]> git.ipfire.org Git - thirdparty/squid.git/blame - src/cf.data.pre
Dist DiskIO modules.sh script
[thirdparty/squid.git] / src / cf.data.pre
CommitLineData
3a278cb8 1
9cef6668 2#
c255af72 3# $Id: cf.data.pre,v 1.502 2008/02/12 00:05:11 amosjeffries Exp $
9cef6668 4#
6845f129 5# SQUID Web Proxy Cache http://www.squid-cache.org/
9cef6668 6# ----------------------------------------------------------
7#
2b6662ba 8# Squid is the result of efforts by numerous individuals from
9# the Internet community; see the CONTRIBUTORS file for full
10# details. Many organizations have provided support for Squid's
11# development; see the SPONSORS file for full details. Squid is
12# Copyrighted (C) 2000 by the Regents of the University of
13# California; see the COPYRIGHT file for full details. Squid
14# incorporates software developed and/or copyrighted by other
15# sources; see the CREDITS file for full details.
9cef6668 16#
17# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
18# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
19# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
20# (at your option) any later version.
96d88dcb 21#
9cef6668 22# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
23# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
24# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
25# GNU General Public License for more details.
96d88dcb 26#
9cef6668 27# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
28# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
29# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
30#
31
0f74202c 32COMMENT_START
cccac0a2 33 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
34 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 35
cccac0a2 36 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
37 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
38 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 39
cccac0a2 40 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
41 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
42 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
43 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
44 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
45 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
46 case.
debd9a31 47
cccac0a2 48COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 49
592a09dc 50COMMENT_START
51 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
52 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
53 supported.
54
55 For example,
56
57 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
58
59 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
60 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
61 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
62 configuration files.
63COMMENT_END
64
5473c134 65COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 66 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 67 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
68COMMENT_END
69
41bd17a4 70NAME: auth_param
71TYPE: authparam
72LOC: Config.authConfiguration
cccac0a2 73DEFAULT: none
74DOC_START
41bd17a4 75 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
76 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 77
41bd17a4 78 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 79
41bd17a4 80 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
81 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
82 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
83 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
84 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
85 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
86 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
87 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
88 program entry).
cccac0a2 89
41bd17a4 90 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
91 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
92 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
93 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 94
41bd17a4 95 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
96 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
97 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
98 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
99 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
100 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
101 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
102 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
103 type acl.
cccac0a2 104
41bd17a4 105 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
106 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
107 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
108 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
13b5cd0c
AJ
109 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have authentication
110 disabled.
cccac0a2 111
41bd17a4 112 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 113
41bd17a4 114 "program" cmdline
115 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
116 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
117 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
118 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
119 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 120
41bd17a4 121 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
122 program is specified.
cccac0a2 123
41bd17a4 124 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
125 this line to something like
307b83b7 126
41bd17a4 127 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 128
41bd17a4 129 "children" numberofchildren
130 The number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
131 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
132 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
133 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
134 authenticator processes.
135 auth_param basic children 5
9e7dbc51 136
41bd17a4 137 "concurrency" concurrency
138 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
139 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
140 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
141 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
142 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
143 wating for the response.
144 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
145 auth_param basic concurrency 0
0fdafae7 146
41bd17a4 147 "realm" realmstring
148 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
149 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
150 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
151 password). There is no default.
152 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 153
41bd17a4 154 "credentialsttl" timetolive
155 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
156 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
157 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
158 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
159 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
160 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
161 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
162 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
163 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 164
41bd17a4 165 "casesensitive" on|off
166 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
167 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
168 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
169 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
170 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 171
41bd17a4 172 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 173
41bd17a4 174 "program" cmdline
175 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
176 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
177 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
178 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
179 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
180 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
181 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 182
41bd17a4 183 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
184 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 185
41bd17a4 186 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
187 something like
cccac0a2 188
41bd17a4 189 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 190
41bd17a4 191 "children" numberofchildren
192 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
193 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
194 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
195 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
196 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
197 auth_param digest children 5
cccac0a2 198
41bd17a4 199 "realm" realmstring
200 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
201 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
202 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
203 password). There is no default.
204 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 205
41bd17a4 206 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
207 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
208 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 209
41bd17a4 210 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
211 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
212 valid for.
cccac0a2 213
41bd17a4 214 "nonce_max_count" number
215 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
216 used.
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 "nonce_strictness" on|off
219 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
220 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
221 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
222 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 223
41bd17a4 224 "check_nonce_count" on|off
225 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
226 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
227 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
228 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 229
41bd17a4 230 "post_workaround" on|off
231 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
232 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
233 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 234
41bd17a4 235 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 236
41bd17a4 237 "program" cmdline
238 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
239 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
240 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
241 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
242 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
243 is not used.
cccac0a2 244
41bd17a4 245 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 246
41bd17a4 247 "children" numberofchildren
248 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
249 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
250 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
251 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
252 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
253 processes.
cccac0a2 254
41bd17a4 255 auth_param ntlm children 5
cccac0a2 256
41bd17a4 257 "keep_alive" on|off
258 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
259 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
260 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
261 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
262 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 263
41bd17a4 264 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 265
41bd17a4 266 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 267
41bd17a4 268 "program" cmdline
269 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
270 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
271 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
272 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
273 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
274 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
275 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
276 is not used.
277 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
278 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 279
41bd17a4 280 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 281
41bd17a4 282 "children" numberofchildren
283 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
284 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
285 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
286 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
287 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
288 processes.
289 auth_param negotiate children 5
d3803853 290
41bd17a4 291 "keep_alive" on|off
292 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
293 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
294 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
295 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
296 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 297
41bd17a4 298 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 299
41bd17a4 300NOCOMMENT_START
301#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
302#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
303#auth_param negotiate children 5
304#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
305#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
306#auth_param ntlm children 5
307#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
308#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
309#auth_param digest children 5
310#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
311#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
312#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
313#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
314#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
315#auth_param basic children 5
316#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
317#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
318NOCOMMENT_END
319DOC_END
cccac0a2 320
41bd17a4 321NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
322TYPE: time_t
323DEFAULT: 1 hour
324LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
325DOC_START
326 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
327 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
328 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
329 have good reason to.
330DOC_END
cccac0a2 331
41bd17a4 332NAME: authenticate_ttl
333TYPE: time_t
334DEFAULT: 1 hour
335LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
336DOC_START
337 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
338 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
339 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
340 TTL are removed from memory.
341DOC_END
cccac0a2 342
41bd17a4 343NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
344TYPE: time_t
345LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
346DEFAULT: 0 seconds
347DOC_START
348 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
349 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
350 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
351 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
352 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
353 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
354 environment with relatively static address assignments.
355DOC_END
cccac0a2 356
3d1e3e43 357COMMENT_START
358 ACCESS CONTROLS
359 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
360COMMENT_END
361
41bd17a4 362NAME: external_acl_type
363TYPE: externalAclHelper
364LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 365DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 366DOC_START
41bd17a4 367 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
368 to look up the status
cccac0a2 369
41bd17a4 370 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 371
41bd17a4 372 Options:
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
375 for 1 hour)
376 negative_ttl=n
377 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
378 as ttl)
379 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
380 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
381 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
382 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
383 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
384 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
385 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
386 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
387 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 388 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
389 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
390 'ipv4' is the default unless --with-localhost-ipv6 is used.
391 --with-localhost-ipv6 changes the default to 'ipv6'.
392 SPECIAL NOTE: these options override --with-localhost-ipv6
cccac0a2 393
41bd17a4 394 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 395
41bd17a4 396 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
397 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
398 %IDENT Ident user name
399 %SRC Client IP
400 %SRCPORT Client source port
401 %URI Requested URI
402 %DST Requested host
403 %PROTO Requested protocol
404 %PORT Requested port
405 %PATH Requested URL path
406 %METHOD Request method
407 %MYADDR Squid interface address
408 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
409 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
410 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
411 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
412 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
413 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8
AJ
414
415 %>{Header} HTTP request header
416 %>{Hdr:member}
417 HTTP request header list member
418 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 419 HTTP request header list member using ; as
420 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
421 character.
cccac0a2 422
7b0ca1e8
AJ
423 %<{Header} HTTP reply header
424 %<{Hdr:member}
425 HTTP reply header list member
426 %<{Hdr:;member}
427 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
428 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
429 character.
430
41bd17a4 431 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
432 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
433 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 434
41bd17a4 435 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
436 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
437 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
438 more details.
cccac0a2 439
41bd17a4 440 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 441
41bd17a4 442 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 443
41bd17a4 444 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 445
41bd17a4 446 user= The users name (login)
447 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
448 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
449 in error pages
450 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
451 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
452 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
453 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 454
41bd17a4 455 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
456 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 457
41bd17a4 458 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
459 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
460 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 461
41bd17a4 462 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
463 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
464 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 465DOC_END
466
41bd17a4 467NAME: acl
468TYPE: acl
469LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 470DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 471DOC_START
41bd17a4 472 Defining an Access List
cccac0a2 473
375eeb3b
AJ
474 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
475 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
476 they are read from.
cccac0a2 477
375eeb3b
AJ
478 acl aclname acltype argument ...
479 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 480
375eeb3b 481 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 482
41bd17a4 483 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
484 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
cccac0a2 485
e988aa40
AJ
486
487 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
488
375eeb3b
AJ
489 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address
490 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses
491 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address
492 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address
cccac0a2 493
41bd17a4 494 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
495 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
496 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
497 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
498 #
499 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
500 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
501 # find out its MAC address.
934b03fc 502
375eeb3b
AJ
503 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, from client IP
504 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
505 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ... # regex matching client name
506 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ... # regex matching server
41bd17a4 507 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
508 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
509 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9bc73deb 510
375eeb3b
AJ
511 acl aclname src_as number ...
512 acl aclname dst_as number ...
e988aa40
AJ
513 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
514 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
515 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
516 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
517 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
518 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
519 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 520
6db78a1a
AJ
521 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
522 # match against a named cache_peer entry
523 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
524
375eeb3b
AJ
525 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
526 # day-abbrevs:
527 # S - Sunday
528 # M - Monday
529 # T - Tuesday
530 # W - Wednesday
531 # H - Thursday
532 # F - Friday
533 # A - Saturday
534 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
535
536 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
41bd17a4 537 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
e988aa40 538
375eeb3b
AJ
539 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
540 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
541 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
197f6b3c 542 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name
e988aa40 543
375eeb3b 544 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
e988aa40 545
375eeb3b 546 acl aclname method GET POST ...
e988aa40
AJ
547
548 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
549
375eeb3b 550 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
41bd17a4 551 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
e988aa40 552
375eeb3b 553 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
41bd17a4 554 # pattern match on Referer header
555 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 556
375eeb3b 557 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 558 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
559 # string match on ident output.
560 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 561
41bd17a4 562 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
563 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
564 # list of valid usernames
565 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
566 #
567 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
568 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
569 # in access.log.
570 #
571 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
572 # to check username/password combinations (see
573 # auth_param directive).
574 #
e988aa40
AJ
575 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent/intercepting proxy
576 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 577 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 578
41bd17a4 579 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
580 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
581 # Example:
582 #
583 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 584
41bd17a4 585 acl aclname maxconn number
586 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
587 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
1e5562e3 588
41bd17a4 589 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
590 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
591 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
592 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
593 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
594 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
595 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
596 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
597 # request is denied)
598 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
599 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
600 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
cccac0a2 601
375eeb3b 602 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 603 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
604 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
605 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
606 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
607 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 608
41bd17a4 609 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
610 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
611 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
612 # ACLs.
cccac0a2 613
375eeb3b 614 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 615 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
616 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
617 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
618 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
619 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
620 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 621
41bd17a4 622 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
623 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
624 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
625 # ACLs.
cccac0a2 626
375eeb3b 627 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 628 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
629 # external_acl_type directive.
cccac0a2 630
41bd17a4 631 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
632 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
633 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
cccac0a2 634
41bd17a4 635 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
636 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
637 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
cccac0a2 638
41bd17a4 639 acl aclname ext_user username ...
640 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
641 # string match on username returned by external acl helper
642 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
cccac0a2 643
41bd17a4 644Examples:
645acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
646acl myexample dst_as 1241
647acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
648acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
649acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 650
41bd17a4 651NOCOMMENT_START
652#Recommended minimum configuration:
41bd17a4 653acl manager proto cache_object
ee776778 654acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
41bd17a4 655acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
ee776778 656#
657# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
658# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
659# should be allowed
660acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
661acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
662acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
663#
41bd17a4 664acl SSL_ports port 443
665acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
666acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
667acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
668acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
669acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
670acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
671acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
672acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
673acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
674acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
675acl CONNECT method CONNECT
676NOCOMMENT_END
677DOC_END
cccac0a2 678
3d674977
AJ
679NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
680TYPE: acl_access
681IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
682LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
683DEFAULT: none
684DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
685DOC_START
686 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
687 find the original source of a request.
688
689 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
690 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
691 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
692 rightmost address being the most recent.
693
694 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
695 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
696 to see where that host received the request from. If the
697 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, and if
698 acl_uses_indirect_client is on, then we continue backtracking
699 until we reach an address for which we are not allowed to
700 follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
701 address in the list. (If acl_uses_indirect_client is off, then
702 it's impossible to backtrack through more than one level of
703 X-Forwarded-For addresses.)
704
705 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
706 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
707 be treated as the client address for access control, delay
708 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
709 delay_pool_uses_indirect_client and log_uses_indirect_client
710 options.
711
712 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
713
714 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
715 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
716 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
717 source address of the request. This may enable remote
718 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
719 based on the client's source addresses.
720
721 For example:
722
723 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
724 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
725 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
726 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
727DOC_END
728
729NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
730COMMENT: on|off
731TYPE: onoff
732IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
733DEFAULT: on
734LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
735DOC_START
736 Controls whether the indirect client address
737 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
738 direct client address in acl matching.
739DOC_END
740
741NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
742COMMENT: on|off
743TYPE: onoff
97a616ca 744IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR DELAY_POOLS
3d674977
AJ
745DEFAULT: on
746LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
747DOC_START
748 Controls whether the indirect client address
749 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
750 direct client address in delay pools.
751DOC_END
752
753NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
754COMMENT: on|off
755TYPE: onoff
756IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
757DEFAULT: on
758LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
759DOC_START
760 Controls whether the indirect client address
761 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
762 direct client address in the access log.
