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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
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32
33 This is the documentation for the Squid configuration file.
34 This documentation can also be found online at:
35 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/
36
37 You may wish to look at the Squid home page and wiki for the
38 FAQ and other documentation:
39 http://www.squid-cache.org/
40 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
41 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples
42
43 This documentation shows what the defaults for various directives
44 happen to be. If you don't need to change the default, you should
45 leave the line out of your squid.conf in most cases.
46
47 In some cases "none" refers to no default setting at all,
48 while in other cases it refers to the value of the option
49 - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the case.
debd9a31 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 52
592a09dc 53COMMENT_START
54 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
5945964d 55 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards are
592a09dc 56 supported.
57
58 For example,
59
60 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
61
62 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
63 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
64 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
65 configuration files.
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66
67
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68 Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters
69
70 Squid supports directive parameters with spaces, quotes, and other
71 special characters. Surround such parameters with "double quotes". Use
72 the configuration_includes_quoted_values directive to enable or
73 disable that support.
74
75 Squid supports reading configuration option parameters from external
76 files using the syntax:
77 parameters("/path/filename")
78 For example:
79 acl whitelist dstdomain parameters("/etc/squid/whitelist.txt")
80
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81 Conditional configuration
82
83 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
84 depend on conditions:
85
86 if <CONDITION>
87 ... regular configuration directives ...
88 [else
89 ... regular configuration directives ...]
90 endif
91
92 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
93 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
94 configuration directives.
95
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96 NOTE: An else-if condition is not supported.
97
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98 These individual conditions types are supported:
99
100 true
101 Always evaluates to true.
102 false
103 Always evaluates to false.
104 <integer> = <integer>
105 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
106
107
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108 SMP-Related Macros
109
110 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
111
112 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
113 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
114
115 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
116 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
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117 across all Squid processes of the current service instance.
118
119 ${service_name} expands into the current Squid service instance
120 name identifier which is provided by -n on the command line.
121
592a09dc 122COMMENT_END
123
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124# options still not yet ported from 2.7 to 3.x
125NAME: broken_vary_encoding
126TYPE: obsolete
127DOC_START
128 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
129DOC_END
130
131NAME: cache_vary
132TYPE: obsolete
133DOC_START
134 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
135DOC_END
136
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137NAME: error_map
138TYPE: obsolete
139DOC_START
140 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
141DOC_END
142
143NAME: external_refresh_check
144TYPE: obsolete
145DOC_START
146 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
147DOC_END
148
96598f93 149NAME: location_rewrite_program location_rewrite_access location_rewrite_children location_rewrite_concurrency
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150TYPE: obsolete
151DOC_START
152 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
153DOC_END
154
96598f93 155NAME: refresh_stale_hit
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156TYPE: obsolete
157DOC_START
158 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
159DOC_END
160
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161# Options Removed in 3.3
162NAME: ignore_ims_on_miss
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163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
96598f93 165 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
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166DOC_END
167
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168# Options Removed in 3.2
169NAME: ignore_expect_100
170TYPE: obsolete
171DOC_START
172 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
173DOC_END
174
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175NAME: dns_v4_fallback
176TYPE: obsolete
177DOC_START
4ded749e 178 Remove this line. Squid performs a 'Happy Eyeballs' algorithm, the 'fallback' algorithm is no longer relevant.
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179DOC_END
180
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181NAME: ftp_list_width
182TYPE: obsolete
183DOC_START
184 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
185DOC_END
186
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187NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
188TYPE: obsolete
189DOC_START
190 Replaced by connect_retries. The behaviour has changed, please read the documentation before altering.
191DOC_END
192
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193NAME: update_headers
194TYPE: obsolete
195DOC_START
196 Remove this line. The feature is supported by default in storage types where update is implemented.
197DOC_END
198
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199NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
200TYPE: obsolete
201DOC_START
202 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
203DOC_END
204
205# Options Removed in 3.1
206NAME: dns_testnames
207TYPE: obsolete
208DOC_START
209 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
210DOC_END
211
212NAME: extension_methods
213TYPE: obsolete
214DOC_START
215 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
216DOC_END
217
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218# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.2
219NAME: zero_buffers
220TYPE: obsolete
221DOC_NONE
222
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223# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
224NAME: incoming_rate
225TYPE: obsolete
226DOC_NONE
227
228NAME: server_http11
229TYPE: obsolete
230DOC_START
231 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
232DOC_END
233
234NAME: upgrade_http0.9
235TYPE: obsolete
236DOC_START
237 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
238DOC_END
239
240NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
241TYPE: obsolete
242DOC_START
243 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
244DOC_END
245
246# Options Removed in 3.0
247NAME: header_access
248TYPE: obsolete
249DOC_START
250 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
251 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
252DOC_END
253
254NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
255TYPE: obsolete
256DOC_START
257 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
258DOC_END
259
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260NAME: wais_relay_host
261TYPE: obsolete
262DOC_START
263 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
264DOC_END
265
266NAME: wais_relay_port
267TYPE: obsolete
268DOC_START
269 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
270DOC_END
271
5473c134 272COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 273 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 274 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
275COMMENT_END
276
41bd17a4 277NAME: auth_param
278TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 279IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 280LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 281DEFAULT: none
282DOC_START
41bd17a4 283 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
284 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 285
41bd17a4 286 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 287
41bd17a4 288 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
289 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
290 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
291 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
292 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
293 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
294 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
295 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
296 program entry).
cccac0a2 297
41bd17a4 298 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
299 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
300 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
301 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 302
41bd17a4 303 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
304 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
305 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
306 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
307 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
308 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
309 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
310 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
311 type acl.
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41bd17a4 313 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
314 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
315 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
316 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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317 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
318 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 319
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320 === Parameters common to all schemes. ===
321
322 "program" cmdline
323 Specifies the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
324 runs a loop that, on every iteration, reads a request line from
325 the standard and responds with a scheme-specific answer. The loop
326 stops when all input is exchausted (EOF). See scheme-specific
327 "program" descriptions below for details.
328
329 "key_extras" format
330 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
331 authentication helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
332 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
333 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
334 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
335 By default, Squid uses request formats provided in scheme-specific
336 examples below (search for %credentials).
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337 The expanded key_extras value is added to the Squid credentials
338 cache and, hence, will affect authentication. It can be used to
339 autenticate different users with identical user names (e.g., when user
340 authentication depends on http_port).
341 Avoid adding frequently changing information to key_extras. For
342 example, if you add user source IP, and it changes frequently
343 in your environment, then max_user_ip ACL is going to treat every
344 user+IP combination as a unique "user", breaking the ACL and
345 wasting a lot of memory on those user records. It will also force
346 users to authenticate from scratch whenever their IP changes.
d4806c91 347
41bd17a4 348 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 349
41bd17a4 350 "program" cmdline
351 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
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352 reads a request_format line ("username password" by default) and
353 replies with one of three results:
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355 OK
356 the user exists.
357
358 ERR
359 the user does not exist.
360
361 BH
4ded749e 362 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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363 a result being identified.
364
365 "ERR" and "BH" results may optionally be followed by message="..."
366 containing a description available as %m in the returned error page.
367
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368 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
369 proxy_auth.
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41bd17a4 371 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
372 program is specified.
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41bd17a4 374 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
375 this line to something like
307b83b7 376
f6c0fef2 377 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/basic_ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 378
d2a89ac1 379 "utf8" on|off
4ded749e 380 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as character set, while some authentication
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381 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
382 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
383 username & password to the helper.
384
7353861b 385 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 386 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 387 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
388 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
389 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
390 authenticator processes.
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391
392 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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393 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
394 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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395 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
396 the maximum.
397
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398 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
399 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
400 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
401 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
402 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
4ded749e 403 same helper in parallel without waiting for the response.
41bd17a4 404 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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406 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 407
41bd17a4 408 "realm" realmstring
409 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
410 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
411 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
412 password). There is no default.
413 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 414
41bd17a4 415 "credentialsttl" timetolive
416 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
417 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
418 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
419 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
420 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
421 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
422 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
423 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
424 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 425
41bd17a4 426 "casesensitive" on|off
427 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
428 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
429 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
430 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
431 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 432
41bd17a4 433 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 434
41bd17a4 435 "program" cmdline
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436 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
437 reads a request_format line ("username":"realm" by default) and
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438 replies with one of three results:
439
440 OK ha1="..."
441 the user exists. The ha1= key is mandatory and
442 contains the appropriate H(A1) value, hex encoded.
443 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
444
445 ERR
446 the user does not exist.
447
448 BH
4ded749e 449 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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450 a result being identified.
451
452 "ERR" and "BH" results may optionally be followed by message="..."
453 containing a description available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 454
41bd17a4 455 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
456 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 457
41bd17a4 458 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
459 something like
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7ce93108 461 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 462
d2a89ac1 463 "utf8" on|off
4ded749e 464 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as character set, while some authentication
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465 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
466 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
467 username & password to the helper.
468
7353861b 469 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 470 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 471 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
472 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
473 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
474 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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475
476 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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477 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
478 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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479 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
480 the maximum.
481
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482 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
483 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
484 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
485 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
486 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
4ded749e 487 same helper in parallel without waiting for the response.
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488 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
489
48d54e4d 490 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 491
41bd17a4 492 "realm" realmstring
493 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
494 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
495 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
496 password). There is no default.
497 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 498
41bd17a4 499 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
500 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
501 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 502
41bd17a4 503 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
504 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
505 valid for.
cccac0a2 506
41bd17a4 507 "nonce_max_count" number
508 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
509 used.
cccac0a2 510
41bd17a4 511 "nonce_strictness" on|off
512 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
513 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
4ded749e 514 user agents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
41bd17a4 515 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 516
41bd17a4 517 "check_nonce_count" on|off
518 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
519 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
520 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
521 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 522
41bd17a4 523 "post_workaround" on|off
524 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
525 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
526 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 527
41bd17a4 528 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 529
41bd17a4 530 "program" cmdline
531 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
532 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
533 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
534 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
5269ec0e 535 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator program
41bd17a4 536 is not used.
cccac0a2 537
e4752e21 538 auth_param ntlm program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 539
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540 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
541 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 542 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
543 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
544 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
545 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
546 processes.
cccac0a2 547
48d54e4d 548 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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549 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
550 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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551 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
552 the maximum.
553
554 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 555
41bd17a4 556 "keep_alive" on|off
557 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
558 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
559 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
560 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
561 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 563 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 564
41bd17a4 565 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 566
41bd17a4 567 "program" cmdline
568 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
569 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
570 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
571 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
572 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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573 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
574 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
5269ec0e 575 authenticator program is not used.
41bd17a4 576 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
577 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 578
e4752e21 579 auth_param negotiate program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 580
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581 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
582 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 583 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
584 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
4ded749e 585 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
41bd17a4 586 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
587 processes.
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588
589 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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590 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
591 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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592 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
593 the maximum.
594
595 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
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41bd17a4 597 "keep_alive" on|off
598 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
599 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
600 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
601 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
602 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 604 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
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606 Examples:
607
41bd17a4 608#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
609#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 610#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 611#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 612#
41bd17a4 613#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 614#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 615#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 616#
41bd17a4 617#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 618#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 619#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
620#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
621#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
622#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 623#
41bd17a4 624#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 625#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 626#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
627#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 628DOC_END
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41bd17a4 630NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
631TYPE: time_t
632DEFAULT: 1 hour
633LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
634DOC_START
635 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
4ded749e 636 This is a trade-off between memory utilization (long intervals - say
41bd17a4 637 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
638 have good reason to.
639DOC_END
cccac0a2 640
41bd17a4 641NAME: authenticate_ttl
642TYPE: time_t
643DEFAULT: 1 hour
644LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
645DOC_START
646 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
647 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
648 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
649 TTL are removed from memory.
650DOC_END
cccac0a2 651
41bd17a4 652NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
653TYPE: time_t
654LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
c35dd848 655DEFAULT: 1 second
41bd17a4 656DOC_START
657 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
658 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
659 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
660 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
4ded749e 661 quickly, as is the case with dialup. You might be safe
41bd17a4 662 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
663 environment with relatively static address assignments.
664DOC_END
cccac0a2 665
3d1e3e43 666COMMENT_START
667 ACCESS CONTROLS
668 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
669COMMENT_END
670
41bd17a4 671NAME: external_acl_type
672TYPE: externalAclHelper
673LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 674DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 675DOC_START
41bd17a4 676 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
677 to look up the status
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41bd17a4 679 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 680
41bd17a4 681 Options:
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41bd17a4 683 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
684 for 1 hour)
685 negative_ttl=n
686 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
687 as ttl)
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689 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
690 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
691 children-startup=n
692 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
693 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
694 of this type. (default 0)
695 children-idle=n
696 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
697 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
698 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
699 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 700 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
701 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 702 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 703 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
704 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 705 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 706 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
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707 ipv4 / ipv6 IP protocol used to communicate with this helper.
708 The default is to auto-detect IPv6 and use it when available.
cccac0a2 709
41bd17a4 710 FORMAT specifications
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41bd17a4 712 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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713 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
714 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
715 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 716 %IDENT Ident user name
717 %SRC Client IP
718 %SRCPORT Client source port
719 %URI Requested URI
720 %DST Requested host
721 %PROTO Requested protocol
722 %PORT Requested port
723 %PATH Requested URL path
724 %METHOD Request method
725 %MYADDR Squid interface address
726 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
727 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
728 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
729 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
730 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
731 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 732
c68c9682 733 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 734 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 735 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 736 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 737 HTTP request header list member using ; as
738 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
739 character.
cccac0a2 740
c68c9682 741 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 742 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 743 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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744 %<{Hdr:;member}
745 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
746 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
747 character.
748
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749 %ACL The name of the ACL being tested.
750 %DATA The ACL arguments. If not used then any arguments
751 is automatically added at the end of the line
752 sent to the helper.
753 NOTE: this will encode the arguments as one token,
754 whereas the default will pass each separately.
755
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756 %% The percent sign. Useful for helpers which need
757 an unchanging input format.
758
cccac0a2 759
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760 General request syntax:
761
762 [channel-ID] FORMAT-values [acl-values ...]
763
764
765 FORMAT-values consists of transaction details expanded with
766 whitespace separation per the config file FORMAT specification
767 using the FORMAT macros listed above.
768
769 acl-values consists of any string specified in the referencing
770 config 'acl ... external' line. see the "acl external" directive.
771
772 Request values sent to the helper are URL escaped to protect
773 each value in requests against whitespaces.
774
775 If using protocol=2.5 then the request sent to the helper is not
776 URL escaped to protect against whitespace.
777
778 NOTE: protocol=3.0 is deprecated as no longer necessary.
779
780 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
781 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
782 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
783 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
784 of the response relating to its request.
785
786
787 The helper receives lines expanded per the above format specification
788 and for each input line returns 1 line starting with OK/ERR/BH result
789 code and optionally followed by additional keywords with more details.
790
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41bd17a4 792 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 793
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795
796 Result consists of one of the codes:
797
798 OK
799 the ACL test produced a match.
800
801 ERR
802 the ACL test does not produce a match.
803
804 BH
4ded749e 805 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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806 a result being identified.
807
808 The meaning of 'a match' is determined by your squid.conf
809 access control configuration. See the Squid wiki for details.
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41bd17a4 811 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 812
41bd17a4 813 user= The users name (login)
5269ec0e 814
41bd17a4 815 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
5269ec0e 816
05e52854 817 message= Message describing the reason for this response.
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818 Available as %o in error pages.
819 Useful on (ERR and BH results).
820
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821 tag= Apply a tag to a request. Only sets a tag once,
822 does not alter existing tags.
5269ec0e 823
41bd17a4 824 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
5269ec0e 825 %ea in logformat specifications.
934b03fc 826
05e52854 827 Any keywords may be sent on any response whether OK, ERR or BH.
6a566b9c 828
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829 All response keyword values need to be a single token with URL
830 escaping, or enclosed in double quotes (") and escaped using \ on
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831 any double quotes or \ characters within the value. The wrapping
832 double quotes are removed before the value is interpreted by Squid.
833 \r and \n are also replace by CR and LF.
1e5562e3 834
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835 Some example key values:
836
5269ec0e 837 user=John%20Smith
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838 user="John Smith"
839 user="J. \"Bob\" Smith"
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841
41bd17a4 842NAME: acl
843TYPE: acl
844LOC: Config.aclList
38450a50 845IF USE_SSL
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846DEFAULT: ssl::certHasExpired ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED
847DEFAULT: ssl::certNotYetValid ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID
848DEFAULT: ssl::certDomainMismatch ssl_error SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH
849DEFAULT: ssl::certUntrusted ssl_error X509_V_ERR_INVALID_CA X509_V_ERR_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED
850DEFAULT: ssl::certSelfSigned ssl_error X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
851ENDIF
1f5bd0a4 852DEFAULT: all src all
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853DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
854DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
855DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
856DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
cccac0a2 857DOC_START
41bd17a4 858 Defining an Access List
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860 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
861 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
862 they are read from.
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864 acl aclname acltype argument ...
865 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 866
375eeb3b 867 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
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870 The available options are:
871
872 -i,+i By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make them
873 case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
874 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line
875 without -i.
876
877 -n Disable lookups and address type conversions. If lookup or
878 conversion is required because the parameter type (IP or
879 domain name) does not match the message address type (domain
880 name or IP), then the ACL would immediately declare a mismatch
881 without any warnings or lookups.
882
883 -- Used to stop processing all options, in the case the first acl
884 value has '-' character as first character (for example the '-'
885 is a valid domain name)
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887 Some acl types require suspending the current request in order
888 to access some external data source.
889 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
890 don't are marked as [fast].
891 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
892 for further information
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894 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
895
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896 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
897 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
0f987978 898 acl aclname dst [-n] ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
1e40905d 899 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 900
41bd17a4 901 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
902 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
903 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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904 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some
905 # other *BSD variants.
906 # [fast]
41bd17a4 907 #
908 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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909 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
910 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
911
912 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
913 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
0f987978 914 acl aclname dstdomain [-n] .foo.com ...
e38c7724 915 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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916 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
917 # regex matching client name [slow]
0f987978 918 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-n] [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 919 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 920 #
41bd17a4 921 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
922 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
923 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9bc73deb 924
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925 acl aclname src_as number ...
926 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 927 # [fast]
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928 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
929 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
930 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
931 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
932 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
933 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
934 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 935
6db78a1a 936 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 937 # [fast]
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938 # match against a named cache_peer entry
939 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
940
375eeb3b 941 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 942 # [fast]
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944 # S - Sunday
945 # M - Monday
946 # T - Tuesday
947 # W - Wednesday
948 # H - Thursday
949 # F - Friday
950 # A - Saturday
951 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
952
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953 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
954 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
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955 acl aclname urllogin [-i] [^a-zA-Z0-9] ...
956 # regex matching on URL login field
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957 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
958 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
e988aa40 959
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960 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
961 # ranges are alloed
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962 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
963 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
964
b3567eb5 965 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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967 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
968
969 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
e988aa40 970
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971 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
972 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 974 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 975 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 977 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 978 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 979 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
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375eeb3b 981 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 982 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 983 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 984 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 985
41bd17a4 986 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
987 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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989 # supplied credentials [slow]
990 #
991 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 992 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
993 #
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995 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
996 #
41bd17a4 997 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
998 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
999 # in access.log.
1000 #
1001 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
1002 # to check username/password combinations (see
1003 # auth_param directive).
1004 #
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1006 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 1007 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 1008
41bd17a4 1009 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 1010 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 1011 # Example:
1012 #
1013 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
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41bd17a4 1015 acl aclname maxconn number
1016 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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1018 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
1019 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 1020
41bd17a4 1021 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
1022 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
1023 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 1024 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 1025 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
1026 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
1027 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
1028 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
1029 # request is denied)
1030 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
1031 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
1032 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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1034 acl aclname random probability
1035 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
1036 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
1037 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
1038
375eeb3b 1039 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 1040 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
1041 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 1042 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 1043 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
1044 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 1045
41bd17a4 1046 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1047 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
1048 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1049 # ACL [fast]
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375eeb3b 1051 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 1052 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
1053 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 1054 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 1055 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1056 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1057 # http_reply_access.
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41bd17a4 1059 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1060 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
1061 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1062 # ACLs [fast]
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375eeb3b 1064 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 1065 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 1066 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
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41bd17a4 1068 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
1069 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 1070 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
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41bd17a4 1072 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
1073 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 1074 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 1075
41bd17a4 1076 acl aclname ext_user username ...
1077 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 1078 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 1079 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 1080
0ab50441 1081 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 1082 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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1085 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
1086 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
1087 #
1088 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1089 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1090 # http_reply_access.
1091
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1093 # match transaction annotation [fast]
1094 # Without values, matches any annotation with a given name.
1095 # With value(s), matches any annotation with a given name that
1096 # also has one of the given values.
1097 # Names and values are compared using a string equality test.
1098 # Annotation sources include note and adaptation_meta directives
1099 # as well as helper and eCAP responses.
1100
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1102 # Matches the name of any icap_service, ecap_service,
1103 # adaptation_service_set, or adaptation_service_chain that Squid
1104 # has used (or attempted to use) for the master transaction.
1105 # This ACL must be defined after the corresponding adaptation
1106 # service is named in squid.conf. This ACL is usable with
1107 # adaptation_meta because it starts matching immediately after
1108 # the service has been selected for adaptation.
1109
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1112 # match against SSL certificate validation error [fast]
cf1c09f6 1113 #
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1115 # template file.
cf1c09f6 1116 #
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1118 # [ssl::]certHasExpired: the "not after" field is in the past
1119 # [ssl::]certNotYetValid: the "not before" field is in the future
1120 # [ssl::]certUntrusted: The certificate issuer is not to be trusted.
1121 # [ssl::]certSelfSigned: The certificate is self signed.
1122 # [ssl::]certDomainMismatch: The certificate CN domain does not
1123 # match the name the name of the host we are connecting to.
1124 #
1125 # The ssl::certHasExpired, ssl::certNotYetValid, ssl::certDomainMismatch,
1126 # ssl::certUntrusted, and ssl::certSelfSigned can also be used as
1127 # predefined ACLs, just like the 'all' ACL.
1128 #
1129 # NOTE: The ssl_error ACL is only supported with sslproxy_cert_error,
1130 # sslproxy_cert_sign, and sslproxy_cert_adapt options.
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1134 #
1135 # The fingerprint is the digest of the DER encoded version
1136 # of the whole certificate. The user should use the form: XX:XX:...
1137 # Optional argument specifies the digest algorithm to use.
1138 # The SHA1 digest algorithm is the default and is currently
1139 # the only algorithm supported (-sha1).
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1142 # match any one of the acls [fast or slow]
1143 # The first matching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1144 #
1145 # ACLs from multiple any-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1146 # For example, A = (a1 or a2) or (a3 or a4) can be written as
1147 # acl A any-of a1 a2
1148 # acl A any-of a3 a4
1149 #
1150 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1151 # and slow otherwise.
1152
1153 acl aclname all-of acl1 acl2 ...
1154 # match all of the acls [fast or slow]
1155 # The first mismatching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1156 #
1157 # ACLs from multiple all-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1158 # For example, B = (b1 and b2) or (b3 and b4) can be written as
1159 # acl B all-of b1 b2
1160 # acl B all-of b3 b4
1161 #
1162 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1163 # and slow otherwise.
