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32
0f74202c 33COMMENT_START
cccac0a2 34 WELCOME TO SQUID @VERSION@
35 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
38 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
39 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 40
cccac0a2 41 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
42 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
43 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
44 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
45 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
46 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
47 case.
debd9a31 48
cccac0a2 49COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_START
52 NETWORK OPTIONS
53 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
54COMMENT_END
55
56NAME: http_port ascii_port
57TYPE: http_port_list
58DEFAULT: none
59LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
60DOC_START
61 Usage: port [options]
62 hostname:port [options]
63 1.2.3.4:port [options]
64
65 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
66 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
67 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
68 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
7f7db318 69 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
cccac0a2 70 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
71 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
72 address, so you can use the port number alone.
73
7f7db318 74 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
cccac0a2 75 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
76
77 The -a command line option will override the *first* port
78 number listed here. That option will NOT override an IP
79 address, however.
80
81 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
82
116c6cca 83 Options:
84
85 transparent Support for transparent proxies
86
87 accel Accelerator mode. Also set implicit by the other
88 accelerator directives
89
90 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
91 domain support
92
93 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support
94
95 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
96 than the http_port number
97
98 defaultsite= Main web site name for accelerators
99
100 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
101 Defaults to http
cccac0a2 102
103 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
7f7db318 104 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
cccac0a2 105 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
106 visible on the internal address.
107NOCOMMENT_START
108# Squid normally listens to port 3128
109http_port 3128
110NOCOMMENT_END
111DOC_END
112
113NAME: https_port
114IFDEF: USE_SSL
115TYPE: https_port_list
116DEFAULT: none
117LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
118DOC_START
119 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
120
121 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
122 requests.
123
124 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
125 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
126 accelerator level.
127
128 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
129 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
7f7db318 130
cccac0a2 131 Options:
132
133 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
116c6cca 134 this port
cccac0a2 135
136 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests
116c6cca 137 with. Defaults to https
cccac0a2 138
139 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format)
7f7db318 140
cccac0a2 141 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
142 if not specified, the certificate file is
143 assumed to be a combined certificate and
144 key file
145
146 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
147 1 automatic (default)
148 2 SSLv2 only
149 3 SSLv3 only
150 4 TLSv1 only
151
152 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers
153
154 options= Varions SSL engine options. The most important
155 being:
156 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
157 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
158 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
159 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
160 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
161 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
116c6cca 162 documentation for a complete list of options
cccac0a2 163
164 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
165 requesting a client certificate
166
167 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
168 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
116c6cca 169 clientca will be used
cccac0a2 170
171 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
172 to use when verifying client certificates
173
174 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
175 DH key exchanges
176
177 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
178 DELAYED_AUTH
179 Don't request client certificates
180 immediately, but wait until acl processing
181 requires a certificate
7f7db318 182 NO_DEFAULT_CA
cccac0a2 183 Don't use the default CA list built in
116c6cca 184 to OpenSSL
185
186 accel Accelerator mode. Also set implicit by the other
187 accelerator directives
188
189 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
190 domain support
191
192 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support
193
194 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
195 than the https_port number
cccac0a2 196
197DOC_END
198
199NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
200IFDEF: USE_SSL
201TYPE: onoff
202DEFAULT: off
203LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
204DOC_START
205 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
206 messages.
207DOC_END
208
209NAME: ssl_engine
210IFDEF: USE_SSL
211TYPE: string
212LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
213DEFAULT: none
214DOC_START
215 The openssl engine to use. You will need to set this if you
216 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
217DOC_END
218
219NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
220IFDEF: USE_SSL
221DEFAULT: none
222LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
223TYPE: string
224DOC_START
225 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
226DOC_END
227
228NAME: sslproxy_client_key
229IFDEF: USE_SSL
230DEFAULT: none
231LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
232TYPE: string
233DOC_START
234 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
235DOC_END
236
237NAME: sslproxy_version
238IFDEF: USE_SSL
239DEFAULT: 1
240LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
241TYPE: int
242DOC_START
243 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
244DOC_END
245
246NAME: sslproxy_options
247IFDEF: USE_SSL
248DEFAULT: none
249LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
250TYPE: string
251DOC_START
252 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
253DOC_END
254
255NAME: sslproxy_cipher
256IFDEF: USE_SSL
257DEFAULT: none
258LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
259TYPE: string
260DOC_START
261 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
262DOC_END
263
264NAME: sslproxy_cafile
265IFDEF: USE_SSL
266DEFAULT: none
267LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
268TYPE: string
269DOC_START
270 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
271 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
272DOC_END
273
274NAME: sslproxy_capath
275IFDEF: USE_SSL
276DEFAULT: none
277LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
278TYPE: string
279DOC_START
280 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
281 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
282DOC_END
283
284NAME: sslproxy_flags
285IFDEF: USE_SSL
286DEFAULT: none
287LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
288TYPE: string
289DOC_START
290 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
291 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates even if they fail to
292 verify.
293 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
294 to OpenSSL.
295DOC_END
296
307b83b7 297NAME: sslpassword_program
298IFDEF: USE_SSL
299DEFAULT: none
300LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
301TYPE: string
302DOC_START
303 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
304 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
305 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
306 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
307DOC_END
308
cccac0a2 309NAME: icp_port udp_port
310TYPE: ushort
311DEFAULT: 0
312LOC: Config.Port.icp
313DOC_START
314 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
315 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
316 Default is disabled (0).
317NOCOMMENT_START
318icp_port 3130
319NOCOMMENT_END
320DOC_END
321
322NAME: htcp_port
323IFDEF: USE_HTCP
324TYPE: ushort
325DEFAULT: 4827
326LOC: Config.Port.htcp
327DOC_START
328 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
329 and from neighbor caches. Default is 4827. To disable use
330 "0".
331DOC_END
332
333
334NAME: mcast_groups
335TYPE: wordlist
336LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
337DEFAULT: none
338DOC_START
339 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
340 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
341
342 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
343 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
344 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
345 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
346 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
347 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
348 receive replies from multicast group members.
349
350 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
351 is already in use by another group of caches.
352
353 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
354 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
355
356 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
357
358 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
359DOC_END
360
361
362NAME: udp_incoming_address
363TYPE: address
364LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
365DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
366DOC_NONE
367
368NAME: udp_outgoing_address
369TYPE: address
370LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
371DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
372DOC_START
373 udp_incoming_address is used for the ICP socket receiving packets
374 from other caches.
375 udp_outgoing_address is used for ICP packets sent out to other
376 caches.
377
378 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
379
f939c0ca 380 A udp_incoming_address value of 0.0.0.0 indicates Squid
381 should listen for UDP messages on all available interfaces.
cccac0a2 382
383 If udp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
7f7db318 384 it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address. Only
cccac0a2 385 change this if you want to have ICP queries sent using another
386 address than where this Squid listens for ICP queries from other
387 caches.
388
389 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
390 have the same value since they both use port 3130.
391DOC_END
9e7dbc51 392
cccac0a2 393COMMENT_START
394 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
395 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
396COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 397
cccac0a2 398NAME: cache_peer
399TYPE: peer
400DEFAULT: none
401LOC: Config.peers
402DOC_START
403 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
9e7dbc51 404
cccac0a2 405 cache_peer hostname type http_port icp_port [options]
0fdafae7 406
cccac0a2 407 For example,
d1b63fc8 408
cccac0a2 409 # proxy icp
410 # hostname type port port options
411 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
412 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
413 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
414 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 [proxy-only]
415
416 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
417
418 proxy_port: The port number where the cache listens for proxy
419 requests.
420
421 icp_port: Used for querying neighbor caches about
422 objects. To have a non-ICP neighbor
423 specify '7' for the ICP port and make sure the
424 neighbor machine has the UDP echo port
425 enabled in its /etc/inetd.conf file.
426
427 options: proxy-only
428 weight=n
429 basetime=n
430 ttl=n
431 no-query
432 background-ping
433 default
434 round-robin
435 weighted-round-robin
436 carp
437 multicast-responder
438 closest-only
439 no-digest
440 no-netdb-exchange
441 no-delay
442 login=user:password | PASS | *:password
443 connect-timeout=nn
444 digest-url=url
445 allow-miss
446 max-conn
447 htcp
448 originserver
449 name=xxx
450 forceddomain=name
451 ssl
452 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
453 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
454 sslversion=1|2|3|4
455 sslcipher=...
456 ssloptions=...
457 front-end-https[=on|auto]
7f7db318 458
459 use 'proxy-only' to specify objects fetched
cccac0a2 460 from this cache should not be saved locally.
461
462 use 'weight=n' to specify a weighted parent.
463 The weight must be an integer. The default weight
464 is 1, larger weights are favored more.
465
466 use 'basetime=n' to specify a base amount to
467 be subtracted from round trip times of parents.
468 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
469 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
7f7db318 470 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
cccac0a2 471
472 use 'ttl=n' to specify a IP multicast TTL to use
473 when sending an ICP queries to this address.
474 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
475 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
476 hosts, you must configure other group members as
477 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option below.
478
479 use 'no-query' to NOT send ICP queries to this
480 neighbor.
481
482 use 'background-ping' to only send ICP queries to this
7f7db318 483 neighbor infrequently. This is used to keep the neighbor
484 round trip time updated and is usually used in
cccac0a2 485 conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
486
487 use 'default' if this is a parent cache which can
488 be used as a "last-resort." You should probably
489 only use 'default' in situations where you cannot
490 use ICP with your parent cache(s).
491
492 use 'round-robin' to define a set of parents which
493 should be used in a round-robin fashion in the
494 absence of any ICP queries.
495
7f7db318 496 use 'weighted-round-robin' to define a set of parents
497 which should be used in a round-robin fashion with the
498 frequency of each parent being based on the round trip
499 time. Closer parents are used more often.
cccac0a2 500 Usually used for background-ping parents.
501
502 use 'carp' to define a set of parents which should
7f7db318 503 be used as a CARP array. The requests will be
cccac0a2 504 distributed among the parents based on the CARP load
505 balancing hash function based on their weigth.
506
7f7db318 507 'multicast-responder' indicates the named peer
cccac0a2 508 is a member of a multicast group. ICP queries will
509 not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP replies
510 will be accepted from it.
511
512 'closest-only' indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS
513 replies, we'll only forward CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes
514 and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
515
516 use 'no-digest' to NOT request cache digests from
517 this neighbor.
518
519 'no-netdb-exchange' disables requesting ICMP
520 RTT database (NetDB) from the neighbor.
521
522 use 'no-delay' to prevent access to this neighbor
523 from influencing the delay pools.
524
525 use 'login=user:password' if this is a personal/workgroup
526 proxy and your parent requires proxy authentication.
527 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
7f7db318 528 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
cccac0a2 529
530 use 'login=PASS' if users must authenticate against
531 the upstream proxy. This will pass the users credentials
532 as they are to the peer proxy. This only works for the
533 Basic HTTP authentication sheme. Note: To combine this
534 with proxy_auth both proxies must share the same user
535 database as HTTP only allows for one proxy login.
7f7db318 536 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
cccac0a2 537 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
538
539 use 'login=*:password' to pass the username to the
540 upstream cache, but with a fixed password. This is meant
541 to be used when the peer is in another administrative
542 domain, but it is still needed to identify each user.
543 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
544 information which is added to the username. This can
545 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
546 the login=username:password option above.
547
548 use 'connect-timeout=nn' to specify a peer
549 specific connect timeout (also see the
550 peer_connect_timeout directive)
551
552 use 'digest-url=url' to tell Squid to fetch the cache
553 digest (if digests are enabled) for this host from
554 the specified URL rather than the Squid default
555 location.
556
557 use 'allow-miss' to disable Squid's use of only-if-cached
558 when forwarding requests to siblings. This is primarily
559 useful when icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To
560 extensive use of this option may result in forwarding
561 loops, and you should avoid having two-way peerings
562 with this option. (for example to deny peer usage on
563 requests from peer by denying cache_peer_access if the
564 source is a peer)
565
566 use 'max-conn' to limit the amount of connections Squid
567 may open to this peer.
568
569 use 'htcp' to send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries
570 to the neighbor. You probably also want to
571 set the "icp port" to 4827 instead of 3130.
7f7db318 572
cccac0a2 573 'originserver' causes this parent peer to be contacted as
574 a origin server. Meant to be used in accelerator setups.
575
576 use 'name=xxx' if you have multiple peers on the same
7f7db318 577 host but different ports. This name can be used to
cccac0a2 578 differentiate the peers in cache_peer_access and similar
579 directives.
