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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 32
cccac0a2 33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
debd9a31 44
cccac0a2 45COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 46
592a09dc 47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
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60
61
62 SMP-Related Macros
63
64 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
65
66 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
67 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
68
69 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
70 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
71 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 72COMMENT_END
73
5473c134 74COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 75 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 76 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
77COMMENT_END
78
41bd17a4 79NAME: auth_param
80TYPE: authparam
81LOC: Config.authConfiguration
cccac0a2 82DEFAULT: none
83DOC_START
41bd17a4 84 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
85 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 86
41bd17a4 87 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 88
41bd17a4 89 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
90 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
91 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
92 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
93 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
94 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
95 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
96 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
97 program entry).
cccac0a2 98
41bd17a4 99 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
100 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
101 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
102 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 103
41bd17a4 104 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
105 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
106 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
107 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
108 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
109 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
110 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
111 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
112 type acl.
cccac0a2 113
41bd17a4 114 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
115 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
116 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
117 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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118 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
119 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 120
41bd17a4 121 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 122
41bd17a4 123 "program" cmdline
124 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
125 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
126 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
127 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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128 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
129 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 130
41bd17a4 131 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
132 program is specified.
cccac0a2 133
41bd17a4 134 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
135 this line to something like
307b83b7 136
41bd17a4 137 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 138
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139 "utf8" on|off
140 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
141 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
142 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
143 username & password to the helper.
144
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145 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
146 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 147 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
148 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
149 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
150 authenticator processes.
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151
152 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
153 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
154 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
155 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
156 the maximum.
157
158 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
9e7dbc51 159
41bd17a4 160 "concurrency" concurrency
161 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
162 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
163 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
164 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
165 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
166 wating for the response.
167 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
168 auth_param basic concurrency 0
0fdafae7 169
41bd17a4 170 "realm" realmstring
171 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
172 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
173 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
174 password). There is no default.
175 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 176
41bd17a4 177 "credentialsttl" timetolive
178 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
179 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
180 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
181 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
182 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
183 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
184 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
185 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
186 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 187
41bd17a4 188 "casesensitive" on|off
189 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
190 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
191 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
192 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
193 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 194
41bd17a4 195 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 196
41bd17a4 197 "program" cmdline
198 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
199 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
200 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
201 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
202 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
203 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
204 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 205
41bd17a4 206 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
207 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 208
41bd17a4 209 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
210 something like
cccac0a2 211
7ce93108 212 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 213
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214 "utf8" on|off
215 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
216 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
217 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
218 username & password to the helper.
219
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220 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
221 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 222 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
223 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
224 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
225 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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226
227 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
228 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
229 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
230 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
231 the maximum.
232
233 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 234
41bd17a4 235 "realm" realmstring
236 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
237 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
238 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
239 password). There is no default.
240 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 241
41bd17a4 242 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
243 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
244 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 245
41bd17a4 246 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
247 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
248 valid for.
cccac0a2 249
41bd17a4 250 "nonce_max_count" number
251 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
252 used.
cccac0a2 253
41bd17a4 254 "nonce_strictness" on|off
255 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
256 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
257 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
258 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 259
41bd17a4 260 "check_nonce_count" on|off
261 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
262 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
263 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
264 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 265
41bd17a4 266 "post_workaround" on|off
267 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
268 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
269 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 270
41bd17a4 271 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 272
41bd17a4 273 "program" cmdline
274 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
275 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
276 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
277 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
278 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
279 is not used.
cccac0a2 280
41bd17a4 281 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 282
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283 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
284 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 285 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
286 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
287 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
288 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
289 processes.
cccac0a2 290
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291 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
292 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
293 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
294 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
295 the maximum.
296
297 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 298
41bd17a4 299 "keep_alive" on|off
300 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
301 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
302 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
303 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
304 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 305
41bd17a4 306 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 307
41bd17a4 308 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 309
41bd17a4 310 "program" cmdline
311 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
312 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
313 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
314 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
315 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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316 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
317 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
318 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 319 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
320 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 321
41bd17a4 322 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 323
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324 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
325 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 326 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
327 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
328 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
329 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
330 processes.
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331
332 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
333 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
334 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
335 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
336 the maximum.
337
338 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 339
41bd17a4 340 "keep_alive" on|off
341 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
342 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
343 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
344 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
345 supported by the proxy.
527ee50d 346
41bd17a4 347 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 348
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349
350 Examples:
351
41bd17a4 352#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
353#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 354#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 355#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 356#
41bd17a4 357#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 358#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 359#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 360#
41bd17a4 361#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 362#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 363#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
364#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
365#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
366#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 367#
41bd17a4 368#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 369#auth_param basic children 5 stratup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 370#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
371#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 372DOC_END
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
375TYPE: time_t
376DEFAULT: 1 hour
377LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
378DOC_START
379 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
380 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
381 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
382 have good reason to.
383DOC_END
cccac0a2 384
41bd17a4 385NAME: authenticate_ttl
386TYPE: time_t
387DEFAULT: 1 hour
388LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
389DOC_START
390 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
391 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
392 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
393 TTL are removed from memory.
394DOC_END
cccac0a2 395
41bd17a4 396NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
397TYPE: time_t
398LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
399DEFAULT: 0 seconds
400DOC_START
401 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
402 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
403 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
404 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
405 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
406 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
407 environment with relatively static address assignments.
408DOC_END
cccac0a2 409
3d1e3e43 410COMMENT_START
411 ACCESS CONTROLS
412 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
413COMMENT_END
414
41bd17a4 415NAME: external_acl_type
416TYPE: externalAclHelper
417LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 418DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 419DOC_START
41bd17a4 420 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
421 to look up the status
cccac0a2 422
41bd17a4 423 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 424
41bd17a4 425 Options:
cccac0a2 426
41bd17a4 427 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
428 for 1 hour)
429 negative_ttl=n
430 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
431 as ttl)
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432 children-max=n
433 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
434 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
435 children-startup=n
436 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
437 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
438 of this type. (default 0)
439 children-idle=n
440 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
441 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
442 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
443 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 444 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
445 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 446 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 447 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
448 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 449 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 450 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 451 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
452 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
1de68cc1 453 the default is 'ipv4'.
cccac0a2 454
41bd17a4 455 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 456
41bd17a4 457 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
458 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
459 %IDENT Ident user name
460 %SRC Client IP
461 %SRCPORT Client source port
462 %URI Requested URI
463 %DST Requested host
464 %PROTO Requested protocol
465 %PORT Requested port
466 %PATH Requested URL path
467 %METHOD Request method
468 %MYADDR Squid interface address
469 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
470 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
471 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
472 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
473 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
474 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 475
c68c9682 476 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 477 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 478 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 479 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 480 HTTP request header list member using ; as
481 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
482 character.
cccac0a2 483
c68c9682 484 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 485 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 486 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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487 %<{Hdr:;member}
488 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
489 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
490 character.
491
41bd17a4 492 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
493 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
494 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 495
41bd17a4 496 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
497 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
498 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
499 more details.
cccac0a2 500
41bd17a4 501 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 502
41bd17a4 503 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 504
41bd17a4 505 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 506
41bd17a4 507 user= The users name (login)
508 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
509 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
510 in error pages
511 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
512 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
513 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
514 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 515
41bd17a4 516 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
517 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 518
41bd17a4 519 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
520 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
521 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 522
41bd17a4 523 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
524 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
525 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 526DOC_END
527
41bd17a4 528NAME: acl
529TYPE: acl
530LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 531DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 532DOC_START
41bd17a4 533 Defining an Access List
cccac0a2 534
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535 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
536 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
537 they are read from.
cccac0a2 538
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539 acl aclname acltype argument ...
540 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 541
375eeb3b 542 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 543
41bd17a4 544 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
545 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
cccac0a2 546
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547 Some acl types require suspending the current request in order
548 to access some external data source.
549 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
550 don't are marked as [fast].
551 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
552 for further information
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553
554 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
555
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556 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address [fast]
557 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses [fast]
558 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
559 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address [fast]
cccac0a2 560
41bd17a4 561 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
562 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
563 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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564 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some
565 # other *BSD variants.
566 # [fast]
41bd17a4 567 #
568 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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569 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
570 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
571
572 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
573 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
574 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 575 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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576 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
577 # regex matching client name [slow]
578 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 579 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 580 #
41bd17a4 581 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
582 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
583 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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585 acl aclname src_as number ...
586 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 587 # [fast]
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589 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
590 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
591 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
592 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
593 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
594 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 595
6db78a1a 596 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 597 # [fast]
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598 # match against a named cache_peer entry
599 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
600
375eeb3b 601 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 602 # [fast]
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604 # S - Sunday
605 # M - Monday
606 # T - Tuesday
607 # W - Wednesday
608 # H - Thursday
609 # F - Friday
610 # A - Saturday
611 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
612
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614 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
615 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
616 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
e988aa40 617
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618 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
619 # ranges are alloed
620 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # local socket TCP port [fast]
621 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
e988aa40 622
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623 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
624
625 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 626
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628 # status code in reply [fast]
e988aa40 629
375eeb3b 630 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 631 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
e988aa40 632
375eeb3b 633 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 634 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 635 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 636
375eeb3b 637 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 638 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 639 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 640 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 641
41bd17a4 642 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
643 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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645 # supplied credentials [slow]
646 #
647 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 648 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
649 #
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651 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
652 #
41bd17a4 653 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
654 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
655 # in access.log.
656 #
657 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
658 # to check username/password combinations (see
659 # auth_param directive).
660 #
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662 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 663 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 664
41bd17a4 665 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 666 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 667 # Example:
668 #
669 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 670
41bd17a4 671 acl aclname maxconn number
672 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
b3567eb5 673 # more than <number> HTTP connections established. [fast]
1e5562e3 674
41bd17a4 675 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
676 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
677 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 678 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 679 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
680 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
681 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
682 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
683 # request is denied)
684 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
685 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
686 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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689 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
690 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
691 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
692
375eeb3b 693 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 694 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
695 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 696 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 697 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
698 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 699
41bd17a4 700 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
701 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
702 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 703 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 704
375eeb3b 705 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 706 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
707 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 708 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 709 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
710 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
711 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 712
41bd17a4 713 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
714 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
715 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 716 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 717
375eeb3b 718 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 719 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 720 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 721
41bd17a4 722 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
723 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 724 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 725
41bd17a4 726 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
727 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 728 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 729
41bd17a4 730 acl aclname ext_user username ...
731 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 732 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 733 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 734
0ab50441 735 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 736 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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739 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
740 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
741 #
742 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
743 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
744 # http_reply_access.
745
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747 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
748 acl myexample dst_as 1241
749 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
750 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
751 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 752
41bd17a4 753NOCOMMENT_START
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754#
755# Recommended minimum configuration:
756#
41bd17a4 757acl manager proto cache_object
ee776778 758acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
18a8e998 759@IPV6_ONLY_SETTING@acl localhost src ::1/128
7f83a5f6 760acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32
18a8e998 761@IPV6_ONLY_SETTING@acl to_localhost dst ::1/128
e0855596 762
ee776778 763# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
764# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
765# should be allowed
766acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
767acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
768acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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769@IPV6_ONLY_SETTING@acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
770@IPV6_ONLY_SETTING@acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 772acl SSL_ports port 443
773acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
774acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
775acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
776acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
777acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
778acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
779acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
780acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
781acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
782acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
783acl CONNECT method CONNECT
784NOCOMMENT_END
785DOC_END
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787NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
788TYPE: acl_access
789IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
790LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
791DEFAULT: none
792DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
793DOC_START
794 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
795 find the original source of a request.
796
797 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
798 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
799 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
800 rightmost address being the most recent.
801
802 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
803 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
804 to see where that host received the request from. If the
805 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, and if
806 acl_uses_indirect_client is on, then we continue backtracking
807 until we reach an address for which we are not allowed to
808 follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
809 address in the list. (If acl_uses_indirect_client is off, then
810 it's impossible to backtrack through more than one level of
811 X-Forwarded-For addresses.)
812
813 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
814 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 815 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 816 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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818 log_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 819
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821 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
822
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824
825 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
826 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
827 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
828 source address of the request. This may enable remote
829 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
830 based on the client's source addresses.
831
832 For example:
833
834 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
835 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
836 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
837 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
838DOC_END
839
840NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
841COMMENT: on|off
842TYPE: onoff
843IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
844DEFAULT: on
845LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
846DOC_START
847 Controls whether the indirect client address
848 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
849 direct client address in acl matching.
850DOC_END
851
852NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
853COMMENT: on|off
854TYPE: onoff
0dae2bca 855IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&DELAY_POOLS
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857LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
858DOC_START
859 Controls whether the indirect client address
860 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
861 direct client address in delay pools.
862DOC_END
863
864NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
865COMMENT: on|off
866TYPE: onoff
867IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
868DEFAULT: on
869LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
870DOC_START
871 Controls whether the indirect client address
872 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
873 direct client address in the access log.
874DOC_END
875
41bd17a4 876NAME: http_access
877TYPE: acl_access
878LOC: Config.accessList.http
879DEFAULT: none
880DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
881DOC_START
882 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 883
41bd17a4 884 Access to the HTTP port:
885 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 886
41bd17a4 887 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 888
41bd17a4 889 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
890 the request.
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41bd17a4 892 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
893 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
894 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
895 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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897 lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 898
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900 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
901
41bd17a4 902NOCOMMENT_START
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904#
905# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 906#
907# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
908http_access allow manager localhost
909http_access deny manager
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911# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 912http_access deny !Safe_ports
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914# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 915http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 917# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
918# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
919# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
920#http_access deny to_localhost
e0855596 921
41bd17a4 922#
923# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 924#
c8f4eac4 925
ee776778 926# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
927# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
928# from where browsing should be allowed
929http_access allow localnet
afb33856 930http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 931
41bd17a4 932# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
933http_access deny all
934NOCOMMENT_END
935DOC_END
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937NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
938TYPE: acl_access
939LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
940DEFAULT: none
941DOC_START
942 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
943
944 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
945 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
946 output.
