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31
0f74202c 32COMMENT_START
cccac0a2 33 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
34 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 35
cccac0a2 36 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
37 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
38 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 39
cccac0a2 40 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
41 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
42 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
43 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
44 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
45 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
46 case.
debd9a31 47
cccac0a2 48COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 49
592a09dc 50COMMENT_START
51 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
52 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
53 supported.
54
55 For example,
56
57 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
58
59 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
60 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
61 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
62 configuration files.
63COMMENT_END
64
5473c134 65COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 66 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 67 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
68COMMENT_END
69
41bd17a4 70NAME: auth_param
71TYPE: authparam
72LOC: Config.authConfiguration
cccac0a2 73DEFAULT: none
74DOC_START
41bd17a4 75 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
76 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 77
41bd17a4 78 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 79
41bd17a4 80 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
81 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
82 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
83 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
84 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
85 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
86 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
87 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
88 program entry).
cccac0a2 89
41bd17a4 90 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
91 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
92 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
93 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 94
41bd17a4 95 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
96 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
97 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
98 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
99 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
100 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
101 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
102 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
103 type acl.
cccac0a2 104
41bd17a4 105 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
106 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
107 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
108 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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109 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have authentication
110 disabled.
cccac0a2 111
41bd17a4 112 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 113
41bd17a4 114 "program" cmdline
115 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
116 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
117 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
118 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
119 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 120
41bd17a4 121 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
122 program is specified.
cccac0a2 123
41bd17a4 124 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
125 this line to something like
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41bd17a4 127 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 128
41bd17a4 129 "children" numberofchildren
130 The number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
131 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
132 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
133 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
134 authenticator processes.
135 auth_param basic children 5
9e7dbc51 136
41bd17a4 137 "concurrency" concurrency
138 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
139 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
140 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
141 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
142 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
143 wating for the response.
144 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
145 auth_param basic concurrency 0
0fdafae7 146
41bd17a4 147 "realm" realmstring
148 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
149 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
150 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
151 password). There is no default.
152 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 153
41bd17a4 154 "credentialsttl" timetolive
155 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
156 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
157 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
158 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
159 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
160 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
161 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
162 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
163 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 164
41bd17a4 165 "casesensitive" on|off
166 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
167 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
168 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
169 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
170 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 171
41bd17a4 172 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 173
41bd17a4 174 "program" cmdline
175 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
176 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
177 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
178 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
179 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
180 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
181 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 182
41bd17a4 183 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
184 program is specified.
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41bd17a4 186 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
187 something like
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41bd17a4 189 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 190
41bd17a4 191 "children" numberofchildren
192 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
193 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
194 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
195 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
196 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
197 auth_param digest children 5
cccac0a2 198
41bd17a4 199 "realm" realmstring
200 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
201 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
202 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
203 password). There is no default.
204 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 205
41bd17a4 206 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
207 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
208 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 209
41bd17a4 210 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
211 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
212 valid for.
cccac0a2 213
41bd17a4 214 "nonce_max_count" number
215 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
216 used.
cccac0a2 217
41bd17a4 218 "nonce_strictness" on|off
219 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
220 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
221 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
222 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 223
41bd17a4 224 "check_nonce_count" on|off
225 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
226 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
227 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
228 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 229
41bd17a4 230 "post_workaround" on|off
231 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
232 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
233 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 234
41bd17a4 235 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 236
41bd17a4 237 "program" cmdline
238 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
239 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
240 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
241 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
242 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
243 is not used.
cccac0a2 244
41bd17a4 245 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 246
41bd17a4 247 "children" numberofchildren
248 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
249 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
250 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
251 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
252 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
253 processes.
cccac0a2 254
41bd17a4 255 auth_param ntlm children 5
cccac0a2 256
41bd17a4 257 "keep_alive" on|off
258 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
259 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
260 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
261 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
262 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 263
41bd17a4 264 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 265
41bd17a4 266 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 267
41bd17a4 268 "program" cmdline
269 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
270 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
271 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
272 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
273 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
274 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least one acl
275 of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate authenticator_program
276 is not used.
277 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
278 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 279
41bd17a4 280 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 281
41bd17a4 282 "children" numberofchildren
283 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
284 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
285 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
286 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
287 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
288 processes.
289 auth_param negotiate children 5
d3803853 290
41bd17a4 291 "keep_alive" on|off
292 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
293 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
294 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
295 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
296 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 298 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 299
41bd17a4 300NOCOMMENT_START
301#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
302#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
303#auth_param negotiate children 5
304#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
305#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
306#auth_param ntlm children 5
307#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
308#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
309#auth_param digest children 5
310#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
311#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
312#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
313#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
314#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
315#auth_param basic children 5
316#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
317#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
318NOCOMMENT_END
319DOC_END
cccac0a2 320
41bd17a4 321NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
322TYPE: time_t
323DEFAULT: 1 hour
324LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
325DOC_START
326 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
327 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
328 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
329 have good reason to.
330DOC_END
cccac0a2 331
41bd17a4 332NAME: authenticate_ttl
333TYPE: time_t
334DEFAULT: 1 hour
335LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
336DOC_START
337 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
338 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
339 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
340 TTL are removed from memory.
341DOC_END
cccac0a2 342
41bd17a4 343NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
344TYPE: time_t
345LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
346DEFAULT: 0 seconds
347DOC_START
348 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
349 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
350 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
351 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
352 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
353 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
354 environment with relatively static address assignments.
355DOC_END
cccac0a2 356
3d1e3e43 357COMMENT_START
358 ACCESS CONTROLS
359 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
360COMMENT_END
361
41bd17a4 362NAME: external_acl_type
363TYPE: externalAclHelper
364LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 365DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 366DOC_START
41bd17a4 367 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
368 to look up the status
cccac0a2 369
41bd17a4 370 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 371
41bd17a4 372 Options:
cccac0a2 373
41bd17a4 374 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
375 for 1 hour)
376 negative_ttl=n
377 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
378 as ttl)
379 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
380 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
381 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
382 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
383 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
384 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
385 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
386 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
387 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 388 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
389 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
390 'ipv4' is the default unless --with-localhost-ipv6 is used.
391 --with-localhost-ipv6 changes the default to 'ipv6'.
392 SPECIAL NOTE: these options override --with-localhost-ipv6
cccac0a2 393
41bd17a4 394 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 395
41bd17a4 396 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
397 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
398 %IDENT Ident user name
399 %SRC Client IP
400 %SRCPORT Client source port
401 %URI Requested URI
402 %DST Requested host
403 %PROTO Requested protocol
404 %PORT Requested port
405 %PATH Requested URL path
406 %METHOD Request method
407 %MYADDR Squid interface address
408 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
409 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
410 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
411 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
412 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
413 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 414
c68c9682 415 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 416 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 417 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 418 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 419 HTTP request header list member using ; as
420 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
421 character.
cccac0a2 422
c68c9682 423 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 424 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 425 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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426 %<{Hdr:;member}
427 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
428 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
429 character.
430
41bd17a4 431 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
432 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
433 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 434
41bd17a4 435 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
436 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
437 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
438 more details.
cccac0a2 439
41bd17a4 440 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 441
41bd17a4 442 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 443
41bd17a4 444 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 445
41bd17a4 446 user= The users name (login)
447 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
448 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
449 in error pages
450 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
451 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
452 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
453 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 454
41bd17a4 455 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
456 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 457
41bd17a4 458 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
459 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
460 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 461
41bd17a4 462 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
463 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
464 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 465DOC_END
466
41bd17a4 467NAME: acl
468TYPE: acl
469LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 470DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 471DOC_START
41bd17a4 472 Defining an Access List
cccac0a2 473
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474 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
475 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
476 they are read from.
cccac0a2 477
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478 acl aclname acltype argument ...
479 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 480
375eeb3b 481 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 482
41bd17a4 483 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
484 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
cccac0a2 485
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486
487 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
488
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489 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address
490 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses
491 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address
492 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address
cccac0a2 493
41bd17a4 494 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
495 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
496 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
497 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other *BSD variants.
498 #
499 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
500 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot
501 # find out its MAC address.
934b03fc 502
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503 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, from client IP
504 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
505 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ... # regex matching client name
506 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ... # regex matching server
41bd17a4 507 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
508 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
509 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9bc73deb 510
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511 acl aclname src_as number ...
512 acl aclname dst_as number ...
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513 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
514 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
515 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
516 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
517 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
518 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
519 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 520
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521 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
522 # match against a named cache_peer entry
523 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
524
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525 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
526 # day-abbrevs:
527 # S - Sunday
528 # M - Monday
529 # T - Tuesday
530 # W - Wednesday
531 # H - Thursday
532 # F - Friday
533 # A - Saturday
534 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
535
536 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
41bd17a4 537 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
e988aa40 538
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539 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
540 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
541 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
197f6b3c 542 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name
e988aa40 543
375eeb3b 544 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
e988aa40 545
375eeb3b 546 acl aclname method GET POST ...
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547
548 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ... # status code in reply
549
375eeb3b 550 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
41bd17a4 551 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below)
e988aa40 552
375eeb3b 553 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
41bd17a4 554 # pattern match on Referer header
555 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 556
375eeb3b 557 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 558 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
559 # string match on ident output.
560 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 561
41bd17a4 562 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
563 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
564 # list of valid usernames
565 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
566 #
567 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
568 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
569 # in access.log.
570 #
571 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
572 # to check username/password combinations (see
573 # auth_param directive).
574 #
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575 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent/intercepting proxy
576 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 577 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 578
41bd17a4 579 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
580 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
581 # Example:
582 #
583 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 584
41bd17a4 585 acl aclname maxconn number
586 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
587 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
1e5562e3 588
41bd17a4 589 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
590 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
591 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
592 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
593 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
594 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
595 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
596 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
597 # request is denied)
598 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
599 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
600 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
cccac0a2 601
375eeb3b 602 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 603 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
604 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
605 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
606 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
607 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 608
41bd17a4 609 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
610 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
611 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
612 # ACLs.
cccac0a2 613
375eeb3b 614 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 615 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
616 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
617 # types HTTP tunneling requests.
618 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
619 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
620 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 621
41bd17a4 622 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
623 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
624 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
625 # ACLs.
cccac0a2 626
375eeb3b 627 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 628 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
629 # external_acl_type directive.
cccac0a2 630
41bd17a4 631 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
632 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
633 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
cccac0a2 634
41bd17a4 635 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
636 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
637 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
cccac0a2 638
41bd17a4 639 acl aclname ext_user username ...
640 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
641 # string match on username returned by external acl helper
642 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
cccac0a2 643
41bd17a4 644Examples:
645acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
646acl myexample dst_as 1241
647acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
648acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
649acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 650
41bd17a4 651NOCOMMENT_START
652#Recommended minimum configuration:
41bd17a4 653acl manager proto cache_object
ee776778 654acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
41bd17a4 655acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
ee776778 656#
657# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
658# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
659# should be allowed
660acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
661acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
662acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
663#
41bd17a4 664acl SSL_ports port 443
665acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
666acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
667acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
668acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
669acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
670acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
671acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
672acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
673acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
674acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
675acl CONNECT method CONNECT
676NOCOMMENT_END
677DOC_END
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679NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
680TYPE: acl_access
681IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
682LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
683DEFAULT: none
684DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
685DOC_START
686 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
687 find the original source of a request.
688
689 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
690 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
691 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
692 rightmost address being the most recent.
693
694 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
695 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
696 to see where that host received the request from. If the
697 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, and if
698 acl_uses_indirect_client is on, then we continue backtracking
699 until we reach an address for which we are not allowed to
700 follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
701 address in the list. (If acl_uses_indirect_client is off, then
702 it's impossible to backtrack through more than one level of
703 X-Forwarded-For addresses.)
704
705 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
706 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
707 be treated as the client address for access control, delay
708 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
709 delay_pool_uses_indirect_client and log_uses_indirect_client
710 options.
711
712 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
713
714 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
715 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
716 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
717 source address of the request. This may enable remote
718 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
719 based on the client's source addresses.
720
721 For example:
722
723 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
724 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
725 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
726 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
727DOC_END
728
729NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
730COMMENT: on|off
731TYPE: onoff
732IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
733DEFAULT: on
734LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
735DOC_START
736 Controls whether the indirect client address
737 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
738 direct client address in acl matching.
739DOC_END
740
741NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
742COMMENT: on|off
743TYPE: onoff
97a616ca 744IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR DELAY_POOLS
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745DEFAULT: on
746LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
747DOC_START
748 Controls whether the indirect client address
749 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
750 direct client address in delay pools.
751DOC_END
752
753NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
754COMMENT: on|off
755TYPE: onoff
756IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
757DEFAULT: on
758LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
759DOC_START
760 Controls whether the indirect client address
761 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
762 direct client address in the access log.
763DOC_END
764
41bd17a4 765NAME: http_access
766TYPE: acl_access
767LOC: Config.accessList.http
768DEFAULT: none
769DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
770DOC_START
771 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 772
41bd17a4 773 Access to the HTTP port:
774 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 775
41bd17a4 776 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 777
41bd17a4 778 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
779 the request.
cccac0a2 780
41bd17a4 781 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
782 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
783 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
784 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
785 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
786 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 787
41bd17a4 788NOCOMMENT_START
789#Recommended minimum configuration:
790#
791# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
792http_access allow manager localhost
793http_access deny manager
794# Deny requests to unknown ports
795http_access deny !Safe_ports
796# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
797http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
798#
799# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
800# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
801# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
802#http_access deny to_localhost
803#
804# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
c8f4eac4 805
ee776778 806# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
807# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
808# from where browsing should be allowed
809http_access allow localnet
7d90757b 810
41bd17a4 811# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
812http_access deny all
813NOCOMMENT_END
814DOC_END
7d90757b 815
41bd17a4 816NAME: http_reply_access
817TYPE: acl_access
818LOC: Config.accessList.reply
819DEFAULT: none
820DOC_START
821 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 822
41bd17a4 823 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 824
41bd17a4 825 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
826 all replies
1a224843 827
41bd17a4 828 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
829 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
830 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
cccac0a2 831DOC_END
832
41bd17a4 833NAME: icp_access
834TYPE: acl_access
835LOC: Config.accessList.icp
836DEFAULT: none
837DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 838DOC_START
41bd17a4 839 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
840 access lists
5473c134 841
41bd17a4 842 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 843
41bd17a4 844 See http_access for details
845
846NOCOMMENT_START
ee776778 847#Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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848#icp_access allow localnet
849#icp_access deny all
41bd17a4 850NOCOMMENT_END
5473c134 851DOC_END
852
41bd17a4 853NAME: htcp_access
854IFDEF: USE_HTCP
855TYPE: acl_access
856LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
857DEFAULT: none
858DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 859DOC_START
41bd17a4 860 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
861 access lists
5473c134 862
41bd17a4 863 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 864
41bd17a4 865 See http_access for details
5473c134 866
0b48417e 867 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
868 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
869 using the htcp or htcp-oldsquid options.