763DOC_END
764
41bd17a4 765NAME: http_access
766TYPE: acl_access
767LOC: Config.accessList.http
768DEFAULT: none
769DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
770DOC_START
771 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 772
41bd17a4 773 Access to the HTTP port:
774 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 775
41bd17a4 776 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 777
41bd17a4 778 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
779 the request.
cccac0a2 780
41bd17a4 781 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
782 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
783 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
784 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
785 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
786 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 787
41bd17a4 788NOCOMMENT_START
789#Recommended minimum configuration:
790#
791# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
792http_access allow manager localhost
793http_access deny manager
794# Deny requests to unknown ports
795http_access deny !Safe_ports
796# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
797http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
798#
799# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
800# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
801# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
802#http_access deny to_localhost
803#
804# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
c8f4eac4 805
ee776778 806# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
807# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
808# from where browsing should be allowed
809http_access allow localnet
7d90757b 810
41bd17a4 811# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
812http_access deny all
813NOCOMMENT_END
814DOC_END
7d90757b 815
41bd17a4 816NAME: http_reply_access
817TYPE: acl_access
818LOC: Config.accessList.reply
819DEFAULT: none
820DOC_START
821 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 822
41bd17a4 823 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 824
41bd17a4 825 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
826 all replies
1a224843 827
41bd17a4 828 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
829 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
830 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
cccac0a2 831DOC_END
832
41bd17a4 833NAME: icp_access
834TYPE: acl_access
835LOC: Config.accessList.icp
836DEFAULT: none
837DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 838DOC_START
41bd17a4 839 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
840 access lists
5473c134 841
41bd17a4 842 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 843
41bd17a4 844 See http_access for details
845
846NOCOMMENT_START
ee776778 847#Allow ICP queries from local networks only
df2eec10
AJ
848#icp_access allow localnet
849#icp_access deny all
41bd17a4 850NOCOMMENT_END
5473c134 851DOC_END
852
41bd17a4 853NAME: htcp_access
854IFDEF: USE_HTCP
855TYPE: acl_access
856LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
857DEFAULT: none
858DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 859DOC_START
41bd17a4 860 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
861 access lists
5473c134 862
41bd17a4 863 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 864
41bd17a4 865 See http_access for details
5473c134 866
0b48417e 867 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
868 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
869 using the htcp or htcp-oldsquid options.
870
ee776778 871NOCOMMENT_START
872#Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
df2eec10
AJ
873#htcp_access allow localnet
874#htcp_access deny all
ee776778 875NOCOMMENT_END
41bd17a4 876DOC_END
5473c134 877
41bd17a4 878NAME: htcp_clr_access
879IFDEF: USE_HTCP
880TYPE: acl_access
881LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
882DEFAULT: none
883DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
884DOC_START
885 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
886 on defined access lists
5473c134 887
41bd17a4 888 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 889
41bd17a4 890 See http_access for details
5473c134 891
41bd17a4 892#Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
893acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
894htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
5473c134 895DOC_END
896
41bd17a4 897NAME: miss_access
898TYPE: acl_access
899LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 900DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 901DOC_START
41bd17a4 902 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
903 a parent. For example:
5473c134 904
41bd17a4 905 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
906 miss_access allow localclients
907 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 908
41bd17a4 909 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
910 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 911
41bd17a4 912 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
913 to fetch MISSES from us.
41bd17a4 914DOC_END
915
916NAME: ident_lookup_access
917TYPE: acl_access
918IFDEF: USE_IDENT
919DEFAULT: none
920DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
921LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
5473c134 922DOC_START
41bd17a4 923 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
924 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
925 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
926 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
927 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
928 any requests.
5473c134 929
41bd17a4 930 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
931 can follow this example:
5473c134 932
41bd17a4 933 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
934 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
935 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 936
41bd17a4 937 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
938 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
939 the correct result.
940DOC_END
5473c134 941
5b0f5383 942NAME: reply_body_max_size
943COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
944TYPE: acl_b_size_t
945DEFAULT: none
946LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
947DOC_START
948 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
949 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
950 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
951 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
952 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
953 for this reply.
954
955 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
956 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
957 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
958 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
959 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
960 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
961 and they will receive a partial reply.
962
963 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
964 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
965 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
966 use this option if you have downstream caches.
967
968 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
969 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
970 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
971 the size of your largest error page.
972
973 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
974 no limit imposed.
3bc32f2f
AJ
975
976 Configuration Format is:
977 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
978 ie.
979 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
980
5b0f5383 981DOC_END
982
983COMMENT_START
984 NETWORK OPTIONS
985 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
986COMMENT_END
987
988NAME: http_port ascii_port
989TYPE: http_port_list
990DEFAULT: none
991LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
992DOC_START
993 Usage: port [options]
994 hostname:port [options]
995 1.2.3.4:port [options]
996
997 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
998 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
999 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1000 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1001 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
1002 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
1003 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
1004 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1005
1006 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1007 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1008
1009 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1010 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1011 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1012
1013 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1014
1015 Options:
1016
e77bdb4e 1017 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1018 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1019 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1020
1021 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1022 connections using the client IP address.
13b5cd0c 1023 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1024
1025 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1026 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1027
1028 defaultsite=domainname
1029 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1030 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1031 accelerators should consider the default.
1032 Implies accel.
1033
1034 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1035 domain support. Implies accel.
1036
1037 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1038 Implies accel.
1039
1040 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1041 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
1042
1043 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1044 Defaults to http.
1045
d67acb4e
AJ
1046 connection-auth[=on|off]
1047 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1048 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
1049 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1050
5b0f5383 1051 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1052 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1053 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1054 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1055 support is enabled.
1056 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1057
1058 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1059 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1060 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1061 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1062 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1063 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1064 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1065 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1066
4c9da963 1067 sslBump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
1068 establish secure connection with the client and with
1069 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1070 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1071 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1072
1073 When this option is enabled, additional options become
1074 available to specify SSL-related properties of the
1075 client-side connection: cert, key, version, cipher,
1076 options, clientca, cafile, capath, crlfile, dhparams,
1077 sslflags, and sslcontext. See the https_port directive
1078 for more information on these options.
1079
1080 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1081 the SslBump feature.
1082
81b6e9a7 1083 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1084 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1085
b2130d58 1086 keepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
1087 Enable TCP keepalive probes of idle connections
1088 idle is the initial time before TCP starts probing
1089 the connection, interval how often to probe, and
1090 timeout the time before giving up.
1091
5b0f5383 1092 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1093 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1094 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1095 visible on the internal address.
1096
1097NOCOMMENT_START
1098# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1099http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1100NOCOMMENT_END
1101DOC_END
1102
1103NAME: https_port
1104IFDEF: USE_SSL
1105TYPE: https_port_list
1106DEFAULT: none
1107LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1108DOC_START
1109 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1110
1111 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1112 requests.
1113
1114 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1115 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1116 accelerator level.
1117
1118 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1119 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1120
1121 Options:
1122
1123 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1124 defaultsite or vhost.
1125
1126 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1127 this port. Implies accel.
1128
1129 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1130 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1131 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1132 Implies accel.
1133
1134 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1135 Defaults to https.
1136
1137 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1138
1139 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1140 if not specified, the certificate file is
1141 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1142 key file.
1143
1144 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1145 1 automatic (default)
1146 2 SSLv2 only
1147 3 SSLv3 only
1148 4 TLSv1 only
1149
1150 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1151
1152 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1153 being:
1154 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1155 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1156 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1157 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1158 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1159 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1160 documentation for a complete list of options.
1161
1162 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1163 requesting a client certificate.
1164
1165 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1166 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1167 clientca will be used.
1168
1169 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1170 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1171
1172 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1173 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1174 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1175
1176 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1177 DH key exchanges.
1178
1179 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1180 DELAYED_AUTH
1181 Don't request client certificates
1182 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1183 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1184 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1185 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1186 to OpenSSL.
1187 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1188 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1189 will result in a new SSL session.
1190 VERIFY_CRL
1191 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1192 certificates.
1193 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1194 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1195 client certificate chain.
1196
1197 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1198
1199 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1200
1201 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1202 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1203
81b6e9a7 1204 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1205 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1206
5b0f5383 1207DOC_END
1208
41bd17a4 1209NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1210TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1211DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1212LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
5473c134 1213DOC_START
41bd17a4 1214 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
1215 connections with, based on the username or source address
1216 making the request.
5473c134 1217
41bd17a4 1218 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1219
41bd17a4 1220 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1221 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1222
41bd17a4 1223 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
1224 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2c73de90 1225 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1226 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1227
41bd17a4 1228 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
1229 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474 and
1230 RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1231
41bd17a4 1232 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1233 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
1234 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
1235 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
cccac0a2 1236
41bd17a4 1237 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1238 matching line.
cccac0a2 1239
41bd17a4 1240 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1241 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1242 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
1243 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 1244DOC_END
1245
41bd17a4 1246NAME: clientside_tos
1247TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1248DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1249LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
cccac0a2 1250DOC_START
41bd17a4 1251 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
1252 connections with, based on the username or source address
1253 making the request.
1254DOC_END
cccac0a2 1255
7172612f
AJ
1256NAME: zph_tos_local
1257TYPE: int
1258IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1259DEFAULT: 0
1260LOC: Config.zph_tos_local
1261DOC_START
1262 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark local hits. Read above
1263 (tcp_outgoing_tos) for details/requirements about TOS.
1264 Default: 0 (disabled).
1265DOC_END
1266
1267NAME: zph_tos_peer
1268TYPE: int
1269IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1270DEFAULT: 0
1271LOC: Config.zph_tos_peer
1272DOC_START
1273 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark peer hits. Read above
1274 (tcp_outgoing_tos) for details/requirements about TOS.
1275 Default: 0 (disabled).
1276DOC_END
1277
1278NAME: zph_tos_parent
1279COMMENT: on|off
1280TYPE: onoff
1281IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1282DEFAULT: on
1283LOC: Config.onoff.zph_tos_parent
1284DOC_START
1285 Set this to off if you want only sibling hits to be marked.
1286 If set to on (default), parent hits are being marked too.
1287DOC_END
1288
1289NAME: zph_preserve_miss_tos
1290COMMENT: on|off
1291TYPE: onoff
1292IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1293DEFAULT: on
1294LOC: Config.onoff.zph_preserve_miss_tos
1295DOC_START
1296 If set to on (default), any HTTP response towards clients will
1297 have the TOS value of the response comming from the remote
1298 server masked with the value of zph_preserve_miss_tos_mask.
1299 For this to work correctly, you will need to patch your linux
1300 kernel with the TOS preserving ZPH patch.
1301 The kernel patch can be downloaded from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1302DOC_END
1303
1304NAME: zph_preserve_miss_tos_mask
1305TYPE: int
1306IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
1307DEFAULT: 255
1308LOC: Config.zph_preserve_miss_tos_mask
1309DOC_START
1310 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS received from the
1311 remote server, before copying the value to the TOS send towards
1312 clients.
1313 Default: 255 (TOS from server is not changed).
1314DOC_END
1315
41bd17a4 1316NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1317TYPE: acl_address
1318DEFAULT: none
1319LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1320DOC_START
1321 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1322 based on the username or source address of the user making
1323 the request.
7f7db318 1324
41bd17a4 1325 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
c33aa074 1326
41bd17a4 1327 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1328 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1329 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1330 source address 10.1.0.3.
9197cd13 1331
17148b2f 1332 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1333 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1334 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1335 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1336 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1337
41bd17a4 1338 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1339 matching line.
cccac0a2 1340
41bd17a4 1341 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1342 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1343 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1344 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cc192b50 1345
1346
1347 IPv6 Magic:
1348
1349 Squid is built with a capability of bridging the IPv4 and IPv6 internets.
1350 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1351 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1352 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1353
1354 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1355 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1356 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1357
1358 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1359 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1360 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1361
1362 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1363 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1364
1365 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
17148b2f 1366 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
6db78a1a
AJ
1367
1368 WARNING:
1369 'dst ipv6' bases its selection assuming DIRECT access.
1370 If peers are used the peername ACL are needed to select outgoing
1371 address which can link to the peer.
1372
cccac0a2 1373DOC_END
1374
41bd17a4 1375COMMENT_START
1376 SSL OPTIONS
1377 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1378COMMENT_END
1379
1380NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1381IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1382TYPE: onoff
1383DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1384LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1385DOC_START
41bd17a4 1386 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1387 messages.
cccac0a2 1388DOC_END
1389
41bd17a4 1390NAME: ssl_engine
1391IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1392TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1393LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1394DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1395DOC_START
41bd17a4 1396 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1397 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1398DOC_END
1399
41bd17a4 1400NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1401IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1402DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1403LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1404TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1405DOC_START
41bd17a4 1406 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1407DOC_END
1408
41bd17a4 1409NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1410IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1411DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1412LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1413TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1414DOC_START
41bd17a4 1415 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1416DOC_END
1417
41bd17a4 1418NAME: sslproxy_version
1419IFDEF: USE_SSL
1420DEFAULT: 1
1421LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1422TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1423DOC_START
41bd17a4 1424 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1425DOC_END
1426
41bd17a4 1427NAME: sslproxy_options
1428IFDEF: USE_SSL
1429DEFAULT: none
1430LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1431TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1432DOC_START
41bd17a4 1433 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1434DOC_END
1435
41bd17a4 1436NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1437IFDEF: USE_SSL
1438DEFAULT: none
1439LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1440TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1441DOC_START
41bd17a4 1442 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1443DOC_END
1444
41bd17a4 1445NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1446IFDEF: USE_SSL
1447DEFAULT: none
1448LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1449TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1450DOC_START
41bd17a4 1451 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1452 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1453DOC_END
0976f8db 1454
41bd17a4 1455NAME: sslproxy_capath
1456IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1457DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1458LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1459TYPE: string
5473c134 1460DOC_START
41bd17a4 1461 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1462 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1463DOC_END
1464
4c9da963 1465NAME: ssl_bump
1466IFDEF: USE_SSL
1467TYPE: acl_access
1468LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1469DEFAULT: none
1470DOC_START
1471 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1472 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1473 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1474 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1475
1476 By default, no requests are bumped.
1477
1478 See also: http_port sslBump
1479
1480NOCOMMENT_START
1481# Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1482# those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1483#
1484# acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1485# acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1486# acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1487# ssl_bump deny localhost
1488# ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1489# ssl_bump allow all
1490NOCOMMENT_END
1491DOC_END
1492
41bd17a4 1493NAME: sslproxy_flags
1494IFDEF: USE_SSL
1495DEFAULT: none
1496LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1497TYPE: string
5473c134 1498DOC_START
41bd17a4 1499 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1500 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1501 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1502 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1503 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1504DOC_END
1505
4c9da963 1506
1507NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1508IFDEF: USE_SSL
1509DEFAULT: none
1510LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1511TYPE: acl_access
1512DOC_START
1513 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1514
1515 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1516 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1517 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1518
1519 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1520 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1521 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1522
1523 This option must use fast ACL expressions only. Expressions that use
1524 external lookups or communication result in unpredictable behavior or
1525 crashes.