947
948 If not set then only http_access is used.
949DOC_END
950
41bd17a4 951NAME: http_reply_access
952TYPE: acl_access
953LOC: Config.accessList.reply
954DEFAULT: none
955DOC_START
956 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 957
41bd17a4 958 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 959
41bd17a4 960 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
961 all replies
1a224843 962
41bd17a4 963 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
964 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
965 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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967 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
968 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 969DOC_END
970
41bd17a4 971NAME: icp_access
972TYPE: acl_access
973LOC: Config.accessList.icp
974DEFAULT: none
975DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 976DOC_START
41bd17a4 977 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
978 access lists
5473c134 979
41bd17a4 980 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 981
41bd17a4 982 See http_access for details
983
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985 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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987# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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989#icp_access deny all
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991
41bd17a4 992NAME: htcp_access
993IFDEF: USE_HTCP
994TYPE: acl_access
995LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
996DEFAULT: none
997DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 998DOC_START
41bd17a4 999 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1000 access lists
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41bd17a4 1002 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1004 See http_access for details
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0b48417e 1006 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1007 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
1008 using the htcp or htcp-oldsquid options.
1009
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1011 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1013# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1015#htcp_access deny all
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41bd17a4 1018NAME: htcp_clr_access
1019IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1020TYPE: acl_access
1021LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
1022DEFAULT: none
1023DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1024DOC_START
1025 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1026 on defined access lists
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41bd17a4 1028 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1030 See http_access for details
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1033 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1035# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1036acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1037htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
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1039
41bd17a4 1040NAME: miss_access
1041TYPE: acl_access
1042LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 1043DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 1044DOC_START
41bd17a4 1045 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1046 a parent. For example:
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41bd17a4 1048 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1049 miss_access allow localclients
1050 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 1051
41bd17a4 1052 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
1053 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 1054
41bd17a4 1055 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
1056 to fetch MISSES from us.
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1058 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1059 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1060DOC_END
1061
1062NAME: ident_lookup_access
1063TYPE: acl_access
1064IFDEF: USE_IDENT
1065DEFAULT: none
1066DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1067LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1068DOC_START
41bd17a4 1069 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1070 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1071 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1072 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1073 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1074 any requests.
5473c134 1075
41bd17a4 1076 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1077 can follow this example:
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4daaf3cb 1079 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1080 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1081 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1082
4daaf3cb 1083 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1084 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1085 the correct result.
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1087 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1088 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1089DOC_END
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5b0f5383 1091NAME: reply_body_max_size
1092COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1093TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1094DEFAULT: none
1095LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1096DOC_START
1097 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1098 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1099 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1100 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1101 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1102 for this reply.
1103
1104 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1105 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1106 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1107 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1108 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1109 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1110 and they will receive a partial reply.
1111
1112 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1113 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1114 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1115 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1116
1117 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1118 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1119 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1120 the size of your largest error page.
1121
1122 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1123 no limit imposed.
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1125 Configuration Format is:
1126 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1127 ie.
1128 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1129
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1131
1132COMMENT_START
1133 NETWORK OPTIONS
1134 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1135COMMENT_END
1136
1137NAME: http_port ascii_port
1138TYPE: http_port_list
1139DEFAULT: none
1140LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1141DOC_START
1142 Usage: port [options]
1143 hostname:port [options]
1144 1.2.3.4:port [options]
1145
1146 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1147 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1148 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1149 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1150 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
1151 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
1152 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
1153 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1154
1155 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1156 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1157
1158 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1159 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1160 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1161
1162 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1163
1164 Options:
1165
e77bdb4e 1166 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1167 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1168 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1169
1170 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1171 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1172 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1173
1174 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1175 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1176
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1178 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1179 never_direct was used.
1180
5b0f5383 1181 defaultsite=domainname
1182 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1183 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1184 accelerators should consider the default.
1185 Implies accel.
1186
1187 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1188 domain support. Implies accel.
1189
1190 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1191 Implies accel.
1192
1193 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1194 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
1195
1196 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1197 Defaults to http.
1198
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1200
1201 Warning: This option violates HTTP specifications if
1202 used in non-accelerator setups.
1203
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1204 connection-auth[=on|off]
1205 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1206 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1208
5b0f5383 1209 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1210 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1211 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1212 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1213 support is enabled.
1214 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1215
1216 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1217 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1218 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1219 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1220 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1221 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1222 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1223 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1224
b3567eb5 1225 sslBump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
4c9da963 1226 establish secure connection with the client and with
1227 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1228 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1229 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1230
1231 When this option is enabled, additional options become
1232 available to specify SSL-related properties of the
1233 client-side connection: cert, key, version, cipher,
1234 options, clientca, cafile, capath, crlfile, dhparams,
1235 sslflags, and sslcontext. See the https_port directive
1236 for more information on these options.
1237
1238 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1239 the SslBump feature.
1240
81b6e9a7 1241 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1242 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1243
68924b6d 1244 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
b2130d58 1245 Enable TCP keepalive probes of idle connections
1246 idle is the initial time before TCP starts probing
1247 the connection, interval how often to probe, and
1248 timeout the time before giving up.
1249
5b0f5383 1250 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1251 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1252 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1253 visible on the internal address.
1254
1255NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1257# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1258http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1259NOCOMMENT_END
1260DOC_END
1261
1262NAME: https_port
1263IFDEF: USE_SSL
1264TYPE: https_port_list
1265DEFAULT: none
1266LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1267DOC_START
1268 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1269
1270 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1271 requests.
1272
1273 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1274 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1275 accelerator level.
1276
1277 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1278 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1279
1280 Options:
1281
1282 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1283 defaultsite or vhost.
1284
1285 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1286 this port. Implies accel.
1287
1288 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1289 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1290 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1291 Implies accel.
1292
1293 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1294 Defaults to https.
1295
1296 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1297
1298 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1299 if not specified, the certificate file is
1300 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1301 key file.
1302
1303 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1304 1 automatic (default)
1305 2 SSLv2 only
1306 3 SSLv3 only
1307 4 TLSv1 only
1308
1309 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1310
1311 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1312 being:
1313 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1314 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1315 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1316 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1317 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1318 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1319 documentation for a complete list of options.
1320
1321 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1322 requesting a client certificate.
1323
1324 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1325 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1326 clientca will be used.
1327
1328 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1329 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1330
1331 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1332 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1333 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1334
1335 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1336 DH key exchanges.
1337
1338 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1339 DELAYED_AUTH
1340 Don't request client certificates
1341 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1342 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1343 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1344 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1345 to OpenSSL.
1346 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1347 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1348 will result in a new SSL session.
1349 VERIFY_CRL
1350 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1351 certificates.
1352 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1353 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1354 client certificate chain.
1355
1356 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1357
1358 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1359
1360 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1361 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1362
81b6e9a7 1363 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1364 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1365
5b0f5383 1366DOC_END
1367
41bd17a4 1368NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1369TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1370DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1371LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
5473c134 1372DOC_START
41bd17a4 1373 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
1374 connections with, based on the username or source address
1375 making the request.
5473c134 1376
41bd17a4 1377 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1378
41bd17a4 1379 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1380 and good_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1381
41bd17a4 1382 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
1383 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2c73de90 1384 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1385 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1386
41bd17a4 1387 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1389 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1390
41bd17a4 1391 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1392 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
1393 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
1394 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
cccac0a2 1395
41bd17a4 1396 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1397 matching line.
cccac0a2 1398
41bd17a4 1399 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1400 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1401 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
1402 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 1403DOC_END
1404
41bd17a4 1405NAME: clientside_tos
1406TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1407DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1408LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
cccac0a2 1409DOC_START
41bd17a4 1410 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
1411 connections with, based on the username or source address
1412 making the request.
1413DOC_END
cccac0a2 1414
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1416TYPE: QosConfig
7172612f 1417IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
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1419LOC: Config.zph
7172612f 1420DOC_START
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1421 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
1422 connections with, based on where the reply was sourced.
7172612f 1423
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1425 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1426 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1429 Note that in practice often only values up to 0x3F are usable
1430 as the two highest bits have been redefined for use by ECN
1431 (RFC3168).
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1434
1435 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1436
1437 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1438
1439 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1440
1441
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1443
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1445 linux kernel with the TOS preserving ZPH patch.
1446 The kernel patch can be downloaded from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1447
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1449 If set, any HTTP response towards clients will
1450 have the TOS value of the response comming from the
1451 remote server masked with the value of miss-mask.
1452
1453 miss-mask=0xFF
1454 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS received from the
1455 remote server, before copying the value to the TOS sent
1456 towards clients.
1457 Default: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
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1460
41bd17a4 1461NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1462TYPE: acl_address
1463DEFAULT: none
1464LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1465DOC_START
1466 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1467 based on the username or source address of the user making
1468 the request.
7f7db318 1469
41bd17a4 1470 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
c33aa074 1471
41bd17a4 1472 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1473 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1474 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1475 source address 10.1.0.3.
9197cd13 1476
17148b2f 1477 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1478 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1479 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1480 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1481 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1482
41bd17a4 1483 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1484 matching line.
cccac0a2 1485
41bd17a4 1486 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1487 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1488 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1489 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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1492 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
1493 When needing to contact peers use the no-tproxy cache_peer option to
1494 re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
cc192b50 1495
1496 IPv6 Magic:
1497
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1499 internets.
cc192b50 1500 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1501 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1502 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1503
1504 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1505 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1506 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1507
1508 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1509 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1510 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
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1512 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1513 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
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1515 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
17148b2f 1516 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
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1518 WARNING:
1519 'dst ipv6' bases its selection assuming DIRECT access.
1520 If peers are used the peername ACL are needed to select outgoing
1521 address which can link to the peer.
1522
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1524 previously in the http_access rules to locate the destination IP.
1525 Some more magic may be needed for that:
1526 http_access allow to_ipv6 !all
1527 (meaning, allow if to IPv6 but not from anywhere ;)
1528
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1530
41bd17a4 1531COMMENT_START
1532 SSL OPTIONS
1533 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1534COMMENT_END
1535
1536NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1537IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1538TYPE: onoff
1539DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1540LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1541DOC_START
41bd17a4 1542 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1543 messages.
cccac0a2 1544DOC_END
1545
41bd17a4 1546NAME: ssl_engine
1547IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1548TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1549LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1550DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1551DOC_START
41bd17a4 1552 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1553 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1554DOC_END
1555
41bd17a4 1556NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1557IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1558DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1559LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1560TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1561DOC_START
41bd17a4 1562 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1563DOC_END
1564
41bd17a4 1565NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1566IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1567DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1568LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1569TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1570DOC_START
41bd17a4 1571 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1572DOC_END
1573
41bd17a4 1574NAME: sslproxy_version
1575IFDEF: USE_SSL
1576DEFAULT: 1
1577LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1578TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1579DOC_START
41bd17a4 1580 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1581DOC_END
1582
41bd17a4 1583NAME: sslproxy_options
1584IFDEF: USE_SSL
1585DEFAULT: none
1586LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1587TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1588DOC_START
41bd17a4 1589 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1590DOC_END
1591
41bd17a4 1592NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1593IFDEF: USE_SSL
1594DEFAULT: none
1595LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1596TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1597DOC_START
41bd17a4 1598 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1599DOC_END
1600
41bd17a4 1601NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1602IFDEF: USE_SSL
1603DEFAULT: none
1604LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1605TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1606DOC_START
41bd17a4 1607 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1608 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1609DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1611NAME: sslproxy_capath
1612IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1613DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1614LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1615TYPE: string
5473c134 1616DOC_START
41bd17a4 1617 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1618 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1619DOC_END
1620
4c9da963 1621NAME: ssl_bump
1622IFDEF: USE_SSL
1623TYPE: acl_access
1624LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1625DEFAULT: none
1626DOC_START
1627 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1628 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1629 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1630 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1631
1632 By default, no requests are bumped.
1633
1634 See also: http_port sslBump
1635
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1637 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1639
1640 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1641 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1642
1643 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1644 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1645 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1646 ssl_bump deny localhost
1647 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1648 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 1649DOC_END
1650
41bd17a4 1651NAME: sslproxy_flags
1652IFDEF: USE_SSL
1653DEFAULT: none
1654LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1655TYPE: string
5473c134 1656DOC_START
41bd17a4 1657 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1658 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1659 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1660 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1661 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1662DOC_END
1663
4c9da963 1664
1665NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1666IFDEF: USE_SSL
1667DEFAULT: none
1668LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1669TYPE: acl_access
1670DOC_START
1671 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1672
1673 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1674 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1675 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1676
1677 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1678 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1679 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1680
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1682 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1683 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 1684
1685 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1686 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1687 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1688 the connection may be insecure.
1689
1690 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1691
e0855596 1692 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 1693DOC_END
1694
1695
1696
41bd17a4 1697NAME: sslpassword_program
1698IFDEF: USE_SSL
1699DEFAULT: none
1700LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1701TYPE: string
5473c134 1702DOC_START
41bd17a4 1703 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1704 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1705 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1706 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
5473c134 1707DOC_END
1708
cccac0a2 1709COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1710 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 1711 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1712COMMENT_END
1713
41bd17a4 1714NAME: cache_peer
1715TYPE: peer
1716DEFAULT: none
1717LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 1718DOC_START
41bd17a4 1719 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
2b94f655 1720
41bd17a4 1721 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 1722
41bd17a4 1723 For example,
2b94f655 1724
41bd17a4 1725 # proxy icp
1726 # hostname type port port options
1727 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 1728 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 1729 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1730 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
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1732 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
1733
1734 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
1735
1736 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
1737 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
1738 For web servers this is usually 80
1739
1740 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
1741 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
1742 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
1743
1744
1745 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
1746
1747 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
1748 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
1749
1750
1751 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
1752
1753 multicast-responder
1754 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
1755 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
1756 replies will be accepted from it.
1757
1758 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
1759 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
1760
1761 background-ping
1762 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
1763 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
1764 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
1765
1766
1767 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
1768
1769 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
1770 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
1771
1772
1773 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
1774 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
1775 instead of 3130.
1776
1777 htcp-oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions.
1778
1779 htcp-no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
1780 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
1781 htcp-only-clr.
1782
1783 htcp-only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
1784 This cannot be used with htcp-no-clr.
1785
1786 htcp-no-purge-clr
1787 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
1788 they do not result from PURGE requests.
1789
1790 htcp-forward-clr
1791 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
1792
1793
1794 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
1795
1796 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
1797 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
1798
1799
1800 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
1801 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
1802 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
1803
1804 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
1805 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
1806 weight=N can be used to add bias.
1807
1808 weighted-round-robin
1809 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
1810 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
1811 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
1812 Usually used for background-ping parents.
1813 weight=N can be used to add bias.
1814
1815 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
1816 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
1817 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
1818
1819 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
1820
1821 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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1823 multicast-siblings
1824 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
1825 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
1826 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
1827 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
1828 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
1829 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
1830 members of the same multicast group.
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1832
1833 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
1834
1835 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
1836 peer-selection mechanisms.