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1166 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
1167 acl myexample dst_as 1241
1168 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
1169 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
1170 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 1171
41bd17a4 1172NOCOMMENT_START
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1174# Recommended minimum configuration:
1175#
e0855596 1176
ee776778 1177# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1178# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
1179# should be allowed
1180acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
1181acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
1182acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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1183acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
1184acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
e0855596 1185
41bd17a4 1186acl SSL_ports port 443
1187acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
1188acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
1189acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
1190acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
1191acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
1192acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
1193acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
1194acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
1195acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
1196acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
1197acl CONNECT method CONNECT
1198NOCOMMENT_END
1199DOC_END
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1201NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
1202TYPE: acl_access
1203IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1204LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
3d674977 1205DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
638402dd 1206DEFAULT_DOC: X-Forwarded-For header will be ignored.
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1208 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
1209 find the original source of a request.
1210
1211 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
1212 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
1213 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
1214 rightmost address being the most recent.
1215
1216 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
1217 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
1218 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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1220 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
1221 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
1222 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
1223 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
1224 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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1226 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
1227 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 1228 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 1229 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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1231 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 1232
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1234 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1235
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1237
1238 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
1239 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
1240 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
1241 source address of the request. This may enable remote
1242 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
1243 based on the client's source addresses.
1244
1245 For example:
1246
1247 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
1248 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
1249 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
1250 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
1251DOC_END
1252
1253NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
1254COMMENT: on|off
1255TYPE: onoff
1256IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1257DEFAULT: on
1258LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
1259DOC_START
1260 Controls whether the indirect client address
1261 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1262 direct client address in acl matching.
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1264 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
1265 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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1267
1268NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1269COMMENT: on|off
1270TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 1271IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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1273LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1274DOC_START
1275 Controls whether the indirect client address
1276 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1277 direct client address in delay pools.
1278DOC_END
1279
1280NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
1281COMMENT: on|off
1282TYPE: onoff
1283IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1284DEFAULT: on
1285LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
1286DOC_START
1287 Controls whether the indirect client address
1288 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1289 direct client address in the access log.
1290DOC_END
1291
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1292NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1293COMMENT: on|off
1294TYPE: onoff
1295IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 1296DEFAULT: off
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1298DOC_START
1299 Controls whether the indirect client address
1300 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1301 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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1303 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
1304 mode ports.
1305
1306 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
1307 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
b01a2238 1308 of follow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
4d7ab5a2 1309 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1312NAME: spoof_client_ip
1313TYPE: acl_access
1314LOC: Config.accessList.spoof_client_ip
1315DEFAULT: none
1316DEFAULT_DOC: Allow spoofing on all TPROXY traffic.
1317DOC_START
1318 Control client IP address spoofing of TPROXY traffic based on
1319 defined access lists.
1320
1321 spoof_client_ip allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1322
1323 If there are no "spoof_client_ip" lines present, the default
1324 is to "allow" spoofing of any suitable request.
1325
1326 Note that the cache_peer "no-tproxy" option overrides this ACL.
1327
1328 This clause supports fast acl types.
1329 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1330DOC_END
1331
41bd17a4 1332NAME: http_access
1333TYPE: acl_access
1334LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1335DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
638402dd 1336DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1337DOC_START
1338 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1339
41bd17a4 1340 Access to the HTTP port:
1341 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1342
41bd17a4 1343 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 1344
41bd17a4 1345 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1346 the request.
cccac0a2 1347
41bd17a4 1348 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1349 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1350 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1351 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1353 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1356 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1357
41bd17a4 1358NOCOMMENT_START
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1360#
1361# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1362#
e0855596 1363# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1364http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1366# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1367http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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1370http_access allow localhost manager
1371http_access deny manager
1372
41bd17a4 1373# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1374# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1375# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1376#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1378#
1379# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1380#
c8f4eac4 1381
ee776778 1382# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1383# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1384# from where browsing should be allowed
1385http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1386http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1387
41bd17a4 1388# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1389http_access deny all
1390NOCOMMENT_END
1391DOC_END
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1393NAME: adapted_http_access http_access2
1394TYPE: acl_access
1395LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1396DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1397DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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1399 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1400
1401 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1402 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1403 output.
1404
1405 If not set then only http_access is used.
1406DOC_END
1407
41bd17a4 1408NAME: http_reply_access
1409TYPE: acl_access
1410LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1411DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1412DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1413DOC_START
1414 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1415
41bd17a4 1416 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1417
41bd17a4 1418 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
638402dd 1419 all replies.
1a224843 1420
41bd17a4 1421 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1422 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1423 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1425 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1426 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1427DOC_END
1428
41bd17a4 1429NAME: icp_access
1430TYPE: acl_access
1431LOC: Config.accessList.icp
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1433DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1434DOC_START
41bd17a4 1435 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1436 access lists
5473c134 1437
41bd17a4 1438 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1439
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1441 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
1442 using ICP.
41bd17a4 1443
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1445 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1447# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1448#icp_access allow localnet
1449#icp_access deny all
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1451
41bd17a4 1452NAME: htcp_access
1453IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1454TYPE: acl_access
1455LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
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1457DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1458DOC_START
41bd17a4 1459 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1460 access lists
5473c134 1461
41bd17a4 1462 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1463
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1465 cache purge (CLR) HTCP messages.
5473c134 1466
0b48417e 1467 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1468 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1469 using the htcp option.
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1472 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1474# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1475#htcp_access allow localnet
1476#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1477DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1479NAME: htcp_clr_access
1480IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1481TYPE: acl_access
1482LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
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1484DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1485DOC_START
1486 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
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1488 See htcp_access for details on general HTCP access control.
5473c134 1489
41bd17a4 1490 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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1493 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1495# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
638402dd 1496acl htcp_clr_peer src 192.0.2.2 2001:DB8::2
41bd17a4 1497htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
638402dd 1498htcp_clr_access deny all
5473c134 1499DOC_END
1500
41bd17a4 1501NAME: miss_access
1502TYPE: acl_access
1503LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1504DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1505DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1506DOC_START
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1507 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1508
1509 For example;
1510 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1511 a parent.
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638402dd 1513 acl localclients src 192.0.2.0/24 2001:DB8::a:0/64
41bd17a4 1514 miss_access deny !localclients
638402dd 1515 miss_access allow all
5473c134 1516
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1518 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1519 objects (HITs).
1520
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1522 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1524 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1525 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1526DOC_END
1527
1528NAME: ident_lookup_access
1529TYPE: acl_access
1530IFDEF: USE_IDENT
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1532DEFAULT_DOC: Unless rules exist in squid.conf, IDENT is not fetched.
4daaf3cb 1533LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1534DOC_START
41bd17a4 1535 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1536 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1537 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1538 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1539 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1540 any requests.
5473c134 1541
41bd17a4 1542 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1543 can follow this example:
5473c134 1544
4daaf3cb 1545 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1546 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1547 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1548
4daaf3cb 1549 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1550 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1551 the correct result.
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1553 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1554 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1555DOC_END
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5b0f5383 1557NAME: reply_body_max_size
1558COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1559TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1560DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1561DEFAULT_DOC: No limit is applied.
5b0f5383 1562LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1563DOC_START
1564 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1565 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1566 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1567 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1568 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1569 for this reply.
1570
1571 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1572 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1573 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1574 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1575 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1576 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1577 and they will receive a partial reply.
1578
1579 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1580 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1581 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1582 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1583
1584 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1585 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1586 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1587 the size of your largest error page.
1588
1589 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1590 no limit imposed.
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1592 Configuration Format is:
1593 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1594 ie.
1595 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1596
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1598
1599COMMENT_START
1600 NETWORK OPTIONS
1601 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1602COMMENT_END
1603
1604NAME: http_port ascii_port
65d448bc 1605TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1606DEFAULT: none
1607LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1608DOC_START
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1609 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1610 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1611 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1612
1613 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1614 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1615 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1616 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1617 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1618 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1619 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1620
1621 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1622 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1623
1624 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1625 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1626 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1627
1628 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1629
c7b1dd5d 1630 Modes:
5b0f5383 1631
e77bdb4e 1632 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1633 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1634 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1635
1636 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1637 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1638 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1639
7f45065d 1640 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1641
caf3666d 1642 ssl-bump For each CONNECT request allowed by ssl_bump ACLs,
c7b1dd5d 1643 establish secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1644 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1646 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1647
7a957a93 1648 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
caf3666d 1649 bumping of CONNECT requests.
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1651 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1652
1653
1654 Accelerator Mode Options:
1655
5b0f5383 1656 defaultsite=domainname
1657 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1658 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1659 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1660
cf673853 1661 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
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1664 requests with. Defaults to HTTP/1.1 for http_port and
1665 HTTPS/1.1 for https_port.
1666 When an unsupported value is configured Squid will
1667 produce a FATAL error.
1668 Values: HTTP or HTTP/1.1, HTTPS or HTTPS/1.1
5b0f5383 1669
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1671 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1672
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1674 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1675
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1677 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1678 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1679 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1680
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1682
7f45065d 1683 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1685
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1687 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1688 never_direct was used.
1689
1690 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1691 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1692 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1693 http_access rules when using this.
1694
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1696 SSL Bump Mode Options:
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1698
1699 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
1700 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1701 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1702 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1703 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1704 certificate will be selfsigned.
1705 If there is a CA certificate lifetime of the generated
1706 certificate equals lifetime of the CA certificate. If
1707 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1708 years.
1709 This option is enabled by default when ssl-bump is used.
1710 See the ssl-bump option above for more information.
1711
1712 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1713 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1714 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1715 default value is 4MB.
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1717 TLS / SSL Options:
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1719 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1720
1721 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1722 if not specified, the certificate file is
1723 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1724 key file.
1725
1726 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1727 1 automatic (default)
1728 2 SSLv2 only
1729 3 SSLv3 only
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1730 4 TLSv1.0 only
1731 5 TLSv1.1 only
1732 6 TLSv1.2 only
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1734 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
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1735 NOTE: some ciphers such as EDH ciphers depend on
1736 additional settings. If those settings are
1737 omitted the ciphers may be silently ignored
1738 by the OpenSSL library.
c7b1dd5d 1739
943c5f16 1740 options= Various SSL implementation options. The most important
c7b1dd5d 1741 being:
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1742 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1743 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1744 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
1745 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
1746 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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1747 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1748 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
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1750 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
1751 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
1752 strength to some attacks.
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1753 See OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1754 complete list of options.
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1756 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1757 requesting a client certificate.
1758
1759 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1760 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1761 clientca will be used.
1762
1763 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1764 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1765
1766 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1767 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1768 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1769
1770 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
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1772 on how to create this file.
1773 WARNING: EDH ciphers will be silently disabled if this
1774 option is not set.
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1775
1776 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1777 DELAYED_AUTH
1778 Don't request client certificates
1779 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1780 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1781 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1782 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1783 to OpenSSL.
1784 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1785 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1786 will result in a new SSL session.
1787 VERIFY_CRL
1788 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1789 certificates.
1790 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1791 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1792 client certificate chain.
1793
1794 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1795
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1797
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1798 connection-auth[=on|off]
1799 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1800 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1801 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1802
5b0f5383 1803 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1804 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1805 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1806 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1807 support is enabled.
1808 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1809
1810 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1811 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1812 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1813 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1814 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1815 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1816 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1817 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1818
81b6e9a7 1819 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1820 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1821
68924b6d 1822 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
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1824 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1825 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1826 timeout the time before giving up.
1827
5b0f5383 1828 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1829 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1830 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1831 visible on the internal address.
1832
1833NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 1834
5b0f5383 1835# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1836http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1837NOCOMMENT_END
1838DOC_END
1839
1840NAME: https_port
1841IFDEF: USE_SSL
65d448bc 1842TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1843DEFAULT: none
1844LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1845DOC_START
7f45065d 1846 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1847
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1849 over TLS or SSL connections. Commonly referred to as HTTPS.
5b0f5383 1850
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1851 This is most useful for situations where you are running squid in
1852 accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the accelerator level.
5b0f5383 1853
1854 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1855 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1856
7f45065d 1857 Modes:
5b0f5383 1858
7f45065d 1859 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1860
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1862 outgoing requests without browser settings.
1863 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
1864
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1866 connections using the client IP address.
1867 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
1868
caf3666d 1869 ssl-bump For each intercepted connection allowed by ssl_bump
7a957a93 1870 ACLs, establish a secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1871 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1873 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1874
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1876 fully enable bumping of intercepted SSL connections.
379e8c1c 1877
38450a50 1878 Requires tproxy or intercept.
379e8c1c 1879
7f45065d 1880 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
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5b0f5383 1882
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1884
1885
1886 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1887
1888 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1889
1890 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1891 if not specified, the certificate file is
1892 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1893 key file.
1894
1895 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1896 1 automatic (default)
1897 2 SSLv2 only
1898 3 SSLv3 only
1899 4 TLSv1 only
1900
1901 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1902
1903 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1904 being:
1905 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1906 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1907 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1908 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1909 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1910 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1911 documentation for a complete list of options.
1912
1913 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1914 requesting a client certificate.
1915
1916 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1917 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1918 clientca will be used.
1919
1920 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1921 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1922
1923 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1924 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1925 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1926
1927 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1928 DH key exchanges.
1929
1930 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1931 DELAYED_AUTH
1932 Don't request client certificates
1933 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1934 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1935 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1936 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1937 to OpenSSL.
1938 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1939 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1940 will result in a new SSL session.
1941 VERIFY_CRL
1942 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1943 certificates.
1944 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1945 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1946 client certificate chain.
1947
1948 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1949
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1951 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1952 destination hosts of bumped SSL requests.When
1953 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1954 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1955 certificate will be selfsigned.
1956 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1957 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1958 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1959 years.
1960 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1961 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1962
1963 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1964 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1965 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1966 default value is 4MB.
379e8c1c 1967
859741ed 1968 See http_port for a list of available options.
5b0f5383 1969DOC_END
1970
41bd17a4 1971NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1972TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1973DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1974LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 1975DOC_START
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1976 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets outgoing
1977 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1978
41bd17a4 1979 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1980
41bd17a4 1981 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1982 and good_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1983
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1985 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1986 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1987 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1988
41bd17a4 1989 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1990 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1991 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1992
41bd17a4 1993 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1994 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1996 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
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41bd17a4 1998 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1999 matching line.
cccac0a2 2000DOC_END
2001
41bd17a4 2002NAME: clientside_tos
2003TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 2004DEFAULT: none
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2005LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToClient
2006DOC_START
2007 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
2008 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2009
2010 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2011
2012 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2013 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2014
2015 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2016 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2017 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
2018 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2019
2020 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
2021 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
2022DOC_END
2023
2024NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
2025TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2026IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2027DEFAULT: none
2028LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
2029DOC_START
2030 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
2031 on the server side, based on an ACL.
2032
2033 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2034
2035 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2036 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2037
2038 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2039 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2040 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2041 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
2042DOC_END
2043
2044NAME: clientside_mark
2045TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2046IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2047DEFAULT: none
2048LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
cccac0a2 2049DOC_START
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2050 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to packets being transmitted
2051 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2052
2053 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2054
2055 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2056 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2057
2058 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2059 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2060 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2061 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
2062
2063 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
2064 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 2065DOC_END
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2068TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 2069IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 2070DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 2071LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 2072DOC_START
575cb927 2073 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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2075 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
2076 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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2079 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
2080 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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2083 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
2084 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
2085
2086 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
7172612f 2087
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2088 This setting is configured by setting the following values:
2089
2090 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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2092 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
2093
2094 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
2095
2096 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
2097
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2099 over the preserve-miss feature (see below), unless
2100 mask is specified, in which case only the bits
2101 specified in the mask are written.
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2103 The TOS variant of the following features are only possible on Linux
2104 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
2105 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
2106 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
2107 with all variants of netfilter.
575cb927 2108
575cb927 2109 disable-preserve-miss
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2110 This option disables the preservation of the TOS or netfilter
2111 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
2112 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
2113 and masked with miss-mark.
2114 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
2115 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
2116 (MARK target).
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2118 miss-mask=0xFF
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2119 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS or mark value
2120 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
2121 the TOS sent towards clients.
2122 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
2123 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
2124
2125 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
2126 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
2127 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
2128 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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2131
41bd17a4 2132NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2133TYPE: acl_address
2134DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2135DEFAULT_DOC: Address selection is performed by the operating system.
41bd17a4 2136LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2137DOC_START
2138 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2139 based on the username or source address of the user making
2140 the request.
7f7db318 2141
41bd17a4 2142 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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2145 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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2147 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2148 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
2149
2150 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
2151 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
2152
2153 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
2154 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
2155
2156 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
2157 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 2158
41bd17a4 2159 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2160 matching line.
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2163 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
2164 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
2165
2166
2167 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 2168 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
2169 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
2170 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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2dd51400 2172 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
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2174 When needing to contact peers use the no-tproxy cache_peer option and the
2175 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
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2180TYPE: onoff
2181DEFAULT: off
2182LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
2183DOC_START
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2185 traffic, Squid always verifies that the destination IP address matches
2962f8b8 2186 the Host header domain or IP (called 'authority form URL').
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2188 This enforcement is performed to satisfy a MUST-level requirement in
2189 RFC 2616 section 14.23: "The Host field value MUST represent the naming
2190 authority of the origin server or gateway given by the original URL".
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2191
2192 When set to ON:
2193 Squid always responds with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error
2194 page and logs a security warning if there is no match.
2195
2196 Squid verifies that the destination IP address matches
2197 the Host header for forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic
2198 as well. For those traffic types, Squid also enables the
2199 following checks, comparing the corresponding Host header
2200 and Request-URI components:
2201
2202 * The host names (domain or IP) must be identical,
2203 but valueless or missing Host header disables all checks.
2204 For the two host names to match, both must be either IP
2205 or FQDN.
2206
2207 * Port numbers must be identical, but if a port is missing
2208 the scheme-default port is assumed.
2209
2210
2211 When set to OFF (the default):
2212 Squid allows suspicious requests to continue but logs a
2213 security warning and blocks caching of the response.
2214
2215 * Forward-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
2216
2217 * Reverse-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
2218
2219 * Intercepted traffic which passes verification is handled
32c32865 2220 according to client_dst_passthru.
2962f8b8 2221
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2223 to the client original destination instead of DIRECT.
2224 This overrides 'client_dst_passthru off'.
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2226 For now suspicious intercepted CONNECT requests are always
2227 responded to with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error page.
bfe4e2fe 2228
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2232 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
2233 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
2234 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
2235 security policy and sandboxing protections.
2236
2237 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
2238 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
2239 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
2240 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
2241 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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2243DOC_END
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2245NAME: client_dst_passthru
2246TYPE: onoff
2247DEFAULT: on
2248LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
2249DOC_START
2250 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
2251 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
2252 source using the HTTP Host header.
2253
2254 Using Host to locate alternative servers can provide faster
2255 connectivity with a range of failure recovery options.
2256 But can also lead to connectivity trouble when the client and
2257 server are attempting stateful interactions unaware of the proxy.
2258
2259 This option (on by default) prevents alternative DNS entries being
2260 located to send intercepted traffic DIRECT to an origin server.
2261 The clients original destination IP and port will be used instead.
2262
2263 Regardless of this option setting, when dealing with intercepted
2264 traffic Squid will verify the Host: header and any traffic which
2265 fails Host verification will be treated as if this option were ON.
2266
2267 see host_verify_strict for details on the verification process.
cccac0a2 2268DOC_END
2269
41bd17a4 2270COMMENT_START
2271 SSL OPTIONS
2272 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2273COMMENT_END
2274
2275NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
2276IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 2277TYPE: onoff
2278DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 2279LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 2280DOC_START
41bd17a4 2281 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
2282 messages.
cccac0a2 2283DOC_END
2284
41bd17a4 2285NAME: ssl_engine
2286IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 2287TYPE: string
41bd17a4 2288LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
2289DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 2290DOC_START
41bd17a4 2291 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
2292 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 2293DOC_END
2294
41bd17a4 2295NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
2296IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 2297DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2298LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
2299TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2300DOC_START
41bd17a4 2301 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2302DOC_END
2303
41bd17a4 2304NAME: sslproxy_client_key
2305IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 2306DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2307LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
2308TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2309DOC_START
41bd17a4 2310 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2311DOC_END
2312
41bd17a4 2313NAME: sslproxy_version
2314IFDEF: USE_SSL
2315DEFAULT: 1
638402dd 2316DEFAULT_DOC: automatic SSL/TLS version negotiation
41bd17a4 2317LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
2318TYPE: int
cccac0a2 2319DOC_START
41bd17a4 2320 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2321
2322 The versions of SSL/TLS supported:
2323
2324 1 automatic (default)
2325 2 SSLv2 only
2326 3 SSLv3 only
2327 4 TLSv1.0 only
2328 5 TLSv1.1 only
2329 6 TLSv1.2 only
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2331
41bd17a4 2332NAME: sslproxy_options
2333IFDEF: USE_SSL
2334DEFAULT: none
2335LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
2336TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2337DOC_START
943c5f16 2338 SSL implementation options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2339
2340 The most important being:
2341
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2342 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2343 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2344 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2345 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2346 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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2347 SINGLE_DH_USE
2348 Always create a new key when using temporary/ephemeral
2349 DH key exchanges
2350 SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
2351 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets. Some servers
2352 may have problems understanding the TLS extension due
2353 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2354 ALL Enable various bug workarounds suggested as "harmless"
2355 by OpenSSL. Be warned that this may reduce SSL/TLS
2356 strength to some attacks.
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2358 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2359 complete list of possible options.
cccac0a2 2360DOC_END
2361
41bd17a4 2362NAME: sslproxy_cipher
2363IFDEF: USE_SSL
2364DEFAULT: none
2365LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
2366TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2367DOC_START
41bd17a4 2368 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2369
2370 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 2371DOC_END
2372
41bd17a4 2373NAME: sslproxy_cafile
2374IFDEF: USE_SSL
2375DEFAULT: none
2376LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
2377TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2378DOC_START
41bd17a4 2379 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
2380 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2381DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2383NAME: sslproxy_capath
2384IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 2385DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2386LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
2387TYPE: string
5473c134 2388DOC_START
41bd17a4 2389 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
2390 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 2391DOC_END
2392
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2393NAME: sslproxy_session_ttl
2394IFDEF: USE_SSL
2395DEFAULT: 300
2396LOC: Config.SSL.session_ttl
2397TYPE: int
2398DOC_START
2399 Sets the timeout value for SSL sessions
2400DOC_END
2401
2402NAME: sslproxy_session_cache_size
2403IFDEF: USE_SSL
2404DEFAULT: 2 MB
2405LOC: Config.SSL.sessionCacheSize
2406TYPE: b_size_t
2407DOC_START
2408 Sets the cache size to use for ssl session
2409DOC_END
2410
4c9da963 2411NAME: ssl_bump
2412IFDEF: USE_SSL
caf3666d 2413TYPE: sslproxy_ssl_bump
4c9da963 2414LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
638402dd 2415DEFAULT_DOC: Does not bump unless rules are present in squid.conf
4c9da963 2416DEFAULT: none
2417DOC_START
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2418 This option is consulted when a CONNECT request is received on
2419 an http_port (or a new connection is intercepted at an
2420 https_port), provided that port was configured with an ssl-bump
2421 flag. The subsequent data on the connection is either treated as
2422 HTTPS and decrypted OR tunneled at TCP level without decryption,
2423 depending on the first bumping "mode" which ACLs match.
