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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
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32
33 This is the documentation for the Squid configuration file.
34 This documentation can also be found online at:
35 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/
36
37 You may wish to look at the Squid home page and wiki for the
38 FAQ and other documentation:
39 http://www.squid-cache.org/
40 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
41 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples
42
43 This documentation shows what the defaults for various directives
44 happen to be. If you don't need to change the default, you should
45 leave the line out of your squid.conf in most cases.
46
47 In some cases "none" refers to no default setting at all,
48 while in other cases it refers to the value of the option
49 - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the case.
debd9a31 50
cccac0a2 51COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 52
592a09dc 53COMMENT_START
54 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
5945964d 55 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards are
592a09dc 56 supported.
57
58 For example,
59
60 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
61
62 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
63 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
64 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
65 configuration files.
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66
67
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68 Conditional configuration
69
70 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
71 depend on conditions:
72
73 if <CONDITION>
74 ... regular configuration directives ...
75 [else
76 ... regular configuration directives ...]
77 endif
78
79 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
80 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
81 configuration directives.
82
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83 NOTE: An else-if condition is not supported.
84
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85 These individual conditions types are supported:
86
87 true
88 Always evaluates to true.
89 false
90 Always evaluates to false.
91 <integer> = <integer>
92 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
93
94
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95 SMP-Related Macros
96
97 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
98
99 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
100 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
101
102 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
103 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
104 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 105COMMENT_END
106
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107# Options Removed in 3.2
108NAME: ignore_expect_100
109TYPE: obsolete
110DOC_START
111 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
112DOC_END
113
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114NAME: dns_v4_fallback
115TYPE: obsolete
116DOC_START
117 Remove this line.
118DOC_END
119
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120NAME: ftp_list_width
121TYPE: obsolete
122DOC_START
123 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
124DOC_END
125
126NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
127TYPE: obsolete
128DOC_START
129 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
130DOC_END
131
132# Options Removed in 3.1
133NAME: dns_testnames
134TYPE: obsolete
135DOC_START
136 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
137DOC_END
138
139NAME: extension_methods
140TYPE: obsolete
141DOC_START
142 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
143DOC_END
144
145# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
146NAME: incoming_rate
147TYPE: obsolete
148DOC_NONE
149
150NAME: server_http11
151TYPE: obsolete
152DOC_START
153 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
154DOC_END
155
156NAME: upgrade_http0.9
157TYPE: obsolete
158DOC_START
159 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
160DOC_END
161
162NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
163TYPE: obsolete
164DOC_START
165 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
166DOC_END
167
168# Options Removed in 3.0
169NAME: header_access
170TYPE: obsolete
171DOC_START
172 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
173 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
174DOC_END
175
176NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
177TYPE: obsolete
178DOC_START
179 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
180DOC_END
181
5473c134 182COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 183 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 184 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
185COMMENT_END
186
41bd17a4 187NAME: auth_param
188TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 189IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5817ee13 190LOC: Auth::TheConfig
cccac0a2 191DEFAULT: none
192DOC_START
41bd17a4 193 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
194 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 195
41bd17a4 196 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 197
41bd17a4 198 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
199 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
200 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
201 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
202 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
203 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
204 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
205 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
206 program entry).
cccac0a2 207
41bd17a4 208 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
209 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
210 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
211 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 212
41bd17a4 213 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
214 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
215 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
216 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
217 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
218 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
219 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
220 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
221 type acl.
cccac0a2 222
41bd17a4 223 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
224 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
225 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
226 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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227 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
228 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 229
41bd17a4 230 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 231
41bd17a4 232 "program" cmdline
233 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
234 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
235 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
236 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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237 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
238 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 239
41bd17a4 240 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
241 program is specified.
cccac0a2 242
41bd17a4 243 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
244 this line to something like
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41bd17a4 246 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 247
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248 "utf8" on|off
249 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
250 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
251 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
252 username & password to the helper.
253
7353861b 254 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 255 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 256 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
257 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
258 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
259 authenticator processes.
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260
261 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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262 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
263 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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264 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
265 the maximum.
266
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267 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
268 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
269 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
270 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
271 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
272 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
41bd17a4 273 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
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274
275 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
0fdafae7 276
41bd17a4 277 "realm" realmstring
278 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
279 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
280 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
281 password). There is no default.
282 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 283
41bd17a4 284 "credentialsttl" timetolive
285 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
286 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
287 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
288 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
289 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
290 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
291 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
292 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
293 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 294
41bd17a4 295 "casesensitive" on|off
296 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
297 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
298 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
299 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
300 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 301
41bd17a4 302 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 303
41bd17a4 304 "program" cmdline
305 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
306 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
307 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
308 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
309 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
310 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
311 available as %m in the returned error page.
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41bd17a4 313 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
314 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 315
41bd17a4 316 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
317 something like
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7ce93108 319 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 320
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321 "utf8" on|off
322 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
323 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
324 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
325 username & password to the helper.
326
7353861b 327 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
48d54e4d 328 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 329 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
330 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
331 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
332 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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333
334 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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335 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
336 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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337 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
338 the maximum.
339
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340 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests the
341 helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers who only
342 supports one request at a time. Setting this to a number greater than
343 0 changes the protocol used to include a channel number first on the
344 request/response line, allowing multiple requests to be sent to the
345 same helper in parallell without wating for the response.
346 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
347
48d54e4d 348 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 349
41bd17a4 350 "realm" realmstring
351 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
352 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
353 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
354 password). There is no default.
355 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 356
41bd17a4 357 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
358 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
359 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 360
41bd17a4 361 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
362 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
363 valid for.
cccac0a2 364
41bd17a4 365 "nonce_max_count" number
366 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
367 used.
cccac0a2 368
41bd17a4 369 "nonce_strictness" on|off
370 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
371 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
372 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
373 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 374
41bd17a4 375 "check_nonce_count" on|off
376 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
377 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
378 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
379 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 380
41bd17a4 381 "post_workaround" on|off
382 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
383 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
384 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 385
41bd17a4 386 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 387
41bd17a4 388 "program" cmdline
389 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
390 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
391 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
392 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
393 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
394 is not used.
cccac0a2 395
41bd17a4 396 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 397
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398 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
399 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 400 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
401 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
402 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
403 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
404 processes.
cccac0a2 405
48d54e4d 406 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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407 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
408 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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409 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
410 the maximum.
411
412 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 413
41bd17a4 414 "keep_alive" on|off
415 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
416 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
417 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
418 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
419 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 420
41bd17a4 421 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 422
41bd17a4 423 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 424
41bd17a4 425 "program" cmdline
426 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
427 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
428 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
429 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
430 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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431 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
432 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
433 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 434 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
435 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 436
41bd17a4 437 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 438
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439 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
440 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 441 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
442 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
443 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
444 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
445 processes.
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446
447 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
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448 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure.
449 Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
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450 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
451 the maximum.
452
453 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 454
41bd17a4 455 "keep_alive" on|off
456 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
457 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
458 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
459 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
460 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 462 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 463
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465 Examples:
466
41bd17a4 467#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
468#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 469#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 470#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 471#
41bd17a4 472#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 473#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 474#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 475#
41bd17a4 476#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 477#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 478#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
479#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
480#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
481#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
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41bd17a4 483#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 484#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 485#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
486#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 487DOC_END
cccac0a2 488
41bd17a4 489NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
490TYPE: time_t
491DEFAULT: 1 hour
492LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
493DOC_START
494 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
495 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
496 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
497 have good reason to.
498DOC_END
cccac0a2 499
41bd17a4 500NAME: authenticate_ttl
501TYPE: time_t
502DEFAULT: 1 hour
503LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
504DOC_START
505 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
506 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
507 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
508 TTL are removed from memory.
509DOC_END
cccac0a2 510
41bd17a4 511NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
512TYPE: time_t
513LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
514DEFAULT: 0 seconds
515DOC_START
516 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
517 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
518 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
519 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
520 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
521 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
522 environment with relatively static address assignments.
523DOC_END
cccac0a2 524
3d1e3e43 525COMMENT_START
526 ACCESS CONTROLS
527 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
528COMMENT_END
529
41bd17a4 530NAME: external_acl_type
531TYPE: externalAclHelper
532LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 533DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 534DOC_START
41bd17a4 535 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
536 to look up the status
cccac0a2 537
41bd17a4 538 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 539
41bd17a4 540 Options:
cccac0a2 541
41bd17a4 542 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
543 for 1 hour)
544 negative_ttl=n
545 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
546 as ttl)
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547 children-max=n
548 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
549 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
550 children-startup=n
551 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
552 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
553 of this type. (default 0)
554 children-idle=n
555 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
556 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
557 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
558 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 559 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
560 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 561 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 562 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
563 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 564 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 565 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
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566 ipv4 / ipv6 IP protocol used to communicate with this helper.
567 The default is to auto-detect IPv6 and use it when available.
cccac0a2 568
41bd17a4 569 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 570
41bd17a4 571 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
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572 %EXT_USER Username from previous external acl
573 %EXT_LOG Log details from previous external acl
574 %EXT_TAG Tag from previous external acl
41bd17a4 575 %IDENT Ident user name
576 %SRC Client IP
577 %SRCPORT Client source port
578 %URI Requested URI
579 %DST Requested host
580 %PROTO Requested protocol
581 %PORT Requested port
582 %PATH Requested URL path
583 %METHOD Request method
584 %MYADDR Squid interface address
585 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
586 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
587 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
588 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
589 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
590 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 591
c68c9682 592 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 593 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 594 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 595 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 596 HTTP request header list member using ; as
597 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
598 character.
cccac0a2 599
c68c9682 600 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 601 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 602 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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603 %<{Hdr:;member}
604 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
605 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
606 character.
607
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608 %% The percent sign. Useful for helpers which need
609 an unchanging input format.
610
41bd17a4 611 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
612 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
613 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
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41bd17a4 615 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
616 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
617 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
618 more details.
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41bd17a4 620 General result syntax:
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41bd17a4 622 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
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41bd17a4 624 Defined keywords:
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41bd17a4 626 user= The users name (login)
627 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
628 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
629 in error pages
630 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
631 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
632 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
633 %ea in logformat specifications
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41bd17a4 635 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
636 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 637
41bd17a4 638 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
639 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
640 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
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41bd17a4 642 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
643 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
644 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 645DOC_END
646
41bd17a4 647NAME: acl
648TYPE: acl
649LOC: Config.aclList
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651DEFAULT: ssl::certHasExpired ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED
652DEFAULT: ssl::certNotYetValid ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID
653DEFAULT: ssl::certDomainMismatch ssl_error SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH
654DEFAULT: ssl::certUntrusted ssl_error X509_V_ERR_INVALID_CA X509_V_ERR_SELF_SIGNED_CERT_IN_CHAIN X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_VERIFY_LEAF_SIGNATURE X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT X509_V_ERR_UNABLE_TO_GET_ISSUER_CERT_LOCALLY X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED
655DEFAULT: ssl::certSelfSigned ssl_error X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
656ENDIF
1f5bd0a4 657DEFAULT: all src all
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658DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
659DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
660DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1
661DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, and to_localhost are predefined.
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41bd17a4 663 Defining an Access List
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665 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
666 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
667 they are read from.
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669 acl aclname acltype argument ...
670 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
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375eeb3b 672 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
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674 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE.
675 To make them case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
676 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line without -i.
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679 to access some external data source.
680 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
681 don't are marked as [fast].
682 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
683 for further information
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685 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
686
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687 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
688 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
689 acl aclname dst ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
690 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 691
41bd17a4 692 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
693 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
694 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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696 # other *BSD variants.
697 # [fast]
41bd17a4 698 #
699 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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700 # the same subnet. If the client is on a different subnet,
701 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
702
703 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
704 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
705 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 706 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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707 acl aclname srcdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
708 # regex matching client name [slow]
709 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 710 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 711 #
41bd17a4 712 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
713 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
714 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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716 acl aclname src_as number ...
717 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 718 # [fast]
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720 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
721 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
722 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
723 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
724 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
725 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
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6db78a1a 727 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 728 # [fast]
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729 # match against a named cache_peer entry
730 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
731
375eeb3b 732 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 733 # [fast]
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735 # S - Sunday
736 # M - Monday
737 # T - Tuesday
738 # W - Wednesday
739 # H - Thursday
740 # F - Friday
741 # A - Saturday
742 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
743
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744 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
745 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
746 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
747 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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749 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
750 # ranges are alloed
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751 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
752 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
753
b3567eb5 754 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
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756 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
757
758 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
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760 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
761 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 763 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 764 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 766 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 767 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 768 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 769
375eeb3b 770 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 771 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 772 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 773 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 774
41bd17a4 775 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
776 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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778 # supplied credentials [slow]
779 #
780 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 781 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
782 #
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784 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
785 #
41bd17a4 786 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
787 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
788 # in access.log.
789 #
790 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
791 # to check username/password combinations (see
792 # auth_param directive).
793 #
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795 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 796 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 797
41bd17a4 798 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 799 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 800 # Example:
801 #
802 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
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41bd17a4 804 acl aclname maxconn number
805 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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806 # more than <number> TCP connections established. [fast]
807 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
808 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 809
41bd17a4 810 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
811 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
812 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 813 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 814 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
815 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
816 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
817 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
818 # request is denied)
819 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
820 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
821 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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823 acl aclname random probability
824 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
825 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
826 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
827
375eeb3b 828 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 829 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
830 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 831 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 832 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
833 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 834
41bd17a4 835 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
836 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
837 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 838 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 839
375eeb3b 840 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 841 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
842 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 843 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 844 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
845 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
846 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 847
41bd17a4 848 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
849 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
850 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 851 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 852
375eeb3b 853 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 854 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 855 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 856
41bd17a4 857 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
858 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 859 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 860
41bd17a4 861 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
862 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 863 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 864
41bd17a4 865 acl aclname ext_user username ...
866 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 867 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 868 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 869
0ab50441 870 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 871 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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873 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
874 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
875 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
876 #
877 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
878 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
879 # http_reply_access.
880
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882 acl aclname ssl_error errorname
883 # match against SSL certificate validation error [fast]
cf1c09f6 884 #
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885 # For valid error names see in @DEFAULT_ERROR_DIR@/templates/error-details.txt
886 # template file.
cf1c09f6 887 #
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889 # [ssl::]certHasExpired: the "not after" field is in the past
890 # [ssl::]certNotYetValid: the "not before" field is in the future
891 # [ssl::]certUntrusted: The certificate issuer is not to be trusted.
892 # [ssl::]certSelfSigned: The certificate is self signed.
893 # [ssl::]certDomainMismatch: The certificate CN domain does not
894 # match the name the name of the host we are connecting to.
895 #
896 # The ssl::certHasExpired, ssl::certNotYetValid, ssl::certDomainMismatch,
897 # ssl::certUntrusted, and ssl::certSelfSigned can also be used as
898 # predefined ACLs, just like the 'all' ACL.
899 #
900 # NOTE: The ssl_error ACL is only supported with sslproxy_cert_error,
901 # sslproxy_cert_sign, and sslproxy_cert_adapt options.
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903
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904 Examples:
905 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
906 acl myexample dst_as 1241
907 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
908 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
909 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 910
41bd17a4 911NOCOMMENT_START
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913# Recommended minimum configuration:
914#
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ee776778 916# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
917# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
918# should be allowed
919acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
920acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
921acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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922acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
923acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 925acl SSL_ports port 443
926acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
927acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
928acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
929acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
930acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
931acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
932acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
933acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
934acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
935acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
936acl CONNECT method CONNECT
937NOCOMMENT_END
938DOC_END
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940NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
941TYPE: acl_access
942IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
943LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
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944DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
945DOC_START
946 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
947 find the original source of a request.
948
949 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
950 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
951 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
952 rightmost address being the most recent.
953
954 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
955 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
956 to see where that host received the request from. If the
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957 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, we continue
958 backtracking until we reach an address for which we are not allowed
959 to follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
960 address in the list. For the purpose of ACL used in the
961 follow_x_forwarded_for directive the src ACL type always matches
962 the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
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964 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
965 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 966 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
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968 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
969 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
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972 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
973
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975
976 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
977 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
978 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
979 source address of the request. This may enable remote
980 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
981 based on the client's source addresses.
982
983 For example:
984
985 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
986 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
987 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
988 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
989DOC_END
990
991NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
992COMMENT: on|off
993TYPE: onoff
994IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
995DEFAULT: on
996LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
997DOC_START
998 Controls whether the indirect client address
999 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1000 direct client address in acl matching.
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1002 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
1003 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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1005
1006NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1007COMMENT: on|off
1008TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 1009IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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1011LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1012DOC_START
1013 Controls whether the indirect client address
1014 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1015 direct client address in delay pools.
1016DOC_END
1017
1018NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
1019COMMENT: on|off
1020TYPE: onoff
1021IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1022DEFAULT: on
1023LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
1024DOC_START
1025 Controls whether the indirect client address
1026 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1027 direct client address in the access log.
1028DOC_END
1029
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1030NAME: tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1031COMMENT: on|off
1032TYPE: onoff
1033IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 1034DEFAULT: off
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1035LOC: Config.onoff.tproxy_uses_indirect_client
1036DOC_START
1037 Controls whether the indirect client address
1038 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1039 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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1041 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
1042 mode ports.
1043
1044 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
1045 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
b01a2238 1046 of follow_x_forewarded_for with a limited set of trusted
4d7ab5a2 1047 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1049
41bd17a4 1050NAME: http_access
1051TYPE: acl_access
1052LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1053DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1054DOC_START
1055 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
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41bd17a4 1057 Access to the HTTP port:
1058 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1060 NOTE on default values:
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41bd17a4 1062 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1063 the request.
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41bd17a4 1065 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1066 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1067 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1068 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1070 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1073 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1074
41bd17a4 1075NOCOMMENT_START
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1077#
1078# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1079#
1080# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
3c722b3a 1081http_access allow localhost manager
41bd17a4 1082http_access deny manager
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1084# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1085http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1087# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1088http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 1090# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1091# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1092# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1093#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1095#
1096# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1097#
c8f4eac4 1098
ee776778 1099# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1100# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1101# from where browsing should be allowed
1102http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1103http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1104
41bd17a4 1105# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1106http_access deny all
1107NOCOMMENT_END
1108DOC_END
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1111TYPE: acl_access
1112LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1113DEFAULT: none
1114DOC_START
1115 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1116
1117 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1118 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1119 output.