1837 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
1838 larger weights are favored more.
1839 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
1840 protocol is not in use.
1841
1842 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
1843 times of parents.
1844 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
1845 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
1846 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
1847
1848 ttl=N Specify a IP multicast TTL to use when sending an ICP
1849 queries to this address.
1850 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
1851 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
1852 hosts, you must configure other group members as
1853 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
1854
1855 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
1856 delay pools.
1857
1858 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
1859 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
1860 than the Squid default location.
1861
1862
1863 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
1864
1865 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
1866 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
1867 is a web server.
1868
1869 forceddomain=name
1870 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
1871 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
1872 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
1873 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
1874
1875 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
1876
1877 no-netdb-exchange
1878 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
1879
1880
1881 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
1882
1883 login=user:password
1884 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
1885 requires proxy authentication.
1886
1887 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
1888 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
1889
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1891 Send login details received from client to this peer.
1892 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
1893 without alteration to the peer.
1894 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
1895
1896 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
1897 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
1898 connection-auth options are also used.
ee0b94f4 1899
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1900 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
1901 Authentication is not required by this option.
11e4c5e5 1902
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1904 to pass on, but username and password are available
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1906 they may be sent instead.
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1908 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
1909 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
1910 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
1911 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
1912 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
1913
1914 login=*:password
1915 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
1916 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
1917 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
1918 needed to identify each user.
1919 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
1920 information which is added to the username. This can
1921 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
1922 the login=username:password option above.
1923
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1925 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
1926 requires a secure proxy authentication.
1927 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
1928 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
1929
1930 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
1931 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
1932 requires a secure proxy authentication.
1933 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
1934 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
1935 used.
1936
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1938 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
1939 connection oriented authentication, and any such
1940 challenges received from there should be ignored.
1941 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
1942 of the peer.
1943
1944
1945 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
1946
1947 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
1948
1949 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
1950 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
1951 this peer.
1952
1953 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
1954 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
1955 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
1956 reference a combined file containing both the
1957 certificate and the key.
1958
1959 sslversion=1|2|3|4
1960 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
1961 1 = automatic (default)
1962 2 = SSL v2 only
1963 3 = SSL v3 only
1964 4 = TLS v1 only
1965
1966 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
1967 to this peer.
1968
1969 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
1970 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1971 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1972 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1973 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
1974 a more complete list.
1975
1976 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
1977 when verifying the peer certificate.
1978
1979 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
1980 use when verifying the peer certificate.
1981
1982 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
1983 verifying the peer certificate.
1984
1985 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
1986
41bd17a4 1987 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
1988 Accept certificates even if they fail to
1989 verify.
1990 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1991 Don't use the default CA list built in
1992 to OpenSSL.
1993 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
1994 Don't verify the peer certificate
1995 matches the server name
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1997 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
1998 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
1999 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2000 used.
2001
2002 front-end-https
2003 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2004 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2005 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2006 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2007 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2008
2009
2010 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2011
2012 connect-timeout=N
2013 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2014 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2015
2016 connect-fail-limit=N
2017 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2018 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2019
2020 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2021 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2022 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2023 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2024 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2025 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2026 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2027
2028 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2029 peer. see also
2030
2031 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2032 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2033 but different ports.
2034 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2035 directives to dentify the peer.
2036 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2037 peername ACL type.
2038
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2040 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2041
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2042 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
2043
41bd17a4 2044DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2046NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2047TYPE: hostdomain
2048DEFAULT: none
2049LOC: none
2050DOC_START
2051 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2052 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 2053
41bd17a4 2054 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2055 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2056
41bd17a4 2057 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 2058
41bd17a4 2059 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 2060
41bd17a4 2061 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2062 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2063 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2064 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2065 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2066
41bd17a4 2067 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2068 either on the same or separate lines.
2069 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2070 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2071 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2072 for all requests.
2073 * There are no defaults.
2074 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2075 section.
2076DOC_END
dd9b1776 2077
41bd17a4 2078NAME: cache_peer_access
2079TYPE: peer_access
2080DEFAULT: none
2081LOC: none
2082DOC_START
2083 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2084 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2085
41bd17a4 2086 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2087
41bd17a4 2088 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2089 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2090 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2091DOC_END
dd9b1776 2092
41bd17a4 2093NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2094TYPE: hostdomaintype
2095DEFAULT: none
2096LOC: none
2097DOC_START
2098 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2099
41bd17a4 2100 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
2101 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
2102 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2103 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2104 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2105 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2106
41bd17a4 2107EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2108 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2109 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2110 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2111DOC_END
6bf4f823 2112
41bd17a4 2113NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2114COMMENT: (seconds)
2115DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2116TYPE: time_t
2117LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2118DOC_START
2119 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2120 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2121 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2122 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2123 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2124 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2125
41bd17a4 2126 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2127 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2128 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2129 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2130 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2131 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2132 instead of to your parents.
2133DOC_END
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2135NAME: forward_max_tries
2136DEFAULT: 10
2137TYPE: int
2138LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2139DOC_START
2140 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2141 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
2142DOC_END
2143
41bd17a4 2144NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2145TYPE: wordlist
2146DEFAULT: none
2147LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2148DOC_START
2149 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2150 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2151 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2152 list this option multiple times.
2153 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
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2156# We recommend you to use at least the following line.
41bd17a4 2157hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 2158NOCOMMENT_END
2159DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2161COMMENT_START
2162 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2163 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2164COMMENT_END
2165
2166NAME: cache_mem
2167COMMENT: (bytes)
2168TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2169DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2170LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2171DOC_START
41bd17a4 2172 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2173 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2174 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2175 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2176
2177 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2178 for:
2179 * In-Transit objects
2180 * Hot Objects
2181 * Negative-Cached objects
2182
2183 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2184 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2185 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2186 priority.
2187
2188 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2189 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2190 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2191 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2192 not needed for in-transit objects.
2193
2194 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2195 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2196 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2197 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2198 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2199 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2200 objects.
6b698a21 2201DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2203NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2204COMMENT: (bytes)
2205TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2206DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2207LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2208DOC_START
41bd17a4 2209 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2210 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2211 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2212 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2213DOC_END
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2215NAME: memory_cache_mode
2216TYPE: memcachemode
2217LOC: Config
2218DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2219DOC_START
ea21d497 2220 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2221
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2223
2224 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2225 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2226 a second time before cached in memory.
2227
2228 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2230
41bd17a4 2231NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2232TYPE: removalpolicy
2233LOC: Config.memPolicy
2234DEFAULT: lru
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41bd17a4 2236 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2237 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2238
41bd17a4 2239 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2240DOC_END
6b698a21 2241
41bd17a4 2242COMMENT_START
2243 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2244 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2245COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2246
41bd17a4 2247NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2248TYPE: removalpolicy
2249LOC: Config.replPolicy
2250DEFAULT: lru
2251DOC_START
2252 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2253 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2254
41bd17a4 2255 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2256 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2257 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2258 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2259
41bd17a4 2260 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2261
41bd17a4 2262 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2263
41bd17a4 2264 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2265 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2266 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2267 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2268
41bd17a4 2269 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2270 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2271 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2272 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2273
41bd17a4 2274 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2275 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2276 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2277
41bd17a4 2278 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2279 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2280 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2281
41bd17a4 2282 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2283 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2284 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2285DOC_END
0976f8db 2286
41bd17a4 2287NAME: cache_dir
2288TYPE: cachedir
2289DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2290LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2291DOC_START
41bd17a4 2292 Usage:
0976f8db 2293
41bd17a4 2294 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2295
41bd17a4 2296 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2297 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2298
41bd17a4 2299 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2300 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2301 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2302
41bd17a4 2303 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2304 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2305 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2306 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2307 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2308
41bd17a4 2309 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2310
41bd17a4 2311 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2312 been there.
0976f8db 2313
41bd17a4 2314 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2315
41bd17a4 2316 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2317 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2318 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2319 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2320 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2321
41bd17a4 2322 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
2323 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2324
41bd17a4 2325 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
2326 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2327 is 256.
0976f8db 2328
41bd17a4 2329 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2330
41bd17a4 2331 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2332 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2333 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2334
41bd17a4 2335 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2336
41bd17a4 2337 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2338
41bd17a4 2339 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2340
41bd17a4 2341 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2342 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2343 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2344
41bd17a4 2345 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2346
41bd17a4 2347 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2348
41bd17a4 2349 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2350 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2351 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2352
41bd17a4 2353 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2354 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2355 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2356
41bd17a4 2357 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2358 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2359 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2360 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2361 time.
0976f8db 2362
41bd17a4 2363 The coss store type:
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2366 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2367 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2368
41bd17a4 2369 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2370 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2371 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2372 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2373 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2374 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2375 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2376
41bd17a4 2377 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2378 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2379 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2380
41bd17a4 2381 Common options:
0976f8db 2382
41bd17a4 2383 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2384
41bd17a4 2385 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
2386 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
2387 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2388 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2389 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2390
41bd17a4 2391 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2392 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2393 option.
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2396# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2397#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
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6b698a21 2399DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2401NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2402TYPE: string
2403LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2404DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2405DOC_START
41bd17a4 2406 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2407DOC_END
0976f8db 2408
41bd17a4 2409NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2410TYPE: int
2411LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2412DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2413DOC_START
41bd17a4 2414 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2415 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2416 descriptors are open.
2417
2418 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2419DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2421NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2422COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2423TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2424DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2425LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2426DOC_START
41bd17a4 2427 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2428 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2429 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2430DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2432NAME: maximum_object_size
2433COMMENT: (bytes)
2434TYPE: b_int64_t
2435DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2436LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2437DOC_START
41bd17a4 2438 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2439 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2440 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2441 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2442 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2443 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2444
41bd17a4 2445 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2446 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2447 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2448DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2450NAME: cache_swap_low
2451COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2452TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2453DEFAULT: 90
2454LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2455DOC_NONE
2456
2457NAME: cache_swap_high
2458COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2459TYPE: int
2460DEFAULT: 95
2461LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2462DOC_START
41bd17a4 2463
2464 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2465 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2466 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2467 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2468 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2469 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2470
2471 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2472 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2473 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2474DOC_END
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5473c134 2476COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2477 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2478 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2479COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2480
41bd17a4 2481NAME: logformat
2482TYPE: logformat
2483LOC: Config.Log.logformats
5473c134 2484DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2485DOC_START
41bd17a4 2486 Usage:
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41bd17a4 2488 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2489
41bd17a4 2490 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2491
41bd17a4 2492 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2493
41bd17a4 2494 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2495 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2496 as required according to their context and the output format
2497 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2498 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2499
41bd17a4 2500 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2501
41bd17a4 2502 " output in quoted string format
2503 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2504 # output in URL quoted format
2505 ' output as-is
5473c134 2506
41bd17a4 2507 - left aligned
2508 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2509 output is zero padded
2510 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2511
41bd17a4 2512 Format codes:
5473c134 2513
3ff65596 2514 % a literal % character
41bd17a4 2515 >a Client source IP address
2516 >A Client FQDN
2517 >p Client source port
2518 <A Server IP address or peer name
2519 la Local IP address (http_port)
2520 lp Local port number (http_port)
17fde513 2521 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
41bd17a4 2522 ts Seconds since epoch
2523 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2524 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2525 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2526 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2527 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2528 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2530
2531 HTTP cache related format codes:
2532
ca2e92d8 2533 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 2534 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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2536 Optional header name argument as for >h
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2538 as for >h
2539 [http::]un User name
2540 [http::]ul User name from authentication
2541 [http::]ui User name from ident
2542 [http::]us User name from SSL
2543 [http::]ue User name from external acl helper
2544 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2545 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
2546 [http::]Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2547 [http::]Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2548 [http::]mt MIME content type
2549 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2550 [http::]ru Request URL
2551 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2552 [http::]rv Request protocol version
2553 [http::]et Tag returned by external acl
2554 [http::]ea Log string returned by external acl
2555 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
2556 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
2557 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
2558 are not included
2559 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
2560 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
2561 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
2562 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
2563 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
2564 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
2565 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
2566 and stops when the last response byte is received.
2567 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
2568 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
2569 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
2570 with the last I/O with the last peer.
2571
2572 If ICAP is enabled, the following two codes become available (as
2573 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
2574
2575 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
2576 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
2577 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
2578 transaction is in progress.
2579
2580 icap::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response
2581 related to the HTTP transaction. Like
2582 <h, accepts an optional header name
2583 argument. Will not change semantics
2584 when multiple ICAP transactions per HTTP
2585 transaction are supported.
2586
2587 If adaptation is enabled the following two codes become available:
2588
2589 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
2590 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
2591 the order of transaction start time. Each time
2592 value is recorded as an integer number,
2593 representing response time of one or more
2594 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
2595 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
2596 being retried or repeated, its time is not
2597 logged individually but added to the
2598 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
2599 adapt::all_trs.
2600
2601 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
2602 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
2603 individual transactions are never added
2604 together. Instead, all transaction response
2605 times are recorded individually.
2606
2607 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
2608 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
2609 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 2610
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2612
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2614logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
2615logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2616logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
5473c134 2617DOC_END
2618
41bd17a4 2619NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2620TYPE: access_log
2621LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
02424612 2622DEFAULT: none
82b7abe3 2623DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2624DOC_START
41bd17a4 2625 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2626 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 2627 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 2628 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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2629
2630 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 2631 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2632 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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2633 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
2634
2635 ===== Modules Currently available =====
2636
2637 none Do not log any requests matchign these ACL.
2638 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
2639
2640 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
2641 each request.
2642 Place: the filename and path to be written.
2643
2644 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
2645 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
2646 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
2647
2648 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
2649
2650 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
2651 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
2652 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 2653
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2654 where facility could be any of:
2655 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 2656
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2657 And priority could be any of:
2658 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
2659
2660 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
2661 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
2662 Place Format: \\host:port
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2664 Default:
82b7abe3 2665 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 2666DOC_END
5473c134 2667
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2668NAME: icap_log
2669TYPE: access_log
2670IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
2671LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
2672DEFAULT: none
2673DOC_START
2674 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
2675 transaction.
2676
2677 The icap_log option format is:
2678 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2679 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
2680
2681 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
2682 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
2683 features.
2684
2685 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
2686 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
2687 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
2688 log line.
2689
2690 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
2691 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
2692 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
2693 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
2694 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
2695 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
2696 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
2697
2698 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
2699
2700 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
2701
2702 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
2703 option in Squid configuration file.