1526
1527 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1528 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1529 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1530 the connection may be insecure.
1531
1532 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1533
1534NOCOMMENT_START
1535#Default setting:
1536# sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1537NOCOMMENT_END
1538DOC_END
1539
1540
1541
41bd17a4 1542NAME: sslpassword_program
1543IFDEF: USE_SSL
1544DEFAULT: none
1545LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1546TYPE: string
5473c134 1547DOC_START
41bd17a4 1548 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1549 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1550 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1551 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
5473c134 1552DOC_END
1553
cccac0a2 1554COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1555 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 1556 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1557COMMENT_END
1558
41bd17a4 1559NAME: cache_peer
1560TYPE: peer
1561DEFAULT: none
1562LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 1563DOC_START
41bd17a4 1564 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
cccac0a2 1565
41bd17a4 1566 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
cccac0a2 1567
41bd17a4 1568 For example,
cccac0a2 1569
41bd17a4 1570 # proxy icp
1571 # hostname type port port options
1572 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
1573 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 proxy-only default
1574 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1575 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
cccac0a2 1576
41bd17a4 1577 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
d5277f40 1578
41bd17a4 1579 proxy-port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
1580 requests.
8d6275c0 1581
41bd17a4 1582 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
1583 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
df2eec10 1584 specify '0' for the ICP port.
41bd17a4 1585 NOTE: Also requires icp_port option enabled to send/receive
1586 requests via this method.
a78278e2 1587
41bd17a4 1588 options: proxy-only
1589 weight=n
1590 basetime=n
1591 ttl=n
1592 no-query
1593 background-ping
1594 default
1595 round-robin
1596 weighted-round-robin
1597 carp
f7e1d9ce
HN
1598 userhash
1599 sourcehash
41bd17a4 1600 multicast-responder
1601 closest-only
1602 no-digest
1603 no-netdb-exchange
1604 no-delay
1605 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
1606 connect-timeout=nn
1607 digest-url=url
1608 allow-miss
1609 max-conn=n
1610 htcp
1611 htcp-oldsquid
4f4fa815
BR
1612 htcp-no-clr
1613 htcp-no-purge-clr
1614 htcp-only-clr
1615 htcp-forward-clr
41bd17a4 1616 originserver
1617 name=xxx
1618 forceddomain=name
1619 ssl
1620 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
1621 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
1622 sslversion=1|2|3|4
1623 sslcipher=...
1624 ssloptions=...
1625 front-end-https[=on|auto]
d67acb4e 1626 connection-auth[=on|off|auto]
cccac0a2 1627
41bd17a4 1628 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
1629 from this cache should not be saved locally.
cccac0a2 1630
41bd17a4 1631 use 'weight=n' to affect the selection of a peer
1632 during any weighted peer-selection mechanisms.
1633 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
1634 larger weights are favored more.
1635 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
1636 protocol is not in use.
cccac0a2 1637
41bd17a4 1638 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
1639 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
1640 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
1641 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
1642 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 1643
41bd17a4 1644 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
1645 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
1646 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
1647 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
1648 hosts, you must configure other group members as
1649 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
5473c134 1650
41bd17a4 1651 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
1652 neighbor.
5473c134 1653
41bd17a4 1654 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
1655 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
1656 round trip time updated and is usually used in
1657 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
cccac0a2 1658
41bd17a4 1659 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
1660 be used as a "last-resort" if a peer cannot be located
1661 by any of the peer-selection mechanisms.
1662 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
cccac0a2 1663
41bd17a4 1664 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
1665 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
1666 absence of any ICP queries.
cccac0a2 1667
41bd17a4 1668 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
1669 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
1670 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
1671 time. Closer parents are used more often.
1672 Usually used for background-ping parents.
cccac0a2 1673
41bd17a4 1674 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
1675 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
1676 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
382db7eb 1677 balancing hash function based on their weight.
cccac0a2 1678
f7e1d9ce
HN
1679 use 'userhash' to load-balance amongst a set of parents
1680 based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
1681
1682 use 'sourcehash' to load-balance amongst a set of parents
1683 based on the client source ip.
1684
41bd17a4 1685 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
1686 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
1687 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
1688 will be accepted from it.
cccac0a2 1689
41bd17a4 1690 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
1691 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
1692 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
cccac0a2 1693
41bd17a4 1694 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
1695 this neighbor.
cccac0a2 1696
41bd17a4 1697 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
1698 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
cccac0a2 1699
41bd17a4 1700 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
1701 from influencing the delay pools.
7d90757b 1702
41bd17a4 1703 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
1704 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
1705 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
1706 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
7d90757b 1707
41bd17a4 1708 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
1709 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
1710 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
1711 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
1712 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
1713 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
1714 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
1715 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
1716 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
1717 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
7d90757b 1718
41bd17a4 1719 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
1720 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
1721 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
1722 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
1723 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
1724 information which is added to the username. This can
1725 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
1726 the login=username:password option above.
cccac0a2 1727
41bd17a4 1728 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
1729 specific connect timeout (also see the
1730 peer_connect_timeout directive)
7f7db318 1731
41bd17a4 1732 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
1733 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
1734 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
1735 location.
cccac0a2 1736
41bd17a4 1737 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
1738 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
1739 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
1740 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
1741 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
1742 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
1743 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
1744 source is a peer)
cccac0a2 1745
41bd17a4 1746 use 'max-conn=n' to limit the amount of connections Squid
1747 may open to this peer.
cccac0a2 1748
41bd17a4 1749 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
1750 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
1751 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
0b48417e 1752 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1753 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
cccac0a2 1754
41bd17a4 1755 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
0b48417e 1756 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1757 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
cccac0a2 1758
4f4fa815
BR
1759 use 'htcp-no-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor but without
1760 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
1761 htcp-only-clr.
1762
1763 use 'htcp-no-purge-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor
1764 including CLRs but only when they do not result from
1765 PURGE requests.
1766
1767 use 'htcp-only-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY
1768 CLR requests. This cannot be used with htcp-no-clr.
1769
1770 use 'htcp-forward-clr' to forward any HTCP CLR requests
1771 this proxy receives to the peer.
1772
41bd17a4 1773 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
1774 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
cccac0a2 1775
41bd17a4 1776 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
1777 host but different ports. This name can be used to
1778 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
6db78a1a 1779 directives. Including the peername ACL type.
cccac0a2 1780
41bd17a4 1781 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
1782 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
1783 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
1784 name and using redirectors to feed this domain name
1785 is not feasible.
64658378 1786
41bd17a4 1787 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
1788 be SSL/TLS encrypted.
cccac0a2 1789
41bd17a4 1790 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
1791 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
4c9fa5d5 1792
41bd17a4 1793 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
1794 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
1795 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
1796 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
4c9fa5d5 1797
41bd17a4 1798 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
1799 when connecting to this peer
1800 1 = automatic (default)
1801 2 = SSL v2 only
1802 3 = SSL v3 only
1803 4 = TLS v1 only
cccac0a2 1804
41bd17a4 1805 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL ciphers
1806 to use when connecting to this peer.
cccac0a2 1807
41bd17a4 1808 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
1809 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1810 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1811 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1812 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
1813 a more complete list.
cccac0a2 1814
41bd17a4 1815 use sslcafile=... to specify a file containing
1816 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1817 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 1818
41bd17a4 1819 use sslcapath=... to specify a directory containing
1820 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1821 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 1822
41bd17a4 1823 use sslcrlfile=... to specify a certificate revocation
1824 list file to use when verifying the peer certificate.
1825
1826 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
1827 SSL implementation:
1828 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
1829 Accept certificates even if they fail to
1830 verify.
1831 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1832 Don't use the default CA list built in
1833 to OpenSSL.
1834 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
1835 Don't verify the peer certificate
1836 matches the server name
cccac0a2 1837
41bd17a4 1838 use ssldomain= to specify the peer name as advertised
1839 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
1840 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
1841 peer hostname will be used.
cccac0a2 1842
41bd17a4 1843 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
1844 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend in front
1845 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
1846 on this header. If set to auto the header will
1847 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
1848 URL.
d67acb4e
AJ
1849
1850 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid that this peer does
1851 not support Microsoft connection oriented authentication,
1852 and any such challenges received from there should be
1853 ignored. Default is auto to automatically determine the
1854 status of the peer.
41bd17a4 1855DOC_END
cccac0a2 1856
41bd17a4 1857NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
1858TYPE: hostdomain
1859DEFAULT: none
1860LOC: none
1861DOC_START
1862 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
1863 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 1864
41bd17a4 1865 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
1866 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 1867
41bd17a4 1868 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 1869
41bd17a4 1870 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 1871
41bd17a4 1872 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
1873 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
1874 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
1875 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
1876 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 1877
41bd17a4 1878 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
1879 either on the same or separate lines.
1880 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
1881 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
1882 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
1883 for all requests.
1884 * There are no defaults.
1885 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
1886 section.
1887DOC_END
dd9b1776 1888
41bd17a4 1889NAME: cache_peer_access
1890TYPE: peer_access
1891DEFAULT: none
1892LOC: none
1893DOC_START
1894 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
1895 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 1896
41bd17a4 1897 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 1898
41bd17a4 1899 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
1900 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
1901 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
1902DOC_END
dd9b1776 1903
41bd17a4 1904NAME: neighbor_type_domain
1905TYPE: hostdomaintype
1906DEFAULT: none
1907LOC: none
1908DOC_START
1909 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 1910
41bd17a4 1911 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
1912 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
1913 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
1914 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
1915 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
1916 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 1917
41bd17a4 1918EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 1919 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 1920 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
1921 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
1922DOC_END
6bf4f823 1923
41bd17a4 1924NAME: dead_peer_timeout
1925COMMENT: (seconds)
1926DEFAULT: 10 seconds
1927TYPE: time_t
1928LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
1929DOC_START
1930 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
1931 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
1932 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
1933 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
1934 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
1935 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 1936
41bd17a4 1937 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
1938 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
1939 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
1940 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
1941 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
1942 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
1943 instead of to your parents.
1944DOC_END
cccac0a2 1945
41bd17a4 1946NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
1947TYPE: wordlist
1948DEFAULT: none
1949LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
1950DOC_START
1951 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
1952 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
1953 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
1954 list this option multiple times.
1955 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
cccac0a2 1956NOCOMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1957#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
1958hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 1959NOCOMMENT_END
1960DOC_END
0976f8db 1961
41bd17a4 1962COMMENT_START
1963 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
1964 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1965COMMENT_END
1966
1967NAME: cache_mem
1968COMMENT: (bytes)
1969TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 1970DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 1971LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 1972DOC_START
41bd17a4 1973 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
1974 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
1975 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
1976 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
1977
1978 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
1979 for:
1980 * In-Transit objects
1981 * Hot Objects
1982 * Negative-Cached objects
1983
1984 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
1985 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
1986 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
1987 priority.
1988
1989 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
1990 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
1991 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
1992 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
1993 not needed for in-transit objects.
1994
1995 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
1996 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
1997 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
1998 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
1999 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2000 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2001 objects.
6b698a21 2002DOC_END
0976f8db 2003
41bd17a4 2004NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2005COMMENT: (bytes)
2006TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2007DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2008LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2009DOC_START
41bd17a4 2010 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2011 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2012 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2013 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2014DOC_END
0976f8db 2015
41bd17a4 2016NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2017TYPE: removalpolicy
2018LOC: Config.memPolicy
2019DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2020DOC_START
41bd17a4 2021 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2022 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2023
41bd17a4 2024 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2025DOC_END
6b698a21 2026
41bd17a4 2027COMMENT_START
2028 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2029 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2030COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2031
41bd17a4 2032NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2033TYPE: removalpolicy
2034LOC: Config.replPolicy
2035DEFAULT: lru
2036DOC_START
2037 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2038 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2039
41bd17a4 2040 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2041 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2042 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2043 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2044
41bd17a4 2045 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2046
41bd17a4 2047 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2048
41bd17a4 2049 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2050 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2051 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2052 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2053
41bd17a4 2054 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2055 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2056 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2057 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2058
41bd17a4 2059 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2060 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2061 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2062
41bd17a4 2063 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2064 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2065 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2066
41bd17a4 2067 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2068 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2069 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2070DOC_END
0976f8db 2071
41bd17a4 2072NAME: cache_dir
2073TYPE: cachedir
2074DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2075LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2076DOC_START
41bd17a4 2077 Usage:
0976f8db 2078
41bd17a4 2079 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2080
41bd17a4 2081 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2082 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2083
41bd17a4 2084 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2085 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2086 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2087
41bd17a4 2088 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2089 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2090 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2091 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2092 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2093
41bd17a4 2094 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2095
41bd17a4 2096 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2097 been there.
0976f8db 2098
41bd17a4 2099 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2100
41bd17a4 2101 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2102 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2103 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2104 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2105 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2106
41bd17a4 2107 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
2108 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2109
41bd17a4 2110 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
2111 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2112 is 256.
0976f8db 2113
41bd17a4 2114 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2115
41bd17a4 2116 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2117 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2118 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2119
41bd17a4 2120 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2121
41bd17a4 2122 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2123
41bd17a4 2124 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2125
41bd17a4 2126 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2127 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2128 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2129
41bd17a4 2130 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2131
41bd17a4 2132 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2133
41bd17a4 2134 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2135 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2136 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2137
41bd17a4 2138 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2139 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2140 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2141
41bd17a4 2142 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2143 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2144 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2145 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2146 time.
0976f8db 2147
41bd17a4 2148 The coss store type:
0976f8db 2149
db263d62
AJ
2150 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2151 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2152 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2153
41bd17a4 2154 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2155 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2156 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2157 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2158 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2159 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2160 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2161
41bd17a4 2162 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2163 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2164 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2165
41bd17a4 2166 Common options:
0976f8db 2167
41bd17a4 2168 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2169
41bd17a4 2170 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
2171 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
2172 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2173 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2174 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2175
41bd17a4 2176 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2177 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2178 option.
bebc043b 2179NOCOMMENT_START
df2eec10 2180# cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2181NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2182DOC_END
0976f8db 2183
41bd17a4 2184NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2185TYPE: string
2186LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2187DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2188DOC_START
41bd17a4 2189 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2190DOC_END
0976f8db 2191
41bd17a4 2192NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2193TYPE: int
2194LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2195DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2196DOC_START
41bd17a4 2197 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2198 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2199 descriptors are open.