870
ee776778 871NOCOMMENT_START
872#Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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873#htcp_access allow localnet
874#htcp_access deny all
ee776778 875NOCOMMENT_END
41bd17a4 876DOC_END
5473c134 877
41bd17a4 878NAME: htcp_clr_access
879IFDEF: USE_HTCP
880TYPE: acl_access
881LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
882DEFAULT: none
883DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
884DOC_START
885 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
886 on defined access lists
5473c134 887
41bd17a4 888 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 889
41bd17a4 890 See http_access for details
5473c134 891
41bd17a4 892#Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
893acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
894htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
5473c134 895DOC_END
896
41bd17a4 897NAME: miss_access
898TYPE: acl_access
899LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 900DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 901DOC_START
41bd17a4 902 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
903 a parent. For example:
5473c134 904
41bd17a4 905 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
906 miss_access allow localclients
907 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 908
41bd17a4 909 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
910 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 911
41bd17a4 912 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
913 to fetch MISSES from us.
41bd17a4 914DOC_END
915
916NAME: ident_lookup_access
917TYPE: acl_access
918IFDEF: USE_IDENT
919DEFAULT: none
920DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
921LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
5473c134 922DOC_START
41bd17a4 923 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
924 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
925 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
926 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
927 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
928 any requests.
5473c134 929
41bd17a4 930 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
931 can follow this example:
5473c134 932
41bd17a4 933 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
934 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
935 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 936
41bd17a4 937 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
938 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
939 the correct result.
940DOC_END
5473c134 941
5b0f5383 942NAME: reply_body_max_size
943COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
944TYPE: acl_b_size_t
945DEFAULT: none
946LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
947DOC_START
948 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
949 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
950 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
951 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
952 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
953 for this reply.
954
955 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
956 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
957 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
958 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
959 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
960 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
961 and they will receive a partial reply.
962
963 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
964 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
965 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
966 use this option if you have downstream caches.
967
968 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
969 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
970 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
971 the size of your largest error page.
972
973 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
974 no limit imposed.
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976 Configuration Format is:
977 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
978 ie.
979 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
980
5b0f5383 981DOC_END
982
983COMMENT_START
984 NETWORK OPTIONS
985 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
986COMMENT_END
987
988NAME: http_port ascii_port
989TYPE: http_port_list
990DEFAULT: none
991LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
992DOC_START
993 Usage: port [options]
994 hostname:port [options]
995 1.2.3.4:port [options]
996
997 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
998 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
999 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1000 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1001 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
1002 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
1003 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
1004 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1005
1006 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1007 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1008
1009 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1010 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1011 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1012
1013 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1014
1015 Options:
1016
e77bdb4e 1017 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1018 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1019 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1020
1021 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1022 connections using the client IP address.
13b5cd0c 1023 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1024
1025 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1026 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1027
1028 defaultsite=domainname
1029 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1030 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1031 accelerators should consider the default.
1032 Implies accel.
1033
1034 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1035 domain support. Implies accel.
1036
1037 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1038 Implies accel.
1039
1040 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1041 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
1042
1043 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1044 Defaults to http.
1045
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1047 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1048 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
1049 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1050
5b0f5383 1051 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1052 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1053 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1054 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1055 support is enabled.
1056 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1057
1058 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1059 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1060 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1061 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1062 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1063 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1064 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1065 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1066
4c9da963 1067 sslBump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
1068 establish secure connection with the client and with
1069 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1070 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1071 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1072
1073 When this option is enabled, additional options become
1074 available to specify SSL-related properties of the
1075 client-side connection: cert, key, version, cipher,
1076 options, clientca, cafile, capath, crlfile, dhparams,
1077 sslflags, and sslcontext. See the https_port directive
1078 for more information on these options.
1079
1080 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1081 the SslBump feature.
1082
81b6e9a7 1083 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1084 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1085
b2130d58 1086 keepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
1087 Enable TCP keepalive probes of idle connections
1088 idle is the initial time before TCP starts probing
1089 the connection, interval how often to probe, and
1090 timeout the time before giving up.
1091
5b0f5383 1092 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1093 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1094 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1095 visible on the internal address.
1096
1097NOCOMMENT_START
1098# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1099http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1100NOCOMMENT_END
1101DOC_END
1102
1103NAME: https_port
1104IFDEF: USE_SSL
1105TYPE: https_port_list
1106DEFAULT: none
1107LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1108DOC_START
1109 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1110
1111 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1112 requests.
1113
1114 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1115 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1116 accelerator level.
1117
1118 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1119 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1120
1121 Options:
1122
1123 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1124 defaultsite or vhost.
1125
1126 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1127 this port. Implies accel.
1128
1129 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1130 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1131 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1132 Implies accel.
1133
1134 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1135 Defaults to https.
1136
1137 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1138
1139 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1140 if not specified, the certificate file is
1141 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1142 key file.
1143
1144 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1145 1 automatic (default)
1146 2 SSLv2 only
1147 3 SSLv3 only
1148 4 TLSv1 only
1149
1150 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1151
1152 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1153 being:
1154 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1155 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1156 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1157 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1158 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1159 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1160 documentation for a complete list of options.
1161
1162 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1163 requesting a client certificate.
1164
1165 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1166 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1167 clientca will be used.
1168
1169 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1170 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1171
1172 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1173 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1174 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1175
1176 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1177 DH key exchanges.
1178
1179 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1180 DELAYED_AUTH
1181 Don't request client certificates
1182 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1183 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1184 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1185 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1186 to OpenSSL.
1187 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1188 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1189 will result in a new SSL session.
1190 VERIFY_CRL
1191 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1192 certificates.
1193 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1194 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1195 client certificate chain.
1196
1197 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1198
1199 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1200
1201 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1202 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1203
81b6e9a7 1204 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1205 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1206
5b0f5383 1207DOC_END
1208
41bd17a4 1209NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1210TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1211DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1212LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
5473c134 1213DOC_START
41bd17a4 1214 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
1215 connections with, based on the username or source address
1216 making the request.
5473c134 1217
41bd17a4 1218 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1219
41bd17a4 1220 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1221 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1222
41bd17a4 1223 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
1224 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2c73de90 1225 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1226 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1227
41bd17a4 1228 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1230 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1231
41bd17a4 1232 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1233 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
1234 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
1235 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
cccac0a2 1236
41bd17a4 1237 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1238 matching line.
cccac0a2 1239
41bd17a4 1240 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1241 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1242 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
1243 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 1244DOC_END
1245
41bd17a4 1246NAME: clientside_tos
1247TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1248DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1249LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
cccac0a2 1250DOC_START
41bd17a4 1251 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
1252 connections with, based on the username or source address
1253 making the request.
1254DOC_END
cccac0a2 1255
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1256NAME: qos_flows
1257TYPE: QosConfig
7172612f 1258IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
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1259DEFAULT: none
1260LOC: Config.zph
7172612f 1261DOC_START
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1262 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
1263 connections with, based on where the reply was sourced.
7172612f 1264
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1265 TOS values really only have local significance - so you should
1266 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1267 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
7172612f 1268
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1269 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - octet value 0x00-0xFF.
1270 Note that in practice often only values up to 0x3F are usable
1271 as the two highest bits have been redefined for use by ECN
1272 (RFC3168).
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1274 This setting is configured by setting the source TOS values:
1275
1276 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1277
1278 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1279
1280 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1281
1282
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1283 NOTE: 'miss' preserve feature is only possible on Linux at this time.
1284
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1285 For the following to work correctly, you will need to patch your
1286 linux kernel with the TOS preserving ZPH patch.
1287 The kernel patch can be downloaded from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1288
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1289 disable-preserve-miss
1290 If set, any HTTP response towards clients will
1291 have the TOS value of the response comming from the
1292 remote server masked with the value of miss-mask.
1293
1294 miss-mask=0xFF
1295 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS received from the
1296 remote server, before copying the value to the TOS sent
1297 towards clients.
1298 Default: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
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1300DOC_END
1301
41bd17a4 1302NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1303TYPE: acl_address
1304DEFAULT: none
1305LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1306DOC_START
1307 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1308 based on the username or source address of the user making
1309 the request.
7f7db318 1310
41bd17a4 1311 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
c33aa074 1312
41bd17a4 1313 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1314 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1315 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1316 source address 10.1.0.3.
9197cd13 1317
17148b2f 1318 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1319 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1320 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1321 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1322 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1323
41bd17a4 1324 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1325 matching line.
cccac0a2 1326
41bd17a4 1327 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1328 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1329 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1330 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cc192b50 1331
1332
1333 IPv6 Magic:
1334
1335 Squid is built with a capability of bridging the IPv4 and IPv6 internets.
1336 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1337 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1338 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1339
1340 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1341 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1342 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1343
1344 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1345 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1346 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1347
1348 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1349 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1350
1351 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
17148b2f 1352 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
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1354 WARNING:
1355 'dst ipv6' bases its selection assuming DIRECT access.
1356 If peers are used the peername ACL are needed to select outgoing
1357 address which can link to the peer.
1358
cccac0a2 1359DOC_END
1360
41bd17a4 1361COMMENT_START
1362 SSL OPTIONS
1363 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1364COMMENT_END
1365
1366NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1367IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1368TYPE: onoff
1369DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1370LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1371DOC_START
41bd17a4 1372 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1373 messages.
cccac0a2 1374DOC_END
1375
41bd17a4 1376NAME: ssl_engine
1377IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1378TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1379LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1380DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1381DOC_START
41bd17a4 1382 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1383 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1384DOC_END
1385
41bd17a4 1386NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1387IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1388DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1389LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1390TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1391DOC_START
41bd17a4 1392 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1393DOC_END
1394
41bd17a4 1395NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1396IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1397DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1398LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1399TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1400DOC_START
41bd17a4 1401 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1402DOC_END
1403
41bd17a4 1404NAME: sslproxy_version
1405IFDEF: USE_SSL
1406DEFAULT: 1
1407LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1408TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1409DOC_START
41bd17a4 1410 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1411DOC_END
1412
41bd17a4 1413NAME: sslproxy_options
1414IFDEF: USE_SSL
1415DEFAULT: none
1416LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1417TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1418DOC_START
41bd17a4 1419 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1420DOC_END
1421
41bd17a4 1422NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1423IFDEF: USE_SSL
1424DEFAULT: none
1425LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1426TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1427DOC_START
41bd17a4 1428 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1429DOC_END
1430
41bd17a4 1431NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1432IFDEF: USE_SSL
1433DEFAULT: none
1434LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1435TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1436DOC_START
41bd17a4 1437 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1438 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1439DOC_END
0976f8db 1440
41bd17a4 1441NAME: sslproxy_capath
1442IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1443DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1444LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1445TYPE: string
5473c134 1446DOC_START
41bd17a4 1447 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1448 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1449DOC_END
1450
4c9da963 1451NAME: ssl_bump
1452IFDEF: USE_SSL
1453TYPE: acl_access
1454LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1455DEFAULT: none
1456DOC_START
1457 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1458 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1459 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1460 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1461
1462 By default, no requests are bumped.
1463
1464 See also: http_port sslBump
1465
1466NOCOMMENT_START
1467# Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1468# those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1469#
1470# acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1471# acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1472# acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1473# ssl_bump deny localhost
1474# ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1475# ssl_bump allow all
1476NOCOMMENT_END
1477DOC_END
1478
41bd17a4 1479NAME: sslproxy_flags
1480IFDEF: USE_SSL
1481DEFAULT: none
1482LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1483TYPE: string
5473c134 1484DOC_START
41bd17a4 1485 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1486 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1487 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1488 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1489 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1490DOC_END
1491
4c9da963 1492
1493NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1494IFDEF: USE_SSL
1495DEFAULT: none
1496LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1497TYPE: acl_access
1498DOC_START
1499 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1500
1501 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1502 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1503 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1504
1505 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1506 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1507 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1508
1509 This option must use fast ACL expressions only. Expressions that use
1510 external lookups or communication result in unpredictable behavior or
1511 crashes.
1512
1513 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1514 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1515 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1516 the connection may be insecure.
1517
1518 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1519
1520NOCOMMENT_START
1521#Default setting:
1522# sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1523NOCOMMENT_END
1524DOC_END
1525
1526
1527
41bd17a4 1528NAME: sslpassword_program
1529IFDEF: USE_SSL
1530DEFAULT: none
1531LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1532TYPE: string
5473c134 1533DOC_START
41bd17a4 1534 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1535 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1536 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1537 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
5473c134 1538DOC_END
1539
cccac0a2 1540COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1541 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 1542 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1543COMMENT_END
1544
41bd17a4 1545NAME: cache_peer
1546TYPE: peer
1547DEFAULT: none
1548LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 1549DOC_START
41bd17a4 1550 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
cccac0a2 1551
41bd17a4 1552 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
cccac0a2 1553
41bd17a4 1554 For example,
cccac0a2 1555
41bd17a4 1556 # proxy icp
1557 # hostname type port port options
1558 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
1559 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 proxy-only default
1560 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1561 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
cccac0a2 1562
41bd17a4 1563 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
d5277f40 1564
41bd17a4 1565 proxy-port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
1566 requests.
8d6275c0 1567
41bd17a4 1568 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
1569 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
df2eec10 1570 specify '0' for the ICP port.
41bd17a4 1571 NOTE: Also requires icp_port option enabled to send/receive
1572 requests via this method.
a78278e2 1573
41bd17a4 1574 options: proxy-only
1575 weight=n
1576 basetime=n
1577 ttl=n
1578 no-query
1579 background-ping
1580 default
1581 round-robin
1582 weighted-round-robin
1583 carp
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1584 userhash
1585 sourcehash
41bd17a4 1586 multicast-responder
1587 closest-only
1588 no-digest
1589 no-netdb-exchange
1590 no-delay
1591 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
1592 connect-timeout=nn
1593 digest-url=url
1594 allow-miss
1595 max-conn=n
1596 htcp
1597 htcp-oldsquid
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1598 htcp-no-clr
1599 htcp-no-purge-clr
1600 htcp-only-clr
1601 htcp-forward-clr
41bd17a4 1602 originserver
1603 name=xxx
1604 forceddomain=name
1605 ssl
1606 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
1607 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
1608 sslversion=1|2|3|4
1609 sslcipher=...