2704
2705 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
2706
2707 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
2708 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
2709
2710 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
2711 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
2712
2713 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
2714 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
2715 the socket).
2716
2717 icap::tr Transaction response time (in
2718 milliseconds). The timer starts when
2719 the ICAP transaction is created and
2720 stops when the transaction is completed.
2721 Similar to tr.
2722
2723 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
2724 timer starts when the first ICAP request
2725 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
2726 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
2727 is received.
2728
2729 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
2730 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
2731 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
2732 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
2733 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
2734 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
2735
2736 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
2737
2738 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
2739
2740 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
2741
2742 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
2743 definition, is called icap_squid:
2744
2745logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
2746
2747 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %icap::<last_h
2748DOC_END
2749
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2750NAME: logfile_daemon
2751TYPE: string
2752DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
2753LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
2754DOC_START
2755 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
2756 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
2757DOC_END
2758
5b0f5383 2759NAME: log_access
2760TYPE: acl_access
2761LOC: Config.accessList.log
2762DEFAULT: none
2763COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2764DOC_START
2765 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2766 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2767 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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2768
2769 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2770 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 2771DOC_END
2772
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2773NAME: log_icap
2774TYPE: acl_access
2775IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
2776LOC: Config.accessList.icap
2777DEFAULT: none
2778DOC_START
2779 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
2780 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
2781DOC_END
2782
41bd17a4 2783NAME: cache_store_log
2784TYPE: string
df2eec10 2785DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2786LOC: Config.Log.store
2787DOC_START
2788 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
2789 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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2791 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 2792 disable it.
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2793
2794 Example:
2795 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 2796DOC_END
2797
41bd17a4 2798NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
2799TYPE: string
2800LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 2801DEFAULT: none
2802DOC_START
41bd17a4 2803 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
2804 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
2805 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
2806 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
2807 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
2808 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
2809 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 2810
41bd17a4 2811 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
2812 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
2813 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
2814 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 2815
41bd17a4 2816 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
2817 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 2818
41bd17a4 2819 cache_swap_log.00
2820 cache_swap_log.01
2821 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 2822
41bd17a4 2823 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
2824 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
2825 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
2826 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
2827 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
2828 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
2829 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 2830DOC_END
2831
41bd17a4 2832NAME: logfile_rotate
2833TYPE: int
2834DEFAULT: 10
2835LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 2836DOC_START
41bd17a4 2837 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2838 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
2839 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
2840 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
2841 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
2842 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 2843
41bd17a4 2844 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2845 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2846 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2847 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2848 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2849 <pid>'.
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2851 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
2852 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 2853DOC_END
5473c134 2854
41bd17a4 2855NAME: emulate_httpd_log
2856COMMENT: on|off
2857TYPE: onoff
2858DEFAULT: off
2859LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
2860DOC_START
2861 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
2862 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
2863 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
2864 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
2865 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
5473c134 2866DOC_END
2867
41bd17a4 2868NAME: log_ip_on_direct
2869COMMENT: on|off
2870TYPE: onoff
5473c134 2871DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 2872LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 2873DOC_START
41bd17a4 2874 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
2875 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
2876 prefer the old way set this to off.
2877DOC_END
5473c134 2878
41bd17a4 2879NAME: mime_table
2880TYPE: string
2881DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
2882LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
2883DOC_START
2884 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
2885 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
2886 information if you do.
5473c134 2887DOC_END
2888
41bd17a4 2889NAME: log_mime_hdrs
2890COMMENT: on|off
2891TYPE: onoff
2892LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
2893DEFAULT: off
2894DOC_START
2895 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
2896 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
2897 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
2898 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
2899 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
2900DOC_END
5473c134 2901
41bd17a4 2902NAME: useragent_log
2903TYPE: string
2904LOC: Config.Log.useragent
2905DEFAULT: none
2906IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
5473c134 2907DOC_START
41bd17a4 2908 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
2909 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
2910 is disabled.
5473c134 2911DOC_END
2912
41bd17a4 2913NAME: referer_log referrer_log
2914TYPE: string
2915LOC: Config.Log.referer
2916DEFAULT: none
2917IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
5473c134 2918DOC_START
41bd17a4 2919 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
2920 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
2921 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
2922 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
2923 and we accept both.
5473c134 2924DOC_END
2925
41bd17a4 2926NAME: pid_filename
2927TYPE: string
2928DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
2929LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 2930DOC_START
41bd17a4 2931 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 2932DOC_END
2933
41bd17a4 2934NAME: log_fqdn
2935COMMENT: on|off
2936TYPE: onoff
2937DEFAULT: off
2938LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
5473c134 2939DOC_START
41bd17a4 2940 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
2941 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
2942 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
2943 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
2944 browsing.
5473c134 2945DOC_END
2946
41bd17a4 2947NAME: client_netmask
2948TYPE: address
2949LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
2950DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
5473c134 2951DOC_START
41bd17a4 2952 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
2953 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
2954 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
2955 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 2956DOC_END
2957
41bd17a4 2958NAME: forward_log
2959IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
2960TYPE: string
2961DEFAULT: none
2962LOC: Config.Log.forward
5473c134 2963DOC_START
41bd17a4 2964 Logs the server-side requests.
5473c134 2965
41bd17a4 2966 This is currently work in progress.
5473c134 2967DOC_END
2968
41bd17a4 2969NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 2970TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 2971LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 2972DEFAULT: on
2973DOC_START
41bd17a4 2974 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
2975 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 2976DOC_END
2977
41bd17a4 2978NAME: buffered_logs
2979COMMENT: on|off
2980TYPE: onoff
2981DEFAULT: off
2982LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 2983DOC_START
41bd17a4 2984 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
2985 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
2986 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
2987 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
2988 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 2989DOC_END
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2b753521 2991NAME: netdb_filename
2992TYPE: string
2993DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2994LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 2995IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 2996DOC_START
2997 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
2998 To disable, enter "none".
2999DOC_END
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3001COMMENT_START
3002 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3003 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3004COMMENT_END
3005
3006NAME: cache_log
3007TYPE: string
3008DEFAULT: none
3009DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3010LOC: Debug::cache_log
3011DOC_START
3012 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3013 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3014 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3015DOC_END
3016
3017NAME: debug_options
3018TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3019DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3020LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3021DOC_START
3022 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3023 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3024 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3025 log file, so be careful.
3026
3027 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3028 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3029
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3030 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
3031 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3032 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3033 events affecting Squid.
3034DOC_END
3035
3036NAME: coredump_dir
3037TYPE: string
3038LOC: Config.coredump_dir
3039DEFAULT: none
3040DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3041DOC_START
3042 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3043 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3044 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3045 and coredump files will be left there.
3046
3047NOCOMMENT_START
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3049# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3050coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3051NOCOMMENT_END
3052DOC_END
3053
3054
41bd17a4 3055COMMENT_START
3056 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3057 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3058COMMENT_END
3059
3060NAME: ftp_user
3061TYPE: string
3062DEFAULT: Squid@
3063LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3064DOC_START
41bd17a4 3065 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3066 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3067 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3068
41bd17a4 3069 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3070 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3071 depending on how the cache is used.
3072 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3073 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3074DOC_END
0976f8db 3075
41bd17a4 3076NAME: ftp_passive
3077TYPE: onoff
3078DEFAULT: on
3079LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3080DOC_START
41bd17a4 3081 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3082 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 3083
3084 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3085DOC_END
3086
3087NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3088TYPE: onoff
3089DEFAULT: off
3090LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3091DOC_START
3092 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3093
3094 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3095 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3096 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3097
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3098 When a client only expects to do two-way FTP transfers this may be
3099 useful.
a689bd4e 3100 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3101 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3102
3103 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3104 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3105
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3106 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
3107DOC_END
3108
3109NAME: ftp_epsv
3110TYPE: onoff
3111DEFAULT: on
3112LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3113DOC_START
3114 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3115
3116 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3117 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3118 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3119 will never be needed.
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3120
3121 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3122 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3123 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3124
3125 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3126DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3127
41bd17a4 3128NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3129TYPE: onoff
3130DEFAULT: on
3131LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3132DOC_START
3133 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3134 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3135 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3136 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3137 connection turn this off.
3138DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3139
41bd17a4 3140NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3141TYPE: onoff
3142DEFAULT: on
3143LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3144DOC_START
3145 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3146 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3147 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3148 the FTP protocol.
3149
3150 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3151 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3152 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3153 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3154 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3155DOC_END
3156
3157COMMENT_START
3158 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3159 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3160COMMENT_END
3161
3162NAME: diskd_program
3163TYPE: string
3164DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3165LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3166DOC_START
3167 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3168 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3169 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3170DOC_END
3171
3172NAME: unlinkd_program
3173IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3174TYPE: string
3175DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3176LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3177DOC_START
3178 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3179DOC_END
3180
3181NAME: pinger_program
3182TYPE: string
3183DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3184LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3185IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3186DOC_START
3187 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3188DOC_END
3189
cc192b50 3190NAME: pinger_enable
3191TYPE: onoff
3192DEFAULT: on
3193LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3194IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3195DOC_START
3196 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3197 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3198 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3199DOC_END
3200
3201
41bd17a4 3202COMMENT_START
3203 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3204 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3205COMMENT_END
3206
3207NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3208TYPE: wordlist
3209LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3210DEFAULT: none
3211DOC_START
3212 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
3213 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3214
3215 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
3216
c71adec1 3217 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3218
3219 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3220 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3221 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3222 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3223
3224 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3225 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3226
3227 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3228 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
3229 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
3230
3231 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3232DOC_END
3233
3234NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3235TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3236DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3237LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3238DOC_START
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3239 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3240 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3241 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3242 and other system resources noticably.
3243
3244 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3245 tuning.
3246
3247 startup=
3248
3249 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3250 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3251 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3252
3253 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3254 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3255
3256 idle=
3257
3258 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3259 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3260 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3261 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3262
3263 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3264
41bd17a4 3265 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3266 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3267 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3268
3269 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3270 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3271 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3272 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3273 to that request.
41bd17a4 3274DOC_END
3275
3276NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3277TYPE: onoff
3278DEFAULT: on
3279LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3280DOC_START
3281 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
3282 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
3283 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
3284
3285 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3286 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
3287DOC_END
3288
3289NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3290TYPE: acl_access
3291DEFAULT: none
3292LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3293DOC_START
3294 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3295 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3296 are sent.
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3297
3298 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3299 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3300DOC_END
3301
3302NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3303TYPE: onoff
3304LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3305DEFAULT: off
3306DOC_START
3307 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3308 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3309 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3310 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3311 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3312 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3313 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3314 users may have access to pages they should not
3315 be allowed to request.
3316DOC_END
3317
3318COMMENT_START
3319 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3320 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3321COMMENT_END
3322
f04b37d8 3323NAME: cache no_cache
3324TYPE: acl_access
3325DEFAULT: none
3326LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3327DOC_START
240887f0 3328 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3329 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3330 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3331
240887f0 3332 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3333 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3334
240887f0 3335 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3336
3337 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3338 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3339DOC_END
3340
3341NAME: refresh_pattern
3342TYPE: refreshpattern
3343LOC: Config.Refresh
3344DEFAULT: none
3345DOC_START
3346 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3347
6b698a21 3348 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3349 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3350
41bd17a4 3351 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3352 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3353 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3354 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3355 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3356
41bd17a4 3357 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3358 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3359 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3360
41bd17a4 3361 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3362 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3363
41bd17a4 3364 options: override-expire
3365 override-lastmod
3366 reload-into-ims
3367 ignore-reload
3368 ignore-no-cache
3369 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3370 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3371 ignore-private
3372 ignore-auth
3373 refresh-ims
a0ec9f68 3374
41bd17a4 3375 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3376 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3377 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3378 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3379 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3381 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3382 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3383 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3384 the object fresh for that period of time.
3385
41bd17a4 3386 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3387 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3388
41bd17a4 3389 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3390 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3391 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3392 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3393
41bd17a4 3394 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3395 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3396 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3397 it causes.
9bc73deb 3398
41bd17a4 3399 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3400 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3401 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3402 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3403 send it anyway.
3404
3405 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3406 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3407 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3408 liable for problems which it causes.
3409
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3410 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3411 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3412 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3413 liable for problems which it causes.
3414
41bd17a4 3415 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3416 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3417 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3418 liable for problems which it causes.
3419
3420 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3421 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3422 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3423 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3424 it causes.
3425
3426 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3427 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3428 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3429 if one is available.
3430
3431 Basically a cached object is:
3432
3433 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3434 STALE if age > max
3435 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3436 FRESH if age < min
3437 else STALE
3438
3439 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3440 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3441 match the default will be used.
3442
3443 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3444 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3445 used.
3446
41bd17a4 3447NOCOMMENT_START
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3449# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3450refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3451refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3452refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3453refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3454NOCOMMENT_END
3455DOC_END
3456
3457NAME: quick_abort_min
3458COMMENT: (KB)
3459TYPE: kb_int64_t
3460DEFAULT: 16 KB
3461LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3462DOC_NONE
3463
3464NAME: quick_abort_max
3465COMMENT: (KB)
3466TYPE: kb_int64_t
3467DEFAULT: 16 KB
3468LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3469DOC_NONE
3470
3471NAME: quick_abort_pct
3472COMMENT: (percent)
3473TYPE: int
3474DEFAULT: 95
3475LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3476DOC_START
3477 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3478 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3479 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3480 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3481 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3482 downloads.
3483
3484 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3485 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3486 then.
3487
3488 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3489 it will finish the retrieval.
3490
3491 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3492 it will abort the retrieval.
3493
3494 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3495 it will finish the retrieval.
3496
3497 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3498 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3499 to '0 KB'.
3500
3501 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3502 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3503DOC_END
60d096f4 3504
41bd17a4 3505NAME: read_ahead_gap
3506COMMENT: buffer-size
3507TYPE: b_int64_t
3508LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3509DEFAULT: 16 KB
3510DOC_START
3511 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3512 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3513DOC_END
53e738c6 3514
41bd17a4 3515NAME: negative_ttl
ac9cc053 3516IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3517COMMENT: time-units
3518TYPE: time_t
3519LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3520DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3521DOC_START
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3522 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3523 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3524 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3525 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3526 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3527 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3528
3529 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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3530
3531 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3532 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3533 causes.
41bd17a4 3534DOC_END
53e738c6 3535
41bd17a4 3536NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3537COMMENT: time-units
3538TYPE: time_t
3539LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3540DEFAULT: 6 hours
3541DOC_START
3542 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3543 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3544 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3545DOC_END
c4ab8329 3546
41bd17a4 3547NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3548COMMENT: time-units
3549TYPE: time_t
3550LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3551DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3552DOC_START
3553 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3554 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3555 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3556 much below 10 seconds.