2200
2201 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2202DOC_END
0976f8db 2203
41bd17a4 2204NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2205COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2206TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2207DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2208LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2209DOC_START
41bd17a4 2210 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2211 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2212 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2213DOC_END
0976f8db 2214
41bd17a4 2215NAME: maximum_object_size
2216COMMENT: (bytes)
2217TYPE: b_int64_t
2218DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2219LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2220DOC_START
41bd17a4 2221 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2222 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2223 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2224 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2225 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2226 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2227
41bd17a4 2228 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2229 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2230 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2231DOC_END
0976f8db 2232
41bd17a4 2233NAME: cache_swap_low
2234COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2235TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2236DEFAULT: 90
2237LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2238DOC_NONE
2239
2240NAME: cache_swap_high
2241COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2242TYPE: int
2243DEFAULT: 95
2244LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2245DOC_START
41bd17a4 2246
2247 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2248 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2249 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2250 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2251 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2252 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2253
2254 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2255 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2256 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2257DOC_END
0976f8db 2258
5473c134 2259COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2260 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2261 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2262COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2263
41bd17a4 2264NAME: logformat
2265TYPE: logformat
2266LOC: Config.Log.logformats
5473c134 2267DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2268DOC_START
41bd17a4 2269 Usage:
0976f8db 2270
41bd17a4 2271 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2272
41bd17a4 2273 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2274
41bd17a4 2275 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2276
41bd17a4 2277 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2278 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2279 as required according to their context and the output format
2280 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2281 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2282
41bd17a4 2283 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2284
41bd17a4 2285 " output in quoted string format
2286 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2287 # output in URL quoted format
2288 ' output as-is
5473c134 2289
41bd17a4 2290 - left aligned
2291 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2292 output is zero padded
2293 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2294
41bd17a4 2295 Format codes:
5473c134 2296
41bd17a4 2297 >a Client source IP address
2298 >A Client FQDN
2299 >p Client source port
2300 <A Server IP address or peer name
2301 la Local IP address (http_port)
2302 lp Local port number (http_port)
2303 ts Seconds since epoch
2304 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2305 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
2306 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2307 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
2308 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2309 tr Response time (milliseconds)
2310 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
2311 on the format header[:[separator]element]
2312 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2313 as for >h
2314 un User name
2315 ul User name from authentication
2316 ui User name from ident
2317 us User name from SSL
2318 ue User name from external acl helper
2319 Hs HTTP status code
2320 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2321 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2322 mt MIME content type
2323 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2324 ru Request URL
2325 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2326 rv Request protocol version
2327 et Tag returned by external acl
2328 ea Log string returned by external acl
2329 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
1a86db31
AJ
2330 >st Request size including HTTP headers
2331 st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
41bd17a4 2332 <sH Reply high offset sent
2333 <sS Upstream object size
2334 % a literal % character
5473c134 2335
7d9acc3c
AJ
2336 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
2337
2338logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
2339logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
41bd17a4 2340logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2341logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
5473c134 2342DOC_END
2343
41bd17a4 2344NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2345TYPE: access_log
2346LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
02424612 2347DEFAULT: none
01ddaf65 2348DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2349DOC_START
41bd17a4 2350 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2351 ICP request. The format is:
2352 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2353 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
5473c134 2354
41bd17a4 2355 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
2356 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2357 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
2358 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
5473c134 2359
41bd17a4 2360 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
2361 a logformat name should not be specified.
5473c134 2362
41bd17a4 2363 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
5473c134 2364
41bd17a4 2365 access_log syslog[:facility.priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
2366 where facility could be any of:
2367 authpriv, daemon, local0 .. local7 or user.
5473c134 2368
41bd17a4 2369 And priority could be any of:
2370 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
df2eec10
AJ
2371
2372 Default:
2373 access_log @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 2374DOC_END
5473c134 2375
5b0f5383 2376NAME: log_access
2377TYPE: acl_access
2378LOC: Config.accessList.log
2379DEFAULT: none
2380COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2381DOC_START
2382 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2383 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2384 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
2385DOC_END
2386
41bd17a4 2387NAME: cache_log
2388TYPE: string
02424612 2389DEFAULT: none
01ddaf65 2390DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
41bd17a4 2391LOC: Config.Log.log
2392DOC_START
2393 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
2394 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
2395 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
2396DOC_END
5473c134 2397
41bd17a4 2398NAME: cache_store_log
2399TYPE: string
df2eec10 2400DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2401LOC: Config.Log.store
2402DOC_START
2403 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
2404 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
df2eec10
AJ
2405 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
2406 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 2407 disable it.
df2eec10
AJ
2408NOCOMMENT_START
2409# cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
2410NOCOMMENT_END
5473c134 2411DOC_END
2412
41bd17a4 2413NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
2414TYPE: string
2415LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 2416DEFAULT: none
2417DOC_START
41bd17a4 2418 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
2419 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
2420 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
2421 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
2422 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
2423 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
2424 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 2425
41bd17a4 2426 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
2427 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
2428 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
2429 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 2430
41bd17a4 2431 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
2432 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 2433
41bd17a4 2434 cache_swap_log.00
2435 cache_swap_log.01
2436 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 2437
41bd17a4 2438 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
2439 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
2440 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
2441 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
2442 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
2443 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
2444 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 2445DOC_END
2446
41bd17a4 2447NAME: logfile_rotate
2448TYPE: int
2449DEFAULT: 10
2450LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 2451DOC_START
41bd17a4 2452 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2453 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
2454 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
2455 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
2456 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
2457 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 2458
41bd17a4 2459 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2460 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2461 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2462 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2463 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2464 <pid>'.
2465DOC_END
5473c134 2466
41bd17a4 2467NAME: emulate_httpd_log
2468COMMENT: on|off
2469TYPE: onoff
2470DEFAULT: off
2471LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
2472DOC_START
2473 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
2474 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
2475 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
2476 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
2477 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
5473c134 2478DOC_END
2479
41bd17a4 2480NAME: log_ip_on_direct
2481COMMENT: on|off
2482TYPE: onoff
5473c134 2483DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 2484LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 2485DOC_START
41bd17a4 2486 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
2487 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
2488 prefer the old way set this to off.
2489DOC_END
5473c134 2490
41bd17a4 2491NAME: mime_table
2492TYPE: string
2493DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
2494LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
2495DOC_START
2496 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
2497 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
2498 information if you do.
5473c134 2499DOC_END
2500
41bd17a4 2501NAME: log_mime_hdrs
2502COMMENT: on|off
2503TYPE: onoff
2504LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
2505DEFAULT: off
2506DOC_START
2507 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
2508 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
2509 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
2510 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
2511 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
2512DOC_END
5473c134 2513
41bd17a4 2514NAME: useragent_log
2515TYPE: string
2516LOC: Config.Log.useragent
2517DEFAULT: none
2518IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
5473c134 2519DOC_START
41bd17a4 2520 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
2521 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
2522 is disabled.
5473c134 2523DOC_END
2524
41bd17a4 2525NAME: referer_log referrer_log
2526TYPE: string
2527LOC: Config.Log.referer
2528DEFAULT: none
2529IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
5473c134 2530DOC_START
41bd17a4 2531 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
2532 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
2533 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
2534 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
2535 and we accept both.
5473c134 2536DOC_END
2537
41bd17a4 2538NAME: pid_filename
2539TYPE: string
2540DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
2541LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 2542DOC_START
41bd17a4 2543 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 2544DOC_END
2545
41bd17a4 2546NAME: debug_options
fb6a61d1 2547TYPE: eol
41bd17a4 2548DEFAULT: ALL,1
2549LOC: Config.debugOptions
5473c134 2550DOC_START
41bd17a4 2551 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
2552 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
2553 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
2554 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
2555 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
2556 "ALL,1".
5473c134 2557DOC_END
2558
41bd17a4 2559NAME: log_fqdn
2560COMMENT: on|off
2561TYPE: onoff
2562DEFAULT: off
2563LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
5473c134 2564DOC_START
41bd17a4 2565 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
2566 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
2567 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
2568 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
2569 browsing.
5473c134 2570DOC_END
2571
41bd17a4 2572NAME: client_netmask
2573TYPE: address
2574LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
2575DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
5473c134 2576DOC_START
41bd17a4 2577 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
2578 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
2579 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
2580 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 2581DOC_END
2582
41bd17a4 2583NAME: forward_log
2584IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
2585TYPE: string
2586DEFAULT: none
2587LOC: Config.Log.forward
5473c134 2588DOC_START
41bd17a4 2589 Logs the server-side requests.
5473c134 2590
41bd17a4 2591 This is currently work in progress.
5473c134 2592DOC_END
2593
41bd17a4 2594NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 2595TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 2596LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 2597DEFAULT: on
2598DOC_START
41bd17a4 2599 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
2600 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 2601DOC_END
2602
41bd17a4 2603NAME: buffered_logs
2604COMMENT: on|off
2605TYPE: onoff
2606DEFAULT: off
2607LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 2608DOC_START
41bd17a4 2609 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
2610 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
2611 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
2612 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
2613 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 2614DOC_END
0976f8db 2615
2b753521 2616NAME: netdb_filename
2617TYPE: string
2618DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2619LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 2620IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 2621DOC_START
2622 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
2623 To disable, enter "none".
2624DOC_END
2625
41bd17a4 2626COMMENT_START
2627 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
2628 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2629COMMENT_END
2630
2631NAME: ftp_user
2632TYPE: string
2633DEFAULT: Squid@
2634LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 2635DOC_START
41bd17a4 2636 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
2637 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
2638 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 2639
41bd17a4 2640 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
2641 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
2642 depending on how the cache is used.
2643 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
2644 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 2645DOC_END
0976f8db 2646
41bd17a4 2647NAME: ftp_list_width
2648TYPE: size_t
2649DEFAULT: 32
2650LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
6b698a21 2651DOC_START
41bd17a4 2652 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
2653 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
2654 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
6b698a21 2655DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2656
41bd17a4 2657NAME: ftp_passive
2658TYPE: onoff
2659DEFAULT: on
2660LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 2661DOC_START
41bd17a4 2662 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
2663 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 2664
2665 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
2666DOC_END
2667
2668NAME: ftp_epsv_all
2669TYPE: onoff
2670DEFAULT: off
2671LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
2672DOC_START
2673 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
2674
2675 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
2676 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
2677 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
2678
2679 When a client only expects to do two-way FTP transfers this may be useful.
2680 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
2681 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
2682
2683 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
2684 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
2685
2686 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default)
41bd17a4 2687DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2688
41bd17a4 2689NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
2690TYPE: onoff
2691DEFAULT: on
2692LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
2693DOC_START
2694 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
2695 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
2696 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
2697 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
2698 connection turn this off.
2699DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2700
41bd17a4 2701NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
2702TYPE: onoff
2703DEFAULT: on
2704LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
2705DOC_START
2706 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
2707 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
2708 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
2709 the FTP protocol.
2710
2711 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
2712 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
2713 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
2714 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
2715 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
2716DOC_END
2717
2718COMMENT_START
2719 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
2720 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2721COMMENT_END
2722
2723NAME: diskd_program
2724TYPE: string
2725DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
2726LOC: Config.Program.diskd
2727DOC_START
2728 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
2729 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
2730 diskd as one of the store io modules.
2731DOC_END
2732
2733NAME: unlinkd_program
2734IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
2735TYPE: string
2736DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
2737LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
2738DOC_START
2739 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
2740DOC_END
2741
2742NAME: pinger_program
2743TYPE: string
2744DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 2745LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 2746IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2747DOC_START
2748 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
2749DOC_END
2750
cc192b50 2751NAME: pinger_enable
2752TYPE: onoff
2753DEFAULT: on
2754LOC: Config.pinger.enable
2755IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2756DOC_START
2757 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
2758 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple squid -k reconfigure.
2759DOC_END
2760
2761
41bd17a4 2762COMMENT_START
2763 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
2764 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2765COMMENT_END
2766
2767NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
2768TYPE: wordlist
2769LOC: Config.Program.redirect
2770DEFAULT: none
2771DOC_START
2772 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
2773 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
2774
2775 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
2776
c71adec1 2777 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
2778
2779 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
2780 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
2781 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
2782 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 2783
2784 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
2785 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
2786
2787 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
2788 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2789 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
2790
2791 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
2792DOC_END
2793
2794NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
2795TYPE: int
2796DEFAULT: 5
2797LOC: Config.redirectChildren
2798DOC_START
2799 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
2800 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
2801 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
2802 and other system resources.
2803DOC_END
2804
2805NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
2806TYPE: int
2807DEFAULT: 0
2808LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
2809DOC_START
2810 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
2811 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
2812 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
6a171502
AJ
2813
2814 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
2815 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
2816 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
2817 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
2818 to that request.
41bd17a4 2819DOC_END
2820
2821NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
2822TYPE: onoff
2823DEFAULT: on
2824LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
2825DOC_START
2826 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
2827 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
2828 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
2829
2830 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
2831 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
2832DOC_END
2833
2834NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
2835TYPE: acl_access
2836DEFAULT: none
2837LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
2838DOC_START
2839 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
2840 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
2841 are sent.
2842DOC_END
2843
2844NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
2845TYPE: onoff
2846LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
2847DEFAULT: off
2848DOC_START
2849 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
2850 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
2851 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
2852 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
2853 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
2854 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
2855 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
2856 users may have access to pages they should not
2857 be allowed to request.
2858DOC_END
2859
2860COMMENT_START
2861 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
2862 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2863COMMENT_END
2864
f04b37d8 2865NAME: cache no_cache
2866TYPE: acl_access
2867DEFAULT: none
2868LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 2869DOC_START
240887f0 2870 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 2871 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
2872 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 2873
240887f0 2874 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
2875 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 2876
240887f0 2877 Default is to allow all to be cached.
41bd17a4 2878DOC_END
2879
2880NAME: refresh_pattern
2881TYPE: refreshpattern
2882LOC: Config.Refresh
2883DEFAULT: none
2884DOC_START
2885 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 2886
6b698a21 2887 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2888 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2889
41bd17a4 2890 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2891 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2892 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2893 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2894 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 2895
41bd17a4 2896 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2897 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2898 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 2899
41bd17a4 2900 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2901 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 2902
41bd17a4 2903 options: override-expire
2904 override-lastmod
2905 reload-into-ims
2906 ignore-reload
2907 ignore-no-cache
2908 ignore-no-store
2909 ignore-private
2910 ignore-auth
2911 refresh-ims
a0ec9f68 2912
41bd17a4 2913 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
9b2ad080
HN
2914 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
2915 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
2916 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
2917 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
6468fe10 2918
41bd17a4 2919 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
2920 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 2921
41bd17a4 2922 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2923 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2924 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2925 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 2926
41bd17a4 2927 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2928 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2929 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2930 it causes.
9bc73deb 2931
41bd17a4 2932 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2933 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2934 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2935 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2936 send it anyway.