1610 ssloptions=...
1611 front-end-https[=on|auto]
d67acb4e 1612 connection-auth[=on|off|auto]
cccac0a2 1613
41bd17a4 1614 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
1615 from this cache should not be saved locally.
cccac0a2 1616
41bd17a4 1617 use 'weight=n' to affect the selection of a peer
1618 during any weighted peer-selection mechanisms.
1619 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
1620 larger weights are favored more.
1621 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
1622 protocol is not in use.
cccac0a2 1623
41bd17a4 1624 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
1625 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
1626 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
1627 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
1628 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 1629
41bd17a4 1630 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
1631 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
1632 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
1633 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
1634 hosts, you must configure other group members as
1635 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
5473c134 1636
41bd17a4 1637 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
1638 neighbor.
5473c134 1639
41bd17a4 1640 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
1641 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
1642 round trip time updated and is usually used in
1643 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
cccac0a2 1644
41bd17a4 1645 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
1646 be used as a "last-resort" if a peer cannot be located
1647 by any of the peer-selection mechanisms.
1648 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
cccac0a2 1649
41bd17a4 1650 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
1651 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
1652 absence of any ICP queries.
cccac0a2 1653
41bd17a4 1654 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
1655 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
1656 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
1657 time. Closer parents are used more often.
1658 Usually used for background-ping parents.
cccac0a2 1659
41bd17a4 1660 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
1661 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
1662 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
382db7eb 1663 balancing hash function based on their weight.
cccac0a2 1664
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1666 based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
1667
1668 use 'sourcehash' to load-balance amongst a set of parents
1669 based on the client source ip.
1670
41bd17a4 1671 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
1672 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
1673 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
1674 will be accepted from it.
cccac0a2 1675
41bd17a4 1676 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
1677 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
1678 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
cccac0a2 1679
41bd17a4 1680 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
1681 this neighbor.
cccac0a2 1682
41bd17a4 1683 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
1684 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
cccac0a2 1685
41bd17a4 1686 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
1687 from influencing the delay pools.
7d90757b 1688
41bd17a4 1689 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
1690 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
1691 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
1692 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
7d90757b 1693
41bd17a4 1694 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
1695 the upstream proxy or in the case of a reverse proxy
1696 configuration, the origin web server. This will pass
1697 the users credentials as they are to the peer.
1698 This only works for the Basic HTTP authentication scheme.
1699 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
1700 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
1701 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
1702 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
1703 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
7d90757b 1704
41bd17a4 1705 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
1706 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
1707 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
1708 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
1709 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
1710 information which is added to the username. This can
1711 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
1712 the login=username:password option above.
cccac0a2 1713
41bd17a4 1714 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
1715 specific connect timeout (also see the
1716 peer_connect_timeout directive)
7f7db318 1717
41bd17a4 1718 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
1719 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
1720 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
1721 location.
cccac0a2 1722
41bd17a4 1723 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
1724 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
1725 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
1726 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
1727 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
1728 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
1729 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
1730 source is a peer)
cccac0a2 1731
41bd17a4 1732 use 'max-conn=n' to limit the amount of connections Squid
1733 may open to this peer.
cccac0a2 1734
41bd17a4 1735 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
1736 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
1737 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
0b48417e 1738 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1739 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
cccac0a2 1740
41bd17a4 1741 use 'htcp-oldsquid' to send HTCP to old Squid versions
0b48417e 1742 You MUST also set htcp_access expicitly. The default of
1743 deny all will prevent peer traffic.
cccac0a2 1744
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1746 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
1747 htcp-only-clr.
1748
1749 use 'htcp-no-purge-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor
1750 including CLRs but only when they do not result from
1751 PURGE requests.
1752
1753 use 'htcp-only-clr' to send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY
1754 CLR requests. This cannot be used with htcp-no-clr.
1755
1756 use 'htcp-forward-clr' to forward any HTCP CLR requests
1757 this proxy receives to the peer.
1758
41bd17a4 1759 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
1760 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
cccac0a2 1761
41bd17a4 1762 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
1763 host but different ports. This name can be used to
1764 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
6db78a1a 1765 directives. Including the peername ACL type.
cccac0a2 1766
41bd17a4 1767 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
1768 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
1769 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
1770 name and using redirectors to feed this domain name
1771 is not feasible.
64658378 1772
41bd17a4 1773 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
1774 be SSL/TLS encrypted.
cccac0a2 1775
41bd17a4 1776 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
1777 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
4c9fa5d5 1778
41bd17a4 1779 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
1780 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
1781 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
1782 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
4c9fa5d5 1783
41bd17a4 1784 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
1785 when connecting to this peer
1786 1 = automatic (default)
1787 2 = SSL v2 only
1788 3 = SSL v3 only
1789 4 = TLS v1 only
cccac0a2 1790
41bd17a4 1791 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL ciphers
1792 to use when connecting to this peer.
cccac0a2 1793
41bd17a4 1794 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
1795 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1796 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1797 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1798 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
1799 a more complete list.
cccac0a2 1800
41bd17a4 1801 use sslcafile=... to specify a file containing
1802 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1803 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 1804
41bd17a4 1805 use sslcapath=... to specify a directory containing
1806 additional CA certificates to use when verifying the
1807 peer certificate.
cccac0a2 1808
41bd17a4 1809 use sslcrlfile=... to specify a certificate revocation
1810 list file to use when verifying the peer certificate.
1811
1812 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
1813 SSL implementation:
1814 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
1815 Accept certificates even if they fail to
1816 verify.
1817 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1818 Don't use the default CA list built in
1819 to OpenSSL.
1820 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
1821 Don't verify the peer certificate
1822 matches the server name
cccac0a2 1823
41bd17a4 1824 use ssldomain= to specify the peer name as advertised
1825 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
1826 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
1827 peer hostname will be used.
cccac0a2 1828
41bd17a4 1829 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
1830 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend in front
1831 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
1832 on this header. If set to auto the header will
1833 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
1834 URL.
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1836 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid that this peer does
1837 not support Microsoft connection oriented authentication,
1838 and any such challenges received from there should be
1839 ignored. Default is auto to automatically determine the
1840 status of the peer.
41bd17a4 1841DOC_END
cccac0a2 1842
41bd17a4 1843NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
1844TYPE: hostdomain
1845DEFAULT: none
1846LOC: none
1847DOC_START
1848 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
1849 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 1850
41bd17a4 1851 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
1852 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 1853
41bd17a4 1854 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 1855
41bd17a4 1856 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 1857
41bd17a4 1858 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
1859 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
1860 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
1861 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
1862 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 1863
41bd17a4 1864 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
1865 either on the same or separate lines.
1866 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
1867 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
1868 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
1869 for all requests.
1870 * There are no defaults.
1871 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
1872 section.
1873DOC_END
dd9b1776 1874
41bd17a4 1875NAME: cache_peer_access
1876TYPE: peer_access
1877DEFAULT: none
1878LOC: none
1879DOC_START
1880 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
1881 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 1882
41bd17a4 1883 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 1884
41bd17a4 1885 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
1886 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
1887 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
1888DOC_END
dd9b1776 1889
41bd17a4 1890NAME: neighbor_type_domain
1891TYPE: hostdomaintype
1892DEFAULT: none
1893LOC: none
1894DOC_START
1895 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 1896
41bd17a4 1897 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
1898 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
1899 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
1900 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
1901 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
1902 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 1903
41bd17a4 1904EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 1905 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 1906 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
1907 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
1908DOC_END
6bf4f823 1909
41bd17a4 1910NAME: dead_peer_timeout
1911COMMENT: (seconds)
1912DEFAULT: 10 seconds
1913TYPE: time_t
1914LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
1915DOC_START
1916 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
1917 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
1918 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
1919 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
1920 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
1921 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 1922
41bd17a4 1923 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
1924 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
1925 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
1926 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
1927 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
1928 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
1929 instead of to your parents.
1930DOC_END
cccac0a2 1931
41bd17a4 1932NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
1933TYPE: wordlist
1934DEFAULT: none
1935LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
1936DOC_START
1937 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
1938 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
1939 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
1940 list this option multiple times.
1941 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
cccac0a2 1942NOCOMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1943#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
1944hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 1945NOCOMMENT_END
1946DOC_END
0976f8db 1947
41bd17a4 1948COMMENT_START
1949 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
1950 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1951COMMENT_END
1952
1953NAME: cache_mem
1954COMMENT: (bytes)
1955TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 1956DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 1957LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 1958DOC_START
41bd17a4 1959 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
1960 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
1961 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
1962 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
1963
1964 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
1965 for:
1966 * In-Transit objects
1967 * Hot Objects
1968 * Negative-Cached objects
1969
1970 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
1971 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
1972 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
1973 priority.
1974
1975 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
1976 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
1977 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
1978 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
1979 not needed for in-transit objects.
1980
1981 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
1982 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
1983 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
1984 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
1985 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
1986 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
1987 objects.
6b698a21 1988DOC_END
0976f8db 1989
41bd17a4 1990NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
1991COMMENT: (bytes)
1992TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 1993DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 1994LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 1995DOC_START
41bd17a4 1996 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
1997 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
1998 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
1999 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2000DOC_END
0976f8db 2001
41bd17a4 2002NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2003TYPE: removalpolicy
2004LOC: Config.memPolicy
2005DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2006DOC_START
41bd17a4 2007 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2008 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2009
41bd17a4 2010 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2011DOC_END
6b698a21 2012
41bd17a4 2013COMMENT_START
2014 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2015 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2016COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2017
41bd17a4 2018NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2019TYPE: removalpolicy
2020LOC: Config.replPolicy
2021DEFAULT: lru
2022DOC_START
2023 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2024 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2025
41bd17a4 2026 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2027 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2028 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2029 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2030
41bd17a4 2031 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2032
41bd17a4 2033 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2034
41bd17a4 2035 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2036 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2037 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2038 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2039
41bd17a4 2040 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2041 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2042 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2043 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2044
41bd17a4 2045 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2046 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2047 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2048
41bd17a4 2049 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2050 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2051 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2052
41bd17a4 2053 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2054 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2055 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2056DOC_END
0976f8db 2057
41bd17a4 2058NAME: cache_dir
2059TYPE: cachedir
2060DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2061LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2062DOC_START
41bd17a4 2063 Usage:
0976f8db 2064
41bd17a4 2065 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2066
41bd17a4 2067 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2068 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2069
41bd17a4 2070 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2071 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2072 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2073
41bd17a4 2074 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2075 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2076 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2077 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2078 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2079
41bd17a4 2080 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2081
41bd17a4 2082 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2083 been there.
0976f8db 2084
41bd17a4 2085 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2086
41bd17a4 2087 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2088 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2089 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2090 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2091 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2092
41bd17a4 2093 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
2094 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2095
41bd17a4 2096 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
2097 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2098 is 256.
0976f8db 2099
41bd17a4 2100 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 2101
41bd17a4 2102 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2103 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2104 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2105
41bd17a4 2106 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2107
41bd17a4 2108 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2109
41bd17a4 2110 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2111
41bd17a4 2112 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2113 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2114 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2115
41bd17a4 2116 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2117
41bd17a4 2118 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2119
41bd17a4 2120 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2121 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2122 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2123
41bd17a4 2124 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2125 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2126 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2127
41bd17a4 2128 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2129 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2130 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2131 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2132 time.
0976f8db 2133
41bd17a4 2134 The coss store type:
0976f8db 2135
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2136 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
2137 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2138 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2139
41bd17a4 2140 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2141 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2142 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2143 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2144 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2145 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2146 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2147
41bd17a4 2148 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2149 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2150 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2151
41bd17a4 2152 Common options:
0976f8db 2153
41bd17a4 2154 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2155
41bd17a4 2156 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
2157 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
2158 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2159 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2160 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2161
41bd17a4 2162 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2163 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2164 option.
bebc043b 2165NOCOMMENT_START
df2eec10 2166# cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2167NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2168DOC_END
0976f8db 2169
41bd17a4 2170NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2171TYPE: string
2172LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2173DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2174DOC_START
41bd17a4 2175 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2176DOC_END
0976f8db 2177
41bd17a4 2178NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2179TYPE: int
2180LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2181DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2182DOC_START
41bd17a4 2183 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2184 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2185 descriptors are open.
2186
2187 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2188DOC_END
0976f8db 2189
41bd17a4 2190NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2191COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2192TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2193DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2194LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2195DOC_START
41bd17a4 2196 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2197 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2198 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2199DOC_END
0976f8db 2200
41bd17a4 2201NAME: maximum_object_size
2202COMMENT: (bytes)
2203TYPE: b_int64_t
2204DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2205LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2206DOC_START
41bd17a4 2207 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2208 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2209 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2210 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2211 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2212 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2213
41bd17a4 2214 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2215 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2216 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2217DOC_END
0976f8db 2218
41bd17a4 2219NAME: cache_swap_low
2220COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2221TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2222DEFAULT: 90
2223LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2224DOC_NONE
2225
2226NAME: cache_swap_high
2227COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2228TYPE: int
2229DEFAULT: 95
2230LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2231DOC_START
41bd17a4 2232
2233 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2234 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2235 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2236 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2237 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2238 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2239
2240 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2241 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2242 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2243DOC_END
0976f8db 2244
5473c134 2245COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2246 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2247 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2248COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2249
41bd17a4 2250NAME: logformat
2251TYPE: logformat
2252LOC: Config.Log.logformats
5473c134 2253DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2254DOC_START
41bd17a4 2255 Usage:
0976f8db 2256
41bd17a4 2257 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2258
41bd17a4 2259 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2260
41bd17a4 2261 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2262
41bd17a4 2263 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2264 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2265 as required according to their context and the output format
2266 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2267 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2268
41bd17a4 2269 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2270
41bd17a4 2271 " output in quoted string format
2272 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2273 # output in URL quoted format
2274 ' output as-is
5473c134 2275
41bd17a4 2276 - left aligned
2277 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2278 output is zero padded
2279 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2280
41bd17a4 2281 Format codes:
5473c134 2282
41bd17a4 2283 >a Client source IP address
2284 >A Client FQDN
2285 >p Client source port
2286 <A Server IP address or peer name
2287 la Local IP address (http_port)
2288 lp Local port number (http_port)
2289 ts Seconds since epoch
2290 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2291 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
2292 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2293 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
2294 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
2295 tr Response time (milliseconds)
2296 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
2297 on the format header[:[separator]element]
2298 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
2299 as for >h
2300 un User name
2301 ul User name from authentication
2302 ui User name from ident
2303 us User name from SSL
2304 ue User name from external acl helper
2305 Hs HTTP status code
2306 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2307 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2308 mt MIME content type
2309 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2310 ru Request URL
2311 rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2312 rv Request protocol version
2313 et Tag returned by external acl
2314 ea Log string returned by external acl
2315 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
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2316 >st Request size including HTTP headers
2317 st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
41bd17a4 2318 <sH Reply high offset sent
2319 <sS Upstream object size
2320 % a literal % character
5473c134 2321
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2322 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
2323
2324logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
2325logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
41bd17a4 2326logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2327logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
5473c134 2328DOC_END
2329
41bd17a4 2330NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2331TYPE: access_log
2332LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
02424612 2333DEFAULT: none
01ddaf65 2334DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2335DOC_START
41bd17a4 2336 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2337 ICP request. The format is:
2338 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2339 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
5473c134 2340
41bd17a4 2341 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
2342 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2343 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
2344 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
5473c134 2345
41bd17a4 2346 To disable logging of a request use the filepath "none", in which case
2347 a logformat name should not be specified.