1120
1121 If not set then only http_access is used.
1122DOC_END
1123
41bd17a4 1124NAME: http_reply_access
1125TYPE: acl_access
1126LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1127DEFAULT: none
1128DOC_START
1129 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
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41bd17a4 1131 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1132
41bd17a4 1133 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
1134 all replies
1a224843 1135
41bd17a4 1136 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1137 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1138 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1140 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1141 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1142DOC_END
1143
41bd17a4 1144NAME: icp_access
1145TYPE: acl_access
1146LOC: Config.accessList.icp
41bd17a4 1147DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1148DOC_START
41bd17a4 1149 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1150 access lists
5473c134 1151
41bd17a4 1152 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1153
41bd17a4 1154 See http_access for details
1155
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1157 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1159# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1160#icp_access allow localnet
1161#icp_access deny all
5473c134 1162DOC_END
1163
41bd17a4 1164NAME: htcp_access
1165IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1166TYPE: acl_access
1167LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
41bd17a4 1168DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1169DOC_START
41bd17a4 1170 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1171 access lists
5473c134 1172
41bd17a4 1173 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1174
41bd17a4 1175 See http_access for details
5473c134 1176
0b48417e 1177 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1178 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1179 using the htcp option.
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1182 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1184# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1185#htcp_access allow localnet
1186#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1187DOC_END
5473c134 1188
41bd17a4 1189NAME: htcp_clr_access
1190IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1191TYPE: acl_access
1192LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
41bd17a4 1193DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1194DOC_START
1195 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1196 on defined access lists
5473c134 1197
41bd17a4 1198 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1199
41bd17a4 1200 See http_access for details
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1203 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1205# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1206acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1207htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
5473c134 1208DOC_END
1209
41bd17a4 1210NAME: miss_access
1211TYPE: acl_access
1212LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 1213DEFAULT: none
5473c134 1214DOC_START
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1215 Determins whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
1216
1217 For example;
1218 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1219 a parent.
5473c134 1220
41bd17a4 1221 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1222 miss_access allow localclients
1223 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 1224
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1225 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch relayed/MISS
1226 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
1227 objects (HITs).
1228
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1230 The default for this setting allows all clients who passed the
1231 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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1233 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1234 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1235DOC_END
1236
1237NAME: ident_lookup_access
1238TYPE: acl_access
1239IFDEF: USE_IDENT
41bd17a4 1240DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1241LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1242DOC_START
41bd17a4 1243 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1244 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1245 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1246 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1247 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1248 any requests.
5473c134 1249
41bd17a4 1250 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1251 can follow this example:
5473c134 1252
4daaf3cb 1253 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1254 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1255 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1256
4daaf3cb 1257 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1258 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1259 the correct result.
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1261 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1262 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1263DOC_END
5473c134 1264
5b0f5383 1265NAME: reply_body_max_size
1266COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1267TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1268DEFAULT: none
1269LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1270DOC_START
1271 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1272 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1273 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1274 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1275 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1276 for this reply.
1277
1278 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1279 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1280 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1281 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1282 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1283 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1284 and they will receive a partial reply.
1285
1286 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1287 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1288 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1289 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1290
1291 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1292 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1293 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1294 the size of your largest error page.
1295
1296 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1297 no limit imposed.
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1299 Configuration Format is:
1300 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1301 ie.
1302 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1303
5b0f5383 1304DOC_END
1305
1306COMMENT_START
1307 NETWORK OPTIONS
1308 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1309COMMENT_END
1310
1311NAME: http_port ascii_port
65d448bc 1312TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1313DEFAULT: none
1314LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1315DOC_START
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1316 Usage: port [mode] [options]
1317 hostname:port [mode] [options]
1318 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 1319
1320 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1321 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1322 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1323 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1324 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 1325 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 1326 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1327
1328 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1329 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1330
1331 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1332 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1333 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1334
1335 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1336
c7b1dd5d 1337 Modes:
5b0f5383 1338
e77bdb4e 1339 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1340 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1341 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1342
1343 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1344 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1345 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1346
7f45065d 1347 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1348
caf3666d 1349 ssl-bump For each CONNECT request allowed by ssl_bump ACLs,
c7b1dd5d 1350 establish secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1351 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1352 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1353 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1354
7a957a93 1355 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
caf3666d 1356 bumping of CONNECT requests.
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1358 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
1359
1360
1361 Accelerator Mode Options:
1362
5b0f5383 1363 defaultsite=domainname
1364 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1365 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1366 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 1367
cf673853 1368 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 1369
1370 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
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1372 https_port
5b0f5383 1373
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1374 vport Virtual host port support. Using the http_port number
1375 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1376
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1377 vport=NN Virtual host port support. Using the specified port
1378 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 1379
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1380 act-as-origin
1381 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
1382 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
1383 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
5b0f5383 1384
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1386
7f45065d 1387 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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1389
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1390 allow-direct Allow direct forwarding in accelerator mode. Normally
1391 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1392 never_direct was used.
1393
1394 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
1395 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
1396 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
1397 http_access rules when using this.
1398
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1400 SSL Bump Mode Options:
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1402
1403 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
1404 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1405 destination hosts of bumped CONNECT requests.When
1406 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1407 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1408 certificate will be selfsigned.
1409 If there is a CA certificate lifetime of the generated
1410 certificate equals lifetime of the CA certificate. If
1411 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1412 years.
1413 This option is enabled by default when ssl-bump is used.
1414 See the ssl-bump option above for more information.
1415
1416 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1417 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1418 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1419 default value is 4MB.
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1421 TLS / SSL Options:
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1423 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1424
1425 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1426 if not specified, the certificate file is
1427 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1428 key file.
1429
1430 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1431 1 automatic (default)
1432 2 SSLv2 only
1433 3 SSLv3 only
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1434 4 TLSv1.0 only
1435 5 TLSv1.1 only
1436 6 TLSv1.2 only
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1438 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
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1440 additional settings. If those settings are
1441 omitted the ciphers may be silently ignored
1442 by the OpenSSL library.
c7b1dd5d 1443
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c7b1dd5d 1445 being:
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1446 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1447 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1448 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
1449 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
1450 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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1451 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1452 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
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1454 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
1455 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
1456 strength to some attacks.
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1457 See OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
1458 complete list of options.
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1460 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1461 requesting a client certificate.
1462
1463 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1464 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1465 clientca will be used.
1466
1467 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1468 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1469
1470 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1471 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1472 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1473
1474 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
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1475 DH key exchanges. See OpenSSL documentation for details
1476 on how to create this file.
1477 WARNING: EDH ciphers will be silently disabled if this
1478 option is not set.
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1479
1480 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1481 DELAYED_AUTH
1482 Don't request client certificates
1483 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1484 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1485 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1486 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1487 to OpenSSL.
1488 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1489 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1490 will result in a new SSL session.
1491 VERIFY_CRL
1492 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1493 certificates.
1494 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1495 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1496 client certificate chain.
1497
1498 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1499
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1501
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1502 connection-auth[=on|off]
1503 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1504 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1505 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
1506
5b0f5383 1507 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1508 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1509 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1510 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1511 support is enabled.
1512 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1513
1514 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1515 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1516 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1517 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1518 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1519 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1520 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1521 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1522
81b6e9a7 1523 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1524 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1525
68924b6d 1526 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
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1528 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
1529 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 1530 timeout the time before giving up.
1531
5b0f5383 1532 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1533 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1534 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1535 visible on the internal address.
1536
1537NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1539# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1540http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1541NOCOMMENT_END
1542DOC_END
1543
1544NAME: https_port
1545IFDEF: USE_SSL
65d448bc 1546TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 1547DEFAULT: none
1548LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1549DOC_START
7f45065d 1550 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [mode] [options...]
5b0f5383 1551
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1553 over TLS or SSL connections. Commonly referred to as HTTPS.
5b0f5383 1554
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1556 accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the accelerator level.
5b0f5383 1557
1558 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1559 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1560
7f45065d 1561 Modes:
5b0f5383 1562
7f45065d 1563 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 1564
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1566 connections using the client IP address.
1567 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
1568
caf3666d 1569 ssl-bump For each intercepted connection allowed by ssl_bump
7a957a93 1570 ACLs, establish a secure connection with the client and with
caf3666d 1571 the server, decrypt HTTPS messages as they pass through
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1573 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1574
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1576 fully enable bumping of intercepted SSL connections.
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1578 Requires tproxy.
1579
7f45065d 1580 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
5b0f5383 1581
5b0f5383 1582
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1584
1585
1586 SSL Options:
5b0f5383 1587
1588 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1589
1590 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1591 if not specified, the certificate file is
1592 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1593 key file.
1594
1595 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1596 1 automatic (default)
1597 2 SSLv2 only
1598 3 SSLv3 only
1599 4 TLSv1 only
1600
1601 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1602
1603 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1604 being:
1605 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1606 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1607 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1608 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1609 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1610 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1611 documentation for a complete list of options.
1612
1613 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1614 requesting a client certificate.
1615
1616 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1617 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1618 clientca will be used.
1619
1620 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1621 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1622
1623 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1624 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1625 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1626
1627 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1628 DH key exchanges.
1629
1630 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1631 DELAYED_AUTH
1632 Don't request client certificates
1633 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1634 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1635 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1636 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1637 to OpenSSL.
1638 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1639 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1640 will result in a new SSL session.
1641 VERIFY_CRL
1642 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1643 certificates.
1644 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1645 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1646 client certificate chain.
1647
1648 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1649
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1651 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
1652 destination hosts of bumped SSL requests.When
1653 enabled, the cert and key options are used to sign
1654 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
1655 certificate will be selfsigned.
1656 If there is CA certificate life time of generated
1657 certificate equals lifetime of CA certificate. If
1658 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
1659 years.
1660 This option is enabled by default when SslBump is used.
1661 See the sslBump option above for more information.
1662
1663 dynamic_cert_mem_cache_size=SIZE
1664 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
1665 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 1666 default value is 4MB.
379e8c1c 1667
859741ed 1668 See http_port for a list of available options.
5b0f5383 1669DOC_END
1670
41bd17a4 1671NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1672TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1673DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 1674LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
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1677 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 1678
41bd17a4 1679 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1680
41bd17a4 1681 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1682 and good_service_net uses 0x20
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1685 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 1686 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1687 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
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41bd17a4 1689 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1691 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1692
41bd17a4 1693 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1694 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
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1696 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
cccac0a2 1697
41bd17a4 1698 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1699 matching line.
cccac0a2 1700DOC_END
1701
41bd17a4 1702NAME: clientside_tos
1703TYPE: acl_tos
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1706DOC_START
1707 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets being transmitted
1708 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1709
1710 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
1711
1712 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
1713 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1714
1715 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1716 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1717 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
1718 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
1719
1720 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
1721 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
1722DOC_END
1723
1724NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
1725TYPE: acl_nfmark
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1728LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
1729DOC_START
1730 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
1731 on the server side, based on an ACL.
1732
1733 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1734
1735 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1736 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1737
1738 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1739 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1740 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1741 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1742DOC_END
1743
1744NAME: clientside_mark
1745TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 1746IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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1748LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
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1751 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
1752
1753 clientside_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
1754
1755 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
1756 and good_service_net uses 0x20
1757
1758 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1759 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
1760 clientside_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
1761 clientside_mark 0x20 good_service_net
1762
1763 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
1764 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
41bd17a4 1765DOC_END
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1767NAME: qos_flows
1768TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 1769IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 1770DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 1771LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 1772DOC_START
575cb927 1773 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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1774 connections with, based on where the reply was sourced. For
1775 platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
1776 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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1779 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1780 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1782 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255. Note that
1783 in practice often only multiples of 4 is usable as the two rightmost bits
1784 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
1785
1786 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
7172612f 1787
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1789
1790 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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1792 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1793
1794 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1795
1796 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1797
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1799 over the preserve-miss feature (see below), unless
1800 mask is specified, in which case only the bits
1801 specified in the mask are written.
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1804 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
1805 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1806 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
1807 with all variants of netfilter.
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575cb927 1809 disable-preserve-miss
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1810 This option disables the preservation of the TOS or netfilter
1811 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
1812 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
1813 and masked with miss-mark.
1814 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
1815 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
1816 (MARK target).
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1818 miss-mask=0xFF
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1820 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
1821 the TOS sent towards clients.
1822 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
1823 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
1824
1825 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
1826 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
1827 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
1828 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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1831
41bd17a4 1832NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1833TYPE: acl_address
1834DEFAULT: none
1835LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1836DOC_START
1837 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1838 based on the username or source address of the user making
1839 the request.
7f7db318 1840
41bd17a4 1841 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
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1844 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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1847 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1848
1849 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
1850 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1851
1852 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
1853 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1854
1855 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
1856 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
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41bd17a4 1858 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1859 matching line.
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1862 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
1863 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
1864
1865
1866 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 1867 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1868 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1869 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cc192b50 1870
2dd51400 1871 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
4ed968be 1872 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
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1874 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
cc192b50 1875
cccac0a2 1876DOC_END
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1878NAME: host_verify_strict
1879TYPE: onoff
1880DEFAULT: off
1881LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
1882DOC_START
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1884 traffic, Squid always verifies that the destination IP address matches
2962f8b8 1885 the Host header domain or IP (called 'authority form URL').
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1887 This enforcement is performed to satisfy a MUST-level requirement in
1888 RFC 2616 section 14.23: "The Host field value MUST represent the naming
1889 authority of the origin server or gateway given by the original URL".
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1891 When set to ON:
1892 Squid always responds with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error
1893 page and logs a security warning if there is no match.
1894
1895 Squid verifies that the destination IP address matches
1896 the Host header for forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic
1897 as well. For those traffic types, Squid also enables the
1898 following checks, comparing the corresponding Host header
1899 and Request-URI components:
1900
1901 * The host names (domain or IP) must be identical,
1902 but valueless or missing Host header disables all checks.
1903 For the two host names to match, both must be either IP
1904 or FQDN.
1905
1906 * Port numbers must be identical, but if a port is missing
1907 the scheme-default port is assumed.
1908
1909
1910 When set to OFF (the default):
1911 Squid allows suspicious requests to continue but logs a
1912 security warning and blocks caching of the response.
1913
1914 * Forward-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
1915
1916 * Reverse-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
1917
1918 * Intercepted traffic which passes verification is handled
1919 normally.
1920
1921 For now it also forces suspicious requests to go DIRECT to the
1922 original destination, overriding client_dst_passthru for
1923 intercepted requests which fail Host: verification.
1924
1925 For now suspicious intercepted CONNECT requests are always
1926 responded to with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error page.
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1929NAME: client_dst_passthru
1930TYPE: onoff
1931DEFAULT: on
1932LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
1933DOC_START
1934 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
1935 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
1936 source.
1937
1938 This option (on by default) prevents cache_peer and alternative DNS
1939 entries being used on intercepted traffic. Both of which lead to
1940 the security vulnerability outlined below.
1941
1942 SECURITY WARNING:
1943
1944 This directive should only be disabled if cache_peer are required.
1945
1946 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
1947 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
1948 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
1949 security policy and sandboxing protections.
1950
1951 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
1952 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
1953 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
1954 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
1955 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
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cccac0a2 1957DOC_END
1958
41bd17a4 1959COMMENT_START
1960 SSL OPTIONS
1961 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1962COMMENT_END
1963
1964NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1965IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1966TYPE: onoff
1967DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1968LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1969DOC_START
41bd17a4 1970 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1971 messages.
cccac0a2 1972DOC_END
1973
41bd17a4 1974NAME: ssl_engine
1975IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1976TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1977LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1978DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1979DOC_START
41bd17a4 1980 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1981 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1982DOC_END
1983
41bd17a4 1984NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1985IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1986DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1987LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1988TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1989DOC_START
41bd17a4 1990 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1991DOC_END
1992
41bd17a4 1993NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1994IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1995DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1996LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1997TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1998DOC_START
41bd17a4 1999 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2000DOC_END
2001
41bd17a4 2002NAME: sslproxy_version
2003IFDEF: USE_SSL
2004DEFAULT: 1
2005LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
2006TYPE: int
cccac0a2 2007DOC_START
41bd17a4 2008 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2010 The versions of SSL/TLS supported:
2011
2012 1 automatic (default)
2013 2 SSLv2 only
2014 3 SSLv3 only
2015 4 TLSv1.0 only
2016 5 TLSv1.1 only
2017 6 TLSv1.2 only
cccac0a2 2018DOC_END
2019
41bd17a4 2020NAME: sslproxy_options
2021IFDEF: USE_SSL
2022DEFAULT: none
2023LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
2024TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2025DOC_START
943c5f16 2026 SSL implementation options to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2027
2028 The most important being:
2029
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2030 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2031 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2032 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2033 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2034 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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2035 SINGLE_DH_USE
2036 Always create a new key when using temporary/ephemeral
2037 DH key exchanges
2038 SSL_OP_NO_TICKET
2039 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets. Some servers
2040 may have problems understanding the TLS extension due
2041 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2042 ALL Enable various bug workarounds suggested as "harmless"
2043 by OpenSSL. Be warned that this may reduce SSL/TLS
2044 strength to some attacks.
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2046 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2047 complete list of possible options.
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2049
41bd17a4 2050NAME: sslproxy_cipher
2051IFDEF: USE_SSL
2052DEFAULT: none
2053LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
2054TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2055DOC_START
41bd17a4 2056 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
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2057
2058 Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
cccac0a2 2059DOC_END
2060
41bd17a4 2061NAME: sslproxy_cafile
2062IFDEF: USE_SSL
2063DEFAULT: none
2064LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
2065TYPE: string
cccac0a2 2066DOC_START
41bd17a4 2067 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
2068 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 2069DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2071NAME: sslproxy_capath
2072IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 2073DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2074LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
2075TYPE: string
5473c134 2076DOC_START
41bd17a4 2077 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
2078 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 2079DOC_END
2080
4c9da963 2081NAME: ssl_bump
2082IFDEF: USE_SSL
caf3666d 2083TYPE: sslproxy_ssl_bump
4c9da963 2084LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
2085DEFAULT: none
2086DOC_START
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2087 This option is consulted when a CONNECT request is received on
2088 an http_port (or a new connection is intercepted at an
2089 https_port), provided that port was configured with an ssl-bump
2090 flag. The subsequent data on the connection is either treated as
2091 HTTPS and decrypted OR tunneled at TCP level without decryption,
2092 depending on the first bumping "mode" which ACLs match.