2937
2938 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2939 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2940 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2941 liable for problems which it causes.
2942
2943 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2944 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2945 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2946 liable for problems which it causes.
2947
2948 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2949 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
2950 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
2951 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
2952 it causes.
2953
2954 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2955 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2956 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2957 if one is available.
2958
2959 Basically a cached object is:
2960
2961 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2962 STALE if age > max
2963 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2964 FRESH if age < min
2965 else STALE
2966
2967 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2968 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
2969 match the default will be used.
2970
2971 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2972 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2973 used.
2974
2975Suggested default:
2976NOCOMMENT_START
2977refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2978refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 2979refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 2980refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2981NOCOMMENT_END
2982DOC_END
2983
2984NAME: quick_abort_min
2985COMMENT: (KB)
2986TYPE: kb_int64_t
2987DEFAULT: 16 KB
2988LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2989DOC_NONE
2990
2991NAME: quick_abort_max
2992COMMENT: (KB)
2993TYPE: kb_int64_t
2994DEFAULT: 16 KB
2995LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2996DOC_NONE
2997
2998NAME: quick_abort_pct
2999COMMENT: (percent)
3000TYPE: int
3001DEFAULT: 95
3002LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3003DOC_START
3004 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3005 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3006 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3007 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3008 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3009 downloads.
3010
3011 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3012 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3013 then.
3014
3015 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3016 it will finish the retrieval.
3017
3018 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3019 it will abort the retrieval.
3020
3021 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3022 it will finish the retrieval.
3023
3024 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3025 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3026 to '0 KB'.
3027
3028 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3029 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3030DOC_END
60d096f4 3031
41bd17a4 3032NAME: read_ahead_gap
3033COMMENT: buffer-size
3034TYPE: b_int64_t
3035LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3036DEFAULT: 16 KB
3037DOC_START
3038 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3039 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3040DOC_END
53e738c6 3041
41bd17a4 3042NAME: negative_ttl
ac9cc053 3043IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3044COMMENT: time-units
3045TYPE: time_t
3046LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3047DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3048DOC_START
ac9cc053
AJ
3049 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3050 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3051 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3052 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3053 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3054 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3055
3056 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
39956c7c
AJ
3057
3058 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3059 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3060 causes.
41bd17a4 3061DOC_END
53e738c6 3062
41bd17a4 3063NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3064COMMENT: time-units
3065TYPE: time_t
3066LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3067DEFAULT: 6 hours
3068DOC_START
3069 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3070 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3071 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3072DOC_END
c4ab8329 3073
41bd17a4 3074NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3075COMMENT: time-units
3076TYPE: time_t
3077LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3078DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3079DOC_START
3080 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3081 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3082 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3083 much below 10 seconds.
3084DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3085
41bd17a4 3086NAME: range_offset_limit
3087COMMENT: (bytes)
3088TYPE: b_int64_t
3089LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
3090DEFAULT: 0 KB
3091DOC_START
3092 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
3093 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
3094 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
3095 is NOT cached.
c4ab8329 3096
41bd17a4 3097 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3098 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3099 sending anything to the client.
a7ad6e4e 3100
41bd17a4 3101 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
3102 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
a7ad6e4e 3103
41bd17a4 3104 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
3105 client requested. (default)
3106DOC_END
d95b862f 3107
41bd17a4 3108NAME: minimum_expiry_time
3109COMMENT: (seconds)
3110TYPE: time_t
3111LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
3112DEFAULT: 60 seconds
3113DOC_START
3114 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
3115 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 3116 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 3117 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
3118 is most likely better to make your server return a
3119 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
3120 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
3121 often be best set to 0.
3122DOC_END
c68e9c6b 3123
41bd17a4 3124NAME: store_avg_object_size
3125COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 3126TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 3127DEFAULT: 13 KB
3128LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3129DOC_START
3130 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3131 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 3132DOC_END
3133
41bd17a4 3134NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3135TYPE: int
3136DEFAULT: 20
3137LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3138DOC_START
3139 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3140 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
3141 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
3142DOC_END
3143
3144COMMENT_START
3145 HTTP OPTIONS
3146 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3147COMMENT_END
3148
f04b37d8 3149NAME: request_header_max_size
3150COMMENT: (KB)
3151TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3152DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3153LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
3154DOC_START
3155 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
3156 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3157 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
3158 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3159 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3160DOC_END
3161
3162NAME: reply_header_max_size
3163COMMENT: (KB)
3164TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3165DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3166LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3167DOC_START
3168 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3169 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3170 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3171 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3172 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3173DOC_END
3174
3175NAME: request_body_max_size
3176COMMENT: (bytes)
3177TYPE: b_int64_t
3178DEFAULT: 0 KB
3179LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
3180DOC_START
3181 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
3182 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
3183 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
3184 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
3185 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
3186 be no limit imposed.
3187DOC_END
3188
41bd17a4 3189NAME: broken_posts
cccac0a2 3190TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 3191DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3192LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 3193DOC_START
41bd17a4 3194 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
3195 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 3196
41bd17a4 3197 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
3198 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 3199
41bd17a4 3200 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 3201
41bd17a4 3202 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3203 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3204 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3205 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 3206
41bd17a4 3207Example:
3208 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3209 broken_posts allow buggy_server
3210DOC_END
cccac0a2 3211
41bd17a4 3212NAME: via
3213IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3214COMMENT: on|off
3215TYPE: onoff
3216DEFAULT: on
3217LOC: Config.onoff.via
3218DOC_START
3219 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3220 replies as required by RFC2616.
3221DOC_END
4cc6eb12 3222
41bd17a4 3223NAME: ie_refresh
3224COMMENT: on|off
3225TYPE: onoff
3226LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3227DEFAULT: off
3228DOC_START
3229 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3230 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3231 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3232 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3233 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3234 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3235 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3236 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
3237 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3238 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3239 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3240 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3241 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3242 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3243 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3244 force fresh content.
3245DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 3246
41bd17a4 3247NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3248COMMENT: on|off
3249TYPE: onoff
3250LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3251DEFAULT: off
3252DOC_START
3253 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3254 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3255 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3256 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3257 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
3258 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
3259 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 3260DOC_END
c4ab8329 3261
41bd17a4 3262NAME: request_entities
3263TYPE: onoff
3264LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
3265DEFAULT: off
3266DOC_START
3267 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
3268 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
3269 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 3270
41bd17a4 3271 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
3272 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
3273 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
3274 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
3275 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 3276DOC_END
6b53c392 3277
41bd17a4 3278NAME: request_header_access
3279IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3280TYPE: http_header_access[]
3281LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3282DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 3283DOC_START
41bd17a4 3284 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 3285
41bd17a4 3286 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3287 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3288 causes.
0976f8db 3289
41bd17a4 3290 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3291 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3292 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3293 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3294 mangling.
934b03fc 3295
41bd17a4 3296 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3297 client to the server.
5401aa8d 3298
41bd17a4 3299 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3300 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3301 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 3302
41bd17a4 3303 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3304 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 3305
41bd17a4 3306 request_header_access From deny all
3307 request_header_access Referer deny all
3308 request_header_access Server deny all
3309 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3310 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3311 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 3312
41bd17a4 3313 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3314 you should use:
5401aa8d 3315
41bd17a4 3316 request_header_access Allow allow all
3317 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3318 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3319 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3320 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3321 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3322 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3323 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3324 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3325 request_header_access Date allow all
3326 request_header_access Expires allow all
3327 request_header_access Host allow all
3328 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3329 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3330 request_header_access Location allow all
3331 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3332 request_header_access Accept allow all
3333 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3334 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3335 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3336 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3337 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3338 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3339 request_header_access Title allow all
3340 request_header_access Connection allow all
3341 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3342 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 3343
41bd17a4 3344 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3345 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 3346
41bd17a4 3347 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3348 performed).
5401aa8d 3349DOC_END
3350
41bd17a4 3351NAME: reply_header_access
3352IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3353TYPE: http_header_access[]
3354LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 3355DEFAULT: none
3356DOC_START
41bd17a4 3357 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 3358
41bd17a4 3359 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3360 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3361 causes.
934b03fc 3362
41bd17a4 3363 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3364 server to the client.
934b03fc 3365
41bd17a4 3366 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3367 direction.
6b53c392 3368
41bd17a4 3369 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3370 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3371 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3372 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3373 mangling.
cccac0a2 3374
41bd17a4 3375 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3376 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3377 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 3378
41bd17a4 3379 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3380 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 3381
41bd17a4 3382 reply_header_access From deny all
3383 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3384 reply_header_access Server deny all
3385 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3386 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3387 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3388
41bd17a4 3389 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3390 you should use:
cccac0a2 3391
41bd17a4 3392 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3393 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3394 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3395 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3396 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3397 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3398 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3399 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3400 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3401 reply_header_access Date allow all
3402 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3403 reply_header_access Host allow all
3404 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3405 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3406 reply_header_access Location allow all
3407 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3408 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3409 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3410 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3411 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3412 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3413 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3414 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3415 reply_header_access Title allow all
3416 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3417 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3418 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 3419
41bd17a4 3420 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3421 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3422
41bd17a4 3423 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3424 performed).
cccac0a2 3425DOC_END
3426
41bd17a4 3427NAME: header_replace
3428IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3429TYPE: http_header_replace[]
3430LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3431DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3432DOC_START
3433 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3434 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 3435
41bd17a4 3436 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3437 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3438 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3439 option.
cccac0a2 3440
41bd17a4 3441 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 3442
41bd17a4 3443 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3444DOC_END
cccac0a2 3445
41bd17a4 3446NAME: relaxed_header_parser
3447COMMENT: on|off|warn
3448TYPE: tristate
3449LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
3450DEFAULT: on
3451DOC_START
3452 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
3453 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
3454 what the sending application intended even if the message
3455 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
3456 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 3457
41bd17a4 3458 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
3459 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 3460
41bd17a4 3461 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
3462 or response to be rejected.
3463DOC_END
7d90757b 3464
41bd17a4 3465COMMENT_START
3466 TIMEOUTS
3467 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3468COMMENT_END
3469
3470NAME: forward_timeout
3471COMMENT: time-units
3472TYPE: time_t
3473LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
3474DEFAULT: 4 minutes
3475DOC_START
3476 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
3477 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 3478DOC_END
3479
41bd17a4 3480NAME: connect_timeout
3481COMMENT: time-units
3482TYPE: time_t
3483LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
3484DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 3485DOC_START
41bd17a4 3486 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
3487 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
3488 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 3489DOC_END
3490
41bd17a4 3491NAME: peer_connect_timeout
3492COMMENT: time-units
3493TYPE: time_t
3494LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
3495DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 3496DOC_START
41bd17a4 3497 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
3498 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
3499 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
3500 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
3501DOC_END
7f7db318 3502
41bd17a4 3503NAME: read_timeout
3504COMMENT: time-units
3505TYPE: time_t
3506LOC: Config.Timeout.read
3507DEFAULT: 15 minutes
3508DOC_START
3509 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
3510 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
3511 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
3512 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
3513 default is 15 minutes.
3514DOC_END
cccac0a2 3515
41bd17a4 3516NAME: request_timeout
3517TYPE: time_t
3518LOC: Config.Timeout.request
3519DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3520DOC_START
3521 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
3522 connection establishment.
3523DOC_END
cccac0a2 3524
41bd17a4 3525NAME: persistent_request_timeout
3526TYPE: time_t
3527LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
3528DEFAULT: 2 minutes
3529DOC_START
3530 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
3531 connection after the previous request completes.
3532DOC_END
cccac0a2 3533
41bd17a4 3534NAME: client_lifetime
3535COMMENT: time-units
3536TYPE: time_t
3537LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
3538DEFAULT: 1 day
3539DOC_START
3540 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
3541 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
3542 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
3543 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
3544 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
3545 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
3546 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 3547
41bd17a4 3548 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
3549 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
3550 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
3551 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
3552 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
3553 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 3554DOC_END
3555
41bd17a4 3556NAME: half_closed_clients
3557TYPE: onoff
3558LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
3559DEFAULT: on
4eb368f9 3560DOC_START
41bd17a4 3561 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
3562 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
3563 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
3564 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
3565 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
3566 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
3567 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
3568 "no more data to read."
4eb368f9 3569DOC_END
3570
41bd17a4 3571NAME: pconn_timeout
3572TYPE: time_t
3573LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
3574DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 3575DOC_START
41bd17a4 3576 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
3577 proxies.
3578DOC_END
cccac0a2 3579
41bd17a4 3580NAME: ident_timeout
3581TYPE: time_t
3582IFDEF: USE_IDENT
3583LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
3584DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3585DOC_START
3586 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 3587
41bd17a4 3588 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
3589 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
3590 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 3591DOC_END
3592
41bd17a4 3593NAME: shutdown_lifetime
3594COMMENT: time-units
3595TYPE: time_t
3596LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
3597DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 3598DOC_START
41bd17a4 3599 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
3600 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
3601 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
3602 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
3603 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 3604DOC_END
0976f8db 3605
cccac0a2 3606COMMENT_START
3607 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3608 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3609COMMENT_END
3610
3611NAME: cache_mgr
3612TYPE: string
3613DEFAULT: webmaster
3614LOC: Config.adminEmail
3615DOC_START
3616 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3617 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3618DOC_END
3619
abacf776 3620NAME: mail_from
3621TYPE: string
3622DEFAULT: none
3623LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3624DOC_START
3625 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3626 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 3627 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 3628 src/globals.h before building squid.
3629DOC_END
3630
d084bf20 3631NAME: mail_program
3632TYPE: eol
3633DEFAULT: mail
3634LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3635DOC_START
3636 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 3637 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 3638 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 3639 mail-program recipient < mailfile
3640
d084bf20 3641 Optional command line options can be specified.
3642DOC_END
3643
cccac0a2 3644NAME: cache_effective_user
3645TYPE: string
5483d916 3646DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 3647LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 3648DOC_START
3649 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3650 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 3651 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 3652 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 3653DOC_END
3654
cccac0a2 3655NAME: cache_effective_group
3656TYPE: string
3657DEFAULT: none
3658LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3659DOC_START
64e288bd 3660 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
3661 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
3662 from the groups membership.
3663
e3d74828 3664 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3665 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3666 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 3667 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 3668 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 3669 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 3670 group.
64e288bd 3671
3672 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
3673 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
3674 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 3675DOC_END
3676
d3caee79 3677NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3678COMMENT: on|off
3679TYPE: onoff
3680DEFAULT: off
3681LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3682DOC_START
3683 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3684DOC_END
3685
cccac0a2 3686NAME: visible_hostname
3687TYPE: string
3688LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3689DEFAULT: none
3690DOC_START
3691 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3692 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3693 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3694 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3695 names with this setting.