580
581 use 'forceddomain=name' to forcibly set the Host header
582 of requests forwarded to this peer. Useful in accelerator
583 setups where the server (peer) expects a certain domain
584 name and using redirectors to feed this domainname
585 is not feasible.
586
7f7db318 587 use 'ssl' to indicate connections to this peer should
cccac0a2 588 bs SSL/TLS encrypted.
589
590 use 'sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate' to specify a client
591 SSL certificate to use when connecting to this peer.
592
593 use 'sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key' to specify the private SSL
594 key corresponding to sslcert above. If 'sslkey' is not
7f7db318 595 specified 'sslcert' is assumed to reference a
cccac0a2 596 combined file containing both the certificate and the key.
597
598 use sslversion=1|2|3|4 to specify the SSL version to use
599 when connecting to this peer
600 1 = automatic (default)
601 2 = SSL v2 only
602 3 = SSL v3 only
603 4 = TLS v1 only
604
605 use sslcipher=... to specify the list of valid SSL chipers
606 to use when connecting to this peer
607
608 use ssloptions=... to specify various SSL engine options:
609 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
610 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
611 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
612 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
613 a more complete list.
614
615 use cafile=... to specify a file containing additional
616 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
617
618 use capath=... to specify a directory containing additional
619 CA certificates to use when verifying the peer certificate
620
621 use sslflags=... to specify various flags modifying the
622 SSL implementation:
623 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
624 Accept certificates even if they fail to
625 verify.
7f7db318 626 NO_DEFAULT_CA
cccac0a2 627 Don't use the default CA list built in
628 to OpenSSL.
629 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
7f7db318 630 Don't verify the peer certificate
cccac0a2 631 matches the server name
632
633 use sslname= to specify the peer name as advertised
634 in it's certificate. Used for verifying the correctness
635 of the received peer certificate. If not specified the
636 peer hostname will be used.
637
638 use front-end-https to enable the "Front-End-Https: On"
639 header needed when using Squid as a SSL frontend infront
640 of Microsoft OWA. See MS KB document Q307347 for details
7f7db318 641 on this header. If set to auto the header will
cccac0a2 642 only be added if the request is forwarded as a https://
643 URL.
644
645 NOTE: non-ICP neighbors must be specified as 'parent'.
646DOC_END
647
648NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
649TYPE: hostdomain
650DEFAULT: none
651LOC: none
652DOC_START
653 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
654 queried. Usage:
655
656 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
657 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
658
659 For example, specifying
660
661 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
662
663 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
664 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
665 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
7f7db318 666 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
cccac0a2 667 NOT in that domain.
668
669 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
670 either on the same or separate lines.
671 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
672 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
673 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
674 for all requests.
675 * There are no defaults.
676 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
677 section.
678DOC_END
679
680
681NAME: neighbor_type_domain
682TYPE: hostdomaintype
683DEFAULT: none
684LOC: none
685DOC_START
686 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
687
688 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
689 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
690 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
691 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
692 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
693 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
694
695EXAMPLE:
696 cache_peer parent cache.foo.org 3128 3130
697 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
698 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
699DOC_END
700
701NAME: icp_query_timeout
702COMMENT: (msec)
703DEFAULT: 0
704TYPE: int
705LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
706DOC_START
707 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
708 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
709 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
710 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
711 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
712 timeout (the old default), you would write:
713
714 icp_query_timeout 2000
715DOC_END
716
717NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
718COMMENT: (msec)
719DEFAULT: 2000
720TYPE: int
721LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
722DOC_START
723 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
724 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
725 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
726 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
727 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
728 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
729DOC_END
730
731NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
732COMMENT: (msec)
733DEFAULT: 5
734TYPE: int
735LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
736DOC_START
737 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
738 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
739 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
740 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
741 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
742 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
743 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
744DOC_END
745
746NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
747COMMENT: (msec)
748DEFAULT: 2000
749TYPE: int
750LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
751DOC_START
752 For Multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
753 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
754 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
755 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
756 seconds.
757DOC_END
758
759NAME: dead_peer_timeout
760COMMENT: (seconds)
761DEFAULT: 10 seconds
762TYPE: time_t
763LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
764DOC_START
765 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
766 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
767 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
768 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
769 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
770 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
771
772 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
773 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
774 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
775 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
776 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
777 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
778 instead of to your parents.
779DOC_END
780
781
782NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
783TYPE: wordlist
784DEFAULT: none
785LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
786DOC_START
787 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
788 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
789 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
790 list this option multiple times.
791NOCOMMENT_START
792#We recommend you to use at least the following line.
793hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
794NOCOMMENT_END
795DOC_END
934b03fc 796
6a566b9c 797
cccac0a2 798NAME: no_cache
799TYPE: acl_access
800DEFAULT: none
801LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
802DOC_START
803 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause the request to
804 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
805 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
6a566b9c 806
cccac0a2 807 You must use the word 'DENY' to indicate the ACL names which should
808 NOT be cached.
1e5562e3 809
cccac0a2 810NOCOMMENT_START
811#We recommend you to use the following two lines.
812acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
813no_cache deny QUERY
814NOCOMMENT_END
815DOC_END
816
817NAME: background_ping_rate
818COMMENT: time-units
819TYPE: time_t
820DEFAULT: 10 seconds
821LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
822DOC_START
823 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
824 have background-ping set.
825DOC_END
1e5562e3 826
934b03fc 827
cccac0a2 828COMMENT_START
829 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE CACHE SIZE
830 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
831COMMENT_END
832
833NAME: cache_mem
834COMMENT: (bytes)
835TYPE: b_size_t
836DEFAULT: 8 MB
837LOC: Config.memMaxSize
838DOC_START
839 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
840 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
841 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
842 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
843
844 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
845 for:
846 * In-Transit objects
847 * Hot Objects
848 * Negative-Cached objects
849
850 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
851 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
852 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
853 priority.
854
855 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
856 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
857 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
858 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
859 not needed for in-transit objects.
860
861 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
862 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
863 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
864 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
865 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
866 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
867 objects.
868DOC_END
869
870
871NAME: cache_swap_low
872COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
873TYPE: int
874DEFAULT: 90
875LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
876DOC_NONE
877
878NAME: cache_swap_high
879COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
880TYPE: int
881DEFAULT: 95
882LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
883DOC_START
884
885 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
886 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
887 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
888 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
889 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
890 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
7f7db318 891
cccac0a2 892 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
893 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
894 numbers closer together.
895DOC_END
896
897NAME: maximum_object_size
898COMMENT: (bytes)
899TYPE: b_size_t
900DEFAULT: 4096 KB
901LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
902DOC_START
903 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
904 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
905 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
906 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
907 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
908 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
909
910 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
911 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
912 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
913DOC_END
914
915NAME: minimum_object_size
916COMMENT: (bytes)
917TYPE: b_size_t
918DEFAULT: 0 KB
919LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
920DOC_START
921 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
922 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
923 means there is no minimum.
924DOC_END
925
926NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
927COMMENT: (bytes)
928TYPE: b_size_t
929DEFAULT: 8 KB
930LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
931DOC_START
932 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
933 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
934 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
935 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem .
936DOC_END
937
938NAME: ipcache_size
939COMMENT: (number of entries)
940TYPE: int
941DEFAULT: 1024
942LOC: Config.ipcache.size
943DOC_NONE
944
945NAME: ipcache_low
946COMMENT: (percent)
947TYPE: int
948DEFAULT: 90
949LOC: Config.ipcache.low
950DOC_NONE
951
952NAME: ipcache_high
953COMMENT: (percent)
954TYPE: int
955DEFAULT: 95
956LOC: Config.ipcache.high
957DOC_START
958 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
959DOC_END
960
961NAME: fqdncache_size
962COMMENT: (number of entries)
963TYPE: int
964DEFAULT: 1024
965LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
966DOC_START
967 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
968DOC_END
969
970NAME: cache_replacement_policy
971TYPE: removalpolicy
972LOC: Config.replPolicy
973DEFAULT: lru
974DOC_START
975 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
976 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
977
978 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
979 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
980 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
981 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
982
983 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
984
985 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
986
987 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
988 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
989 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
990 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
991
992 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
993 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
994 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
995 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
996
997 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
998 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
999 replacement policies.
1000
1001 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
1002 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
1003 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
1004
1005 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
1006 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
1007 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
1008DOC_END
1009
1010NAME: memory_replacement_policy
1011TYPE: removalpolicy
1012LOC: Config.memPolicy
1013DEFAULT: lru
1014DOC_START
1015 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
1016 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
1017
1018 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
1019DOC_END
934b03fc 1020
1f7c9178 1021
cccac0a2 1022COMMENT_START
1023 LOGFILE PATHNAMES AND CACHE DIRECTORIES
1024 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1025COMMENT_END
9bc73deb 1026
cccac0a2 1027NAME: cache_dir
1028TYPE: cachedir
1029DEFAULT: none
1030DEFAULT_IF_NONE: ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
1031LOC: Config.cacheSwap
1032DOC_START
1033 Usage:
7f7db318 1034
cccac0a2 1035 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
cf5cc17e 1036
cccac0a2 1037 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
1038 cache among different disk partitions.
8e8d4f30 1039
cccac0a2 1040 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
1041 is built by default. To eanble any of the other storage systems
1042 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
934b03fc 1043
cccac0a2 1044 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
1045 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
7f7db318 1046 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
cccac0a2 1047 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
1048 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
1e5562e3 1049
cccac0a2 1050 The ufs store type:
1051
1052 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
1053 been there.
1054
1055 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
1056
1057 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
1058 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
1059 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
1060 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
1061 subtract 20% and use that value.
1062
1063 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
1064 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
1065
1066 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
1067 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
1068 is 256.
1069
1070 The aufs store type:
1071
1072 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
1073 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
1074 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
1075
1076 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
1077
1078 see argument descriptions under ufs above
1079
1080 The diskd store type:
1081
1082 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
1083 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
1084 disk-I/O.
1085
1086 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
1087
1088 see argument descriptions under ufs above
1089
1090 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
1091 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
1092 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
1093
1094 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
1095 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
44f991b5 1096 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
cccac0a2 1097
af9ad249 1098 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
1099 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
1100 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
1101 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
1102 time.
1103
1a224843 1104 The coss store type:
1105
1106 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
1107 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
1108 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
1109 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
1110 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
7f7db318 1111 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
1a224843 1112 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
1113
cccac0a2 1114 Common options:
1115
1116 read-only, this cache_dir is read only.
1117
1118 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
1119 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
1120 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
1121 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
1122 ones with no max-size specification last.
1a224843 1123
7f7db318 1124 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
1a224843 1125 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
1126 option.
cccac0a2 1127DOC_END
1128
1129
1130NAME: logformat
1131TYPE: logformat
1132LOC: Config.Log.logformats
1133DEFAULT: none
1134DOC_START
1135 Usage:
1136
1137 logformat <name> <format specification>
1138
1139 Defines an access log format.
1140
1141 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
7f7db318 1142
cccac0a2 1143 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
1144 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically quoted
1145 as required according to their context and the output format
1146 modifiers are usually unneeded but can be specified if an explicit
1147 quoting format is desired.
1148
1149 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
7f7db318 1150
cccac0a2 1151 " quoted string output format
1152 [ squid log quoted format as used by log_mime_hdrs
1153 # URL quoted output format
1154 ' No automatic quoting
1155 - left aligned
7f7db318 1156 width field width. If starting with 0 the
cccac0a2 1157 output is zero padded
1158 {arg} argument such as header name etc
1159
1160 Format codes:
1161
1162 >a Client source IP address
1163 >A Client FQDN
1164 <A Server IP address or peer name
1165 la Local IP address (http_port)
1166 lp Local port number (http_port)
1167 ts Seconds since epoch
1168 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
1169 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
1170 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:S %z
1171 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
1172 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:S %z
1173 tr Response time (milliseconds)
1174 >h Request header. Optional header name argument
1175 on the format header[:[separator]element]
1176 <h Reply header. Optional header name argument
1177 as for >h
1178 un User name
1179 ul User login
1180 ui User ident
1181 ue User from external acl
1182 Hs HTTP status code
1183 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
1184 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
1185 mt MIME content type
1186 rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
1187 ru Request URL
1188 rv Request protocol version
1189 et Tag returned by external acl
1190 ea Log string returned by external acl
1191 <st Reply size including HTTP headers
03b29b6c 1192 <sH Reply high offset sent
1193 <sS Upstream object size
cccac0a2 1194 % a literal % character
1195
1196logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt
1197logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
1198logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
1199logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
1200DOC_END
1201
1202NAME: access_log cache_access_log
1203TYPE: access_log
1204LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
1205DEFAULT: none
1206DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@
1207DOC_START
1208 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
1209 ICP request. The format is:
1210 access_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
1211 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
1212
1213 Will log to the specified file using the specified format (which
1214 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
1215 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
1216 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this file.