5473c134 2348
41bd17a4 2349 To log the request via syslog specify a filepath of "syslog":
5473c134 2350
41bd17a4 2351 access_log syslog[:facility.priority] [format [acl1 [acl2 ....]]]
2352 where facility could be any of:
2353 authpriv, daemon, local0 .. local7 or user.
5473c134 2354
41bd17a4 2355 And priority could be any of:
2356 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
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2357
2358 Default:
2359 access_log @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 2360DOC_END
5473c134 2361
5b0f5383 2362NAME: log_access
2363TYPE: acl_access
2364LOC: Config.accessList.log
2365DEFAULT: none
2366COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2367DOC_START
2368 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2369 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2370 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
2371DOC_END
2372
41bd17a4 2373NAME: cache_log
2374TYPE: string
02424612 2375DEFAULT: none
01ddaf65 2376DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
41bd17a4 2377LOC: Config.Log.log
2378DOC_START
2379 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
2380 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
2381 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
2382DOC_END
5473c134 2383
41bd17a4 2384NAME: cache_store_log
2385TYPE: string
df2eec10 2386DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2387LOC: Config.Log.store
2388DOC_START
2389 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
2390 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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2391 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
2392 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 2393 disable it.
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2394NOCOMMENT_START
2395# cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
2396NOCOMMENT_END
5473c134 2397DOC_END
2398
41bd17a4 2399NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
2400TYPE: string
2401LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 2402DEFAULT: none
2403DOC_START
41bd17a4 2404 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
2405 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
2406 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
2407 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
2408 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
2409 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
2410 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 2411
41bd17a4 2412 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
2413 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
2414 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
2415 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 2416
41bd17a4 2417 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
2418 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 2419
41bd17a4 2420 cache_swap_log.00
2421 cache_swap_log.01
2422 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 2423
41bd17a4 2424 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
2425 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
2426 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
2427 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
2428 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
2429 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
2430 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 2431DOC_END
2432
41bd17a4 2433NAME: logfile_rotate
2434TYPE: int
2435DEFAULT: 10
2436LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 2437DOC_START
41bd17a4 2438 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2439 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
2440 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
2441 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
2442 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
2443 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 2444
41bd17a4 2445 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2446 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2447 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2448 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2449 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2450 <pid>'.
2451DOC_END
5473c134 2452
41bd17a4 2453NAME: emulate_httpd_log
2454COMMENT: on|off
2455TYPE: onoff
2456DEFAULT: off
2457LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
2458DOC_START
2459 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
2460 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
2461 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
2462 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
2463 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
5473c134 2464DOC_END
2465
41bd17a4 2466NAME: log_ip_on_direct
2467COMMENT: on|off
2468TYPE: onoff
5473c134 2469DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 2470LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 2471DOC_START
41bd17a4 2472 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
2473 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
2474 prefer the old way set this to off.
2475DOC_END
5473c134 2476
41bd17a4 2477NAME: mime_table
2478TYPE: string
2479DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
2480LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
2481DOC_START
2482 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
2483 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
2484 information if you do.
5473c134 2485DOC_END
2486
41bd17a4 2487NAME: log_mime_hdrs
2488COMMENT: on|off
2489TYPE: onoff
2490LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
2491DEFAULT: off
2492DOC_START
2493 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
2494 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
2495 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
2496 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
2497 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
2498DOC_END
5473c134 2499
41bd17a4 2500NAME: useragent_log
2501TYPE: string
2502LOC: Config.Log.useragent
2503DEFAULT: none
2504IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
5473c134 2505DOC_START
41bd17a4 2506 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
2507 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
2508 is disabled.
5473c134 2509DOC_END
2510
41bd17a4 2511NAME: referer_log referrer_log
2512TYPE: string
2513LOC: Config.Log.referer
2514DEFAULT: none
2515IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
5473c134 2516DOC_START
41bd17a4 2517 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
2518 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
2519 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
2520 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
2521 and we accept both.
5473c134 2522DOC_END
2523
41bd17a4 2524NAME: pid_filename
2525TYPE: string
2526DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
2527LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 2528DOC_START
41bd17a4 2529 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 2530DOC_END
2531
41bd17a4 2532NAME: debug_options
fb6a61d1 2533TYPE: eol
41bd17a4 2534DEFAULT: ALL,1
2535LOC: Config.debugOptions
5473c134 2536DOC_START
41bd17a4 2537 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
2538 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
2539 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
2540 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
2541 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
2542 "ALL,1".
5473c134 2543DOC_END
2544
41bd17a4 2545NAME: log_fqdn
2546COMMENT: on|off
2547TYPE: onoff
2548DEFAULT: off
2549LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
5473c134 2550DOC_START
41bd17a4 2551 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
2552 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
2553 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
2554 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
2555 browsing.
5473c134 2556DOC_END
2557
41bd17a4 2558NAME: client_netmask
2559TYPE: address
2560LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
2561DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
5473c134 2562DOC_START
41bd17a4 2563 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
2564 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
2565 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
2566 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 2567DOC_END
2568
41bd17a4 2569NAME: forward_log
2570IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
2571TYPE: string
2572DEFAULT: none
2573LOC: Config.Log.forward
5473c134 2574DOC_START
41bd17a4 2575 Logs the server-side requests.
5473c134 2576
41bd17a4 2577 This is currently work in progress.
5473c134 2578DOC_END
2579
41bd17a4 2580NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 2581TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 2582LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 2583DEFAULT: on
2584DOC_START
41bd17a4 2585 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
2586 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 2587DOC_END
2588
41bd17a4 2589NAME: buffered_logs
2590COMMENT: on|off
2591TYPE: onoff
2592DEFAULT: off
2593LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 2594DOC_START
41bd17a4 2595 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
2596 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
2597 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
2598 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
2599 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 2600DOC_END
0976f8db 2601
2b753521 2602NAME: netdb_filename
2603TYPE: string
2604DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2605LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 2606IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 2607DOC_START
2608 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
2609 To disable, enter "none".
2610DOC_END
2611
41bd17a4 2612COMMENT_START
2613 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
2614 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2615COMMENT_END
2616
2617NAME: ftp_user
2618TYPE: string
2619DEFAULT: Squid@
2620LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 2621DOC_START
41bd17a4 2622 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
2623 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
2624 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 2625
41bd17a4 2626 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
2627 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
2628 depending on how the cache is used.
2629 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
2630 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 2631DOC_END
0976f8db 2632
41bd17a4 2633NAME: ftp_list_width
2634TYPE: size_t
2635DEFAULT: 32
2636LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
6b698a21 2637DOC_START
41bd17a4 2638 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
2639 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
2640 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
6b698a21 2641DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2642
41bd17a4 2643NAME: ftp_passive
2644TYPE: onoff
2645DEFAULT: on
2646LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 2647DOC_START
41bd17a4 2648 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
2649 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 2650
2651 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
2652DOC_END
2653
2654NAME: ftp_epsv_all
2655TYPE: onoff
2656DEFAULT: off
2657LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
2658DOC_START
2659 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
2660
2661 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
2662 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
2663 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
2664
2665 When a client only expects to do two-way FTP transfers this may be useful.
2666 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
2667 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
2668
2669 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
2670 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
2671
2672 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default)
41bd17a4 2673DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2674
41bd17a4 2675NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
2676TYPE: onoff
2677DEFAULT: on
2678LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
2679DOC_START
2680 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
2681 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
2682 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
2683 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
2684 connection turn this off.
2685DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2686
41bd17a4 2687NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
2688TYPE: onoff
2689DEFAULT: on
2690LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
2691DOC_START
2692 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
2693 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
2694 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
2695 the FTP protocol.
2696
2697 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
2698 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
2699 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
2700 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
2701 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
2702DOC_END
2703
2704COMMENT_START
2705 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
2706 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2707COMMENT_END
2708
2709NAME: diskd_program
2710TYPE: string
2711DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
2712LOC: Config.Program.diskd
2713DOC_START
2714 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
2715 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
2716 diskd as one of the store io modules.
2717DOC_END
2718
2719NAME: unlinkd_program
2720IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
2721TYPE: string
2722DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
2723LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
2724DOC_START
2725 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
2726DOC_END
2727
2728NAME: pinger_program
2729TYPE: string
2730DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 2731LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 2732IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2733DOC_START
2734 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
2735DOC_END
2736
cc192b50 2737NAME: pinger_enable
2738TYPE: onoff
2739DEFAULT: on
2740LOC: Config.pinger.enable
2741IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2742DOC_START
2743 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
2744 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple squid -k reconfigure.
2745DOC_END
2746
2747
41bd17a4 2748COMMENT_START
2749 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
2750 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2751COMMENT_END
2752
2753NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
2754TYPE: wordlist
2755LOC: Config.Program.redirect
2756DEFAULT: none
2757DOC_START
2758 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
2759 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
2760
2761 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
2762
c71adec1 2763 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
2764
2765 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
2766 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
2767 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
2768 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 2769
2770 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
2771 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
2772
2773 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
2774 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2775 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
2776
2777 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
2778DOC_END
2779
2780NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
2781TYPE: int
2782DEFAULT: 5
2783LOC: Config.redirectChildren
2784DOC_START
2785 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
2786 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
2787 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
2788 and other system resources.
2789DOC_END
2790
2791NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency redirect_concurrency
2792TYPE: int
2793DEFAULT: 0
2794LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
2795DOC_START
2796 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
2797 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
2798 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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2799
2800 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
2801 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
2802 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
2803 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
2804 to that request.
41bd17a4 2805DOC_END
2806
2807NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
2808TYPE: onoff
2809DEFAULT: on
2810LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
2811DOC_START
2812 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
2813 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
2814 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
2815
2816 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
2817 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
2818DOC_END
2819
2820NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
2821TYPE: acl_access
2822DEFAULT: none
2823LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
2824DOC_START
2825 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
2826 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
2827 are sent.
2828DOC_END
2829
2830NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
2831TYPE: onoff
2832LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
2833DEFAULT: off
2834DOC_START
2835 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
2836 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
2837 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
2838 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
2839 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
2840 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
2841 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
2842 users may have access to pages they should not
2843 be allowed to request.
2844DOC_END
2845
2846COMMENT_START
2847 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
2848 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2849COMMENT_END
2850
f04b37d8 2851NAME: cache no_cache
2852TYPE: acl_access
2853DEFAULT: none
2854LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 2855DOC_START
240887f0 2856 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 2857 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
2858 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 2859
240887f0 2860 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
2861 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 2862
240887f0 2863 Default is to allow all to be cached.
41bd17a4 2864DOC_END
2865
2866NAME: refresh_pattern
2867TYPE: refreshpattern
2868LOC: Config.Refresh
2869DEFAULT: none
2870DOC_START
2871 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 2872
6b698a21 2873 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2874 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2875
41bd17a4 2876 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2877 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2878 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2879 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2880 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 2881
41bd17a4 2882 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2883 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2884 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 2885
41bd17a4 2886 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2887 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 2888
41bd17a4 2889 options: override-expire
2890 override-lastmod
2891 reload-into-ims
2892 ignore-reload
2893 ignore-no-cache
2894 ignore-no-store
2895 ignore-private
2896 ignore-auth
2897 refresh-ims
a0ec9f68 2898
41bd17a4 2899 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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HN
2900 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
2901 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
2902 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
2903 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
6468fe10 2904
41bd17a4 2905 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
2906 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 2907
41bd17a4 2908 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2909 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2910 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2911 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 2912
41bd17a4 2913 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2914 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2915 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2916 it causes.
9bc73deb 2917
41bd17a4 2918 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2919 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2920 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2921 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2922 send it anyway.
2923
2924 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2925 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2926 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2927 liable for problems which it causes.
2928
2929 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2930 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2931 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2932 liable for problems which it causes.
2933
2934 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2935 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
2936 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
2937 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
2938 it causes.
2939
2940 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2941 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2942 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2943 if one is available.
2944
2945 Basically a cached object is:
2946
2947 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2948 STALE if age > max
2949 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2950 FRESH if age < min
2951 else STALE
2952
2953 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2954 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
2955 match the default will be used.
2956
2957 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2958 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2959 used.
2960
2961Suggested default:
2962NOCOMMENT_START
2963refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2964refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 2965refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 2966refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2967NOCOMMENT_END
2968DOC_END
2969
2970NAME: quick_abort_min
2971COMMENT: (KB)
2972TYPE: kb_int64_t
2973DEFAULT: 16 KB
2974LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2975DOC_NONE
2976
2977NAME: quick_abort_max
2978COMMENT: (KB)
2979TYPE: kb_int64_t
2980DEFAULT: 16 KB
2981LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2982DOC_NONE
2983
2984NAME: quick_abort_pct
2985COMMENT: (percent)
2986TYPE: int
2987DEFAULT: 95
2988LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2989DOC_START
2990 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2991 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2992 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2993 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2994 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2995 downloads.
