYPE: string
4379DEFAULT: none
4380LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4381DOC_START
64e288bd 4382 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4383 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4384 from the groups membership.
4385
e3d74828 4386 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4387 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4388 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4389 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4390 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4391 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4392 group.
64e288bd 4393
4394 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4395 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4396 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4397DOC_END
4398
d3caee79 4399NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4400COMMENT: on|off
4401TYPE: onoff
4402DEFAULT: off
4403LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4404DOC_START
4405 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4406DOC_END
4407
cccac0a2 4408NAME: visible_hostname
4409TYPE: string
4410LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4411DEFAULT: none
4412DOC_START
4413 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4414 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4415 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4416 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4417 names with this setting.
4418DOC_END
4419
cccac0a2 4420NAME: unique_hostname
4421TYPE: string
4422LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4423DEFAULT: none
4424DOC_START
4425 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4426 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4427 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4428DOC_END
4429
cccac0a2 4430NAME: hostname_aliases
4431TYPE: wordlist
4432LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4433DEFAULT: none
4434DOC_START
7f7db318 4435 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4436DOC_END
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4438NAME: umask
4439TYPE: int
4440LOC: Config.umask
4441DEFAULT: 027
4442DOC_START
4443 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4444 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4445
4446 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4447 your value with 0.
4448DOC_END
4449
cccac0a2 4450COMMENT_START
4451 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4452 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4453
4454 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4455 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4456 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4457 create cache hierarchies.
4458
4459 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4460 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4461 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4462
4463 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4464 following information from this configuration file:
4465
4466 http_port
4467 icp_port
4468 cache_mgr
4469
4470 All current information is processed regularly and made
4471 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4472COMMENT_END
4473
4474NAME: announce_period
4475TYPE: time_t
4476LOC: Config.Announce.period
4477DEFAULT: 0
4478DOC_START
4479 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4480 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4481 messages.
4482
e0855596 4483 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 4484
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4485 Example:
4486 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4487DOC_END
4488
cccac0a2 4489NAME: announce_host
4490TYPE: string
4491DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4492LOC: Config.Announce.host
4493DOC_NONE
4494
4495NAME: announce_file
4496TYPE: string
4497DEFAULT: none
4498LOC: Config.Announce.file
4499DOC_NONE
4500
4501NAME: announce_port
4502TYPE: ushort
4503DEFAULT: 3131
4504LOC: Config.Announce.port
4505DOC_START
4506 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4507 number where the registration message will be sent.
4508
4509 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4510 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4511 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4512 message.
4513DOC_END
4514
8d6275c0 4515COMMENT_START
4516 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4517 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4518COMMENT_END
4519
cccac0a2 4520NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4521TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 4522DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4523LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4524DOC_START
4525 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4526 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4527 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4528 an identification token.
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4529
4530 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 4531DOC_END
4532
4533NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4534COMMENT: on|off
4535TYPE: onoff
4536DEFAULT: off
4537LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4538DOC_START
4539 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4540 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4541DOC_END
4542
4543NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4544IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4545COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4546TYPE: string
4547LOC: ESIParser::Type
4548DEFAULT: custom
4549DOC_START
4550 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4551 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4552 encodings.
4553DOC_END
0976f8db 4554
9edd9041 4555COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4556 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4557 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4558COMMENT_END
4559
4560NAME: delay_pools
4561TYPE: delay_pool_count
4562DEFAULT: 0
4563IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4564LOC: Config.Delay
4565DOC_START
4566 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4567 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4568 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4569DOC_END
4570
4571NAME: delay_class
4572TYPE: delay_pool_class
4573DEFAULT: none
4574IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4575LOC: Config.Delay
4576DOC_START
4577 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4578 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4579 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4580 and here would be:
4581
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4582 Example:
4583 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4584 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4585 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4586 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4587 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4588
4589 The delay pool classes are:
4590
4591 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4592 bucket.
4593
4594 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4595 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4596 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4597
4598 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4599 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4600 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4601 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4602 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4603
4604 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4605 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4606 only takes effect if the username is established
4607 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4608 http_access rules.
4609
4610 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4611 external_acl's tag= reply).
4612
4613 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4614 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4615 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4616 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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4617
4618 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4619 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 4620DOC_END
4621
4622NAME: delay_access
4623TYPE: delay_pool_access
4624DEFAULT: none
4625IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4626LOC: Config.Delay
4627DOC_START
4628 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
4629
4630 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4631 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4632 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4633 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4634
4635 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
4636 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4637
4638Example:
4639 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4640 delay_access 1 deny all
4641 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4642 delay_access 2 deny all
4643 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4644DOC_END
4645
4646NAME: delay_parameters
4647TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4648DEFAULT: none
4649IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4650LOC: Config.Delay
4651DOC_START
4652 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4653 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
4654 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4655
4656delay_parameters pool aggregate
4657
4658 For a class 2 delay pool:
4659
4660delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
4661
4662 For a class 3 delay pool:
4663
4664delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
4665
4666 For a class 4 delay pool:
4667
4668delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
4669
4670 For a class 5 delay pool:
4671
4672delay_parameters pool tag
4673
4674 The variables here are:
4675
4676 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4677 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4678 delay_class lines.
4679
4680 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
4681 (class 1, 2, 3).
4682
4683 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
4684 buckets (class 2, 3).
4685
4686 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
4687 (class 3).
4688
4689 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
4690 (class 4).
4691
4692 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
4693 (class 5).
4694
4695 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4696 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4697 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4698 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4699
4700 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
4701 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
4702 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4703
4704delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4705
4706 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4707
4708 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
4709 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
4710 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
4711 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
4712 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4713 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4714 large downloads more significantly:
4715
4716delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4717
4718 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4719
4720 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
4721 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
4722
4723delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4724DOC_END
4725
4726NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4727COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4728TYPE: ushort
4729DEFAULT: 50
4730IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4731LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4732DOC_START
4733 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4734 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4735 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4736 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4737 "seen" by squid).