7f7db318 1217
cccac0a2 1218 To disable logging of a request specify "none".
1219DOC_END
1220
1221
1222NAME: cache_log
1223TYPE: string
1224DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
1225LOC: Config.Log.log
1226DOC_START
1227 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
1228 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
1229 logged to this file with the "debug_options" tag below.
1230DOC_END
1231
1232
1233NAME: cache_store_log
1234TYPE: string
1235DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
1236LOC: Config.Log.store
1237DOC_START
1238 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
1239 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
1240 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none". There are
1241 not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
1242 disable it.
1243DOC_END
1244
1245
e2529a2c 1246NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
cccac0a2 1247TYPE: string
1248LOC: Config.Log.swap
1249DEFAULT: none
1250DOC_START
e2529a2c 1251 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
1252 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
1253 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
cccac0a2 1254 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
1255 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
1256 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
1257 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
1258
7f7db318 1259 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
cccac0a2 1260 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
1261 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
1262 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
7f7db318 1263
cccac0a2 1264 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
7f7db318 1265 these swap logs will have names such as:
cccac0a2 1266
1267 cache_swap_log.00
1268 cache_swap_log.01
1269 cache_swap_log.02
1270
1271 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
1272 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
1273 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
7f7db318 1274 lines in this file, these log files will NOT correspond to
cccac0a2 1275 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
7f7db318 1276 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
cccac0a2 1277 better to keep these log files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
1278DOC_END
1279
1280
1281NAME: emulate_httpd_log
1282COMMENT: on|off
1283TYPE: onoff
1284DEFAULT: off
1285LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
1286DOC_START
1287 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
1288 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
1289 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
1290 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
7f7db318 1291 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
cccac0a2 1292DOC_END
1293
1294NAME: log_ip_on_direct
1295COMMENT: on|off
1296TYPE: onoff
1297DEFAULT: on
1298LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
1299DOC_START
1300 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
1301 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
1302 prefer the old way set this to off.
1303DOC_END
1304
1305NAME: mime_table
1306TYPE: string
1307DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
1308LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
1309DOC_START
1310 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
1311 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
1312 information if you do.
1313DOC_END
1314
1315
1316NAME: log_mime_hdrs
1317COMMENT: on|off
1318TYPE: onoff
1319LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
1320DEFAULT: off
1321DOC_START
1322 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
1323 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
1324 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
1325 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
1326 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
1327DOC_END
1328
1329
1330NAME: useragent_log
1331TYPE: string
1332LOC: Config.Log.useragent
1333DEFAULT: none
1334IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
1335DOC_START
1336 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
1337 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
1338 is disabled.
1339DOC_END
1340
1341
1342NAME: referer_log
1343TYPE: string
1344LOC: Config.Log.referer
1345DEFAULT: none
1346IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
1347DOC_START
1348 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
1349 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
1350DOC_END
1351
1352
1353NAME: pid_filename
1354TYPE: string
1355DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
1356LOC: Config.pidFilename
1357DOC_START
1358 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
1359DOC_END
1360
1361
1362NAME: debug_options
d9e04dc7 1363TYPE: debug
cccac0a2 1364DEFAULT: ALL,1
1365LOC: Config.debugOptions
1366DOC_START
1367 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
1368 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
1369 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
1370 log file, so be careful. The magic word "ALL" sets debugging
1371 levels for all sections. We recommend normally running with
1372 "ALL,1".
1373DOC_END
1374
1375
1376NAME: log_fqdn
1377COMMENT: on|off
1378TYPE: onoff
1379DEFAULT: off
1380LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
1381DOC_START
1382 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
1383 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
1384 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
1385 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
1386 browsing.
1387DOC_END
1388
1389
1390NAME: client_netmask
1391TYPE: address
1392LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
1393DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
1394DOC_START
1395 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
1396 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
1397 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
1398 the last digit set to '0'.
1399DOC_END
0976f8db 1400
0976f8db 1401
cccac0a2 1402COMMENT_START
1403 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
1404 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1405COMMENT_END
1406
1407NAME: ftp_user
1408TYPE: string
1409DEFAULT: Squid@
1410LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
1411DOC_START
1412 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
1413 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
1414 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
1415
7f7db318 1416 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
cccac0a2 1417 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
1418 depending on how the cache is used.
7f7db318 1419 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
cccac0a2 1420 (for example perl.com).
1421DOC_END
1422
1423NAME: ftp_list_width
1424TYPE: size_t
1425DEFAULT: 32
1426LOC: Config.Ftp.list_width
1427DOC_START
1428 Sets the width of ftp listings. This should be set to fit in
1429 the width of a standard browser. Setting this too small
1430 can cut off long filenames when browsing ftp sites.
1431DOC_END
1432
1433NAME: ftp_passive
1434TYPE: onoff
1435DEFAULT: on
1436LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
1437DOC_START
1438 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
7f7db318 1439 connections, turn off this option.
cccac0a2 1440DOC_END
1441
1442NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
1443TYPE: onoff
1444DEFAULT: on
1445LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
1446DOC_START
1447 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
1448 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
1449 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
1450 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
7f7db318 1451 connection turn this off.
cccac0a2 1452DOC_END
1453
1454NAME: check_hostnames
1455TYPE: onoff
1456DEFAULT: on
1457LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
1458DOC_START
1459 For security and stability reasons Squid by default checks
1460 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you do not want
7f7db318 1461 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive off.
cccac0a2 1462DOC_END
1463
dad0fe12 1464NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
1465TYPE: onoff
1466DEFAULT: on
1467LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
1468DOC_START
1469The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
1470as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
1471implemenations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
1472the FTP protocol.
1473
1474If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
7f7db318 1475path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
1476try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
dad0fe12 1477operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
1478is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
1479DOC_END
1480
cccac0a2 1481NAME: cache_dns_program
1482TYPE: string
1483IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
1484DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
1485LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
1486DOC_START
1487 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
1488DOC_END
1489
1490NAME: dns_children
1491TYPE: int
1492IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
1493DEFAULT: 5
1494LOC: Config.dnsChildren
1495DOC_START
1496 The number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
1497 For heavily loaded caches on large servers, you should
1498 probably increase this value to at least 10. The maximum
1499 is 32. The default is 5.
1500
1501 You must have at least one dnsserver process.
1502DOC_END
1503
1504NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
1505TYPE: time_t
1506DEFAULT: 5 seconds
1507LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
1508IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1509DOC_START
1510 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
1511 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
1512
1513DOC_END
1514
1515NAME: dns_timeout
1516TYPE: time_t
1517DEFAULT: 5 minutes
1518LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
1519IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
1520DOC_START
1521 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7f7db318 1522 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
1523 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 1524DOC_END
1525
1526NAME: dns_defnames
1527COMMENT: on|off
1528IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
1529TYPE: onoff
1530DEFAULT: off
1531LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
1532IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
1533DOC_START
1534 Normally the 'dnsserver' disables the RES_DEFNAMES resolver
1535 option (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
1536 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
1537 dnsserver to handle single-component names, enable this
1538 option.
1539DOC_END
1540
1541NAME: dns_nameservers
1542TYPE: wordlist
1543DEFAULT: none
1544LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
1545DOC_START
1546 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
1547 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
1548 /etc/resolv.conf file.
1549 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
1550 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
1551 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
1552 configurations are supported.
1553
1554 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
1555DOC_END
1556
1557NAME: hosts_file
1558TYPE: string
1559DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
1560LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
1561DOC_START
1562 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
1563 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7f7db318 1564 default locations:
cccac0a2 1565 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
1566 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
1567 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
1568 - Windows XP: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
1569 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
1570 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
1571 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
1572 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
1573
1574 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
1575 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
1576 whitespace-separated. Lines beginnng with an hash (#)
1577 character are comments.
1578
7f7db318 1579 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
cccac0a2 1580 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7f7db318 1581 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
cccac0a2 1582 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
1583 definitions.
1584DOC_END
1585
1586NAME: diskd_program
1587TYPE: string
1588DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
1589LOC: Config.Program.diskd
1590DOC_START
1591 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
7f7db318 1592 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
cccac0a2 1593 diskd as one of the store io modules.
1594DOC_END
1595
1596NAME: unlinkd_program
1597IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
1598TYPE: string
1599DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
1600LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
1601DOC_START
1602 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
1603DOC_END
1604
1605NAME: pinger_program
1606TYPE: string
1607DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
1608LOC: Config.Program.pinger
1609IFDEF: USE_ICMP
1610DOC_START
1611 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
1612DOC_END
1613
1614
1615NAME: redirect_program
1616TYPE: wordlist
1617LOC: Config.Program.redirect
1618DEFAULT: none
1619DOC_START
1620 Specify the location of the executable for the URL redirector.
1621 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
1622 See the FAQ (section 15) for information on how to write one.
1623 By default, a redirector is not used.
1624DOC_END
1625
1626
1627NAME: redirect_children
1628TYPE: int
1629DEFAULT: 5
1630LOC: Config.redirectChildren
1631DOC_START
1632 The number of redirector processes to spawn. If you start
1633 too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
1634 URLs, slowing it down. If you start too many they will use RAM
1635 and other system resources.
1636DOC_END
1637
1638NAME: redirect_concurrency
1639TYPE: int
1640DEFAULT: 0
1641LOC: Config.redirectConcurrency
1642DOC_START
1643 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
7f7db318 1644 parallell. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
cccac0a2 1645 is a old-style singlethreaded redirector.
1646DOC_END
1647
1648NAME: redirect_rewrites_host_header
1649TYPE: onoff
1650DEFAULT: on
1651LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
1652DOC_START
1653 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
7f7db318 1654 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
cccac0a2 1655 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
1656
1657 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
1658 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
1659DOC_END
1660
1661NAME: redirector_access
1662TYPE: acl_access
1663DEFAULT: none
1664LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
1665DOC_START
1666 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
1667 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
1668 are sent.
1669DOC_END
1670
1671NAME: auth_param
1672TYPE: authparam
1673LOC: Config.authConfiguration
1674DEFAULT: none
1675DOC_START
1676 This is used to pass parameters to the various authentication
1677 schemes.
1678 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
7f7db318 1679
1680 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
cccac0a2 1681 would tell the basic authentication scheme it's program parameter.
1682
7f7db318 1683 The order authentication prompts are presented to the client_agent
cccac0a2 1684 is dependant on the order the scheme first appears in config file.
1685 IE has a bug (it's not rfc 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
1686 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure schemes
1687 are presented. For now use the order in the file below. If other browsers
1688 have difficulties (don't recognise the schemes offered even if you are using
7f7db318 1689 basic) either put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting
cccac0a2 1690 out their program entry).
1691
1692 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be shutdown
1693 by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on the fly and
1694 activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a different helper,
1695 but not unconfigure the helper completely.
1696
1697 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
7f7db318 1698
cccac0a2 1699 "program" cmdline
1700 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a
1701 program reads a line containing "username password" and replies
1702 "OK" or "ERR" in an endless loop. If you use an authenticator,
1703 make sure you have 1 acl of type proxy_auth. By default, the
1704 basic authentication sheme is not used unless a program is specified.
1705
1706 If you want to use the traditional proxy authentication,
1707 jump over to the ../auth_modules/NCSA directory and
1708 type:
1709 % make
1710 % make install
1711
1712 Then, set this line to something like
1713
1714 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
1715
1716 "children" numberofchildren
1717 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1718 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1719 process a backlog of usercode/password verifications, slowing
1720 it down. When password verifications are done via a (slow)
1721 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1722 processes.
1723 auth_param basic children 5
1724
1725 "concurrency" concurrency
1726 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
1727 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
1728 one request at a time.
1729 auth_param basic concurrency 0
1730
1731 "realm" realmstring
1732 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1733 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
1734 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1735 password). There is no default.