2424
2425 ssl_bump <mode> [!]acl ...
2426
2427 The following bumping modes are supported:
2428
2429 client-first
2430 Allow bumping of the connection. Establish a secure connection
2431 with the client first, then connect to the server. This old mode
2432 does not allow Squid to mimic server SSL certificate and does
2433 not work with intercepted SSL connections.
2434
2435 server-first
2436 Allow bumping of the connection. Establish a secure connection
2437 with the server first, then establish a secure connection with
2438 the client, using a mimicked server certificate. Works with both
2439 CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL connections.
2440
2441 none
2442 Become a TCP tunnel without decoding the connection.
2443 Works with both CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL
2444 connections. This is the default behavior when no
2445 ssl_bump option is given or no ssl_bump ACLs match.
2446
2447 By default, no connections are bumped.
2448
2449 The first matching ssl_bump option wins. If no ACLs match, the
2450 connection is not bumped. Unlike most allow/deny ACL lists, ssl_bump
2451 does not have an implicit "negate the last given option" rule. You
2452 must make that rule explicit if you convert old ssl_bump allow/deny
2453 rules that rely on such an implicit rule.
4c9da963 2454
e0c0d54c 2455 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 2456 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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2459
e0855596 2460
caf3666d 2461 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from
638402dd 2462 # localhost or those going to example.com.
e0855596 2463
e0855596 2464 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
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2465 ssl_bump none localhost
2466 ssl_bump none broken_sites
2467 ssl_bump server-first all
4c9da963 2468DOC_END
2469
41bd17a4 2470NAME: sslproxy_flags
2471IFDEF: USE_SSL
2472DEFAULT: none
2473LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
2474TYPE: string
5473c134 2475DOC_START
41bd17a4 2476 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 2477 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
2478 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 2479 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
2480 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 2481DOC_END
2482
4c9da963 2483NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
2484IFDEF: USE_SSL
2485DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2486DEFAULT_DOC: Server certificate errors terminate the transaction.
4c9da963 2487LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
2488TYPE: acl_access
2489DOC_START
2490 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
2491
2492 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
3b8f558c 2493 when talking to servers for example.com. All other
4c9da963 2494 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
2495
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2497 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenButTrustedServers
4c9da963 2498 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
2499
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2501 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
2502 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 2503
2504 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
638402dd 2505 terminate the transaction to protect Squid and the client.
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2508 but should not happen unless your OpenSSL library is buggy.
2509
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2510 SECURITY WARNING:
2511 Bypassing validation errors is dangerous because an
2512 error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted
2513 and the connection may be insecure.
4c9da963 2514
638402dd 2515 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
4c9da963 2516DOC_END
2517
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2518NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign
2519IFDEF: USE_SSL
2520DEFAULT: none
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2521POSTSCRIPTUM: signUntrusted ssl::certUntrusted
2522POSTSCRIPTUM: signSelf ssl::certSelfSigned
2523POSTSCRIPTUM: signTrusted all
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2524TYPE: sslproxy_cert_sign
2525LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_sign
2526DOC_START
2527
69742b76 2528 sslproxy_cert_sign <signing algorithm> acl ...
aebe6888 2529
69742b76 2530 The following certificate signing algorithms are supported:
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aebe6888 2532 signTrusted
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2534 placed in and trusted by end-user browsers. This is the
2535 default for trusted origin server certificates.
638402dd 2536
aebe6888 2537 signUntrusted
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2539 This is the default for untrusted origin server certificates
2540 that are not self-signed (see ssl::certUntrusted).
638402dd 2541
aebe6888 2542 signSelf
69742b76 2543 Sign using a self-signed certificate with the right CN to
aebe6888 2544 generate a X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT error in the
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2546 certificates (see ssl::certSelfSigned).
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2549
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2550 When sslproxy_cert_sign acl(s) match, Squid uses the corresponding
2551 signing algorithm to generate the certificate and ignores all
2552 subsequent sslproxy_cert_sign options (the first match wins). If no
2553 acl(s) match, the default signing algorithm is determined by errors
2554 detected when obtaining and validating the origin server certificate.
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2556 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2557 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2558 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2559 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2560 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2561 bump-server-first is used.
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2563
638402dd 2564NAME: sslproxy_cert_adapt
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2565IFDEF: USE_SSL
2566DEFAULT: none
2567TYPE: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2568LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_adapt
2569DOC_START
2570
2571 sslproxy_cert_adapt <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
2572
69742b76 2573 The following certificate adaptation algorithms are supported:
638402dd 2574
fb2178bb 2575 setValidAfter
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2577 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
638402dd 2578
fb2178bb 2579 setValidBefore
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2580 Sets the "Not Before" property to the "Not Before" property of
2581 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
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2584 Sets Subject.CN property to the host name specified as a
2585 CN parameter or, if no explicit CN parameter was specified,
2586 extracted from the CONNECT request. It is a misconfiguration
2587 to use setCommonName without an explicit parameter for
2588 intercepted or tproxied SSL connections.
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2590 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2591
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2592 Squid first groups sslproxy_cert_adapt options by adaptation algorithm.
2593 Within a group, when sslproxy_cert_adapt acl(s) match, Squid uses the
2594 corresponding adaptation algorithm to generate the certificate and
2595 ignores all subsequent sslproxy_cert_adapt options in that algorithm's
2596 group (i.e., the first match wins within each algorithm group). If no
2597 acl(s) match, the default mimicking action takes place.
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2599 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2600 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2601 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2602 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2603 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2604 bump-server-first is used.
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2606
41bd17a4 2607NAME: sslpassword_program
2608IFDEF: USE_SSL
2609DEFAULT: none
2610LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
2611TYPE: string
5473c134 2612DOC_START
41bd17a4 2613 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
2614 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
2615 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
2616 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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2618 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2619 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2620 keys.
5473c134 2621DOC_END
2622
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2624 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2625 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2626COMMENT_END
2627
2628NAME: sslcrtd_program
2629TYPE: eol
2630IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2631DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2632LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2633DOC_START
2634 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2635 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2636 For more information use:
2637 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2638DOC_END
2639
2640NAME: sslcrtd_children
2641TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2642IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2643DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2644LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2645DOC_START
2646 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2647 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2648
2649 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2650 tuning.
2651
2652 startup=N
2653
2654 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2655 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2656 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2657
2658 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2659 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2660
2661 idle=N
2662
2663 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2664 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2665 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2666 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2667
2668 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2669DOC_END
2670
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2671NAME: sslcrtvalidator_program
2672TYPE: eol
2673IFDEF: USE_SSL
2674DEFAULT: none
2675LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator
2676DOC_START
2677 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crt_validator
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2679
2680 Usage: sslcrtvalidator_program [ttl=n] [cache=n] path ...
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2682 Options:
638402dd 2683 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results. The default is 60 secs
14798e73 2684 cache=n limit the result cache size. The default value is 2048
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2686
2687NAME: sslcrtvalidator_children
2688TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2689IFDEF: USE_SSL
413bb969 2690DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1 concurrency=1
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2691LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator_Children
2692DOC_START
638402dd 2693 The maximum number of processes spawn to service SSL server.
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2695
2696 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2697 tuning.
2698
2699 startup=N
2700
2701 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2702 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2703 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2704
2705 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2706 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2707
2708 idle=N
2709
2710 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2711 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2712 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2713 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
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2715 concurrency=
2716
2717 The number of requests each certificate validator helper can handle in
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2719 support concurrency. Defaults to 1.
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2720
2721 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
2722 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
2723 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
2724 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
2725 to that request.
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2727 You must have at least one ssl_crt_validator process.
2728DOC_END
2729
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41bd17a4 2731 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2732 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2733COMMENT_END
2734
41bd17a4 2735NAME: cache_peer
2736TYPE: peer
2737DEFAULT: none
2738LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 2739DOC_START
41bd17a4 2740 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
2b94f655 2741
41bd17a4 2742 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2743
41bd17a4 2744 For example,
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41bd17a4 2746 # proxy icp
2747 # hostname type port port options
2748 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2749 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2750 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2751 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2e9993e1 2752 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 default
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2754
2755 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2756
2757 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2758 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2759 For web servers this is usually 80
2760
2761 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2762 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2763 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2764
2765
2766 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2767
2768 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2769 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2770
2771
2772 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2773
2774 multicast-responder
2775 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2776 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2777 replies will be accepted from it.
2778
2779 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2780 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2781
2782 background-ping
2783 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2784 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2785 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2786
2787
2788 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2789
2790 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2791 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2792
2793
2794 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2795 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2797 list of options described below.
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18191440 2799 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2800
18191440 2801 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2802 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2803 only-clr.
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2805 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
2806 This cannot be used with no-clr.
2b94f655 2807
18191440 2808 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2809 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
2810 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2811
18191440 2812 htcp=forward-clr
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2813 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2814
2815
2816 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2817
2818 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2819 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2820
2821
2822 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2823 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2824 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2825
2826 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2827 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2828 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2829
2830 weighted-round-robin
2831 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2832 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2833 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2834 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2835 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2836
2837 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2838 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2839 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2840
2841 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2842
2843 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2845 multicast-siblings
2846 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2847 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2e9993e1 2848 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a multicast
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2849 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
2850 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2851 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2852 members of the same multicast group.
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2854
2855 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2856
2857 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2858 peer-selection mechanisms.
2859 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2860 larger weights are favored more.
2861 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2862 protocol is not in use.
2863
2864 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2865 times of parents.
2866 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2867 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2868 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2869
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2870 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
2871 to this address.
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2872 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
2873 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2874 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2875 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2876
2877 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2878 delay pools.
2879
2880 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2881 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2882 than the Squid default location.
2883
2884
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2886
2887 carp-key=key-specification
2888 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2889 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2890 scheme, host, port, path, params
2891 Order is not important.
2892
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2894
2895 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2896 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2897 is a web server.
2898
2899 forceddomain=name
2900 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2901 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2902 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2903 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2904
2905 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2906
2907 no-netdb-exchange
2908 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2909
2910
2911 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2912
2913 login=user:password
2914 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2915 requires proxy authentication.
2916
2917 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2918 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2919
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2920 login=PASSTHRU
2921 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2922 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2923 without alteration to the peer.
2924 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2925
2926 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2927 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2928 connection-auth options are also used.
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2930 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
2931 Authentication is not required by this option.
11e4c5e5 2932
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2933 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
2934 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2935 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
2936 they may be sent instead.
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2937
2938 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2939 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2940 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2941 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2942 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2943
2944 login=*:password
2945 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2946 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2947 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2948 needed to identify each user.
2949 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2950 information which is added to the username. This can
2951 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2952 the login=username:password option above.
2953
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2954 login=NEGOTIATE
2955 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2956 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2957 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2958 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2959
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2961 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2962 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2963
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2964 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
2965 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2966 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2967 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2968 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2969 used.
2970
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2971 WARNING: The connection may transmit requests from multiple
2972 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2973 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2974
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2975 connection-auth=on|off
2976 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2977 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2978 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2979 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2980 of the peer.
2981
2982
2983 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2984
2985 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2986
2987 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2988 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2989 this peer.
2990
2991 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2992 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2993 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2994 reference a combined file containing both the
2995 certificate and the key.
2996
3d96b0e8 2997 sslversion=1|2|3|4|5|6
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2998 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2999 1 = automatic (default)
3000 2 = SSL v2 only
3001 3 = SSL v3 only
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3002 4 = TLS v1.0 only
3003 5 = TLS v1.1 only
3004 6 = TLS v1.2 only
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3005
3006 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
3007 to this peer.
3008
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3009 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL implementation options:
3010
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3011 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
3012 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
3013 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
3014 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
3015 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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3016 SINGLE_DH_USE
3017 Always create a new key when using
3018 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
3019 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
3020 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
3021 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
3022 strength to some attacks.
3023
3024 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
3025 more complete list.
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3026
3027 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
3028 when verifying the peer certificate.
3029
3030 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
3031 use when verifying the peer certificate.
3032
3033 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
3034 verifying the peer certificate.
3035
3036 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
3037
41bd17a4 3038 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
3039 Accept certificates even if they fail to
3040 verify.
3041 NO_DEFAULT_CA
3042 Don't use the default CA list built in
3043 to OpenSSL.
3044 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
3045 Don't verify the peer certificate
3046 matches the server name
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3047
3048 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
3049 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
3050 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
3051 used.
3052
3053 front-end-https
3054 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
3055 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
3056 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
3057 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
3058 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
3059
3060
3061 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
3062
3063 connect-timeout=N
3064 A peer-specific connect timeout.
3065 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
3066
3067 connect-fail-limit=N
3068 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
3069 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
3070
3071 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
3072 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
3073 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
3074 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
3075 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
3076 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
3077 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
3078
3079 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
3080 peer. see also
3081
3082 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
3083 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
3084 but different ports.
3085 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
3086 directives to dentify the peer.
3087 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
3088 peername ACL type.
3089
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3090 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
3091 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
0d901ef4 3092 This overrides the spoof_client_ip ACL.
b0758e04 3093
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3094 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
3095
41bd17a4 3096DOC_END
cccac0a2 3097
41bd17a4 3098NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
3099TYPE: hostdomain
3100DEFAULT: none
3101LOC: none
3102DOC_START
3103 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
638402dd 3104 queried.
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3106 Usage:
3107 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
3108 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 3109
41bd17a4 3110 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 3111
41bd17a4 3112 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 3113
41bd17a4 3114 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
3115 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
3116 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
3117 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
3118 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 3119
41bd17a4 3120 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
3121 either on the same or separate lines.
3122 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
3123 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
3124 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
3125 for all requests.
3126 * There are no defaults.
3127 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
3128 section.
3129DOC_END
dd9b1776 3130
41bd17a4 3131NAME: cache_peer_access
3132TYPE: peer_access
3133DEFAULT: none
3134LOC: none
3135DOC_START
3136 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
3137 using ACL elements.
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3139 Usage:
3140 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 3141
41bd17a4 3142 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
3143 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 3144 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 3145DOC_END
dd9b1776 3146
41bd17a4 3147NAME: neighbor_type_domain
3148TYPE: hostdomaintype
3149DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3150DEFAULT_DOC: The peer type from cache_peer directive is used for all requests to that peer.
41bd17a4 3151LOC: none
3152DOC_START
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3153 Modify the cache_peer neighbor type when passing requests
3154 about specific domains to the peer.
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3156 Usage:
3157 neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
6bf4f823 3158
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3159 For example:
3160 cache_peer foo.example.com parent 3128 3130
3161 neighbor_type_domain foo.example.com sibling .au .de
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3163 The above configuration treats all requests to foo.example.com as a
3164 parent proxy unless the request is for a .au or .de ccTLD domain name.
41bd17a4 3165DOC_END
6bf4f823 3166
41bd17a4 3167NAME: dead_peer_timeout
3168COMMENT: (seconds)
3169DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3170TYPE: time_t
3171LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
3172DOC_START
3173 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
3174 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
3175 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
3176 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
3177 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
3178 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 3179
41bd17a4 3180 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
3181 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
3182 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
3183 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
3184 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
3185 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
3186 instead of to your parents.
3187DOC_END
cccac0a2 3188
437823b4 3189NAME: forward_max_tries
6c367206 3190DEFAULT: 25
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3192LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
3193DOC_START
3194 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
3195 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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3196
3197 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
3198 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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3199DOC_END
3200
41bd17a4 3201NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
3202TYPE: wordlist
3203DEFAULT: none
3204LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
3205DOC_START
3206 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
3207 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
3208 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
3209 list this option multiple times.
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3211 Example:
3212 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
3213
3214 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
6b698a21 3215DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3217COMMENT_START
3218 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
3219 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3220COMMENT_END
3221
3222NAME: cache_mem
3223COMMENT: (bytes)
3224TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3225DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 3226LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 3227DOC_START
41bd17a4 3228 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
3229 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
3230 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
3231 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
3232
3233 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
3234 for:
3235 * In-Transit objects
3236 * Hot Objects
3237 * Negative-Cached objects
3238
3239 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
3240 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
3241 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
3242 priority.
3243
3244 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
3245 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
3246 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
3247 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
3248 not needed for in-transit objects.
3249
3250 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
3251 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
3252 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
3253 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
3254 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
3255 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
3256 objects.
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3258 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
3259 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
3260 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
3261 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 3262DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3264NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
3265COMMENT: (bytes)
3266TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3267DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 3268LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 3269DOC_START
41bd17a4 3270 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
3271 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
3272 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
3273 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 3274DOC_END
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3277COMMENT: on|off
3278TYPE: YesNoNone
3279LOC: Config.memShared
3280DEFAULT: none
70f856bc 3281DEFAULT_DOC: "on" where supported if doing memory caching with multiple SMP workers.
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3282DOC_START
3283 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
3284
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3285 The shared memory cache is meant to occupy cache_mem bytes and replace
3286 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
3287 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
3288 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
3289 caching is enabled).
3290
65b81b27 3291 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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3293 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
3294 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
3295 and GCC-style atomic operations).
3296
3297 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
3298 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
3299 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
3300
3301 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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3303
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3304NAME: memory_cache_mode
3305TYPE: memcachemode
3306LOC: Config
3307DEFAULT: always
638402dd 3308DEFAULT_DOC: Keep the most recently fetched objects in memory
ff4b33f4 3309DOC_START
ea21d497 3310 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 3311
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3312 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
3313
3314 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
3315 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
3316 a second time before cached in memory.
3317
3318 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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3320
41bd17a4 3321NAME: memory_replacement_policy
3322TYPE: removalpolicy
3323LOC: Config.memPolicy
3324DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 3325DOC_START
41bd17a4 3326 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
3327 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 3328
638402dd 3329 See cache_replacement_policy for details on algorithms.
41bd17a4 3330DOC_END
6b698a21 3331
41bd17a4 3332COMMENT_START
3333 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
3334 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3335COMMENT_END
6b698a21 3336
41bd17a4 3337NAME: cache_replacement_policy
3338TYPE: removalpolicy
3339LOC: Config.replPolicy
3340DEFAULT: lru
3341DOC_START
3342 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
3343 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 3344
41bd17a4 3345 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
3346 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
3347 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
3348 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 3349
638402dd 3350 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this directive.
7f7db318 3351
41bd17a4 3352 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 3353
41bd17a4 3354 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
3355 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
3356 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
3357 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 3358
41bd17a4 3359 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
3360 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
3361 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
3362 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 3363
41bd17a4 3364 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
3365 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
3366 replacement policies.
7d90757b 3367
41bd17a4 3368 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
b51ec8c8 3369 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4 MB to
41bd17a4 3370 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 3371
41bd17a4 3372 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
3373 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
3374 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 3375DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3377NAME: cache_dir
3378TYPE: cachedir
3379DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3380DEFAULT_DOC: No disk cache. Store cache ojects only in memory.
41bd17a4 3381LOC: Config.cacheSwap
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3383 Format:
3384 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 3385
41bd17a4 3386 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
3387 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 3388
41bd17a4 3389 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
3390 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
3391 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 3392
41bd17a4 3393 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
3394 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
3395 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
3396 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
3397 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
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3399 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
3400 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
3401 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
3402
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3404 ==== The ufs store type ====
0976f8db 3405
41bd17a4 3406 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
3407 been there.
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3409 Usage:
3410 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
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41bd17a4 3412 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
3413 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
3414 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
3415 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
3416 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 3417
56fba4d0 3418 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3419 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 3420
56fba4d0 3421 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3422 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
3423 is 256.
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3426 ==== The aufs store type ====
7f7db318 3427
41bd17a4 3428 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
3429 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3430 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
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3432 Usage:
3433 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 3434
41bd17a4 3435 see argument descriptions under ufs above
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3438 ==== The diskd store type ====
38f9c547 3439
41bd17a4 3440 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
3441 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3442 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 3443
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3444 Usage:
3445 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
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41bd17a4 3447 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 3448
41bd17a4 3449 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
3450 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
3451 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 3452
41bd17a4 3453 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
3454 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
3455 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 3456
41bd17a4 3457 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
3458 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
3459 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
3460 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
3461 time.
0976f8db 3462
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3464 ==== The rock store type ====
3465
3466 Usage:
e51ce7da 3467 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes [options]
e2851fe7 3468
2e55f083 3469 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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3471 A single entry occupies one or more slots.
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3473 If possible, Squid using Rock Store creates a dedicated kid
3474 process called "disker" to avoid blocking Squid worker(s) on disk
3475 I/O. One disker kid is created for each rock cache_dir. Diskers
3476 are created only when Squid, running in daemon mode, has support
3477 for the IpcIo disk I/O module.
3478
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3480 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
3481 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
3482 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
3483 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
3484 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
3485 expected swap wait time.
3486
df881a0f 3487 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
1e614370 3488 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap out requests that
df881a0f 3489 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
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3490 delayed. Individual swap in requests (i.e., hits or reads) are
3491 not delayed, but they do contribute to measured swap rate and
3492 since they are placed in the same FIFO queue as swap out
3493 requests, they may wait longer if max-swap-rate is smaller.
3494 This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
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3496 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
3497 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
3498 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
3499 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
3500 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
3501
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3503 storing cached responses. A cached response occupies at least
3504 one slot and all database I/O is done using individual slots so
3505 increasing this parameter leads to more disk space waste while
3506 decreasing it leads to more disk I/O overheads. Should be a
3507 multiple of your operating system I/O page size. Defaults to
3508 16KBytes. A housekeeping header is stored with each slot and
3509 smaller slot-sizes will be rejected. The header is smaller than
3510 100 bytes.
3511
df881a0f 3512
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3515 no-store no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir.
3516
3517 min-size=n the minimum object size in bytes this cache_dir
3518 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir
3519 to only store large objects (e.g. AUFS) while
3520 other stores are optimized for smaller objects
73656056 3521 (e.g. Rock).
638402dd 3522 Defaults to 0.
0976f8db 3523
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3524 max-size=n the maximum object size in bytes this cache_dir
3525 supports.
3526 The value in maximum_object_size directive, sets
3527 a default unless more specific details are available
3528 about the cache_dir (ie a small store capacity).
b6662ffd 3529
41bd17a4 3530 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
638402dd 3531 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first.
0976f8db 3532
bebc043b 3533NOCOMMENT_START
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3534
3535# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
3536#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 3537NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 3538DOC_END
0976f8db 3539
41bd17a4 3540NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3541TYPE: string
3542LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3543DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 3544DOC_START
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3545 How Squid selects which cache_dir to use when the response
3546 object will fit into more than one.
3547
3548 Regardless of which algorithm is used the cache_dir min-size
3549 and max-size parameters are obeyed. As such they can affect
3550 the selection algorithm by limiting the set of considered
3551 cache_dir.
3552
3553 Algorithms:
3554
3555 least-load
3556
3557 This algorithm is suited to caches with similar cache_dir
3558 sizes and disk speeds.
3559
3560 The disk with the least I/O pending is selected.
3561 When there are multiple disks with the same I/O load ranking
3562 the cache_dir with most available capacity is selected.
3563
3564 When a mix of cache_dir sizes are configured the faster disks
3565 have a naturally lower I/O loading and larger disks have more
3566 capacity. So space used to store objects and data throughput
3567 may be very unbalanced towards larger disks.
3568
3569
3570 round-robin
3571
3572 This algorithm is suited to caches with unequal cache_dir
3573 disk sizes.