3557DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3558
41bd17a4 3559NAME: range_offset_limit
3560COMMENT: (bytes)
3561TYPE: b_int64_t
3562LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
3563DEFAULT: 0 KB
3564DOC_START
3565 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
3566 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
3567 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
3568 is NOT cached.
c4ab8329 3569
41bd17a4 3570 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3571 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3572 sending anything to the client.
a7ad6e4e 3573
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3574 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
3575 client requested. (default)
3576
41bd17a4 3577 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
3578 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
a7ad6e4e 3579
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3580 NP: Using -1 here will override any quick_abort settings that may
3581 otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
3582 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
3583 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 3584DOC_END
d95b862f 3585
41bd17a4 3586NAME: minimum_expiry_time
3587COMMENT: (seconds)
3588TYPE: time_t
3589LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
3590DEFAULT: 60 seconds
3591DOC_START
3592 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
3593 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 3594 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 3595 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
3596 is most likely better to make your server return a
3597 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
3598 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
3599 often be best set to 0.
3600DOC_END
c68e9c6b 3601
41bd17a4 3602NAME: store_avg_object_size
3603COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 3604TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 3605DEFAULT: 13 KB
3606LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3607DOC_START
3608 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3609 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 3610DOC_END
3611
41bd17a4 3612NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3613TYPE: int
3614DEFAULT: 20
3615LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3616DOC_START
3617 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3618 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
3619 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
3620DOC_END
3621
3622COMMENT_START
3623 HTTP OPTIONS
3624 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3625COMMENT_END
3626
f04b37d8 3627NAME: request_header_max_size
3628COMMENT: (KB)
3629TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3630DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3631LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
3632DOC_START
3633 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
3634 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3635 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
3636 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3637 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3638DOC_END
3639
3640NAME: reply_header_max_size
3641COMMENT: (KB)
3642TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3643DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3644LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3645DOC_START
3646 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3647 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3648 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3649 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3650 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3651DOC_END
3652
3653NAME: request_body_max_size
3654COMMENT: (bytes)
3655TYPE: b_int64_t
3656DEFAULT: 0 KB
3657LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
3658DOC_START
3659 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
3660 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
3661 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
3662 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
3663 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
3664 be no limit imposed.
3665DOC_END
3666
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3667NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
3668COMMENT: (bytes)
3669TYPE: b_int64_t
3670DEFAULT: 64 KB
3671LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
3672DOC_START
3673 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
3674 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
3675 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
3676 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
3677 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
3678 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
3679
3680 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
3681 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
3682 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
3683 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
3684 as if dechunking was disabled.
3685
3686 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
3687 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
3688
3689 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
3690 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
3691 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
3692DOC_END
3693
41bd17a4 3694NAME: broken_posts
aa49962c 3695IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 3696TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 3697DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3698LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 3699DOC_START
41bd17a4 3700 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
3701 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 3702
41bd17a4 3703 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
3704 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 3705
41bd17a4 3706 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 3707
41bd17a4 3708 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3709 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3710 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3711 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 3712
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3713 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3714 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
3715
41bd17a4 3716Example:
3717 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3718 broken_posts allow buggy_server
3719DOC_END
cccac0a2 3720
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3721NAME: icap_uses_indirect_client
3722COMMENT: on|off
3723TYPE: onoff
0dae2bca 3724IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&ICAP_CLIENT
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3725DEFAULT: on
3726LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.icap_uses_indirect_client
3727DOC_START
3728 Controls whether the indirect client address
3729 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) instead of the
3730 direct client address is passed to an ICAP
3731 server as "X-Client-IP".
3732DOC_END
3733
41bd17a4 3734NAME: via
3735IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3736COMMENT: on|off
3737TYPE: onoff
3738DEFAULT: on
3739LOC: Config.onoff.via
3740DOC_START
3741 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3742 replies as required by RFC2616.
3743DOC_END
4cc6eb12 3744
41bd17a4 3745NAME: ie_refresh
3746COMMENT: on|off
3747TYPE: onoff
3748LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3749DEFAULT: off
3750DOC_START
3751 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3752 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3753 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3754 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3755 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3756 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3757 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3758 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
3759 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3760 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3761 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3762 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3763 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3764 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3765 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3766 force fresh content.
3767DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 3768
41bd17a4 3769NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3770COMMENT: on|off
3771TYPE: onoff
3772LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3773DEFAULT: off
3774DOC_START
3775 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3776 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3777 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3778 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3779 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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3780
3781 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
3782 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 3783DOC_END
c4ab8329 3784
41bd17a4 3785NAME: request_entities
3786TYPE: onoff
3787LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
3788DEFAULT: off
3789DOC_START
3790 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
3791 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
3792 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 3793
41bd17a4 3794 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
3795 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
3796 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
3797 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
3798 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 3799DOC_END
6b53c392 3800
41bd17a4 3801NAME: request_header_access
3802IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3803TYPE: http_header_access[]
3804LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3805DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 3806DOC_START
41bd17a4 3807 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 3808
41bd17a4 3809 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3810 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3811 causes.
0976f8db 3812
41bd17a4 3813 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3814 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3815 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3816 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3817 mangling.
934b03fc 3818
41bd17a4 3819 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3820 client to the server.
5401aa8d 3821
41bd17a4 3822 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3823 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3824 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 3825
41bd17a4 3826 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3827 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 3828
41bd17a4 3829 request_header_access From deny all
3830 request_header_access Referer deny all
3831 request_header_access Server deny all
3832 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3833 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3834 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 3835
41bd17a4 3836 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3837 you should use:
5401aa8d 3838
41bd17a4 3839 request_header_access Allow allow all
3840 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3841 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3842 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3843 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3844 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3845 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3846 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3847 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3848 request_header_access Date allow all
3849 request_header_access Expires allow all
3850 request_header_access Host allow all
3851 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3852 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3853 request_header_access Location allow all
3854 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3855 request_header_access Accept allow all
3856 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3857 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3858 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3859 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3860 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3861 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3862 request_header_access Title allow all
3863 request_header_access Connection allow all
3864 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3865 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 3866
41bd17a4 3867 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3868 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 3869
41bd17a4 3870 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3871 performed).
5401aa8d 3872DOC_END
3873
41bd17a4 3874NAME: reply_header_access
3875IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3876TYPE: http_header_access[]
3877LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 3878DEFAULT: none
3879DOC_START
41bd17a4 3880 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 3881
41bd17a4 3882 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3883 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3884 causes.
934b03fc 3885
41bd17a4 3886 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3887 server to the client.
934b03fc 3888
41bd17a4 3889 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3890 direction.
6b53c392 3891
41bd17a4 3892 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3893 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3894 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3895 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3896 mangling.
cccac0a2 3897
41bd17a4 3898 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3899 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3900 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 3901
41bd17a4 3902 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3903 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 3904
41bd17a4 3905 reply_header_access From deny all
3906 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3907 reply_header_access Server deny all
3908 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3909 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3910 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3911
41bd17a4 3912 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3913 you should use:
cccac0a2 3914
41bd17a4 3915 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3916 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3917 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3918 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3919 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3920 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3921 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3922 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3923 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3924 reply_header_access Date allow all
3925 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3926 reply_header_access Host allow all
3927 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3928 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3929 reply_header_access Location allow all
3930 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3931 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3932 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3933 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3934 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3935 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3936 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3937 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3938 reply_header_access Title allow all
3939 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3940 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3941 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 3942
41bd17a4 3943 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3944 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3945
41bd17a4 3946 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3947 performed).
cccac0a2 3948DOC_END
3949
41bd17a4 3950NAME: header_replace
3951IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3952TYPE: http_header_replace[]
3953LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3954DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3955DOC_START
3956 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3957 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 3958
41bd17a4 3959 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3960 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3961 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3962 option.
cccac0a2 3963
41bd17a4 3964 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 3965
41bd17a4 3966 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3967DOC_END
cccac0a2 3968
41bd17a4 3969NAME: relaxed_header_parser
3970COMMENT: on|off|warn
3971TYPE: tristate
3972LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
3973DEFAULT: on
3974DOC_START
3975 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
3976 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
3977 what the sending application intended even if the message
3978 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
3979 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 3980
41bd17a4 3981 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
3982 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 3983
41bd17a4 3984 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
3985 or response to be rejected.
3986DOC_END
7d90757b 3987
41bd17a4 3988COMMENT_START
3989 TIMEOUTS
3990 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3991COMMENT_END
3992
3993NAME: forward_timeout
3994COMMENT: time-units
3995TYPE: time_t
3996LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
3997DEFAULT: 4 minutes
3998DOC_START
3999 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4000 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4001DOC_END
4002
41bd17a4 4003NAME: connect_timeout
4004COMMENT: time-units
4005TYPE: time_t
4006LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4007DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4008DOC_START
41bd17a4 4009 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4010 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4011 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4012DOC_END
4013
41bd17a4 4014NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4015COMMENT: time-units
4016TYPE: time_t
4017LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4018DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4019DOC_START
41bd17a4 4020 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4021 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4022 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4023 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4024DOC_END
7f7db318 4025
41bd17a4 4026NAME: read_timeout
4027COMMENT: time-units
4028TYPE: time_t
4029LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4030DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4031DOC_START
4032 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4033 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4034 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4035 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4036 default is 15 minutes.
4037DOC_END
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4039NAME: write_timeout
4040COMMENT: time-units
4041TYPE: time_t
4042LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4043DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4044DOC_START
4045 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4046 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4047 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4048 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4049 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4050 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4051 default is 15 minutes.
4052DOC_END
4053
41bd17a4 4054NAME: request_timeout
4055TYPE: time_t
4056LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4057DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4058DOC_START
4059 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4060 connection establishment.
4061DOC_END
cccac0a2 4062
41bd17a4 4063NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4064TYPE: time_t
4065LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4066DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4067DOC_START
4068 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4069 connection after the previous request completes.
4070DOC_END
cccac0a2 4071
41bd17a4 4072NAME: client_lifetime
4073COMMENT: time-units
4074TYPE: time_t
4075LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4076DEFAULT: 1 day
4077DOC_START
4078 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4079 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4080 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4081 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4082 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4083 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4084 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4085
41bd17a4 4086 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4087 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4088 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4089 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4090 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4091 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4092DOC_END
4093
41bd17a4 4094NAME: half_closed_clients
4095TYPE: onoff
4096LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4097DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4098DOC_START
41bd17a4 4099 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4100 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4101 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4102 fully-closed TCP connection.
4103
4104 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4105 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4106
abdf1651 4107 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4108 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4109 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4110 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4111DOC_END
4112
41bd17a4 4113NAME: pconn_timeout
4114TYPE: time_t
4115LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4116DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4117DOC_START
41bd17a4 4118 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4119 proxies.
4120DOC_END
cccac0a2 4121
41bd17a4 4122NAME: ident_timeout
4123TYPE: time_t
4124IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4125LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4126DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4127DOC_START
4128 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4129
41bd17a4 4130 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4131 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4132 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4133DOC_END
4134
41bd17a4 4135NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4136COMMENT: time-units
4137TYPE: time_t
4138LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4139DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4140DOC_START
41bd17a4 4141 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4142 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4143 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4144 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4145 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4146DOC_END
0976f8db 4147
cccac0a2 4148COMMENT_START
4149 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4150 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4151COMMENT_END
4152
4153NAME: cache_mgr
4154TYPE: string
4155DEFAULT: webmaster
4156LOC: Config.adminEmail
4157DOC_START
4158 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4159 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4160DOC_END
4161
abacf776 4162NAME: mail_from
4163TYPE: string
4164DEFAULT: none
4165LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4166DOC_START
4167 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4168 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4169 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4170 src/globals.h before building squid.
4171DOC_END
4172
d084bf20 4173NAME: mail_program
4174TYPE: eol
4175DEFAULT: mail
4176LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4177DOC_START
4178 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4179 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4180 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4181 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4182
d084bf20 4183 Optional command line options can be specified.
4184DOC_END
4185
cccac0a2 4186NAME: cache_effective_user
4187TYPE: string
5483d916 4188DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4189LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4190DOC_START
4191 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4192 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4193 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4194 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4195DOC_END
4196
cccac0a2 4197NAME: cache_effective_group
4198TYPE: string
4199DEFAULT: none
4200LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4201DOC_START
64e288bd 4202 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4203 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4204 from the groups membership.
4205
e3d74828 4206 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4207 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4208 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4209 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4210 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4211 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4212 group.
64e288bd 4213
4214 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4215 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4216 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4217DOC_END
4218
d3caee79 4219NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4220COMMENT: on|off
4221TYPE: onoff
4222DEFAULT: off
4223LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4224DOC_START
4225 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4226DOC_END
4227
cccac0a2 4228NAME: visible_hostname
4229TYPE: string
4230LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4231DEFAULT: none
4232DOC_START
4233 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4234 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4235 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4236 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4237 names with this setting.
4238DOC_END
4239
cccac0a2 4240NAME: unique_hostname
4241TYPE: string
4242LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4243DEFAULT: none
4244DOC_START
4245 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4246 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4247 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4248DOC_END
4249
cccac0a2 4250NAME: hostname_aliases
4251TYPE: wordlist
4252LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4253DEFAULT: none
4254DOC_START
7f7db318 4255 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4256DOC_END
0976f8db 4257
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4258NAME: umask
4259TYPE: int
4260LOC: Config.umask
4261DEFAULT: 027
4262DOC_START
4263 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4264 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4265
4266 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4267 your value with 0.
4268DOC_END
4269
cccac0a2 4270COMMENT_START
4271 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4272 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4273
4274 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4275 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4276 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4277 create cache hierarchies.
4278
4279 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4280 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4281 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4282
4283 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4284 following information from this configuration file:
4285
4286 http_port
4287 icp_port
4288 cache_mgr
4289
4290 All current information is processed regularly and made
4291 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4292COMMENT_END
4293
4294NAME: announce_period
4295TYPE: time_t
4296LOC: Config.Announce.period
4297DEFAULT: 0
4298DOC_START
4299 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4300 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4301 messages.
4302
e0855596 4303 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 4304
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4305 Example:
4306 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4307DOC_END
4308
cccac0a2 4309NAME: announce_host
4310TYPE: string
4311DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4312LOC: Config.Announce.host
4313DOC_NONE
4314
4315NAME: announce_file
4316TYPE: string
4317DEFAULT: none
4318LOC: Config.Announce.file
4319DOC_NONE
4320
4321NAME: announce_port
4322TYPE: ushort
4323DEFAULT: 3131
4324LOC: Config.Announce.port
4325DOC_START
4326 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4327 number where the registration message will be sent.