1736 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1737
1738 "credentialsttl" timetolive
1739 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
1740 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
1741 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
1742 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
7f7db318 1743 setting this high does not impact your susceptability
cccac0a2 1744 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
1745 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
1746 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
1747 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
1748
64658378 1749 "casesensitive" on|off
1750 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
1751 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
1752 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
1753 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
1754 auth_param basic casesensitive off
1755
cccac0a2 1756 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
1757
1758 "program" cmdline
1759 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
1760 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
4c9fa5d5 1761 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value base64 encoded or
1762 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
1763 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
1764
1765 By default, the digest authentication is not used unless a
1766 program is specified.
1767
1768 If you want to use a digest authenticator, jump over to the
1769 helpers/digest_auth/ directory and choose the authenticator
1770 to use. In it's directory type
cccac0a2 1771 % make
1772 % make install
1773
1774 Then, set this line to something like
1775
1776 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_auth_pw @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
1777
1778
1779 "children" numberofchildren
1780 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1781 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1782 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
1783 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
1784 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
1785 auth_param digest children 5
1786
1787 "realm" realmstring
1788 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
1789 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
1790 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
1791 password). There is no default.
1792 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1793
1794 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
1795 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
1796 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
1797
1798 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
1799 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
1800 valid for.
1801
1802 "nonce_max_count" number
1803 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
1804 used.
1805
1806 "nonce_strictness" on|off
1807 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behaviour
1808 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
1809 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
1810 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
1811
1812 "check_nonce_count" on|off
1813 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
1814 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
1815 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
1816 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
1817
1818 "post_workaround" on|off
1819 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
1820 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
1821 the same nonce as aquired earlier on a GET request.
1822
1823
1824 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
1825
1826 "program" cmdline
1827 Specify the command for the external ntlm authenticator.
bdf7e1b4 1828 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
1829 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
cccac0a2 1830 If you use an ntlm authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
1831 of type proxy_auth. By default, the ntlm authenticator_program
1832 is not used.
1833
1834 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
1835
1836 "children" numberofchildren
1837 The number of authenticator processes to spawn (no default).
1838 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
1839 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
1840 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
1841 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
1842 processes.
1843 auth_param ntlm children 5
1844
1845 "max_challenge_reuses" number
1846 The maximum number of times a challenge given by a ntlm
1847 authentication helper can be reused. Increasing this number
1848 increases your exposure to replay attacks on your network.
1849 0 means use the challenge only once. (disable challenge
1850 caching) See max_ntlm_challenge_lifetime for more information.
1851 auth_param ntlm max_challenge_reuses 0
1852
1853 "max_challenge_lifetime" timespan
7f7db318 1854 The maximum time period a ntlm challenge is reused
cccac0a2 1855 over. The actual period will be the minimum of this time
1856 AND the number of reused challenges.
1857 auth_param ntlm max_challenge_lifetime 2 minutes
1858
1859NOCOMMENT_START
94439e4e 1860#Recommended minimum configuration:
2d70df72 1861#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
1862#auth_param digest children 5
1863#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1864#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
1865#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
1866#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
94439e4e 1867#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
2d70df72 1868#auth_param ntlm children 5
1869#auth_param ntlm max_challenge_reuses 0
1870#auth_param ntlm max_challenge_lifetime 2 minutes
94439e4e 1871#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6b698a21 1872auth_param basic children 5
1873auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
1874auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
1875NOCOMMENT_END
1876DOC_END
0976f8db 1877
6b698a21 1878NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
1879TYPE: time_t
1880DEFAULT: 1 hour
1881LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
1882DOC_START
1883 The time period between garbage collection across the
1884 username cache. This is a tradeoff between memory utilisation
1885 (long intervals - say 2 days) and CPU (short intervals -
1886 say 1 minute). Only change if you have good reason to.
1887DOC_END
0976f8db 1888
6b698a21 1889NAME: authenticate_ttl
1890TYPE: time_t
1891DEFAULT: 1 hour
1892LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
1893DOC_START
1894 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
1895 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
1896 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
1897 TTL are removed from memory.
1898DOC_END
0976f8db 1899
6b698a21 1900NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
1901TYPE: time_t
1902LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
1903DEFAULT: 0 seconds
1904DOC_START
1905 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
1906 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
1907 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
1908 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
1909 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
1910 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
1911 environment with relatively static address assignments.
1912DOC_END
0976f8db 1913
6b698a21 1914NAME: external_acl_type
1915TYPE: externalAclHelper
1916LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
1917DEFAULT: none
1918DOC_START
1919 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
1920 to look up the status
7f7db318 1921
6b698a21 1922 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
7f7db318 1923
6b698a21 1924 Options:
0976f8db 1925
6b698a21 1926 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
1927 for 1 hour)
1928 negative_ttl=n
1929 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
1930 as ttl)
1931 children=n Number of acl helper processes spawn to service
1932 external acl lookups of this type.
1933 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Use 0 for old style
1934 helpers who can only process a single request at a
1935 time.
1936 cache=n result cache size, 0 is unbounded (default)
1937 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
1938 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
1939 wait for a new reply. (default 0 for no grace period)
dc1af3cf 1940 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
7f7db318 1941
6b698a21 1942 FORMAT specifications
1943
1944 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
1945 %IDENT Ident user name
1946 %SRC Client IP
1947 %SRCPORT Client source port
1948 %DST Requested host
1949 %PROTO Requested protocol
1950 %PORT Requested port
1951 %PATH Requested URL path
1952 %METHOD Request method
1953 %MYADDR Squid interface address
1954 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
1955 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate attribute xx
1956 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate CA attribute xx
1957 %{Header} HTTP request header
1958 %{Hdr:member} HTTP request header list member
1959 %{Hdr:;member}
1960 HTTP request header list member using ; as
1961 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
1962 character.
1963
1964 In addition, any string specified in the referencing acl will
1965 also be included in the helper request line, after the specified
1966 formats (see the "acl external" directive)
1967
1968 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
1969 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
1970 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
dc1af3cf 1971 more details. To protect from odd characters the data is URL
1972 escaped.
6b698a21 1973
1974 General result syntax:
7f7db318 1975
6b698a21 1976 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
0976f8db 1977
6b698a21 1978 Defined keywords:
0976f8db 1979
6b698a21 1980 user= The users name (login)
1981 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
1982 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
1983 in error pages
1984 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
1985 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
1986 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
1987 %ea in logformat specifications
0976f8db 1988
dc1af3cf 1989 Keyword values need to be URL escaped if they may contain
1990 contain whitespace or quotes.
1991
1992 In Squid-2.5 compatibility mode quoting using " and \ is used
1993 instead of URL escaping.
6b698a21 1994DOC_END
0976f8db 1995
6b698a21 1996COMMENT_START
1997 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
1998 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1999COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2000
6b698a21 2001NAME: wais_relay_host
2002TYPE: string
2003DEFAULT: none
2004LOC: Config.Wais.relayHost
2005DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2006
6b698a21 2007NAME: wais_relay_port
2008TYPE: ushort
2009DEFAULT: 0
2010LOC: Config.Wais.relayPort
2011DOC_START
2012 Relay WAIS request to host (1st arg) at port (2 arg).
2013DOC_END
0976f8db 2014
0976f8db 2015
6b698a21 2016NAME: request_header_max_size
2017COMMENT: (KB)
2018TYPE: b_size_t
5b648f60 2019DEFAULT: 20 KB
6b698a21 2020LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
2021DOC_START
2022 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
2023 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2024 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
2025 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2026 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2027DOC_END
0976f8db 2028
6b698a21 2029NAME: request_body_max_size
2030COMMENT: (KB)
2031TYPE: b_size_t
2032DEFAULT: 0 KB
2033LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
2034DOC_START
2035 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
2036 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
2037 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
2038 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
2039 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
2040 be no limit imposed.
2041DOC_END
0976f8db 2042
6b698a21 2043NAME: refresh_pattern
2044TYPE: refreshpattern
2045LOC: Config.Refresh
2046DEFAULT: none
2047DOC_START
2048 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
0976f8db 2049
6b698a21 2050 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2051 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
0976f8db 2052
6b698a21 2053 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
2054 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
2055 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
2056 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
2057 has taken the appropriate actions.
0976f8db 2058
6b698a21 2059 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
2060 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
2061 will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 2062
6b698a21 2063 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
2064 expiry time will be considered fresh.
0976f8db 2065
6b698a21 2066 options: override-expire
2067 override-lastmod
2068 reload-into-ims
2069 ignore-reload
38f9c547 2070 ignore-no-cache
2071 ignore-no-store
2072 ignore-private
2073 ignore-auth
4c3ef9b2 2074 refresh-ims
0976f8db 2075
6b698a21 2076 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
2077 sent a Expires: header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP
2078 standard. Enabling this feature could make you liable
2079 for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2080
6b698a21 2081 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
7f7db318 2082 that were modified recently.
0976f8db 2083
6b698a21 2084 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
2085 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
2086 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2087 liable for problems which it causes.
0976f8db 2088
6b698a21 2089 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
2090 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2091 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2092 it causes.
7f7db318 2093
38f9c547 2094 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
2095 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
2096 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
2097 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
2098 send it anyway.
2099
2100 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
2101 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2102 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2103 liable for problems which it causes.
2104
2105 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
2106 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
2107 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
2108 liable for problems which it causes.
2109
2110 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
2111 irrespective of ``Cache-control'' headers received from
2112 a server. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
2113 this feature could make you liable for problems which
2114 it causes.
2115
4c3ef9b2 2116 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
2117 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
2118 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
2119 if one is available.
2120
6b698a21 2121 Basically a cached object is:
0976f8db 2122
6b698a21 2123 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
2124 STALE if age > max
2125 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
2126 FRESH if age < min
2127 else STALE
0976f8db 2128
6b698a21 2129 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
2130 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
7f7db318 2131 match the default will be used.
0976f8db 2132
6b698a21 2133 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
2134 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
2135 used.
0976f8db 2136
6b698a21 2137Suggested default:
2138NOCOMMENT_START
2139refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
2140refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
2141refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
2142NOCOMMENT_END
2143DOC_END
0976f8db 2144
6b698a21 2145NAME: quick_abort_min
2146COMMENT: (KB)
2147TYPE: kb_size_t
2148DEFAULT: 16 KB
2149LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
2150DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2151
6b698a21 2152NAME: quick_abort_max
2153COMMENT: (KB)
2154TYPE: kb_size_t
2155DEFAULT: 16 KB
2156LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
2157DOC_NONE
0976f8db 2158
6b698a21 2159NAME: quick_abort_pct
2160COMMENT: (percent)
2161TYPE: int
2162DEFAULT: 95
2163LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
2164DOC_START
2165 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
2166 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
2167 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
2168 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
2169 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
2170 downloads.
0976f8db 2171
6b698a21 2172 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2173 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
2174 then.
0976f8db 2175
6b698a21 2176 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
2177 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2178
6b698a21 2179 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
2180 it will abort the retrieval.
0976f8db 2181
6b698a21 2182 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
2183 it will finish the retrieval.
0976f8db 2184
6b698a21 2185 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
2186 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
2187 to '0 KB'.
0976f8db 2188
6b698a21 2189 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
7f7db318 2190 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
6b698a21 2191DOC_END
0976f8db 2192
6b698a21 2193NAME: read_ahead_gap
2194COMMENT: buffer-size
2195TYPE: kb_size_t
2196LOC: Config.readAheadGap
2197DEFAULT: 16 KB
2198DOC_START
2199 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
2200 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
2201DOC_END
0976f8db 2202
6b698a21 2203NAME: negative_ttl
2204COMMENT: time-units
2205TYPE: time_t
2206LOC: Config.negativeTtl
2207DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2208DOC_START
2209 Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests. Certain types of
2210 failures (such as "connection refused" and "404 Not Found") are
2211 negatively-cached for a configurable amount of time. The
2212 default is 5 minutes. Note that this is different from
2213 negative caching of DNS lookups.
2214DOC_END
0976f8db 2215
0976f8db 2216
6b698a21 2217NAME: positive_dns_ttl
2218COMMENT: time-units
2219TYPE: time_t
2220LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
2221DEFAULT: 6 hours
2222DOC_START
2223 Time-to-Live (TTL) for positive caching of successful DNS lookups.
2224 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). If you want to minimize the
2225 use of Squid's ipcache, set this to 1, not 0.
2226DOC_END
0976f8db 2227
0976f8db 2228
6b698a21 2229NAME: negative_dns_ttl
2230COMMENT: time-units
2231TYPE: time_t
2232LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
2233DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2234DOC_START
2235 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
2236DOC_END
0976f8db 2237
6b698a21 2238NAME: range_offset_limit
2239COMMENT: (bytes)
2240TYPE: b_size_t
2241LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
2242DEFAULT: 0 KB
2243DOC_START
2244 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
2245 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
7f7db318 2246 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
6b698a21 2247 is NOT cached.