3574
3575 Each cache_dir is selected in a rotation. The next suitable
3576 cache_dir is used.
3577
3578 Available cache_dir capacity is only considered in relation
3579 to whether the object will fit and meets the min-size and
3580 max-size parameters.
3581
3582 Disk I/O loading is only considered to prevent overload on slow
3583 disks. This algorithm does not spread objects by size, so any
3584 I/O loading per-disk may appear very unbalanced and volatile.
3585
6b698a21 3586DOC_END
0976f8db 3587
41bd17a4 3588NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3589TYPE: int
3590LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3591DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 3592DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
6b698a21 3593DOC_START
41bd17a4 3594 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3595 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3596 descriptors are open.
3597
3598 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 3599DOC_END
0976f8db 3600
41bd17a4 3601NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 3602COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 3603TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 3604DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 3605DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
41bd17a4 3606LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 3607DOC_START
41bd17a4 3608 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
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3609 value is specified in bytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
3610 means all responses can be stored.
6b698a21 3611DOC_END
0976f8db 3612
41bd17a4 3613NAME: maximum_object_size
3614COMMENT: (bytes)
3615TYPE: b_int64_t
b51ec8c8 3616DEFAULT: 4 MB
41bd17a4 3617LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 3618DOC_START
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3619 The default limit on size of objects stored to disk.
3620 This size is used for cache_dir where max-size is not set.
3621 The value is specified in bytes, and the default is 4 MB.
3622
3623 If you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
41bd17a4 3624 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
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3625 hits).
3626
3627 If you wish to increase hit ratio more than you want to
41bd17a4 3628 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 3629
41bd17a4 3630 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
3631 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
3632 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 3633DOC_END
0976f8db 3634
41bd17a4 3635NAME: cache_swap_low
3636COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 3637TYPE: int
41bd17a4 3638DEFAULT: 90
3639LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
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3640DOC_START
3641 The low-water mark for cache object replacement.
3642 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3643 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3644 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3645 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3646 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3647
3648 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3649 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3650 numbers closer together.
3651
3652 See also cache_swap_high
3653DOC_END
41bd17a4 3654
3655NAME: cache_swap_high
3656COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3657TYPE: int
3658DEFAULT: 95
3659LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 3660DOC_START
638402dd 3661 The high-water mark for cache object replacement.
41bd17a4 3662 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3663 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3664 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3665 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3666 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3667
3668 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3669 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3670 numbers closer together.
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3671
3672 See also cache_swap_low
6b698a21 3673DOC_END
0976f8db 3674
5473c134 3675COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 3676 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 3677 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3678COMMENT_END
0976f8db 3679
41bd17a4 3680NAME: logformat
3681TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 3682LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 3683DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3684DEFAULT_DOC: The format definitions squid, common, combined, referrer, useragent are built in.
6b698a21 3685DOC_START
41bd17a4 3686 Usage:
0976f8db 3687
41bd17a4 3688 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 3689
41bd17a4 3690 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 3691
41bd17a4 3692 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 3693
41bd17a4 3694 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
3695 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
3696 as required according to their context and the output format
3697 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
3698 output format is desired.
6b698a21 3699
41bd17a4 3700 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 3701
41bd17a4 3702 " output in quoted string format
3703 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
3704 # output in URL quoted format
3705 ' output as-is
5473c134 3706
41bd17a4 3707 - left aligned
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3708
3709 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
3710 [width_min][.width_max]
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3711 When minimum starts with 0, the field is zero-padded.
3712 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 3713
41bd17a4 3714 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 3715
41bd17a4 3716 Format codes:
5473c134 3717
3ff65596 3718 % a literal % character
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3719 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
3720 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
3721 a similar internal error identifier.
3722 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
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3723 note The meta header specified by the argument. Also
3724 logs the adaptation meta headers set by the
3725 adaptation_meta configuration parameter.
3726 If no argument given all meta headers logged.
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3727
3728 Connection related format codes:
3729
41bd17a4 3730 >a Client source IP address
3731 >A Client FQDN
3732 >p Client source port
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3733 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
3734 >la Local IP address the client connected to
3735 >lp Local port number the client connected to
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3736 >qos Client connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
3737 >nfmark Client connection netfilter mark set by Squid
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3739 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
3740 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
3741
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3742 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
3743 <A Server FQDN or peer name
3744 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 3745 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 3746 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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3747 <qos Server connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
3748 <nfmark Server connection netfilter mark set by Squid
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3749
3750 Time related format codes:
3751
41bd17a4 3752 ts Seconds since epoch
3753 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
3754 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3755 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3756 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3757 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3758 tr Response time (milliseconds)
3ff65596 3759 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
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3760 tS Approximate master transaction start time in
3761 <full seconds since epoch>.<fractional seconds> format.
3762 Currently, Squid considers the master transaction
3763 started when a complete HTTP request header initiating
3764 the transaction is received from the client. This is
3765 the same value that Squid uses to calculate transaction
3766 response time when logging %tr to access.log. Currently,
3767 Squid uses millisecond resolution for %tS values,
3768 similar to the default access.log "current time" field
3769 (%ts.%03tu).
3ff65596 3770
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3771 Access Control related format codes:
3772
3773 et Tag returned by external acl
3774 ea Log string returned by external acl
3775 un User name (any available)
3776 ul User name from authentication
3777 ue User name from external acl helper
3778 ui User name from ident
3779 us User name from SSL
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3780 credentials Client credentials. The exact meaning depends on
3781 the authentication scheme: For Basic authentication,
3782 it is the password; for Digest, the realm sent by the
3783 client; for NTLM and Negotiate, the client challenge
3784 or client credentials prefixed with "YR " or "KK ".
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3785
3786 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 3787
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3788 REQUEST
3789
3790 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
3791 [http::]>rm Request method from client
3792 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
3793 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
3794 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
3795 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
fa450988 3796 [http::]>rd Request URL domain from client
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3797 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
3798 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
3799 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sent to server or peer
3800 [http::]rv Request protocol version
3801 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
3802 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
3803
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3804 [http::]>h Original received request header.
3805 Usually differs from the request header sent by
3806 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
3807 Accepts optional header field name/value filter
3808 argument using name[:[separator]element] format.
3809 [http::]>ha Received request header after adaptation and
3810 redirection (pre-cache REQMOD vectoring point).
3811 Usually differs from the request header sent by
3812 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
6fca33e0 3813 Optional header name argument as for >h
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3814
3815
3816 RESPONSE
3817
3818 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
3819 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
3820
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3821 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
3822 as for >h
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3823
3824 [http::]mt MIME content type
3825
3826
3827 SIZE COUNTERS
3828
3829 [http::]st Total size of request + reply traffic with client
3830 [http::]>st Total size of request received from client.
3831 Excluding chunked encoding bytes.
3832 [http::]<st Total size of reply sent to client (after adaptation)
3833
3834 [http::]>sh Size of request headers received from client
3835 [http::]<sh Size of reply headers sent to client (after adaptation)
3836
3837 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
3838 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
3839
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3840 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
3841 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
3842 transfer encoding and control messages.
3843 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
3844 received bodies.
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3845
3846
3847 TIMING
3848
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3849 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
3850 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
3851 and stops when the last response byte is received.
3852 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
3853 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
3854 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
3855 with the last I/O with the last peer.
3856
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3857 Squid handling related format codes:
3858
3859 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
3860 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
3861
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3862 SSL-related format codes:
3863
3864 ssl::bump_mode SslBump decision for the transaction:
3865
3866 For CONNECT requests that initiated bumping of
3867 a connection and for any request received on
3868 an already bumped connection, Squid logs the
3869 corresponding SslBump mode ("server-first" or
3870 "client-first"). See the ssl_bump option for
3871 more information about these modes.
3872
3873 A "none" token is logged for requests that
3874 triggered "ssl_bump" ACL evaluation matching
3875 either a "none" rule or no rules at all.
3876
3877 In all other cases, a single dash ("-") is
3878 logged.
3879
5038f9d8 3880 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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3881 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
3882
3883 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
3884 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
3885 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
3886 transaction is in progress.
3887
5038f9d8 3888 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
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3890 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
3891 meta-information from the last eCAP
3892 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
3893 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
3894 argument.
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3895
3896 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
3897 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
3898 the order of transaction start time. Each time
3899 value is recorded as an integer number,
3900 representing response time of one or more
3901 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
3902 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3903 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3904 logged individually but added to the
3905 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3906 adapt::all_trs.
3907
3908 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3909 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3910 individual transactions are never added
3911 together. Instead, all transaction response
3912 times are recorded individually.
3913
3914 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3915 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3916 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 3917
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3918 If SSL is enabled, the following formating codes become available:
3919
3920 %ssl::>cert_subject The Subject field of the received client
3921 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
3922 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
3923 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
3924 logged value because Subject often has spaces.
3925
3926 %ssl::>cert_issuer The Issuer field of the received client
3927 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
3928 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
3929 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
3930 logged value because Issuer often has spaces.
3931
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3932 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
3933
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3934logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
3935logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
3936logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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3937logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
3938logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
3939
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3940 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
3941 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
3942 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
3943
3944 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
3945 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 3946
5473c134 3947DOC_END
3948
41bd17a4 3949NAME: access_log cache_access_log
3950TYPE: access_log
3951LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 3952DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 3953DOC_START
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3954 Configures whether and how Squid logs HTTP and ICP transactions.
3955 If access logging is enabled, a single line is logged for every
3956 matching HTTP or ICP request. The recommended directive formats are:
3957
3958 access_log <module>:<place> [option ...] [acl acl ...]
3959 access_log none [acl acl ...]
3960
3961 The following directive format is accepted but may be deprecated:
82b7abe3 3962 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
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3963
3964 In most cases, the first ACL name must not contain the '=' character
3965 and should not be equal to an existing logformat name. You can always
3966 start with an 'all' ACL to work around those restrictions.
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3967
3968 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 3969 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3970 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3971 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3972
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3973 ===== Available options for the recommended directive format =====
3974
3975 logformat=name Names log line format (either built-in or
3976 defined by a logformat directive). Defaults
3977 to 'squid'.
3978
3979 buffer-size=64KB Defines approximate buffering limit for log
3980 records (see buffered_logs). Squid should not
3981 keep more than the specified size and, hence,
3982 should flush records before the buffer becomes
3983 full to avoid overflows under normal
3984 conditions (the exact flushing algorithm is
3985 module-dependent though). The on-error option
3986 controls overflow handling.
3987
3988 on-error=die|drop Defines action on unrecoverable errors. The
3989 'drop' action ignores (i.e., does not log)
3990 affected log records. The default 'die' action
3991 kills the affected worker. The drop action
3992 support has not been tested for modules other
3993 than tcp.
3994
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3995 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3996
bb7a1781 3997 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3998 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3999
4000 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
4001 each request.
4002 Place: the filename and path to be written.
4003
4004 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
4005 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
4006 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
4007
4008 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
4009
4010 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
4011 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
4012 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 4013
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4014 where facility could be any of:
4015 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 4016
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4017 And priority could be any of:
4018 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
4019
4020 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
4021 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 4022 Place Format: //host:port
df2eec10 4023
2bf4e8fa 4024 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
fb0c2f17 4025 Lines may be accumulated before sending (see buffered_logs).
2bf4e8fa 4026 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 4027 Place Format: //host:port
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4028
4029 Default:
82b7abe3 4030 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 4031DOC_END
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4033NAME: icap_log
4034TYPE: access_log
4035IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
4036LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
4037DEFAULT: none
4038DOC_START
4039 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
4040 transaction.
4041
4042 The icap_log option format is:
4043 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
4044 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
4045
4046 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
4047 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
4048 features.
4049
4050 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
4051 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
4052 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
4053 log line.
4054
4055 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
4056 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
4057 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
4058 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
4059 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
4060 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
4061 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
4062
4063 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
4064
4065 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
4066
4067 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
4068 option in Squid configuration file.
4069
4070 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
4071
4072 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
4073 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
4074
4075 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
4076 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
4077
4078 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
4079 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
4080 the socket).
4081
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4082 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
4083 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
4084 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
4085 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
4086 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
4087 computed.
4088
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4089 icap::tr Transaction response time (in
4090 milliseconds). The timer starts when
4091 the ICAP transaction is created and
4092 stops when the transaction is completed.
4093 Similar to tr.
4094
4095 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
4096 timer starts when the first ICAP request
4097 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
4098 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
4099 is received.
4100
4101 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
4102 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
4103 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
4104 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
4105 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
4106 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
4107
4108 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
4109
4110 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
4111
4112 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
4113
4114 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
4115 definition, is called icap_squid:
4116
4117logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
4118
5038f9d8 4119 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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4121
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4122NAME: logfile_daemon
4123TYPE: string
4124DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
4125LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
4126DOC_START
4127 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
4128 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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4129
4130 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
4131 L<data>\n - logfile data
4132 R\n - rotate file
4133 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 4134 O\n - reopen file
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4135 F\n - flush file
4136 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
4137 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
4138
4139 No responses is expected.
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4140DOC_END
4141
5b0f5383 4142NAME: log_access
8ebad780 4143TYPE: obsolete
5b0f5383 4144DOC_START
8ebad780 4145 Remove this line. Use acls with access_log directives to control access logging
5b0f5383 4146DOC_END
4147
3ff65596 4148NAME: log_icap
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4149TYPE: obsolete
4150DOC_START
4151 Remove this line. Use acls with icap_log directives to control icap logging
4152DOC_END
4153
4154NAME: stats_collection
3ff65596 4155TYPE: acl_access
8ebad780 4156LOC: Config.accessList.stats_collection
3ff65596 4157DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4158DEFAULT_DOC: Allow logging for all transactions.
5b0f5383 4159COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3ff65596 4160DOC_START
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4161 This options allows you to control which requests gets accounted
4162 in performance counters.
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4163
4164 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4165 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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4167
41bd17a4 4168NAME: cache_store_log
4169TYPE: string
df2eec10 4170DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4171LOC: Config.Log.store
4172DOC_START
4173 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
4174 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
6d1dfcfc 4175 saved and for how long.
df2eec10 4176 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
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4177 disable it (the default).
4178
4179 Store log uses modular logging outputs. See access_log for the list
4180 of modules supported.
4181
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4183 cache_store_log stdio:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
4184 cache_store_log daemon:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 4185DOC_END
4186
41bd17a4 4187NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
4188TYPE: string
4189LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 4190DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4191DEFAULT_DOC: Store the journal inside its cache_dir
5473c134 4192DOC_START
41bd17a4 4193 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
4194 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
4195 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
4196 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
4197 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
4198 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
4199 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 4200
41bd17a4 4201 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
4202 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
4203 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
4204 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 4205
41bd17a4 4206 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
4207 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 4208
41bd17a4 4209 cache_swap_log.00
4210 cache_swap_log.01
4211 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 4212
41bd17a4 4213 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
4214 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
4215 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
4216 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
4217 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
4218 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
4219 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 4220DOC_END
4221
41bd17a4 4222NAME: logfile_rotate
4223TYPE: int
4224DEFAULT: 10
4225LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 4226DOC_START
41bd17a4 4227 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
4228 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
4229 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
4230 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
4231 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
4232 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 4233
41bd17a4 4234 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
4235 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
4236 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
4237 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
4238 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
4239 <pid>'.
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4241 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option is only a default for cache.log,
4242 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options.
41bd17a4 4243DOC_END
5473c134 4244
41bd17a4 4245NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 4246TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 4247DOC_START
20efa1c2 4248 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 4249DOC_END
4250
41bd17a4 4251NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 4252TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4253DOC_START
8652f8e7 4254 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 4255DOC_END
5473c134 4256
41bd17a4 4257NAME: mime_table
4258TYPE: string
4259DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
4260LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
4261DOC_START
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4262 Path to Squid's icon configuration file.
4263
4264 You shouldn't need to change this, but the default file contains
4265 examples and formatting information if you do.
5473c134 4266DOC_END
4267
41bd17a4 4268NAME: log_mime_hdrs
4269COMMENT: on|off
4270TYPE: onoff
4271LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
4272DEFAULT: off
4273DOC_START
4274 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
4275 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
4276 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
4277 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
4278 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
4279DOC_END
5473c134 4280
41bd17a4 4281NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 4282TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4283DOC_START
20efa1c2 4284 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 4285DOC_END
4286
41bd17a4 4287NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 4288TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4289DOC_START
20efa1c2 4290 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 4291DOC_END
4292
41bd17a4 4293NAME: pid_filename
4294TYPE: string
4295DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
4296LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 4297DOC_START
41bd17a4 4298 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 4299DOC_END
4300
41bd17a4 4301NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 4302TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4303DOC_START
c581e96b 4304 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 4305DOC_END
4306
41bd17a4 4307NAME: client_netmask
4308TYPE: address
4309LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 4310DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 4311DEFAULT_DOC: Log full client IP address
5473c134 4312DOC_START
41bd17a4 4313 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
4314 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
4315 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
4316 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 4317DOC_END
4318
41bd17a4 4319NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 4320TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 4321DOC_START
20efa1c2 4322 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 4323DOC_END
4324
41bd17a4 4325NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 4326TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 4327LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 4328DEFAULT: on
4329DOC_START
41bd17a4 4330 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
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4331 logging. This protects your user's privacy and reduces log size.
4332
4333 When investigating HIT/MISS or other caching behaviour you
4334 will need to disable this to see the full URL used by Squid.
5473c134 4335DOC_END
4336
41bd17a4 4337NAME: buffered_logs
4338COMMENT: on|off
4339TYPE: onoff
4340DEFAULT: off
4341LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 4342DOC_START
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4343 Whether to write/send access_log records ASAP or accumulate them and
4344 then write/send them in larger chunks. Buffering may improve
4345 performance because it decreases the number of I/Os. However,
4346 buffering increases the delay before log records become available to
4347 the final recipient (e.g., a disk file or logging daemon) and,
4348 hence, increases the risk of log records loss.
4349
4350 Note that even when buffered_logs are off, Squid may have to buffer
4351 records if it cannot write/send them immediately due to pending I/Os
4352 (e.g., the I/O writing the previous log record) or connectivity loss.
4353
fb0c2f17 4354 Currently honored by 'daemon' and 'tcp' access_log modules only.
6b698a21 4355DOC_END
0976f8db 4356
2b753521 4357NAME: netdb_filename
4358TYPE: string
221faecb 4359DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 4360LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 4361IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 4362DOC_START
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4363 Where Squid stores it's netdb journal.
4364 When enabled this journal preserves netdb state between restarts.
4365
2b753521 4366 To disable, enter "none".
4367DOC_END
4368
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4369COMMENT_START
4370 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
4371 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4372COMMENT_END
4373
4374NAME: cache_log
4375TYPE: string
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4376DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
4377LOC: Debug::cache_log
4378DOC_START
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4379 Squid administrative logging file.
4380
4381 This is where general information about Squid behavior goes. You can
4382 increase the amount of data logged to this file and how often it is
4383 rotated with "debug_options"
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4384DOC_END
4385
4386NAME: debug_options
4387TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 4388DEFAULT: ALL,1
638402dd 4389DEFAULT_DOC: Log all critical and important messages.
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4390LOC: Debug::debugOptions
4391DOC_START
4392 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
4393 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
4394 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
4395 log file, so be careful.
4396
4397 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
638402dd 4398 The default is to run with "ALL,1" to record important warnings.
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4400 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
4401 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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4402 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
4403 events affecting Squid.
4404DOC_END
4405
4406NAME: coredump_dir
4407TYPE: string
4408LOC: Config.coredump_dir
62493678 4409DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
638402dd 4410DEFAULT_DOC: Use the directory from where Squid was started.
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4411DOC_START
4412 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
4413 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
4414 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
4415 and coredump files will be left there.
4416
4417NOCOMMENT_START
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4419# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
4420coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
4421NOCOMMENT_END
4422DOC_END
4423
4424
41bd17a4 4425COMMENT_START
4426 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
4427 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4428COMMENT_END
4429
4430NAME: ftp_user
4431TYPE: string
4432DEFAULT: Squid@
4433LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 4434DOC_START
41bd17a4 4435 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
638402dd 4436 (and enable the use of picky FTP servers), set this to something
41bd17a4 4437 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 4438
41bd17a4 4439 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
4440 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
4441 depending on how the cache is used.
638402dd 4442 Some FTP server also validate the email address is valid
41bd17a4 4443 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 4444DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4446NAME: ftp_passive
4447TYPE: onoff
4448DEFAULT: on
4449LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 4450DOC_START
41bd17a4 4451 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
4452 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 4453
4454 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
4455DOC_END
4456
4457NAME: ftp_epsv_all
4458TYPE: onoff
4459DEFAULT: off
4460LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
4461DOC_START
4462 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
4463
4464 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
4465 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
4466 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
4467
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4469 useful.
a689bd4e 4470 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
4471 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
4472
4473 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
4474 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
4475
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4476 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
4477DOC_END
4478
4479NAME: ftp_epsv
4480TYPE: onoff
4481DEFAULT: on
4482LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
4483DOC_START
4484 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
4485
4486 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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4487 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
4488 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
4489 will never be needed.
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4490
4491 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
4492 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
4493 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
4494
4495 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 4496DOC_END
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4498NAME: ftp_eprt
4499TYPE: onoff
4500DEFAULT: on
4501LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
4502DOC_START
4503 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
4504
4505 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
4506 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
4507 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
4508
4509 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
4510 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
4511
4512 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
4513 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
4514 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
4515 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
4516
4517 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
4518 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
4519DOC_END
4520
41bd17a4 4521NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
4522TYPE: onoff
4523DEFAULT: on
4524LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
4525DOC_START
4526 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
4527 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
4528 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
4529 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
4530 connection turn this off.
4531DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4533NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
4534TYPE: onoff
4535DEFAULT: on
4536LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
4537DOC_START
4538 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
4539 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
4540 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
4541 the FTP protocol.
4542
4543 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
4544 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
4545 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
4546 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
4547 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
4548DOC_END
4549
4550COMMENT_START
4551 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
4552 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4553COMMENT_END
4554
4555NAME: diskd_program
4556TYPE: string
4557DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
4558LOC: Config.Program.diskd
4559DOC_START
4560 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
4561 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
4562 diskd as one of the store io modules.
4563DOC_END
4564
4565NAME: unlinkd_program
4566IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
4567TYPE: string
4568DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
4569LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
4570DOC_START
4571 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
4572DOC_END
4573
4574NAME: pinger_program
4575TYPE: string
4576DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 4577LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 4578IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4579DOC_START
4580 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
4581DOC_END
4582
cc192b50 4583NAME: pinger_enable
4584TYPE: onoff
4585DEFAULT: on
4586LOC: Config.pinger.enable
4587IFDEF: USE_ICMP
4588DOC_START
4589 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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4590 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
4591 squid -k reconfigure.
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4593
4594
41bd17a4 4595COMMENT_START
4596 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
4597 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4598COMMENT_END
4599
4600NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
4601TYPE: wordlist
4602LOC: Config.Program.redirect
4603DEFAULT: none
4604DOC_START
2c7aad89 4605 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 4606 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
4607
2c7aad89 4608 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 4609
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4613 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
4614
24eac830 4615 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
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4616
4617 The result code can be:
4618
4619 OK status=30N url="..."
4620 Redirect the URL to the one supplied in 'url='.
4621 'status=' is optional and contains the status code to send
4622 the client in Squids HTTP response. It must be one of the
4623 HTTP redirect status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307, 308.
4624 When no status is given Squid will use 302.
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4626 OK rewrite-url="..."