4738DOC_END
4739
cccac0a2 4740COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4741 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 4742 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4743COMMENT_END
4744
8d6275c0 4745NAME: wccp_router
4746TYPE: address
4747LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 4748DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 4749IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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4750DOC_START
4751 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4752 Squid.
4753
4754 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
4755
4756 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
4757
4758 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4759 which version of WCCP to use.
4760DOC_END
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8d6275c0 4762NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 4763TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 4764LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 4765DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4766IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4767DOC_START
8d6275c0 4768 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4769 Squid.
cccac0a2 4770
8d6275c0 4771 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 4772
8d6275c0 4773 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 4774
8d6275c0 4775 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4776 which version of WCCP to use.
4777DOC_END
4778
4779NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 4780TYPE: int
8d6275c0 4781LOC: Config.Wccp.version
4782DEFAULT: 4
4783IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 4784DOC_START
8d6275c0 4785 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
4786 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
4787 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
4788 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
4789 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 4790
8d6275c0 4791 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
4792 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
4793 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
4794 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 4795DOC_END
4796
8d6275c0 4797NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
4798TYPE: onoff
4799LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
4800DEFAULT: on
4801IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4802DOC_START
4803 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
4804 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
4805DOC_END
cccac0a2 4806
8d6275c0 4807NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 4808TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4809LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 4810DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4811IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4812DOC_START
699acd19 4813 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 4814 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4815
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4816 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4817 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4818
8d6275c0 4819 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4820 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 4821DOC_END
4822
8d6275c0 4823NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 4824TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4825LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 4826DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4827IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4828DOC_START
699acd19 4829 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 4830 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
4831 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4832
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4833 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4834 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4835
8d6275c0 4836 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4837 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 4838
699acd19 4839 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 4840 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
4841 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
4842 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 4843DOC_END
4844
8d6275c0 4845NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 4846TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 4847LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 4848DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 4849IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4850DOC_START
8d6275c0 4851 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
4852 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4853
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4854 hash - Hash assignment
4855 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 4856
8d6275c0 4857 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
4858 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
4859DOC_END
cccac0a2 4860
8d6275c0 4861NAME: wccp2_service
4862TYPE: wccp2_service
4863LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4864DEFAULT: none
4865DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
4866IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4867DOC_START
4868 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
4869 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
4870 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
4871 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
4872 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
4873 using the wccp2_service_info option.
4874
4875 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
4876 just specifying the service id will suffice.
4877
4878 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
4879 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
4880
4881 Examples:
4882
4883 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
4884 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
4885 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
4886 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 4887DOC_END
4888
4889NAME: wccp2_service_info
4890TYPE: wccp2_service_info
4891LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4892DEFAULT: none
4893IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4894DOC_START
4895 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
4896 traffic you wish to have diverted.
4897
4898 The format is:
4899
4900 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
4901 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
4902
4903 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
4904 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 4905 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 4906 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
4907 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
4908 + ports_source
4909
4910 The port list can be one to eight entries.
4911
4912 Example:
4913
4914 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
4915 priority=240 ports=80
4916
4917 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
4918 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
4919DOC_END
4920
4921NAME: wccp2_weight
4922TYPE: int
4923LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
4924DEFAULT: 10000
4925IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4926DOC_START
4927 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
4928 hash proportional to their weight.
4929DOC_END
4930
4931NAME: wccp_address
4932TYPE: address
4933LOC: Config.Wccp.address
4934DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4935IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4936DOC_NONE
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8d6275c0 4938NAME: wccp2_address
4939TYPE: address
4940LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
4941DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4942IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4943DOC_START
4944 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
4945 interface address.
4946
4947 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4948DOC_END
4949
4950COMMENT_START
4951 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
4952 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4953
4954 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
4955COMMENT_END
4956
4957NAME: client_persistent_connections
4958TYPE: onoff
4959LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4960DEFAULT: on
4961DOC_NONE
4962
4963NAME: server_persistent_connections
4964TYPE: onoff
4965LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4966DEFAULT: on
4967DOC_START
4968 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4969 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4970 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4971 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4972DOC_END
4973
4974NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
4975TYPE: onoff
4976LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 4977DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 4978DOC_START
4979 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
4980 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
4981 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
4982DOC_END
4983
4984NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4985TYPE: onoff
4986LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4987DEFAULT: off
4988DOC_START
4989 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4990 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4991 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4992 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4993
4994 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4995 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4996 after 10 seconds timeout.
4997DOC_END
4998
4999COMMENT_START
5000 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5001 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5002COMMENT_END
5003
5004NAME: digest_generation
5005IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5006TYPE: onoff
5007LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5008DEFAULT: on
5009DOC_START
5010 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5011 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5012 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5013DOC_END
5014
5015NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5016IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5017TYPE: int
5018LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5019DEFAULT: 5
5020DOC_START
5021 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5022 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5023 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5024DOC_END
5025
5026NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5027IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5028COMMENT: (seconds)
5029TYPE: time_t
5030LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5031DEFAULT: 1 hour
5032DOC_START
749ceff8 5033 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5034DOC_END
5035
5036NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5037COMMENT: (seconds)
5038IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5039TYPE: time_t
5040LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5041DEFAULT: 1 hour
5042DOC_START
749ceff8 5043 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5044 disk.
5045DOC_END
5046
5047NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5048COMMENT: (bytes)
5049TYPE: b_size_t
5050IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5051LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5052DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5053DOC_START
5054 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5055 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5056 default swap page.