4328
4329 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4330 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4331 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4332 message.
4333DOC_END
4334
8d6275c0 4335COMMENT_START
4336 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4337 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4338COMMENT_END
4339
cccac0a2 4340NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4341TYPE: string
4342LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
4343DEFAULT: unset-id
4344DOC_START
4345 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4346 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4347 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4348 an identification token.
4349DOC_END
4350
4351NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4352COMMENT: on|off
4353TYPE: onoff
4354DEFAULT: off
4355LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4356DOC_START
4357 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4358 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4359DOC_END
4360
4361NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4362IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4363COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4364TYPE: string
4365LOC: ESIParser::Type
4366DEFAULT: custom
4367DOC_START
4368 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4369 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4370 encodings.
4371DOC_END
0976f8db 4372
9edd9041 4373COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4374 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4375 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4376COMMENT_END
4377
4378NAME: delay_pools
4379TYPE: delay_pool_count
4380DEFAULT: 0
4381IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4382LOC: Config.Delay
4383DOC_START
4384 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4385 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4386 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4387DOC_END
4388
4389NAME: delay_class
4390TYPE: delay_pool_class
4391DEFAULT: none
4392IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4393LOC: Config.Delay
4394DOC_START
4395 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4396 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4397 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4398 and here would be:
4399
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4400 Example:
4401 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4402 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4403 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4404 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4405 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4406
4407 The delay pool classes are:
4408
4409 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4410 bucket.
4411
4412 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4413 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4414 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4415
4416 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4417 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4418 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4419 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4420 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4421
4422 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4423 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4424 only takes effect if the username is established
4425 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4426 http_access rules.
4427
4428 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4429 external_acl's tag= reply).
4430
4431 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4432 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4433 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4434 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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4435
4436 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4437 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 4438DOC_END
4439
4440NAME: delay_access
4441TYPE: delay_pool_access
4442DEFAULT: none
4443IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4444LOC: Config.Delay
4445DOC_START
4446 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
4447
4448 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4449 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4450 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4451 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4452
4453 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
4454 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4455
4456Example:
4457 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4458 delay_access 1 deny all
4459 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4460 delay_access 2 deny all
4461 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4462DOC_END
4463
4464NAME: delay_parameters
4465TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4466DEFAULT: none
4467IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4468LOC: Config.Delay
4469DOC_START
4470 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4471 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
4472 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4473
4474delay_parameters pool aggregate
4475
4476 For a class 2 delay pool:
4477
4478delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
4479
4480 For a class 3 delay pool:
4481
4482delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
4483
4484 For a class 4 delay pool:
4485
4486delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
4487
4488 For a class 5 delay pool:
4489
4490delay_parameters pool tag
4491
4492 The variables here are:
4493
4494 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4495 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4496 delay_class lines.
4497
4498 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
4499 (class 1, 2, 3).
4500
4501 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
4502 buckets (class 2, 3).
4503
4504 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
4505 (class 3).
4506
4507 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
4508 (class 4).
4509
4510 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
4511 (class 5).
4512
4513 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4514 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4515 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4516 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4517
4518 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
4519 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
4520 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4521
4522delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4523
4524 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4525
4526 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
4527 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
4528 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
4529 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
4530 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4531 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4532 large downloads more significantly:
4533
4534delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4535
4536 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4537
4538 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
4539 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
4540
4541delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4542DOC_END
4543
4544NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4545COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4546TYPE: ushort
4547DEFAULT: 50
4548IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4549LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4550DOC_START
4551 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4552 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4553 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4554 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4555 "seen" by squid).
4556DOC_END
4557
cccac0a2 4558COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4559 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 4560 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4561COMMENT_END
4562
8d6275c0 4563NAME: wccp_router
4564TYPE: address
4565LOC: Config.Wccp.router
4566DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4567IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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4568DOC_START
4569 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4570 Squid.
4571
4572 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
4573
4574 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
4575
4576 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4577 which version of WCCP to use.
4578DOC_END
df2eec10 4579
8d6275c0 4580NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 4581TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 4582LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 4583DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4584IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4585DOC_START
8d6275c0 4586 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4587 Squid.
cccac0a2 4588
8d6275c0 4589 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 4590
8d6275c0 4591 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 4592
8d6275c0 4593 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4594 which version of WCCP to use.
4595DOC_END
4596
4597NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 4598TYPE: int
8d6275c0 4599LOC: Config.Wccp.version
4600DEFAULT: 4
4601IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 4602DOC_START
8d6275c0 4603 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
4604 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
4605 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
4606 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
4607 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 4608
8d6275c0 4609 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
4610 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
4611 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
4612 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 4613DOC_END
4614
8d6275c0 4615NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
4616TYPE: onoff
4617LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
4618DEFAULT: on
4619IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4620DOC_START
4621 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
4622 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
4623DOC_END
cccac0a2 4624
8d6275c0 4625NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 4626TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4627LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 4628DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4629IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4630DOC_START
699acd19 4631 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 4632 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4633
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4634 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4635 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4636
8d6275c0 4637 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4638 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 4639DOC_END
4640
8d6275c0 4641NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 4642TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4643LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 4644DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4645IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4646DOC_START
699acd19 4647 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 4648 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
4649 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4650
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4651 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4652 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4653
8d6275c0 4654 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4655 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 4656
699acd19 4657 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 4658 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
4659 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
4660 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 4661DOC_END
4662
8d6275c0 4663NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 4664TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 4665LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 4666DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 4667IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4668DOC_START
8d6275c0 4669 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
4670 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4671
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4672 hash - Hash assignment
4673 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 4674
8d6275c0 4675 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
4676 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
4677DOC_END
cccac0a2 4678
8d6275c0 4679NAME: wccp2_service
4680TYPE: wccp2_service
4681LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4682DEFAULT: none
4683DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
4684IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4685DOC_START
4686 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
4687 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
4688 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
4689 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
4690 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
4691 using the wccp2_service_info option.
4692
4693 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
4694 just specifying the service id will suffice.
4695
4696 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
4697 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
4698
4699 Examples:
4700
4701 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
4702 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
4703 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
4704 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 4705DOC_END
4706
4707NAME: wccp2_service_info
4708TYPE: wccp2_service_info
4709LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4710DEFAULT: none
4711IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4712DOC_START
4713 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
4714 traffic you wish to have diverted.
4715
4716 The format is:
4717
4718 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
4719 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
4720
4721 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
4722 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 4723 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 4724 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
4725 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
4726 + ports_source
4727
4728 The port list can be one to eight entries.
4729
4730 Example:
4731
4732 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
4733 priority=240 ports=80
4734
4735 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
4736 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
4737DOC_END
4738
4739NAME: wccp2_weight
4740TYPE: int
4741LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
4742DEFAULT: 10000
4743IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4744DOC_START
4745 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
4746 hash proportional to their weight.
4747DOC_END
4748
4749NAME: wccp_address
4750TYPE: address
4751LOC: Config.Wccp.address
4752DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4753IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4754DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4755
8d6275c0 4756NAME: wccp2_address
4757TYPE: address
4758LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
4759DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4760IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4761DOC_START
4762 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
4763 interface address.
4764
4765 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4766DOC_END
4767
4768COMMENT_START
4769 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
4770 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4771
4772 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
4773COMMENT_END
4774
4775NAME: client_persistent_connections
4776TYPE: onoff
4777LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4778DEFAULT: on
4779DOC_NONE
4780
4781NAME: server_persistent_connections
4782TYPE: onoff
4783LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4784DEFAULT: on
4785DOC_START
4786 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4787 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4788 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4789 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4790DOC_END
4791
4792NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
4793TYPE: onoff
4794LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
4795DEFAULT: off
4796DOC_START
4797 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
4798 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
4799 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
4800DOC_END
4801
4802NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4803TYPE: onoff
4804LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4805DEFAULT: off
4806DOC_START
4807 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4808 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4809 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4810 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4811
4812 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4813 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4814 after 10 seconds timeout.
4815DOC_END
4816
4817COMMENT_START
4818 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
4819 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4820COMMENT_END
4821
4822NAME: digest_generation
4823IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4824TYPE: onoff
4825LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4826DEFAULT: on
4827DOC_START
4828 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4829 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 4830 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 4831DOC_END
4832
4833NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4834IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4835TYPE: int
4836LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4837DEFAULT: 5
4838DOC_START
4839 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4840 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4841 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4842DOC_END
4843
4844NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4845IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4846COMMENT: (seconds)
4847TYPE: time_t
4848LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4849DEFAULT: 1 hour
4850DOC_START
749ceff8 4851 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 4852DOC_END
4853
4854NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4855COMMENT: (seconds)
4856IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4857TYPE: time_t
4858LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4859DEFAULT: 1 hour
4860DOC_START
749ceff8 4861 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 4862 disk.
4863DOC_END
4864
4865NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4866COMMENT: (bytes)
4867TYPE: b_size_t
4868IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4869LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4870DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4871DOC_START
4872 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4873 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4874 default swap page.
4875DOC_END
4876
4877NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4878COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4879IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4880TYPE: int
4881LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4882DEFAULT: 10
4883DOC_START
4884 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4885 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4886DOC_END
4887
1db9eacd 4888COMMENT_START
5473c134 4889 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 4890 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4891COMMENT_END
4892
5473c134 4893NAME: snmp_port
4894TYPE: ushort
4895LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 4896DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4897IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4898DOC_START
87630341 4899 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
4900 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
4901 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
4902 set to "0" (disabled)
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4903
4904 Example:
4905 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 4906DOC_END
4907
5473c134 4908NAME: snmp_access
4909TYPE: acl_access
4910LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 4911DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4912DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4913IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4914DOC_START
5473c134 4915 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 4916
5473c134 4917 All access to the agent is denied by default.
4918 usage:
8d6275c0 4919
5473c134 4920 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 4921
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4922 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4923 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 4924Example:
4925 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
4926 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 4927DOC_END
4928
5473c134 4929NAME: snmp_incoming_address
4930TYPE: address
4931LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
4932DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4933IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4934DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4935
5473c134 4936NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
4937TYPE: address
4938LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
4939DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4940IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 4941DOC_START
df2eec10 4942 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 4943
5473c134 4944 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
4945 messages from SNMP agents.
4946 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
4947 agents.
cccac0a2 4948
5473c134 4949 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
4950 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 4951
5473c134 4952 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4953 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
4954 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
4955 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 4956
5473c134 4957 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
4958 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 4959DOC_END
4960
5473c134 4961COMMENT_START
4962 ICP OPTIONS
4963 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4964COMMENT_END
4965
4966NAME: icp_port udp_port
4967TYPE: ushort
4968DEFAULT: 0
4969LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 4970DOC_START
5473c134 4971 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
4972 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
4973 Default is disabled (0).
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4974
4975 Example:
4976 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 4977DOC_END
4978
5473c134 4979NAME: htcp_port
4980IFDEF: USE_HTCP
4981TYPE: ushort
87630341 4982DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4983LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 4984DOC_START
5473c134 4985 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 4986 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
4987 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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4988
4989 Example:
4990 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 4991DOC_END
4992
4993NAME: log_icp_queries
4994COMMENT: on|off
4995TYPE: onoff
4996DEFAULT: on
4997LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
4998DOC_START
4999 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5000 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5001 up or to simplify log analysis.
5002DOC_END
5003
5473c134 5004NAME: udp_incoming_address
5005TYPE: address
5006LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
5007DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
8524d4b2 5008DOC_START
5009 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5010 caches.
5011
5012 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5013
5014 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5015 a specific interface/address.
5016
5017 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5018 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5019
5020 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5021
5022 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5023 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5024DOC_END
cccac0a2 5025
5473c134 5026NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5027TYPE: address
5028LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
5029DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
cccac0a2 5030DOC_START
8524d4b2 5031 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5032 caches.
cccac0a2 5033
5473c134 5034 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5035
8524d4b2 5036 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5037 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5038 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5039 caches.
5040
8524d4b2 5041 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5042 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5043
5044 see also; udp_incoming_address
5045
5473c134 5046 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5047 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5048DOC_END
5049
3d1e3e43 5050NAME: icp_hit_stale
5051COMMENT: on|off
5052TYPE: onoff
5053DEFAULT: off
5054LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5055DOC_START
5056 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5057 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5058 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5059 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5060 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5061 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5062 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5063DOC_END
5064
5473c134 5065NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5066TYPE: int
5473c134 5067DEFAULT: 4
5068LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5069DOC_START
5473c134 5070 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5071 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5072DOC_END
5073
5473c134 5074NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5075TYPE: int
5076DEFAULT: 400
5077LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5078DOC_START
5473c134 5079 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5080 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5081DOC_END
5082
cccac0a2 5083NAME: netdb_low
5084TYPE: int
5085DEFAULT: 900
5086LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5087DOC_NONE
5088
5089NAME: netdb_high
5090TYPE: int
5091DEFAULT: 1000
5092LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5093DOC_START
5094 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5095 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5096 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5097 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5098DOC_END
5099
cccac0a2 5100NAME: netdb_ping_period
5101TYPE: time_t
5102LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5103DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5104DOC_START
5105 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5106 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5107 network. The default is five minutes.
5108DOC_END
5109
cccac0a2 5110NAME: query_icmp
5111COMMENT: on|off
5112TYPE: onoff
5113DEFAULT: off
5114LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5115DOC_START
5116 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5117 replies, enable this option.
5118
5119 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5120 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5121 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5122 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5123 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5124 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5125 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5126 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5127DOC_END
5128
5129NAME: test_reachability
5130COMMENT: on|off
5131TYPE: onoff
5132DEFAULT: off
5133LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5134DOC_START
5135 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5136 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5137 database, or has a zero RTT.