0976f8db 2248
6b698a21 2249 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
2250 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
2251 sending anything to the client.
0976f8db 2252
6b698a21 2253 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
7f7db318 2254 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
0976f8db 2255
6b698a21 2256 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
2257 client requested. (default)
2258DOC_END
0976f8db 2259
0976f8db 2260
6b698a21 2261COMMENT_START
2262 TIMEOUTS
2263 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2264COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2265
777831e0 2266NAME: forward_timeout
2267COMMENT: time-units
2268TYPE: time_t
2269LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
2270DEFAULT: 4 minutes
2271DOC_START
2272 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
2273 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
2274DOC_END
2275
6b698a21 2276NAME: connect_timeout
2277COMMENT: time-units
2278TYPE: time_t
2279LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
777831e0 2280DEFAULT: 1 minute
6b698a21 2281DOC_START
777831e0 2282 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
2283 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
2284 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
6b698a21 2285DOC_END
0976f8db 2286
6b698a21 2287NAME: peer_connect_timeout
2288COMMENT: time-units
2289TYPE: time_t
2290LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
2291DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2292DOC_START
2293 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
2294 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
2295 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
2296 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
2297DOC_END
0976f8db 2298
6b698a21 2299NAME: read_timeout
2300COMMENT: time-units
2301TYPE: time_t
2302LOC: Config.Timeout.read
2303DEFAULT: 15 minutes
2304DOC_START
2305 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
2306 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
2307 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
2308 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
2309 default is 15 minutes.
2310DOC_END
0976f8db 2311
0976f8db 2312
6b698a21 2313NAME: request_timeout
2314TYPE: time_t
2315LOC: Config.Timeout.request
2316DEFAULT: 5 minutes
2317DOC_START
2318 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
2319 connection establishment.
2320DOC_END
0976f8db 2321
0976f8db 2322
6b698a21 2323NAME: persistent_request_timeout
2324TYPE: time_t
2325LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
2326DEFAULT: 1 minute
2327DOC_START
2328 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
2329 connection after the previous request completes.
2330DOC_END
0976f8db 2331
0976f8db 2332
6b698a21 2333NAME: client_lifetime
2334COMMENT: time-units
2335TYPE: time_t
2336LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
2337DEFAULT: 1 day
2338DOC_START
7f7db318 2339 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
6b698a21 2340 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
2341 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
2342 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
2343 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
2344 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
2345 day, 1440 minutes.
2346
2347 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
2348 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
2349 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
2350 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
2351 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
2352 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
2353DOC_END
2354
2355NAME: half_closed_clients
2356TYPE: onoff
2357LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
2358DEFAULT: on
2359DOC_START
2360 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
2361 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
2362 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
2363 fully-closed TCP connection. By default, half-closed client
2364 connections are kept open until a read(2) or write(2) on the
2365 socket returns an error. Change this option to 'off' and Squid
2366 will immediately close client connections when read(2) returns
2367 "no more data to read."
2368DOC_END
0976f8db 2369
6b698a21 2370NAME: pconn_timeout
2371TYPE: time_t
2372LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
2373DEFAULT: 120 seconds
2374DOC_START
2375 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
2376 proxies.
2377DOC_END
0976f8db 2378
6b698a21 2379NAME: ident_timeout
2380TYPE: time_t
2381IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2382LOC: Config.Timeout.ident
2383DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2384DOC_START
2385 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
7f7db318 2386
6b698a21 2387 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
7f7db318 2388 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
6b698a21 2389 many ident requests going at once.
2390DOC_END
0976f8db 2391
0976f8db 2392
6b698a21 2393NAME: shutdown_lifetime
2394COMMENT: time-units
2395TYPE: time_t
2396LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
2397DEFAULT: 30 seconds
2398DOC_START
2399 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
2400 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
2401 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
2402 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
2403 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
2404DOC_END
9e7dbc51 2405
6b698a21 2406COMMENT_START
2407 ACCESS CONTROLS
2408 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2409COMMENT_END
9e7dbc51 2410
6b698a21 2411NAME: acl
2412TYPE: acl
2413LOC: Config.aclList
2414DEFAULT: none
2415DOC_START
2416 Defining an Access List
9e7dbc51 2417
6b698a21 2418 acl aclname acltype string1 ...
2419 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
9e7dbc51 2420
6b698a21 2421 when using "file", the file should contain one item per line
9e7dbc51 2422
6b698a21 2423 acltype is one of the types described below
9e7dbc51 2424
6b698a21 2425 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
2426 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 2427
6b698a21 2428 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... (clients IP address)
2429 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... (range of addresses)
2430 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... (URL host's IP address)
2431 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... (local socket IP address)
9e7dbc51 2432
6b698a21 2433 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ... # reverse lookup, client IP
2434 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ... # Destination server from URL
2435 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching client name
2436 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] xxx ... # regex matching server
9e7dbc51 2437 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
2438 # based URL is used. The name "none" is used if the reverse lookup
2439 # fails.
2440
6b698a21 2441 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
2442 day-abbrevs:
2443 S - Sunday
2444 M - Monday
2445 T - Tuesday
2446 W - Wednesday
2447 H - Thursday
2448 F - Friday
2449 A - Saturday
2450 h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
2451 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ... # regex matching on whole URL
2452 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ... # regex matching on URL path
2453 acl aclname port 80 70 21 ...
2454 acl aclname port 0-1024 ... # ranges allowed
2455 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # (local socket TCP port)
2456 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ...
2457 acl aclname method GET POST ...
2458 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
2459 # pattern match on User-Agent header
2460 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
2461 # pattern match on Referer header
9e7dbc51 2462 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
6b698a21 2463 acl aclname ident username ...
2464 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
2465 # string match on ident output.
9e7dbc51 2466 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
6b698a21 2467 acl aclname src_as number ...
2468 acl aclname dst_as number ...
2469 # Except for access control, AS numbers can be used for
9e7dbc51 2470 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
2471 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
6468fe10 2472 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
2473 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
d87ebd78 2474 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
2475 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
6468fe10 2476
6b698a21 2477 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
2478 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
2479 # list of valid usernames
c68e9c6b 2480 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
73e67ee0 2481 #
2482 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
2483 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
2484 # in access.log.
c68e9c6b 2485 #
2486 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
2487 # to check username/password combinations (see
f7d2a450 2488 # auth_param directive).
c68e9c6b 2489 #
d048c262 2490 # NOTE: proxy_auth can't be used in a transparent proxy as
2491 # the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
2492 # to respond to proxy authentication.
934b03fc 2493
6b698a21 2494 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
2495 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent
dba79ac5 2496 # Example:
96d88dcb 2497 #
dba79ac5 2498 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
2499
6b698a21 2500 acl aclname maxconn number
2501 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
9bc73deb 2502 # more than <number> HTTP connections established.
2503
6b698a21 2504 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
2505 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
c23e89cd 2506 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
60d096f4 2507 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries.
7f7db318 2508 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
be5caa55 2509 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
c23e89cd 2510 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
7f7db318 2511 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
be5caa55 2512 # request is denied)
2513 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
c23e89cd 2514 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
be5caa55 2515 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
60d096f4 2516
cccac0a2 2517 acl aclname req_mime_type mime-type1 ...
2518 # regex match agains the mime type of the request generated
ba2b31a8 2519 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
2520 # types HTTP tunelling requests.
2521 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
2522 # to match the returned file type.
c68e9c6b 2523
cccac0a2 2524 acl aclname rep_mime_type mime-type1 ...
2525 # regex match against the mime type of the reply recieved by
c4ab8329 2526 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
2527 # types HTTP tunelling requests.
2528 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
2529 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
2530 # http_reply_access.
2531
cccac0a2 2532 acl acl_name external class_name [arguments...]
2533 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
d9572179 2534 # external_acl_type directive.
c4ab8329 2535
cccac0a2 2536 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
2537 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2538 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2539
cccac0a2 2540 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
2541 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
a7ad6e4e 2542 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST
2543
cccac0a2 2544 acl aclname ext_user username ...
2545 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
2546 # string match on username returned by external acl processing
d95b862f 2547 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
2548
cccac0a2 2549Examples:
2550acl myexample dst_as 1241
2551acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
2552acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
2553acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
c68e9c6b 2554
cccac0a2 2555NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2556#Recommended minimum configuration:
cccac0a2 2557acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
2558acl manager proto cache_object
2559acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
2560acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
2561acl SSL_ports port 443 563
2562acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
2563acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
2564acl Safe_ports port 443 563 # https, snews
2565acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
2566acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
2567acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
2568acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
2569acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
2570acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
2571acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
2572acl CONNECT method CONNECT
2573NOCOMMENT_END
2574DOC_END
2575
2576NAME: http_access
2577TYPE: acl_access
2578LOC: Config.accessList.http
2579DEFAULT: none
2580DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2581DOC_START
2582 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
2583
2584 Access to the HTTP port:
2585 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2586
2587 NOTE on default values:
2588
2589 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
2590 the request.
2591
2592 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
2593 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
7f7db318 2594 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
cccac0a2 2595 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
2596 good idea to have an "deny all" or "allow all" entry at the end
2597 of your access lists to avoid potential confusion.
2598
2599NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2600#Recommended minimum configuration:
2601#
2602# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
cccac0a2 2603http_access allow manager localhost
2604http_access deny manager
6b53c392 2605# Deny requests to unknown ports
cccac0a2 2606http_access deny !Safe_ports
6b53c392 2607# Deny CONNECT to other than SSL ports
cccac0a2 2608http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
c68e9c6b 2609#
7f7db318 2610# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
2611# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
4cc6eb12 2612# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
2613#http_access deny to_localhost
c68e9c6b 2614#
4cc6eb12 2615# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
2616
59f4a63e 2617# Example rule allowing access from your local networks. Adapt
b9d7fe3e 2618# to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing should
2619# be allowed
2620#acl our_networks src 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24
2621#http_access allow our_networks
2622
6b53c392 2623# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
cccac0a2 2624http_access deny all
2625NOCOMMENT_END
2626DOC_END
c4ab8329 2627
cccac0a2 2628NAME: http_reply_access
2629TYPE: acl_access
2630LOC: Config.accessList.reply
2631DEFAULT: none
2632DEFAULT_IF_NONE: allow all
2633DOC_START
2634 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
c4ab8329 2635
cccac0a2 2636 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
0976f8db 2637
cccac0a2 2638 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
2639 all replies
0976f8db 2640
7f7db318 2641 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
cccac0a2 2642 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
2643 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
0976f8db 2644
cccac0a2 2645NOCOMMENT_START
c4ab8329 2646#Recommended minimum configuration:
2647#
2648# Insert your own rules here.
2649#
2650#
2651# and finally allow by default
cccac0a2 2652http_reply_access allow all
2653NOCOMMENT_END
2654DOC_END
6b53c392 2655
6b53c392 2656
cccac0a2 2657NAME: icp_access
2658TYPE: acl_access
2659LOC: Config.accessList.icp
2660DEFAULT: none
2661DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2662DOC_START
2663 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
2664 access lists
934b03fc 2665
cccac0a2 2666 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 2667
cccac0a2 2668 See http_access for details
0976f8db 2669
cccac0a2 2670NOCOMMENT_START
403b5e7b 2671#Allow ICP queries from everyone
cccac0a2 2672icp_access allow all
2673NOCOMMENT_END
2674DOC_END
934b03fc 2675
2676
cccac0a2 2677NAME: miss_access
2678TYPE: acl_access
2679LOC: Config.accessList.miss
2680DEFAULT: none
2681DOC_START
2682 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2683 a parent. For example:
934b03fc 2684
cccac0a2 2685 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
2686 miss_access allow localclients
2687 miss_access deny !localclients
934b03fc 2688
7f7db318 2689 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
cccac0a2 2690 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
934b03fc 2691
cccac0a2 2692 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
2693 to fetch MISSES from us.
6b53c392 2694
cccac0a2 2695NOCOMMENT_START
6b53c392 2696#Default setting:
2697# miss_access allow all
cccac0a2 2698NOCOMMENT_END
2699DOC_END
2700
2701
2702NAME: cache_peer_access
2703TYPE: peer_access
2704DEFAULT: none
2705LOC: none
2706DOC_START
2707 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2708 using ACL elements.