2093
2094 ssl_bump <mode> [!]acl ...
2095
2096 The following bumping modes are supported:
2097
2098 client-first
2099 Allow bumping of the connection. Establish a secure connection
2100 with the client first, then connect to the server. This old mode
2101 does not allow Squid to mimic server SSL certificate and does
2102 not work with intercepted SSL connections.
2103
2104 server-first
2105 Allow bumping of the connection. Establish a secure connection
2106 with the server first, then establish a secure connection with
2107 the client, using a mimicked server certificate. Works with both
2108 CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL connections.
2109
2110 none
2111 Become a TCP tunnel without decoding the connection.
2112 Works with both CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL
2113 connections. This is the default behavior when no
2114 ssl_bump option is given or no ssl_bump ACLs match.
2115
2116 By default, no connections are bumped.
2117
2118 The first matching ssl_bump option wins. If no ACLs match, the
2119 connection is not bumped. Unlike most allow/deny ACL lists, ssl_bump
2120 does not have an implicit "negate the last given option" rule. You
2121 must make that rule explicit if you convert old ssl_bump allow/deny
2122 rules that rely on such an implicit rule.
4c9da963 2123
e0c0d54c 2124 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 2125 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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2128
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2131 # localhost and those going to example.com.
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e0855596 2133 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
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2135 ssl_bump none broken_sites
2136 ssl_bump server-first all
4c9da963 2137DOC_END
2138
41bd17a4 2139NAME: sslproxy_flags
2140IFDEF: USE_SSL
2141DEFAULT: none
2142LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
2143TYPE: string
5473c134 2144DOC_START
41bd17a4 2145 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 2146 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
2147 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 2148 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
2149 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 2150DOC_END
2151
4c9da963 2152NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
2153IFDEF: USE_SSL
2154DEFAULT: none
2155LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
2156TYPE: acl_access
2157DOC_START
2158 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
2159
2160 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
3b8f558c 2161 when talking to servers for example.com. All other
4c9da963 2162 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
2163
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2165 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenButTrustedServers
4c9da963 2166 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
2167
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2169 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
2170 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 2171
2172 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
2173 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
2174 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
2175 the connection may be insecure.
2176
2177 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
2178
e0855596 2179 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 2180DOC_END
2181
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2182NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign
2183IFDEF: USE_SSL
2184DEFAULT: none
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2185POSTSCRIPTUM: signUntrusted ssl::certUntrusted
2186POSTSCRIPTUM: signSelf ssl::certSelfSigned
2187POSTSCRIPTUM: signTrusted all
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2188TYPE: sslproxy_cert_sign
2189LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_sign
2190DOC_START
2191
69742b76 2192 sslproxy_cert_sign <signing algorithm> acl ...
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69742b76 2194 The following certificate signing algorithms are supported:
aebe6888 2195 signTrusted
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2197 placed in and trusted by end-user browsers. This is the
2198 default for trusted origin server certificates.
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2201 This is the default for untrusted origin server certificates
2202 that are not self-signed (see ssl::certUntrusted).
aebe6888 2203 signSelf
69742b76 2204 Sign using a self-signed certificate with the right CN to
aebe6888 2205 generate a X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT error in the
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2207 certificates (see ssl::certSelfSigned).
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2210
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2212 signing algorithm to generate the certificate and ignores all
2213 subsequent sslproxy_cert_sign options (the first match wins). If no
2214 acl(s) match, the default signing algorithm is determined by errors
2215 detected when obtaining and validating the origin server certificate.
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2217 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
2218 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2219 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2220 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2221 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2222 bump-server-first is used.
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2225NAME: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2226IFDEF: USE_SSL
2227DEFAULT: none
2228TYPE: sslproxy_cert_adapt
2229LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_adapt
2230DOC_START
2231
2232 sslproxy_cert_adapt <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
2233
69742b76 2234 The following certificate adaptation algorithms are supported:
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2237 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
fb2178bb 2238 setValidBefore
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2240 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
2241 setCommonName or setCommonName{CN}
2242 Sets Subject.CN property to the host name specified as a
2243 CN parameter or, if no explicit CN parameter was specified,
2244 extracted from the CONNECT request. It is a misconfiguration
2245 to use setCommonName without an explicit parameter for
2246 intercepted or tproxied SSL connections.
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2249
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2251 Within a group, when sslproxy_cert_adapt acl(s) match, Squid uses the
2252 corresponding adaptation algorithm to generate the certificate and
2253 ignores all subsequent sslproxy_cert_adapt options in that algorithm's
2254 group (i.e., the first match wins within each algorithm group). If no
2255 acl(s) match, the default mimicking action takes place.
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2258 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
2259 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
2260 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
2261 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
2262 bump-server-first is used.
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2264
41bd17a4 2265NAME: sslpassword_program
2266IFDEF: USE_SSL
2267DEFAULT: none
2268LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
2269TYPE: string
5473c134 2270DOC_START
41bd17a4 2271 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
2272 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
2273 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
2274 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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2276 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
2277 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
2278 keys.
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2282 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
2283 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2284COMMENT_END
2285
2286NAME: sslcrtd_program
2287TYPE: eol
2288IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2289DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
2290LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
2291DOC_START
2292 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crtd process.
2293 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program requires -s and -M parameters
2294 For more information use:
2295 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
2296DOC_END
2297
2298NAME: sslcrtd_children
2299TYPE: HelperChildConfig
2300IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
2301DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
2302LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
2303DOC_START
2304 The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
2305 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
2306
2307 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
2308 tuning.
2309
2310 startup=N
2311
2312 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
2313 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
2314 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
2315
2316 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
2317 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
2318
2319 idle=N
2320
2321 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
2322 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
2323 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
2324 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
2325
2326 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
2327DOC_END
2328
cccac0a2 2329COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2330 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 2331 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2332COMMENT_END
2333
41bd17a4 2334NAME: cache_peer
2335TYPE: peer
2336DEFAULT: none
2337LOC: Config.peers
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41bd17a4 2339 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 2341 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 2342
41bd17a4 2343 For example,
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41bd17a4 2345 # proxy icp
2346 # hostname type port port options
2347 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 2348 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 2349 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2350 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2e9993e1 2351 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 default
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2352 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
2353
2354 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
2355
2356 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
2357 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
2358 For web servers this is usually 80
2359
2360 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
2361 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
2362 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
2363
2364
2365 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
2366
2367 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
2368 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
2369
2370
2371 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
2372
2373 multicast-responder
2374 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
2375 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
2376 replies will be accepted from it.
2377
2378 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
2379 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
2380
2381 background-ping
2382 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
2383 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
2384 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
2385
2386
2387 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
2388
2389 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
2390 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
2391
2392
2393 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
2394 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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2395 instead of 3130. This directive accepts a comma separated
2396 list of options described below.
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18191440 2398 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
2b94f655 2399
18191440 2400 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 2401 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 2402 only-clr.
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2404 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
2405 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 2407 htcp=no-purge-clr
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2408 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
2409 they do not result from PURGE requests.
2410
18191440 2411 htcp=forward-clr
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2412 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
2413
2414
2415 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
2416
2417 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
2418 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
2419
2420
2421 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
2422 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
2423 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
2424
2425 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2426 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
2427 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2428
2429 weighted-round-robin
2430 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
2431 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
2432 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
2433 Usually used for background-ping parents.
2434 weight=N can be used to add bias.
2435
2436 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
2437 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
2438 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
2439
2440 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
2441
2442 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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2443
2444 multicast-siblings
2445 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
2446 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2e9993e1 2447 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a multicast
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2448 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
2449 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
2450 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
2451 members of the same multicast group.
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2452
2453
2454 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
2455
2456 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
2457 peer-selection mechanisms.
2458 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
2459 larger weights are favored more.
2460 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
2461 protocol is not in use.
2462
2463 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
2464 times of parents.
2465 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
2466 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
2467 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
2468
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2469 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
2470 to this address.
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2471 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
2472 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
2473 hosts, you must configure other group members as
2474 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
2475
2476 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
2477 delay pools.
2478
2479 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
2480 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
2481 than the Squid default location.
2482
2483
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2485
2486 carp-key=key-specification
2487 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
2488 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
2489 scheme, host, port, path, params
2490 Order is not important.
2491
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2492 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
2493
2494 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
2495 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
2496 is a web server.
2497
2498 forceddomain=name
2499 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
2500 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
2501 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
2502 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
2503
2504 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
2505
2506 no-netdb-exchange
2507 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
2508
2509
2510 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
2511
2512 login=user:password
2513 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2514 requires proxy authentication.
2515
2516 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
2517 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
2518
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2519 login=PASSTHRU
2520 Send login details received from client to this peer.
2521 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
2522 without alteration to the peer.
2523 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
2524
2525 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
2526 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
2527 connection-auth options are also used.
ee0b94f4 2528
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2529 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
2530 Authentication is not required by this option.
11e4c5e5 2531
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2532 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
2533 to pass on, but username and password are available
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2534 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
2535 they may be sent instead.
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2536
2537 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
2538 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
2539 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
2540 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
2541 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
2542
2543 login=*:password
2544 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
2545 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
2546 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
2547 needed to identify each user.
2548 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
2549 information which is added to the username. This can
2550 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
2551 the login=username:password option above.
2552
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2553 login=NEGOTIATE
2554 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2555 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2556 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
2557 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
2558
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2559 WARNING: The connection may transmit requests from multiple
2560 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2561 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2562
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2563 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
2564 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
2565 requires a secure proxy authentication.
2566 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
2567 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
2568 used.
2569
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2570 WARNING: The connection may transmit requests from multiple
2571 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
2572 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
2573
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2574 connection-auth=on|off
2575 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
2576 connection oriented authentication, and any such
2577 challenges received from there should be ignored.
2578 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
2579 of the peer.
2580
2581
2582 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
2583
2584 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
2585
2586 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
2587 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
2588 this peer.
2589
2590 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
2591 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
2592 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
2593 reference a combined file containing both the
2594 certificate and the key.
2595
3d96b0e8 2596 sslversion=1|2|3|4|5|6
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2597 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
2598 1 = automatic (default)
2599 2 = SSL v2 only
2600 3 = SSL v3 only
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2601 4 = TLS v1.0 only
2602 5 = TLS v1.1 only
2603 6 = TLS v1.2 only
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2604
2605 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
2606 to this peer.
2607
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2608 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL implementation options:
2609
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2610 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
2611 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
2612 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
2613 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
2614 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
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2615 SINGLE_DH_USE
2616 Always create a new key when using
2617 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
2618 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
2619 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
2620 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
2621 strength to some attacks.
2622
2623 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2624 more complete list.
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2625
2626 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2627 when verifying the peer certificate.
2628
2629 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2630 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2631
2632 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2633 verifying the peer certificate.
2634
2635 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2636
41bd17a4 2637 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2638 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2639 verify.
2640 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2641 Don't use the default CA list built in
2642 to OpenSSL.
2643 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2644 Don't verify the peer certificate
2645 matches the server name
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2646
2647 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2648 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2649 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2650 used.
2651
2652 front-end-https
2653 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2654 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2655 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2656 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2657 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2658
2659
2660 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2661
2662 connect-timeout=N
2663 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2664 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2665
2666 connect-fail-limit=N
2667 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2668 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2669
2670 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2671 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2672 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2673 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2674 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2675 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2676 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2677
2678 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2679 peer. see also
2680
2681 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2682 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2683 but different ports.
2684 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2685 directives to dentify the peer.
2686 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2687 peername ACL type.
2688
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2689 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
2690 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2691
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2692 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
2693
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41bd17a4 2696NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2697TYPE: hostdomain
2698DEFAULT: none
2699LOC: none
2700DOC_START
2701 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2702 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 2703
41bd17a4 2704 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2705 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2706
41bd17a4 2707 For example, specifying
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41bd17a4 2709 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 2710
41bd17a4 2711 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2712 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2713 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2714 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2715 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2716
41bd17a4 2717 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2718 either on the same or separate lines.
2719 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2720 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2721 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2722 for all requests.
2723 * There are no defaults.
2724 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2725 section.
2726DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2728NAME: cache_peer_access
2729TYPE: peer_access
2730DEFAULT: none
2731LOC: none
2732DOC_START
2733 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2734 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2735
41bd17a4 2736 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2737
41bd17a4 2738 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2739 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2740 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2741DOC_END
dd9b1776 2742
41bd17a4 2743NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2744TYPE: hostdomaintype
2745DEFAULT: none
2746LOC: none
2747DOC_START
2748 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2749
41bd17a4 2750 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
11e3fa1c 2751 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the
41bd17a4 2752 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2753 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2754 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2755 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2756
41bd17a4 2757EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2758 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2759 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2760 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2761DOC_END
6bf4f823 2762
41bd17a4 2763NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2764COMMENT: (seconds)
2765DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2766TYPE: time_t
2767LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2768DOC_START
2769 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2770 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2771 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2772 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2773 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2774 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2775
41bd17a4 2776 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2777 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2778 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2779 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2780 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2781 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2782 instead of to your parents.
2783DOC_END
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2785NAME: forward_max_tries
2786DEFAULT: 10
2787TYPE: int
2788LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2789DOC_START
2790 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2791 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
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2792
2793 NOTE: connect_retries (default: none) can make each of these
2794 possible forwarding paths be tried multiple times.
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2795DOC_END
2796
41bd17a4 2797NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2798TYPE: wordlist
2799DEFAULT: none
2800LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2801DOC_START
2802 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2803 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2804 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2805 list this option multiple times.
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2807 Example:
2808 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
2809
2810 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
6b698a21 2811DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2813COMMENT_START
2814 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2815 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2816COMMENT_END
2817
2818NAME: cache_mem
2819COMMENT: (bytes)
2820TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2821DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2822LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2823DOC_START
41bd17a4 2824 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2825 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2826 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2827 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2828
2829 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2830 for:
2831 * In-Transit objects
2832 * Hot Objects
2833 * Negative-Cached objects
2834
2835 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2836 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2837 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2838 priority.
2839
2840 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2841 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2842 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2843 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2844 not needed for in-transit objects.
2845
2846 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2847 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2848 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2849 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2850 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2851 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2852 objects.
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2854 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
2855 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
2856 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
2857 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 2858DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2860NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2861COMMENT: (bytes)
2862TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2863DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2864LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2865DOC_START
41bd17a4 2866 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2867 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2868 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2869 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2870DOC_END
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2873COMMENT: on|off
2874TYPE: YesNoNone
2875LOC: Config.memShared
2876DEFAULT: none
70f856bc 2877DEFAULT_DOC: "on" where supported if doing memory caching with multiple SMP workers.
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2879 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
2880
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2881 The shared memory cache is meant to occupy cache_mem bytes and replace
2882 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
2883 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
2884 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
2885 caching is enabled).
2886
65b81b27 2887 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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2889 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
2890 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
2891 and GCC-style atomic operations).
2892
2893 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
2894 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
2895 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
2896
2897 Currently, entities exceeding 32KB in size cannot be shared.
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2899
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2900NAME: memory_cache_mode
2901TYPE: memcachemode
2902LOC: Config
2903DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2904DOC_START
ea21d497 2905 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2906
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2907 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
2908
2909 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2910 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2911 a second time before cached in memory.
2912
2913 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2915
41bd17a4 2916NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2917TYPE: removalpolicy
2918LOC: Config.memPolicy
2919DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2920DOC_START
41bd17a4 2921 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2922 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2923
41bd17a4 2924 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2925DOC_END
6b698a21 2926
41bd17a4 2927COMMENT_START
2928 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2929 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2930COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2931
41bd17a4 2932NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2933TYPE: removalpolicy
2934LOC: Config.replPolicy
2935DEFAULT: lru
2936DOC_START
2937 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2938 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2939
41bd17a4 2940 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2941 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2942 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2943 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2944
41bd17a4 2945 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2946
41bd17a4 2947 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2948
41bd17a4 2949 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2950 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2951 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2952 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2953
41bd17a4 2954 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2955 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2956 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2957 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2958
41bd17a4 2959 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2960 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2961 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2962
41bd17a4 2963 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2964 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2965 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2966
41bd17a4 2967 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2968 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2969 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2970DOC_END
0976f8db 2971
41bd17a4 2972NAME: cache_dir
2973TYPE: cachedir
2974DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2975LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2976DOC_START
41bd17a4 2977 Usage:
0976f8db 2978
41bd17a4 2979 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2980
41bd17a4 2981 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2982 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2983
41bd17a4 2984 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2985 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2986 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2987
41bd17a4 2988 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2989 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2990 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2991 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2992 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2993
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2994 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
2995 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
2996 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
2997
41bd17a4 2998 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2999
41bd17a4 3000 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
3001 been there.
0976f8db 3002
41bd17a4 3003 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 3004
41bd17a4 3005 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
3006 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
3007 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
3008 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
3009 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 3010
56fba4d0 3011 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3012 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 3013
56fba4d0 3014 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 3015 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
3016 is 256.
0976f8db 3017
41bd17a4 3018 The aufs store type:
7f7db318 3019
41bd17a4 3020 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
3021 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3022 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 3023
41bd17a4 3024 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 3025
41bd17a4 3026 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 3027
41bd17a4 3028 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 3029
41bd17a4 3030 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
3031 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
3032 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 3033
41bd17a4 3034 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 3035
41bd17a4 3036 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 3037
41bd17a4 3038 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
3039 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
3040 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 3041
41bd17a4 3042 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
3043 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
3044 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 3045
41bd17a4 3046 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
3047 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
3048 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
3049 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
3050 time.
0976f8db 3051
2e55f083 3052 The rock store type:
e2851fe7 3053
df881a0f 3054 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes <max-size=bytes> [options]
e2851fe7 3055
2e55f083 3056 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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3057 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots,
3058 one entry per slot. The database size is specified in MB. The
3059 slot size is specified in bytes using the max-size option. See
3060 below for more info on the max-size option.
3061
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3062 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
3063 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
3064 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
3065 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
3066 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
3067 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
3068 expected swap wait time.
3069
df881a0f 3070 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
1e614370 3071 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap out requests that
df881a0f 3072 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
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3073 delayed. Individual swap in requests (i.e., hits or reads) are
3074 not delayed, but they do contribute to measured swap rate and
3075 since they are placed in the same FIFO queue as swap out
3076 requests, they may wait longer if max-swap-rate is smaller.