2996
2997 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2998 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2999 then.
3000
3001 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3002 it will finish the retrieval.
3003
3004 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3005 it will abort the retrieval.
3006
3007 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3008 it will finish the retrieval.
3009
3010 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3011 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3012 to '0 KB'.
3013
3014 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3015 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3016DOC_END
60d096f4 3017
41bd17a4 3018NAME: read_ahead_gap
3019COMMENT: buffer-size
3020TYPE: b_int64_t
3021LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3022DEFAULT: 16 KB
3023DOC_START
3024 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3025 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3026DOC_END
53e738c6 3027
41bd17a4 3028NAME: negative_ttl
ac9cc053 3029IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3030COMMENT: time-units
3031TYPE: time_t
3032LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3033DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3034DOC_START
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3035 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3036 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3037 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3038 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3039 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3040 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3041
3042 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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3043
3044 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3045 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3046 causes.
41bd17a4 3047DOC_END
53e738c6 3048
41bd17a4 3049NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3050COMMENT: time-units
3051TYPE: time_t
3052LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3053DEFAULT: 6 hours
3054DOC_START
3055 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3056 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3057 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3058DOC_END
c4ab8329 3059
41bd17a4 3060NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3061COMMENT: time-units
3062TYPE: time_t
3063LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3064DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3065DOC_START
3066 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3067 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3068 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3069 much below 10 seconds.
3070DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3071
41bd17a4 3072NAME: range_offset_limit
3073COMMENT: (bytes)
3074TYPE: b_int64_t
3075LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
3076DEFAULT: 0 KB
3077DOC_START
3078 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
3079 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
3080 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
3081 is NOT cached.
c4ab8329 3082
41bd17a4 3083 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3084 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3085 sending anything to the client.
a7ad6e4e 3086
41bd17a4 3087 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
3088 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
a7ad6e4e 3089
41bd17a4 3090 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
3091 client requested. (default)
3092DOC_END
d95b862f 3093
41bd17a4 3094NAME: minimum_expiry_time
3095COMMENT: (seconds)
3096TYPE: time_t
3097LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
3098DEFAULT: 60 seconds
3099DOC_START
3100 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
3101 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 3102 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 3103 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
3104 is most likely better to make your server return a
3105 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
3106 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
3107 often be best set to 0.
3108DOC_END
c68e9c6b 3109
41bd17a4 3110NAME: store_avg_object_size
3111COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 3112TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 3113DEFAULT: 13 KB
3114LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3115DOC_START
3116 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3117 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 3118DOC_END
3119
41bd17a4 3120NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3121TYPE: int
3122DEFAULT: 20
3123LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3124DOC_START
3125 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3126 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
3127 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
3128DOC_END
3129
3130COMMENT_START
3131 HTTP OPTIONS
3132 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3133COMMENT_END
3134
f04b37d8 3135NAME: request_header_max_size
3136COMMENT: (KB)
3137TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3138DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3139LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
3140DOC_START
3141 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
3142 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3143 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
3144 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3145 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3146DOC_END
3147
3148NAME: reply_header_max_size
3149COMMENT: (KB)
3150TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3151DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3152LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3153DOC_START
3154 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3155 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3156 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3157 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3158 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3159DOC_END
3160
3161NAME: request_body_max_size
3162COMMENT: (bytes)
3163TYPE: b_int64_t
3164DEFAULT: 0 KB
3165LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
3166DOC_START
3167 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
3168 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
3169 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
3170 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
3171 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
3172 be no limit imposed.
3173DOC_END
3174
41bd17a4 3175NAME: broken_posts
aa49962c 3176IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 3177TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 3178DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3179LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 3180DOC_START
41bd17a4 3181 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
3182 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 3183
41bd17a4 3184 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
3185 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 3186
41bd17a4 3187 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 3188
41bd17a4 3189 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3190 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3191 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3192 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 3193
41bd17a4 3194Example:
3195 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3196 broken_posts allow buggy_server
3197DOC_END
cccac0a2 3198
41bd17a4 3199NAME: via
3200IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3201COMMENT: on|off
3202TYPE: onoff
3203DEFAULT: on
3204LOC: Config.onoff.via
3205DOC_START
3206 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3207 replies as required by RFC2616.
3208DOC_END
4cc6eb12 3209
41bd17a4 3210NAME: ie_refresh
3211COMMENT: on|off
3212TYPE: onoff
3213LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3214DEFAULT: off
3215DOC_START
3216 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3217 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3218 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3219 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3220 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3221 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3222 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3223 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
3224 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3225 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3226 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3227 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3228 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3229 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3230 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3231 force fresh content.
3232DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 3233
41bd17a4 3234NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3235COMMENT: on|off
3236TYPE: onoff
3237LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3238DEFAULT: off
3239DOC_START
3240 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3241 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3242 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3243 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3244 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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3245
3246 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
3247 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 3248DOC_END
c4ab8329 3249
41bd17a4 3250NAME: request_entities
3251TYPE: onoff
3252LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
3253DEFAULT: off
3254DOC_START
3255 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
3256 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
3257 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 3258
41bd17a4 3259 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
3260 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
3261 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
3262 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
3263 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 3264DOC_END
6b53c392 3265
41bd17a4 3266NAME: request_header_access
3267IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3268TYPE: http_header_access[]
3269LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3270DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 3271DOC_START
41bd17a4 3272 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 3273
41bd17a4 3274 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3275 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3276 causes.
0976f8db 3277
41bd17a4 3278 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3279 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3280 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3281 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3282 mangling.
934b03fc 3283
41bd17a4 3284 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3285 client to the server.
5401aa8d 3286
41bd17a4 3287 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3288 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3289 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 3290
41bd17a4 3291 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3292 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 3293
41bd17a4 3294 request_header_access From deny all
3295 request_header_access Referer deny all
3296 request_header_access Server deny all
3297 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3298 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3299 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 3300
41bd17a4 3301 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3302 you should use:
5401aa8d 3303
41bd17a4 3304 request_header_access Allow allow all
3305 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3306 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3307 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3308 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3309 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3310 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3311 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3312 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3313 request_header_access Date allow all
3314 request_header_access Expires allow all
3315 request_header_access Host allow all
3316 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3317 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3318 request_header_access Location allow all
3319 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3320 request_header_access Accept allow all
3321 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3322 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3323 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3324 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3325 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3326 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3327 request_header_access Title allow all
3328 request_header_access Connection allow all
3329 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3330 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 3331
41bd17a4 3332 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3333 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 3334
41bd17a4 3335 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3336 performed).
5401aa8d 3337DOC_END
3338
41bd17a4 3339NAME: reply_header_access
3340IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3341TYPE: http_header_access[]
3342LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 3343DEFAULT: none
3344DOC_START
41bd17a4 3345 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 3346
41bd17a4 3347 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3348 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3349 causes.
934b03fc 3350
41bd17a4 3351 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3352 server to the client.
934b03fc 3353
41bd17a4 3354 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3355 direction.
6b53c392 3356
41bd17a4 3357 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3358 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3359 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3360 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3361 mangling.
cccac0a2 3362
41bd17a4 3363 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3364 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3365 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 3366
41bd17a4 3367 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3368 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 3369
41bd17a4 3370 reply_header_access From deny all
3371 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3372 reply_header_access Server deny all
3373 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3374 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3375 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3376
41bd17a4 3377 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3378 you should use:
cccac0a2 3379
41bd17a4 3380 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3381 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3382 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3383 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3384 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3385 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3386 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3387 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3388 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3389 reply_header_access Date allow all
3390 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3391 reply_header_access Host allow all
3392 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3393 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3394 reply_header_access Location allow all
3395 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3396 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3397 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3398 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3399 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3400 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3401 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3402 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3403 reply_header_access Title allow all
3404 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3405 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3406 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 3407
41bd17a4 3408 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3409 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3410
41bd17a4 3411 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3412 performed).
cccac0a2 3413DOC_END
3414
41bd17a4 3415NAME: header_replace
3416IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3417TYPE: http_header_replace[]
3418LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3419DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3420DOC_START
3421 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3422 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 3423
41bd17a4 3424 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3425 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3426 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3427 option.
cccac0a2 3428
41bd17a4 3429 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 3430
41bd17a4 3431 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3432DOC_END
cccac0a2 3433
41bd17a4 3434NAME: relaxed_header_parser
3435COMMENT: on|off|warn
3436TYPE: tristate
3437LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
3438DEFAULT: on
3439DOC_START
3440 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
3441 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
3442 what the sending application intended even if the message
3443 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
3444 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 3445
41bd17a4 3446 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
3447 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 3448
41bd17a4 3449 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
3450 or response to be rejected.
3451DOC_END
7d90757b 3452
41bd17a4 3453COMMENT_START
3454 TIMEOUTS
3455 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3456COMMENT_END
3457
3458NAME: forward_timeout
3459COMMENT: time-units
3460TYPE: time_t
3461LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
3462DEFAULT: 4 minutes
3463DOC_START
3464 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
3465 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 3466DOC_END
3467
41bd17a4 3468NAME: connect_timeout
3469COMMENT: time-units
3470TYPE: time_t
3471LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
3472DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 3473DOC_START
41bd17a4 3474 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
3475 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
3476 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 3477DOC_END
3478
41bd17a4 3479NAME: peer_connect_timeout
3480COMMENT: time-units
3481TYPE: time_t
3482LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
3483DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 3484DOC_START
41bd17a4 3485 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
3486 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
3487 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
3488 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
3489DOC_END
7f7db318 3490
41bd17a4 3491NAME: read_timeout
3492COMMENT: time-units
3493TYPE: time_t
3494LOC: Config.Timeout.read
3495DEFAULT: 15 minutes
3496DOC_START
3497 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
3498 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
3499 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
3500 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
3501 default is 15 minutes.
3502DOC_END
cccac0a2 3503
41bd17a4 3504NAME: request_timeout
3505TYPE: time_t
3506LOC: Config.Timeout.request
3507DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3508DOC_START
3509 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
3510 connection establishment.
3511DOC_END
cccac0a2 3512
41bd17a4 3513NAME: persistent_request_timeout
3514TYPE: time_t
3515LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
3516DEFAULT: 2 minutes
3517DOC_START
3518 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
3519 connection after the previous request completes.
3520DOC_END
cccac0a2 3521
41bd17a4 3522NAME: client_lifetime
3523COMMENT: time-units
3524TYPE: time_t
3525LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
3526DEFAULT: 1 day
3527DOC_START
3528 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
3529 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
3530 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
3531 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
3532 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
3533 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
3534 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 3535
41bd17a4 3536 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
3537 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
3538 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
3539 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
3540 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
3541 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 3542DOC_END
3543
41bd17a4 3544NAME: half_closed_clients
3545TYPE: onoff
3546LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 3547DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 3548DOC_START
41bd17a4 3549 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
3550 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
3551 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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3552 fully-closed TCP connection.
3553
3554 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
3555 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
3556
abdf1651 3557 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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3558 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
3559 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
3560 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 3561DOC_END
3562
41bd17a4 3563NAME: pconn_timeout
3564TYPE: time_t
3565LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
3566DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 3567DOC_START
41bd17a4 3568 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
3569 proxies.
3570DOC_END
cccac0a2 3571
41bd17a4 3572NAME: ident_timeout
3573TYPE: time_t
3574IFDEF: USE_IDENT
3575LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
3576DEFAULT: 10 seconds
3577DOC_START
3578 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 3579
41bd17a4 3580 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
3581 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
3582 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 3583DOC_END
3584
41bd17a4 3585NAME: shutdown_lifetime
3586COMMENT: time-units
3587TYPE: time_t
3588LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
3589DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 3590DOC_START
41bd17a4 3591 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
3592 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
3593 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
3594 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
3595 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 3596DOC_END
0976f8db 3597
cccac0a2 3598COMMENT_START
3599 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
3600 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3601COMMENT_END
3602
3603NAME: cache_mgr
3604TYPE: string
3605DEFAULT: webmaster
3606LOC: Config.adminEmail
3607DOC_START
3608 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
3609 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
3610DOC_END
3611
abacf776 3612NAME: mail_from
3613TYPE: string
3614DEFAULT: none
3615LOC: Config.EmailFrom
3616DOC_START
3617 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
3618 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 3619 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 3620 src/globals.h before building squid.
3621DOC_END
3622
d084bf20 3623NAME: mail_program
3624TYPE: eol
3625DEFAULT: mail
3626LOC: Config.EmailProgram
3627DOC_START
3628 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 3629 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 3630 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 3631 mail-program recipient < mailfile
3632
d084bf20 3633 Optional command line options can be specified.
3634DOC_END
3635
cccac0a2 3636NAME: cache_effective_user
3637TYPE: string
5483d916 3638DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 3639LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 3640DOC_START
3641 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
3642 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 3643 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 3644 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 3645DOC_END
3646
cccac0a2 3647NAME: cache_effective_group
3648TYPE: string
3649DEFAULT: none
3650LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
3651DOC_START
64e288bd 3652 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
3653 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
3654 from the groups membership.
3655
e3d74828 3656 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
3657 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
3658 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 3659 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 3660 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 3661 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 3662 group.
64e288bd 3663
3664 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
3665 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
3666 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 3667DOC_END
3668
d3caee79 3669NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
3670COMMENT: on|off
3671TYPE: onoff
3672DEFAULT: off
3673LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
3674DOC_START
3675 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
3676DOC_END
3677
cccac0a2 3678NAME: visible_hostname
3679TYPE: string
3680LOC: Config.visibleHostname
3681DEFAULT: none
3682DOC_START
3683 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 3684 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 3685 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
3686 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
3687 names with this setting.
3688DOC_END
3689
cccac0a2 3690NAME: unique_hostname
3691TYPE: string
3692LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
3693DEFAULT: none
3694DOC_START
3695 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 3696 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
3697 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 3698DOC_END
3699
cccac0a2 3700NAME: hostname_aliases
3701TYPE: wordlist
3702LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
3703DEFAULT: none
3704DOC_START
7f7db318 3705 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 3706DOC_END
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3708NAME: umask
3709TYPE: int
3710LOC: Config.umask
3711DEFAULT: 027
3712DOC_START
3713 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
3714 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
3715
3716 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
3717 your value with 0.