5057DOC_END
5058
5059NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5060COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5061IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5062TYPE: int
5063LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5064DEFAULT: 10
5065DOC_START
5066 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5067 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5068DOC_END
5069
1db9eacd 5070COMMENT_START
5473c134 5071 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5072 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5073COMMENT_END
5074
5473c134 5075NAME: snmp_port
5076TYPE: ushort
5077LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5078DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5079IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5080DOC_START
87630341 5081 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5082 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5083 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5084 set to "0" (disabled)
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5085
5086 Example:
5087 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5088DOC_END
5089
5473c134 5090NAME: snmp_access
5091TYPE: acl_access
5092LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 5093DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5094DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5095IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5096DOC_START
5473c134 5097 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5098
5473c134 5099 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5100 usage:
8d6275c0 5101
5473c134 5102 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5103
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5104 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5105 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5106Example:
5107 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5108 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5109DOC_END
5110
5473c134 5111NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5112TYPE: address
5113LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5114DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5115IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5116DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5117
5473c134 5118NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5119TYPE: address
5120LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5121DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5122IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5123DOC_START
df2eec10 5124 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5125
5473c134 5126 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5127 messages from SNMP agents.
5128 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5129 agents.
cccac0a2 5130
0eb08770 5131 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5132 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5133
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5134 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5135 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5136 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5137 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5138
5473c134 5139 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5140 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5141DOC_END
5142
5473c134 5143COMMENT_START
5144 ICP OPTIONS
5145 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5146COMMENT_END
5147
5148NAME: icp_port udp_port
5149TYPE: ushort
5150DEFAULT: 0
5151LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5152DOC_START
5473c134 5153 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5154 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5155 Default is disabled (0).
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5156
5157 Example:
5158 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5159DOC_END
5160
5473c134 5161NAME: htcp_port
5162IFDEF: USE_HTCP
5163TYPE: ushort
87630341 5164DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5165LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5166DOC_START
5473c134 5167 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5168 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5169 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5170
5171 Example:
5172 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5173DOC_END
5174
5175NAME: log_icp_queries
5176COMMENT: on|off
5177TYPE: onoff
5178DEFAULT: on
5179LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5180DOC_START
5181 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5182 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5183 up or to simplify log analysis.
5184DOC_END
5185
5473c134 5186NAME: udp_incoming_address
5187TYPE: address
5188LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5189DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5190DOC_START
5191 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5192 caches.
5193
5194 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5195
5196 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5197 a specific interface/address.
5198
5199 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5200 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5201
5202 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5203
5204 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5205 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5206DOC_END
cccac0a2 5207
5473c134 5208NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5209TYPE: address
5210LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5211DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5212DOC_START
8524d4b2 5213 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5214 caches.
cccac0a2 5215
5473c134 5216 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5217
8524d4b2 5218 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5219 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5220 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5221 caches.
5222
8524d4b2 5223 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5224 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5225
5226 see also; udp_incoming_address
5227
5473c134 5228 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5229 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5230DOC_END
5231
3d1e3e43 5232NAME: icp_hit_stale
5233COMMENT: on|off
5234TYPE: onoff
5235DEFAULT: off
5236LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5237DOC_START
5238 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5239 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5240 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5241 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5242 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5243 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5244 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5245DOC_END
5246
5473c134 5247NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5248TYPE: int
5473c134 5249DEFAULT: 4
5250LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5251DOC_START
5473c134 5252 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5253 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5254DOC_END
5255
5473c134 5256NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5257TYPE: int
5258DEFAULT: 400
5259LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5260DOC_START
5473c134 5261 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5262 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5263DOC_END
5264
cccac0a2 5265NAME: netdb_low
5266TYPE: int
5267DEFAULT: 900
5268LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5269DOC_NONE
5270
5271NAME: netdb_high
5272TYPE: int
5273DEFAULT: 1000
5274LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5275DOC_START
5276 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5277 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5278 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5279 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5280DOC_END
5281
cccac0a2 5282NAME: netdb_ping_period
5283TYPE: time_t
5284LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5285DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5286DOC_START
5287 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5288 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5289 network. The default is five minutes.
5290DOC_END
5291
cccac0a2 5292NAME: query_icmp
5293COMMENT: on|off
5294TYPE: onoff
5295DEFAULT: off
5296LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5297DOC_START
5298 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5299 replies, enable this option.
5300
5301 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5302 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5303 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5304 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5305 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5306 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5307 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5308 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5309DOC_END
5310
5311NAME: test_reachability
5312COMMENT: on|off
5313TYPE: onoff
5314DEFAULT: off
5315LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5316DOC_START
5317 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5318 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5319 database, or has a zero RTT.
5320DOC_END
5321
5473c134 5322NAME: icp_query_timeout
5323COMMENT: (msec)
5324DEFAULT: 0
5325TYPE: int
5326LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5327DOC_START
5473c134 5328 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5329 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5330 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5331 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5332 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5333 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5334
5473c134 5335 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5336DOC_END
5337
5473c134 5338NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5339COMMENT: (msec)
5340DEFAULT: 2000
5341TYPE: int
5342LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5343DOC_START
5473c134 5344 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5345 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5346 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5347 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5348 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5349 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5350DOC_END
5351
5473c134 5352NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5353COMMENT: (msec)
5354DEFAULT: 5
5355TYPE: int
5356LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5357DOC_START
5473c134 5358 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5359 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5360 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5361 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5362 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5363 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5364 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5365DOC_END
5366
5473c134 5367NAME: background_ping_rate
5368COMMENT: time-units
5369TYPE: time_t
5370DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5371LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5372DOC_START
5473c134 5373 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5374 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5375DOC_END
5376
5473c134 5377COMMENT_START
5378 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5379 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5380COMMENT_END
5381
5382NAME: mcast_groups
5383TYPE: wordlist
5384LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5385DEFAULT: none
5386DOC_START
5473c134 5387 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5388 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5389
5473c134 5390 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5391 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5392 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5393 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5394 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5395 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5396 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5397
5473c134 5398 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5399 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5400
5473c134 5401 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5402 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5403
5473c134 5404 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5405
5473c134 5406 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5407DOC_END
8c01ada0 5408
5473c134 5409NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5410IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5411TYPE: address
5412LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 5413DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5414DOC_START
5415 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5416 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5417
5473c134 5418 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5419 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5420DOC_END
5421
5473c134 5422NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5423IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5424TYPE: ushort
5425LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5426DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5427DOC_START
5473c134 5428 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5429 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5430 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5431DOC_END
cccac0a2 5432
5473c134 5433NAME: mcast_miss_port
5434IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5435TYPE: ushort
5436LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5437DEFAULT: 3135
5438DOC_START
5439 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5440 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5441DOC_END
cccac0a2 5442
5473c134 5443NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5444IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5445TYPE: string
5446LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5447DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5448DOC_START
5449 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5450 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5451DOC_END
8c01ada0 5452
5473c134 5453NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5454COMMENT: (msec)
5455DEFAULT: 2000
5456TYPE: int
5457LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5458DOC_START
5459 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5460 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5461 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5462 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5463 seconds.