2709
2710 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
2711
2712 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2713 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
2714 the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/FAQ-10.html).
2715DOC_END
2716
2717NAME: ident_lookup_access
2718TYPE: acl_access
2719IFDEF: USE_IDENT
2720DEFAULT: none
2721DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
2722LOC: Config.accessList.identLookup
2723DOC_START
2724 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
2725 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
2726 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
2727 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
2728 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
2729 any requests.
2730
2731 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
2732 can follow this example:
2733
2734 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/255.255.255.0
2735 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
2736 ident_lookup_access deny all
2737
2738 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A src_domain
2739 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
2740 the correct result.
2741DOC_END
2742
2743NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
2744TYPE: acl_tos
2745DEFAULT: none
2746LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
2747DOC_START
2748 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
2749 connections with, based on the username or source address
2750 making the request.
2751
2752 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2753
2754 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2755 and normal_service_net uses 0x20
2756
2757 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2758 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2759 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net 0x00
2760 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2761
2762 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
2763 know what you're specifying. For more, see RFC 2474
2764
2765 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a byte, value 0 - 255, or
2766 "default" to use whatever default your host has.
2767
2768 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2769 matching line.
2770DOC_END
2771
2772NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2773TYPE: acl_address
2774DEFAULT: none
2775LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2776DOC_START
2777 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2778 based on the username or sourceaddress of the user making
2779 the request.
7f7db318 2780
cccac0a2 2781 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
2782
2783 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwareded
7f7db318 2784 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
cccac0a2 2785 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
2786 source address 10.1.0.3.
2787
2788 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
2789 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2790 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.1 normal_service_net
2791 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.2 good_service_net
2792 tcp_outgoing_address 10.0.0.3
2793
2794 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2795 matching line.
2796DOC_END
2797
4eb368f9 2798NAME: reply_header_max_size
2799COMMENT: (KB)
2800TYPE: b_size_t
2801DEFAULT: 20 KB
2802LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
2803DOC_START
2804 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
2805 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
2806 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
2807 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
2808 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
2809DOC_END
2810
cccac0a2 2811NAME: reply_body_max_size
2812COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
2813TYPE: acl_b_size_t
2814DEFAULT: none
2815LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
2816DOC_START
2817 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
2818 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
2819 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are recieved, the
2820 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
2821 all (if any) listed acls are true is used as the maximum body size
2822 for this reply.
2823
7f7db318 2824 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
cccac0a2 2825 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
2826 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
2827 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
2828 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
2829 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
2830 and they will receive a partial reply.
2831
2832 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
2833 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
2834 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
2835 use this option if you have downstream caches.
2836
2837 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
2838 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
2839 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
2840 the size of your largest error page.
2841
2842 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
2843 no limit imposed.
2844DOC_END
2845
2846NAME: log_access
2847TYPE: acl_access
2848LOC: Config.accessList.log
2849DEFAULT: none
2850COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2851DOC_START
2852 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2853 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2854 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
2855DOC_END
0976f8db 2856
cccac0a2 2857COMMENT_START
2858 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
2859 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2860COMMENT_END
2861
2862NAME: cache_mgr
2863TYPE: string
2864DEFAULT: webmaster
2865LOC: Config.adminEmail
2866DOC_START
2867 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
2868 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
2869DOC_END
2870
2871
2872NAME: cache_effective_user
2873TYPE: string
2874DEFAULT: nobody
2875LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 2876DOC_START
2877 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
2878 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
2879 to UID to nobody. If you define cache_effective_user, but not
2880 cache_effective_group, Squid sets the GID to the effective
2881 user's default group ID (taken from the password file) and
2882 supplementary group list from the from groups membership of
2883 cache_effective_user.
2884DOC_END
2885
cccac0a2 2886
2887NAME: cache_effective_group
2888TYPE: string
2889DEFAULT: none
2890LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
2891DOC_START
e3d74828 2892 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
2893 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
2894 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
2895 all other group privileges of the effective user is ignored
2896 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
2897 root the user starting Squid must be member of the specified
2898 group.
cccac0a2 2899DOC_END
2900
2901
2902NAME: visible_hostname
2903TYPE: string
2904LOC: Config.visibleHostname
2905DEFAULT: none
2906DOC_START
2907 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 2908 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 2909 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
2910 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
2911 names with this setting.
2912DOC_END
2913
2914
2915NAME: unique_hostname
2916TYPE: string
2917LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
2918DEFAULT: none
2919DOC_START
2920 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 2921 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
2922 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 2923DOC_END
2924
2925
2926NAME: hostname_aliases
2927TYPE: wordlist
2928LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
2929DEFAULT: none
2930DOC_START
7f7db318 2931 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 2932DOC_END
0976f8db 2933
cccac0a2 2934COMMENT_START
2935 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
2936 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2937
2938 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
2939 announcement service. This service is provided to help
2940 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
2941 create cache hierarchies.
2942
2943 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
2944 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
2945 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
2946
2947 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
2948 following information from this configuration file:
2949
2950 http_port
2951 icp_port
2952 cache_mgr
2953
2954 All current information is processed regularly and made
2955 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
2956COMMENT_END
2957
2958NAME: announce_period
2959TYPE: time_t
2960LOC: Config.Announce.period
2961DEFAULT: 0
2962DOC_START
2963 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
2964 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
2965 messages.
2966
2967 To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line
2968 below.
2969
2970NOCOMMENT_START
9e7dbc51 2971#To enable announcing your cache, just uncomment the line below.
2972#announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 2973NOCOMMENT_END
2974DOC_END
2975
2976
2977NAME: announce_host
2978TYPE: string
2979DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
2980LOC: Config.Announce.host
2981DOC_NONE
2982
2983NAME: announce_file
2984TYPE: string
2985DEFAULT: none
2986LOC: Config.Announce.file
2987DOC_NONE
2988
2989NAME: announce_port
2990TYPE: ushort
2991DEFAULT: 3131
2992LOC: Config.Announce.port
2993DOC_START
2994 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
2995 number where the registration message will be sent.
2996
2997 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
2998 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
2999 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
3000 message.
3001DOC_END
3002
3003NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
3004IFDEF: ESI
3005TYPE: string
3006LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
3007DEFAULT: unset-id
3008DOC_START
3009 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
3010 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
3011 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
3012 an identification token.
3013DOC_END
3014
3015NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
3016IFDEF: ESI
3017COMMENT: on|off
3018TYPE: onoff
3019DEFAULT: off
3020LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
3021DOC_START
3022 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
3023 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
3024DOC_END
3025
3026NAME: esi_parser
3027IFDEF: ESI
964b44c3 3028COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 3029TYPE: string
3030LOC: ESIParser::Type
3031DEFAULT: custom
3032DOC_START
3033 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
3034 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
3035 encodings.
3036DOC_END
0976f8db 3037
cccac0a2 3038COMMENT_START
3039 MISCELLANEOUS
3040 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3041COMMENT_END
3042
3043NAME: dns_testnames
3044TYPE: wordlist
3045LOC: Config.dns_testname_list
3046DEFAULT: none
3047DEFAULT_IF_NONE: netscape.com internic.net nlanr.net microsoft.com
3048DOC_START
3049 The DNS tests exit as soon as the first site is successfully looked up
3050
3051 This test can be disabled with the -D command line option.
3052DOC_END
3053
3054
3055NAME: logfile_rotate
3056TYPE: int
3057DEFAULT: 10
3058LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
3059DOC_START
3060 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3061 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3062 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3063 disable the rotation, but the logfiles are still closed and
3064 re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3065 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
3066
3067 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3068 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3069 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3070 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3071 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3072 <pid>'.
3073DOC_END
3074
3075
3076NAME: append_domain
3077TYPE: string
3078LOC: Config.appendDomain
3079DEFAULT: none
3080DOC_START
3081 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
3082 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
3083
7f7db318 3084 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
cccac0a2 3085 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
3086 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
3087
3088Example:
3089 append_domain .yourdomain.com
3090DOC_END
3091
3092
3093NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
3094COMMENT: (bytes)
3095TYPE: b_size_t
3096DEFAULT: 0 bytes
3097LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
3098DOC_START
3099 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
3100 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
3101 the default buffer size.
3102DOC_END
3103
3104NAME: err_html_text
3105TYPE: eol
3106LOC: Config.errHtmlText
3107DEFAULT: none
3108DOC_START
3109 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
3110 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
3111 organizations Web page.
3112
3113 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
3114 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
3115 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
3116 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
3117DOC_END
3118
3119NAME: email_err_data
3120COMMENT: on|off
3121TYPE: onoff
3122LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
3123DEFAULT: on
3124DOC_START
3125 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
3126 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
7f7db318 3127 so that the email body contains the data.
cccac0a2 3128 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
3129DOC_END
3130
3131
3132NAME: deny_info
3133TYPE: denyinfo
3134LOC: Config.denyInfoList
3135DEFAULT: none
3136DOC_START
3137 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
3138 or deny_info http://... acl
3139 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
3140
3141 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
3142 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. A single ACL will cause
3143 the http_access check to fail. If a 'deny_info' line exists
7f7db318 3144 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
cccac0a2 3145
3146 You may use ERR_ pages that come with Squid or create your own pages
3147 and put them into the configured errors/ directory.
3148
7f7db318 3149 Alternatively you can specify an error URL. The browsers will
cccac0a2 3150 get redirected (302) to the specified URL. %s in the redirection
3151 URL will be replaced by the requested URL.
3152
3153 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
3154 by specifying TCP_RESET.
3155DOC_END
3156
3157NAME: memory_pools
3158COMMENT: on|off
3159TYPE: onoff
3160DEFAULT: on
3161LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
3162DOC_START
3163 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
3164 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
3165 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
3166 routines, disable this.
3167DOC_END
3168
3169NAME: memory_pools_limit
3170COMMENT: (bytes)
3171TYPE: b_size_t
e838cf2f 3172DEFAULT: 5 MB
cccac0a2 3173LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
3174DOC_START
3175 Used only with memory_pools on:
3176 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
3177
3178 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
3179 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
3180 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
3181 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
3182 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
3183 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
3184 configuration will use less memory.
3185
3186 If not set (default) or set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it
3187 can. That is, there will be no limit on the total amount of memory
3188 used for safe-keeping.
3189
3190 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
3191 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
3192
3193 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
3194 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
3195 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
3196 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
3197DOC_END
3198
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
3209
3210NAME: forwarded_for
3211COMMENT: on|off
3212TYPE: onoff
3213DEFAULT: on
3214LOC: opt_forwarded_for
3215DOC_START
3216 If set, Squid will include your system's IP address or name
3217 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like
3218 this:
3219
3220 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
3221
3222 If you disable this, it will appear as
3223
3224 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
3225DOC_END
3226
3227NAME: log_icp_queries
3228COMMENT: on|off
3229TYPE: onoff
3230DEFAULT: on
3231LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
3232DOC_START
3233 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
3234 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
3235 up or to simplify log analysis.
3236DOC_END
3237
3238NAME: icp_hit_stale
3239COMMENT: on|off
3240TYPE: onoff
3241DEFAULT: off
3242LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
3243DOC_START
3244 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
3245 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
3246 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
7f7db318 3247 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
cccac0a2 3248 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
7f7db318 3249 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
cccac0a2 3250 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
3251DOC_END
3252
3253
3254NAME: minimum_direct_hops
3255TYPE: int
3256DEFAULT: 4
3257LOC: Config.minDirectHops
3258DOC_START
3259 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
3260 which are no more than this many hops away.
3261DOC_END
3262
3263NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
3264TYPE: int
3265DEFAULT: 400
3266LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
3267DOC_START
3268 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
3269 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
3270DOC_END
3271
3272NAME: cachemgr_passwd
3273TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
3274DEFAULT: none
3275LOC: Config.passwd_list
3276DOC_START
3277 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
3278
3279 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
3280
3281 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
3282 5min
3283 60min
3284 asndb
3285 authenticator
3286 cbdata
3287 client_list
3288 comm_incoming
3289 config *
3290 counters
3291 delay
3292 digest_stats
3293 dns
3294 events
3295 filedescriptors
3296 fqdncache
3297 histograms
3298 http_headers
3299 info
3300 io
3301 ipcache
3302 mem
3303 menu
3304 netdb
3305 non_peers
3306 objects
3307 offline_toggle *
3308 pconn
3309 peer_select
3310 redirector
3311 refresh
3312 server_list
3313 shutdown *
3314 store_digest
3315 storedir
3316 utilization
3317 via_headers
3318 vm_objects
3319
3320 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
3321 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
3322
3323 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
3324 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
3325 password to "none".