3077 This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
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3078 many" writes and then start blocking Squid and other processes
3079 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
3080 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
3081 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
3082 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
3083 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
3084
3085
41bd17a4 3086 The coss store type:
0976f8db 3087
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3088 NP: COSS filesystem in Squid-3 has been deemed too unstable for
3089 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
3090 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
3091
41bd17a4 3092 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
3093 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
3094 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
3095 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
3096 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
3097 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
3098 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 3099
41bd17a4 3100 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
3101 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
3102 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 3103
41bd17a4 3104 Common options:
0976f8db 3105
41bd17a4 3106 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 3107
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3108 min-size=n, refers to the min object size in bytes this cache_dir
3109 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir to only store
3110 large objects (e.g. aufs) while other storedirs are optimized
3111 for smaller objects (e.g. COSS). Defaults to 0.
3112
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3113 max-size=n, refers to the max object size in bytes this cache_dir
3114 supports. It is used to select the cache_dir to store the object.
41bd17a4 3115 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
3116 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
3117 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 3118
41bd17a4 3119 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
3120 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
3121 option.
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3123
3124# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
3125#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 3126NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 3127DOC_END
0976f8db 3128
41bd17a4 3129NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
3130TYPE: string
3131LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
3132DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 3133DOC_START
41bd17a4 3134 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 3135DOC_END
0976f8db 3136
41bd17a4 3137NAME: max_open_disk_fds
3138TYPE: int
3139LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
3140DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 3141DOC_START
41bd17a4 3142 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
3143 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
3144 descriptors are open.
3145
3146 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 3147DOC_END
0976f8db 3148
41bd17a4 3149NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 3150COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 3151TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 3152DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 3153LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 3154DOC_START
41bd17a4 3155 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3156 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
3157 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 3158DOC_END
0976f8db 3159
41bd17a4 3160NAME: maximum_object_size
3161COMMENT: (bytes)
3162TYPE: b_int64_t
3163DEFAULT: 4096 KB
3164LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 3165DOC_START
41bd17a4 3166 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
3167 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
3168 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
3169 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
3170 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
3171 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 3172
41bd17a4 3173 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
3174 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
3175 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 3176DOC_END
0976f8db 3177
41bd17a4 3178NAME: cache_swap_low
3179COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 3180TYPE: int
41bd17a4 3181DEFAULT: 90
3182LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
3183DOC_NONE
3184
3185NAME: cache_swap_high
3186COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
3187TYPE: int
3188DEFAULT: 95
3189LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 3190DOC_START
41bd17a4 3191
3192 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
3193 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
3194 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
3195 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
3196 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
3197 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
3198
3199 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
3200 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
3201 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 3202DOC_END
0976f8db 3203
5473c134 3204COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 3205 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 3206 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3207COMMENT_END
0976f8db 3208
41bd17a4 3209NAME: logformat
3210TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 3211LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 3212DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 3213DOC_START
41bd17a4 3214 Usage:
0976f8db 3215
41bd17a4 3216 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 3217
41bd17a4 3218 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 3219
41bd17a4 3220 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 3221
41bd17a4 3222 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
3223 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
3224 as required according to their context and the output format
3225 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
3226 output format is desired.
6b698a21 3227
41bd17a4 3228 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 3229
41bd17a4 3230 " output in quoted string format
3231 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
3232 # output in URL quoted format
3233 ' output as-is
5473c134 3234
41bd17a4 3235 - left aligned
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3237 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
3238 [width_min][.width_max]
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3239 When minimum starts with 0, the field is zero-padded.
3240 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 3241
41bd17a4 3242 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 3243
41bd17a4 3244 Format codes:
5473c134 3245
3ff65596 3246 % a literal % character
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3247 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
3248 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
3249 a similar internal error identifier.
3250 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
3251
3252 Connection related format codes:
3253
41bd17a4 3254 >a Client source IP address
3255 >A Client FQDN
3256 >p Client source port
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3257 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
3258 >la Local IP address the client connected to
3259 >lp Local port number the client connected to
3260
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3261 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
3262 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
3263
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3264 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
3265 <A Server FQDN or peer name
3266 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 3267 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 3268 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
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3269
3270 Time related format codes:
3271
41bd17a4 3272 ts Seconds since epoch
3273 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
3274 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3275 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3276 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 3277 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 3278 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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3279 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
3280
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3281 Access Control related format codes:
3282
3283 et Tag returned by external acl
3284 ea Log string returned by external acl
3285 un User name (any available)
3286 ul User name from authentication
3287 ue User name from external acl helper
3288 ui User name from ident
3289 us User name from SSL
3290
3291 HTTP related format codes:
3ff65596 3292
ca2e92d8 3293 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 3294 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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3295 [http::]>ha The HTTP request headers after adaptation and redirection.
3296 Optional header name argument as for >h
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3297 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
3298 as for >h
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3299 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
3300 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
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3301 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
3302 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
3303 transfer encoding and control messages.
3304 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
3305 received bodies.
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3306 [http::]mt MIME content type
3307 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
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3308 [http::]>rm Request method from client
3309 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
3310 [http::]ru Request URL from client (historic, filtered for logging)
3311 [http::]>ru Request URL from client
3312 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
3ff65596 3313 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
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3314 [http::]>rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname from client
3315 [http::]<rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname sento to server or peer
3ff65596 3316 [http::]rv Request protocol version
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3317 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
3318 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
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3319 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
3320 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
3321 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
3322 are not included
3323 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
3324 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
3325 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
3326 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
3327 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
3328 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
3329 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
3330 and stops when the last response byte is received.
3331 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
3332 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
3333 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
3334 with the last I/O with the last peer.
3335
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3336 Squid handling related format codes:
3337
3338 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
3339 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
3340
5038f9d8 3341 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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3342 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
3343
3344 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
3345 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
3346 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
3347 transaction is in progress.
3348
5038f9d8 3349 If adaptation is enabled the following three codes become available:
3ff65596 3350
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3351 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
3352 meta-information from the last eCAP
3353 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
3354 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
3355 argument.
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3357 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
3358 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
3359 the order of transaction start time. Each time
3360 value is recorded as an integer number,
3361 representing response time of one or more
3362 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
3363 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
3364 being retried or repeated, its time is not
3365 logged individually but added to the
3366 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
3367 adapt::all_trs.
3368
3369 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
3370 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
3371 individual transactions are never added
3372 together. Instead, all transaction response
3373 times are recorded individually.
3374
3375 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
3376 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
3377 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 3378
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3379 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
3380
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3381logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
3382logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
3383logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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3384logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
3385logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
3386
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3387 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
3388 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
3389 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
3390
3391 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
3392 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
20efa1c2 3393
5473c134 3394DOC_END
3395
41bd17a4 3396NAME: access_log cache_access_log
3397TYPE: access_log
3398LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 3399DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 3400DOC_START
41bd17a4 3401 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
3402 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 3403 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 3404 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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3405
3406 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 3407 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
3408 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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3409 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
3410
3411 ===== Modules Currently available =====
3412
bb7a1781 3413 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
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3414 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
3415
3416 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
3417 each request.
3418 Place: the filename and path to be written.
3419
3420 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
3421 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
3422 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
3423
3424 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
3425
3426 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
3427 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
3428 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 3429
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3430 where facility could be any of:
3431 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 3432
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3433 And priority could be any of:
3434 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
3435
3436 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
3437 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 3438 Place Format: //host:port
df2eec10 3439
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3440 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
3441 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 3442 Place Format: //host:port
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3443
3444 Default:
82b7abe3 3445 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 3446DOC_END
5473c134 3447
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3448NAME: icap_log
3449TYPE: access_log
3450IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3451LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
3452DEFAULT: none
3453DOC_START
3454 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
3455 transaction.
3456
3457 The icap_log option format is:
3458 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
3459 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
3460
3461 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
3462 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
3463 features.
3464
3465 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
3466 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
3467 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
3468 log line.
3469
3470 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
3471 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
3472 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
3473 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
3474 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
3475 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
3476 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
3477
3478 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
3479
3480 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
3481
3482 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
3483 option in Squid configuration file.
3484
3485 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
3486
3487 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
3488 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
3489
3490 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
3491 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
3492
3493 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
3494 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
3495 the socket).
3496
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3497 icap::<bs Number of message body bytes received from the
3498 ICAP server. ICAP message body, if any, usually
3499 includes encapsulated HTTP message headers and
3500 possibly encapsulated HTTP message body. The
3501 HTTP body part is dechunked before its size is
3502 computed.
3503
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3504 icap::tr Transaction response time (in
3505 milliseconds). The timer starts when
3506 the ICAP transaction is created and
3507 stops when the transaction is completed.
3508 Similar to tr.
3509
3510 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
3511 timer starts when the first ICAP request
3512 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
3513 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
3514 is received.
3515
3516 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
3517 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
3518 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
3519 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
3520 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
3521 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
3522
3523 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
3524
3525 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
3526
3527 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
3528
3529 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
3530 definition, is called icap_squid:
3531
3532logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
3533
5038f9d8 3534 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %adapt::<last_h
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3536
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3537NAME: logfile_daemon
3538TYPE: string
3539DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
3540LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
3541DOC_START
3542 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
3543 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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3544
3545 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
3546 L<data>\n - logfile data
3547 R\n - rotate file
3548 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 3549 O\n - reopen file
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3550 F\n - flush file
3551 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
3552 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
3553
3554 No responses is expected.
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3556
5b0f5383 3557NAME: log_access
3558TYPE: acl_access
3559LOC: Config.accessList.log
3560DEFAULT: none
3561COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
3562DOC_START
3563 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
3564 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
3565 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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3566
3567 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3568 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 3569DOC_END
3570
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3571NAME: log_icap
3572TYPE: acl_access
3573IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
3574LOC: Config.accessList.icap
3575DEFAULT: none
3576DOC_START
3577 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
3578 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
3579DOC_END
3580
41bd17a4 3581NAME: cache_store_log
3582TYPE: string
df2eec10 3583DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3584LOC: Config.Log.store
3585DOC_START
3586 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
3587 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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3588 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
3589 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 3590 disable it.
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3591
3592 Example:
3593 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 3594DOC_END
3595
41bd17a4 3596NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
3597TYPE: string
3598LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 3599DEFAULT: none
3600DOC_START
41bd17a4 3601 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
3602 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
3603 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
3604 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
3605 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
3606 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
3607 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 3608
41bd17a4 3609 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
3610 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
3611 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
3612 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 3613
41bd17a4 3614 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
3615 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 3616
41bd17a4 3617 cache_swap_log.00
3618 cache_swap_log.01
3619 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 3620
41bd17a4 3621 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
3622 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
3623 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
3624 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
3625 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
3626 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
3627 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 3628DOC_END
3629
41bd17a4 3630NAME: logfile_rotate
3631TYPE: int
3632DEFAULT: 10
3633LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 3634DOC_START
41bd17a4 3635 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
3636 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
3637 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
3638 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
3639 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
3640 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 3641
41bd17a4 3642 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
3643 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
3644 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
3645 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
3646 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
3647 <pid>'.
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3649 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
3650 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 3651DOC_END
5473c134 3652
41bd17a4 3653NAME: emulate_httpd_log
20efa1c2 3654TYPE: obsolete
41bd17a4 3655DOC_START
20efa1c2 3656 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
5473c134 3657DOC_END
3658
41bd17a4 3659NAME: log_ip_on_direct
8652f8e7 3660TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3661DOC_START
8652f8e7 3662 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
41bd17a4 3663DOC_END
5473c134 3664
41bd17a4 3665NAME: mime_table
3666TYPE: string
3667DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
3668LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
3669DOC_START
3670 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
3671 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
3672 information if you do.
5473c134 3673DOC_END
3674
41bd17a4 3675NAME: log_mime_hdrs
3676COMMENT: on|off
3677TYPE: onoff
3678LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
3679DEFAULT: off
3680DOC_START
3681 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
3682 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
3683 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
3684 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
3685 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
3686DOC_END
5473c134 3687
41bd17a4 3688NAME: useragent_log
20efa1c2 3689TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3690DOC_START
20efa1c2 3691 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
5473c134 3692DOC_END
3693
41bd17a4 3694NAME: referer_log referrer_log
20efa1c2 3695TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3696DOC_START
20efa1c2 3697 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
5473c134 3698DOC_END
3699
41bd17a4 3700NAME: pid_filename
3701TYPE: string
3702DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
3703LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 3704DOC_START
41bd17a4 3705 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 3706DOC_END
3707
41bd17a4 3708NAME: log_fqdn
c581e96b 3709TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3710DOC_START
c581e96b 3711 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
5473c134 3712DOC_END
3713
41bd17a4 3714NAME: client_netmask
3715TYPE: address
3716LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 3717DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 3718DOC_START
41bd17a4 3719 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
3720 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
3721 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
3722 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 3723DOC_END
3724
41bd17a4 3725NAME: forward_log
20efa1c2 3726TYPE: obsolete
5473c134 3727DOC_START
20efa1c2 3728 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
5473c134 3729DOC_END
3730
41bd17a4 3731NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 3732TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 3733LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 3734DEFAULT: on
3735DOC_START
41bd17a4 3736 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3737 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3738DOC_END
3739
41bd17a4 3740NAME: buffered_logs
3741COMMENT: on|off
3742TYPE: onoff
3743DEFAULT: off
3744LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3745DOC_START
41bd17a4 3746 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3747 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3748 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3749 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3750 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 3751DOC_END
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2b753521 3753NAME: netdb_filename
3754TYPE: string
221faecb 3755DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 3756LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3757IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3758DOC_START
3759 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3760 To disable, enter "none".
3761DOC_END
3762
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3763COMMENT_START
3764 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3765 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3766COMMENT_END
3767
3768NAME: cache_log
3769TYPE: string
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3770DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3771LOC: Debug::cache_log
3772DOC_START
3773 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3774 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3775 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3776DOC_END
3777
3778NAME: debug_options
3779TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3780DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3781LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3782DOC_START
3783 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3784 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3785 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3786 log file, so be careful.
3787
3788 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3789 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3790
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3792 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3793 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3794 events affecting Squid.
3795DOC_END
3796
3797NAME: coredump_dir
3798TYPE: string
3799LOC: Config.coredump_dir
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3800DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3801DOC_START
3802 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3803 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3804 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3805 and coredump files will be left there.
3806
3807NOCOMMENT_START
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3809# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3810coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3811NOCOMMENT_END
3812DOC_END
3813
3814
41bd17a4 3815COMMENT_START
3816 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3817 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3818COMMENT_END
3819
3820NAME: ftp_user
3821TYPE: string
3822DEFAULT: Squid@
3823LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3824DOC_START
41bd17a4 3825 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3826 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3827 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3828
41bd17a4 3829 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3830 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3831 depending on how the cache is used.
3832 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3833 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3834DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3836NAME: ftp_passive
3837TYPE: onoff
3838DEFAULT: on
3839LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3840DOC_START
41bd17a4 3841 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3842 connections, turn off this option.
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3844 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3845DOC_END
3846
3847NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3848TYPE: onoff
3849DEFAULT: off
3850LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3851DOC_START
3852 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3853
3854 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3855 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3856 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3857
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3859 useful.
a689bd4e 3860 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3861 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3862
3863 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3864 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3865
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3867DOC_END
3868
3869NAME: ftp_epsv
3870TYPE: onoff
3871DEFAULT: on
3872LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3873DOC_START
3874 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3875
3876 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3877 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3878 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3879 will never be needed.
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3881 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3882 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3883 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3884
3885 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3886DOC_END
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3888NAME: ftp_eprt
3889TYPE: onoff
3890DEFAULT: on
3891LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
3892DOC_START
3893 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
3894
3895 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
3896 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
3897 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
3898
3899 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
3900 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
3901
3902 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
3903 may result in crashes. Devices which suport EPRT enough to fail
3904 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
3905 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
3906
3907 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3908 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
3909DOC_END
3910
41bd17a4 3911NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3912TYPE: onoff
3913DEFAULT: on
3914LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3915DOC_START
3916 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3917 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3918 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3919 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3920 connection turn this off.
3921DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3922
41bd17a4 3923NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3924TYPE: onoff
3925DEFAULT: on
3926LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3927DOC_START
3928 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3929 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3930 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3931 the FTP protocol.
3932
3933 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3934 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3935 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3936 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3937 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3938DOC_END
3939
3940COMMENT_START
3941 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3942 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3943COMMENT_END
3944
3945NAME: diskd_program
3946TYPE: string
3947DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3948LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3949DOC_START
3950 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3951 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3952 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3953DOC_END
3954
3955NAME: unlinkd_program
3956IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3957TYPE: string
3958DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3959LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3960DOC_START
3961 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3962DOC_END
3963
3964NAME: pinger_program
3965TYPE: string
3966DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3967LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3968IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3969DOC_START
3970 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3971DOC_END
3972
cc192b50 3973NAME: pinger_enable
3974TYPE: onoff
3975DEFAULT: on
3976LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3977IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3978DOC_START
3979 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3981 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3982DOC_END
3983
3984
41bd17a4 3985COMMENT_START
3986 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3987 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3988COMMENT_END
3989
3990NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3991TYPE: wordlist
3992LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3993DEFAULT: none
3994DOC_START
2c7aad89 3995 Specify the location of the executable URL rewriter to use.
41bd17a4 3996 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3997
2c7aad89 3998 For each requested URL, the rewriter will receive on line with the format
41bd17a4 3999
c71adec1 4000 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
4001
4002 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
4003 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
4004 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
4005 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 4006
4007 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
4008 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
4009
4010 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
4011 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
2c7aad89 4012 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily), etc.
41bd17a4 4013
4014 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
4015DOC_END
4016
4017NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 4018TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 4019DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 4020LOC: Config.redirectChildren
4021DOC_START
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4022 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
4023 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
4024 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
4025 and other system resources noticably.
4026
4027 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
4028 tuning.
4029
4030 startup=
4031
4032 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
4033 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
4034 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
4035
4036 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
4037 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
4038
4039 idle=
4040
4041 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
4042 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
4043 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
4044 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
4045
4046 concurrency=
41bd17a4 4047
41bd17a4 4048 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
4049 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
4050 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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4052 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
4053 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
4054 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
4055 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
4056 to that request.
41bd17a4 4057DOC_END
4058
4059NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
4060TYPE: onoff
4061DEFAULT: on
4062LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
4063DOC_START
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4064 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
4065 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
4066 any Host: header in redirected requests.