3696DOC_END
3697
cccac0a2 3698NAME: unique_hostname
3699TYPE: string
3700LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3701DEFAULT: none
3702DOC_START
3703 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3704 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3705 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3706DOC_END
3707
cccac0a2 3708NAME: hostname_aliases
3709TYPE: wordlist
3710LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3711DEFAULT: none
3712DOC_START
7f7db318 3713 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3714DOC_END
0976f8db 3715
c642c141
AJ
3716NAME: umask
3717TYPE: int
3718LOC: Config.umask
3719DEFAULT: 027
3720DOC_START
3721 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
3722 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
3723
3724 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
3725 your value with 0.
3726DOC_END
3727
cccac0a2 3728COMMENT_START
3729 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3730 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3731
3732 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3733 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3734 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3735 create cache hierarchies.
3736
3737 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3738 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3739 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3740
3741 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3742 following information from this configuration file:
3743
3744 http_port
3745 icp_port
3746 cache_mgr
3747
3748 All current information is processed regularly and made
3749 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3750COMMENT_END
3751
3752NAME: announce_period
3753TYPE: time_t
3754LOC: Config.Announce.period
3755DEFAULT: 0
3756DOC_START
3757 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3758 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3759 messages.
3760
3761 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3762 below.
3763
3764NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3765#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3766#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3767NOCOMMENT_END
3768DOC_END
3769
cccac0a2 3770NAME: announce_host
3771TYPE: string
3772DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3773LOC: Config.Announce.host
3774DOC_NONE
3775
3776NAME: announce_file
3777TYPE: string
3778DEFAULT: none
3779LOC: Config.Announce.file
3780DOC_NONE
3781
3782NAME: announce_port
3783TYPE: ushort
3784DEFAULT: 3131
3785LOC: Config.Announce.port
3786DOC_START
3787 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3788 number where the registration message will be sent.
3789
3790 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3791 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3792 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3793 message.
3794DOC_END
3795
8d6275c0 3796COMMENT_START
3797 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
3798 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3799COMMENT_END
3800
cccac0a2 3801NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
f41735ea 3802IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
cccac0a2 3803TYPE: string
3804LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3805DEFAULT: unset-id
3806DOC_START
3807 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3808 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3809 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3810 an identification token.
3811DOC_END
3812
3813NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
f41735ea 3814IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
cccac0a2 3815COMMENT: on|off
3816TYPE: onoff
3817DEFAULT: off
3818LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3819DOC_START
3820 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3821 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3822DOC_END
3823
3824NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 3825IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 3826COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3827TYPE: string
3828LOC: ESIParser::Type
3829DEFAULT: custom
3830DOC_START
3831 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3832 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3833 encodings.
3834DOC_END
0976f8db 3835
9edd9041 3836COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3837 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 3838 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3839COMMENT_END
3840
3841NAME: delay_pools
3842TYPE: delay_pool_count
3843DEFAULT: 0
3844IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3845LOC: Config.Delay
3846DOC_START
3847 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3848 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3849 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3850DOC_END
3851
3852NAME: delay_class
3853TYPE: delay_pool_class
3854DEFAULT: none
3855IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3856LOC: Config.Delay
3857DOC_START
3858 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3859 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3860 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3861 and here would be:
3862
3863Example:
3864 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3865 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3866 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3867 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3868 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3869
3870 The delay pool classes are:
3871
3872 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3873 bucket.
3874
3875 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3876 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3877 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3878
3879 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3880 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3881 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3882 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3883 32 of the IP address.
3884
3885 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3886 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3887 only takes effect if the username is established
3888 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3889 http_access rules.
3890
3891 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3892 external_acl's tag= reply).
3893
3894 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3895 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3896 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3897 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3898DOC_END
3899
3900NAME: delay_access
3901TYPE: delay_pool_access
3902DEFAULT: none
3903IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3904LOC: Config.Delay
3905DOC_START
3906 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3907
3908 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3909 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3910 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3911 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3912
3913 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3914 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3915
3916Example:
3917 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3918 delay_access 1 deny all
3919 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3920 delay_access 2 deny all
3921 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3922DOC_END
3923
3924NAME: delay_parameters
3925TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3926DEFAULT: none
3927IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3928LOC: Config.Delay
3929DOC_START
3930 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3931 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3932 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3933
3934delay_parameters pool aggregate
3935
3936 For a class 2 delay pool:
3937
3938delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3939
3940 For a class 3 delay pool:
3941
3942delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3943
3944 For a class 4 delay pool:
3945
3946delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3947
3948 For a class 5 delay pool:
3949
3950delay_parameters pool tag
3951
3952 The variables here are:
3953
3954 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3955 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3956 delay_class lines.
3957
3958 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3959 (class 1, 2, 3).
3960
3961 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3962 buckets (class 2, 3).
3963
3964 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3965 (class 3).
3966
3967 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3968 (class 4).
3969
3970 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3971 (class 5).
3972
3973 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3974 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3975 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3976 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3977
3978 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3979 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3980 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3981
3982delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3983
3984 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3985
3986 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3987 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3988 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3989 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3990 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3991 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3992 large downloads more significantly:
3993
3994delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3995
3996 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3997
3998 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3999 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
4000
4001delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4002DOC_END
4003
4004NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4005COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4006TYPE: ushort
4007DEFAULT: 50
4008IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4009LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4010DOC_START
4011 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4012 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4013 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4014 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4015 "seen" by squid).
4016DOC_END
4017
cccac0a2 4018COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4019 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 4020 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4021COMMENT_END
4022
8d6275c0 4023NAME: wccp_router
4024TYPE: address
4025LOC: Config.Wccp.router
4026DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4027IFDEF: USE_WCCP
e313ab0a
AJ
4028DOC_START
4029 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4030 Squid.
4031
4032 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
4033
4034 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
4035
4036 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4037 which version of WCCP to use.
4038DOC_END
df2eec10 4039
8d6275c0 4040NAME: wccp2_router
cc192b50 4041TYPE: IPAddress_list
8d6275c0 4042LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 4043DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4044IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4045DOC_START
8d6275c0 4046 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4047 Squid.
cccac0a2 4048
8d6275c0 4049 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 4050
8d6275c0 4051 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 4052
8d6275c0 4053 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4054 which version of WCCP to use.
4055DOC_END
4056
4057NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 4058TYPE: int
8d6275c0 4059LOC: Config.Wccp.version
4060DEFAULT: 4
4061IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 4062DOC_START
8d6275c0 4063 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
4064 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
4065 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
4066 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
4067 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 4068
8d6275c0 4069 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
4070 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
4071 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
4072 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 4073DOC_END
4074
8d6275c0 4075NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
4076TYPE: onoff
4077LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
4078DEFAULT: on
4079IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4080DOC_START
4081 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
4082 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
4083DOC_END
cccac0a2 4084
8d6275c0 4085NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 4086TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4087LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 4088DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4089IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4090DOC_START
699acd19 4091 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 4092 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4093
451c4786
AJ
4094 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4095 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4096
8d6275c0 4097 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4098 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 4099DOC_END
4100
8d6275c0 4101NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 4102TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4103LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 4104DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4105IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4106DOC_START
699acd19 4107 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 4108 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
4109 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4110
451c4786
AJ
4111 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4112 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4113
8d6275c0 4114 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4115 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 4116
699acd19 4117 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 4118 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
4119 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
4120 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 4121DOC_END
4122
8d6275c0 4123NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 4124TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 4125LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 4126DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 4127IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4128DOC_START
8d6275c0 4129 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
4130 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4131
451c4786
AJ
4132 hash - Hash assignment
4133 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 4134
8d6275c0 4135 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
4136 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
4137DOC_END
cccac0a2 4138
8d6275c0 4139NAME: wccp2_service
4140TYPE: wccp2_service
4141LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4142DEFAULT: none
4143DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
4144IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4145DOC_START
4146 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
4147 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
4148 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
4149 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
4150 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
4151 using the wccp2_service_info option.
4152
4153 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
4154 just specifying the service id will suffice.
4155
4156 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
4157 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
4158
4159 Examples:
4160
4161 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
4162 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
4163 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
4164 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 4165DOC_END
4166
4167NAME: wccp2_service_info
4168TYPE: wccp2_service_info
4169LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4170DEFAULT: none
4171IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4172DOC_START
4173 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
4174 traffic you wish to have diverted.
4175
4176 The format is:
4177
4178 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
4179 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
4180
4181 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
4182 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 4183 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 4184 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
4185 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
4186 + ports_source
4187
4188 The port list can be one to eight entries.
4189
4190 Example:
4191
4192 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
4193 priority=240 ports=80
4194
4195 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
4196 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
4197DOC_END
4198
4199NAME: wccp2_weight
4200TYPE: int
4201LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
4202DEFAULT: 10000
4203IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4204DOC_START
4205 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
4206 hash proportional to their weight.
4207DOC_END
4208
4209NAME: wccp_address
4210TYPE: address
4211LOC: Config.Wccp.address
4212DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4213IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4214DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4215
8d6275c0 4216NAME: wccp2_address
4217TYPE: address
4218LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
4219DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4220IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4221DOC_START
4222 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
4223 interface address.
4224
4225 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4226DOC_END
4227
4228COMMENT_START
4229 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
4230 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4231
4232 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
4233COMMENT_END
4234
4235NAME: client_persistent_connections
4236TYPE: onoff
4237LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4238DEFAULT: on
4239DOC_NONE
4240
4241NAME: server_persistent_connections
4242TYPE: onoff
4243LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4244DEFAULT: on
4245DOC_START
4246 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4247 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4248 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4249 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4250DOC_END
4251
4252NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
4253TYPE: onoff
4254LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
4255DEFAULT: off
4256DOC_START
4257 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
4258 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
4259 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
4260DOC_END
4261
4262NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4263TYPE: onoff
4264LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4265DEFAULT: off
4266DOC_START
4267 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4268 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4269 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4270 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4271
4272 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4273 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4274 after 10 seconds timeout.
4275DOC_END
4276
4277COMMENT_START
4278 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
4279 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4280COMMENT_END
4281
4282NAME: digest_generation
4283IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4284TYPE: onoff
4285LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4286DEFAULT: on
4287DOC_START
4288 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4289 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 4290 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 4291DOC_END
4292
4293NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4294IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4295TYPE: int
4296LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4297DEFAULT: 5
4298DOC_START
4299 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4300 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4301 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4302DOC_END
4303
4304NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4305IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4306COMMENT: (seconds)
4307TYPE: time_t
4308LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4309DEFAULT: 1 hour
4310DOC_START
749ceff8 4311 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 4312DOC_END
4313
4314NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4315COMMENT: (seconds)
4316IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4317TYPE: time_t
4318LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4319DEFAULT: 1 hour
4320DOC_START
749ceff8 4321 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 4322 disk.
4323DOC_END
4324
4325NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4326COMMENT: (bytes)
4327TYPE: b_size_t
4328IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4329LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4330DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4331DOC_START
4332 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4333 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4334 default swap page.
4335DOC_END
4336
4337NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4338COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4339IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4340TYPE: int
4341LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4342DEFAULT: 10
4343DOC_START
4344 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4345 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4346DOC_END
4347
1db9eacd 4348COMMENT_START
5473c134 4349 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 4350 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4351COMMENT_END
4352
5473c134 4353NAME: snmp_port
4354TYPE: ushort
4355LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 4356DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4357IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4358DOC_START
87630341 4359 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
4360 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
4361 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
4362 set to "0" (disabled)
4363NOCOMMENT_START
4364#snmp_port 3401
4365NOCOMMENT_END
8d6275c0 4366DOC_END
4367
5473c134 4368NAME: snmp_access
4369TYPE: acl_access
4370LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 4371DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4372DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4373IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4374DOC_START
5473c134 4375 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 4376
5473c134 4377 All access to the agent is denied by default.
4378 usage:
8d6275c0 4379
5473c134 4380 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 4381
5473c134 4382Example:
4383 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
4384 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 4385DOC_END
4386
5473c134 4387NAME: snmp_incoming_address
4388TYPE: address
4389LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
4390DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4391IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4392DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4393
5473c134 4394NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
4395TYPE: address
4396LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
4397DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4398IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 4399DOC_START
df2eec10 4400 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 4401
5473c134 4402 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
4403 messages from SNMP agents.
4404 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
4405 agents.
cccac0a2 4406
5473c134 4407 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
4408 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 4409
5473c134 4410 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4411 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
4412 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
4413 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 4414
5473c134 4415 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
4416 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 4417DOC_END
4418
5473c134 4419COMMENT_START
4420 ICP OPTIONS
4421 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4422COMMENT_END
4423
4424NAME: icp_port udp_port
4425TYPE: ushort
4426DEFAULT: 0
4427LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 4428DOC_START
5473c134 4429 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
4430 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
4431 Default is disabled (0).
4432NOCOMMENT_START
df2eec10 4433#icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
5473c134 4434NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 4435DOC_END
4436
5473c134 4437NAME: htcp_port
4438IFDEF: USE_HTCP
4439TYPE: ushort
87630341 4440DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4441LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 4442DOC_START
5473c134 4443 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 4444 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
4445 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
4446NOCOMMENT_START
4447#htcp_port 4827
4448NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 4449DOC_END
4450
4451NAME: log_icp_queries
4452COMMENT: on|off
4453TYPE: onoff
4454DEFAULT: on
4455LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
4456DOC_START
4457 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
4458 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
4459 up or to simplify log analysis.
4460DOC_END
4461
5473c134 4462NAME: udp_incoming_address
4463TYPE: address
4464LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
4465DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
8524d4b2 4466DOC_START
4467 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
4468 caches.
4469
4470 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4471
4472 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
4473 a specific interface/address.
4474
4475 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4476 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4477
4478 see also; udp_outgoing_address
4479
4480 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4481 have the same value since they both use the same port.
4482DOC_END
cccac0a2 4483
5473c134 4484NAME: udp_outgoing_address
4485TYPE: address
4486LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
4487DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
cccac0a2 4488DOC_START
8524d4b2 4489 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 4490 caches.
cccac0a2 4491
5473c134 4492 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 4493
8524d4b2 4494 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
4495 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
4496 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 4497 caches.