3718DOC_END
3719
cccac0a2 3720COMMENT_START
3721 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
3722 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3723
3724 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
3725 announcement service. This service is provided to help
3726 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
3727 create cache hierarchies.
3728
3729 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
3730 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
3731 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
3732
3733 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
3734 following information from this configuration file:
3735
3736 http_port
3737 icp_port
3738 cache_mgr
3739
3740 All current information is processed regularly and made
3741 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
3742COMMENT_END
3743
3744NAME: announce_period
3745TYPE: time_t
3746LOC: Config.Announce.period
3747DEFAULT: 0
3748DOC_START
3749 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
3750 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
3751 messages.
3752
3753 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
3754 below.
3755
3756NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 3757#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
3758#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 3759NOCOMMENT_END
3760DOC_END
3761
cccac0a2 3762NAME: announce_host
3763TYPE: string
3764DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
3765LOC: Config.Announce.host
3766DOC_NONE
3767
3768NAME: announce_file
3769TYPE: string
3770DEFAULT: none
3771LOC: Config.Announce.file
3772DOC_NONE
3773
3774NAME: announce_port
3775TYPE: ushort
3776DEFAULT: 3131
3777LOC: Config.Announce.port
3778DOC_START
3779 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
3780 number where the registration message will be sent.
3781
3782 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
3783 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
3784 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3785 message.
3786DOC_END
3787
8d6275c0 3788COMMENT_START
3789 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
3790 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3791COMMENT_END
3792
cccac0a2 3793NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
f41735ea 3794IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
cccac0a2 3795TYPE: string
3796LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3797DEFAULT: unset-id
3798DOC_START
3799 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3800 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3801 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3802 an identification token.
3803DOC_END
3804
3805NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
f41735ea 3806IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
cccac0a2 3807COMMENT: on|off
3808TYPE: onoff
3809DEFAULT: off
3810LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3811DOC_START
3812 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3813 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3814DOC_END
3815
3816NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 3817IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 3818COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3819TYPE: string
3820LOC: ESIParser::Type
3821DEFAULT: custom
3822DOC_START
3823 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3824 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3825 encodings.
3826DOC_END
0976f8db 3827
9edd9041 3828COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 3829 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 3830 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3831COMMENT_END
3832
3833NAME: delay_pools
3834TYPE: delay_pool_count
3835DEFAULT: 0
3836IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3837LOC: Config.Delay
3838DOC_START
3839 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3840 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3841 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3842DOC_END
3843
3844NAME: delay_class
3845TYPE: delay_pool_class
3846DEFAULT: none
3847IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3848LOC: Config.Delay
3849DOC_START
3850 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3851 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3852 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3853 and here would be:
3854
3855Example:
3856 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3857 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3858 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3859 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3860 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3861
3862 The delay pool classes are:
3863
3864 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3865 bucket.
3866
3867 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3868 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3869 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3870
3871 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3872 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3873 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3874 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3875 32 of the IP address.
3876
3877 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
3878 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3879 only takes effect if the username is established
3880 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3881 http_access rules.
3882
3883 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
3884 external_acl's tag= reply).
3885
3886 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3887 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3888 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3889 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3890DOC_END
3891
3892NAME: delay_access
3893TYPE: delay_pool_access
3894DEFAULT: none
3895IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3896LOC: Config.Delay
3897DOC_START
3898 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3899
3900 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
3901 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
3902 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
3903 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
3904
3905 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3906 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3907
3908Example:
3909 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3910 delay_access 1 deny all
3911 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3912 delay_access 2 deny all
3913 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3914DOC_END
3915
3916NAME: delay_parameters
3917TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3918DEFAULT: none
3919IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3920LOC: Config.Delay
3921DOC_START
3922 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3923 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3924 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3925
3926delay_parameters pool aggregate
3927
3928 For a class 2 delay pool:
3929
3930delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3931
3932 For a class 3 delay pool:
3933
3934delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3935
3936 For a class 4 delay pool:
3937
3938delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3939
3940 For a class 5 delay pool:
3941
3942delay_parameters pool tag
3943
3944 The variables here are:
3945
3946 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3947 number specified in delay_pools as used in
3948 delay_class lines.
3949
3950 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
3951 (class 1, 2, 3).
3952
3953 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
3954 buckets (class 2, 3).
3955
3956 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
3957 (class 3).
3958
3959 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
3960 (class 4).
3961
3962 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
3963 (class 5).
3964
3965 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
3966 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
3967 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
3968 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
3969
3970 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
3971 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
3972 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
3973
3974delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
3975
3976 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
3977
3978 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
3979 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
3980 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
3981 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
3982 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
3983 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
3984 large downloads more significantly:
3985
3986delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
3987
3988 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
3989
3990 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
3991 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
3992
3993delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
3994DOC_END
3995
3996NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
3997COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3998TYPE: ushort
3999DEFAULT: 50
4000IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4001LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4002DOC_START
4003 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4004 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4005 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4006 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4007 "seen" by squid).
4008DOC_END
4009
cccac0a2 4010COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4011 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 4012 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4013COMMENT_END
4014
8d6275c0 4015NAME: wccp_router
4016TYPE: address
4017LOC: Config.Wccp.router
4018DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4019IFDEF: USE_WCCP
e313ab0a
AJ
4020DOC_START
4021 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4022 Squid.
4023
4024 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
4025
4026 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
4027
4028 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4029 which version of WCCP to use.
4030DOC_END
df2eec10 4031
8d6275c0 4032NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 4033TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 4034LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 4035DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4036IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4037DOC_START
8d6275c0 4038 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4039 Squid.
cccac0a2 4040
8d6275c0 4041 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 4042
8d6275c0 4043 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 4044
8d6275c0 4045 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4046 which version of WCCP to use.
4047DOC_END
4048
4049NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 4050TYPE: int
8d6275c0 4051LOC: Config.Wccp.version
4052DEFAULT: 4
4053IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 4054DOC_START
8d6275c0 4055 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
4056 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
4057 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
4058 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
4059 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 4060
8d6275c0 4061 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
4062 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
4063 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
4064 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 4065DOC_END
4066
8d6275c0 4067NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
4068TYPE: onoff
4069LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
4070DEFAULT: on
4071IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4072DOC_START
4073 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
4074 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
4075DOC_END
cccac0a2 4076
8d6275c0 4077NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 4078TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4079LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 4080DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4081IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4082DOC_START
699acd19 4083 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 4084 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4085
451c4786
AJ
4086 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4087 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4088
8d6275c0 4089 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4090 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 4091DOC_END
4092
8d6275c0 4093NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 4094TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4095LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 4096DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4097IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4098DOC_START
699acd19 4099 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 4100 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
4101 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4102
451c4786
AJ
4103 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4104 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4105
8d6275c0 4106 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4107 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 4108
699acd19 4109 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 4110 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
4111 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
4112 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 4113DOC_END
4114
8d6275c0 4115NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 4116TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 4117LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 4118DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 4119IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4120DOC_START
8d6275c0 4121 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
4122 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4123
451c4786
AJ
4124 hash - Hash assignment
4125 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 4126
8d6275c0 4127 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
4128 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
4129DOC_END
cccac0a2 4130
8d6275c0 4131NAME: wccp2_service
4132TYPE: wccp2_service
4133LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4134DEFAULT: none
4135DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
4136IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4137DOC_START
4138 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
4139 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
4140 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
4141 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
4142 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
4143 using the wccp2_service_info option.
4144
4145 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
4146 just specifying the service id will suffice.
4147
4148 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
4149 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
4150
4151 Examples:
4152
4153 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
4154 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
4155 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
4156 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 4157DOC_END
4158
4159NAME: wccp2_service_info
4160TYPE: wccp2_service_info
4161LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4162DEFAULT: none
4163IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4164DOC_START
4165 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
4166 traffic you wish to have diverted.
4167
4168 The format is:
4169
4170 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
4171 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
4172
4173 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
4174 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 4175 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 4176 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
4177 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
4178 + ports_source
4179
4180 The port list can be one to eight entries.
4181
4182 Example:
4183
4184 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
4185 priority=240 ports=80
4186
4187 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
4188 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
4189DOC_END
4190
4191NAME: wccp2_weight
4192TYPE: int
4193LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
4194DEFAULT: 10000
4195IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4196DOC_START
4197 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
4198 hash proportional to their weight.
4199DOC_END
4200
4201NAME: wccp_address
4202TYPE: address
4203LOC: Config.Wccp.address
4204DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4205IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4206DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4207
8d6275c0 4208NAME: wccp2_address
4209TYPE: address
4210LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
4211DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4212IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4213DOC_START
4214 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
4215 interface address.
4216
4217 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4218DOC_END
4219
4220COMMENT_START
4221 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
4222 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4223
4224 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
4225COMMENT_END
4226
4227NAME: client_persistent_connections
4228TYPE: onoff
4229LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4230DEFAULT: on
4231DOC_NONE
4232
4233NAME: server_persistent_connections
4234TYPE: onoff
4235LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4236DEFAULT: on
4237DOC_START
4238 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4239 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4240 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4241 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4242DOC_END
4243
4244NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
4245TYPE: onoff
4246LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
4247DEFAULT: off
4248DOC_START
4249 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
4250 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
4251 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
4252DOC_END
4253
4254NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4255TYPE: onoff
4256LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4257DEFAULT: off
4258DOC_START
4259 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4260 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4261 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4262 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4263
4264 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4265 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4266 after 10 seconds timeout.
4267DOC_END
4268
4269COMMENT_START
4270 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
4271 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4272COMMENT_END
4273
4274NAME: digest_generation
4275IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4276TYPE: onoff
4277LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4278DEFAULT: on
4279DOC_START
4280 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4281 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 4282 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 4283DOC_END
4284
4285NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4286IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4287TYPE: int
4288LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4289DEFAULT: 5
4290DOC_START
4291 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4292 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4293 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4294DOC_END
4295
4296NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4297IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4298COMMENT: (seconds)
4299TYPE: time_t
4300LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4301DEFAULT: 1 hour
4302DOC_START
749ceff8 4303 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 4304DOC_END
4305
4306NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4307COMMENT: (seconds)
4308IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4309TYPE: time_t
4310LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4311DEFAULT: 1 hour
4312DOC_START
749ceff8 4313 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 4314 disk.
4315DOC_END
4316
4317NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4318COMMENT: (bytes)
4319TYPE: b_size_t
4320IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4321LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4322DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4323DOC_START
4324 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4325 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4326 default swap page.
4327DOC_END
4328
4329NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4330COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4331IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4332TYPE: int
4333LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4334DEFAULT: 10
4335DOC_START
4336 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4337 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4338DOC_END
4339
1db9eacd 4340COMMENT_START
5473c134 4341 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 4342 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4343COMMENT_END
4344
5473c134 4345NAME: snmp_port
4346TYPE: ushort
4347LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 4348DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4349IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4350DOC_START
87630341 4351 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
4352 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
4353 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
4354 set to "0" (disabled)
4355NOCOMMENT_START
4356#snmp_port 3401
4357NOCOMMENT_END
8d6275c0 4358DOC_END
4359
5473c134 4360NAME: snmp_access
4361TYPE: acl_access
4362LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 4363DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4364DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4365IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4366DOC_START
5473c134 4367 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 4368
5473c134 4369 All access to the agent is denied by default.
4370 usage:
8d6275c0 4371
5473c134 4372 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 4373
5473c134 4374Example:
4375 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
4376 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 4377DOC_END
4378
5473c134 4379NAME: snmp_incoming_address
4380TYPE: address
4381LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
4382DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4383IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4384DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4385
5473c134 4386NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
4387TYPE: address
4388LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
4389DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4390IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 4391DOC_START
df2eec10 4392 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 4393
5473c134 4394 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
4395 messages from SNMP agents.
4396 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
4397 agents.
cccac0a2 4398
5473c134 4399 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
4400 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 4401
5473c134 4402 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4403 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
4404 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
4405 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 4406
5473c134 4407 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
4408 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 4409DOC_END
4410
5473c134 4411COMMENT_START
4412 ICP OPTIONS
4413 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4414COMMENT_END
4415
4416NAME: icp_port udp_port
4417TYPE: ushort
4418DEFAULT: 0
4419LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 4420DOC_START
5473c134 4421 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
4422 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
4423 Default is disabled (0).
4424NOCOMMENT_START
df2eec10 4425#icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
5473c134 4426NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 4427DOC_END
4428
5473c134 4429NAME: htcp_port
4430IFDEF: USE_HTCP
4431TYPE: ushort
87630341 4432DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4433LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 4434DOC_START
5473c134 4435 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 4436 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
4437 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
4438NOCOMMENT_START
4439#htcp_port 4827
4440NOCOMMENT_END
cccac0a2 4441DOC_END
4442
4443NAME: log_icp_queries
4444COMMENT: on|off
4445TYPE: onoff
4446DEFAULT: on
4447LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
4448DOC_START
4449 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
4450 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
4451 up or to simplify log analysis.
4452DOC_END
4453
5473c134 4454NAME: udp_incoming_address
4455TYPE: address
4456LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
4457DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
8524d4b2 4458DOC_START
4459 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
4460 caches.
4461
4462 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4463
4464 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
4465 a specific interface/address.
4466
4467 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4468 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4469
4470 see also; udp_outgoing_address
4471
4472 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
4473 have the same value since they both use the same port.
4474DOC_END
cccac0a2 4475
5473c134 4476NAME: udp_outgoing_address
4477TYPE: address
4478LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
4479DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
cccac0a2 4480DOC_START
8524d4b2 4481 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 4482 caches.
cccac0a2 4483
5473c134 4484 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 4485
8524d4b2 4486 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
4487 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
4488 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 4489 caches.
4490
8524d4b2 4491 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
4492 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
4493
4494 see also; udp_incoming_address
4495
5473c134 4496 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 4497 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 4498DOC_END
4499
3d1e3e43 4500NAME: icp_hit_stale
4501COMMENT: on|off
4502TYPE: onoff
4503DEFAULT: off
4504LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
4505DOC_START
4506 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
4507 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
4508 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
4509 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
4510 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
4511 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
4512 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
4513DOC_END
4514
5473c134 4515NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 4516TYPE: int
5473c134 4517DEFAULT: 4
4518LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 4519DOC_START
5473c134 4520 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4521 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 4522DOC_END
4523
5473c134 4524NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
4525TYPE: int
4526DEFAULT: 400
4527LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 4528DOC_START
5473c134 4529 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
4530 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 4531DOC_END
4532
cccac0a2 4533NAME: netdb_low
4534TYPE: int
4535DEFAULT: 900
4536LOC: Config.Netdb.low
4537DOC_NONE
4538
4539NAME: netdb_high
4540TYPE: int
4541DEFAULT: 1000
4542LOC: Config.Netdb.high
4543DOC_START
4544 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
4545 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
4546 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
4547 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
4548DOC_END
4549
cccac0a2 4550NAME: netdb_ping_period
4551TYPE: time_t
4552LOC: Config.Netdb.period
4553DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4554DOC_START
4555 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
4556 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
4557 network. The default is five minutes.