cccac0a2 5464DOC_END
5465
5473c134 5466COMMENT_START
5467 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5468 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5469COMMENT_END
5470
cccac0a2 5471NAME: icon_directory
5472TYPE: string
5473LOC: Config.icons.directory
5474DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5475DOC_START
5476 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5477 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5478DOC_END
5479
f024c970 5480NAME: global_internal_static
5481TYPE: onoff
5482LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5483DEFAULT: on
5484DOC_START
5485 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5486 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5487 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5488 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5489 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5490 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5491 the server generating a directory listing.
5492DOC_END
5493
5473c134 5494NAME: short_icon_urls
5495TYPE: onoff
5496LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5497DEFAULT: on
5498DOC_START
5499 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5500 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5501 it's own name and port in the URL.
5502
5503 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5504 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5505DOC_END
5506
5507COMMENT_START
5508 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5509 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5510COMMENT_END
5511
5512NAME: error_directory
5513TYPE: string
5514LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 5515DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5516DOC_START
5517 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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5518 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
5519 the error/template files to another directory and point
5520 this tag at them.
5521
5522 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
5523 on error pages if used.
5473c134 5524
5525 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5526 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 5527 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 5528 contributing your translation back to the project.
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5529 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5530
5531 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
5532 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
5533DOC_END
5534
5535NAME: error_default_language
5536IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5537TYPE: string
5538LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
5539DEFAULT: none
5540DOC_START
5541 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
5542 if no existing translation matches the clients language
5543 preferences.
5544
5545 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
5546
5547 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5548 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
5549 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
5550 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 5551DOC_END
5552
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5553NAME: error_log_languages
5554IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5555TYPE: onoff
5556LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
5557DEFAULT: on
5558DOC_START
5559 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
5560 auto-negotiate for translations.
5561
5562 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
5563 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 5564 of its error page translations.
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5565DOC_END
5566
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5567NAME: err_page_stylesheet
5568TYPE: string
5569LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
5570DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
5571DOC_START
5572 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
5573
5574 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
5575DOC_END
5576
5473c134 5577NAME: err_html_text
5578TYPE: eol
5579LOC: Config.errHtmlText
5580DEFAULT: none
5581DOC_START
5582 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
5583 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
5584 organizations Web page.
5585
5586 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
5587 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
5588 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
5589 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
5590DOC_END
5591
5592NAME: email_err_data
5593COMMENT: on|off
5594TYPE: onoff
5595LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
5596DEFAULT: on
5597DOC_START
5598 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
5599 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
5600 so that the email body contains the data.
5601 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
5602DOC_END
5603
5604NAME: deny_info
5605TYPE: denyinfo
5606LOC: Config.denyInfoList
5607DEFAULT: none
5608DOC_START
5609 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
5610 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 5611 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 5612
5613 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
5614 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
5615 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
5616 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
5617
5618 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
5619 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
5620 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
5621 the first authentication related acl encountered
5622 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
5623 acl processed on the last http_access line.
5624
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5625 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
5626 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
5627 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 5628
5473c134 5629 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
5630 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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5631
5632 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
06fcded4 5633 get redirected (302) to the specified URL after formatting tags have
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5634 been replaced.
5635
5636 URL FORMAT TAGS:
5637 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
5638 %B - FTP path URL
5639 %e - Error number
5640 %E - Error description
5641 %h - Squid hostname
5642 %H - Request domain name
5643 %i - Client IP Address
5644 %M - Request Method
5645 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
5646 %p - Request Port number
5647 %P - Request Protocol name
5648 %R - Request URL path
5649 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
5650 %U - Full canonical URL from client
5651 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
5652 %u - Full canonical URL from client
5653 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
5654 %% - Literal percent (%) code
5655
5473c134 5656DOC_END
5657
5658COMMENT_START
5659 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
5660 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5661COMMENT_END
5662
5663NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 5664TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5665LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 5666DEFAULT: on
5667DOC_START
5473c134 5668 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
5669 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
5670 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 5671
5473c134 5672 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
5673 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 5674
5473c134 5675 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
5676 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
5677 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 5678
5473c134 5679 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
5680 this directive.
8d6275c0 5681DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 5682
5473c134 5683NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 5684TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5685LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 5686DEFAULT: off
5687DOC_START
5473c134 5688 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
5689 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
5690 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 5691
5473c134 5692 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
5693 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
5694 fails.