4498
8524d4b2 4499 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4500 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4501
4502 see also; udp_incoming_address
4503
5473c134 4504 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 4505 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 4506DOC_END
4507
3d1e3e43 4508NAME: icp_hit_stale
4509COMMENT: on|off
4510TYPE: onoff
4511DEFAULT: off
4512LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
4513DOC_START
4514 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
4515 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
4516 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
4517 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
4518 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
4519 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
4520 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
4521DOC_END
4522
5473c134 4523NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 4524TYPE: int
5473c134 4525DEFAULT: 4
4526LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 4527DOC_START
5473c134 4528 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4529 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 4530DOC_END
4531
5473c134 4532NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
4533TYPE: int
4534DEFAULT: 400
4535LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 4536DOC_START
5473c134 4537 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4538 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 4539DOC_END
4540
cccac0a2 4541NAME: netdb_low
4542TYPE: int
4543DEFAULT: 900
4544LOC: Config.Netdb.low
4545DOC_NONE
4546
4547NAME: netdb_high
4548TYPE: int
4549DEFAULT: 1000
4550LOC: Config.Netdb.high
4551DOC_START
4552 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
4553 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
4554 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
4555 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
4556DOC_END
4557
cccac0a2 4558NAME: netdb_ping_period
4559TYPE: time_t
4560LOC: Config.Netdb.period
4561DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4562DOC_START
4563 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
4564 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
4565 network. The default is five minutes.
4566DOC_END
4567
cccac0a2 4568NAME: query_icmp
4569COMMENT: on|off
4570TYPE: onoff
4571DEFAULT: off
4572LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
4573DOC_START
4574 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
4575 replies, enable this option.
4576
4577 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 4578 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
4579 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 4580 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
4581 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
4582 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
4583 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
4584 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
4585DOC_END
4586
4587NAME: test_reachability
4588COMMENT: on|off
4589TYPE: onoff
4590DEFAULT: off
4591LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
4592DOC_START
4593 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
4594 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
4595 database, or has a zero RTT.
4596DOC_END
4597
5473c134 4598NAME: icp_query_timeout
4599COMMENT: (msec)
4600DEFAULT: 0
4601TYPE: int
4602LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 4603DOC_START
5473c134 4604 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
4605 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
4606 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
4607 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
4608 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
4609 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 4610
5473c134 4611 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 4612DOC_END
4613
5473c134 4614NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
4615COMMENT: (msec)
4616DEFAULT: 2000
4617TYPE: int
4618LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 4619DOC_START
5473c134 4620 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4621 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
4622 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
4623 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4624 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4625 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4626DOC_END
4627
5473c134 4628NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
4629COMMENT: (msec)
4630DEFAULT: 5
4631TYPE: int
4632LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 4633DOC_START
5473c134 4634 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4635 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
4636 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
4637 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
4638 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4639 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4640 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4641DOC_END
4642
5473c134 4643NAME: background_ping_rate
4644COMMENT: time-units
4645TYPE: time_t
4646DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4647LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 4648DOC_START
5473c134 4649 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
4650 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 4651DOC_END
4652
5473c134 4653COMMENT_START
4654 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
4655 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4656COMMENT_END
4657
4658NAME: mcast_groups
4659TYPE: wordlist
4660LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 4661DEFAULT: none
4662DOC_START
5473c134 4663 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
4664 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 4665
5473c134 4666 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
4667 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
4668 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
4669 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
4670 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
4671 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
4672 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 4673
5473c134 4674 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
4675 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 4676
5473c134 4677 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
4678 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 4679
5473c134 4680 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 4681
5473c134 4682 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
4683DOC_END
8c01ada0 4684
5473c134 4685NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4686IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4687TYPE: address
4688LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4689DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4690DOC_START
4691 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4692 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 4693
5473c134 4694 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4695 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 4696DOC_END
4697
5473c134 4698NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
4699IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4700TYPE: ushort
4701LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4702DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 4703DOC_START
5473c134 4704 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4705 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4706 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4707DOC_END
cccac0a2 4708
5473c134 4709NAME: mcast_miss_port
4710IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4711TYPE: ushort
4712LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4713DEFAULT: 3135
4714DOC_START
4715 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4716 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4717DOC_END
cccac0a2 4718
5473c134 4719NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4720IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4721TYPE: string
4722LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4723DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4724DOC_START
4725 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4726 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4727DOC_END
8c01ada0 4728
5473c134 4729NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
4730COMMENT: (msec)
4731DEFAULT: 2000
4732TYPE: int
4733LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
4734DOC_START
4735 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
4736 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
4737 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
4738 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
4739 seconds.
cccac0a2 4740DOC_END
4741
5473c134 4742COMMENT_START
4743 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
4744 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4745COMMENT_END
4746
cccac0a2 4747NAME: icon_directory
4748TYPE: string
4749LOC: Config.icons.directory
4750DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4751DOC_START
4752 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4753 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4754DOC_END
4755
f024c970 4756NAME: global_internal_static
4757TYPE: onoff
4758LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4759DEFAULT: on
4760DOC_START
4761 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4762 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4763 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4764 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4765 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4766 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4767 the server generating a directory listing.
4768DOC_END
4769
5473c134 4770NAME: short_icon_urls
4771TYPE: onoff
4772LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4773DEFAULT: on
4774DOC_START
4775 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
4776 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
4777 it's own name and port in the URL.
4778
4779 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
4780 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
4781DOC_END
4782
4783COMMENT_START
4784 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
4785 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4786COMMENT_END
4787
4788NAME: error_directory
4789TYPE: string
4790LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 4791DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4792DOC_START
4793 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
43000484
AJ
4794 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
4795 the error/template files to another directory and point
4796 this tag at them.
4797
4798 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
4799 on error pages if used.
5473c134 4800
4801 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4802 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 4803 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 4804 contributing your translation back to the project.
43000484
AJ
4805 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
4806
4807 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
4808 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
4809DOC_END
4810
4811NAME: error_default_language
4812IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
4813TYPE: string
4814LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
4815DEFAULT: none
4816DOC_START
4817 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
4818 if no existing translation matches the clients language
4819 preferences.
4820
4821 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
4822
4823 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4824 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
4825 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
4826 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 4827DOC_END
4828
c411820c
AJ
4829NAME: error_log_languages
4830IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
4831TYPE: onoff
4832LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
4833DEFAULT: on
4834DOC_START
4835 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
4836 auto-negotiate for translations.
4837
4838 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
4839 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 4840 of its error page translations.
c411820c
AJ
4841DOC_END
4842
5b52cb6c
AJ
4843NAME: err_page_stylesheet
4844TYPE: string
4845LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
4846DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
4847DOC_START
4848 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
4849
4850 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
4851DOC_END
4852
5473c134 4853NAME: err_html_text
4854TYPE: eol
4855LOC: Config.errHtmlText
4856DEFAULT: none
4857DOC_START
4858 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
4859 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
4860 organizations Web page.
4861
4862 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
4863 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
4864 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
4865 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
4866DOC_END
4867
4868NAME: email_err_data
4869COMMENT: on|off
4870TYPE: onoff
4871LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
4872DEFAULT: on
4873DOC_START
4874 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
4875 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
4876 so that the email body contains the data.
4877 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
4878DOC_END
4879
4880NAME: deny_info
4881TYPE: denyinfo
4882LOC: Config.denyInfoList
4883DEFAULT: none
4884DOC_START
4885 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
4886 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 4887 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 4888
4889 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
4890 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
4891 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
4892 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
4893
4894 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
4895 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
4896 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
4897 the first authentication related acl encountered
4898 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
4899 acl processed on the last http_access line.
4900
43000484
AJ
4901 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
4902 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
4903 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 4904
4905 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
4906 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
4907 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
4908
4909 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
4910 by specifying TCP_RESET.
4911DOC_END
4912
4913COMMENT_START
4914 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
4915 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4916COMMENT_END
4917
4918NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4919TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4920LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4921DEFAULT: on
4922DOC_START
5473c134 4923 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4924 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
4925 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 4926
5473c134 4927 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
4928 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 4929
5473c134 4930 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4931 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4932 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 4933
5473c134 4934 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
4935 this directive.
8d6275c0 4936DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 4937
5473c134 4938NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4939TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4940LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4941DEFAULT: off
4942DOC_START
5473c134 4943 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
4944 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
4945 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 4946
5473c134 4947 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4948 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4949 fails.
4950
4951 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4952 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4953 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 4954DOC_END
4955
5473c134 4956NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 4957TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 4958LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 4959DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 4960DOC_START
5473c134 4961 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 4962
5473c134 4963 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
4964 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
4965 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
4966 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
4967 something like:
0b0cfcf2 4968
5473c134 4969 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
4970 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 4971
5473c134 4972 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 4973
5473c134 4974 acl FTP proto FTP
4975 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 4976
5473c134 4977 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
4978 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
4979 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
4980 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
4981 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 4982
5473c134 4983 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4984 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4985 always_direct deny local-external
4986 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 4987
5473c134 4988 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
4989 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
4990 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
4991 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 4992
5473c134 4993 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
4994 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
4995 the replies see no_cache.
4996
4997 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
4998 and local_ip.
cccac0a2 4999DOC_END
0976f8db 5000
5473c134 5001NAME: never_direct
5002TYPE: acl_access
5003LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
5004DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5005DOC_START
5473c134 5006 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5007
5008 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
5009 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
5010
5011 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
5012 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
5013 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
5014 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
5015
5016 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 5017 never_direct deny local-servers
5018 never_direct allow all
5019
5020 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
5021 servers inside the firewall use something like:
5022
5023 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
5024 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5025 always_direct deny local-external
5026 always_direct allow local-intranet
5027 never_direct allow all
5028
5029 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
5030 and firewall_ip.
8d6275c0 5031DOC_END
0976f8db 5032
5473c134 5033COMMENT_START
5034 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
5035 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5036COMMENT_END
5037
cccac0a2 5038NAME: incoming_icp_average
5039TYPE: int
5040DEFAULT: 6
5041LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
5042DOC_NONE
5043
5044NAME: incoming_http_average
5045TYPE: int
5046DEFAULT: 4
5047LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
5048DOC_NONE
5049
5050NAME: incoming_dns_average
5051TYPE: int
5052DEFAULT: 4
5053LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
5054DOC_NONE
5055
5056NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
5057TYPE: int
5058DEFAULT: 8
5059LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
5060DOC_NONE
5061
5062NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
5063TYPE: int
5064DEFAULT: 8
5065LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
5066DOC_NONE
5067
5068NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
5069TYPE: int
5070DEFAULT: 8
5071LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
5072DOC_START
5473c134 5073 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
5074 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
5075 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
5076DOC_END
5077
5078NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 5079TYPE: string
5080DEFAULT: none
5081LOC: Config.accept_filter
5082DOC_START
0b4d4be5 5083 FreeBSD:
5084
5473c134 5085 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
5086 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
5087 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
5088
5089 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 5090 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 5091 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
5092
5093 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
5094 to Squid until there is some data to process.
5095 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
5096
5097 Linux:
5098
5099 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
5100 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
5101 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
5102 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
5103 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 5104EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 5105# FreeBSD
5473c134 5106accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 5107# Linux
5108accept_filter data
5473c134 5109DOC_END
5110
5111NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
5112COMMENT: (bytes)
5113TYPE: b_size_t
5114DEFAULT: 0 bytes
5115LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
5116DOC_START
5117 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
5118 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
5119 the default buffer size.
5120DOC_END
5121
5122COMMENT_START
5123 ICAP OPTIONS
5124 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5125COMMENT_END
5126
5127NAME: icap_enable
5128TYPE: onoff
5129IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5130COMMENT: on|off
5131LOC: TheICAPConfig.onoff
5132DEFAULT: off
5133DOC_START
53e738c6 5134 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 5135DOC_END
5136
5137NAME: icap_connect_timeout
5138TYPE: time_t
5139DEFAULT: none
5140LOC: TheICAPConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5141IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5142DOC_START
5143 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5144 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
5145 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
5146
5147 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
5148 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
5149 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
5150DOC_END
5151
5152NAME: icap_io_timeout
5153COMMENT: time-units
5154TYPE: time_t
5155DEFAULT: none
5156LOC: TheICAPConfig.io_timeout_raw
5157IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5158DOC_START
5159 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
5160 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
5161 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
5162 failure.
5163
5164 The default is read_timeout.
5165DOC_END
5166
5167NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
5168TYPE: int
5169IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5170LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_failure_limit
5171DEFAULT: 10
5172DOC_START
5173 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
5174 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
5175 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
5176 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
5177 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
5178 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
5179
5180 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
5181 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
5182 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5183DOC_END
5184
5473c134 5185NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 5186TYPE: int
5473c134 5187IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5188LOC: TheICAPConfig.service_revival_delay
5189DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 5190DOC_START
5473c134 5191 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
5192 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
5193 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
5194 fetched.
cccac0a2 5195
5473c134 5196 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
5197 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 5198DOC_END
5199
5473c134 5200NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 5201TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5202IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5203COMMENT: on|off
5204LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 5205DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5206DOC_START
ac7a62f9 5207 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
5208 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
5209 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
5210 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
5211
5212 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
5213 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
5214 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
5215
5216 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
5217 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
5218Example:
5219icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 5220DOC_END
5221
5473c134 5222NAME: icap_preview_size
5223TYPE: int
5224IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5225LOC: TheICAPConfig.preview_size
5226DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 5227DOC_START
53e738c6 5228 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
5229 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
5230 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5231DOC_END
5232
5473c134 5233NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
5234TYPE: int
5235IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5236LOC: TheICAPConfig.default_options_ttl
5237DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 5238DOC_START
53e738c6 5239 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 5240 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 5241DOC_END
5242
5473c134 5243NAME: icap_persistent_connections
5244TYPE: onoff
5245IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5246COMMENT: on|off
5247LOC: TheICAPConfig.reuse_connections
5248DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5249DOC_START
5473c134 5250 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
5251 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 5252DOC_END
5253
5473c134 5254NAME: icap_send_client_ip
5255TYPE: onoff
5256IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5257COMMENT: on|off
5258LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_ip
5259DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5260DOC_START
53e738c6 5261 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 5262DOC_END
5263
5473c134 5264NAME: icap_send_client_username
5265TYPE: onoff
5266IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5267COMMENT: on|off
5268LOC: TheICAPConfig.send_client_username
5269DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5270DOC_START
5473c134 5271 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
5272 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
5273 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
5274 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 5275DOC_END
5276
5473c134 5277NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 5278TYPE: string
5473c134 5279IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5280LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_header
5281DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 5282DOC_START
5473c134 5283 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 5284DOC_END
5285
5473c134 5286NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 5287TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5288IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5289COMMENT: on|off
5290LOC: TheICAPConfig.client_username_encode
5291DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5292DOC_START
5473c134 5293 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 5294DOC_END
5295
5473c134 5296NAME: icap_service
5297TYPE: icap_service_type
5298IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5299LOC: TheICAPConfig
5300DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5301DOC_START
53e738c6 5302 Defines a single ICAP service
cccac0a2 5303
53e738c6 5304 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
7d90757b 5305
53e738c6 5306 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 5307 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5308 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5309 are not yet supported.