4558DOC_END
4559
cccac0a2 4560NAME: query_icmp
4561COMMENT: on|off
4562TYPE: onoff
4563DEFAULT: off
4564LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
4565DOC_START
4566 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
4567 replies, enable this option.
4568
4569 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 4570 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
4571 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 4572 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
4573 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
4574 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
4575 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
4576 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
4577DOC_END
4578
4579NAME: test_reachability
4580COMMENT: on|off
4581TYPE: onoff
4582DEFAULT: off
4583LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
4584DOC_START
4585 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
4586 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
4587 database, or has a zero RTT.
4588DOC_END
4589
5473c134 4590NAME: icp_query_timeout
4591COMMENT: (msec)
4592DEFAULT: 0
4593TYPE: int
4594LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 4595DOC_START
5473c134 4596 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
4597 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
4598 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
4599 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
4600 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
4601 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 4602
5473c134 4603 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 4604DOC_END
4605
5473c134 4606NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
4607COMMENT: (msec)
4608DEFAULT: 2000
4609TYPE: int
4610LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 4611DOC_START
5473c134 4612 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4613 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
4614 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
4615 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4616 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4617 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4618DOC_END
4619
5473c134 4620NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
4621COMMENT: (msec)
4622DEFAULT: 5
4623TYPE: int
4624LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 4625DOC_START
5473c134 4626 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
4627 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
4628 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
4629 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
4630 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
4631 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
4632 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 4633DOC_END
4634
5473c134 4635NAME: background_ping_rate
4636COMMENT: time-units
4637TYPE: time_t
4638DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4639LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 4640DOC_START
5473c134 4641 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
4642 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 4643DOC_END
4644
5473c134 4645COMMENT_START
4646 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
4647 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4648COMMENT_END
4649
4650NAME: mcast_groups
4651TYPE: wordlist
4652LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 4653DEFAULT: none
4654DOC_START
5473c134 4655 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
4656 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 4657
5473c134 4658 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
4659 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
4660 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
4661 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
4662 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
4663 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
4664 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 4665
5473c134 4666 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
4667 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 4668
5473c134 4669 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
4670 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 4671
5473c134 4672 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 4673
5473c134 4674 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
4675DOC_END
8c01ada0 4676
5473c134 4677NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4678IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4679TYPE: address
4680LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4681DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4682DOC_START
4683 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4684 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 4685
5473c134 4686 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4687 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 4688DOC_END
4689
5473c134 4690NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
4691IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4692TYPE: ushort
4693LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4694DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 4695DOC_START
5473c134 4696 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4697 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4698 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4699DOC_END
cccac0a2 4700
5473c134 4701NAME: mcast_miss_port
4702IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4703TYPE: ushort
4704LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4705DEFAULT: 3135
4706DOC_START
4707 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4708 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4709DOC_END
cccac0a2 4710
5473c134 4711NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4712IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4713TYPE: string
4714LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4715DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4716DOC_START
4717 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4718 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4719DOC_END
8c01ada0 4720
5473c134 4721NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
4722COMMENT: (msec)
4723DEFAULT: 2000
4724TYPE: int
4725LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
4726DOC_START
4727 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
4728 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
4729 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
4730 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
4731 seconds.
cccac0a2 4732DOC_END
4733
5473c134 4734COMMENT_START
4735 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
4736 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4737COMMENT_END
4738
cccac0a2 4739NAME: icon_directory
4740TYPE: string
4741LOC: Config.icons.directory
4742DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4743DOC_START
4744 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
4745 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
4746DOC_END
4747
f024c970 4748NAME: global_internal_static
4749TYPE: onoff
4750LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
4751DEFAULT: on
4752DOC_START
4753 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
4754 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
4755 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
4756 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
4757 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
4758 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
4759 the server generating a directory listing.
4760DOC_END
4761
5473c134 4762NAME: short_icon_urls
4763TYPE: onoff
4764LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
4765DEFAULT: on
4766DOC_START
4767 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
4768 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
4769 it's own name and port in the URL.
4770
4771 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
4772 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
4773DOC_END
4774
4775COMMENT_START
4776 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
4777 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4778COMMENT_END
4779
4780NAME: error_directory
4781TYPE: string
4782LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 4783DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4784DOC_START
4785 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
43000484
AJ
4786 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
4787 the error/template files to another directory and point
4788 this tag at them.
4789
4790 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
4791 on error pages if used.
5473c134 4792
4793 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4794 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 4795 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 4796 contributing your translation back to the project.
43000484
AJ
4797 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
4798
4799 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
4800 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
4801DOC_END
4802
4803NAME: error_default_language
4804IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
4805TYPE: string
4806LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
4807DEFAULT: none
4808DOC_START
4809 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
4810 if no existing translation matches the clients language
4811 preferences.
4812
4813 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
4814
4815 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
4816 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
4817 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
4818 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 4819DOC_END
4820
c411820c
AJ
4821NAME: error_log_languages
4822IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
4823TYPE: onoff
4824LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
4825DEFAULT: on
4826DOC_START
4827 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
4828 auto-negotiate for translations.
4829
4830 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
4831 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 4832 of its error page translations.
c411820c
AJ
4833DOC_END
4834
5b52cb6c
AJ
4835NAME: err_page_stylesheet
4836TYPE: string
4837LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
4838DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
4839DOC_START
4840 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
4841
4842 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
4843DOC_END
4844
5473c134 4845NAME: err_html_text
4846TYPE: eol
4847LOC: Config.errHtmlText
4848DEFAULT: none
4849DOC_START
4850 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
4851 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
4852 organizations Web page.
4853
4854 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
4855 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
4856 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
4857 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
4858DOC_END
4859
4860NAME: email_err_data
4861COMMENT: on|off
4862TYPE: onoff
4863LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
4864DEFAULT: on
4865DOC_START
4866 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
4867 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
4868 so that the email body contains the data.
4869 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
4870DOC_END
4871
4872NAME: deny_info
4873TYPE: denyinfo
4874LOC: Config.denyInfoList
4875DEFAULT: none
4876DOC_START
4877 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
4878 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 4879 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 4880
4881 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
4882 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
4883 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
4884 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
4885
4886 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
4887 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
4888 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
4889 the first authentication related acl encountered
4890 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
4891 acl processed on the last http_access line.
4892
43000484
AJ
4893 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
4894 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
4895 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 4896
4897 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
4898 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
4899 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
4900
4901 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
4902 by specifying TCP_RESET.
4903DOC_END
4904
4905COMMENT_START
4906 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
4907 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4908COMMENT_END
4909
4910NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4911TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4912LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 4913DEFAULT: on
4914DOC_START
5473c134 4915 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4916 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
4917 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 4918
5473c134 4919 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
4920 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 4921
5473c134 4922 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4923 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4924 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 4925
5473c134 4926 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
4927 this directive.
8d6275c0 4928DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 4929
5473c134 4930NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4931TYPE: onoff
5473c134 4932LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 4933DEFAULT: off
4934DOC_START
5473c134 4935 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
4936 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
4937 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 4938
5473c134 4939 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4940 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4941 fails.
4942
4943 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4944 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
4945 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 4946DOC_END
4947
5473c134 4948NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 4949TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 4950LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 4951DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 4952DOC_START
5473c134 4953 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 4954
5473c134 4955 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
4956 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
4957 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
4958 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
4959 something like:
0b0cfcf2 4960
5473c134 4961 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
4962 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 4963
5473c134 4964 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 4965
5473c134 4966 acl FTP proto FTP
4967 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 4968
5473c134 4969 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
4970 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
4971 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
4972 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
4973 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 4974
5473c134 4975 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
4976 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
4977 always_direct deny local-external
4978 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 4979
5473c134 4980 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
4981 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
4982 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
4983 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 4984
5473c134 4985 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
4986 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
4987 the replies see no_cache.
4988
4989 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
4990 and local_ip.
cccac0a2 4991DOC_END
0976f8db 4992
5473c134 4993NAME: never_direct
4994TYPE: acl_access
4995LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
4996DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4997DOC_START
5473c134 4998 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
4999
5000 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
5001 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
5002
5003 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
5004 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
5005 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
5006 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
5007
5008 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 5009 never_direct deny local-servers
5010 never_direct allow all
5011
5012 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
5013 servers inside the firewall use something like:
5014
5015 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
5016 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5017 always_direct deny local-external
5018 always_direct allow local-intranet
5019 never_direct allow all
5020
5021 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
5022 and firewall_ip.
8d6275c0 5023DOC_END
0976f8db 5024
5473c134 5025COMMENT_START
5026 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
5027 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5028COMMENT_END
5029
cccac0a2 5030NAME: incoming_icp_average
5031TYPE: int
5032DEFAULT: 6
5033LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
5034DOC_NONE
5035
5036NAME: incoming_http_average
5037TYPE: int
5038DEFAULT: 4
5039LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
5040DOC_NONE
5041
5042NAME: incoming_dns_average
5043TYPE: int
5044DEFAULT: 4
5045LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
5046DOC_NONE
5047
5048NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
5049TYPE: int
5050DEFAULT: 8
5051LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
5052DOC_NONE
5053
5054NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
5055TYPE: int
5056DEFAULT: 8
5057LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
5058DOC_NONE
5059
5060NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
5061TYPE: int
5062DEFAULT: 8
5063LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
5064DOC_START
5473c134 5065 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
5066 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
5067 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
5068DOC_END
5069
5070NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 5071TYPE: string
5072DEFAULT: none
5073LOC: Config.accept_filter
5074DOC_START
0b4d4be5 5075 FreeBSD:
5076
5473c134 5077 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
5078 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
5079 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
5080
5081 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 5082 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 5083 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
5084
5085 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
5086 to Squid until there is some data to process.
5087 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
5088
5089 Linux:
5090
5091 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
5092 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
5093 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
5094 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
5095 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 5096EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 5097# FreeBSD
5473c134 5098accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 5099# Linux
5100accept_filter data
5473c134 5101DOC_END
5102
5103NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
5104COMMENT: (bytes)
5105TYPE: b_size_t
5106DEFAULT: 0 bytes
5107LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
5108DOC_START
5109 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
5110 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
5111 the default buffer size.
5112DOC_END
5113
5114COMMENT_START
5115 ICAP OPTIONS
5116 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5117COMMENT_END
5118
5119NAME: icap_enable
5120TYPE: onoff
5121IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5122COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5123LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 5124DEFAULT: off
5125DOC_START
53e738c6 5126 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 5127DOC_END
5128
5129NAME: icap_connect_timeout
5130TYPE: time_t
5131DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 5132LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 5133IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5134DOC_START
5135 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5136 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
5137 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
5138
5139 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
5140 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
5141 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
5142DOC_END
5143
5144NAME: icap_io_timeout
5145COMMENT: time-units
5146TYPE: time_t
5147DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 5148LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 5149IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5150DOC_START
5151 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
5152 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
5153 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
5154 failure.
5155
5156 The default is read_timeout.
5157DOC_END
5158
5159NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
5160TYPE: int
5161IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5162LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_failure_limit
5473c134 5163DEFAULT: 10
5164DOC_START
5165 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
5166 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
5167 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
5168 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
5169 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
5170 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
5171
5172 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
5173 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
5174 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5175DOC_END
5176
5473c134 5177NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 5178TYPE: int
5473c134 5179IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5180LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 5181DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 5182DOC_START
5473c134 5183 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
5184 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
5185 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
5186 fetched.
cccac0a2 5187
5473c134 5188 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
5189 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 5190DOC_END
5191
5473c134 5192NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 5193TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5194IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5195COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5196LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 5197DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5198DOC_START
ac7a62f9 5199 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
5200 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
5201 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
5202 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
5203
5204 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
5205 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
5206 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
5207
5208 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
5209 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
5210Example:
5211icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 5212DOC_END
5213
5473c134 5214NAME: icap_preview_size
5215TYPE: int
5216IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5217LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 5218DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 5219DOC_START
53e738c6 5220 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
5221 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
5222 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5223DOC_END
5224
5473c134 5225NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
5226TYPE: int
5227IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5228LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 5229DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 5230DOC_START
53e738c6 5231 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 5232 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 5233DOC_END
5234
5473c134 5235NAME: icap_persistent_connections
5236TYPE: onoff
5237IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5238COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5239LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 5240DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5241DOC_START
5473c134 5242 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
5243 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 5244DOC_END
5245
5473c134 5246NAME: icap_send_client_ip
5247TYPE: onoff
5248IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5249COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5250LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_ip
5473c134 5251DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5252DOC_START
53e738c6 5253 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 5254DOC_END
5255
5473c134 5256NAME: icap_send_client_username
5257TYPE: onoff
5258IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5259COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5260LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_username
5473c134 5261DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5262DOC_START
5473c134 5263 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
5264 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
5265 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
5266 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 5267DOC_END
5268
5473c134 5269NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 5270TYPE: string
5473c134 5271IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5272LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 5273DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 5274DOC_START
5473c134 5275 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 5276DOC_END
5277
5473c134 5278NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 5279TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5280IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5281COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5282LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 5283DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5284DOC_START
5473c134 5285 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 5286DOC_END
5287
5473c134 5288NAME: icap_service
5289TYPE: icap_service_type
5290IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5291LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 5292DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5293DOC_START
53e738c6 5294 Defines a single ICAP service
cccac0a2 5295
53e738c6 5296 icap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
7d90757b 5297
53e738c6 5298 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 5299 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5300 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5301 are not yet supported.
53e738c6 5302 bypass = 1|0
f3db09e2 5303 If set to 1, the ICAP service is treated as optional. If the
5304 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
5305 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
5306 was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be bypassed.