4627 Rewrite the URL to the one supplied in 'rewrite-url='.
4628 The new URL is fetched directly by Squid and returned to
4629 the client as the response to its request.
4630
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4631 OK
4632 When neither of url= and rewrite-url= are sent Squid does
4633 not change the URL.
4634
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4635 ERR
4636 Do not change the URL.
4637
4638 BH
4ded749e 4639 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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4640 a result being identified. The 'message=' key name is
4641 reserved for delivering a log message.
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4642
4643
4644 In the future, the interface protocol will be extended with
24eac830 4645 key=value pairs ("kv-pairs" shown above). Helper programs
c71adec1 4646 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
4647 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 4648
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4649 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
4650 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
4651 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
4652 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
4653 of the response relating to its request.
4654
4655 WARNING: URL re-writing ability should be avoided whenever possible.
4656 Use the URL redirect form of response instead.
41bd17a4 4657
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4658 Re-write creates a difference in the state held by the client
4659 and server. Possibly causing confusion when the server response
4660 contains snippets of its view state. Embeded URLs, response
4661 and content Location headers, etc. are not re-written by this
4662 interface.
41bd17a4 4663
4664 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
4665DOC_END
4666
4667NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 4668TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 4669DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 4670LOC: Config.redirectChildren
4671DOC_START
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4672 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
4673 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
4674 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
4675 and other system resources noticably.
4676
4677 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
4678 tuning.
4679
4680 startup=
4681
4682 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
4683 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
4684 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
4685
4686 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
4687 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
4688
4689 idle=
4690
4691 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
4692 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
4693 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
4694 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
4695
4696 concurrency=
41bd17a4 4697
41bd17a4 4698 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
4699 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
4700 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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4701
4702 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
4703 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
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4704 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
4705 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
41bd17a4 4706DOC_END
4707
4708NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
4709TYPE: onoff
4710DEFAULT: on
4711LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
4712DOC_START
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4713 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
4714 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
4715 any Host: header in redirected requests.
4716
4717 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
4718 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
4719 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
4720
41bd17a4 4721 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
4722 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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4723
4724 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
4725 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
4726 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 4727DOC_END
4728
4729NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
4730TYPE: acl_access
4731DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4732DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 4733LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
4734DOC_START
4735 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
638402dd 4736 sent to the redirector processes.
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4737
4738 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4739 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4740DOC_END
4741
4742NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
4743TYPE: onoff
4744LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4745DEFAULT: off
4746DOC_START
4747 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
638402dd 4748 redirector if all the helpers are busy. If this is 'off'
41bd17a4 4749 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4750 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4751 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4752 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4753 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
4754 users may have access to pages they should not
4755 be allowed to request.
4756DOC_END
4757
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4758NAME: url_rewrite_extras format
4759TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
4760LOC: Config.redirector_extras
4761DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
4762DOC_START
4763 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
4764 rewriter helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
4765 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
4766 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
4767 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
4768DOC_END
4769
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4770COMMENT_START
4771 OPTIONS FOR STORE ID
4772 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4773COMMENT_END
4774
4775NAME: store_id_program storeurl_rewrite_program
4776TYPE: wordlist
4777LOC: Config.Program.store_id
4778DEFAULT: none
4779DOC_START
4780 Specify the location of the executable StoreID helper to use.
4781 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
4782
4783 For each requested URL, the helper will receive one line with the format
4784
b11724bb 4785 [channel-ID <SP>] URL [<SP> extras]<NL>
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4786
4787
4788 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
4789
4790 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
4791
4792 The result code can be:
4793
4794 OK store-id="..."
4795 Use the StoreID supplied in 'store-id='.
4796
4797 ERR
4798 The default is to use HTTP request URL as the store ID.
4799
4800 BH
4801 An internal error occured in the helper, preventing
4802 a result being identified.
4803
4804
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4805 Helper programs should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore
4806 additional whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
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4807
4808 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
4809 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
4810 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
4811 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
4812 of the response relating to its request.
4813
4814 NOTE: when using StoreID refresh_pattern will apply to the StoreID
4815 returned from the helper and not the URL.
4816
4817 WARNING: Wrong StoreID value returned by a careless helper may result
4818 in the wrong cached response returned to the user.
4819
4820 By default, a StoreID helper is not used.
4821DOC_END
4822
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4823NAME: store_id_extras format
4824TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
4825LOC: Config.storeId_extras
4826DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
4827DOC_START
4828 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
4829 StoreId helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
4830 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
4831 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
4832 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
4833DOC_END
4834
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4835NAME: store_id_children storeurl_rewrite_children
4836TYPE: HelperChildConfig
4837DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
4838LOC: Config.storeIdChildren
4839DOC_START
4840 The maximum number of StoreID helper processes to spawn. If you limit
4841 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
4842 requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
4843 and other system resources noticably.
4844
4845 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
4846 tuning.
4847
4848 startup=
4849
4850 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
4851 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
4852 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
4853
4854 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
4855 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
4856
4857 idle=
4858
4859 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
4860 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
4861 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
4862 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
4863
4864 concurrency=
4865
4866 The number of requests each storeID helper can handle in
4867 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the helper
4868 is a old-style single threaded program.
4869
4870 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
4871 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
4872 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
4873 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
4874DOC_END
4875
4876NAME: store_id_access storeurl_rewrite_access
4877TYPE: acl_access
4878DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4879DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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4880LOC: Config.accessList.store_id
4881DOC_START
4882 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
4883 sent to the StoreID processes. By default all requests
4884 are sent.
4885
4886 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4887 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4888DOC_END
4889
4890NAME: store_id_bypass storeurl_rewrite_bypass
4891TYPE: onoff
4892LOC: Config.onoff.store_id_bypass
4893DEFAULT: on
4894DOC_START
4895 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4896 helper if all helpers are busy. If this is 'off'
4897 and the helper queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4898 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4899 helpers. You should only enable this if the helperss
4900 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4901 helpers for critical caching components, and you enable this
4902 option, users may not get objects from cache.
4903DOC_END
4904
41bd17a4 4905COMMENT_START
4906 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
4907 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4908COMMENT_END
4909
f04b37d8 4910NAME: cache no_cache
4911TYPE: acl_access
4912DEFAULT: none
70706149 4913DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
f04b37d8 4914LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 4915DOC_START
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4916 Requests denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
4917 and their responses will not be stored in the cache. This directive
4918 has no effect on other transactions and on already cached responses.
f04b37d8 4919
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4920 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4921 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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4922
4923 This and the two other similar caching directives listed below are
4924 checked at different transaction processing stages, have different
4925 access to response information, affect different cache operations,
4926 and differ in slow ACLs support:
4927
4928 * cache: Checked before Squid makes a hit/miss determination.
4929 No access to reply information!
4930 Denies both serving a hit and storing a miss.
4931 Supports both fast and slow ACLs.
4932 * send_hit: Checked after a hit was detected.
4933 Has access to reply (hit) information.
4934 Denies serving a hit only.
4935 Supports fast ACLs only.
4936 * store_miss: Checked before storing a cachable miss.
4937 Has access to reply (miss) information.
4938 Denies storing a miss only.
4939 Supports fast ACLs only.
4940
4941 If you are not sure which of the three directives to use, apply the
4942 following decision logic:
4943
4944 * If your ACL(s) are of slow type _and_ need response info, redesign.
4945 Squid does not support that particular combination at this time.
4946 Otherwise:
4947 * If your directive ACL(s) are of slow type, use "cache"; and/or
4948 * if your directive ACL(s) need no response info, use "cache".
4949 Otherwise:
4950 * If you do not want the response cached, use store_miss; and/or
4951 * if you do not want a hit on a cached response, use send_hit.
4952DOC_END
4953
4954NAME: send_hit
4955TYPE: acl_access
4956DEFAULT: none
4957DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
4958LOC: Config.accessList.sendHit
4959DOC_START
4960 Responses denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
4961 (but may still be cached, see store_miss). This directive has no
4962 effect on the responses it allows and on the cached objects.
4963
4964 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
4965 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives.
4966
4967 Unlike the "cache" directive, send_hit only supports fast acl
4968 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4969
4970 For example:
4971
4972 # apply custom Store ID mapping to some URLs
4973 acl MapMe dstdomain .c.example.com
4974 store_id_program ...
4975 store_id_access allow MapMe
4976
4977 # but prevent caching of special responses
4978 # such as 302 redirects that cause StoreID loops
4979 acl Ordinary http_status 200-299
4980 store_miss deny MapMe !Ordinary
4981
4982 # and do not serve any previously stored special responses
4983 # from the cache (in case they were already cached before
4984 # the above store_miss rule was in effect).
4985 send_hit deny MapMe !Ordinary
4986DOC_END
4987
4988NAME: store_miss
4989TYPE: acl_access
4990DEFAULT: none
4991DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
4992LOC: Config.accessList.storeMiss
4993DOC_START
4994 Responses denied by this directive will not be cached (but may still
4995 be served from the cache, see send_hit). This directive has no
4996 effect on the responses it allows and on the already cached responses.
4997
4998 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
4999 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives. See the
5000 send_hit directive for a usage example.
5001
5002 Unlike the "cache" directive, store_miss only supports fast acl
5003 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 5004DOC_END
5005
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5006NAME: max_stale
5007COMMENT: time-units
5008TYPE: time_t
5009LOC: Config.maxStale
5010DEFAULT: 1 week
5011DOC_START
5012 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
5013 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
5014 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
5015DOC_END
5016
41bd17a4 5017NAME: refresh_pattern
5018TYPE: refreshpattern
5019LOC: Config.Refresh
5020DEFAULT: none
5021DOC_START
5022 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 5023
6b698a21 5024 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
5025 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 5026
41bd17a4 5027 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
5028 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
5029 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
5030 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
5031 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 5032
41bd17a4 5033 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
5034 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
5035 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 5036
41bd17a4 5037 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
5038 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 5039
41bd17a4 5040 options: override-expire
5041 override-lastmod
5042 reload-into-ims
5043 ignore-reload
41bd17a4 5044 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 5045 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 5046 ignore-private
5047 ignore-auth
570d3f75 5048 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 5049 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 5050 store-stale
a0ec9f68 5051
41bd17a4 5052 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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5053 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
5054 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
5055 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
5056 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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5058 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
5059 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
5060 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
5061 the object fresh for that period of time.
5062
41bd17a4 5063 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
5064 that were modified recently.
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5066 reload-into-ims changes a client no-cache or ``reload''
5067 request for a cached entry into a conditional request using
5068 If-Modified-Since and/or If-None-Match headers, provided the
5069 cached entry has a Last-Modified and/or a strong ETag header.
5070 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
5071 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 5072
41bd17a4 5073 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
5074 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5075 this feature could make you liable for problems which
5076 it causes.
9bc73deb 5077
41bd17a4 5078 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
5079 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5080 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5081 liable for problems which it causes.
5082
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5083 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
5084 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5085 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5086 liable for problems which it causes.
5087
41bd17a4 5088 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
5089 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
5090 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
5091 liable for problems which it causes.
5092
5093 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
5094 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
5095 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
5096 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
5097 it causes.
5098
5099 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
5100 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
5101 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
5102 if one is available.
5103
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5104 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
5105 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
5106 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
5107 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
5108 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
5109
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5110 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
5111 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
5112 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
5113
41bd17a4 5114 Basically a cached object is:
5115
5116 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
5117 STALE if age > max
5118 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
5119 FRESH if age < min
5120 else STALE
5121
5122 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
5123 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
5124 match the default will be used.
5125
5126 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
5127 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
5128 used.
5129
41bd17a4 5130NOCOMMENT_START
e0855596 5131
638402dd 5132#
e0855596 5133# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
638402dd 5134#
41bd17a4 5135refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
5136refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 5137refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 5138refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
5139NOCOMMENT_END
5140DOC_END
5141
5142NAME: quick_abort_min
5143COMMENT: (KB)
5144TYPE: kb_int64_t
5145DEFAULT: 16 KB
5146LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
5147DOC_NONE
5148
5149NAME: quick_abort_max
5150COMMENT: (KB)
5151TYPE: kb_int64_t
5152DEFAULT: 16 KB
5153LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
5154DOC_NONE
5155
5156NAME: quick_abort_pct
5157COMMENT: (percent)
5158TYPE: int
5159DEFAULT: 95
5160LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
5161DOC_START
5162 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
5163 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
5164 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
5165 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
5166 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
5167 downloads.
5168
5169 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
5170 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
5171 then.
5172
5173 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
5174 it will finish the retrieval.
5175
5176 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
5177 it will abort the retrieval.
5178
5179 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
5180 it will finish the retrieval.
5181
5182 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
5183 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
5184 to '0 KB'.
5185
5186 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
5187 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
5188DOC_END
60d096f4 5189
41bd17a4 5190NAME: read_ahead_gap
5191COMMENT: buffer-size
5192TYPE: b_int64_t
5193LOC: Config.readAheadGap
5194DEFAULT: 16 KB
5195DOC_START
5196 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
5197 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
5198DOC_END
53e738c6 5199
41bd17a4 5200NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 5201IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 5202COMMENT: time-units
5203TYPE: time_t
5204LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 5205DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 5206DOC_START
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5207 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
5208 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
5209 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
5210 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
5211 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
5212 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
5213
5214 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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5215
5216 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5217 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5218 causes.
41bd17a4 5219DOC_END
53e738c6 5220
41bd17a4 5221NAME: positive_dns_ttl
5222COMMENT: time-units
5223TYPE: time_t
5224LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
5225DEFAULT: 6 hours
5226DOC_START
5227 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
5228 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
5229 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
5230DOC_END
c4ab8329 5231
41bd17a4 5232NAME: negative_dns_ttl
5233COMMENT: time-units
5234TYPE: time_t
5235LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
5236DEFAULT: 1 minutes
5237DOC_START
5238 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
5239 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
5240 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
5241 much below 10 seconds.
5242DOC_END
7df0bfd7 5243
41bd17a4 5244NAME: range_offset_limit
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5245COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
5246TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 5247LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 5248DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5249DOC_START
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5250 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
5251
5252 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
5253 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
5254 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
5255 the result is NOT cached.
5256
41bd17a4 5257 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
5258 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
5259 sending anything to the client.
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5260
5261 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
5262 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
5263 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
5264 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
5265
5266 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
5267
5268 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
5269 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
5270
5271 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 5272 client requested. (default)
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5273
5274 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 5275 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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5276
5277 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
5278
5279 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
5280 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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5281 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
5282 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 5283DOC_END
d95b862f 5284
41bd17a4 5285NAME: minimum_expiry_time
5286COMMENT: (seconds)
5287TYPE: time_t
5288LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
5289DEFAULT: 60 seconds
5290DOC_START
5291 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
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5292 headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated.
5293 The default is 60 seconds.
5294
5295 In reverse proxy environments it might be desirable to honor
5296 shorter object lifetimes. It is most likely better to make
5297 your server return a meaningful Last-Modified header however.
5298
5299 In ESI environments where page fragments often have short
5300 lifetimes, this will often be best set to 0.
41bd17a4 5301DOC_END
c68e9c6b 5302
41bd17a4 5303NAME: store_avg_object_size
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5304COMMENT: (bytes)
5305TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 5306DEFAULT: 13 KB
5307LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
5308DOC_START
5309 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
5310 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
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5311
5312 This is used to pre-seed the cache index memory allocation to
5313 reduce expensive reallocate operations while handling clients
5314 traffic. Too-large values may result in memory allocation during
5315 peak traffic, too-small values will result in wasted memory.
5316
5317 Check the cache manager 'info' report metrics for the real
5318 object sizes seen by your Squid before tuning this.
cccac0a2 5319DOC_END
5320
41bd17a4 5321NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
5322TYPE: int
5323DEFAULT: 20
5324LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
5325DOC_START
5326 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
5327 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
5328 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
5329DOC_END
5330
5331COMMENT_START
5332 HTTP OPTIONS
5333 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5334COMMENT_END
5335
f04b37d8 5336NAME: request_header_max_size
5337COMMENT: (KB)
5338TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 5339DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 5340LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
5341DOC_START
5342 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
5343 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
5344 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
5345 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
5346 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
5347DOC_END
5348
5349NAME: reply_header_max_size
5350COMMENT: (KB)
5351TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 5352DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 5353LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
5354DOC_START
5355 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
5356 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
5357 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
5358 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
5359 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
5360DOC_END
5361
5362NAME: request_body_max_size
5363COMMENT: (bytes)
5364TYPE: b_int64_t
5365DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 5366DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
f04b37d8 5367LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
5368DOC_START
5369 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
5370 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
5371 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
5372 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
5373 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
5374 be no limit imposed.
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5376 See also client_request_buffer_max_size for an alternative
5377 limitation on client uploads which can be configured.
f04b37d8 5378DOC_END
5379
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5380NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
5381COMMENT: (bytes)
5382TYPE: b_size_t
5383DEFAULT: 512 KB
5384LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
5385DOC_START
5386 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
5387 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
5388 a large file.
5389DOC_END
5390
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5391NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
5392COMMENT: (bytes)
5393TYPE: b_int64_t
5394DEFAULT: 64 KB
5395LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
5396DOC_START
5397 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
5398 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
5399 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
5400 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
5401 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
5402 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
5403
5404 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
5405 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
5406 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
5407 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
5408 as if dechunking was disabled.
5409
5410 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
5411 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
5412
5413 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
5414 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
5415 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
5416DOC_END
5417
41bd17a4 5418NAME: broken_posts
626096be 5419IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 5420TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 5421DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5422DEFAULT_DOC: Obey RFC 2616.
41bd17a4 5423LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 5424DOC_START
41bd17a4 5425 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
5426 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 5427
41bd17a4 5428 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
5429 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 5430
41bd17a4 5431 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 5432
41bd17a4 5433 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
5434 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
5435 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
5436 a request with an extra CRLF.
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5438 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5439 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5440
41bd17a4 5441Example:
5442 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
5443 broken_posts allow buggy_server
5444DOC_END
cccac0a2 5445
22fff3bf 5446NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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5447COMMENT: on|off
5448TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 5449IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 5450DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 5451LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 5452DOC_START
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5453 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
5454 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
5455
5456 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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5457DOC_END
5458
41bd17a4 5459NAME: via
626096be 5460IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 5461COMMENT: on|off
5462TYPE: onoff
5463DEFAULT: on
5464LOC: Config.onoff.via
5465DOC_START
5466 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
5467 replies as required by RFC2616.
5468DOC_END
4cc6eb12 5469
41bd17a4 5470NAME: ie_refresh
5471COMMENT: on|off
5472TYPE: onoff
5473LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
5474DEFAULT: off
5475DOC_START
5476 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
5477 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
5478 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
5479 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
5480 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
5481 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
5482 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
5483 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
5484 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
5485 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
5486 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
5487 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
5488 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
5489 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
5490 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
5491 force fresh content.
5492DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 5493
41bd17a4 5494NAME: vary_ignore_expire
5495COMMENT: on|off
5496TYPE: onoff
5497LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
5498DEFAULT: off
5499DOC_START
5500 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
5501 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
5502 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
5503 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
5504 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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5505
5506 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
5507 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 5508DOC_END
c4ab8329 5509
41bd17a4 5510NAME: request_entities
5511TYPE: onoff
5512LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
5513DEFAULT: off
5514DOC_START
5515 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
5516 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
5517 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 5518
41bd17a4 5519 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
5520 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
5521 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
5522 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
5523 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 5524DOC_END
6b53c392 5525
41bd17a4 5526NAME: request_header_access
626096be 5527IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5528TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 5529LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 5530DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5531DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 5532DOC_START
41bd17a4 5533 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 5534
41bd17a4 5535 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5536 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5537 causes.
0976f8db 5538
41bd17a4 5539 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
5540 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
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5541 more configurable. A list of ACLs for each header name allows
5542 removal of specific header fields under specific conditions.
5543
5544 This option only applies to outgoing HTTP request headers (i.e.,
5545 headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a cache peer
5546 or an origin server). The option has no effect during cache hit
5547 detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point in ICAP
5548 terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
5549
5550 The option is applied to individual outgoing request header
5551 fields. For each request header field F, Squid uses the first
5552 qualifying sets of request_header_access rules:
5553
5554 1. Rules with header_name equal to F's name.
5555 2. Rules with header_name 'Other', provided F's name is not
5556 on the hard-coded list of commonly used HTTP header names.
5557 3. Rules with header_name 'All'.
5558
5559 Within that qualifying rule set, rule ACLs are checked as usual.
5560 If ACLs of an "allow" rule match, the header field is allowed to
5561 go through as is. If ACLs of a "deny" rule match, the header is
5562 removed and request_header_replace is then checked to identify
5563 if the removed header has a replacement. If no rules within the
5564 set have matching ACLs, the header field is left as is.
5401aa8d 5565
41bd17a4 5566 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
5567 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 5568
41bd17a4 5569 request_header_access From deny all
5570 request_header_access Referer deny all
41bd17a4 5571 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
5401aa8d 5572
41bd17a4 5573 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
5574 you should use:
5401aa8d 5575
41bd17a4 5576 request_header_access Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 5577 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 5578 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
41bd17a4 5579 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
5580 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
5581 request_header_access Date allow all
41bd17a4 5582 request_header_access Host allow all
5583 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
41bd17a4 5584 request_header_access Pragma allow all
5585 request_header_access Accept allow all
5586 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
5587 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
5588 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
41bd17a4 5589 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 5590 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 5591
638402dd 5592 HTTP reply headers are controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 5593
638402dd 5594 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is performed).
5401aa8d 5595DOC_END
5596
41bd17a4 5597NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 5598IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5599TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 5600LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 5601DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5602DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 5603DOC_START
41bd17a4 5604 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 5605
41bd17a4 5606 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
5607 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
5608 causes.
934b03fc 5609
41bd17a4 5610 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
5611 server to the client.
934b03fc 5612
41bd17a4 5613 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
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5614 direction. Please see request_header_access for detailed
5615 documentation.
cccac0a2 5616
41bd17a4 5617 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
5618 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 5619
41bd17a4 5620 reply_header_access Server deny all
41bd17a4 5621 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
5622 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 5623
41bd17a4 5624 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
5625 you should use:
cccac0a2 5626
41bd17a4 5627 reply_header_access Allow allow all
41bd17a4 5628 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
41bd17a4 5629 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
5630 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
5631 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
5632 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
5633 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
5634 reply_header_access Date allow all
5635 reply_header_access Expires allow all
41bd17a4 5636 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
5637 reply_header_access Location allow all
5638 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
41bd17a4 5639 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
41bd17a4 5640 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
5641 reply_header_access Title allow all
638402dd 5642 reply_header_access Content-Disposition allow all
41bd17a4 5643 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 5644 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 5645
638402dd 5646 HTTP request headers are controlled with the request_header_access directive.
cccac0a2 5647
41bd17a4 5648 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
5649 performed).
cccac0a2 5650DOC_END
5651
75e4f2ea 5652NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 5653IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5654TYPE: http_header_replace
41bd17a4 5655LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 5656DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5657DOC_START
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5658 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
5659 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 5660
41bd17a4 5661 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
75e4f2ea 5662 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
638402dd 5663 with some fixed string.
cccac0a2 5664
41bd17a4 5665 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 5666
41bd17a4 5667 By default, headers are removed if denied.