5138DOC_END
5139
5473c134 5140NAME: icp_query_timeout
5141COMMENT: (msec)
5142DEFAULT: 0
5143TYPE: int
5144LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5145DOC_START
5473c134 5146 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5147 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5148 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5149 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5150 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5151 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5152
5473c134 5153 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5154DOC_END
5155
5473c134 5156NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5157COMMENT: (msec)
5158DEFAULT: 2000
5159TYPE: int
5160LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5161DOC_START
5473c134 5162 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5163 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5164 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5165 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5166 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5167 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5168DOC_END
5169
5473c134 5170NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5171COMMENT: (msec)
5172DEFAULT: 5
5173TYPE: int
5174LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5175DOC_START
5473c134 5176 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5177 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5178 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5179 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5180 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5181 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5182 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5183DOC_END
5184
5473c134 5185NAME: background_ping_rate
5186COMMENT: time-units
5187TYPE: time_t
5188DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5189LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5190DOC_START
5473c134 5191 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5192 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5193DOC_END
5194
5473c134 5195COMMENT_START
5196 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5197 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5198COMMENT_END
5199
5200NAME: mcast_groups
5201TYPE: wordlist
5202LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5203DEFAULT: none
5204DOC_START
5473c134 5205 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5206 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5207
5473c134 5208 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5209 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5210 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5211 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5212 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5213 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5214 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5215
5473c134 5216 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5217 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5218
5473c134 5219 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5220 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5221
5473c134 5222 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5223
5473c134 5224 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5225DOC_END
8c01ada0 5226
5473c134 5227NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5228IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5229TYPE: address
5230LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
5231DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
5232DOC_START
5233 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5234 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5235
5473c134 5236 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5237 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5238DOC_END
5239
5473c134 5240NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5241IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5242TYPE: ushort
5243LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5244DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5245DOC_START
5473c134 5246 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5247 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5248 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5249DOC_END
cccac0a2 5250
5473c134 5251NAME: mcast_miss_port
5252IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5253TYPE: ushort
5254LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5255DEFAULT: 3135
5256DOC_START
5257 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5258 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5259DOC_END
cccac0a2 5260
5473c134 5261NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5262IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5263TYPE: string
5264LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5265DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5266DOC_START
5267 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5268 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5269DOC_END
8c01ada0 5270
5473c134 5271NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5272COMMENT: (msec)
5273DEFAULT: 2000
5274TYPE: int
5275LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5276DOC_START
5277 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5278 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5279 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5280 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5281 seconds.
cccac0a2 5282DOC_END
5283
5473c134 5284COMMENT_START
5285 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5286 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5287COMMENT_END
5288
cccac0a2 5289NAME: icon_directory
5290TYPE: string
5291LOC: Config.icons.directory
5292DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5293DOC_START
5294 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5295 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5296DOC_END
5297
f024c970 5298NAME: global_internal_static
5299TYPE: onoff
5300LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5301DEFAULT: on
5302DOC_START
5303 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5304 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5305 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5306 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5307 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5308 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5309 the server generating a directory listing.
5310DOC_END
5311
5473c134 5312NAME: short_icon_urls
5313TYPE: onoff
5314LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5315DEFAULT: on
5316DOC_START
5317 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5318 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5319 it's own name and port in the URL.
5320
5321 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5322 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5323DOC_END
5324
5325COMMENT_START
5326 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5327 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5328COMMENT_END
5329
5330NAME: error_directory
5331TYPE: string
5332LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 5333DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5334DOC_START
5335 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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5336 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
5337 the error/template files to another directory and point
5338 this tag at them.
5339
5340 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
5341 on error pages if used.
5473c134 5342
5343 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5344 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 5345 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 5346 contributing your translation back to the project.
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5347 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5348
5349 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
5350 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
5351DOC_END
5352
5353NAME: error_default_language
5354IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5355TYPE: string
5356LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
5357DEFAULT: none
5358DOC_START
5359 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
5360 if no existing translation matches the clients language
5361 preferences.
5362
5363 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
5364
5365 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5366 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
5367 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
5368 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 5369DOC_END
5370
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5371NAME: error_log_languages
5372IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5373TYPE: onoff
5374LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
5375DEFAULT: on
5376DOC_START
5377 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
5378 auto-negotiate for translations.
5379
5380 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
5381 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 5382 of its error page translations.
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5383DOC_END
5384
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5385NAME: err_page_stylesheet
5386TYPE: string
5387LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
5388DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
5389DOC_START
5390 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
5391
5392 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
5393DOC_END
5394
5473c134 5395NAME: err_html_text
5396TYPE: eol
5397LOC: Config.errHtmlText
5398DEFAULT: none
5399DOC_START
5400 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
5401 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
5402 organizations Web page.
5403
5404 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
5405 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
5406 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
5407 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
5408DOC_END
5409
5410NAME: email_err_data
5411COMMENT: on|off
5412TYPE: onoff
5413LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
5414DEFAULT: on
5415DOC_START
5416 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
5417 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
5418 so that the email body contains the data.
5419 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
5420DOC_END
5421
5422NAME: deny_info
5423TYPE: denyinfo
5424LOC: Config.denyInfoList
5425DEFAULT: none
5426DOC_START
5427 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
5428 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 5429 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 5430
5431 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
5432 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
5433 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
5434 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
5435
5436 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
5437 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
5438 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
5439 the first authentication related acl encountered
5440 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
5441 acl processed on the last http_access line.
5442
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5443 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
5444 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
5445 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 5446
5473c134 5447 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
5448 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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5449
5450 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
5451 get redirected (302) to the specified URL after formattgin tags have
5452 been replaced.
5453
5454 URL FORMAT TAGS:
5455 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
5456 %B - FTP path URL
5457 %e - Error number
5458 %E - Error description
5459 %h - Squid hostname
5460 %H - Request domain name
5461 %i - Client IP Address
5462 %M - Request Method
5463 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
5464 %p - Request Port number
5465 %P - Request Protocol name
5466 %R - Request URL path
5467 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
5468 %U - Full canonical URL from client
5469 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
5470 %u - Full canonical URL from client
5471 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
5472 %% - Literal percent (%) code
5473
5473c134 5474DOC_END
5475
5476COMMENT_START
5477 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
5478 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5479COMMENT_END
5480
5481NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 5482TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5483LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 5484DEFAULT: on
5485DOC_START
5473c134 5486 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
5487 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
5488 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 5489
5473c134 5490 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
5491 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 5492
5473c134 5493 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
5494 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
5495 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 5496
5473c134 5497 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
5498 this directive.
8d6275c0 5499DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 5500
5473c134 5501NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 5502TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5503LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 5504DEFAULT: off
5505DOC_START
5473c134 5506 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
5507 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
5508 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 5509
5473c134 5510 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
5511 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
5512 fails.
5513
5514 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
5515 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
5516 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 5517DOC_END
5518
5473c134 5519NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 5520TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 5521LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 5522DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 5523DOC_START
5473c134 5524 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 5525
5473c134 5526 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
5527 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
5528 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
5529 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
5530 something like:
0b0cfcf2 5531
5473c134 5532 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
5533 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 5534
5473c134 5535 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 5536
5473c134 5537 acl FTP proto FTP
5538 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 5539
5473c134 5540 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
5541 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
5542 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
5543 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
5544 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 5545
5473c134 5546 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5547 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5548 always_direct deny local-external
5549 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 5550
5473c134 5551 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
5552 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
5553 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
5554 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 5555
5473c134 5556 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
5557 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 5558 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 5559
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5560 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5561 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 5562DOC_END
0976f8db 5563
5473c134 5564NAME: never_direct
5565TYPE: acl_access
5566LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
5567DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5568DOC_START
5473c134 5569 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5570
5571 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
5572 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
5573
5574 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
5575 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
5576 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
5577 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
5578
5579 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 5580 never_direct deny local-servers
5581 never_direct allow all
5582
5583 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
5584 servers inside the firewall use something like:
5585
5586 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
5587 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5588 always_direct deny local-external
5589 always_direct allow local-intranet
5590 never_direct allow all
5591
b3567eb5
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5592 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5593 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 5594DOC_END
0976f8db 5595
5473c134 5596COMMENT_START
5597 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
5598 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5599COMMENT_END
5600
cccac0a2 5601NAME: incoming_icp_average
5602TYPE: int
5603DEFAULT: 6
5604LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
5605DOC_NONE
5606
5607NAME: incoming_http_average
5608TYPE: int
5609DEFAULT: 4
5610LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
5611DOC_NONE
5612
5613NAME: incoming_dns_average
5614TYPE: int
5615DEFAULT: 4
5616LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
5617DOC_NONE
5618
5619NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
5620TYPE: int
5621DEFAULT: 8
5622LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
5623DOC_NONE
5624
5625NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
5626TYPE: int
5627DEFAULT: 8
5628LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
5629DOC_NONE
5630
5631NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
5632TYPE: int
5633DEFAULT: 8
5634LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
5635DOC_START
5473c134 5636 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
5637 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
5638 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
5639DOC_END
5640
5641NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 5642TYPE: string
5643DEFAULT: none
5644LOC: Config.accept_filter
5645DOC_START
0b4d4be5 5646 FreeBSD:
5647
5473c134 5648 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
5649 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
5650 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
5651
5652 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 5653 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 5654 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
5655
5656 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
5657 to Squid until there is some data to process.
5658 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
5659
5660 Linux:
5661
5662 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
5663 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
5664 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
5665 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
5666 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 5667EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 5668# FreeBSD
5473c134 5669accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 5670# Linux
5671accept_filter data
5473c134 5672DOC_END
5673
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5674NAME: client_ip_max_connections
5675TYPE: int
5676LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
5677DEFAULT: -1
5678DOC_START
5679 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
5680 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
5681 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
5682
5683 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
5684 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
5685
5686 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
5687
5688 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
5689 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
5690DOC_END
5691
5473c134 5692NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
5693COMMENT: (bytes)
5694TYPE: b_size_t
5695DEFAULT: 0 bytes
5696LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
5697DOC_START
5698 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
5699 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
5700 the default buffer size.
5701DOC_END
5702
5703COMMENT_START
5704 ICAP OPTIONS
5705 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5706COMMENT_END
5707
5708NAME: icap_enable
5709TYPE: onoff
5710IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5711COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5712LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 5713DEFAULT: off
5714DOC_START
53e738c6 5715 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 5716DOC_END
5717
5718NAME: icap_connect_timeout
5719TYPE: time_t
5720DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 5721LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 5722IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5723DOC_START
5724 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5725 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
5726 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
5727
5728 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
5729 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
5730 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
5731DOC_END
5732
5733NAME: icap_io_timeout
5734COMMENT: time-units
5735TYPE: time_t
5736DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 5737LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 5738IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5739DOC_START
5740 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
5741 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
5742 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
5743 failure.
5744
5745 The default is read_timeout.
5746DOC_END
5747
5748NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
5749TYPE: int
5750IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5751LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_failure_limit
5473c134 5752DEFAULT: 10
5753DOC_START
5754 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
5755 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
5756 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
5757 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
5758 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
5759 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
5760
5761 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
5762 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
5763 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5764DOC_END
5765
5473c134 5766NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 5767TYPE: int
5473c134 5768IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5769LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 5770DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 5771DOC_START
5473c134 5772 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
5773 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
5774 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
5775 fetched.
cccac0a2 5776
5473c134 5777 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
5778 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 5779DOC_END
5780
5473c134 5781NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 5782TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5783IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5784COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5785LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 5786DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5787DOC_START
ac7a62f9 5788 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
5789 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
5790 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
5791 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
5792
5793 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
5794 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
5795 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
5796
5797 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
5798 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
5799Example:
5800icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 5801DOC_END
5802
5473c134 5803NAME: icap_preview_size
5804TYPE: int
5805IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5806LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 5807DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 5808DOC_START
53e738c6 5809 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
5810 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
5811 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5812DOC_END
5813
5473c134 5814NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
5815TYPE: int
5816IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5817LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 5818DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 5819DOC_START
53e738c6 5820 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 5821 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 5822DOC_END
5823
5473c134 5824NAME: icap_persistent_connections
5825TYPE: onoff
5826IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5827COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5828LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 5829DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5830DOC_START
5473c134 5831 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
5832 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 5833DOC_END
5834
5473c134 5835NAME: icap_send_client_ip
5836TYPE: onoff
5837IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5838COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5839LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_ip
5473c134 5840DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5841DOC_START
53e738c6 5842 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 5843DOC_END
5844
5473c134 5845NAME: icap_send_client_username
5846TYPE: onoff
5847IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5848COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5849LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_username
5473c134 5850DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5851DOC_START
5473c134 5852 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
5853 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
5854 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
5855 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 5856DOC_END
5857
5473c134 5858NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 5859TYPE: string
5473c134 5860IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5861LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 5862DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 5863DOC_START
5473c134 5864 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 5865DOC_END
5866
5473c134 5867NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 5868TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5869IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5870COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5871LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 5872DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5873DOC_START
5473c134 5874 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 5875DOC_END
5876
5473c134 5877NAME: icap_service
5878TYPE: icap_service_type
5879IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5880LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 5881DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5882DOC_START
a22e6cd3 5883 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 5884
a22e6cd3 5885 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
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5887 service_name: ID
5888 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
5889
5890 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 5891 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5892 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5893 are not yet supported.
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5894
5895 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
5896 ICAP server and service location.
5897
5898 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
5899 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
5900 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
5901 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
5902 service_names differ.
5903
5904
5905 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
5906 the following name=value options:
5907
5908 bypass=on|off|1|0
5909 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
5910 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
5911 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
5912 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
5913 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
5914 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
5915 returned to the HTTP client.
5916
5917 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
5918
5919 routing=on|off|1|0
5920 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
5921 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
5922 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
5923 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
5924 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
5925 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf and
5926 should have the same method and vectoring point as the current
5927 ICAP transaction. Services violating these rules are ignored.
5928 An empty X-Next-Services value results in an empty plan which
5929 ends the current adaptation.
5930
5931 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
5932 response header is ignored.
5933
5934 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
5935 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 5936
5473c134 5937Example:
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5938icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
5939icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 5940DOC_END
5941
5473c134 5942NAME: icap_class
5943TYPE: icap_class_type
5944IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5945LOC: none
5473c134 5946DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5947DOC_START
a22e6cd3 5948 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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5949 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
5950 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 5951
62c7f90e 5952 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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5953 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
5954 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 5955DOC_END
5956
5473c134 5957NAME: icap_access
5958TYPE: icap_access_type
5959IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5960LOC: none
cccac0a2 5961DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5962DOC_START
a22e6cd3 5963 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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5964 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
5965 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 5966DOC_END
5967
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5968COMMENT_START
5969 eCAP OPTIONS
5970 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5971COMMENT_END
5972
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5973NAME: ecap_enable
5974TYPE: onoff
5975IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5976COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 5977LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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5978DEFAULT: off
5979DOC_START
5980 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
5981DOC_END
5982
5983NAME: ecap_service
5984TYPE: ecap_service_type
5985IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 5986LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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5987DEFAULT: none
5988DOC_START
5989 Defines a single eCAP service
5990
5991 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
5992
5993 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
5994 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5995 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5996 are not yet supported.