5307 If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as essential and all
5308 ICAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
5309 HTTP client.
53e738c6 5310 service_url = icap://servername:port/service
5473c134 5311
5473c134 5312Example:
5313icap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
5314icap_service service_2 respmod_precache 0 icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 5315DOC_END
5316
5473c134 5317NAME: icap_class
5318TYPE: icap_class_type
5319IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5320LOC: none
5473c134 5321DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5322DOC_START
62c7f90e
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5323 This depricated option was documented to define an ICAP service
5324 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
5325 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 5326
62c7f90e
AR
5327 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
5328 adaptation_service_set directive.
5473c134 5329
62c7f90e
AR
5330 If you need adaptation service chains, patches or sponsorship
5331 is welcome.
cccac0a2 5332DOC_END
5333
5473c134 5334NAME: icap_access
5335TYPE: icap_access_type
5336IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5337LOC: none
cccac0a2 5338DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5339DOC_START
62c7f90e
AR
5340 This option is depricated. Please use adaptation_access, which
5341 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
5342 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 5343DOC_END
5344
57afc994
AR
5345COMMENT_START
5346 eCAP OPTIONS
5347 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5348COMMENT_END
5349
21a26d31
AR
5350NAME: ecap_enable
5351TYPE: onoff
5352IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5353COMMENT: on|off
5354LOC: Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
5355DEFAULT: off
5356DOC_START
5357 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
5358DOC_END
5359
5360NAME: ecap_service
5361TYPE: ecap_service_type
5362IFDEF: USE_ECAP
5363LOC: Ecap::TheConfig
5364DEFAULT: none
5365DOC_START
5366 Defines a single eCAP service
5367
5368 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
5369
5370 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
5371 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5372 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5373 are not yet supported.
5374 bypass = 1|0
5375 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
5376 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
5377 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
5378 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
5379 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
5380 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
5381 HTTP client.
5382 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
5383
5384Example:
5385ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
5386ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
5387DOC_END
5388
57afc994
AR
5389NAME: loadable_modules
5390TYPE: wordlist
5391IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
5392LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
5393DEFAULT: none
5394DOC_START
5395 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
5396 preloaded module(s).
5397Example:
5398loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
5399DOC_END
5400
62c7f90e
AR
5401COMMENT_START
5402 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
5403 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5404COMMENT_END
5405
5406NAME: adaptation_service_set
5407TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
5408IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5409LOC: none
5410DEFAULT: none
5411DOC_START
5412
5413 Defines a named adaptation service set. The set is populated in
5414 the order of adaptation_service_set directives in this file.
5415 When adaptation ACLs are processed, the first and only the first
5416 applicable adaptation service from the set will be used. Thus,
5417 the set should group similar, redundant services, rather than a
5418 chain of complementary services.
5419
5420 If you have a single adaptation service, you do not need to
5421 define a set containing it because adaptation_access accepts
5422 service names.
5423
5424 See also: adaptation_access
5425
5426Example:
5427adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
5428adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
5429DOC_END
5430
5431NAME: adaptation_access
5432TYPE: adaptation_access_type
5433IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5434LOC: none
5435DEFAULT: none
5436DOC_START
5437 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
5438
5439 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
5440 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
5441
5442 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
5443 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
5444 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
5445 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
5446
5447 - services serving different vectoring points
5448 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
5449 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
5450 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
5451
5452 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
5453 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
5454 adaptation_service_set for details.
5455
5456 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
5457 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
5458 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
5459 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
5460
5461 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
5462 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
5463
5464 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
5465
5466Example:
5467adaptation_access service_1 allow all
5468DOC_END
5469
5473c134 5470COMMENT_START
5471 DNS OPTIONS
5472 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5473COMMENT_END
5474
5475NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 5476TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5477DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5478LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 5479DOC_START
5473c134 5480 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
5481 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
5482 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 5483DOC_END
5484
5473c134 5485NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 5486TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5487DEFAULT: on
5473c134 5488LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 5489DOC_START
5473c134 5490 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
5491 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
5492 Squid to be strict about the standard.
5493 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 5494DOC_END
5495
5473c134 5496NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 5497TYPE: string
5473c134 5498IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
5499DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
5500LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 5501DOC_START
5473c134 5502 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 5503DOC_END
5504
5473c134 5505NAME: dns_children
5506TYPE: int
5507IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
5508DEFAULT: 5
5509LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 5510DOC_START
5473c134 5511 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
5512 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
5513 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
5514 is 32. The default is 5.
58850d15 5515
5473c134 5516 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
58850d15 5517DOC_END
5518
5473c134 5519NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
5520TYPE: time_t
5521DEFAULT: 5 seconds
5522LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
5523IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 5524DOC_START
5473c134 5525 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
5526 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 5527
cccac0a2 5528DOC_END
5529
5473c134 5530NAME: dns_timeout
5531TYPE: time_t
5532DEFAULT: 2 minutes
5533LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
5534IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 5535DOC_START
5473c134 5536 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
5537 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
5538 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 5539DOC_END
5540
5473c134 5541NAME: dns_defnames
5542COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 5543TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 5544DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5545LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 5546DOC_START
5473c134 5547 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
5548 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
5549 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
5550 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 5551DOC_END
5552
5473c134 5553NAME: dns_nameservers
5554TYPE: wordlist
5555DEFAULT: none
5556LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 5557DOC_START
5473c134 5558 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
5559 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
5560 /etc/resolv.conf file.
5561 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
5562 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
5563 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
5564 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 5565
5473c134 5566 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 5567DOC_END
5568
5473c134 5569NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 5570TYPE: string
5473c134 5571DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
5572LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 5573DOC_START
5473c134 5574 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
5575 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
5576 default locations:
5577 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
5578 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5579 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
5580 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
5581 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
5582 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
5583 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
5584 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 5585
5473c134 5586 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
5587 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
5588 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
5589 character are comments.
cccac0a2 5590
5473c134 5591 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
5592 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
5593 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
5594 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
5595 definitions.
cccac0a2 5596DOC_END
5597
5473c134 5598NAME: append_domain
5599TYPE: string
5600LOC: Config.appendDomain
5601DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 5602DOC_START
5473c134 5603 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
5604 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
5605
5606 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
5607 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
5608 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
5609
5610Example:
5611 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 5612DOC_END
5613
5473c134 5614NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
5615TYPE: onoff
5616LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 5617DEFAULT: on
5618DOC_START
5473c134 5619 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
5620 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
5621 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
5622 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
5623 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 5624DOC_END
5625
cc192b50 5626NAME: dns_v4_fallback
5627TYPE: onoff
5628DEFAULT: on
5629LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
5630DOC_START
5631 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
5632 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
5633 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
5634
5635 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
5636 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
5637
5638 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
5639 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
5640
5641 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
5642 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
5643 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
5644DOC_END
5645
6bc15a4f 5646NAME: ipcache_size
5647COMMENT: (number of entries)
5648TYPE: int
5649DEFAULT: 1024
5650LOC: Config.ipcache.size
5651DOC_NONE
5652
5653NAME: ipcache_low
5654COMMENT: (percent)
5655TYPE: int
5656DEFAULT: 90
5657LOC: Config.ipcache.low
5658DOC_NONE
5659
5660NAME: ipcache_high
5661COMMENT: (percent)
5662TYPE: int
5663DEFAULT: 95
5664LOC: Config.ipcache.high
5665DOC_START
5666 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
5667DOC_END
5668
5669NAME: fqdncache_size
5670COMMENT: (number of entries)
5671TYPE: int
5672DEFAULT: 1024
5673LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
5674DOC_START
5675 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
5676DOC_END
5677
a58ff010 5678COMMENT_START
5473c134 5679 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 5680 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5681COMMENT_END
5682
5473c134 5683NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 5684COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5685TYPE: onoff
5686DEFAULT: on
5687LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 5688DOC_START
5473c134 5689 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
5690 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
5691 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
5692 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 5693DOC_END
5694
5473c134 5695NAME: memory_pools_limit
5696COMMENT: (bytes)
5697TYPE: b_size_t
5698DEFAULT: 5 MB
5699LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 5700DOC_START
5473c134 5701 Used only with memory_pools on:
5702 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 5703
5473c134 5704 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
5705 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
5706 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
5707 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
5708 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
5709 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
5710 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 5711
5473c134 5712 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5713 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 5714
5473c134 5715 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
5716 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5717
5718 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
5719 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
5720 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
5721 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 5722DOC_END
5723
5473c134 5724NAME: forwarded_for
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5725COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
5726TYPE: string
5473c134 5727DEFAULT: on
5728LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 5729DOC_START
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5730 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
5731 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 5732
5473c134 5733 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
5734
67c06f0d 5735 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 5736
5737 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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5738
5739 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
5740 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
5741
5742 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
5743 X-Forwarded-For header.
5744
5745 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
5746 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place itself as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 5747DOC_END
5748
5473c134 5749NAME: cachemgr_passwd
5750TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
5751DEFAULT: none
5752LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 5753DOC_START
5473c134 5754 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 5755
5473c134 5756 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
5757
5758 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
5759 5min
5760 60min
5761 asndb
5762 authenticator
5763 cbdata
5764 client_list
5765 comm_incoming
5766 config *
5767 counters
5768 delay
5769 digest_stats
5770 dns
5771 events
5772 filedescriptors
5773 fqdncache
5774 histograms
5775 http_headers
5776 info
5777 io
5778 ipcache
5779 mem
5780 menu
5781 netdb
5782 non_peers
5783 objects
5784 offline_toggle *
5785 pconn
5786 peer_select
b360c477 5787 reconfigure *
5473c134 5788 redirector
5789 refresh
5790 server_list
5791 shutdown *
5792 store_digest
5793 storedir
5794 utilization
5795 via_headers
5796 vm_objects
5797
5798 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
5799 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
5800
5801 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
5802 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
5803 password to "none".
5804
5805 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
5806
5807Example:
5808 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
5809 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
5810 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 5811DOC_END
5812
5473c134 5813NAME: client_db
a58ff010 5814COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5815TYPE: onoff
5816DEFAULT: on
5817LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 5818DOC_START
5473c134 5819 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
5820 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 5821DOC_END
5822
5473c134 5823NAME: refresh_all_ims
5824COMMENT: on|off
5825TYPE: onoff
5826DEFAULT: off
5827LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 5828DOC_START
5473c134 5829 When you enable this option, squid will always check
5830 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
5831 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
5832 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
5833 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 5834
5473c134 5835 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
5836 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 5837DOC_END
5838
5473c134 5839NAME: reload_into_ims
5840IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 5841COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 5842TYPE: onoff
5843DEFAULT: off
5844LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 5845DOC_START
5473c134 5846 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
5847 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
5848 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
5849 feature could make you liable for problems which it
5850 causes.
5851
5852 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 5853DOC_END
5854
5473c134 5855NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
5856TYPE: int
5857LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
5858DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 5859DOC_START
5473c134 5860 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
5861 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
5862 each address is tried once).
5863
5864 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
5865 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
5866 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
5867
5868 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
5869 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 5870DOC_END
5871
5473c134 5872NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 5873TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5874LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 5875DEFAULT: off
5876DOC_START
5473c134 5877 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
5878 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
5879 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
5880 control errors.
5f8252d2 5881DOC_END
5882
5473c134 5883NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 5884TYPE: string
5473c134 5885LOC: Config.as_whois_server
5886DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5887DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 5888DOC_START
5473c134 5889 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
5890 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 5891DOC_END
5892
5473c134 5893NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 5894TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5895LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 5896DEFAULT: off
5897DOC_START
5473c134 5898 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
5899 objects.
a58ff010 5900DOC_END
5901
5473c134 5902NAME: uri_whitespace
5903TYPE: uri_whitespace
5904LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
5905DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 5906DOC_START
5473c134 5907 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
5908 URI. Options:
a58ff010 5909
5473c134 5910 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
5911 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
5912 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
5913 Request" message.
5914 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
5915 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
5916 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
5917 are in use.
5918 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
5919 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
5920 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
5921 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
5922 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
5923 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
5924 violation.
5925DOC_END
a58ff010 5926
5473c134 5927NAME: coredump_dir
5928TYPE: string
5929LOC: Config.coredump_dir
5930DEFAULT: none
5931DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
5932DOC_START
5933 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5934 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5935 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5936 and coredump files will be left there.
a58ff010 5937
5473c134 5938NOCOMMENT_START
5939# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5940coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
5941NOCOMMENT_END
5942DOC_END
a58ff010 5943
5473c134 5944NAME: chroot
5945TYPE: string
5946LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 5947DEFAULT: none
5948DOC_START
5473c134 5949 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
5950 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
5951 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
5952 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will may get an
5953 error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5954DOC_END
a58ff010 5955
5473c134 5956NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
5957TYPE: onoff
5958LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 5959DEFAULT: off
5473c134 5960DOC_START
cc192b50 5961 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
5962 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
5963 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
5964
5473c134 5965 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
5966 found not to preserve user session state across requests
5967 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 5968
cc192b50 5969 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 5970DOC_END
5971
5473c134 5972NAME: pipeline_prefetch
5973TYPE: onoff
5974LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
5975DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 5976DOC_START
5473c134 5977 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
5978 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
5979 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 5980
5473c134 5981 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
5982 reasons.
5983DOC_END
a58ff010 5984
5473c134 5985NAME: high_response_time_warning
5986TYPE: int
5987COMMENT: (msec)
5988LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
5989DEFAULT: 0
5990DOC_START
5991 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
5992 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
5993 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 5994DOC_END
5995
5473c134 5996NAME: high_page_fault_warning
5997TYPE: int
5998LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
5999DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 6000DOC_START
5473c134 6001 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
6002 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
6003 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
6004 per second.
6005DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6006
5473c134 6007NAME: high_memory_warning
6008TYPE: b_size_t
6009LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 6010DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 6011DOC_START
6012 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 6013 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 6014 the administrators attention.
6015DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6016
5473c134 6017NAME: sleep_after_fork
6018COMMENT: (microseconds)
6019TYPE: int
6020LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
6021DEFAULT: 0
6022DOC_START
6023 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
6024 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
6025 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
6026 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
6027 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
6028 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
6029 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
6030 until all the child processes have been started.
6031 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
6032 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 6033DOC_END
6034
b6696974 6035NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 6036IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
b6696974
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6037COMMENT: on|off
6038TYPE: onoff
6039DEFAULT: on
6040LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
6041DOC_START
6042 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
6043 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
6044 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
6045 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
6046 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
6047 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
6048DOC_END
6049
cccac0a2 6050EOF