5695
5696 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
5697 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
5698 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 5699DOC_END
5700
5473c134 5701NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 5702TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 5703LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 5704DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 5705DOC_START
5473c134 5706 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 5707
5473c134 5708 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
5709 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
5710 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
5711 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
5712 something like:
0b0cfcf2 5713
5473c134 5714 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
5715 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 5716
5473c134 5717 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 5718
5473c134 5719 acl FTP proto FTP
5720 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 5721
5473c134 5722 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
5723 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
5724 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
5725 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
5726 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 5727
5473c134 5728 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5729 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5730 always_direct deny local-external
5731 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 5732
5473c134 5733 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
5734 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
5735 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
5736 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 5737
5473c134 5738 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
5739 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 5740 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 5741
b3567eb5
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5742 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5743 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 5744DOC_END
0976f8db 5745
5473c134 5746NAME: never_direct
5747TYPE: acl_access
5748LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
5749DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5750DOC_START
5473c134 5751 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5752
5753 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
5754 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
5755
5756 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
5757 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
5758 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
5759 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
5760
5761 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 5762 never_direct deny local-servers
5763 never_direct allow all
5764
5765 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
5766 servers inside the firewall use something like:
5767
5768 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
5769 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5770 always_direct deny local-external
5771 always_direct allow local-intranet
5772 never_direct allow all
5773
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5774 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5775 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 5776DOC_END
0976f8db 5777
5473c134 5778COMMENT_START
5779 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
5780 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5781COMMENT_END
5782
cccac0a2 5783NAME: incoming_icp_average
5784TYPE: int
5785DEFAULT: 6
5786LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
5787DOC_NONE
5788
5789NAME: incoming_http_average
5790TYPE: int
5791DEFAULT: 4
5792LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
5793DOC_NONE
5794
5795NAME: incoming_dns_average
5796TYPE: int
5797DEFAULT: 4
5798LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
5799DOC_NONE
5800
5801NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
5802TYPE: int
5803DEFAULT: 8
5804LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
5805DOC_NONE
5806
5807NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
5808TYPE: int
5809DEFAULT: 8
5810LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
5811DOC_NONE
5812
5813NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
5814TYPE: int
5815DEFAULT: 8
5816LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
5817DOC_START
5473c134 5818 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
5819 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
5820 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
5821DOC_END
5822
5823NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 5824TYPE: string
5825DEFAULT: none
5826LOC: Config.accept_filter
5827DOC_START
0b4d4be5 5828 FreeBSD:
5829
5473c134 5830 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
5831 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
5832 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
5833
5834 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 5835 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 5836 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
5837
5838 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
5839 to Squid until there is some data to process.
5840 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
5841
5842 Linux:
5843
5844 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
5845 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
5846 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
5847 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
5848 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 5849EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 5850# FreeBSD
5473c134 5851accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 5852# Linux
5853accept_filter data
5473c134 5854DOC_END
5855
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5856NAME: client_ip_max_connections
5857TYPE: int
5858LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
5859DEFAULT: -1
5860DOC_START
5861 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
5862 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
5863 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
5864
5865 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
5866 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
5867
5868 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
5869
5870 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
5871 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
5872DOC_END
5873
5473c134 5874NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
5875COMMENT: (bytes)
5876TYPE: b_size_t
5877DEFAULT: 0 bytes
5878LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
5879DOC_START
5880 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
5881 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
5882 the default buffer size.
5883DOC_END
5884
5885COMMENT_START
5886 ICAP OPTIONS
5887 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5888COMMENT_END
5889
5890NAME: icap_enable
5891TYPE: onoff
5892IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5893COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5894LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 5895DEFAULT: off
5896DOC_START
53e738c6 5897 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 5898DOC_END
5899
5900NAME: icap_connect_timeout
5901TYPE: time_t
5902DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 5903LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 5904IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5905DOC_START
5906 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5907 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
5908 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
5909
5910 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
5911 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
5912 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
5913DOC_END
5914
5915NAME: icap_io_timeout
5916COMMENT: time-units
5917TYPE: time_t
5918DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 5919LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 5920IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5921DOC_START
5922 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
5923 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
5924 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
5925 failure.
5926
5927 The default is read_timeout.
5928DOC_END
5929
5930NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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5931COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
5932TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 5933IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 5934LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 5935DEFAULT: 10
5936DOC_START
5937 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
5938 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
5939 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
5940 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 5941 OPTIONS.
5473c134 5942
5943 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
5944 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
5945 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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CT
5946
5947 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
5948 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
5949 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
5950 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
5951 value into ten time slots of equal length.
5952
5953 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
5954 effect on service failure expiration.
5955
5956 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
5957 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
5958 setting.
5959
5960 For example,
5961 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
5962 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 5963DOC_END
5964
5473c134 5965NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 5966TYPE: int
5473c134 5967IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5968LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 5969DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 5970DOC_START
5473c134 5971 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
5972 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
5973 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
5974 fetched.
cccac0a2 5975
5473c134 5976 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
5977 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 5978DOC_END
5979
5473c134 5980NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 5981TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5982IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5983COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5984LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 5985DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5986DOC_START
ac7a62f9 5987 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
5988 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
5989 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
5990 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
5991
5992 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
5993 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
5994 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
5995
5996 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
5997 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
5998Example:
5999icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6000DOC_END
6001
5473c134 6002NAME: icap_preview_size
6003TYPE: int
6004IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6005LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6006DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6007DOC_START
53e738c6 6008 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6009 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6010 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6011DOC_END
6012
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6013NAME: icap_206_enable
6014TYPE: onoff
6015IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6016COMMENT: on|off
6017LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6018DEFAULT: on
6019DOC_START
6020 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6021 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6022 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6023 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6024
6025 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6026 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6027 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6028 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6029 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6030
6031 Example:
6032 icap_206_enable off
6033DOC_END
6034
5473c134 6035NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6036TYPE: int
6037IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6038LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6039DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6040DOC_START
53e738c6 6041 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6042 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6043DOC_END
6044
5473c134 6045NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6046TYPE: onoff
6047IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6048COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6049LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6050DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6051DOC_START
5473c134 6052 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6053 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6054DOC_END
6055
5473c134 6056NAME: icap_send_client_ip
6057TYPE: onoff
6058IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6059COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6060LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_ip
5473c134 6061DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6062DOC_START
53e738c6 6063 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 6064DOC_END
6065
5473c134 6066NAME: icap_send_client_username
6067TYPE: onoff
6068IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6069COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6070LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_username
5473c134 6071DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6072DOC_START
5473c134 6073 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
6074 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
6075 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6076 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6077DOC_END
6078
5473c134 6079NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6080TYPE: string
5473c134 6081IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6082LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6083DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6084DOC_START
5473c134 6085 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 6086DOC_END
6087
5473c134 6088NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6089TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6090IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6091COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6092LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6093DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6094DOC_START
5473c134 6095 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6096DOC_END
6097
5473c134 6098NAME: icap_service
6099TYPE: icap_service_type
6100IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6101LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6102DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6103DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6104 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6105
a22e6cd3 6106 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
7d90757b 6107
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6108 service_name: ID
6109 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
6110
6111 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6112 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6113 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6114 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3