5997 bypass = 1|0
5998 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
5999 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6000 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6001 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6002 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6003 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6004 HTTP client.
6005 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6006
6007Example:
6008ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6009ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6010DOC_END
6011
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6012NAME: loadable_modules
6013TYPE: wordlist
6014IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6015LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6016DEFAULT: none
6017DOC_START
6018 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6019 preloaded module(s).
6020Example:
6021loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6022DOC_END
6023
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6024COMMENT_START
6025 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6026 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6027COMMENT_END
6028
6029NAME: adaptation_service_set
6030TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6031IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6032LOC: none
6033DEFAULT: none
6034DOC_START
6035
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6036 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6037 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6038
6039 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6040
6041 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6042 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6043 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6044 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6045 intact.
62c7f90e 6046
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6047 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6048 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 6049
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6050 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6051 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6052
6053 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6054 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6055 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6056 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6057 transaction fails as well.
6058
6059 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6060 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6061 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6062 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6063 matters.
6064
6065 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6066
6067Example:
6068adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6069adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6070DOC_END
6071
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6072NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6073TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6074IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6075LOC: none
6076DEFAULT: none
6077DOC_START
6078
6079 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6080 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6081 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6082
6083 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6084
6085 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6086 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6087 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6088 the previous service in the chain.
6089
6090 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6091 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6092
6093 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6094 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6095 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6096
6097 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6098 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6099
6100 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6101 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6102 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6103 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6104
6105 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6106
6107Example:
6108adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6109DOC_END
6110
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6111NAME: adaptation_access
6112TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6113IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6114LOC: none
6115DEFAULT: none
6116DOC_START
6117 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6118
6119 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6120 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6121
6122 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6123 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6124 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6125 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6126
6127 - services serving different vectoring points
6128 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6129 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6130 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6131
6132 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6133 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6134 adaptation_service_set for details.
6135
6136 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6137 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6138 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6139 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6140
6141 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6142 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6143
6144 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6145
6146Example:
6147adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6148DOC_END
6149
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6150NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6151TYPE: int
6152IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6153LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6154DEFAULT: 16
6155DOC_START
6156 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6157 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6158 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6159 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6160 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6161 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6162
6163 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6164
6165 See also: icap_service routing=1
6166DOC_END
6167
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6168NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6169TYPE: string
6170IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6171LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6172DEFAULT: none
6173DOC_START
6174 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6175 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6176 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6177 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6178 with the master transaction.
6179
6180 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6181 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6182
6183 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6184 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
6185 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names. Squid will store
6186 and forward that ICAP header field to subsequent ICAP
6187 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6188
6189 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6190
6191Example:
6192# share authentication information among ICAP services
6193adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6194DOC_END
6195
6196NAME: icap_retry
6197TYPE: acl_access
6198IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6199LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
6200DEFAULT: none
6201DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6202DOC_START
6203 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6204 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6205 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6206 that response are usually retriable.
6207
6208 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6209
6210 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6211 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6212
6213 See also: icap_retry_limit
6214DOC_END
6215
6216NAME: icap_retry_limit
6217TYPE: int
6218IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6219LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6220DEFAULT: 0
6221DOC_START
6222 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6223 no retries are allowed.
6224
6225 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6226 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6227 count against this limit.
6228
6229 See also: icap_retry
6230DOC_END
6231
6232
5473c134 6233COMMENT_START
6234 DNS OPTIONS
6235 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6236COMMENT_END
6237
6238NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6239TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6240DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6241LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6242DOC_START
5473c134 6243 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6244 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6245 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 6246DOC_END
6247
5473c134 6248NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6249TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6250DEFAULT: on
5473c134 6251LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6252DOC_START
5473c134 6253 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6254 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
6255 Squid to be strict about the standard.
6256 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 6257DOC_END
6258
5473c134 6259NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 6260TYPE: string
5473c134 6261IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6262DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
6263LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 6264DOC_START
5473c134 6265 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 6266DOC_END
6267
5473c134 6268NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 6269TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 6270IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 6271DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 6272LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 6273DOC_START
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6274 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
6275 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
6276 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
6277 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
6278 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
6279
6280 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
6281 tuning.
6282
6283 startup=
6284
6285 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
6286 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
6287 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
6288
6289 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
6290 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
6291
6292 idle=
6293
6294 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
6295 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
6296 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
6297 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 6298DOC_END
6299
5473c134 6300NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
6301TYPE: time_t
6302DEFAULT: 5 seconds
6303LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
6304IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6305DOC_START
5473c134 6306 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
6307 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 6308DOC_END
6309
5473c134 6310NAME: dns_timeout
6311TYPE: time_t
6312DEFAULT: 2 minutes
6313LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
6314IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6315DOC_START
5473c134 6316 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
6317 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
6318 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 6319DOC_END
6320
5473c134 6321NAME: dns_defnames
6322COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 6323TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6324DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6325LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 6326DOC_START
5473c134 6327 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
6328 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
6329 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
6330 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 6331DOC_END
6332
5473c134 6333NAME: dns_nameservers
6334TYPE: wordlist
6335DEFAULT: none
6336LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 6337DOC_START
5473c134 6338 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
6339 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
6340 /etc/resolv.conf file.
6341 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
6342 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
6343 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
6344 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 6345
5473c134 6346 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 6347DOC_END
6348
5473c134 6349NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 6350TYPE: string
5473c134 6351DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
6352LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 6353DOC_START
5473c134 6354 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
6355 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
6356 default locations:
6357 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
6358 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6359 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
6360 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6361 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
6362 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
6363 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
6364 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 6365
5473c134 6366 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
6367 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
6368 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
6369 character are comments.
cccac0a2 6370
5473c134 6371 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
6372 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
6373 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
6374 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
6375 definitions.
cccac0a2 6376DOC_END
6377
5473c134 6378NAME: append_domain
6379TYPE: string
6380LOC: Config.appendDomain
6381DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 6382DOC_START
5473c134 6383 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
6384 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
6385
6386 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
6387 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
6388 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
6389
6390Example:
6391 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 6392DOC_END
6393
5473c134 6394NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
6395TYPE: onoff
6396LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 6397DEFAULT: on
6398DOC_START
5473c134 6399 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
6400 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
6401 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
6402 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
6403 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 6404DOC_END
6405
cc192b50 6406NAME: dns_v4_fallback
6407TYPE: onoff
6408DEFAULT: on
6409LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
6410DOC_START
6411 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
6412 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
6413 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
6414
6415 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
6416 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
6417
6418 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
6419 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
6420
6421 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
6422 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
6423 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
6424DOC_END
6425
6bc15a4f 6426NAME: ipcache_size
6427COMMENT: (number of entries)
6428TYPE: int
6429DEFAULT: 1024
6430LOC: Config.ipcache.size
6431DOC_NONE
6432
6433NAME: ipcache_low
6434COMMENT: (percent)
6435TYPE: int
6436DEFAULT: 90
6437LOC: Config.ipcache.low
6438DOC_NONE
6439
6440NAME: ipcache_high
6441COMMENT: (percent)
6442TYPE: int
6443DEFAULT: 95
6444LOC: Config.ipcache.high
6445DOC_START
6446 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
6447DOC_END
6448
6449NAME: fqdncache_size
6450COMMENT: (number of entries)
6451TYPE: int
6452DEFAULT: 1024
6453LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
6454DOC_START
6455 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
6456DOC_END
6457
a58ff010 6458COMMENT_START
5473c134 6459 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 6460 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6461COMMENT_END
6462
5473c134 6463NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 6464COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6465TYPE: onoff
6466DEFAULT: on
6467LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 6468DOC_START
5473c134 6469 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
6470 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
6471 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
6472 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 6473DOC_END
6474
5473c134 6475NAME: memory_pools_limit
6476COMMENT: (bytes)
6477TYPE: b_size_t
6478DEFAULT: 5 MB
6479LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 6480DOC_START
5473c134 6481 Used only with memory_pools on:
6482 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 6483
5473c134 6484 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
6485 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
6486 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
6487 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
6488 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
6489 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
6490 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 6491
5473c134 6492 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
6493 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 6494
5473c134 6495 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
6496 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
6497
6498 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
6499 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
6500 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
6501 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 6502DOC_END
6503
5473c134 6504NAME: forwarded_for
67c06f0d
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6505COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
6506TYPE: string
5473c134 6507DEFAULT: on
6508LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 6509DOC_START
67c06f0d
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6510 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
6511 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 6512
5473c134 6513 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
6514
67c06f0d 6515 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 6516
6517 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
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6518
6519 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
6520 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
6521
6522 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
6523 X-Forwarded-For header.
6524
6525 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
6526 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place itself as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 6527DOC_END
6528
5473c134 6529NAME: cachemgr_passwd
6530TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
6531DEFAULT: none
6532LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 6533DOC_START
5473c134 6534 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 6535
5473c134 6536 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
6537
6538 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
6539 5min
6540 60min
6541 asndb
6542 authenticator
6543 cbdata
6544 client_list
6545 comm_incoming
6546 config *
6547 counters
6548 delay
6549 digest_stats
6550 dns
6551 events
6552 filedescriptors
6553 fqdncache
6554 histograms
6555 http_headers
6556 info
6557 io
6558 ipcache
6559 mem
6560 menu
6561 netdb
6562 non_peers
6563 objects
6564 offline_toggle *
6565 pconn
6566 peer_select
b360c477 6567 reconfigure *
5473c134 6568 redirector
6569 refresh
6570 server_list
6571 shutdown *
6572 store_digest
6573 storedir
6574 utilization
6575 via_headers
6576 vm_objects
6577
6578 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
6579 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
6580
6581 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
6582 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
6583 password to "none".
6584
6585 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
6586
6587Example:
6588 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
6589 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
6590 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 6591DOC_END
6592
5473c134 6593NAME: client_db
a58ff010 6594COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6595TYPE: onoff
6596DEFAULT: on
6597LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 6598DOC_START
5473c134 6599 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
6600 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 6601DOC_END
6602
5473c134 6603NAME: refresh_all_ims
6604COMMENT: on|off
6605TYPE: onoff
6606DEFAULT: off
6607LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 6608DOC_START
5473c134 6609 When you enable this option, squid will always check
6610 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
6611 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
6612 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
6613 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 6614
5473c134 6615 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
6616 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 6617DOC_END
6618
5473c134 6619NAME: reload_into_ims
6620IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 6621COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6622TYPE: onoff
6623DEFAULT: off
6624LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 6625DOC_START
5473c134 6626 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
6627 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
6628 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
6629 feature could make you liable for problems which it
6630 causes.
6631
6632 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 6633DOC_END
6634
5473c134 6635NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
6636TYPE: int
6637LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
6638DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 6639DOC_START
5473c134 6640 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
6641 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
6642 each address is tried once).
6643
6644 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
6645 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
6646 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
6647
6648 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
6649 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 6650DOC_END
6651
5473c134 6652NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 6653TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6654LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 6655DEFAULT: off
6656DOC_START
5473c134 6657 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
6658 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
6659 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
6660 control errors.
5f8252d2 6661DOC_END
6662
5473c134 6663NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 6664TYPE: string
5473c134 6665LOC: Config.as_whois_server
6666DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
6667DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 6668DOC_START
5473c134 6669 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
6670 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 6671DOC_END
6672
5473c134 6673NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 6674TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6675LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 6676DEFAULT: off
6677DOC_START
5473c134 6678 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
6679 objects.
a58ff010 6680DOC_END
6681
5473c134 6682NAME: uri_whitespace
6683TYPE: uri_whitespace
6684LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
6685DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 6686DOC_START
5473c134 6687 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
6688 URI. Options:
a58ff010 6689
5473c134 6690 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
6691 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
6692 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
6693 Request" message.
6694 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
6695 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
6696 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
6697 are in use.
6698 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
6699 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
6700 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
6701 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
6702 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
6703 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
6704 violation.
6705DOC_END
a58ff010 6706
5473c134 6707NAME: chroot
6708TYPE: string
6709LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 6710DEFAULT: none
6711DOC_START
9f37c18a 6712 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
2d89f399
HN
6713 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
6714 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
6715 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
6716 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 6717DOC_END
a58ff010 6718
5473c134 6719NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
6720TYPE: onoff
6721LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 6722DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6723DOC_START
cc192b50 6724 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
6725 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
6726 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
6727
5473c134 6728 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
6729 found not to preserve user session state across requests
6730 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 6731
cc192b50 6732 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 6733DOC_END
6734
5473c134 6735NAME: pipeline_prefetch
6736TYPE: onoff
6737LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
6738DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 6739DOC_START
5473c134 6740 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
6741 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
6742 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 6743
5473c134 6744 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
6745 reasons.
6746DOC_END
a58ff010 6747
5473c134 6748NAME: high_response_time_warning
6749TYPE: int
6750COMMENT: (msec)
6751LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
6752DEFAULT: 0
6753DOC_START
6754 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
6755 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
6756 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 6757DOC_END
6758
5473c134 6759NAME: high_page_fault_warning
6760TYPE: int
6761LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
6762DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 6763DOC_START
5473c134 6764 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
6765 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
6766 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
6767 per second.
6768DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6769
5473c134 6770NAME: high_memory_warning
6771TYPE: b_size_t
6772LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 6773DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 6774DOC_START
6775 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 6776 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 6777 the administrators attention.
6778DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6779
5473c134 6780NAME: sleep_after_fork
6781COMMENT: (microseconds)
6782TYPE: int
6783LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
6784DEFAULT: 0
6785DOC_START
6786 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
6787 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
6788 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
6789 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
6790 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
6791 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
6792 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
6793 until all the child processes have been started.
6794 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
6795 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 6796DOC_END
6797
b6696974 6798NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 6799IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
b6696974
GS
6800COMMENT: on|off
6801TYPE: onoff
6802DEFAULT: on
6803LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
6804DOC_START
6805 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
6806 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
6807 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
6808 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
6809 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
6810 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
6811DOC_END
6812
a98c2da5
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6813NAME: eui_lookup
6814TYPE: onoff
6815IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
6816DEFAULT: on
6817LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
6818DOC_START
6819 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
6820DOC_END
6821
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6822NAME: main_processes
6823TYPE: int
6824LOC: Config.main_processes
6825DEFAULT: 1
6826DOC_START
6827 Number of main Squid processes to fork.
6828 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
6829 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
6830 N: start N main Squid process daemons
6831DOC_END
6832
cccac0a2 6833EOF