4067
4068 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
4069 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
4070 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
4071
41bd17a4 4072 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
4073 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
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4075 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
4076 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
4077 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 4078DOC_END
4079
4080NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
4081TYPE: acl_access
4082DEFAULT: none
4083LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
4084DOC_START
4085 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
4086 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
4087 are sent.
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4089 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4090 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4091DOC_END
4092
4093NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
4094TYPE: onoff
4095LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
4096DEFAULT: off
4097DOC_START
4098 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
4099 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
4100 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
4101 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
4102 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
4103 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
4104 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
4105 users may have access to pages they should not
4106 be allowed to request.
4107DOC_END
4108
4109COMMENT_START
4110 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
4111 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4112COMMENT_END
4113
f04b37d8 4114NAME: cache no_cache
4115TYPE: acl_access
4116DEFAULT: none
4117LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 4118DOC_START
240887f0 4119 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 4120 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
4121 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 4122
240887f0 4123 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
4124 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 4125
240887f0 4126 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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4127
4128 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
4129 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 4130DOC_END
4131
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4132NAME: max_stale
4133COMMENT: time-units
4134TYPE: time_t
4135LOC: Config.maxStale
4136DEFAULT: 1 week
4137DOC_START
4138 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
4139 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
4140 Can be overriden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
4141DOC_END
4142
41bd17a4 4143NAME: refresh_pattern
4144TYPE: refreshpattern
4145LOC: Config.Refresh
4146DEFAULT: none
4147DOC_START
4148 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 4149
6b698a21 4150 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
4151 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 4152
41bd17a4 4153 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
4154 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
4155 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
4156 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
4157 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 4158
41bd17a4 4159 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
4160 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
4161 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 4162
41bd17a4 4163 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
4164 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 4165
41bd17a4 4166 options: override-expire
4167 override-lastmod
4168 reload-into-ims
4169 ignore-reload
4170 ignore-no-cache
4171 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 4172 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 4173 ignore-private
4174 ignore-auth
570d3f75 4175 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 4176 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 4177 store-stale
a0ec9f68 4178
41bd17a4 4179 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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4180 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
4181 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
4182 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
4183 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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4185 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
4186 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
4187 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
4188 the object fresh for that period of time.
4189
41bd17a4 4190 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
4191 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 4192
41bd17a4 4193 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
4194 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
4195 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4196 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 4197
41bd17a4 4198 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
4199 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4200 this feature could make you liable for problems which
4201 it causes.
9bc73deb 4202
41bd17a4 4203 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
4204 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
4205 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
4206 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
4207 send it anyway.
4208
4209 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
4210 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4211 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4212 liable for problems which it causes.
4213
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4214 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
4215 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4216 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4217 liable for problems which it causes.
4218
41bd17a4 4219 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
4220 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
4221 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
4222 liable for problems which it causes.
4223
4224 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
4225 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
4226 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
4227 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
4228 it causes.
4229
4230 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
4231 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
4232 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
4233 if one is available.
4234
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4235 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
4236 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
4237 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
4238 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
4239 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
4240
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4241 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
4242 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
4243 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
4244
41bd17a4 4245 Basically a cached object is:
4246
4247 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
4248 STALE if age > max
4249 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
4250 FRESH if age < min
4251 else STALE
4252
4253 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
4254 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
4255 match the default will be used.
4256
4257 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
4258 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
4259 used.
4260
41bd17a4 4261NOCOMMENT_START
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4262
4263# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 4264refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
4265refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 4266refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 4267refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
4268NOCOMMENT_END
4269DOC_END
4270
4271NAME: quick_abort_min
4272COMMENT: (KB)
4273TYPE: kb_int64_t
4274DEFAULT: 16 KB
4275LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
4276DOC_NONE
4277
4278NAME: quick_abort_max
4279COMMENT: (KB)
4280TYPE: kb_int64_t
4281DEFAULT: 16 KB
4282LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
4283DOC_NONE
4284
4285NAME: quick_abort_pct
4286COMMENT: (percent)
4287TYPE: int
4288DEFAULT: 95
4289LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
4290DOC_START
4291 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
4292 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
4293 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
4294 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
4295 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
4296 downloads.
4297
4298 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
4299 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
4300 then.
4301
4302 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
4303 it will finish the retrieval.
4304
4305 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
4306 it will abort the retrieval.
4307
4308 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
4309 it will finish the retrieval.
4310
4311 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
4312 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
4313 to '0 KB'.
4314
4315 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
4316 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
4317DOC_END
60d096f4 4318
41bd17a4 4319NAME: read_ahead_gap
4320COMMENT: buffer-size
4321TYPE: b_int64_t
4322LOC: Config.readAheadGap
4323DEFAULT: 16 KB
4324DOC_START
4325 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
4326 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
4327DOC_END
53e738c6 4328
41bd17a4 4329NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 4330IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4331COMMENT: time-units
4332TYPE: time_t
4333LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 4334DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 4335DOC_START
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4336 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
4337 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
4338 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
4339 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
4340 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
4341 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
4342
4343 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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4344
4345 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4346 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4347 causes.
41bd17a4 4348DOC_END
53e738c6 4349
41bd17a4 4350NAME: positive_dns_ttl
4351COMMENT: time-units
4352TYPE: time_t
4353LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
4354DEFAULT: 6 hours
4355DOC_START
4356 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
4357 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
4358 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
4359DOC_END
c4ab8329 4360
41bd17a4 4361NAME: negative_dns_ttl
4362COMMENT: time-units
4363TYPE: time_t
4364LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
4365DEFAULT: 1 minutes
4366DOC_START
4367 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
4368 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
4369 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
4370 much below 10 seconds.
4371DOC_END
7df0bfd7 4372
41bd17a4 4373NAME: range_offset_limit
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4374COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
4375TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 4376LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 4377DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4378DOC_START
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4379 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
4380
4381 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
4382 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
4383 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
4384 the result is NOT cached.
4385
41bd17a4 4386 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
4387 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
4388 sending anything to the client.
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4389
4390 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
4391 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
4392 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
4393 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
4394
4395 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
4396
4397 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
4398 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
4399
4400 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 4401 client requested. (default)
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4402
4403 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 4404 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
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4405
4406 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
4407
4408 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
4409 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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4410 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
4411 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 4412DOC_END
d95b862f 4413
41bd17a4 4414NAME: minimum_expiry_time
4415COMMENT: (seconds)
4416TYPE: time_t
4417LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
4418DEFAULT: 60 seconds
4419DOC_START
4420 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
4421 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 4422 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 4423 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
4424 is most likely better to make your server return a
4425 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
4426 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
4427 often be best set to 0.
4428DOC_END
c68e9c6b 4429
41bd17a4 4430NAME: store_avg_object_size
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4431COMMENT: (bytes)
4432TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 4433DEFAULT: 13 KB
4434LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
4435DOC_START
4436 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
4437 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 4438DOC_END
4439
41bd17a4 4440NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
4441TYPE: int
4442DEFAULT: 20
4443LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
4444DOC_START
4445 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
4446 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
4447 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
4448DOC_END
4449
4450COMMENT_START
4451 HTTP OPTIONS
4452 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4453COMMENT_END
4454
f04b37d8 4455NAME: request_header_max_size
4456COMMENT: (KB)
4457TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4458DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4459LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
4460DOC_START
4461 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
4462 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4463 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
4464 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4465 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4466DOC_END
4467
4468NAME: reply_header_max_size
4469COMMENT: (KB)
4470TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4471DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 4472LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
4473DOC_START
4474 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
4475 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
4476 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
4477 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
4478 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
4479DOC_END
4480
4481NAME: request_body_max_size
4482COMMENT: (bytes)
4483TYPE: b_int64_t
4484DEFAULT: 0 KB
4485LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
4486DOC_START
4487 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
4488 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
4489 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
4490 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
4491 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
4492 be no limit imposed.
4493DOC_END
4494
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4495NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
4496COMMENT: (bytes)
4497TYPE: b_size_t
4498DEFAULT: 512 KB
4499LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
4500DOC_START
4501 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
4502 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
4503 a large file.
4504DOC_END
4505
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4506NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
4507COMMENT: (bytes)
4508TYPE: b_int64_t
4509DEFAULT: 64 KB
4510LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
4511DOC_START
4512 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
4513 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
4514 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
4515 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
4516 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
4517 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
4518
4519 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
4520 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
4521 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
4522 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
4523 as if dechunking was disabled.
4524
4525 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
4526 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
4527
4528 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
4529 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
4530 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
4531DOC_END
4532
41bd17a4 4533NAME: broken_posts
626096be 4534IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 4535TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 4536DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4537LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 4538DOC_START
41bd17a4 4539 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
4540 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 4541
41bd17a4 4542 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
4543 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 4544
41bd17a4 4545 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 4546
41bd17a4 4547 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
4548 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
4549 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
4550 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 4551
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4552 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4553 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
4554
41bd17a4 4555Example:
4556 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
4557 broken_posts allow buggy_server
4558DOC_END
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22fff3bf 4560NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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4561COMMENT: on|off
4562TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 4563IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 4564DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 4565LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 4566DOC_START
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4567 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
4568 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
4569
4570 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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4571DOC_END
4572
41bd17a4 4573NAME: via
626096be 4574IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4575COMMENT: on|off
4576TYPE: onoff
4577DEFAULT: on
4578LOC: Config.onoff.via
4579DOC_START
4580 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
4581 replies as required by RFC2616.
4582DOC_END
4cc6eb12 4583
41bd17a4 4584NAME: ie_refresh
4585COMMENT: on|off
4586TYPE: onoff
4587LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
4588DEFAULT: off
4589DOC_START
4590 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
4591 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
4592 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
4593 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
4594 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
4595 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
4596 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
4597 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
4598 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
4599 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
4600 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
4601 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
4602 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
4603 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
4604 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
4605 force fresh content.
4606DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4608NAME: vary_ignore_expire
4609COMMENT: on|off
4610TYPE: onoff
4611LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
4612DEFAULT: off
4613DOC_START
4614 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
4615 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
4616 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
4617 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
4618 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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4619
4620 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
4621 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 4622DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4624NAME: request_entities
4625TYPE: onoff
4626LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
4627DEFAULT: off
4628DOC_START
4629 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
4630 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
4631 even if not explicitly forbidden.
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41bd17a4 4633 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
4634 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
4635 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
4636 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
4637 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 4638DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4640NAME: request_header_access
626096be 4641IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4642TYPE: http_header_access[]
4643LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4644DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 4645DOC_START
41bd17a4 4646 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 4647
41bd17a4 4648 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4649 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4650 causes.
0976f8db 4651
41bd17a4 4652 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4653 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4654 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4655 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4656 mangling.
934b03fc 4657
41bd17a4 4658 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
4659 client to the server.
5401aa8d 4660
41bd17a4 4661 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4662 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4663 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 4664
41bd17a4 4665 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4666 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 4667
41bd17a4 4668 request_header_access From deny all
4669 request_header_access Referer deny all
4670 request_header_access Server deny all
4671 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
4672 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4673 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 4674
41bd17a4 4675 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4676 you should use:
5401aa8d 4677
41bd17a4 4678 request_header_access Allow allow all
4679 request_header_access Authorization allow all
4680 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4681 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4682 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4683 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4684 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4685 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
4686 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
4687 request_header_access Date allow all
4688 request_header_access Expires allow all
4689 request_header_access Host allow all
4690 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4691 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4692 request_header_access Location allow all
4693 request_header_access Pragma allow all
4694 request_header_access Accept allow all
4695 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4696 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4697 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4698 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
4699 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4700 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
4701 request_header_access Title allow all
4702 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4703 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 4704
41bd17a4 4705 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
4706 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 4707
41bd17a4 4708 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4709 performed).
5401aa8d 4710DOC_END
4711
41bd17a4 4712NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 4713IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4714TYPE: http_header_access[]
4715LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 4716DEFAULT: none
4717DOC_START
41bd17a4 4718 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 4719
41bd17a4 4720 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
4721 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
4722 causes.
934b03fc 4723
41bd17a4 4724 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
4725 server to the client.
934b03fc 4726
41bd17a4 4727 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
4728 direction.
6b53c392 4729
41bd17a4 4730 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
4731 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
4732 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
4733 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
4734 mangling.
cccac0a2 4735
41bd17a4 4736 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
4737 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
4738 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 4739
41bd17a4 4740 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
4741 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 4742
41bd17a4 4743 reply_header_access From deny all
4744 reply_header_access Referer deny all
4745 reply_header_access Server deny all
4746 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
4747 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
4748 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 4749
41bd17a4 4750 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
4751 you should use:
cccac0a2 4752
41bd17a4 4753 reply_header_access Allow allow all
4754 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
4755 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
4756 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
4757 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
4758 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
4759 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
4760 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
4761 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
4762 reply_header_access Date allow all
4763 reply_header_access Expires allow all
4764 reply_header_access Host allow all
4765 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
4766 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
4767 reply_header_access Location allow all
4768 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
4769 reply_header_access Accept allow all
4770 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
4771 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
4772 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
4773 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
4774 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
4775 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
4776 reply_header_access Title allow all
4777 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 4778 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 4779
41bd17a4 4780 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
4781 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 4782
41bd17a4 4783 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
4784 performed).
cccac0a2 4785DOC_END
4786
75e4f2ea 4787NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 4788IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 4789TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4790LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 4791DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 4792DOC_START
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4793 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
4794 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 4795
41bd17a4 4796 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
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4797 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
4798 with some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
41bd17a4 4799 option.
cccac0a2 4800
41bd17a4 4801 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 4802
41bd17a4 4803 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4804DOC_END
cccac0a2 4805
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4806NAME: reply_header_replace
4807IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
4808TYPE: http_header_replace[]
4809LOC: Config.reply_header_access
4810DEFAULT: none
4811DOC_START
4812 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
4813 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
4814
4815 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
4816 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
4817 with some fixed string.
4818
4819 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
4820
4821 By default, headers are removed if denied.
4822DOC_END
4823
41bd17a4 4824NAME: relaxed_header_parser
4825COMMENT: on|off|warn
4826TYPE: tristate
4827LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
4828DEFAULT: on
4829DOC_START
4830 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4831 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4832 what the sending application intended even if the message
4833 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4834 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4835
41bd17a4 4836 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4837 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4838
41bd17a4 4839 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4840 or response to be rejected.
4841DOC_END
7d90757b 4842
41bd17a4 4843COMMENT_START
4844 TIMEOUTS
4845 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4846COMMENT_END
4847
4848NAME: forward_timeout
4849COMMENT: time-units
4850TYPE: time_t
4851LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4852DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4853DOC_START
4854 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4855 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4856DOC_END
4857
41bd17a4 4858NAME: connect_timeout
4859COMMENT: time-units
4860TYPE: time_t
4861LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4862DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4863DOC_START
41bd17a4 4864 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4865 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4866 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4867DOC_END
4868
41bd17a4 4869NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4870COMMENT: time-units
4871TYPE: time_t
4872LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4873DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4874DOC_START
41bd17a4 4875 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4876 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4877 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4878 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4879DOC_END
7f7db318 4880
41bd17a4 4881NAME: read_timeout
4882COMMENT: time-units
4883TYPE: time_t
4884LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4885DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4886DOC_START
4887 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4888 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4889 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4890 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4891 default is 15 minutes.
4892DOC_END
cccac0a2 4893
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4894NAME: write_timeout
4895COMMENT: time-units
4896TYPE: time_t
4897LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4898DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4899DOC_START
4900 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4901 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4902 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4903 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4904 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4905 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4906 default is 15 minutes.
4907DOC_END
4908
41bd17a4 4909NAME: request_timeout
4910TYPE: time_t
4911LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4912DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4913DOC_START
6b2a2108 4914 How long to wait for complete HTTP request headers after initial
41bd17a4 4915 connection establishment.
4916DOC_END
cccac0a2 4917
97b32442 4918NAME: client_idle_pconn_timeout persistent_request_timeout
41bd17a4 4919TYPE: time_t
97b32442 4920LOC: Config.Timeout.clientIdlePconn
41bd17a4 4921DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4922DOC_START
4923 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
97b32442 4924 client connection after the previous request completes.
41bd17a4 4925DOC_END
cccac0a2 4926
41bd17a4 4927NAME: client_lifetime
4928COMMENT: time-units
4929TYPE: time_t
4930LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4931DEFAULT: 1 day
4932DOC_START
4933 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4934 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4935 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4936 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4937 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4938 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4939 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4940
41bd17a4 4941 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4942 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4943 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4944 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4945 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4946 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4947DOC_END
4948
41bd17a4 4949NAME: half_closed_clients
4950TYPE: onoff
4951LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4952DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4953DOC_START
41bd17a4 4954 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4955 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4956 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4957 fully-closed TCP connection.
4958
4959 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4960 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4961
abdf1651 4962 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4963 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4964 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4965 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4966DOC_END
4967
97b32442 4968NAME: server_idle_pconn_timeout pconn_timeout
41bd17a4 4969TYPE: time_t
97b32442 4970LOC: Config.Timeout.serverIdlePconn
41bd17a4 4971DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4972DOC_START
41bd17a4 4973 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4974 proxies.
4975DOC_END
cccac0a2 4976
41bd17a4 4977NAME: ident_timeout
4978TYPE: time_t
4979IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4980LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4981DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4982DOC_START
4983 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4984
41bd17a4 4985 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4986 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4987 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4988DOC_END
4989
41bd17a4 4990NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4991COMMENT: time-units
4992TYPE: time_t
4993LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4994DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4995DOC_START
41bd17a4 4996 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4997 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4998 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4999 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
5000 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 5001DOC_END
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cccac0a2 5003COMMENT_START
5004 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
5005 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5006COMMENT_END
5007
5008NAME: cache_mgr
5009TYPE: string
5010DEFAULT: webmaster
5011LOC: Config.adminEmail
5012DOC_START
5013 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
5014 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
5015DOC_END
5016
abacf776 5017NAME: mail_from
5018TYPE: string
5019DEFAULT: none
5020LOC: Config.EmailFrom
5021DOC_START
5022 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
5023 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 5024 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 5025 src/globals.h before building squid.
5026DOC_END
5027
d084bf20 5028NAME: mail_program
5029TYPE: eol
5030DEFAULT: mail
5031LOC: Config.EmailProgram
5032DOC_START
5033 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 5034 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 5035 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 5036 mail-program recipient < mailfile
5037
d084bf20 5038 Optional command line options can be specified.