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6115
6116 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
6117 ICAP server and service location.
6118
6119 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6120 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6121 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6122 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6123 service_names differ.
6124
6125
6126 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6127 the following name=value options:
6128
6129 bypass=on|off|1|0
6130 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6131 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6132 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6133 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6134 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6135 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6136 returned to the HTTP client.
6137
6138 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6139
6140 routing=on|off|1|0
6141 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6142 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6143 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6144 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6145 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
6146 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf and
6147 should have the same method and vectoring point as the current
6148 ICAP transaction. Services violating these rules are ignored.
6149 An empty X-Next-Services value results in an empty plan which
6150 ends the current adaptation.
6151
6152 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6153 response header is ignored.
6154
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6155 ipv6=on|off
6156 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6157 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6158 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6159
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6160 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
6161 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 6162
5473c134 6163Example:
a22e6cd3
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6164icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
6165icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 6166DOC_END
6167
5473c134 6168NAME: icap_class
6169TYPE: icap_class_type
6170IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6171LOC: none
5473c134 6172DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6173DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6174 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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6175 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
6176 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 6177
62c7f90e 6178 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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6179 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
6180 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 6181DOC_END
6182
5473c134 6183NAME: icap_access
6184TYPE: icap_access_type
6185IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 6186LOC: none
cccac0a2 6187DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6188DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6189 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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6190 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
6191 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 6192DOC_END
6193
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6194COMMENT_START
6195 eCAP OPTIONS
6196 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6197COMMENT_END
6198
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6199NAME: ecap_enable
6200TYPE: onoff
6201IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6202COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6203LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6204DEFAULT: off
6205DOC_START
6206 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6207DOC_END
6208
6209NAME: ecap_service
6210TYPE: ecap_service_type
6211IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6212LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6213DEFAULT: none
6214DOC_START
6215 Defines a single eCAP service
6216
6217 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
6218
6219 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6220 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6221 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6222 are not yet supported.
6223 bypass = 1|0
6224 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
6225 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6226 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6227 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6228 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6229 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6230 HTTP client.
6231 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6232
6233Example:
6234ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6235ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6236DOC_END
6237
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6238NAME: loadable_modules
6239TYPE: wordlist
6240IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6241LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6242DEFAULT: none
6243DOC_START
6244 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6245 preloaded module(s).
6246Example:
6247loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6248DOC_END
6249
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6250COMMENT_START
6251 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6252 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6253COMMENT_END
6254
6255NAME: adaptation_service_set
6256TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6257IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6258LOC: none
6259DEFAULT: none
6260DOC_START
6261
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6262 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6263 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6264
6265 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6266
6267 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6268 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6269 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6270 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6271 intact.
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6273 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6274 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
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6276 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6277 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6278
6279 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6280 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6281 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6282 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6283 transaction fails as well.
6284
6285 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6286 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6287 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6288 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6289 matters.
6290
6291 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6292
6293Example:
6294adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6295adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6296DOC_END
6297
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6298NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6299TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6300IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6301LOC: none
6302DEFAULT: none
6303DOC_START
6304
6305 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6306 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6307 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6308
6309 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6310
6311 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6312 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6313 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6314 the previous service in the chain.
6315
6316 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6317 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6318
6319 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6320 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6321 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6322
6323 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6324 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6325
6326 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6327 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6328 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6329 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6330
6331 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6332
6333Example:
6334adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6335DOC_END
6336
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6337NAME: adaptation_access
6338TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6339IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6340LOC: none
6341DEFAULT: none
6342DOC_START
6343 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6344
6345 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6346 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6347
6348 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6349 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6350 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6351 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6352
6353 - services serving different vectoring points
6354 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6355 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6356 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6357
6358 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6359 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6360 adaptation_service_set for details.
6361
6362 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6363 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6364 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6365 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6366
6367 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6368 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6369
6370 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6371
6372Example:
6373adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6374DOC_END
6375
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6376NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6377TYPE: int
6378IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6379LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6380DEFAULT: 16
6381DOC_START
6382 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6383 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6384 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6385 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6386 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6387 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6388
6389 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6390
6391 See also: icap_service routing=1
6392DOC_END
6393
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6394NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6395TYPE: string
6396IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6397LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6398DEFAULT: none
6399DOC_START
6400 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6401 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6402 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6403 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6404 with the master transaction.
6405
6406 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6407 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6408
6409 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6410 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
6411 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names. Squid will store
6412 and forward that ICAP header field to subsequent ICAP
6413 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6414
6415 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6416
6417Example:
6418# share authentication information among ICAP services
6419adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6420DOC_END
6421
6422NAME: icap_retry
6423TYPE: acl_access
6424IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6425LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
6426DEFAULT: none
6427DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6428DOC_START
6429 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6430 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6431 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6432 that response are usually retriable.
6433
6434 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6435
6436 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6437 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6438
6439 See also: icap_retry_limit
6440DOC_END
6441
6442NAME: icap_retry_limit
6443TYPE: int
6444IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6445LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6446DEFAULT: 0
6447DOC_START
6448 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6449 no retries are allowed.