5668DOC_END
cccac0a2 5669
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5670NAME: reply_header_replace
5671IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 5672TYPE: http_header_replace
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5673LOC: Config.reply_header_access
5674DEFAULT: none
5675DOC_START
5676 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
5677 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
5678
5679 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
5680 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
5681 with some fixed string.
5682
5683 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
5684
5685 By default, headers are removed if denied.
5686DOC_END
5687
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5688NAME: request_header_add
5689TYPE: HeaderWithAclList
5690LOC: Config.request_header_add
5691DEFAULT: none
5692DOC_START
5693 Usage: request_header_add field-name field-value acl1 [acl2] ...
5694 Example: request_header_add X-Client-CA "CA=%ssl::>cert_issuer" all
5695
5696 This option adds header fields to outgoing HTTP requests (i.e.,
5697 request headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a
5698 cache peer or an origin server). The option has no effect during
5699 cache hit detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point
5700 in ICAP terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
5701
5702 Field-name is a token specifying an HTTP header name. If a
5703 standard HTTP header name is used, Squid does not check whether
5704 the new header conflicts with any existing headers or violates
5705 HTTP rules. If the request to be modified already contains a
5706 field with the same name, the old field is preserved but the
5707 header field values are not merged.
5708
5709 Field-value is either a token or a quoted string. If quoted
5710 string format is used, then the surrounding quotes are removed
5711 while escape sequences and %macros are processed.
5712
5713 In theory, all of the logformat codes can be used as %macros.
5714 However, unlike logging (which happens at the very end of
5715 transaction lifetime), the transaction may not yet have enough
5716 information to expand a macro when the new header value is needed.
5717 And some information may already be available to Squid but not yet
5718 committed where the macro expansion code can access it (report
5719 such instances!). The macro will be expanded into a single dash
5720 ('-') in such cases. Not all macros have been tested.
5721
5722 One or more Squid ACLs may be specified to restrict header
5723 injection to matching requests. As always in squid.conf, all
5724 ACLs in an option ACL list must be satisfied for the insertion
5725 to happen. The request_header_add option supports fast ACLs
5726 only.
5727DOC_END
5728
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5729NAME: note
5730TYPE: note
5731LOC: Config.notes
5732DEFAULT: none
5733DOC_START
5734 This option used to log custom information about the master
5735 transaction. For example, an admin may configure Squid to log
5736 which "user group" the transaction belongs to, where "user group"
5737 will be determined based on a set of ACLs and not [just]
5738 authentication information.
5739 Values of key/value pairs can be logged using %{key}note macros:
5740
5741 note key value acl ...
5742 logformat myFormat ... %{key}note ...
5743DOC_END
5744
41bd17a4 5745NAME: relaxed_header_parser
5746COMMENT: on|off|warn
5747TYPE: tristate
5748LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
5749DEFAULT: on
5750DOC_START
5751 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
5752 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
5753 what the sending application intended even if the message
5754 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
5755 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 5756
41bd17a4 5757 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
5758 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 5759
41bd17a4 5760 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
5761 or response to be rejected.
5762DOC_END
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5764NAME: collapsed_forwarding
5765COMMENT: (on|off)
5766TYPE: onoff
5767LOC: Config.onoff.collapsed_forwarding
5768DEFAULT: off
5769DOC_START
5770 This option controls whether Squid is allowed to merge multiple
5771 potentially cachable requests for the same URI before Squid knows
5772 whether the response is going to be cachable.
5773
5774 This feature is disabled by default: Enabling collapsed forwarding
5775 needlessly delays forwarding requests that look cachable (when they are
5776 collapsed) but then need to be forwarded individually anyway because
5777 they end up being for uncachable content. However, in some cases, such
5778 as accelleration of highly cachable content with periodic or groupped
5779 expiration times, the gains from collapsing [large volumes of
5780 simultenous refresh requests] outweigh losses from such delays.
5781DOC_END
5782
41bd17a4 5783COMMENT_START
5784 TIMEOUTS
5785 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5786COMMENT_END
5787
5788NAME: forward_timeout
5789COMMENT: time-units
5790TYPE: time_t
5791LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
5792DEFAULT: 4 minutes
5793DOC_START
5794 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
5795 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 5796DOC_END
5797
41bd17a4 5798NAME: connect_timeout
5799COMMENT: time-units
5800TYPE: time_t
5801LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
5802DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 5803DOC_START
41bd17a4 5804 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5805 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
5806 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 5807DOC_END
5808
41bd17a4 5809NAME: peer_connect_timeout
5810COMMENT: time-units
5811TYPE: time_t
5812LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
5813DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 5814DOC_START
41bd17a4 5815 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
5816 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
5817 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
5818 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
5819DOC_END
7f7db318 5820
41bd17a4 5821NAME: read_timeout
5822COMMENT: time-units
5823TYPE: time_t
5824LOC: Config.Timeout.read
5825DEFAULT: 15 minutes
5826DOC_START
5827 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
5828 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
5829 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
5830 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
5831 default is 15 minutes.
5832DOC_END
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5834NAME: write_timeout
5835COMMENT: time-units
5836TYPE: time_t
5837LOC: Config.Timeout.write
5838DEFAULT: 15 minutes
5839DOC_START
5840 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
5841 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
5842 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
5843 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
5844 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
5845 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
5846 default is 15 minutes.
5847DOC_END
5848
41bd17a4 5849NAME: request_timeout
5850TYPE: time_t
5851LOC: Config.Timeout.request
5852DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5853DOC_START
6b2a2108 5854 How long to wait for complete HTTP request headers after initial
41bd17a4 5855 connection establishment.
5856DOC_END
cccac0a2 5857
97b32442 5858NAME: client_idle_pconn_timeout persistent_request_timeout
41bd17a4 5859TYPE: time_t
97b32442 5860LOC: Config.Timeout.clientIdlePconn
41bd17a4 5861DEFAULT: 2 minutes
5862DOC_START
5863 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
97b32442 5864 client connection after the previous request completes.
41bd17a4 5865DOC_END
cccac0a2 5866
41bd17a4 5867NAME: client_lifetime
5868COMMENT: time-units
5869TYPE: time_t
5870LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
5871DEFAULT: 1 day
5872DOC_START
5873 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
5874 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
5875 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
5876 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
5877 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
5878 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
5879 day, 1440 minutes.
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41bd17a4 5881 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
5882 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
5883 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
5884 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
5885 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
5886 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 5887DOC_END
5888
41bd17a4 5889NAME: half_closed_clients
5890TYPE: onoff
5891LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 5892DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 5893DOC_START
41bd17a4 5894 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
5895 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
5896 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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5897 fully-closed TCP connection.
5898
5899 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
5900 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
5901
abdf1651 5902 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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5903 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
5904 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
5905 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 5906DOC_END
5907
97b32442 5908NAME: server_idle_pconn_timeout pconn_timeout
41bd17a4 5909TYPE: time_t
97b32442 5910LOC: Config.Timeout.serverIdlePconn
41bd17a4 5911DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 5912DOC_START
41bd17a4 5913 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
5914 proxies.
5915DOC_END
cccac0a2 5916
41bd17a4 5917NAME: ident_timeout
5918TYPE: time_t
5919IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 5920LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 5921DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5922DOC_START
5923 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 5924
41bd17a4 5925 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
5926 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
5927 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 5928DOC_END
5929
41bd17a4 5930NAME: shutdown_lifetime
5931COMMENT: time-units
5932TYPE: time_t
5933LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
5934DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 5935DOC_START
41bd17a4 5936 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
5937 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
5938 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
5939 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
5940 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 5941DOC_END
0976f8db 5942
cccac0a2 5943COMMENT_START
5944 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
5945 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5946COMMENT_END
5947
5948NAME: cache_mgr
5949TYPE: string
5950DEFAULT: webmaster
5951LOC: Config.adminEmail
5952DOC_START
5953 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
638402dd 5954 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster".
cccac0a2 5955DOC_END
5956
abacf776 5957NAME: mail_from
5958TYPE: string
5959DEFAULT: none
5960LOC: Config.EmailFrom
5961DOC_START
5962 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
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5963 The default is to use 'squid@unique_hostname'.
5964
5965 See also: unique_hostname directive.
abacf776 5966DOC_END
5967
d084bf20 5968NAME: mail_program
5969TYPE: eol
5970DEFAULT: mail
5971LOC: Config.EmailProgram
5972DOC_START
5973 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 5974 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 5975 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 5976 mail-program recipient < mailfile
5977
d084bf20 5978 Optional command line options can be specified.
5979DOC_END
5980
cccac0a2 5981NAME: cache_effective_user
5982TYPE: string
5483d916 5983DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 5984LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 5985DOC_START
5986 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
5987 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 5988 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 5989 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 5990DOC_END
5991
cccac0a2 5992NAME: cache_effective_group
5993TYPE: string
5994DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5995DEFAULT_DOC: Use system group memberships of the cache_effective_user account
cccac0a2 5996LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
5997DOC_START
64e288bd 5998 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
5999 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
6000 from the groups membership.
6001
e3d74828 6002 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
6003 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
6004 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 6005 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 6006 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 6007 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 6008 group.
64e288bd 6009
6010 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
6011 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
6012 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 6013DOC_END
6014
d3caee79 6015NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
6016COMMENT: on|off
6017TYPE: onoff
6018DEFAULT: off
6019LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
6020DOC_START
6021 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
6022DOC_END
6023
cccac0a2 6024NAME: visible_hostname
6025TYPE: string
6026LOC: Config.visibleHostname
6027DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6028DEFAULT_DOC: Automatically detect the system host name
cccac0a2 6029DOC_START
6030 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 6031 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 6032 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
6033 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
6034 names with this setting.
6035DOC_END
6036
cccac0a2 6037NAME: unique_hostname
6038TYPE: string
6039LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
6040DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6041DEFAULT_DOC: Copy the value from visible_hostname
cccac0a2 6042DOC_START
6043 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 6044 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
6045 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 6046DOC_END
6047
cccac0a2 6048NAME: hostname_aliases
6049TYPE: wordlist
6050LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
6051DEFAULT: none
6052DOC_START
7f7db318 6053 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 6054DOC_END
0976f8db 6055
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6056NAME: umask
6057TYPE: int
6058LOC: Config.umask
6059DEFAULT: 027
6060DOC_START
6061 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
6062 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
6063
6064 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
6065 your value with 0.
6066DOC_END
6067
cccac0a2 6068COMMENT_START
6069 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
6070 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6071
6072 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
6073 announcement service. This service is provided to help
6074 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
6075 create cache hierarchies.
6076
6077 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
6078 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
6079 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
6080
6081 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
6082 following information from this configuration file:
6083
6084 http_port
6085 icp_port
6086 cache_mgr
6087
6088 All current information is processed regularly and made
6089 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
6090COMMENT_END
6091
6092NAME: announce_period
6093TYPE: time_t
6094LOC: Config.Announce.period
6095DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 6096DEFAULT_DOC: Announcement messages disabled.
cccac0a2 6097DOC_START
638402dd 6098 This is how frequently to send cache announcements.
cccac0a2 6099
e0855596 6100 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 6101
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6102 Example:
6103 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 6104DOC_END
6105
cccac0a2 6106NAME: announce_host
6107TYPE: string
6108DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
6109LOC: Config.Announce.host
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6110DOC_START
6111 Set the hostname where announce registration messages will be sent.
6112
6113 See also announce_port and announce_file
6114DOC_END
cccac0a2 6115
6116NAME: announce_file
6117TYPE: string
6118DEFAULT: none
6119LOC: Config.Announce.file
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6120DOC_START
6121 The contents of this file will be included in the announce
6122 registration messages.
6123DOC_END
cccac0a2 6124
6125NAME: announce_port
ae870270 6126TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 6127DEFAULT: 3131
6128LOC: Config.Announce.port
6129DOC_START
638402dd 6130 Set the port where announce registration messages will be sent.
cccac0a2 6131
638402dd 6132 See also announce_host and announce_file
cccac0a2 6133DOC_END
6134
8d6275c0 6135COMMENT_START
6136 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
6137 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6138COMMENT_END
6139
cccac0a2 6140NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 6141TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 6142DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6143DEFAULT_DOC: visible_hostname is used if no specific ID is set.
cccac0a2 6144LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 6145DOC_START
6146 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
6147 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
6148 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
6149 an identification token.
6150DOC_END
6151
6152NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 6153COMMENT: on|off
6154TYPE: onoff
6155DEFAULT: off
6156LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
6157DOC_START
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6158 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour the header
6159 "Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote".
6160
cccac0a2 6161 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
6162DOC_END
6163
6164NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 6165IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 6166COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 6167TYPE: string
6168LOC: ESIParser::Type
6169DEFAULT: custom
6170DOC_START
6171 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
6172 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
6173 encodings.
6174DOC_END
0976f8db 6175
9edd9041 6176COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 6177 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 6178 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6179COMMENT_END
6180
6181NAME: delay_pools
6182TYPE: delay_pool_count
6183DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 6184IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6185LOC: Config.Delay
6186DOC_START
6187 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
6188 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
6189 have a total of 2 delay pools.
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6190
6191 See also delay_parameters, delay_class, delay_access for pool
6192 configuration details.
9edd9041 6193DOC_END
6194
6195NAME: delay_class
6196TYPE: delay_pool_class
6197DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6198IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6199LOC: Config.Delay
6200DOC_START
6201 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
6202 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
6203 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
6204 and here would be:
6205
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6206 Example:
6207 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
6208 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
6209 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
6210 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
6211 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 6212
6213 The delay pool classes are:
6214
6215 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6216 bucket.
6217
6218 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6219 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 6220 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 6221
6222 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
6223 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
6224 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
6225 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 6226 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 6227
6228 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
6229 additional limit on a per user basis. This
6230 only takes effect if the username is established
6231 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
6232 http_access rules.
6233
6234 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
6235 external_acl's tag= reply).
6236
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6237
6238 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
6239 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
6240 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
6241
9edd9041 6242 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
6243 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
6244 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
6245 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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6246
6247 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
6248 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
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6249
6250 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6251 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6252
6253 See also delay_parameters and delay_access.
9edd9041 6254DOC_END
6255
6256NAME: delay_access
6257TYPE: delay_pool_access
6258DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6259DEFAULT_DOC: Deny using the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 6260IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6261LOC: Config.Delay
6262DOC_START
6263 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
6264
6265 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
6266 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
6267 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
6268 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
6269
6270 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
6271 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
6272
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6273 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
6274 delay_access 1 deny all
6275 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
6276 delay_access 2 deny all
6277 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
6278
6279 See also delay_parameters and delay_class.
6280
9edd9041 6281DOC_END
6282
6283NAME: delay_parameters
6284TYPE: delay_pool_rates
6285DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6286IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6287LOC: Config.Delay
6288DOC_START
6289 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
6290 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 6291 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 6292
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6293 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
6294 delay_pools pool 1
6295 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 6296
6297 For a class 2 delay pool:
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6298 delay_pools pool 2
6299 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 6300
6301 For a class 3 delay pool:
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6302 delay_pools pool 3
6303 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 6304
6305 For a class 4 delay pool:
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6306 delay_pools pool 4
6307 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 6308
6309 For a class 5 delay pool:
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6310 delay_pools pool 5
6311 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 6312
0b68481a 6313 The option variables are:
9edd9041 6314
6315 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
6316 number specified in delay_pools as used in
6317 delay_class lines.
6318
fdb47ac6 6319 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 6320 (class 1, 2, 3).
6321
fdb47ac6 6322 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 6323 buckets (class 2, 3).
6324
fdb47ac6 6325 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 6326 (class 3).
6327
fdb47ac6 6328 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 6329 (class 4).
6330
fdb47ac6 6331 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 6332 (class 5).
6333
6334 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
6335 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
6336 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
6337 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
6338
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6339 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
6340
6341
9edd9041 6342 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 6343 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 6344 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
6345
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6346 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
6347
6348 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 6349
6350 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
6351
0b68481a 6352
9edd9041 6353 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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6354 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
6355 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
6356 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 6357 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
6358 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
6359 large downloads more significantly:
6360
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6361 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
6362
6363 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
6364 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
6365 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 6366
9edd9041 6367
6368 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 6369 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 6370
0b68481a 6371 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
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6372
6373
6374 See also delay_class and delay_access.
6375
9edd9041 6376DOC_END
6377
6378NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
6379COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 6380TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 6381DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 6382IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 6383LOC: Config.Delay.initial
6384DOC_START
6385 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
6386 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
6387 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
6388 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
6389 "seen" by squid).
6390DOC_END
6391
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6392COMMENT_START
6393 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
6394 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6395COMMENT_END
6396
6397NAME: client_delay_pools
6398TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
6399DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 6400IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6401LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6402DOC_START
6403 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
6404 preceed other client_delay_* options.
6405
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6406 Example:
6407 client_delay_pools 2
6408
6409 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_access.
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6410DOC_END
6411
6412NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
6413COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 6414TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 6415DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 6416IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6417LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
6418DOC_START
6419 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
6420 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
6421 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
6422 buckets are periodically deleted up.
6423
6424 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
6425 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
6426 from client_delay_parameters.
6427
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6428 Example:
6429 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
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6430DOC_END
6431
6432NAME: client_delay_parameters
6433TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
6434DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 6435IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6436LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6437DOC_START
6438
6439 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
6440 following format:
6441
6442 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
6443
6444 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
6445
6446 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
6447
6448 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
6449 speed_limit additions.
6450
6451 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
6452 examples.
6453
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6454 Example:
6455 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
6456 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
6457
6458 See also client_delay_access.
6459
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6460DOC_END
6461
6462NAME: client_delay_access
6463TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
6464DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6465DEFAULT_DOC: Deny use of the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 6466IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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6467LOC: Config.ClientDelay
6468DOC_START
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6469 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
6470 request:
6471
6472 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
6473
6474 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
6475 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
6476 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
6477 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
6478 limited.
6479
6480 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
6481 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
6482 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
6483 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
6484
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6485 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6486 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6487 Additionally, only the client TCP connection details are available.
6488 ACLs testing HTTP properties will not work.
6489
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6490 Please see delay_access for more examples.
6491
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6492 Example:
6493 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
6494 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
6495
6496
6497 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_pools.
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6498DOC_END
6499
cccac0a2 6500COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 6501 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 6502 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6503COMMENT_END
6504
8d6275c0 6505NAME: wccp_router
6506TYPE: address
6507LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 6508DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 6509DEFAULT_DOC: WCCP disabled.
8d6275c0 6510IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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6511DOC_START
6512 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
6513 Squid.
6514
6515 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
6516
6517 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
6518
6519 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
6520 which version of WCCP to use.
6521DOC_END
df2eec10 6522
8d6275c0 6523NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 6524TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 6525LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 6526DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6527DEFAULT_DOC: WCCPv2 disabled.
8d6275c0 6528IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6529DOC_START
8d6275c0 6530 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
6531 Squid.
cccac0a2 6532
8d6275c0 6533 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 6534
8d6275c0 6535 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 6536
8d6275c0 6537 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
6538 which version of WCCP to use.
6539DOC_END
6540
6541NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 6542TYPE: int
8d6275c0 6543LOC: Config.Wccp.version
6544DEFAULT: 4
6545IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 6546DOC_START
8d6275c0 6547 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
6548 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
6549 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
6550 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
6551 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 6552
8d6275c0 6553 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
6554 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
6555 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
6556 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 6557DOC_END
6558
8d6275c0 6559NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
6560TYPE: onoff
6561LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
6562DEFAULT: on
6563IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6564DOC_START
6565 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
6566 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
6567DOC_END
cccac0a2 6568
8d6275c0 6569NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 6570TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 6571LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 6572DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 6573IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6574DOC_START
699acd19 6575 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 6576 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6577
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6578 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
6579 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 6580
8d6275c0 6581 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
6582 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 6583DOC_END
6584
8d6275c0 6585NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 6586TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 6587LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 6588DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 6589IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6590DOC_START
699acd19 6591 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 6592 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
6593 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
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6595 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
6596 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 6597
8d6275c0 6598 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
6599 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 6600
699acd19 6601 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 6602 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
6603 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
6604 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 6605DOC_END
6606
8d6275c0 6607NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 6608TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 6609LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 6610DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 6611IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 6612DOC_START
8d6275c0 6613 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
6614 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 6615
451c4786 6616 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 6617 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 6618
8d6275c0 6619 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
6620 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
6621DOC_END
cccac0a2 6622
8d6275c0 6623NAME: wccp2_service
6624TYPE: wccp2_service
6625LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 6626DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
638402dd 6627DEFAULT_DOC: Use the 'web-cache' standard service.
8d6275c0 6628IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6629DOC_START
6630 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
6631 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
6632 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
6633 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
6634 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
6635 using the wccp2_service_info option.
6636
6637 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
6638 just specifying the service id will suffice.
6639
6640 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
6641 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
6642
6643 Examples:
6644
6645 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
6646 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
6647 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
6648 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 6649DOC_END
6650
6651NAME: wccp2_service_info
6652TYPE: wccp2_service_info
6653LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
6654DEFAULT: none
6655IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6656DOC_START
6657 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
6658 traffic you wish to have diverted.
6659
6660 The format is:
6661
6662 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
6663 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
6664
6665 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
6666 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 6667 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 6668 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
6669 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
6670 + ports_source
6671
6672 The port list can be one to eight entries.
6673
6674 Example:
6675
6676 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
6677 priority=240 ports=80
6678
6679 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
6680 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
6681DOC_END
6682
6683NAME: wccp2_weight
6684TYPE: int
6685LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
6686DEFAULT: 10000
6687IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6688DOC_START
6689 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
6690 hash proportional to their weight.
6691DOC_END
6692
6693NAME: wccp_address
6694TYPE: address
6695LOC: Config.Wccp.address
6696DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 6697DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 6698IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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6699DOC_START
6700 Use this option if you require WCCPv2 to use a specific
6701 interface address.
6702
6703 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6704DOC_END
df2eec10 6705
8d6275c0 6706NAME: wccp2_address
6707TYPE: address
6708LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
6709DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 6710DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 6711IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
6712DOC_START
6713 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
6714 interface address.
6715
6716 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6717DOC_END
6718
6719COMMENT_START
6720 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
6721 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6722
6723 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
6724COMMENT_END
6725
6726NAME: client_persistent_connections
6727TYPE: onoff
6728LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
6729DEFAULT: on
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6730DOC_START
6731 Persistent connection support for clients.
6732 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
6733 this option to disable persistent connections with clients.
6734DOC_END
8d6275c0 6735
6736NAME: server_persistent_connections
6737TYPE: onoff
6738LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
6739DEFAULT: on
6740DOC_START
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6741 Persistent connection support for servers.
6742 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
6743 this option to disable persistent connections with servers.
8d6275c0 6744DOC_END
6745
6746NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
6747TYPE: onoff
6748LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 6749DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 6750DOC_START
6751 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
6752 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
6753 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
6754DOC_END
6755
6756NAME: detect_broken_pconn
6757TYPE: onoff
6758LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
6759DEFAULT: off
6760DOC_START
6761 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
6762 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
6763 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
6764 has mostly been seen on redirects.
6765
6766 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
6767 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
6768 after 10 seconds timeout.