5039DOC_END
5040
cccac0a2 5041NAME: cache_effective_user
5042TYPE: string
5483d916 5043DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 5044LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 5045DOC_START
5046 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
5047 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 5048 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 5049 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 5050DOC_END
5051
cccac0a2 5052NAME: cache_effective_group
5053TYPE: string
5054DEFAULT: none
5055LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
5056DOC_START
64e288bd 5057 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
5058 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
5059 from the groups membership.
5060
e3d74828 5061 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
5062 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
5063 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 5064 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 5065 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 5066 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 5067 group.
64e288bd 5068
5069 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
5070 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
5071 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 5072DOC_END
5073
d3caee79 5074NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
5075COMMENT: on|off
5076TYPE: onoff
5077DEFAULT: off
5078LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
5079DOC_START
5080 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
5081DOC_END
5082
cccac0a2 5083NAME: visible_hostname
5084TYPE: string
5085LOC: Config.visibleHostname
5086DEFAULT: none
5087DOC_START
5088 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 5089 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 5090 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
5091 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
5092 names with this setting.
5093DOC_END
5094
cccac0a2 5095NAME: unique_hostname
5096TYPE: string
5097LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
5098DEFAULT: none
5099DOC_START
5100 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 5101 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
5102 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 5103DOC_END
5104
cccac0a2 5105NAME: hostname_aliases
5106TYPE: wordlist
5107LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
5108DEFAULT: none
5109DOC_START
7f7db318 5110 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 5111DOC_END
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5113NAME: umask
5114TYPE: int
5115LOC: Config.umask
5116DEFAULT: 027
5117DOC_START
5118 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
5119 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
5120
5121 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
5122 your value with 0.
5123DOC_END
5124
cccac0a2 5125COMMENT_START
5126 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
5127 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5128
5129 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
5130 announcement service. This service is provided to help
5131 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
5132 create cache hierarchies.
5133
5134 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
5135 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
5136 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
5137
5138 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
5139 following information from this configuration file:
5140
5141 http_port
5142 icp_port
5143 cache_mgr
5144
5145 All current information is processed regularly and made
5146 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
5147COMMENT_END
5148
5149NAME: announce_period
5150TYPE: time_t
5151LOC: Config.Announce.period
5152DEFAULT: 0
5153DOC_START
5154 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
5155 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
5156 messages.
5157
e0855596 5158 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 5159
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5160 Example:
5161 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 5162DOC_END
5163
cccac0a2 5164NAME: announce_host
5165TYPE: string
5166DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
5167LOC: Config.Announce.host
5168DOC_NONE
5169
5170NAME: announce_file
5171TYPE: string
5172DEFAULT: none
5173LOC: Config.Announce.file
5174DOC_NONE
5175
5176NAME: announce_port
ae870270 5177TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 5178DEFAULT: 3131
5179LOC: Config.Announce.port
5180DOC_START
5181 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
5182 number where the registration message will be sent.
5183
5184 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
5185 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
5186 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
5187 message.
5188DOC_END
5189
8d6275c0 5190COMMENT_START
5191 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
5192 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5193COMMENT_END
5194
cccac0a2 5195NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 5196TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 5197DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5198LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 5199DOC_START
5200 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
5201 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
5202 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
5203 an identification token.
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5204
5205 The default ID is the visible_hostname
cccac0a2 5206DOC_END
5207
5208NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 5209COMMENT: on|off
5210TYPE: onoff
5211DEFAULT: off
5212LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
5213DOC_START
5214 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
5215 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
5216DOC_END
5217
5218NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 5219IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 5220COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 5221TYPE: string
5222LOC: ESIParser::Type
5223DEFAULT: custom
5224DOC_START
5225 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
5226 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
5227 encodings.
5228DOC_END
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9edd9041 5230COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5231 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 5232 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5233COMMENT_END
5234
5235NAME: delay_pools
5236TYPE: delay_pool_count
5237DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5238IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5239LOC: Config.Delay
5240DOC_START
5241 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
5242 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
5243 have a total of 2 delay pools.
5244DOC_END
5245
5246NAME: delay_class
5247TYPE: delay_pool_class
5248DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5249IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5250LOC: Config.Delay
5251DOC_START
5252 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
5253 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
5254 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
5255 and here would be:
5256
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5257 Example:
5258 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
5259 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
5260 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
5261 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
5262 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 5263
5264 The delay pool classes are:
5265
5266 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5267 bucket.
5268
5269 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5270 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 5271 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 5272
5273 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
5274 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
5275 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
5276 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 5277 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 5278
5279 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
5280 additional limit on a per user basis. This
5281 only takes effect if the username is established
5282 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
5283 http_access rules.
5284
5285 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
5286 external_acl's tag= reply).
5287
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5289 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
5290 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
5291 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
5292
9edd9041 5293 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
5294 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
5295 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
5296 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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5298 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
5299 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 5300DOC_END
5301
5302NAME: delay_access
5303TYPE: delay_pool_access
5304DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5305IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5306LOC: Config.Delay
5307DOC_START
5308 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
5309
5310 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
5311 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
5312 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
5313 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
5314
5315 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
5316 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
5317
5318Example:
5319 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
5320 delay_access 1 deny all
5321 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
5322 delay_access 2 deny all
5323 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
5324DOC_END
5325
5326NAME: delay_parameters
5327TYPE: delay_pool_rates
5328DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5329IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5330LOC: Config.Delay
5331DOC_START
5332 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
5333 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 5334 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 5335
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5336 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
5337 delay_pools pool 1
5338 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 5339
5340 For a class 2 delay pool:
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5341 delay_pools pool 2
5342 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 5343
5344 For a class 3 delay pool:
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5345 delay_pools pool 3
5346 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 5347
5348 For a class 4 delay pool:
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5349 delay_pools pool 4
5350 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 5351
5352 For a class 5 delay pool:
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5353 delay_pools pool 5
5354 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 5355
0b68481a 5356 The option variables are:
9edd9041 5357
5358 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
5359 number specified in delay_pools as used in
5360 delay_class lines.
5361
fdb47ac6 5362 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 5363 (class 1, 2, 3).
5364
fdb47ac6 5365 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 5366 buckets (class 2, 3).
5367
fdb47ac6 5368 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 5369 (class 3).
5370
fdb47ac6 5371 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 5372 (class 4).
5373
fdb47ac6 5374 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 5375 (class 5).
5376
5377 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
5378 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
5379 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
5380 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
5381
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5382 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
5383
5384
9edd9041 5385 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 5386 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 5387 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
5388
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5389 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
5390
5391 Note that 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
9edd9041 5392
5393 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
5394
0b68481a 5395
9edd9041 5396 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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5397 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
5398 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
5399 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 5400 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
5401 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
5402 large downloads more significantly:
5403
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5404 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
5405
5406 Note that 8 x 32000 KByte/sec -> 256Kbit/sec.
5407 8 x 8000 KByte/sec -> 64Kbit/sec.
5408 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800bit/sec.
9edd9041 5409
9edd9041 5410
5411 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 5412 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 5413
0b68481a 5414 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
9edd9041 5415DOC_END
5416
5417NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
5418COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 5419TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 5420DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5421IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 5422LOC: Config.Delay.initial
5423DOC_START
5424 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
5425 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
5426 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
5427 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
5428 "seen" by squid).
5429DOC_END
5430
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5431COMMENT_START
5432 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
5433 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5434COMMENT_END
5435
5436NAME: client_delay_pools
5437TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
5438DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 5439IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5440LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5441DOC_START
5442 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
5443 preceed other client_delay_* options.
5444
5445Example:
5446 client_delay_pools 2
5447DOC_END
5448
5449NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
5450COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 5451TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 5452DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 5453IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5454LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
5455DOC_START
5456 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
5457 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
5458 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
5459 buckets are periodically deleted up.
5460
5461 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
5462 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
5463 from client_delay_parameters.
5464
5465Example:
5466 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
5467DOC_END
5468
5469NAME: client_delay_parameters
5470TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
5471DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5472IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5473LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5474DOC_START
5475
5476 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
5477 following format:
5478
5479 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
5480
5481 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
5482
5483 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
5484
5485 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
5486 speed_limit additions.
5487
5488 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
5489 examples.
5490
5491Example:
5492 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
5493 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
5494DOC_END
5495
5496NAME: client_delay_access
5497TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
5498DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 5499IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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5500LOC: Config.ClientDelay
5501DOC_START
5502
5503 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
5504 request:
5505
5506 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
5507
5508 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
5509 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
5510 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
5511 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
5512 limited.
5513
5514 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
5515 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
5516 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
5517 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
5518
5519 Please see delay_access for more examples.
5520
5521Example:
5522 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
5523 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
5524DOC_END
5525
cccac0a2 5526COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 5527 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 5528 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5529COMMENT_END
5530
8d6275c0 5531NAME: wccp_router
5532TYPE: address
5533LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 5534DEFAULT: any_addr
8d6275c0 5535IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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5536DOC_START
5537 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5538 Squid.
5539
5540 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
5541
5542 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
5543
5544 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5545 which version of WCCP to use.
5546DOC_END
df2eec10 5547
8d6275c0 5548NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 5549TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 5550LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 5551DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5552IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5553DOC_START
8d6275c0 5554 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
5555 Squid.
cccac0a2 5556
8d6275c0 5557 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 5558
8d6275c0 5559 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 5560
8d6275c0 5561 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
5562 which version of WCCP to use.
5563DOC_END
5564
5565NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 5566TYPE: int
8d6275c0 5567LOC: Config.Wccp.version
5568DEFAULT: 4
5569IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 5570DOC_START
8d6275c0 5571 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
5572 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
5573 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
5574 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
5575 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 5576
8d6275c0 5577 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
5578 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
5579 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
5580 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 5581DOC_END
5582
8d6275c0 5583NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
5584TYPE: onoff
5585LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
5586DEFAULT: on
5587IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5588DOC_START
5589 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
5590 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
5591DOC_END
cccac0a2 5592
8d6275c0 5593NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 5594TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5595LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 5596DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5597IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5598DOC_START
699acd19 5599 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 5600 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5601
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5602 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5603 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5604
8d6275c0 5605 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5606 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 5607DOC_END
5608
8d6275c0 5609NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 5610TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 5611LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 5612DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 5613IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5614DOC_START
699acd19 5615 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 5616 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
5617 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5618
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5619 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
5620 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 5621
8d6275c0 5622 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
5623 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 5624
699acd19 5625 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 5626 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
5627 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
5628 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 5629DOC_END
5630
8d6275c0 5631NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 5632TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 5633LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 5634DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 5635IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 5636DOC_START
8d6275c0 5637 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
5638 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 5639
451c4786 5640 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 5641 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 5642
8d6275c0 5643 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
5644 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
5645DOC_END
cccac0a2 5646
8d6275c0 5647NAME: wccp2_service
5648TYPE: wccp2_service
5649LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 5650DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
5651IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5652DOC_START
5653 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
5654 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
5655 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
5656 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
5657 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
5658 using the wccp2_service_info option.
5659
5660 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
5661 just specifying the service id will suffice.
5662
5663 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
5664 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
5665
5666 Examples:
5667
5668 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
5669 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
5670 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
5671 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 5672DOC_END
5673
5674NAME: wccp2_service_info
5675TYPE: wccp2_service_info
5676LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
5677DEFAULT: none
5678IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5679DOC_START
5680 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
5681 traffic you wish to have diverted.
5682
5683 The format is:
5684
5685 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
5686 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
5687
5688 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
5689 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 5690 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 5691 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
5692 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
5693 + ports_source
5694
5695 The port list can be one to eight entries.
5696
5697 Example:
5698
5699 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
5700 priority=240 ports=80
5701
5702 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
5703 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
5704DOC_END
5705
5706NAME: wccp2_weight
5707TYPE: int
5708LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
5709DEFAULT: 10000
5710IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5711DOC_START
5712 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
5713 hash proportional to their weight.
5714DOC_END
5715
5716NAME: wccp_address
5717TYPE: address
5718LOC: Config.Wccp.address
5719DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5720IFDEF: USE_WCCP
5721DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5722
8d6275c0 5723NAME: wccp2_address
5724TYPE: address
5725LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
5726DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
5727IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
5728DOC_START
5729 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
5730 interface address.
5731
5732 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5733DOC_END
5734
5735COMMENT_START
5736 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
5737 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5738
5739 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
5740COMMENT_END
5741
5742NAME: client_persistent_connections
5743TYPE: onoff
5744LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
5745DEFAULT: on
5746DOC_NONE
5747
5748NAME: server_persistent_connections
5749TYPE: onoff
5750LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
5751DEFAULT: on
5752DOC_START
5753 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
5754 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
5755 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
5756 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
5757DOC_END
5758
5759NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
5760TYPE: onoff
5761LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 5762DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 5763DOC_START
5764 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
5765 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
5766 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
5767DOC_END
5768
5769NAME: detect_broken_pconn
5770TYPE: onoff
5771LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
5772DEFAULT: off
5773DOC_START
5774 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
5775 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
5776 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
5777 has mostly been seen on redirects.
5778
5779 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
5780 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
5781 after 10 seconds timeout.
5782DOC_END
5783
5784COMMENT_START
5785 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
5786 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5787COMMENT_END
5788
5789NAME: digest_generation
5790IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5791TYPE: onoff
5792LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
5793DEFAULT: on
5794DOC_START
5795 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
5796 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 5797 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 5798DOC_END
5799
5800NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
5801IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5802TYPE: int
5803LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
5804DEFAULT: 5
5805DOC_START
5806 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
5807 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
5808 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
5809DOC_END
5810
5811NAME: digest_rebuild_period
5812IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5813COMMENT: (seconds)
5814TYPE: time_t
5815LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
5816DEFAULT: 1 hour
5817DOC_START
749ceff8 5818 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 5819DOC_END
5820
5821NAME: digest_rewrite_period
5822COMMENT: (seconds)
5823IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5824TYPE: time_t
5825LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
5826DEFAULT: 1 hour
5827DOC_START
749ceff8 5828 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 5829 disk.
5830DOC_END
5831
5832NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
5833COMMENT: (bytes)
5834TYPE: b_size_t
5835IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5836LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
5837DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
5838DOC_START
5839 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
5840 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
5841 default swap page.
5842DOC_END
5843
5844NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
5845COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5846IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
5847TYPE: int
5848LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
5849DEFAULT: 10
5850DOC_START
5851 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
5852 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
5853DOC_END
5854
1db9eacd 5855COMMENT_START
5473c134 5856 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 5857 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5858COMMENT_END
5859
5473c134 5860NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 5861TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5862LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 5863DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5864IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5865DOC_START
87630341 5866 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
5867 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
5868 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
5869 set to "0" (disabled)
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5870
5871 Example:
5872 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 5873DOC_END
5874
5473c134 5875NAME: snmp_access
5876TYPE: acl_access
5877LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
5473c134 5878DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5879IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 5880DOC_START
5473c134 5881 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 5882
5473c134 5883 All access to the agent is denied by default.
5884 usage:
8d6275c0 5885
5473c134 5886 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 5887
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FC
5888 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5889 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 5890Example:
5891 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
5892 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 5893DOC_END
5894
5473c134 5895NAME: snmp_incoming_address
5896TYPE: address
5897LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 5898DEFAULT: any_addr
5473c134 5899IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
5900DOC_NONE
df2eec10 5901
5473c134 5902NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
5903TYPE: address
5904LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 5905DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 5906IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 5907DOC_START
df2eec10 5908 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 5909
5473c134 5910 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
5911 messages from SNMP agents.
5912 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
5913 agents.
cccac0a2 5914
0eb08770 5915 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
5473c134 5916 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 5917
0eb08770
HN
5918 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
5919 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
5920 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
5921 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 5922
5473c134 5923 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
5924 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 5925DOC_END
5926
5473c134 5927COMMENT_START
5928 ICP OPTIONS
5929 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5930COMMENT_END
5931
5932NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 5933TYPE: u_short
5473c134 5934DEFAULT: 0
5935LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 5936DOC_START
5473c134 5937 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
5938 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
5939 Default is disabled (0).
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5940
5941 Example:
5942 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5943DOC_END
5944
5473c134 5945NAME: htcp_port
5946IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 5947TYPE: u_short
87630341 5948DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5949LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5950DOC_START
5473c134 5951 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5952 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5953 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5954
5955 Example:
5956 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5957DOC_END
5958
5959NAME: log_icp_queries
5960COMMENT: on|off
5961TYPE: onoff
5962DEFAULT: on
5963LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5964DOC_START
5965 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5966 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5967 up or to simplify log analysis.
5968DOC_END
5969
5473c134 5970NAME: udp_incoming_address
5971TYPE: address
5972LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 5973DEFAULT: any_addr
8524d4b2 5974DOC_START
5975 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5976 caches.
5977
5978 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5979
5980 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5981 a specific interface/address.
5982
5983 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5984 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5985
5986 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5987
5988 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5989 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5990DOC_END
cccac0a2 5991
5473c134 5992NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5993TYPE: address
5994LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 5995DEFAULT: no_addr
cccac0a2 5996DOC_START
8524d4b2 5997 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5998 caches.
cccac0a2 5999
5473c134 6000 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 6001
8524d4b2 6002 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
6003 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
6004 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 6005 caches.
6006
8524d4b2 6007 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
6008 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
6009
6010 see also; udp_incoming_address
6011
5473c134 6012 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 6013 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 6014DOC_END
6015
3d1e3e43 6016NAME: icp_hit_stale
6017COMMENT: on|off
6018TYPE: onoff
6019DEFAULT: off
6020LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
6021DOC_START
6022 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
6023 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
6024 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
6025 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
6026 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
6027 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
6028 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
6029DOC_END
6030
5473c134 6031NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 6032TYPE: int
5473c134 6033DEFAULT: 4
6034LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 6035DOC_START
5473c134 6036 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
6037 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 6038DOC_END
6039
5473c134 6040NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
6041TYPE: int
6042DEFAULT: 400
6043LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 6044DOC_START
5473c134 6045 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
6046 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 6047DOC_END
6048
cccac0a2 6049NAME: netdb_low
6050TYPE: int
6051DEFAULT: 900
6052LOC: Config.Netdb.low
6053DOC_NONE
6054
6055NAME: netdb_high
6056TYPE: int
6057DEFAULT: 1000
6058LOC: Config.Netdb.high
6059DOC_START
6060 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
6061 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
6062 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
6063 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
6064DOC_END
6065
cccac0a2 6066NAME: netdb_ping_period
6067TYPE: time_t
6068LOC: Config.Netdb.period
6069DEFAULT: 5 minutes
6070DOC_START
6071 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
6072 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
6073 network. The default is five minutes.