6450
6451 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6452 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6453 count against this limit.
6454
6455 See also: icap_retry
6456DOC_END
6457
6458
5473c134 6459COMMENT_START
6460 DNS OPTIONS
6461 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6462COMMENT_END
6463
6464NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6465TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6466DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6467LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6468DOC_START
5473c134 6469 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6470 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6471 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 6472DOC_END
6473
5473c134 6474NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6475TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6476DEFAULT: on
5473c134 6477LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6478DOC_START
5473c134 6479 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6480 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
6481 Squid to be strict about the standard.
6482 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 6483DOC_END
6484
5473c134 6485NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 6486TYPE: string
5473c134 6487IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6488DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
6489LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 6490DOC_START
5473c134 6491 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 6492DOC_END
6493
5473c134 6494NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 6495TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 6496IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 6497DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 6498LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 6499DOC_START
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6500 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
6501 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
6502 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
6503 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
6504 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
6505
6506 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
6507 tuning.
6508
6509 startup=
6510
6511 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
6512 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
6513 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
6514
6515 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
6516 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
6517
6518 idle=
6519
6520 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
6521 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
6522 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
6523 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 6524DOC_END
6525
5473c134 6526NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
6527TYPE: time_t
6528DEFAULT: 5 seconds
6529LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
6530IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6531DOC_START
5473c134 6532 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
6533 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 6534DOC_END
6535
5473c134 6536NAME: dns_timeout
6537TYPE: time_t
6538DEFAULT: 2 minutes
6539LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
6540IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6541DOC_START
5473c134 6542 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
6543 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
6544 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 6545DOC_END
6546
5473c134 6547NAME: dns_defnames
6548COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 6549TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6550DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6551LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 6552DOC_START
5473c134 6553 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
6554 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
6555 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
6556 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 6557DOC_END
6558
5473c134 6559NAME: dns_nameservers
6560TYPE: wordlist
6561DEFAULT: none
6562LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 6563DOC_START
5473c134 6564 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
6565 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
6566 /etc/resolv.conf file.
6567 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
6568 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
6569 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
6570 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 6571
5473c134 6572 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 6573DOC_END
6574
5473c134 6575NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 6576TYPE: string
5473c134 6577DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
6578LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 6579DOC_START
5473c134 6580 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
6581 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
6582 default locations:
6583 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
6584 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6585 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
6586 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6587 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
6588 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
6589 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
6590 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 6591
5473c134 6592 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
6593 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
6594 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
6595 character are comments.
cccac0a2 6596
5473c134 6597 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
6598 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
6599 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
6600 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
6601 definitions.
cccac0a2 6602DOC_END
6603
5473c134 6604NAME: append_domain
6605TYPE: string
6606LOC: Config.appendDomain
6607DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 6608DOC_START
5473c134 6609 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
6610 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
6611
6612 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
6613 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
6614 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
6615
6616Example:
6617 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 6618DOC_END
6619
5473c134 6620NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
6621TYPE: onoff
6622LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 6623DEFAULT: on
6624DOC_START
5473c134 6625 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
6626 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
6627 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
6628 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
6629 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 6630DOC_END
6631
cc192b50 6632NAME: dns_v4_fallback
6633TYPE: onoff
6634DEFAULT: on
6635LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
6636DOC_START
6637 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
6638 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
6639 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
6640
6641 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
6642 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
6643
6644 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
6645 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
6646
6647 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
6648 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
6649 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
6650DOC_END
6651
6bc15a4f 6652NAME: ipcache_size
6653COMMENT: (number of entries)
6654TYPE: int
6655DEFAULT: 1024
6656LOC: Config.ipcache.size
6657DOC_NONE
6658
6659NAME: ipcache_low
6660COMMENT: (percent)
6661TYPE: int
6662DEFAULT: 90
6663LOC: Config.ipcache.low
6664DOC_NONE
6665
6666NAME: ipcache_high
6667COMMENT: (percent)
6668TYPE: int
6669DEFAULT: 95
6670LOC: Config.ipcache.high
6671DOC_START
6672 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
6673DOC_END
6674
6675NAME: fqdncache_size
6676COMMENT: (number of entries)
6677TYPE: int
6678DEFAULT: 1024
6679LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
6680DOC_START
6681 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
6682DOC_END
6683
a58ff010 6684COMMENT_START
5473c134 6685 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 6686 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6687COMMENT_END
6688
5473c134 6689NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 6690COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6691TYPE: onoff
6692DEFAULT: on
6693LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 6694DOC_START
5473c134 6695 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
6696 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
6697 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
6698 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 6699DOC_END
6700
5473c134 6701NAME: memory_pools_limit
6702COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 6703TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 6704DEFAULT: 5 MB
6705LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 6706DOC_START
5473c134 6707 Used only with memory_pools on:
6708 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 6709
5473c134 6710 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
6711 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
6712 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
6713 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
6714 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
6715 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
6716 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 6717
89646bd7 6718 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 6719 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 6720
5473c134 6721 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 6722 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 6723
6724 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
6725 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
6726 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
6727 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 6728DOC_END
6729
5473c134 6730NAME: forwarded_for
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6731COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
6732TYPE: string
5473c134 6733DEFAULT: on
6734LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 6735DOC_START
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6736 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
6737 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 6738
5473c134 6739 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
6740
67c06f0d 6741 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 6742
6743 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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6745 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
6746 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
6747
6748 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
6749 X-Forwarded-For header.
6750
6751 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
6752 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place itself as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 6753DOC_END
6754
5473c134 6755NAME: cachemgr_passwd
6756TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
6757DEFAULT: none
6758LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 6759DOC_START
5473c134 6760 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 6761
5473c134 6762 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
6763
6764 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
6765 5min
6766 60min
6767 asndb
6768 authenticator
6769 cbdata
6770 client_list
6771 comm_incoming
6772 config *
6773 counters
6774 delay
6775 digest_stats
6776 dns
6777 events
6778 filedescriptors
6779 fqdncache
6780 histograms
6781 http_headers
6782 info
6783 io
6784 ipcache
6785 mem
6786 menu
6787 netdb
6788 non_peers
6789 objects
6790 offline_toggle *
6791 pconn
6792 peer_select
b360c477 6793 reconfigure *
5473c134 6794 redirector
6795 refresh
6796 server_list
6797 shutdown *
6798 store_digest
6799 storedir
6800 utilization
6801 via_headers
6802 vm_objects
6803
6804 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
6805 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
6806
6807 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
6808 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
6809 password to "none".