6769DOC_END
6770
6771COMMENT_START
6772 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
6773 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6774COMMENT_END
6775
6776NAME: digest_generation
6777IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6778TYPE: onoff
6779LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
6780DEFAULT: on
6781DOC_START
6782 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
6783 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 6784 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 6785DOC_END
6786
6787NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
6788IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6789TYPE: int
6790LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
6791DEFAULT: 5
6792DOC_START
6793 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
6794 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
6795 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
6796DOC_END
6797
6798NAME: digest_rebuild_period
6799IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6800COMMENT: (seconds)
6801TYPE: time_t
6802LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
6803DEFAULT: 1 hour
6804DOC_START
749ceff8 6805 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 6806DOC_END
6807
6808NAME: digest_rewrite_period
6809COMMENT: (seconds)
6810IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6811TYPE: time_t
6812LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
6813DEFAULT: 1 hour
6814DOC_START
749ceff8 6815 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 6816 disk.
6817DOC_END
6818
6819NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
6820COMMENT: (bytes)
6821TYPE: b_size_t
6822IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6823LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
6824DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
6825DOC_START
6826 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
6827 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
6828 default swap page.
6829DOC_END
6830
6831NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
6832COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
6833IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
6834TYPE: int
6835LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
6836DEFAULT: 10
6837DOC_START
6838 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
6839 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
6840DOC_END
6841
1db9eacd 6842COMMENT_START
5473c134 6843 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 6844 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6845COMMENT_END
6846
5473c134 6847NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 6848TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6849LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 6850DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 6851DEFAULT_DOC: SNMP disabled.
5473c134 6852IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 6853DOC_START
87630341 6854 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
6855 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
6856 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
6857 set to "0" (disabled)
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6858
6859 Example:
6860 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 6861DOC_END
6862
5473c134 6863NAME: snmp_access
6864TYPE: acl_access
6865LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
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6866DEFAULT: none
6867DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 6868IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 6869DOC_START
5473c134 6870 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 6871
5473c134 6872 All access to the agent is denied by default.
6873 usage:
8d6275c0 6874
5473c134 6875 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 6876
b3567eb5
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6877 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6878 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
638402dd 6879
5473c134 6880Example:
6881 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
6882 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 6883DOC_END
6884
5473c134 6885NAME: snmp_incoming_address
6886TYPE: address
6887LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 6888DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 6889DEFAULT_DOC: Accept SNMP packets from all machine interfaces.
5473c134 6890IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
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6891DOC_START
6892 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
6893
6894 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
6895 messages from SNMP agents.
6896
6897 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
6898 available network interfaces.
6899DOC_END
df2eec10 6900
5473c134 6901NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
6902TYPE: address
6903LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 6904DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 6905DEFAULT_DOC: Use snmp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
5473c134 6906IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 6907DOC_START
638402dd 6908 Just like 'udp_outgoing_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 6909
5473c134 6910 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
6911 agents.
cccac0a2 6912
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6913 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
6914 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
6915 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
6916 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 6917
5473c134 6918 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
638402dd 6919 the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 6920DOC_END
6921
5473c134 6922COMMENT_START
6923 ICP OPTIONS
6924 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6925COMMENT_END
6926
6927NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 6928TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6929DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 6930DEFAULT_DOC: ICP disabled.
5473c134 6931LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 6932DOC_START
5473c134 6933 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
6934 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
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6935
6936 Example:
6937 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 6938DOC_END
6939
5473c134 6940NAME: htcp_port
6941IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 6942TYPE: u_short
87630341 6943DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 6944DEFAULT_DOC: HTCP disabled.
5473c134 6945LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 6946DOC_START
5473c134 6947 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 6948 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
638402dd 6949 4827.
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6950
6951 Example:
6952 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 6953DOC_END
6954
6955NAME: log_icp_queries
6956COMMENT: on|off
6957TYPE: onoff
6958DEFAULT: on
6959LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
6960DOC_START
6961 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
6962 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
6963 up or to simplify log analysis.
6964DOC_END
6965
5473c134 6966NAME: udp_incoming_address
6967TYPE: address
6968LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 6969DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 6970DEFAULT_DOC: Accept packets from all machine interfaces.
8524d4b2 6971DOC_START
6972 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
6973 caches.
6974
6975 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
6976
6977 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
6978 a specific interface/address.
6979
6980 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
6981 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
6982
6983 see also; udp_outgoing_address
6984
6985 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
6986 have the same value since they both use the same port.
6987DOC_END
cccac0a2 6988
5473c134 6989NAME: udp_outgoing_address
6990TYPE: address
6991LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 6992DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 6993DEFAULT_DOC: Use udp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
cccac0a2 6994DOC_START
8524d4b2 6995 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 6996 caches.
cccac0a2 6997
5473c134 6998 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 6999
8524d4b2 7000 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
7001 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
7002 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 7003 caches.
7004
8524d4b2 7005 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
7006 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
7007
7008 see also; udp_incoming_address
7009
5473c134 7010 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 7011 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 7012DOC_END
7013
3d1e3e43 7014NAME: icp_hit_stale
7015COMMENT: on|off
7016TYPE: onoff
7017DEFAULT: off
7018LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
7019DOC_START
7020 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
7021 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
7022 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
7023 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
7024 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
7025 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
7026 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
7027DOC_END
7028
5473c134 7029NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 7030TYPE: int
5473c134 7031DEFAULT: 4
7032LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 7033DOC_START
5473c134 7034 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
7035 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 7036DOC_END
7037
5473c134 7038NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
638402dd 7039COMMENT: (msec)
5473c134 7040TYPE: int
7041DEFAULT: 400
7042LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 7043DOC_START
5473c134 7044 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
7045 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 7046DOC_END
7047
cccac0a2 7048NAME: netdb_low
7049TYPE: int
7050DEFAULT: 900
7051LOC: Config.Netdb.low
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7052DOC_START
7053 The low water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
7054
7055 Note: high watermark controlled by netdb_high directive.
7056
7057 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
7058 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
7059 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
7060 mark is reached.
7061DOC_END
cccac0a2 7062
7063NAME: netdb_high
7064TYPE: int
7065DEFAULT: 1000
7066LOC: Config.Netdb.high
7067DOC_START
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7068 The high water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
7069
7070 Note: low watermark controlled by netdb_low directive.
7071
7072 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
7073 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
7074 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
7075 mark is reached.
cccac0a2 7076DOC_END
7077
cccac0a2 7078NAME: netdb_ping_period
7079TYPE: time_t
7080LOC: Config.Netdb.period
7081DEFAULT: 5 minutes
7082DOC_START
7083 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
7084 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
7085 network. The default is five minutes.
7086DOC_END
7087
cccac0a2 7088NAME: query_icmp
7089COMMENT: on|off
7090TYPE: onoff
7091DEFAULT: off
7092LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
7093DOC_START
7094 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
7095 replies, enable this option.
7096
7097 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 7098 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
7099 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 7100 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
7101 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
7102 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
7103 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
7104 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
7105DOC_END
7106
7107NAME: test_reachability
7108COMMENT: on|off
7109TYPE: onoff
7110DEFAULT: off
7111LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
7112DOC_START
7113 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
7114 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
7115 database, or has a zero RTT.
7116DOC_END
7117
5473c134 7118NAME: icp_query_timeout
7119COMMENT: (msec)
7120DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7121DEFAULT_DOC: Dynamic detection.
5473c134 7122TYPE: int
7123LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 7124DOC_START
5473c134 7125 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
7126 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
7127 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
7128 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
7129 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
7130 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 7131
5473c134 7132 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 7133DOC_END
7134
5473c134 7135NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
7136COMMENT: (msec)
7137DEFAULT: 2000
7138TYPE: int
7139LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 7140DOC_START
5473c134 7141 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
7142 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
7143 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
7144 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
7145 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
7146 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 7147DOC_END
7148
5473c134 7149NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
7150COMMENT: (msec)
7151DEFAULT: 5
7152TYPE: int
7153LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 7154DOC_START
5473c134 7155 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
7156 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
7157 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
7158 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
7159 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
7160 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
7161 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 7162DOC_END
7163
5473c134 7164NAME: background_ping_rate
7165COMMENT: time-units
7166TYPE: time_t
7167DEFAULT: 10 seconds
7168LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 7169DOC_START
5473c134 7170 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
7171 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 7172DOC_END
7173
5473c134 7174COMMENT_START
7175 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
7176 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7177COMMENT_END
7178
7179NAME: mcast_groups
7180TYPE: wordlist
7181LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 7182DEFAULT: none
7183DOC_START
5473c134 7184 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
7185 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 7186
5473c134 7187 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
7188 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
7189 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
7190 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
7191 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
7192 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
7193 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 7194
5473c134 7195 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
7196 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 7197
5473c134 7198 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
7199 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 7200
5473c134 7201 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 7202
5473c134 7203 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
7204DOC_END
8c01ada0 7205
5473c134 7206NAME: mcast_miss_addr
7207IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
7208TYPE: address
7209LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 7210DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 7211DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 7212DOC_START
7213 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
7214 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 7215
5473c134 7216 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
7217 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 7218DOC_END
7219
5473c134 7220NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
7221IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 7222TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7223LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
7224DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 7225DOC_START
5473c134 7226 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
7227 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
7228 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
7229DOC_END
cccac0a2 7230
5473c134 7231NAME: mcast_miss_port
7232IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 7233TYPE: u_short
5473c134 7234LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
7235DEFAULT: 3135
7236DOC_START
7237 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
7238 'mcast_miss_addr'.
7239DOC_END
cccac0a2 7240
5473c134 7241NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
7242IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
7243TYPE: string
7244LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
7245DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
7246DOC_START
7247 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
7248 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
7249DOC_END
8c01ada0 7250
5473c134 7251NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
7252COMMENT: (msec)
7253DEFAULT: 2000
7254TYPE: int
7255LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
7256DOC_START
7257 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
7258 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
7259 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
7260 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
7261 seconds.
cccac0a2 7262DOC_END
7263
5473c134 7264COMMENT_START
7265 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
7266 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7267COMMENT_END
7268
cccac0a2 7269NAME: icon_directory
7270TYPE: string
7271LOC: Config.icons.directory
7272DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
7273DOC_START
7274 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
7275 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
7276DOC_END
7277
f024c970 7278NAME: global_internal_static
7279TYPE: onoff
7280LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
7281DEFAULT: on
7282DOC_START
7283 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
7284 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
7285 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
7286 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
7287 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
7288 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
7289 the server generating a directory listing.
7290DOC_END
7291
5473c134 7292NAME: short_icon_urls
7293TYPE: onoff
7294LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
7295DEFAULT: on
7296DOC_START
7297 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
7298 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
7299 it's own name and port in the URL.
7300
7301 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
7302 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
7303DOC_END
7304
7305COMMENT_START
7306 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
7307 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7308COMMENT_END
7309
7310NAME: error_directory
7311TYPE: string
7312LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 7313DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7314DEFAULT_DOC: Send error pages in the clients preferred language
5473c134 7315DOC_START
7316 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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7317 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
7318 the error/template files to another directory and point
7319 this tag at them.
7320
7321 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
7322 on error pages if used.
5473c134 7323
7324 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
7325 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 7326 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 7327 contributing your translation back to the project.
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7328 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
7329
7330 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
7331 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
7332DOC_END
7333
7334NAME: error_default_language
7335IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
7336TYPE: string
7337LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
7338DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7339DEFAULT_DOC: Generate English language pages.
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7340DOC_START
7341 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
7342 if no existing translation matches the clients language
7343 preferences.
7344
7345 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
7346
7347 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
7348 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
7349 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
7350 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 7351DOC_END
7352
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7353NAME: error_log_languages
7354IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
7355TYPE: onoff
7356LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
7357DEFAULT: on
7358DOC_START
7359 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
7360 auto-negotiate for translations.
7361
7362 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
7363 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 7364 of its error page translations.
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7365DOC_END
7366
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7367NAME: err_page_stylesheet
7368TYPE: string
7369LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
7370DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
7371DOC_START
7372 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
7373
7374 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
7375DOC_END
7376
5473c134 7377NAME: err_html_text
7378TYPE: eol
7379LOC: Config.errHtmlText
7380DEFAULT: none
7381DOC_START
7382 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
7383 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
7384 organizations Web page.
7385
7386 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
7387 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
7388 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
7389 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
7390DOC_END
7391
7392NAME: email_err_data
7393COMMENT: on|off
7394TYPE: onoff
7395LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
7396DEFAULT: on
7397DOC_START
7398 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
7399 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
7400 so that the email body contains the data.
7401 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
7402DOC_END
7403
7404NAME: deny_info
7405TYPE: denyinfo
7406LOC: Config.denyInfoList
7407DEFAULT: none
7408DOC_START
7409 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
7410 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 7411 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 7412
7413 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
7414 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
7415 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
7416 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
7417
7418 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
7419 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
7420 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
7421 the first authentication related acl encountered
7422 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
7423 acl processed on the last http_access line.
3af10ac0
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7424 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
7425 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 7426
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7427 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
7428 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
7429 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 7430
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7431 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
7432 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
7433 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
7434
5473c134 7435 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
7436 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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7437
7438 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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7439 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
7440 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
7441 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
7442 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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7443
7444 URL FORMAT TAGS:
7445 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
7446 %B - FTP path URL
7447 %e - Error number
7448 %E - Error description
7449 %h - Squid hostname
7450 %H - Request domain name
7451 %i - Client IP Address
7452 %M - Request Method
7453 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
7454 %p - Request Port number
7455 %P - Request Protocol name
7456 %R - Request URL path
7457 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
7458 %U - Full canonical URL from client
7459 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
7460 %u - Full canonical URL from client
7461 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 7462 %x - Error name
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7463 %% - Literal percent (%) code
7464
5473c134 7465DOC_END
7466
7467COMMENT_START
7468 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
7469 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7470COMMENT_END
7471
7472NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 7473TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7474LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 7475DEFAULT: on
7476DOC_START
5473c134 7477 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
7478 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
7479 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 7480
638402dd 7481 When this is set to "off", Squid will prefer to send these
5473c134 7482 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 7483
5473c134 7484 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
7485 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
7486 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 7487
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7488 This option only sets a preference. If the parent is unavailable a
7489 direct connection to the origin server may still be attempted. To
7490 completely prevent direct connections use never_direct.
8d6275c0 7491DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 7492
5473c134 7493NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 7494TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7495LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 7496DEFAULT: off
7497DOC_START
5473c134 7498 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
7499 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
7500 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 7501
5473c134 7502 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
7503 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
7504 fails.
7505
7506 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
7507 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
7508 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 7509DOC_END
7510
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7511NAME: cache_miss_revalidate
7512COMMENT: on|off
7513TYPE: onoff
7514DEFAULT: on
7515LOC: Config.onoff.cache_miss_revalidate
7516DOC_START
7517 Whether Squid on cache MISS will pass client revalidation requests
7518 to the server or tries to fetch new content for caching.
7519 This is useful while the cache is mostly empty to more quickly
7520 have the cache populated.
7521
7522 When set to 'on' (default), Squid will pass all client If-* headers
7523 to the server.
7524
7525 When set to 'off' and if the request is cacheable, Squid will
7526 remove the clients If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match headers from
7527 the request sent to the server.
7528DOC_END
7529
5473c134 7530NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 7531TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 7532LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 7533DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7534DEFAULT_DOC: Prevent any cache_peer being used for this request.
0b0cfcf2 7535DOC_START
5473c134 7536 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 7537
5473c134 7538 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
7539 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
7540 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
7541 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
7542 something like:
0b0cfcf2 7543
5473c134 7544 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
7545 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 7546
5473c134 7547 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 7548
5473c134 7549 acl FTP proto FTP
7550 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 7551
5473c134 7552 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
7553 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
7554 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
7555 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
7556 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 7557
5473c134 7558 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
7559 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
7560 always_direct deny local-external
7561 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 7562
5473c134 7563 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
7564 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
7565 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
7566 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 7567
5473c134 7568 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
7569 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 7570 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 7571
b3567eb5
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7572 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
7573 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 7574DOC_END
0976f8db 7575
5473c134 7576NAME: never_direct
7577TYPE: acl_access
7578LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
7579DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7580DEFAULT_DOC: Allow DNS results to be used for this request.
8d6275c0 7581DOC_START
5473c134 7582 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
7583
7584 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
7585 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
7586
7587 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
7588 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
7589 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
7590 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
7591
7592 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 7593 never_direct deny local-servers
7594 never_direct allow all
7595
7596 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
7597 servers inside the firewall use something like:
7598
7599 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
7600 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
7601 always_direct deny local-external
7602 always_direct allow local-intranet
7603 never_direct allow all
7604
b3567eb5
FC
7605 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
7606 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 7607DOC_END
0976f8db 7608
5473c134 7609COMMENT_START
7610 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
7611 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7612COMMENT_END
7613
65d448bc 7614NAME: incoming_udp_average incoming_icp_average
cccac0a2 7615TYPE: int
7616DEFAULT: 6
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7617LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.average
7618DOC_START
7619 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7620 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7621 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7622DOC_END
cccac0a2 7623
65d448bc 7624NAME: incoming_tcp_average incoming_http_average
cccac0a2 7625TYPE: int
7626DEFAULT: 4
65d448bc
AJ
7627LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.average
7628DOC_START
7629 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7630 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7631 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7632DOC_END
cccac0a2 7633
7634NAME: incoming_dns_average
7635TYPE: int
7636DEFAULT: 4
65d448bc
AJ
7637LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.average
7638DOC_START
7639 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7640 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7641 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7642DOC_END
cccac0a2 7643
65d448bc 7644NAME: min_udp_poll_cnt min_icp_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 7645TYPE: int
7646DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc
AJ
7647LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.min_poll
7648DOC_START
7649 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7650 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7651 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7652DOC_END
cccac0a2 7653
7654NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
7655TYPE: int
7656DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc
AJ
7657LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.min_poll
7658DOC_START
7659 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7660 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7661 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7662DOC_END
cccac0a2 7663
65d448bc 7664NAME: min_tcp_poll_cnt min_http_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 7665TYPE: int
7666DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc 7667LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.min_poll
cccac0a2 7668DOC_START
5473c134 7669 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
7670 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
7671 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
7672DOC_END
7673
7674NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 7675TYPE: string
7676DEFAULT: none
7677LOC: Config.accept_filter
7678DOC_START
0b4d4be5 7679 FreeBSD:
7680
5473c134 7681 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
7682 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
7683 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
7684
7685 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 7686 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 7687 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
7688
7689 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
7690 to Squid until there is some data to process.
7691 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
7692
7693 Linux:
7694
7695 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
7696 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
7697 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
7698 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
7699 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 7700EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 7701# FreeBSD
5473c134 7702accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 7703# Linux
7704accept_filter data
5473c134 7705DOC_END
7706
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7707NAME: client_ip_max_connections
7708TYPE: int
7709LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
7710DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 7711DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
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7712DOC_START
7713 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
7714 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
7715 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
7716
7717 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
7718 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
7719
7720 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
7721
7722 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
7723 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
7724DOC_END
7725
5473c134 7726NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
7727COMMENT: (bytes)
7728TYPE: b_size_t
7729DEFAULT: 0 bytes
638402dd 7730DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system TCP defaults.
5473c134 7731LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
7732DOC_START
7733 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
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AJ
7734 as easy to change your kernel's default.
7735 Omit from squid.conf to use the default buffer size.
5473c134 7736DOC_END
7737
7738COMMENT_START
7739 ICAP OPTIONS
7740 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7741COMMENT_END
7742
7743NAME: icap_enable
7744TYPE: onoff
7745IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7746COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7747LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 7748DEFAULT: off
7749DOC_START
53e738c6 7750 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 7751DOC_END
7752
7753NAME: icap_connect_timeout
7754TYPE: time_t
7755DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 7756LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 7757IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7758DOC_START
7759 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
7760 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
7761 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
7762
7763 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
7764 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
7765 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
7766DOC_END
7767
7768NAME: icap_io_timeout
7769COMMENT: time-units
7770TYPE: time_t
7771DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7772DEFAULT_DOC: Use read_timeout.
26cc52cb 7773LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 7774IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7775DOC_START
7776 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
7777 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
7778 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
7779 failure.
5473c134 7780DOC_END
7781
7782NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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7783COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
7784TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 7785IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 7786LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 7787DEFAULT: 10
7788DOC_START
7789 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
7790 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
7791 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
7792 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 7793 OPTIONS.
5473c134 7794
7795 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
7796 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
7797 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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7798
7799 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
7800 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
7801 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
7802 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
7803 value into ten time slots of equal length.
7804
7805 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
7806 effect on service failure expiration.
7807
7808 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
7809 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
7810 setting.
7811
7812 For example,
7813 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
7814 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 7815DOC_END
7816
5473c134 7817NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 7818TYPE: int
5473c134 7819IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7820LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 7821DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 7822DOC_START
5473c134 7823 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
7824 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
7825 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
7826 fetched.
cccac0a2 7827
5473c134 7828 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
7829 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 7830DOC_END
7831
5473c134 7832NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 7833TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7834IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7835COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7836LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 7837DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 7838DOC_START
ac7a62f9 7839 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
7840 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
7841 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
7842 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
7843
7844 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
7845 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
7846 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
7847
7848 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
7849 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
7850Example:
7851icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 7852DOC_END
7853
5473c134 7854NAME: icap_preview_size
7855TYPE: int
7856IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7857LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 7858DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 7859DEFAULT_DOC: No preview sent.
cccac0a2 7860DOC_START
53e738c6 7861 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
638402dd 7862 This value might be overwritten on a per server basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 7863DOC_END
7864
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7865NAME: icap_206_enable
7866TYPE: onoff
7867IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7868COMMENT: on|off
7869LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
7870DEFAULT: on
7871DOC_START
7872 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
7873 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
7874 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
7875 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
7876
7877 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
7878 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
7879 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
7880 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
7881 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
7882
7883 Example:
7884 icap_206_enable off
7885DOC_END
7886
5473c134 7887NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
7888TYPE: int
7889IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7890LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 7891DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 7892DOC_START
53e738c6 7893 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 7894 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 7895DOC_END
7896
5473c134 7897NAME: icap_persistent_connections
7898TYPE: onoff
7899IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7900COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7901LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 7902DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 7903DOC_START
5473c134 7904 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
7905 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 7906DOC_END
7907
22fff3bf 7908NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 7909TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 7910IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 7911COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 7912LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 7913DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 7914DOC_START
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7915 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
7916 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
7917 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
7918
7919 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 7920DOC_END
7921
22fff3bf 7922NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 7923TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 7924IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 7925COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 7926LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 7927DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 7928DOC_START
5473c134 7929 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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7930 the adaptation service.
7931
7932 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 7933 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
7934 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 7935DOC_END
7936
5473c134 7937NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 7938TYPE: string
5473c134 7939IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7940LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 7941DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 7942DOC_START
db49f682 7943 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 7944DOC_END
7945
5473c134 7946NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 7947TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7948IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7949COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 7950LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 7951DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 7952DOC_START
5473c134 7953 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 7954DOC_END
7955
5473c134 7956NAME: icap_service
7957TYPE: icap_service_type
7958IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 7959LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 7960DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 7961DOC_START
a22e6cd3 7962 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 7963
c25c2836 7964 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
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7966 id: ID
7967 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
7968 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
7969 services in squid.conf.
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7970
7971 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 7972 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
7973 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
7974 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 7975
c25c2836 7976 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
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7977 ICAP server and service location.
7978
7979 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
7980 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
7981 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
7982 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
7983 service_names differ.