3326
3327 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
3328
3329Example:
3330 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
3331 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
3332 cachemgr_passwd disable all
3333DOC_END
3334
3335NAME: store_avg_object_size
3336COMMENT: (kbytes)
3337TYPE: kb_size_t
3338DEFAULT: 13 KB
3339LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3340DOC_START
3341 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3342 cache can hold. See doc/Release-Notes-1.1.txt. The default is
3343 13 KB.
3344DOC_END
3345
3346NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3347TYPE: int
3348DEFAULT: 20
3349LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3350DOC_START
3351 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3352 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
3353 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 50.
3354DOC_END
3355
3356NAME: client_db
3357COMMENT: on|off
3358TYPE: onoff
3359DEFAULT: on
3360LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
3361DOC_START
7f7db318 3362 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
cccac0a2 3363 turn off client_db here.
3364DOC_END
3365
3366
3367NAME: netdb_low
3368TYPE: int
3369DEFAULT: 900
3370LOC: Config.Netdb.low
3371DOC_NONE
3372
3373NAME: netdb_high
3374TYPE: int
3375DEFAULT: 1000
3376LOC: Config.Netdb.high
3377DOC_START
3378 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
3379 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
3380 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
3381 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
3382DOC_END
3383
3384
3385NAME: netdb_ping_period
3386TYPE: time_t
3387LOC: Config.Netdb.period
3388DEFAULT: 5 minutes
3389DOC_START
3390 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
3391 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
3392 network. The default is five minutes.
3393DOC_END
3394
3395
3396NAME: query_icmp
3397COMMENT: on|off
3398TYPE: onoff
3399DEFAULT: off
3400LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
3401DOC_START
3402 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
3403 replies, enable this option.
3404
3405 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 3406 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
3407 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 3408 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
3409 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
3410 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
3411 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
3412 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
3413DOC_END
3414
3415NAME: test_reachability
3416COMMENT: on|off
3417TYPE: onoff
3418DEFAULT: off
3419LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
3420DOC_START
3421 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
3422 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
3423 database, or has a zero RTT.
3424DOC_END
3425
3426NAME: buffered_logs
3427COMMENT: on|off
3428TYPE: onoff
3429DEFAULT: off
3430LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
3431DOC_START
3432 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3433 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3434 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3435 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3436 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
3437DOC_END
3438
4c3ef9b2 3439NAME: refresh_all_ims
3440COMMENT: on|off
3441TYPE: onoff
3442DEFAULT: off
3443LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
3444DOC_START
3445 When you enable this option, squid will always check
3446 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
3447 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
3448 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
3449 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
3450
3451 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
3452 based on the age of the cached version.
3453DOC_END
3454
cccac0a2 3455NAME: reload_into_ims
3456IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3457COMMENT: on|off
3458TYPE: onoff
3459DEFAULT: off
3460LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
3461DOC_START
3462 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
3463 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
3464 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
3465 feature could make you liable for problems which it
3466 causes.
7f7db318 3467
cccac0a2 3468 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
3469DOC_END
3470
3471NAME: always_direct
3472TYPE: acl_access
3473LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
3474DEFAULT: none
3475DOC_START
3476 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3477
3478 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
3479 ALWAYS be forwarded directly to origin servers. For example,
3480 to always directly forward requests for local servers use
3481 something like:
3482
3483 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
3484 always_direct allow local-servers
3485
3486 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
3487
3488 acl FTP proto FTP
3489 always_direct allow FTP
3490
3491 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
3492 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
3493 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
3494 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
3495 some other rule. Example:
3496
3497 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3498 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
3499 always_direct deny local-external
3500 always_direct allow local-servers
3501
3502 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as local_domain
3503 and local_ip.
3504DOC_END
3505
3506NAME: never_direct
3507TYPE: acl_access
3508LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
3509DEFAULT: none
3510DOC_START
3511 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3512
3513 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
3514 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
3515
3516 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
3517 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
3518 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
3519 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
3520
3521 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
3522 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
3523 never_direct deny local-servers
3524 never_direct allow all
7f7db318 3525
3526 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
f939c0ca 3527 servers inside the firewall use something like:
cccac0a2 3528
3529 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
3530 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
3531 always_direct deny local-external
3532 always_direct allow local-intranet
3533 never_direct allow all
7f7db318 3534
cccac0a2 3535 This option replaces some v1.1 options such as inside_firewall
3536 and firewall_ip.
3537DOC_END
3538
8c01ada0 3539NAME: request_header_access
cccac0a2 3540IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3541TYPE: http_header_access[]
8c01ada0 3542LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3543DEFAULT: none
3544DOC_START
8c01ada0 3545 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 3546
3547 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3548 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3549 causes.
3550
3551 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3552 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3553 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3554 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3555 mangling.
3556
8c01ada0 3557 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3558 client to the server.
3559
cccac0a2 3560 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3561 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3562 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
3563
3564 For example, to achieve the same behaviour as the old
3565 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
3566
8c01ada0 3567 request_header_access From deny all
3568 request_header_access Referer deny all
3569 request_header_access Server deny all
3570 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3571 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3572 request_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3573
3574 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3575 you should use:
3576
8c01ada0 3577 request_header_access Allow allow all
3578 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3579 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3580 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3581 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3582 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3583 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3584 request_header_access Date allow all
3585 request_header_access Expires allow all
3586 request_header_access Host allow all
3587 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3588 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3589 request_header_access Location allow all
3590 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3591 request_header_access Accept allow all
3592 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3593 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3594 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3595 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3596 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3597 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3598 request_header_access Title allow all
3599 request_header_access Connection allow all
3600 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3601 request_header_access All deny all
3602
3603 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3604 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
3605
3606 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3607 performed).
3608DOC_END
3609
3610NAME: reply_header_access
3611IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3612TYPE: http_header_access[]
3613LOC: Config.reply_header_access
3614DEFAULT: none
3615DOC_START
3616 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3617
3618 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3619 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3620 causes.
3621
3622 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3623 server to the client.
3624
3625 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3626 direction.
3627
3628 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3629 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3630 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3631 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3632 mangling.
3633
3634 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3635 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3636 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
3637
3638 For example, to achieve the same behaviour as the old
3639 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
3640
3641 reply_header_access From deny all
3642 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3643 reply_header_access Server deny all
3644 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3645 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3646 reply_header_access Link deny all
3647
3648 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3649 you should use:
3650
3651 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3652 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3653 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3654 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3655 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3656 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3657 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3658 reply_header_access Date allow all
3659 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3660 reply_header_access Host allow all
3661 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3662 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3663 reply_header_access Location allow all
3664 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3665 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3666 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3667 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3668 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3669 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3670 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3671 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3672 reply_header_access Title allow all
3673 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3674 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3675 reply_header_access All deny all
3676
3677 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3678 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3679
3680 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3681 performed).
3682DOC_END
3683
3684NAME: header_replace
3685IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3686TYPE: http_header_replace[]
8c01ada0 3687LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3688DEFAULT: none
3689DOC_START
3690 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3691 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
3692
3693 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3694 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3695 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3696 option.
3697
8c01ada0 3698 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
3699
cccac0a2 3700 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3701DOC_END
3702
3703NAME: icon_directory
3704TYPE: string
3705LOC: Config.icons.directory
3706DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
3707DOC_START
3708 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
3709 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
3710DOC_END
3711
e72a0ec0 3712NAME: short_icon_urls
3713TYPE: onoff
3714LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
3715DEFAULT: on
3716DOC_START
7f7db318 3717 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
e72a0ec0 3718 If disabled it will revert to the old behaviour of including
3719 it's own name and port in the URL.
3720
3721 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
7f7db318 3722 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
e72a0ec0 3723DOC_END
3724
cccac0a2 3725NAME: error_directory
3726TYPE: string
3727LOC: Config.errorDirectory
3728DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@
3729DOC_START
3730 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
3731 (English) error files, either to customize them to suit your
3732 language or company copy the template English files to another
3733 directory and point this tag at them.
3734DOC_END
3735
3736NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
3737TYPE: int
3738LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
4ed0e075 3739DEFAULT: 1
cccac0a2 3740DOC_START
3741 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
3742 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
3743 each address is tried once).
3744
4ed0e075 3745 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
cccac0a2 3746 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
3747 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
4ed0e075 3748
3749 Note: This is in addition to the request reforwarding which
3750 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
cccac0a2 3751DOC_END
3752
3753NAME: snmp_port
3754TYPE: ushort
3755LOC: Config.Port.snmp
3756DEFAULT: 3401
3757IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3758DOC_START
3759 Squid can now serve statistics and status information via SNMP.
3760 By default it listens to port 3401 on the machine. If you don't
3761 wish to use SNMP, set this to "0".
4ed0e075 3762
7f7db318 3763 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
4ed0e075 3764 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
3765 acts on cachable requests.
cccac0a2 3766DOC_END
3767
3768NAME: snmp_access
3769TYPE: acl_access
3770LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
3771DEFAULT: none
3772DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
3773IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3774DOC_START
3775 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
3776
3777 All access to the agent is denied by default.
3778 usage:
3779
3780 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3781
3782Example:
3783 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
3784 snmp_access deny all
3785DOC_END
3786
3787NAME: snmp_incoming_address
3788TYPE: address
3789LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
3790DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3791IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3792DOC_NONE
3793NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
3794TYPE: address
3795LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
3796DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3797IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
3798DOC_START
3799 Just like 'udp_incoming_address' above, but for the SNMP port.
3800
3801 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
3802 messages from SNMP agents.
3803 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
3804 agents.
3805
3806 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
3807 available network interfaces.
3808
3809 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
7f7db318 3810 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
cccac0a2 3811 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
3812 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
3813
3814 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
3815 the same value since they both use port 3401.
3816DOC_END
3817
3818NAME: as_whois_server
3819TYPE: string
3820LOC: Config.as_whois_server
3821DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
3822DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
3823DOC_START
3824 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
3825 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
3826DOC_END
3827
3828NAME: wccp_router
3829TYPE: address
3830LOC: Config.Wccp.router
3831DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3832IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3833DOC_START
3834 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
3835 Squid. Setting the 'wccp_router' to 0.0.0.0 (the default)
3836 disables WCCP.
3837DOC_END
3838
3839NAME: wccp_version
3840TYPE: int
3841LOC: Config.Wccp.version
3842DEFAULT: 4
3843IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3844DOC_START
3845 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 only supports WCCP
3846 version 3. If you're using that version of IOS, change
3847 this value to 3.
3848DOC_END
3849
3850NAME: wccp_incoming_address
3851TYPE: address
3852LOC: Config.Wccp.incoming
3853DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
3854IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3855DOC_NONE
3856NAME: wccp_outgoing_address
3857TYPE: address
3858LOC: Config.Wccp.outgoing
3859DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
3860IFDEF: USE_WCCP
3861DOC_START
3862 wccp_incoming_address Use this option if you require WCCP
3863 messages to be received on only one
3864 interface. Do NOT use this option if
3865 you're unsure how many interfaces you
3866 have, or if you know you have only one
3867 interface.
3868
3869 wccp_outgoing_address Use this option if you require WCCP
3870 messages to be sent out on only one
3871 interface. Do NOT use this option if
3872 you're unsure how many interfaces you
3873 have, or if you know you have only one
3874 interface.
3875
3876 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
3877
3878 NOTE, wccp_incoming_address and wccp_outgoing_address can not have
3879 the same value since they both use port 2048.
3880DOC_END
0976f8db 3881
0976f8db 3882
cccac0a2 3883COMMENT_START
3884 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS (all require DELAY_POOLS compilation option)
3885 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3886COMMENT_END
3887
3888NAME: delay_pools
3889TYPE: delay_pool_count
3890DEFAULT: 0
3891IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3892LOC: Config.Delay
3893DOC_START
3894 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
3895 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
3896 have a total of 2 delay pools.
3897DOC_END
3898
3899NAME: delay_class
3900TYPE: delay_pool_class
3901DEFAULT: none
3902IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3903LOC: Config.Delay
3904DOC_START
3905 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
3906 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
3907 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
3908 and here would be:
3909
3910Example:
3911 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
3912 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
3913 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
3914 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
3915 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
3916
3917 The delay pool classes are:
3918
3919 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3920 bucket.