6074DOC_END
6075
cccac0a2 6076NAME: query_icmp
6077COMMENT: on|off
6078TYPE: onoff
6079DEFAULT: off
6080LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
6081DOC_START
6082 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
6083 replies, enable this option.
6084
6085 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 6086 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
6087 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 6088 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
6089 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
6090 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
6091 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
6092 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
6093DOC_END
6094
6095NAME: test_reachability
6096COMMENT: on|off
6097TYPE: onoff
6098DEFAULT: off
6099LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
6100DOC_START
6101 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
6102 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
6103 database, or has a zero RTT.
6104DOC_END
6105
5473c134 6106NAME: icp_query_timeout
6107COMMENT: (msec)
6108DEFAULT: 0
6109TYPE: int
6110LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 6111DOC_START
5473c134 6112 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
6113 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
6114 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
6115 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
6116 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
6117 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 6118
5473c134 6119 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 6120DOC_END
6121
5473c134 6122NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
6123COMMENT: (msec)
6124DEFAULT: 2000
6125TYPE: int
6126LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 6127DOC_START
5473c134 6128 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
6129 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
6130 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
6131 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
6132 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
6133 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 6134DOC_END
6135
5473c134 6136NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
6137COMMENT: (msec)
6138DEFAULT: 5
6139TYPE: int
6140LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 6141DOC_START
5473c134 6142 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
6143 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
6144 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
6145 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
6146 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
6147 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
6148 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 6149DOC_END
6150
5473c134 6151NAME: background_ping_rate
6152COMMENT: time-units
6153TYPE: time_t
6154DEFAULT: 10 seconds
6155LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 6156DOC_START
5473c134 6157 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
6158 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 6159DOC_END
6160
5473c134 6161COMMENT_START
6162 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
6163 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6164COMMENT_END
6165
6166NAME: mcast_groups
6167TYPE: wordlist
6168LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 6169DEFAULT: none
6170DOC_START
5473c134 6171 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
6172 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 6173
5473c134 6174 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
6175 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
6176 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
6177 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
6178 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
6179 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
6180 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 6181
5473c134 6182 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
6183 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 6184
5473c134 6185 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
6186 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 6187
5473c134 6188 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 6189
5473c134 6190 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
6191DOC_END
8c01ada0 6192
5473c134 6193NAME: mcast_miss_addr
6194IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
6195TYPE: address
6196LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 6197DEFAULT: no_addr
5473c134 6198DOC_START
6199 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
6200 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 6201
5473c134 6202 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
6203 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 6204DOC_END
6205
5473c134 6206NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
6207IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 6208TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6209LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
6210DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 6211DOC_START
5473c134 6212 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
6213 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
6214 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
6215DOC_END
cccac0a2 6216
5473c134 6217NAME: mcast_miss_port
6218IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 6219TYPE: u_short
5473c134 6220LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
6221DEFAULT: 3135
6222DOC_START
6223 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
6224 'mcast_miss_addr'.
6225DOC_END
cccac0a2 6226
5473c134 6227NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
6228IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
6229TYPE: string
6230LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
6231DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
6232DOC_START
6233 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
6234 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
6235DOC_END
8c01ada0 6236
5473c134 6237NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
6238COMMENT: (msec)
6239DEFAULT: 2000
6240TYPE: int
6241LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
6242DOC_START
6243 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
6244 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
6245 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
6246 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
6247 seconds.
cccac0a2 6248DOC_END
6249
5473c134 6250COMMENT_START
6251 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
6252 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6253COMMENT_END
6254
cccac0a2 6255NAME: icon_directory
6256TYPE: string
6257LOC: Config.icons.directory
6258DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
6259DOC_START
6260 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
6261 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
6262DOC_END
6263
f024c970 6264NAME: global_internal_static
6265TYPE: onoff
6266LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
6267DEFAULT: on
6268DOC_START
6269 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
6270 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
6271 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
6272 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
6273 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
6274 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
6275 the server generating a directory listing.
6276DOC_END
6277
5473c134 6278NAME: short_icon_urls
6279TYPE: onoff
6280LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
6281DEFAULT: on
6282DOC_START
6283 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
6284 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
6285 it's own name and port in the URL.
6286
6287 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
6288 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
6289DOC_END
6290
6291COMMENT_START
6292 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
6293 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6294COMMENT_END
6295
6296NAME: error_directory
6297TYPE: string
6298LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 6299DEFAULT: none
5473c134 6300DOC_START
6301 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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6302 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
6303 the error/template files to another directory and point
6304 this tag at them.
6305
6306 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
6307 on error pages if used.
5473c134 6308
6309 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6310 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 6311 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 6312 contributing your translation back to the project.
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6313 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
6314
6315 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
6316 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
6317DOC_END
6318
6319NAME: error_default_language
6320IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6321TYPE: string
6322LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
6323DEFAULT: none
6324DOC_START
6325 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
6326 if no existing translation matches the clients language
6327 preferences.
6328
6329 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
6330
6331 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
6332 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
6333 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
6334 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 6335DOC_END
6336
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6337NAME: error_log_languages
6338IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
6339TYPE: onoff
6340LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
6341DEFAULT: on
6342DOC_START
6343 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
6344 auto-negotiate for translations.
6345
6346 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
6347 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 6348 of its error page translations.
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6349DOC_END
6350
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6351NAME: err_page_stylesheet
6352TYPE: string
6353LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
6354DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
6355DOC_START
6356 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
6357
6358 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
6359DOC_END
6360
5473c134 6361NAME: err_html_text
6362TYPE: eol
6363LOC: Config.errHtmlText
6364DEFAULT: none
6365DOC_START
6366 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
6367 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
6368 organizations Web page.
6369
6370 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
6371 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
6372 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
6373 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
6374DOC_END
6375
6376NAME: email_err_data
6377COMMENT: on|off
6378TYPE: onoff
6379LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
6380DEFAULT: on
6381DOC_START
6382 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
6383 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
6384 so that the email body contains the data.
6385 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
6386DOC_END
6387
6388NAME: deny_info
6389TYPE: denyinfo
6390LOC: Config.denyInfoList
6391DEFAULT: none
6392DOC_START
6393 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
6394 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 6395 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 6396
6397 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
6398 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
6399 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
6400 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
6401
6402 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
6403 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
6404 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
6405 the first authentication related acl encountered
6406 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
6407 acl processed on the last http_access line.
3af10ac0
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6408 - When the decision to deny access was made by an adaptation service,
6409 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 6410
43000484
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6411 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
6412 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
6413 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 6414
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6415 By defaut Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
6416 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
6417 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
6418
5473c134 6419 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
6420 by specifying TCP_RESET.
15b02e9a
AJ
6421
6422 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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6423 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
6424 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
6425 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
6426 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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6427
6428 URL FORMAT TAGS:
6429 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
6430 %B - FTP path URL
6431 %e - Error number
6432 %E - Error description
6433 %h - Squid hostname
6434 %H - Request domain name
6435 %i - Client IP Address
6436 %M - Request Method
6437 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
6438 %p - Request Port number
6439 %P - Request Protocol name
6440 %R - Request URL path
6441 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
6442 %U - Full canonical URL from client
6443 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
6444 %u - Full canonical URL from client
6445 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 6446 %x - Error name
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6447 %% - Literal percent (%) code
6448
5473c134 6449DOC_END
6450
6451COMMENT_START
6452 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
6453 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6454COMMENT_END
6455
6456NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6457TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6458LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 6459DEFAULT: on
6460DOC_START
5473c134 6461 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
6462 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
6463 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 6464
5473c134 6465 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
6466 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 6467
5473c134 6468 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
6469 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
6470 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 6471
5473c134 6472 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
6473 this directive.
8d6275c0 6474DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 6475
5473c134 6476NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6477TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6478LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 6479DEFAULT: off
6480DOC_START
5473c134 6481 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
6482 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
6483 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 6484
5473c134 6485 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
6486 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
6487 fails.
6488
6489 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
6490 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
6491 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 6492DOC_END
6493
5473c134 6494NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 6495TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 6496LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 6497DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 6498DOC_START
5473c134 6499 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 6500
5473c134 6501 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
6502 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
6503 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
6504 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
6505 something like:
0b0cfcf2 6506
5473c134 6507 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
6508 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 6509
5473c134 6510 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 6511
5473c134 6512 acl FTP proto FTP
6513 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 6514
5473c134 6515 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
6516 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
6517 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
6518 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
6519 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 6520
5473c134 6521 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6522 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
6523 always_direct deny local-external
6524 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 6525
5473c134 6526 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
6527 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
6528 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
6529 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 6530
5473c134 6531 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
6532 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 6533 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 6534
b3567eb5
FC
6535 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6536 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 6537DOC_END
0976f8db 6538
5473c134 6539NAME: never_direct
6540TYPE: acl_access
6541LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
6542DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 6543DOC_START
5473c134 6544 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6545
6546 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
6547 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
6548
6549 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
6550 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
6551 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
6552 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
6553
6554 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 6555 never_direct deny local-servers
6556 never_direct allow all
6557
6558 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
6559 servers inside the firewall use something like:
6560
6561 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
6562 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
6563 always_direct deny local-external
6564 always_direct allow local-intranet
6565 never_direct allow all
6566
b3567eb5
FC
6567 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6568 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 6569DOC_END
0976f8db 6570
5473c134 6571COMMENT_START
6572 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
6573 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6574COMMENT_END
6575
65d448bc 6576NAME: incoming_udp_average incoming_icp_average
cccac0a2 6577TYPE: int
6578DEFAULT: 6
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6579LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.average
6580DOC_START
6581 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6582 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6583 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6584DOC_END
cccac0a2 6585
65d448bc 6586NAME: incoming_tcp_average incoming_http_average
cccac0a2 6587TYPE: int
6588DEFAULT: 4
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AJ
6589LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.average
6590DOC_START
6591 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6592 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6593 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6594DOC_END
cccac0a2 6595
6596NAME: incoming_dns_average
6597TYPE: int
6598DEFAULT: 4
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AJ
6599LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.average
6600DOC_START
6601 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6602 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6603 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6604DOC_END
cccac0a2 6605
65d448bc 6606NAME: min_udp_poll_cnt min_icp_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 6607TYPE: int
6608DEFAULT: 8
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AJ
6609LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.min_poll
6610DOC_START
6611 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6612 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6613 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6614DOC_END
cccac0a2 6615
6616NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
6617TYPE: int
6618DEFAULT: 8
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6619LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.min_poll
6620DOC_START
6621 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6622 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6623 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6624DOC_END
cccac0a2 6625
65d448bc 6626NAME: min_tcp_poll_cnt min_http_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 6627TYPE: int
6628DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc 6629LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.min_poll
cccac0a2 6630DOC_START
5473c134 6631 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
6632 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
6633 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
6634DOC_END
6635
6636NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 6637TYPE: string
6638DEFAULT: none
6639LOC: Config.accept_filter
6640DOC_START
0b4d4be5 6641 FreeBSD:
6642
5473c134 6643 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
6644 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
6645 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
6646
6647 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 6648 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 6649 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
6650
6651 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
6652 to Squid until there is some data to process.
6653 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
6654
6655 Linux:
6656
6657 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
6658 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
6659 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
6660 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
6661 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 6662EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 6663# FreeBSD
5473c134 6664accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 6665# Linux
6666accept_filter data
5473c134 6667DOC_END
6668
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6669NAME: client_ip_max_connections
6670TYPE: int
6671LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
6672DEFAULT: -1
6673DOC_START
6674 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
6675 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
6676 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
6677
6678 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
6679 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
6680
6681 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
6682
6683 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
6684 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
6685DOC_END
6686
5473c134 6687NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
6688COMMENT: (bytes)
6689TYPE: b_size_t
6690DEFAULT: 0 bytes
6691LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
6692DOC_START
6693 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
6694 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
6695 the default buffer size.
6696DOC_END
6697
6698COMMENT_START
6699 ICAP OPTIONS
6700 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6701COMMENT_END
6702
6703NAME: icap_enable
6704TYPE: onoff
6705IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6706COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6707LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 6708DEFAULT: off
6709DOC_START
53e738c6 6710 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 6711DOC_END
6712
6713NAME: icap_connect_timeout
6714TYPE: time_t
6715DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6716LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 6717IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6718DOC_START
6719 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
6720 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
6721 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
6722
6723 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
6724 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
6725 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
6726DOC_END
6727
6728NAME: icap_io_timeout
6729COMMENT: time-units
6730TYPE: time_t
6731DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 6732LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 6733IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6734DOC_START
6735 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
6736 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
6737 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
6738 failure.
6739
6740 The default is read_timeout.
6741DOC_END
6742
6743NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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6744COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
6745TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 6746IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 6747LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6748DEFAULT: 10
6749DOC_START
6750 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
6751 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
6752 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
6753 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 6754 OPTIONS.
5473c134 6755
6756 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
6757 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
6758 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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6759
6760 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
6761 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
6762 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
6763 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
6764 value into ten time slots of equal length.
6765
6766 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
6767 effect on service failure expiration.
6768
6769 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
6770 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
6771 setting.
6772
6773 For example,
6774 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
6775 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 6776DOC_END
6777
5473c134 6778NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 6779TYPE: int
5473c134 6780IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6781LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 6782DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 6783DOC_START
5473c134 6784 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
6785 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
6786 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
6787 fetched.
cccac0a2 6788
5473c134 6789 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
6790 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 6791DOC_END
6792
5473c134 6793NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 6794TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6795IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6796COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6797LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 6798DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6799DOC_START
ac7a62f9 6800 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
6801 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
6802 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
6803 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
6804
6805 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
6806 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
6807 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
6808
6809 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
6810 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
6811Example:
6812icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 6813DOC_END
6814
5473c134 6815NAME: icap_preview_size
6816TYPE: int
6817IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6818LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 6819DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 6820DOC_START
53e738c6 6821 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
6822 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
6823 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 6824DOC_END
6825
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6826NAME: icap_206_enable
6827TYPE: onoff
6828IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6829COMMENT: on|off
6830LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
6831DEFAULT: on
6832DOC_START
6833 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
6834 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
6835 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
6836 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
6837
6838 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
6839 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
6840 negotation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
6841 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
6842 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
6843
6844 Example:
6845 icap_206_enable off
6846DOC_END
6847
5473c134 6848NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
6849TYPE: int
6850IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6851LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 6852DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 6853DOC_START
53e738c6 6854 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 6855 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 6856DOC_END
6857
5473c134 6858NAME: icap_persistent_connections
6859TYPE: onoff
6860IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6861COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6862LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 6863DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 6864DOC_START
5473c134 6865 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
6866 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 6867DOC_END
6868
22fff3bf 6869NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 6870TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6871IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6872COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6873LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 6874DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6875DOC_START
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6876 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
6877 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
6878 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
6879
6880 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 6881DOC_END
6882
22fff3bf 6883NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 6884TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6885IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 6886COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 6887LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 6888DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6889DOC_START
5473c134 6890 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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6891 the adaptation service.
6892
6893 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 6894 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
6895 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 6896DOC_END
6897
5473c134 6898NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 6899TYPE: string
5473c134 6900IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6901LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 6902DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 6903DOC_START
db49f682 6904 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 6905DOC_END
6906
5473c134 6907NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 6908TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6909IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6910COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 6911LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 6912DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 6913DOC_START
5473c134 6914 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 6915DOC_END
6916
5473c134 6917NAME: icap_service
6918TYPE: icap_service_type
6919IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 6920LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 6921DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 6922DOC_START
a22e6cd3 6923 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 6924
c25c2836 6925 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
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6927 id: ID
6928 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
6929 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
6930 services in squid.conf.
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6931
6932 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 6933 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6934 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6935 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 6936
c25c2836 6937 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
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6938 ICAP server and service location.
6939
6940 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
6941 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
6942 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
6943 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
6944 service_names differ.
6945
6946
6947 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
6948 the following name=value options:
6949
6950 bypass=on|off|1|0
6951 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
6952 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
6953 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
6954 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
6955 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
6956 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
6957 returned to the HTTP client.
6958
6959 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
6960
6961 routing=on|off|1|0
6962 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
6963 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
6964 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
6965 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
6966 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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6967 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
6968 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
6969 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
6970
6971 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
6972 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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6973
6974 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
6975 response header is ignored.
6976
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6977 ipv6=on|off
6978 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
6979 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
6980 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
6981
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6982 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
6983 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
6984 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
6985 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
6986 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
6987 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
6988 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
6989
6990 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
6991 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
6992 workers may use a given service.
6993
6994 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
6995 otherwise it is set to "wait".
6996
6997
6998 max-conn=number
6999 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
7000 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
7001
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7002 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
7003 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 7004
5473c134 7005Example:
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7006icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
7007icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod routing=on
cccac0a2 7008DOC_END
7009
5473c134 7010NAME: icap_class
7011TYPE: icap_class_type
7012IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 7013LOC: none
5473c134 7014DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 7015DOC_START
a22e6cd3 7016 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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7017 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
7018 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 7019
62c7f90e 7020 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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7021 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
7022 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 7023DOC_END
7024
5473c134 7025NAME: icap_access
7026TYPE: icap_access_type
7027IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 7028LOC: none
cccac0a2 7029DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 7030DOC_START
a22e6cd3 7031 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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7032 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
7033 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 7034DOC_END
7035
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7036COMMENT_START
7037 eCAP OPTIONS
7038 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7039COMMENT_END
7040
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7041NAME: ecap_enable
7042TYPE: onoff
7043IFDEF: USE_ECAP
7044COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 7045LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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7046DEFAULT: off
7047DOC_START
7048 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
7049DOC_END
7050
7051NAME: ecap_service
7052TYPE: ecap_service_type
7053IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 7054LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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7055DEFAULT: none
7056DOC_START
7057 Defines a single eCAP service
7058
c25c2836 7059 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 7060
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7061 id: ID
7062 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
7063 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
7064 services in squid.conf.
7065
7066 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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7067 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
7068 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
7069 are not yet supported.
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7070
7071 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
7072 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
7073 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
7074 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
7075 the service provider.
7076
7077
7078 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
7079 the following name=value options:
7080
7081 bypass=on|off|1|0
7082 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
7083 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
7084 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 7085 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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7086 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
7087 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
21a26d31 7088 HTTP client.
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7089
7090 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
7091
7092 routing=on|off|1|0
7093 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
7094 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
7095 returning a chain of services to be used next.