7984
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7985 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
7986 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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7987
7988 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
7989 the following name=value options:
7990
7991 bypass=on|off|1|0
7992 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
7993 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
7994 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
7995 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
7996 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
7997 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
7998 returned to the HTTP client.
7999
8000 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
8001
8002 routing=on|off|1|0
8003 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
8004 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
8005 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
8006 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
8007 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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8008 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
8009 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
8010 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
8011
8012 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
8013 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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8014
8015 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
8016 response header is ignored.
8017
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8018 ipv6=on|off
8019 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
8020 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
8021 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
8022
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8023 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
8024 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
8025 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
8026 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
8027 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
8028 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
8029 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
8030
8031 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
8032 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
8033 workers may use a given service.
8034
8035 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
8036 otherwise it is set to "wait".
8037
8038
8039 max-conn=number
8040 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
8041 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
8042
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8043 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
8044 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 8045
5473c134 8046Example:
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8047icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
8048icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod routing=on
cccac0a2 8049DOC_END
8050
5473c134 8051NAME: icap_class
8052TYPE: icap_class_type
8053IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 8054LOC: none
5473c134 8055DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8056DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8057 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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8058 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
8059 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 8060
62c7f90e 8061 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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8062 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
8063 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 8064DOC_END
8065
5473c134 8066NAME: icap_access
8067TYPE: icap_access_type
8068IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 8069LOC: none
cccac0a2 8070DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 8071DOC_START
a22e6cd3 8072 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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8073 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
8074 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 8075DOC_END
8076
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8077COMMENT_START
8078 eCAP OPTIONS
8079 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8080COMMENT_END
8081
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8082NAME: ecap_enable
8083TYPE: onoff
8084IFDEF: USE_ECAP
8085COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 8086LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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8087DEFAULT: off
8088DOC_START
8089 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
8090DOC_END
8091
8092NAME: ecap_service
8093TYPE: ecap_service_type
8094IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 8095LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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8096DEFAULT: none
8097DOC_START
8098 Defines a single eCAP service
8099
c25c2836 8100 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 8101
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8102 id: ID
8103 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
8104 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
8105 services in squid.conf.
8106
8107 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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8108 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
8109 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
8110 are not yet supported.
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8111
8112 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
8113 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
8114 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
8115 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
8116 the service provider.
8117
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8118 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
8119 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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8120
8121 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
8122 the following name=value options:
8123
8124 bypass=on|off|1|0
8125 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
8126 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
8127 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 8128 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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8129 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
8130 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
21a26d31 8131 HTTP client.
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8132
8133 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
8134
8135 routing=on|off|1|0
8136 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
8137 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
8138 returning a chain of services to be used next.
8139
8140 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
8141 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
8142
8143 Routing is not allowed by default.
8144
8145 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
8146 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
8147
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8148
8149Example:
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8150ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
8151ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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8152DOC_END
8153
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8154NAME: loadable_modules
8155TYPE: wordlist
8156IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
8157LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
8158DEFAULT: none
8159DOC_START
8160 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
8161 preloaded module(s).
8162Example:
8163loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
8164DOC_END
8165
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8166COMMENT_START
8167 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
8168 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8169COMMENT_END
8170
8171NAME: adaptation_service_set
8172TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
8173IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8174LOC: none
8175DEFAULT: none
8176DOC_START
8177
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8178 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
8179 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
8180
8181 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
8182
8183 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
8184 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
8185 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
8186 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
8187 intact.
62c7f90e 8188
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8189 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
8190 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 8191
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8192 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
8193 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
8194
8195 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
8196 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
8197 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
8198 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
8199 transaction fails as well.
8200
8201 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
8202 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
8203 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
8204 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
8205 matters.
8206
8207 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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8208
8209Example:
8210adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
8211adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
8212DOC_END
8213
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8214NAME: adaptation_service_chain
8215TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
8216IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8217LOC: none
8218DEFAULT: none
8219DOC_START
8220
8221 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
8222 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
8223 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
8224
8225 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
8226
8227 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
8228 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
8229 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
8230 the previous service in the chain.
8231
8232 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
8233 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
8234
8235 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
8236 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
8237 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
8238
8239 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
8240 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
8241
8242 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
8243 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
8244 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
8245 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
8246
8247 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
8248
8249Example:
8250adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
8251DOC_END
8252
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8253NAME: adaptation_access
8254TYPE: adaptation_access_type
8255IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8256LOC: none
8257DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8258DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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8259DOC_START
8260 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
8261
8262 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
8263 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
8264
8265 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
8266 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
8267 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
8268 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
8269
8270 - services serving different vectoring points
8271 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
8272 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
8273 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
8274
8275 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
8276 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
8277 adaptation_service_set for details.
8278
8279 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
8280 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
8281 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
8282 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
8283
8284 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
8285 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
8286
8287 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
8288
8289Example:
8290adaptation_access service_1 allow all
8291DOC_END
8292
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8293NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
8294TYPE: int
8295IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8296LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
8297DEFAULT: 16
8298DOC_START
8299 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
8300 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
8301 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
8302 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
8303 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
8304 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
8305
8306 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
8307
8308 See also: icap_service routing=1
8309DOC_END
8310
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8311NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
8312TYPE: string
8313IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8314LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
8315DEFAULT: none
8316DOC_START
8317 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
8318 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
8319 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
8320 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
8321 with the master transaction.
8322
8323 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
8324 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
8325
8326 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
8327 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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8328 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
8329
8330 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
8331 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
8332 to provide an option with a name specified in
8333 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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8335 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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8336 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
8337
8338 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
8339
8340Example:
8341# share authentication information among ICAP services
8342adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
8343DOC_END
8344
71be37e0 8345NAME: adaptation_meta
d7f4a0b7 8346TYPE: note
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8347IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
8348LOC: Adaptation::Config::metaHeaders
8349DEFAULT: none
8350DOC_START
8351 This option allows Squid administrator to add custom ICAP request
8352 headers or eCAP options to Squid ICAP requests or eCAP transactions.
8353 Use it to pass custom authentication tokens and other
8354 transaction-state related meta information to an ICAP/eCAP service.
8355
8356 The addition of a meta header is ACL-driven:
8357 adaptation_meta name value [!]aclname ...
8358
8359 Processing for a given header name stops after the first ACL list match.
8360 Thus, it is impossible to add two headers with the same name. If no ACL
8361 lists match for a given header name, no such header is added. For
8362 example:
8363
8364 # do not debug transactions except for those that need debugging
8365 adaptation_meta X-Debug 1 needs_debugging
8366
8367 # log all transactions except for those that must remain secret
8368 adaptation_meta X-Log 1 !keep_secret
8369
8370 # mark transactions from users in the "G 1" group
8371 adaptation_meta X-Authenticated-Groups "G 1" authed_as_G1
8372
8373 The "value" parameter may be a regular squid.conf token or a "double
8374 quoted string". Within the quoted string, use backslash (\) to escape
8375 any character, which is currently only useful for escaping backslashes
8376 and double quotes. For example,
8377 "this string has one backslash (\\) and two \"quotes\""
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8379 Used adaptation_meta header values may be logged via %note
8380 logformat code. If multiple adaptation_meta headers with the same name
8381 are used during master transaction lifetime, the header values are
8382 logged in the order they were used and duplicate values are ignored
8383 (only the first repeated value will be logged).
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8384DOC_END
8385
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8386NAME: icap_retry
8387TYPE: acl_access
8388IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8389LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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8390DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
8391DOC_START
8392 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
8393 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
8394 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
8395 that response are usually retriable.
8396
8397 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8398
8399 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
8400 due to persistent connection race conditions.
8401
8402 See also: icap_retry_limit
8403DOC_END
8404
8405NAME: icap_retry_limit
8406TYPE: int
8407IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8408LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
8409DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8410DEFAULT_DOC: No retries are allowed.
3ff65596 8411DOC_START
638402dd 8412 Limits the number of retries allowed.
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8413
8414 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
8415 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
8416 count against this limit.
8417
8418 See also: icap_retry
8419DOC_END
8420
8421
5473c134 8422COMMENT_START
8423 DNS OPTIONS
8424 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8425COMMENT_END
8426
8427NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 8428TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8429DEFAULT: off
5473c134 8430LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 8431DOC_START
5473c134 8432 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
8433 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
8434 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 8435DOC_END
8436
5473c134 8437NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 8438TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8439DEFAULT: on
5473c134 8440LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 8441DOC_START
5473c134 8442 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
8443 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
8444 Squid to be strict about the standard.
8445 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 8446DOC_END
8447
5473c134 8448NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 8449TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 8450DEFAULT: 5 seconds
8451LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
cccac0a2 8452DOC_START
5473c134 8453 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
8454 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 8455DOC_END
8456
5473c134 8457NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 8458TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 8459DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 8460LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
cccac0a2 8461DOC_START
5473c134 8462 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
8463 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
8464 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 8465DOC_END
8466
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8468TYPE: b_ssize_t
638402dd 8469DEFAULT_DOC: EDNS disabled
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8470DEFAULT: none
8471LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
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8472DOC_START
8473 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
8474 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
8475
8476 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
8477 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
8478 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
8479 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
8480 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
8481
8482 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
8483 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
8484 necessary.
8485
8486 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
8487 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
8488 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
8489 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
8490 sizes being advertised by Squid.
8491 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
8492 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
8493DOC_END
8494
5473c134 8495NAME: dns_defnames
8496COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 8497TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 8498DEFAULT: off
638402dd 8499DEFAULT_DOC: Search for single-label domain names is disabled.
5473c134 8500LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 8501DOC_START
5473c134 8502 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
8503 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
8504 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
8505 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 8506DOC_END
8507
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8508NAME: dns_multicast_local
8509COMMENT: on|off
8510TYPE: onoff
8511DEFAULT: off
8512DEFAULT_DOC: Search for .local and .arpa names is disabled.
8513LOC: Config.onoff.dns_mdns
8514DOC_START
8515 When set to on, Squid sends multicast DNS lookups on the local
8516 network for domains ending in .local and .arpa.
8517 This enables local servers and devices to be contacted in an
8518 ad-hoc or zero-configuration network environment.
8519DOC_END
8520
5473c134 8521NAME: dns_nameservers
8522TYPE: wordlist
8523DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8524DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
5473c134 8525LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 8526DOC_START
5473c134 8527 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
8528 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
8529 /etc/resolv.conf file.
638402dd 8530
5473c134 8531 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
8532 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
8533 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
8534 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 8535
5473c134 8536 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 8537DOC_END
8538
5473c134 8539NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 8540TYPE: string
5473c134 8541DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
8542LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 8543DOC_START
5473c134 8544 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
8545 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
8546 default locations:
8547 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
8548 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
8549 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
8550 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
8551 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
8552 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
8553 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
8554 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 8555
5473c134 8556 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
8557 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
8558 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
8559 character are comments.
cccac0a2 8560
5473c134 8561 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
8562 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
8563 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
8564 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
8565 definitions.
cccac0a2 8566DOC_END
8567
5473c134 8568NAME: append_domain
8569TYPE: string
8570LOC: Config.appendDomain
8571DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8572DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
6a2f3fcf 8573DOC_START
5473c134 8574 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
8575 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
8576
8577 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
8578 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
8579 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
8580
8581Example:
8582 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 8583DOC_END
8584
5473c134 8585NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
8586TYPE: onoff
8587LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 8588DEFAULT: on
8589DOC_START
5473c134 8590 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
8591 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
8592 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
8593 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
8594 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 8595DOC_END
8596
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8597NAME: dns_v4_first
8598TYPE: onoff
8599DEFAULT: off
8600LOC: Config.dns.v4_first
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8601DOC_START
8602 With the IPv6 Internet being as fast or faster than IPv4 Internet
8603 for most networks Squid prefers to contact websites over IPv6.
8604
8605 This option reverses the order of preference to make Squid contact
8606 dual-stack websites over IPv4 first. Squid will still perform both
8607 IPv6 and IPv4 DNS lookups before connecting.
8608
8609 WARNING:
8610 This option will restrict the situations under which IPv6
8611 connectivity is used (and tested). Hiding network problems
8612 which would otherwise be detected and warned about.
8613DOC_END
8614
6bc15a4f 8615NAME: ipcache_size
8616COMMENT: (number of entries)
8617TYPE: int
8618DEFAULT: 1024
8619LOC: Config.ipcache.size
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8620DOC_START
8621 Maximum number of DNS IP cache entries.
8622DOC_END
6bc15a4f 8623
8624NAME: ipcache_low
8625COMMENT: (percent)
8626TYPE: int
8627DEFAULT: 90
8628LOC: Config.ipcache.low
8629DOC_NONE
8630
8631NAME: ipcache_high
8632COMMENT: (percent)
8633TYPE: int
8634DEFAULT: 95
8635LOC: Config.ipcache.high
8636DOC_START
8637 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
8638DOC_END
8639
8640NAME: fqdncache_size
8641COMMENT: (number of entries)
8642TYPE: int
8643DEFAULT: 1024
8644LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
8645DOC_START
8646 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
8647DOC_END
8648
a58ff010 8649COMMENT_START
5473c134 8650 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 8651 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8652COMMENT_END
8653
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8654NAME: configuration_includes_quoted_values
8655COMMENT: on|off
bde7a8ce
CT
8656TYPE: configuration_includes_quoted_values
8657DEFAULT: off
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8658LOC: ConfigParser::RecognizeQuotedValues
8659DOC_START
8660 If set, Squid will recognize each "quoted string" after a configuration
8661 directive as a single parameter. The quotes are stripped before the
8662 parameter value is interpreted or used.
8663 See "Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters"
8664 section for more details.
8665DOC_END
8666
5473c134 8667NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 8668COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8669TYPE: onoff
8670DEFAULT: on
8671LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 8672DOC_START
5473c134 8673 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
8674 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
8675 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
8676 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 8677DOC_END
8678
5473c134 8679NAME: memory_pools_limit
8680COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 8681TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 8682DEFAULT: 5 MB
8683LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 8684DOC_START
5473c134 8685 Used only with memory_pools on:
8686 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 8687
5473c134 8688 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
8689 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
8690 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
8691 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
8692 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
8693 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
8694 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 8695
89646bd7 8696 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 8697 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 8698
5473c134 8699 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 8700 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 8701
8702 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
8703 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
8704 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
8705 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 8706DOC_END
8707
5473c134 8708NAME: forwarded_for
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AJ
8709COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
8710TYPE: string
5473c134 8711DEFAULT: on
8712LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 8713DOC_START
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AJ
8714 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
8715 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 8716
5473c134 8717 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
8718
67c06f0d 8719 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 8720
8721 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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AJ
8722
8723 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
8724 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
8725
8726 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
8727 X-Forwarded-For header.
8728
8729 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 8730 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 8731DOC_END
8732
5473c134 8733NAME: cachemgr_passwd
8734TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
8735DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8736DEFAULT_DOC: No password. Actions which require password are denied.
5473c134 8737LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 8738DOC_START
5473c134 8739 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 8740
5473c134 8741 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
8742
8743 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
8744 5min
8745 60min
8746 asndb
8747 authenticator
8748 cbdata
8749 client_list
8750 comm_incoming
8751 config *
8752 counters
8753 delay
8754 digest_stats
8755 dns
8756 events
8757 filedescriptors
8758 fqdncache
8759 histograms
8760 http_headers
8761 info
8762 io
8763 ipcache
8764 mem
8765 menu
8766 netdb
8767 non_peers
8768 objects
8769 offline_toggle *
8770 pconn
8771 peer_select
b360c477 8772 reconfigure *
5473c134 8773 redirector
8774 refresh
8775 server_list
8776 shutdown *
8777 store_digest
8778 storedir
8779 utilization
8780 via_headers
8781 vm_objects
8782
8783 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
8784 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
8785
8786 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
8787 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
8788 password to "none".
8789
8790 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
8791
8792Example:
8793 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
8794 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
8795 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 8796DOC_END
8797
5473c134 8798NAME: client_db
a58ff010 8799COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8800TYPE: onoff
8801DEFAULT: on
8802LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 8803DOC_START
5473c134 8804 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
8805 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 8806DOC_END
8807
5473c134 8808NAME: refresh_all_ims
8809COMMENT: on|off
8810TYPE: onoff
8811DEFAULT: off
8812LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 8813DOC_START
5473c134 8814 When you enable this option, squid will always check
8815 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
8816 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
8817 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
8818 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 8819
5473c134 8820 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
8821 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 8822DOC_END
8823
5473c134 8824NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 8825IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 8826COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 8827TYPE: onoff
8828DEFAULT: off
8829LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 8830DOC_START
5473c134 8831 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
8832 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
8833 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
8834 feature could make you liable for problems which it
8835 causes.
8836
8837 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 8838DOC_END
8839
31ef19cd 8840NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 8841TYPE: int
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AJ
8842LOC: Config.connect_retries
8843DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8844DEFAULT_DOC: Do not retry failed connections.
a58ff010 8845DOC_START
aed188fd
AJ
8846 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
8847 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
8848 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
8849
8850 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
8851 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 8852
31ef19cd
AJ
8853 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
8854 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 8855
31ef19cd
AJ
8856 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
8857 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
8858 a useful server.
a58ff010 8859DOC_END
8860
5473c134 8861NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 8862TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8863LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 8864DEFAULT: off
8865DOC_START
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AJ
8866 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
8867 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
8868 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
8869 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
8870
8871 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
8872 work around access control errors.
8873
8874 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
8875 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 8876DOC_END
8877
5473c134 8878NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 8879TYPE: string
5473c134 8880LOC: Config.as_whois_server
8881DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 8882DOC_START
5473c134 8883 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
8884 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 8885DOC_END
8886
5473c134 8887NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 8888TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8889LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 8890DEFAULT: off
8891DOC_START
5473c134 8892 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
8893 objects.
a58ff010 8894DOC_END
8895
5473c134 8896NAME: uri_whitespace
8897TYPE: uri_whitespace
8898LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
8899DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 8900DOC_START
5473c134 8901 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
8902 URI. Options:
a58ff010 8903
5473c134 8904 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
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AJ
8905 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396 and RFC3986
8906 for tolerant handling of generic URI.
8907 NOTE: This is one difference between generic URI and HTTP URLs.
8908
5473c134 8909 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
8910 Request" message.
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AJ
8911 This is the behaviour recommended by RFC2616 for safe
8912 handling of HTTP request URL.
8913
5473c134 8914 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
8915 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
8916 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
8917 are in use.
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AJ
8918 Note this may be considered a violation of RFC2616
8919 request parsing where whitespace is prohibited in the
8920 URL field.
8921
5473c134 8922 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
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AJ
8923 encoded according to RFC1738.
8924
5473c134 8925 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
82806837
AJ
8926 first whitespace.
8927
8928
8929 NOTE the current Squid implementation of encode and chop violates
8930 RFC2616 by not using a 301 redirect after altering the URL.
5473c134 8931DOC_END
a58ff010 8932
5473c134 8933NAME: chroot
8934TYPE: string
8935LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 8936DEFAULT: none
8937DOC_START
9f37c18a 8938 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
2d89f399
HN
8939 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
8940 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
8941 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
8942 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 8943DOC_END
a58ff010 8944
5473c134 8945NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
8946TYPE: onoff
8947LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 8948DEFAULT: off
5473c134 8949DOC_START
cc192b50 8950 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
8951 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
8952 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
8953
5473c134 8954 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
8955 found not to preserve user session state across requests
8956 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 8957
cc192b50 8958 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 8959DOC_END
8960
5473c134 8961NAME: pipeline_prefetch
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AJ
8962TYPE: pipelinePrefetch
8963LOC: Config.pipeline_max_prefetch
8964DEFAULT: 0
8965DEFAULT_DOC: Do not pre-parse pipelined requests.
a58ff010 8966DOC_START
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AJ
8967 HTTP clients may send a pipeline of 1+N requests to Squid using a
8968 single connection, without waiting for Squid to respond to the first
8969 of those requests. This option limits the number of concurrent
8970 requests Squid will try to handle in parallel. If set to N, Squid
8971 will try to receive and process up to 1+N requests on the same
8972 connection concurrently.
a58ff010 8973
079a8480 8974 Defaults to 0 (off) for bandwidth management and access logging
5473c134 8975 reasons.
a0e23afd 8976
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AJ
8977 NOTE: pipelining requires persistent connections to clients.
8978
a0e23afd 8979 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 8980DOC_END
a58ff010 8981
5473c134 8982NAME: high_response_time_warning
8983TYPE: int
8984COMMENT: (msec)
8985LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
8986DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8987DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 8988DOC_START
8989 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
8990 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
8991 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 8992DOC_END
8993
5473c134 8994NAME: high_page_fault_warning
8995TYPE: int
8996LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
8997DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8998DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
cc9f92d4 8999DOC_START
5473c134 9000 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
9001 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
9002 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
9003 per second.
9004DOC_END
cc9f92d4 9005
5473c134 9006NAME: high_memory_warning
9007TYPE: b_size_t
9008LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 9009DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 9010DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 9011DOC_START
9012 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 9013 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 9014 the administrators attention.
9015DOC_END
cc9f92d4 9016
5473c134 9017NAME: sleep_after_fork
9018COMMENT: (microseconds)
9019TYPE: int
9020LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
9021DEFAULT: 0
9022DOC_START
9023 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
9024 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
9025 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
9026 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
9027 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
9028 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
9029 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
9030 until all the child processes have been started.
9031 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
9032 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 9033DOC_END
9034
b6696974 9035NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
7aa9bb3e 9036IFDEF: _SQUID_WINDOWS_
b6696974
GS
9037COMMENT: on|off
9038TYPE: onoff
9039DEFAULT: on
9040LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
9041DOC_START
9042 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
9043 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
9044 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
9045 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
9046 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
9047 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
9048DOC_END
9049
a98c2da5
AJ
9050NAME: eui_lookup
9051TYPE: onoff
9052IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
9053DEFAULT: on
9054LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
9055DOC_START
9056 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
9057DOC_END
9058
f3f0f563
AJ
9059NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
9060TYPE: int
9061DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 9062DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system limits set by ulimit.
f3f0f563
AJ
9063LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
9064DOC_START
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AJ
9065 Reduce the maximum number of filedescriptors supported below
9066 the usual operating system defaults.
f3f0f563 9067
638402dd 9068 Remove from squid.conf to inherit the current ulimit setting.
f3f0f563
AJ
9069
9070 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
638402dd 9071 not all I/O types supports large values (eg on Windows).
f3f0f563
AJ
9072DOC_END
9073
13aeac35 9074NAME: workers
007d775d 9075TYPE: int
13aeac35 9076LOC: Config.workers
007d775d 9077DEFAULT: 1
638402dd 9078DEFAULT_DOC: SMP support disabled.
007d775d 9079DOC_START
13aeac35 9080 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
007d775d
AR
9081 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
9082 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
13aeac35
AR
9083 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
9084
b87f6632
AR
9085 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
9086 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
007d775d
AR
9087DOC_END
9088
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9089NAME: cpu_affinity_map
9090TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
9091LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
9092DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9093DEFAULT_DOC: Let operating system decide.
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9094DOC_START
9095 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
9096
9097 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
9098
9099 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
9100
9101 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
9102 four even cores, starting with core #1.
9103
9104 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
9105 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
9106
9107 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
9108
9109 See also: workers
9110DOC_END
9111
cccac0a2 9112EOF