53e738c6 5310 bypass = 1|0
f3db09e2 5311 If set to 1, the ICAP service is treated as optional. If the
5312 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
5313 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
5314 was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be bypassed.
5315 If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as essential and all
5316 ICAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
5317 HTTP client.
53e738c6 5318 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
5473c134 5319
5473c134 5320Example:
5321icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
5322icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 5323DOC_END
5324
5473c134 5325NAME: icap_class
5326TYPE: icap_class_type
5327IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5328LOC: none
5473c134 5329DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5330DOC_START
62c7f90e
AR
5331 This depricated option was documented to define an ICAP service
5332 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
5333 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 5334
62c7f90e
AR
5335 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
5336 adaptation_service_set directive.
5473c134 5337
62c7f90e
AR
5338 If you need adaptation service chains, patches or sponsorship
5339 is welcome.
cccac0a2 5340DOC_END
5341
5473c134 5342NAME: icap_access
5343TYPE: icap_access_type
5344IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5345LOC: none
cccac0a2 5346DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5347DOC_START
62c7f90e
AR
5348 This option is depricated. Please use adaptation_access, which
5349 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
5350 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 5351DOC_END
5352
57afc994
AR
5353COMMENT_START
5354 eCAP OPTIONS
5355 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5356COMMENT_END
5357
21a26d31
AR
5358NAME: ecap_enable
5359TYPE: onoff
5360IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5361COMMENT: on|off
5362LOC: Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
5363DEFAULT: off
5364DOC_START
5365 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
5366DOC_END
5367
5368NAME: ecap_service
5369TYPE: ecap_service_type
5370IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5371LOC: Ecap::TheConfig
5372DEFAULT: none
5373DOC_START
5374 Defines a single eCAP service
5375
5376 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
5377
5378 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
5379 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5380 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5381 are not yet supported.
5382 bypass = 1|0
5383 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
5384 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
5385 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
5386 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
5387 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
5388 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
5389 HTTP client.
5390 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
5391
5392Example:
5393ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
5394ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
5395DOC_END
5396
57afc994
AR
5397NAME: loadable_modules
5398TYPE: wordlist
5399IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
5400LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
5401DEFAULT: none
5402DOC_START
5403 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
5404 preloaded module(s).
5405Example:
5406loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
5407DOC_END
5408
62c7f90e
AR
5409COMMENT_START
5410 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
5411 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5412COMMENT_END
5413
5414NAME: adaptation_service_set
5415TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
5416IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5417LOC: none
5418DEFAULT: none
5419DOC_START
5420
5421 Defines a named adaptation service set. The set is populated in
5422 the order of adaptation_service_set directives in this file.
5423 When adaptation ACLs are processed, the first and only the first
5424 applicable adaptation service from the set will be used. Thus,
5425 the set should group similar, redundant services, rather than a
5426 chain of complementary services.
5427
5428 If you have a single adaptation service, you do not need to
5429 define a set containing it because adaptation_access accepts
5430 service names.
5431
5432 See also: adaptation_access
5433
5434Example:
5435adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
5436adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
5437DOC_END
5438
5439NAME: adaptation_access
5440TYPE: adaptation_access_type
5441IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5442LOC: none
5443DEFAULT: none
5444DOC_START
5445 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
5446
5447 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
5448 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
5449
5450 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
5451 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
5452 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
5453 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
5454
5455 - services serving different vectoring points
5456 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
5457 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
5458 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
5459
5460 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
5461 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
5462 adaptation_service_set for details.
5463
5464 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
5465 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
5466 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
5467 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
5468
5469 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
5470 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
5471
5472 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
5473
5474Example:
5475adaptation_access service_1 allow all
5476DOC_END
5477
5473c134 5478COMMENT_START
5479 DNS OPTIONS
5480 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5481COMMENT_END
5482
5483NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 5484TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5485DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5486LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 5487DOC_START
5473c134 5488 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
5489 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
5490 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 5491DOC_END
5492
5473c134 5493NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 5494TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5495DEFAULT: on
5473c134 5496LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 5497DOC_START
5473c134 5498 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
5499 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
5500 Squid to be strict about the standard.
5501 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 5502DOC_END
5503
5473c134 5504NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 5505TYPE: string
5473c134 5506IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
5507DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
5508LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 5509DOC_START
5473c134 5510 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 5511DOC_END
5512
5473c134 5513NAME: dns_children
5514TYPE: int
5515IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
5516DEFAULT: 5
5517LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 5518DOC_START
5473c134 5519 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
5520 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
5521 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
5522 is 32. The default is 5.
58850d15 5523
5473c134 5524 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
58850d15 5525DOC_END
5526
5473c134 5527NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
5528TYPE: time_t
5529DEFAULT: 5 seconds
5530LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
5531IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 5532DOC_START
5473c134 5533 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
5534 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 5535
cccac0a2 5536DOC_END
5537
5473c134 5538NAME: dns_timeout
5539TYPE: time_t
5540DEFAULT: 2 minutes
5541LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
5542IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 5543DOC_START
5473c134 5544 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
5545 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
5546 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 5547DOC_END
5548
5473c134 5549NAME: dns_defnames
5550COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 5551TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5552DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5553LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 5554DOC_START
5473c134 5555 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
5556 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
5557 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
5558 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 5559DOC_END
5560
5473c134 5561NAME: dns_nameservers
5562TYPE: wordlist
5563DEFAULT: none
5564LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 5565DOC_START
5473c134 5566 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
5567 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
5568 /etc/resolv.conf file.
5569 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
5570 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
5571 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
5572 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 5573
5473c134 5574 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 5575DOC_END
5576
5473c134 5577NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 5578TYPE: string
5473c134 5579DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
5580LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 5581DOC_START
5473c134 5582 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
5583 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
5584 default locations:
5585 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
5586 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5587 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
5588 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5589 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
5590 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
5591 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
5592 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 5593
5473c134 5594 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
5595 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
5596 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
5597 character are comments.
cccac0a2 5598
5473c134 5599 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
5600 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
5601 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
5602 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
5603 definitions.
cccac0a2 5604DOC_END
5605
5473c134 5606NAME: append_domain
5607TYPE: string
5608LOC: Config.appendDomain
5609DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 5610DOC_START
5473c134 5611 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
5612 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
5613
5614 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
5615 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
5616 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
5617
5618Example:
5619 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 5620DOC_END
5621
5473c134 5622NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
5623TYPE: onoff
5624LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 5625DEFAULT: on
5626DOC_START
5473c134 5627 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
5628 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
5629 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
5630 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
5631 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 5632DOC_END
5633
cc192b50 5634NAME: dns_v4_fallback
5635TYPE: onoff
5636DEFAULT: on
5637LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
5638DOC_START
5639 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
5640 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
5641 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
5642
5643 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
5644 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
5645
5646 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
5647 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
5648
5649 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
5650 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
5651 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
5652DOC_END
5653
6bc15a4f 5654NAME: ipcache_size
5655COMMENT: (number of entries)
5656TYPE: int
5657DEFAULT: 1024
5658LOC: Config.ipcache.size
5659DOC_NONE
5660
5661NAME: ipcache_low
5662COMMENT: (percent)
5663TYPE: int
5664DEFAULT: 90
5665LOC: Config.ipcache.low
5666DOC_NONE
5667
5668NAME: ipcache_high
5669COMMENT: (percent)
5670TYPE: int
5671DEFAULT: 95
5672LOC: Config.ipcache.high
5673DOC_START
5674 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
5675DOC_END
5676
5677NAME: fqdncache_size
5678COMMENT: (number of entries)
5679TYPE: int
5680DEFAULT: 1024
5681LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
5682DOC_START
5683 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
5684DOC_END
5685
a58ff010 5686COMMENT_START
5473c134 5687 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 5688 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5689COMMENT_END
5690
5473c134 5691NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 5692COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5693TYPE: onoff
5694DEFAULT: on
5695LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 5696DOC_START
5473c134 5697 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
5698 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
5699 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
5700 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 5701DOC_END
5702
5473c134 5703NAME: memory_pools_limit
5704COMMENT: (bytes)
5705TYPE: b_size_t
5706DEFAULT: 5 MB
5707LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 5708DOC_START
5473c134 5709 Used only with memory_pools on:
5710 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 5711
5473c134 5712 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
5713 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
5714 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
5715 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
5716 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
5717 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
5718 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 5719
5473c134 5720 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5721 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 5722
5473c134 5723 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
5724 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5725
5726 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
5727 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
5728 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
5729 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 5730DOC_END
5731
5473c134 5732NAME: forwarded_for
67c06f0d
AJ
5733COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
5734TYPE: string
5473c134 5735DEFAULT: on
5736LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 5737DOC_START
67c06f0d
AJ
5738 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
5739 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 5740
5473c134 5741 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
5742
67c06f0d 5743 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 5744
5745 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
5746
5747 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
5748 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
5749
5750 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
5751 X-Forwarded-For header.
5752
5753 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
5754 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place itself as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 5755DOC_END
5756
5473c134 5757NAME: cachemgr_passwd
5758TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
5759DEFAULT: none
5760LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 5761DOC_START
5473c134 5762 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 5763
5473c134 5764 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
5765
5766 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
5767 5min
5768 60min
5769 asndb
5770 authenticator
5771 cbdata
5772 client_list
5773 comm_incoming
5774 config *
5775 counters
5776 delay
5777 digest_stats
5778 dns
5779 events
5780 filedescriptors
5781 fqdncache
5782 histograms
5783 http_headers
5784 info
5785 io
5786 ipcache
5787 mem
5788 menu
5789 netdb
5790 non_peers
5791 objects
5792 offline_toggle *
5793 pconn
5794 peer_select
b360c477 5795 reconfigure *
5473c134 5796 redirector
5797 refresh
5798 server_list
5799 shutdown *
5800 store_digest
5801 storedir
5802 utilization
5803 via_headers
5804 vm_objects
5805
5806 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
5807 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
5808
5809 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
5810 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
5811 password to "none".
5812
5813 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
5814
5815Example:
5816 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
5817 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
5818 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 5819DOC_END
5820
5473c134 5821NAME: client_db
a58ff010 5822COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5823TYPE: onoff
5824DEFAULT: on
5825LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 5826DOC_START
5473c134 5827 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
5828 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 5829DOC_END
5830
5473c134 5831NAME: refresh_all_ims
5832COMMENT: on|off
5833TYPE: onoff
5834DEFAULT: off
5835LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 5836DOC_START
5473c134 5837 When you enable this option, squid will always check
5838 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
5839 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
5840 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
5841 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 5842
5473c134 5843 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
5844 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 5845DOC_END
5846
5473c134 5847NAME: reload_into_ims
5848IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 5849COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5850TYPE: onoff
5851DEFAULT: off
5852LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 5853DOC_START
5473c134 5854 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
5855 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
5856 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
5857 feature could make you liable for problems which it
5858 causes.
5859
5860 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 5861DOC_END
5862
5473c134 5863NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
5864TYPE: int
5865LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
5866DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 5867DOC_START
5473c134 5868 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
5869 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
5870 each address is tried once).
5871
5872 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
5873 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
5874 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
5875
5876 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
5877 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 5878DOC_END
5879
5473c134 5880NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 5881TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5882LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 5883DEFAULT: off
5884DOC_START
5473c134 5885 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
5886 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
5887 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
5888 control errors.
5f8252d2 5889DOC_END
5890
5473c134 5891NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 5892TYPE: string
5473c134 5893LOC: Config.as_whois_server
5894DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5895DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 5896DOC_START
5473c134 5897 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
5898 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 5899DOC_END
5900
5473c134 5901NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 5902TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5903LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 5904DEFAULT: off
5905DOC_START
5473c134 5906 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
5907 objects.
a58ff010 5908DOC_END
5909
5473c134 5910NAME: uri_whitespace
5911TYPE: uri_whitespace
5912LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
5913DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 5914DOC_START
5473c134 5915 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
5916 URI. Options:
a58ff010 5917
5473c134 5918 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
5919 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
5920 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
5921 Request" message.
5922 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
5923 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
5924 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
5925 are in use.
5926 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
5927 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
5928 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
5929 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
5930 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
5931 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
5932 violation.
5933DOC_END
a58ff010 5934
5473c134 5935NAME: coredump_dir
5936TYPE: string
5937LOC: Config.coredump_dir
5938DEFAULT: none
5939DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
5940DOC_START
5941 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5942 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5943 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5944 and coredump files will be left there.
a58ff010 5945
5473c134 5946NOCOMMENT_START
5947# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5948coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
5949NOCOMMENT_END
5950DOC_END
a58ff010 5951
5473c134 5952NAME: chroot
5953TYPE: string
5954LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 5955DEFAULT: none
5956DOC_START
5473c134 5957 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
5958 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
5959 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
5960 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will may get an
5961 error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5962DOC_END
a58ff010 5963
5473c134 5964NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
5965TYPE: onoff
5966LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 5967DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5968DOC_START
cc192b50 5969 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
5970 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
5971 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
5972
5473c134 5973 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
5974 found not to preserve user session state across requests
5975 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 5976
cc192b50 5977 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 5978DOC_END
5979
5473c134 5980NAME: pipeline_prefetch
5981TYPE: onoff
5982LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
5983DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 5984DOC_START
5473c134 5985 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
5986 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5987 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 5988
5473c134 5989 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
5990 reasons.
5991DOC_END
a58ff010 5992
5473c134 5993NAME: high_response_time_warning
5994TYPE: int
5995COMMENT: (msec)
5996LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
5997DEFAULT: 0
5998DOC_START
5999 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
6000 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
6001 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 6002DOC_END
6003
5473c134 6004NAME: high_page_fault_warning
6005TYPE: int
6006LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
6007DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 6008DOC_START
5473c134 6009 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
6010 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
6011 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
6012 per second.
6013DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6014
5473c134 6015NAME: high_memory_warning
6016TYPE: b_size_t
6017LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 6018DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 6019DOC_START
6020 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 6021 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 6022 the administrators attention.
6023DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6024
5473c134 6025NAME: sleep_after_fork
6026COMMENT: (microseconds)
6027TYPE: int
6028LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
6029DEFAULT: 0
6030DOC_START
6031 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
6032 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
6033 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
6034 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
6035 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
6036 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
6037 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
6038 until all the child processes have been started.
6039 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
6040 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 6041DOC_END
6042
b6696974
GS
6043NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6044COMMENT: on|off
6045TYPE: onoff
6046DEFAULT: on
6047LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
6048DOC_START
6049 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
6050 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
6051 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
6052 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
6053 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
6054 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
6055DOC_END
6056
cccac0a2 6057EOF