3921
3922 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3923 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
3924 from bits 25 through 32 of the IP address.
3925
3926 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
3927 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
3928 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
3929 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
3930 32 of the IP address.
7f7db318 3931
3932 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
cccac0a2 3933 additional limit on a per user basis. This
3934 only takes effect if the username is established
3935 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
3936 http_access rules.
3937
7f7db318 3938 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
cccac0a2 3939 external_acl's tag= reply).
3940
3941 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
3942 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
3943 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
3944 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
3945DOC_END
3946
3947NAME: delay_access
3948TYPE: delay_pool_access
3949DEFAULT: none
3950IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3951LOC: Config.Delay
3952DOC_START
3953 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
3954 The first matched delay pool is always used, i.e., if a request falls
3955 into delay pool number one, no more delay are checked, otherwise the
3956 rest are checked in order of their delay pool number until they have
3957 all been checked. For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
3958 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
3959
3960Example:
3961 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
3962 delay_access 1 deny all
3963 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
3964 delay_access 2 deny all
3965 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
3966DOC_END
3967
3968NAME: delay_parameters
3969TYPE: delay_pool_rates
3970DEFAULT: none
3971IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
3972LOC: Config.Delay
3973DOC_START
3974 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
3975 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
3976 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
3977
3978delay_parameters pool aggregate
3979
3980 For a class 2 delay pool:
3981
3982delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
3983
3984 For a class 3 delay pool:
3985
3986delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
3987
3988 For a class 4 delay pool:
3989
3990delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
3991
3992 For a class 5 delay pool:
3993
3994delay_parameters pool tag
3995
3996 The variables here are:
3997
3998 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
3999 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4000 delay_class lines.
4001
4002 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
4003 (class 1, 2, 3).
4004
4005 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
4006 buckets (class 2, 3).
4007
4008 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
4009 (class 3).
4010
4011 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
4012 (class 4).
4013
4014 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
4015 (class 5).
4016
4017 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4018 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4019 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4020 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4021
4022 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
4023 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
4024 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4025
4026delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4027
4028 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4029
4030 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
4031 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
4032 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
4033 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
4034 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4035 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4036 large downloads more significantly:
4037
4038delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4039
4040 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4041
4042 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
4043 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
7f7db318 4044
cccac0a2 4045delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4046DOC_END
4047
4048NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4049COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4050TYPE: ushort
4051DEFAULT: 50
4052IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4053LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4054DOC_START
4055 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4056 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4057 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4058 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4059 "seen" by squid).
4060DOC_END
4061
4062NAME: incoming_icp_average
4063TYPE: int
4064DEFAULT: 6
4065LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
4066DOC_NONE
4067
4068NAME: incoming_http_average
4069TYPE: int
4070DEFAULT: 4
4071LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
4072DOC_NONE
4073
4074NAME: incoming_dns_average
4075TYPE: int
4076DEFAULT: 4
4077LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
4078DOC_NONE
4079
4080NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
4081TYPE: int
4082DEFAULT: 8
4083LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
4084DOC_NONE
4085
4086NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
4087TYPE: int
4088DEFAULT: 8
4089LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
4090DOC_NONE
4091
4092NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
4093TYPE: int
4094DEFAULT: 8
4095LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
4096DOC_START
4097 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
4098 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
4099 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
4100DOC_END
4101
4102NAME: max_open_disk_fds
4103TYPE: int
4104LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
4105DEFAULT: 0
4106DOC_START
4107 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
4108 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
4109 descriptors are open.
4110
4111 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
4112DOC_END
4113
4114NAME: offline_mode
4115TYPE: onoff
4116LOC: Config.onoff.offline
4117DEFAULT: off
4118DOC_START
4119 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
4120 objects.
4121DOC_END
4122
4123NAME: uri_whitespace
4124TYPE: uri_whitespace
4125LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
4126DEFAULT: strip
4127DOC_START
4128 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
4129 URI. Options:
4130
4131 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
4132 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
4133 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
4134 Request" message.
4135 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
4136 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
4137 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
4138 are in use.
4139 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
4140 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
4141 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
4142 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
4143 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
4144 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
4145 violation.
4146DOC_END
4147
4148NAME: broken_posts
4149TYPE: acl_access
4150DEFAULT: none
4151LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
4152DOC_START
4153 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4154 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
4155
4156 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4157 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
4158
4159 Quote from RFC 2068 section 4.1 on this matter:
4160
4161 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4162 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4163 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4164 a request with an extra CRLF.
4165
4166Example:
4167 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4168 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4169DOC_END
4170
4171NAME: mcast_miss_addr
4172IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4173TYPE: address
4174LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
4175DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4176DOC_START
4177 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
4178 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
4179
4180 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
4181 certain you understand what you are doing.
4182DOC_END
4183
4184NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
964b44c3 4185IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
cccac0a2 4186TYPE: ushort
4187LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
4188DEFAULT: 16
4189DOC_START
4190 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
4191 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
4192 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
4193DOC_END
4194
4195NAME: mcast_miss_port
4196IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4197TYPE: ushort
4198LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
4199DEFAULT: 3135
4200DOC_START
4201 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
4202 'mcast_miss_addr'.
4203DOC_END
4204
4205NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
4206IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
4207TYPE: string
4208LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
4209DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
4210DOC_START
4211 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
4212 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
4213DOC_END
4214
4215NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
4216TYPE: onoff
4217LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
4218DEFAULT: on
4219DOC_START
4220 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
4221 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cachable request type) direct
4222 to origin servers.
4223
7f7db318 4224 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
cccac0a2 4225 requests to parents.
4226
4227 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
4228 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
4229 ratio.
4230
7f7db318 4231 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
cccac0a2 4232 this directive.
4233DOC_END
4234
4235NAME: prefer_direct
4236TYPE: onoff
4237LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
4238DEFAULT: off
4239DOC_START
7f7db318 4240 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
cccac0a2 4241 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
7f7db318 4242 going direct fails set this to on.
cccac0a2 4243
4244 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
4245 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
4246 fails.
4247DOC_END
4248
4249NAME: strip_query_terms
4250TYPE: onoff
4251LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
4252DEFAULT: on
4253DOC_START
4254 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
4255 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
4256DOC_END
4257
4258NAME: coredump_dir
4259TYPE: string
4260LOC: Config.coredump_dir
4261DEFAULT: none
4262DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
4263DOC_START
4264 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
4265 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
4266 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
4267 and coredump files will be left there.
4268
4269NOCOMMENT_START
5ff76111 4270# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
cccac0a2 4271coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
4272NOCOMMENT_END
4273DOC_END
4274
4275NAME: redirector_bypass
4276TYPE: onoff
4277LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4278DEFAULT: off
4279DOC_START
4280 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4281 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
4282 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4283 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4284 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4285 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4286 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
7f7db318 4287 users may have access to pages they should not
cccac0a2 4288 be allowed to request.
4289DOC_END
4290
4291NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
4292TYPE: onoff
4293LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
4294DEFAULT: on
4295DOC_START
4296 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7f7db318 4297 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
cccac0a2 4298 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
4299 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
4300 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
4301DOC_END
4302
4303NAME: digest_generation
4304IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4305TYPE: onoff
4306LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4307DEFAULT: on
4308DOC_START
4309 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4310 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
4311 enabled if Squid is compiled with USE_CACHE_DIGESTS defined.
4312DOC_END
4313
4314NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4315IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4316TYPE: int
4317LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4318DEFAULT: 5
4319DOC_START
4320 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4321 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4322 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4323DOC_END
4324
4325NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4326IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4327COMMENT: (seconds)
4328TYPE: time_t
4329LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4330DEFAULT: 1 hour
4331DOC_START
4332 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest rebuilds.
4333DOC_END
4334
4335NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4336COMMENT: (seconds)
4337IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4338TYPE: time_t
4339LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4340DEFAULT: 1 hour
4341DOC_START
4342 This is the number of seconds between Cache Digest writes to
4343 disk.
4344DOC_END
4345
4346NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4347COMMENT: (bytes)
4348TYPE: b_size_t
4349IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4350LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4351DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4352DOC_START
4353 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4354 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4355 default swap page.
4356DOC_END
4357
4358NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4359COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4360IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4361TYPE: int
4362LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4363DEFAULT: 10
4364DOC_START
4365 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4366 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4367DOC_END
4368
4369NAME: chroot
4370TYPE: string
4371LOC: Config.chroot_dir
4372DEFAULT: none
4373DOC_START
4374 Use this to have Squid do a chroot() while initializing. This
4375 also causes Squid to fully drop root privileges after
7f7db318 4376 initializing. This means, for example, if you use a HTTP
cccac0a2 4377 port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you will get an
4378 error.
4379DOC_END
4380
4381NAME: client_persistent_connections
4382TYPE: onoff
4383LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4384DEFAULT: on
4385DOC_NONE
4386
4387NAME: server_persistent_connections
4388TYPE: onoff
4389LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4390DEFAULT: on
4391DOC_START
4392 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4393 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4394 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4395 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4396DOC_END
4397
a12a049a 4398NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
4399TYPE: onoff
4400LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
4401DEFAULT: on
4402DOC_START
4403 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
4404 found not to preserve user session state across requests
4405 to different IP addresses.
4406
4407 By default Squid rotates IP's per request. By disabling
4408 this directive only connection failure triggers rotation.
4409DOC_END
4410
cccac0a2 4411NAME: pipeline_prefetch
4412TYPE: onoff
4413LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
4414DEFAULT: off
4415DOC_START
4416 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
4417 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
4418 up to two requests in parallell from a pipeline.
4419
4420 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
4421 reasons.
4422DOC_END
4423
4424NAME: extension_methods
4425TYPE: wordlist
4426LOC: Config.ext_methods
4427DEFAULT: none
4428DOC_START
4429 Squid only knows about standardized HTTP request methods.
4430 You can add up to 20 additional "extension" methods here.
4431DOC_END
4432
4433NAME: request_entities
4434TYPE: onoff
4435LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4436DEFAULT: off
4437DOC_START
4438 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4439 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4440 even if not explicitly forbidden.
4441
4442 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4443 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests.
4444DOC_END
4445
4446NAME: high_response_time_warning
4447TYPE: int
4448COMMENT: (msec)
4449LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
4450DEFAULT: 0
4451DOC_START
4452 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
4453 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
4454 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
4455DOC_END
4456
4457NAME: high_page_fault_warning
4458TYPE: int
4459LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
4460DEFAULT: 0
4461DOC_START
4462 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
4463 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
4464 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
4465 per second.
4466DOC_END
4467
4468NAME: high_memory_warning
4469TYPE: b_size_t
4470LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
4471DEFAULT: 0
4472DOC_START
4473 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
4474 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
4475 the administrators attention.
4476DOC_END
4477
4478NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
4479TYPE: string
4480LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
4481DEFAULT: least-load
4482DOC_START
4483 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
4484DOC_END
4485
4486NAME: forward_log
4487IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
4488TYPE: string
4489DEFAULT: none
4490LOC: Config.Log.forward
4491DOC_START
4492 Logs the server-side requests.
4493
4494 This is currently work in progress.
4495DOC_END
4496
4497NAME: ie_refresh
4498COMMENT: on|off
4499TYPE: onoff
4500LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4501DEFAULT: off
4502DOC_START
4503 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4504 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4505 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4506 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4507 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4508 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4509 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
7f7db318 4510 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
cccac0a2 4511 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4512 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4513 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4514 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4515 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4516 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4517 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4518 force fresh content.
4519DOC_END
4520
4521NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4522COMMENT: on|off
4523TYPE: onoff
4524LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4525DEFAULT: off
4526DOC_START
4527 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4528 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4529 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4530 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4531 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
4532 WARNING: This may eventually cause some varying
4533 objects not intended for caching to get cached.
4534DOC_END
4535
4536NAME: sleep_after_fork
4537COMMENT: (microseconds)
4538TYPE: int
4539LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
4540DEFAULT: 0
4541DOC_START
4542 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
4543 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
4544 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
4545 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7f7db318 4546 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
4547 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
cccac0a2 4548 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
4549 until all the child processes have been started.
4550DOC_END
4551
6a2f3fcf 4552NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4553COMMENT: (seconds)
4554TYPE: time_t
4555LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4556DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4557DOC_START
4558 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4559 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
4560 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy enorinments it
4561 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4562 is most likely better to make your server return a
4c43e44e 4563 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4564 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4565 often be best set to 0.
6a2f3fcf 4566DOC_END
4567
cccac0a2 4568EOF