7096
7097 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
7098 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
7099
7100 Routing is not allowed by default.
7101
7102 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
7103 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
7104
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7105
7106Example:
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7107ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
7108ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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7109DOC_END
7110
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7111NAME: loadable_modules
7112TYPE: wordlist
7113IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
7114LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
7115DEFAULT: none
7116DOC_START
7117 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
7118 preloaded module(s).
7119Example:
7120loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
7121DOC_END
7122
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7123COMMENT_START
7124 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
7125 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7126COMMENT_END
7127
7128NAME: adaptation_service_set
7129TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
7130IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7131LOC: none
7132DEFAULT: none
7133DOC_START
7134
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7135 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
7136 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
7137
7138 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
7139
7140 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
7141 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
7142 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
7143 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
7144 intact.
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7146 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
7147 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 7148
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7149 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
7150 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
7151
7152 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
7153 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
7154 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
7155 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
7156 transaction fails as well.
7157
7158 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
7159 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
7160 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
7161 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
7162 matters.
7163
7164 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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7165
7166Example:
7167adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
7168adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
7169DOC_END
7170
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7171NAME: adaptation_service_chain
7172TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
7173IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7174LOC: none
7175DEFAULT: none
7176DOC_START
7177
7178 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
7179 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
7180 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
7181
7182 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
7183
7184 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
7185 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
7186 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
7187 the previous service in the chain.
7188
7189 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
7190 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
7191
7192 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
7193 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
7194 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
7195
7196 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
7197 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
7198
7199 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
7200 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
7201 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
7202 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
7203
7204 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
7205
7206Example:
7207adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
7208DOC_END
7209
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7210NAME: adaptation_access
7211TYPE: adaptation_access_type
7212IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7213LOC: none
7214DEFAULT: none
7215DOC_START
7216 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
7217
7218 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
7219 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
7220
7221 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
7222 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
7223 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
7224 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
7225
7226 - services serving different vectoring points
7227 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
7228 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
7229 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
7230
7231 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
7232 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
7233 adaptation_service_set for details.
7234
7235 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
7236 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
7237 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
7238 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
7239
7240 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
7241 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
7242
7243 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
7244
7245Example:
7246adaptation_access service_1 allow all
7247DOC_END
7248
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7249NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
7250TYPE: int
7251IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7252LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
7253DEFAULT: 16
7254DOC_START
7255 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
7256 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
7257 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
7258 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
7259 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
7260 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
7261
7262 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
7263
7264 See also: icap_service routing=1
7265DOC_END
7266
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7267NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
7268TYPE: string
7269IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7270LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
7271DEFAULT: none
7272DOC_START
7273 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
7274 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
7275 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
7276 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
7277 with the master transaction.
7278
7279 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
7280 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
7281
7282 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
7283 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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7284 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
7285
7286 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
7287 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
7288 to provide an option with a name specified in
7289 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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7291 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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7292 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
7293
7294 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
7295
7296Example:
7297# share authentication information among ICAP services
7298adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
7299DOC_END
7300
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7301NAME: adaptation_meta
7302TYPE: adaptation_meta_type
7303IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
7304LOC: Adaptation::Config::metaHeaders
7305DEFAULT: none
7306DOC_START
7307 This option allows Squid administrator to add custom ICAP request
7308 headers or eCAP options to Squid ICAP requests or eCAP transactions.
7309 Use it to pass custom authentication tokens and other
7310 transaction-state related meta information to an ICAP/eCAP service.
7311
7312 The addition of a meta header is ACL-driven:
7313 adaptation_meta name value [!]aclname ...
7314
7315 Processing for a given header name stops after the first ACL list match.
7316 Thus, it is impossible to add two headers with the same name. If no ACL
7317 lists match for a given header name, no such header is added. For
7318 example:
7319
7320 # do not debug transactions except for those that need debugging
7321 adaptation_meta X-Debug 1 needs_debugging
7322
7323 # log all transactions except for those that must remain secret
7324 adaptation_meta X-Log 1 !keep_secret
7325
7326 # mark transactions from users in the "G 1" group
7327 adaptation_meta X-Authenticated-Groups "G 1" authed_as_G1
7328
7329 The "value" parameter may be a regular squid.conf token or a "double
7330 quoted string". Within the quoted string, use backslash (\) to escape
7331 any character, which is currently only useful for escaping backslashes
7332 and double quotes. For example,
7333 "this string has one backslash (\\) and two \"quotes\""
7334DOC_END
7335
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7336NAME: icap_retry
7337TYPE: acl_access
7338IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7339LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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7340DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
7341DOC_START
7342 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
7343 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
7344 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
7345 that response are usually retriable.
7346
7347 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
7348
7349 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
7350 due to persistent connection race conditions.
7351
7352 See also: icap_retry_limit
7353DOC_END
7354
7355NAME: icap_retry_limit
7356TYPE: int
7357IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
7358LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
7359DEFAULT: 0
7360DOC_START
7361 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
7362 no retries are allowed.
7363
7364 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
7365 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
7366 count against this limit.
7367
7368 See also: icap_retry
7369DOC_END
7370
7371
5473c134 7372COMMENT_START
7373 DNS OPTIONS
7374 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7375COMMENT_END
7376
7377NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 7378TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7379DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7380LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 7381DOC_START
5473c134 7382 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
7383 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
7384 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 7385DOC_END
7386
5473c134 7387NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 7388TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7389DEFAULT: on
5473c134 7390LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 7391DOC_START
5473c134 7392 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
7393 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
7394 Squid to be strict about the standard.
7395 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 7396DOC_END
7397
5473c134 7398NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 7399TYPE: string
f64091a7 7400IFDEF: USE_DNSHELPER
5473c134 7401DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
7402LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 7403DOC_START
5473c134 7404 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 7405DOC_END
7406
5473c134 7407NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 7408TYPE: HelperChildConfig
f64091a7 7409IFDEF: USE_DNSHELPER
48d54e4d 7410DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 7411LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 7412DOC_START
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7413 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
7414 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
7415 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
7416 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
7417 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
7418
7419 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
7420 tuning.
7421
7422 startup=
7423
7424 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
7425 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
7426 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
7427
7428 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
7429 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
7430
7431 idle=
7432
7433 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
7434 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
7435 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
7436 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 7437DOC_END
7438
5473c134 7439NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 7440TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 7441DEFAULT: 5 seconds
7442LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
f64091a7 7443IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
cccac0a2 7444DOC_START
5473c134 7445 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
7446 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 7447DOC_END
7448
5473c134 7449NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 7450TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 7451DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 7452LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
f64091a7 7453IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
cccac0a2 7454DOC_START
5473c134 7455 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
7456 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
7457 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 7458DOC_END
7459
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7460NAME: dns_packet_max
7461TYPE: b_ssize_t
7462DEFAULT: none
7463LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
f64091a7 7464IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
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7465DOC_START
7466 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
7467 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
7468
7469 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
7470 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
7471 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
7472 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
7473 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
7474
7475 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
7476 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
7477 necessary.
7478
7479 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
7480 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
7481 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
7482 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
7483 sizes being advertised by Squid.
7484 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
7485 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
7486DOC_END
7487
5473c134 7488NAME: dns_defnames
7489COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 7490TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 7491DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7492LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 7493DOC_START
5473c134 7494 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
7495 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
7496 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
7497 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 7498DOC_END
7499
5473c134 7500NAME: dns_nameservers
7501TYPE: wordlist
7502DEFAULT: none
7503LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 7504DOC_START
5473c134 7505 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
7506 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
7507 /etc/resolv.conf file.
7508 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
7509 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
7510 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
7511 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 7512
5473c134 7513 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 7514DOC_END
7515
5473c134 7516NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 7517TYPE: string
5473c134 7518DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
7519LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 7520DOC_START
5473c134 7521 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
7522 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
7523 default locations:
7524 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
7525 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7526 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
7527 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
7528 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
7529 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
7530 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
7531 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 7532
5473c134 7533 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
7534 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
7535 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
7536 character are comments.
cccac0a2 7537
5473c134 7538 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
7539 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
7540 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
7541 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
7542 definitions.
cccac0a2 7543DOC_END
7544
5473c134 7545NAME: append_domain
7546TYPE: string
7547LOC: Config.appendDomain
7548DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 7549DOC_START
5473c134 7550 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
7551 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
7552
7553 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
7554 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
7555 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
7556
7557Example:
7558 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 7559DOC_END
7560
5473c134 7561NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
7562TYPE: onoff
7563LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 7564DEFAULT: on
f64091a7 7565IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
df6fd596 7566DOC_START
5473c134 7567 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
7568 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
7569 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
7570 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
7571 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 7572DOC_END
7573
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7574NAME: dns_v4_first
7575TYPE: onoff
7576DEFAULT: off
7577LOC: Config.dns.v4_first
f64091a7 7578IFDEF: !USE_DNSHELPER
5a0da9ec
AJ
7579DOC_START
7580 With the IPv6 Internet being as fast or faster than IPv4 Internet
7581 for most networks Squid prefers to contact websites over IPv6.
7582
7583 This option reverses the order of preference to make Squid contact
7584 dual-stack websites over IPv4 first. Squid will still perform both
7585 IPv6 and IPv4 DNS lookups before connecting.
7586
7587 WARNING:
7588 This option will restrict the situations under which IPv6
7589 connectivity is used (and tested). Hiding network problems
7590 which would otherwise be detected and warned about.
7591DOC_END
7592
6bc15a4f 7593NAME: ipcache_size
7594COMMENT: (number of entries)
7595TYPE: int
7596DEFAULT: 1024
7597LOC: Config.ipcache.size
7598DOC_NONE
7599
7600NAME: ipcache_low
7601COMMENT: (percent)
7602TYPE: int
7603DEFAULT: 90
7604LOC: Config.ipcache.low
7605DOC_NONE
7606
7607NAME: ipcache_high
7608COMMENT: (percent)
7609TYPE: int
7610DEFAULT: 95
7611LOC: Config.ipcache.high
7612DOC_START
7613 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
7614DOC_END
7615
7616NAME: fqdncache_size
7617COMMENT: (number of entries)
7618TYPE: int
7619DEFAULT: 1024
7620LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
7621DOC_START
7622 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
7623DOC_END
7624
a58ff010 7625COMMENT_START
5473c134 7626 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 7627 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7628COMMENT_END
7629
5473c134 7630NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 7631COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7632TYPE: onoff
7633DEFAULT: on
7634LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 7635DOC_START
5473c134 7636 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
7637 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
7638 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
7639 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 7640DOC_END
7641
5473c134 7642NAME: memory_pools_limit
7643COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 7644TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 7645DEFAULT: 5 MB
7646LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 7647DOC_START
5473c134 7648 Used only with memory_pools on:
7649 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 7650
5473c134 7651 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
7652 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
7653 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
7654 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
7655 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
7656 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
7657 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 7658
89646bd7 7659 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 7660 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 7661
5473c134 7662 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 7663 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 7664
7665 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
7666 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
7667 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
7668 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 7669DOC_END
7670
5473c134 7671NAME: forwarded_for
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AJ
7672COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
7673TYPE: string
5473c134 7674DEFAULT: on
7675LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 7676DOC_START
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AJ
7677 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
7678 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 7679
5473c134 7680 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
7681
67c06f0d 7682 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 7683
7684 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
7685
7686 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
7687 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
7688
7689 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
7690 X-Forwarded-For header.
7691
7692 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 7693 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 7694DOC_END
7695
5473c134 7696NAME: cachemgr_passwd
7697TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
7698DEFAULT: none
7699LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 7700DOC_START
5473c134 7701 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 7702
5473c134 7703 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
7704
7705 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
7706 5min
7707 60min
7708 asndb
7709 authenticator
7710 cbdata
7711 client_list
7712 comm_incoming
7713 config *
7714 counters
7715 delay
7716 digest_stats
7717 dns
7718 events
7719 filedescriptors
7720 fqdncache
7721 histograms
7722 http_headers
7723 info
7724 io
7725 ipcache
7726 mem
7727 menu
7728 netdb
7729 non_peers
7730 objects
7731 offline_toggle *
7732 pconn
7733 peer_select
b360c477 7734 reconfigure *
5473c134 7735 redirector
7736 refresh
7737 server_list
7738 shutdown *
7739 store_digest
7740 storedir
7741 utilization
7742 via_headers
7743 vm_objects
7744
7745 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
7746 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
7747
7748 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
7749 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
7750 password to "none".
7751
7752 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
7753
7754Example:
7755 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
7756 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
7757 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 7758DOC_END
7759
5473c134 7760NAME: client_db
a58ff010 7761COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7762TYPE: onoff
7763DEFAULT: on
7764LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 7765DOC_START
5473c134 7766 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
7767 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 7768DOC_END
7769
5473c134 7770NAME: refresh_all_ims
7771COMMENT: on|off
7772TYPE: onoff
7773DEFAULT: off
7774LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 7775DOC_START
5473c134 7776 When you enable this option, squid will always check
7777 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
7778 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
7779 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
7780 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 7781
5473c134 7782 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
7783 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 7784DOC_END
7785
5473c134 7786NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 7787IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 7788COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 7789TYPE: onoff
7790DEFAULT: off
7791LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 7792DOC_START
5473c134 7793 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
7794 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
7795 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
7796 feature could make you liable for problems which it
7797 causes.
7798
7799 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 7800DOC_END
7801
31ef19cd 7802NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 7803TYPE: int
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AJ
7804LOC: Config.connect_retries
7805DEFAULT: 0
a58ff010 7806DOC_START
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AJ
7807 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts made for each
7808 TCP connection. The connect_retries attempts must all still
7809 complete within the connection timeout period.
31ef19cd
AJ
7810
7811 The default is not to re-try if the first connection attempt fails.
7812 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries.
5473c134 7813
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AJ
7814 A warning message will be generated if it is set to a too-high
7815 value and the configured value will be over-ridden.
5473c134 7816
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AJ
7817 Note: These re-tries are in addition to forward_max_tries
7818 which limit how many different addresses may be tried to find
7819 a useful server.
a58ff010 7820DOC_END
7821
5473c134 7822NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 7823TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7824LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 7825DEFAULT: off
7826DOC_START
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7827 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
7828 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
7829 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
7830 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
7831
7832 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
7833 work around access control errors.
7834
7835 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
7836 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 7837DOC_END
7838
5473c134 7839NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 7840TYPE: string
5473c134 7841LOC: Config.as_whois_server
7842DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 7843DOC_START
5473c134 7844 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
7845 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 7846DOC_END
7847
5473c134 7848NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 7849TYPE: onoff
5473c134 7850LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 7851DEFAULT: off
7852DOC_START
5473c134 7853 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
7854 objects.
a58ff010 7855DOC_END
7856
5473c134 7857NAME: uri_whitespace
7858TYPE: uri_whitespace
7859LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
7860DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 7861DOC_START
5473c134 7862 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
7863 URI. Options:
a58ff010 7864
5473c134 7865 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
7866 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
7867 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
7868 Request" message.
7869 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
7870 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
7871 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
7872 are in use.
7873 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
7874 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
7875 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
7876 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
7877 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
7878 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
7879 violation.
7880DOC_END
a58ff010 7881
5473c134 7882NAME: chroot
7883TYPE: string
7884LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 7885DEFAULT: none
7886DOC_START
9f37c18a 7887 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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HN
7888 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
7889 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
7890 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
7891 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 7892DOC_END
a58ff010 7893
5473c134 7894NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
7895TYPE: onoff
7896LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 7897DEFAULT: off
5473c134 7898DOC_START
cc192b50 7899 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
7900 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
7901 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
7902
5473c134 7903 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
7904 found not to preserve user session state across requests
7905 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 7906
cc192b50 7907 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 7908DOC_END
7909
5473c134 7910NAME: pipeline_prefetch
7911TYPE: onoff
7912LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
7913DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 7914DOC_START
5473c134 7915 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
7916 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
7917 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 7918
5473c134 7919 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
7920 reasons.
a0e23afd
AJ
7921
7922 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 7923DOC_END
a58ff010 7924
5473c134 7925NAME: high_response_time_warning
7926TYPE: int
7927COMMENT: (msec)
7928LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
7929DEFAULT: 0
7930DOC_START
7931 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
7932 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
7933 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 7934DOC_END
7935
5473c134 7936NAME: high_page_fault_warning
7937TYPE: int
7938LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
7939DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 7940DOC_START
5473c134 7941 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
7942 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
7943 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
7944 per second.
7945DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7946
5473c134 7947NAME: high_memory_warning
7948TYPE: b_size_t
7949LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 7950DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 7951DOC_START
7952 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 7953 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 7954 the administrators attention.
7955DOC_END
cc9f92d4 7956
5473c134 7957NAME: sleep_after_fork
7958COMMENT: (microseconds)
7959TYPE: int
7960LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
7961DEFAULT: 0
7962DOC_START
7963 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
7964 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
7965 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
7966 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
7967 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
7968 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
7969 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
7970 until all the child processes have been started.
7971 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
7972 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 7973DOC_END
7974
b6696974 7975NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 7976IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
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7977COMMENT: on|off
7978TYPE: onoff
7979DEFAULT: on
7980LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
7981DOC_START
7982 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
7983 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
7984 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
7985 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
7986 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
7987 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
7988DOC_END
7989
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7990NAME: eui_lookup
7991TYPE: onoff
7992IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
7993DEFAULT: on
7994LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
7995DOC_START
7996 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
7997DOC_END
7998
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7999NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
8000TYPE: int
8001DEFAULT: 0
8002LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
8003DOC_START
8004 The maximum number of filedescriptors supported.
8005
8006 The default "0" means Squid inherits the current ulimit setting.
8007
8008 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
8009 not all comm loops supports large values.
8010DOC_END
8011
13aeac35 8012NAME: workers
007d775d 8013TYPE: int
13aeac35 8014LOC: Config.workers
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8015DEFAULT: 1
8016DOC_START
13aeac35 8017 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
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8018 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
8019 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
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8020 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
8021
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8022 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
8023 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
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8024DOC_END
8025
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8026NAME: cpu_affinity_map
8027TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
8028LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
8029DEFAULT: none
8030DOC_START
8031 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
8032
8033 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
8034
8035 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
8036
8037 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
8038 four even cores, starting with core #1.
8039
8040 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
8041 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
8042
8043 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
8044
8045 See also: workers
8046DOC_END
8047
cccac0a2 8048EOF