6810
6811 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
6812
6813Example:
6814 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
6815 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
6816 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 6817DOC_END
6818
5473c134 6819NAME: client_db
a58ff010 6820COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6821TYPE: onoff
6822DEFAULT: on
6823LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 6824DOC_START
5473c134 6825 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
6826 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 6827DOC_END
6828
5473c134 6829NAME: refresh_all_ims
6830COMMENT: on|off
6831TYPE: onoff
6832DEFAULT: off
6833LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 6834DOC_START
5473c134 6835 When you enable this option, squid will always check
6836 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
6837 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
6838 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
6839 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 6840
5473c134 6841 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
6842 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 6843DOC_END
6844
5473c134 6845NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 6846IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 6847COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6848TYPE: onoff
6849DEFAULT: off
6850LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 6851DOC_START
5473c134 6852 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
6853 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
6854 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
6855 feature could make you liable for problems which it
6856 causes.
6857
6858 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 6859DOC_END
6860
5473c134 6861NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
6862TYPE: int
6863LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
6864DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 6865DOC_START
5473c134 6866 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
6867 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
6868 each address is tried once).
6869
6870 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
6871 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
6872 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
6873
6874 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
6875 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 6876DOC_END
6877
5473c134 6878NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 6879TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6880LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 6881DEFAULT: off
6882DOC_START
5473c134 6883 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
6884 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
6885 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
6886 control errors.
5f8252d2 6887DOC_END
6888
5473c134 6889NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 6890TYPE: string
5473c134 6891LOC: Config.as_whois_server
6892DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
6893DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 6894DOC_START
5473c134 6895 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
6896 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 6897DOC_END
6898
5473c134 6899NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 6900TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6901LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 6902DEFAULT: off
6903DOC_START
5473c134 6904 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
6905 objects.
a58ff010 6906DOC_END
6907
5473c134 6908NAME: uri_whitespace
6909TYPE: uri_whitespace
6910LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
6911DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 6912DOC_START
5473c134 6913 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
6914 URI. Options:
a58ff010 6915
5473c134 6916 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
6917 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
6918 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
6919 Request" message.
6920 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
6921 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
6922 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
6923 are in use.
6924 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
6925 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
6926 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
6927 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
6928 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
6929 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
6930 violation.
6931DOC_END
a58ff010 6932
5473c134 6933NAME: chroot
6934TYPE: string
6935LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 6936DEFAULT: none
6937DOC_START
9f37c18a 6938 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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6939 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
6940 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
6941 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
6942 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 6943DOC_END
a58ff010 6944
5473c134 6945NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
6946TYPE: onoff
6947LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 6948DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6949DOC_START
cc192b50 6950 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
6951 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
6952 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
6953
5473c134 6954 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
6955 found not to preserve user session state across requests
6956 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 6957
cc192b50 6958 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 6959DOC_END
6960
5473c134 6961NAME: pipeline_prefetch
6962TYPE: onoff
6963LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
6964DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 6965DOC_START
5473c134 6966 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
6967 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
6968 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 6969
5473c134 6970 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
6971 reasons.
6972DOC_END
a58ff010 6973
5473c134 6974NAME: high_response_time_warning
6975TYPE: int
6976COMMENT: (msec)
6977LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
6978DEFAULT: 0
6979DOC_START
6980 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
6981 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
6982 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 6983DOC_END
6984
5473c134 6985NAME: high_page_fault_warning
6986TYPE: int
6987LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
6988DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 6989DOC_START
5473c134 6990 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
6991 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
6992 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
6993 per second.
6994DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6995
5473c134 6996NAME: high_memory_warning
6997TYPE: b_size_t
6998LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 6999DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7000DOC_START
7001 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7002 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7003 the administrators attention.
7004DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7005
5473c134 7006NAME: sleep_after_fork
7007COMMENT: (microseconds)
7008TYPE: int
7009LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7010DEFAULT: 0
7011DOC_START
7012 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7013 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7014 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7015 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7016 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7017 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7018 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7019 until all the child processes have been started.
7020 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7021 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7022DOC_END
7023
b6696974 7024NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7025IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
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7026COMMENT: on|off
7027TYPE: onoff
7028DEFAULT: on
7029LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7030DOC_START
7031 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7032 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7033 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7034 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7035 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7036 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7037DOC_END
7038
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7039NAME: eui_lookup
7040TYPE: onoff
7041IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7042DEFAULT: on
7043LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7044DOC_START
7045 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7046DOC_END
7047
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7048NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
7049TYPE: int
7050DEFAULT: 0
7051LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
7052DOC_START
7053 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
7054
7055 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
7056
7057 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
7058 not all comm loops supports large values.
7059DOC_END
7060
13aeac35 7061NAME: workers
007d775d 7062TYPE: int
13aeac35 7063LOC: Config.workers
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7064DEFAULT: 1
7065DOC_START
13aeac35 7066 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
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7067 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
7068 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
13aeac35
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7069 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
7070
b87f6632
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7071 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
7072 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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7073DOC_END
7074
cccac0a2 7075EOF