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bf95c10a 1## Copyright (C) 1996-2022 The Squid Software Foundation and contributors
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3## Squid software is distributed under GPLv2+ license and includes
4## contributions from numerous individuals and organizations.
5## Please see the COPYING and CONTRIBUTORS files for details.
6##
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0f74202c 8COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 9 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 10 ----------------------------
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12 This is the documentation for the Squid configuration file.
13 This documentation can also be found online at:
14 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/
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16 You may wish to look at the Squid home page and wiki for the
17 FAQ and other documentation:
18 http://www.squid-cache.org/
19 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq
20 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/ConfigExamples
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22 This documentation shows what the defaults for various directives
23 happen to be. If you don't need to change the default, you should
24 leave the line out of your squid.conf in most cases.
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26 In some cases "none" refers to no default setting at all,
27 while in other cases it refers to the value of the option
28 - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the case.
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cccac0a2 30COMMENT_END
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592a09dc 32COMMENT_START
33 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
5945964d 34 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards are
592a09dc 35 supported.
36
37 For example,
38
39 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
40
41 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
42 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
43 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
44 configuration files.
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46 Values with byte units
47
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48 Squid accepts size units on some size related directives. All
49 such directives are documented with a default value displaying
50 a unit.
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51
52 Units accepted by Squid are:
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53 bytes - byte
54 KB - Kilobyte (1024 bytes)
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55 MB - Megabyte
56 GB - Gigabyte
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58 Values with time units
59
60 Time-related directives marked with either "time-units" or
61 "time-units-small" accept a time unit. The supported time units are:
62
63 nanosecond (time-units-small only)
64 microsecond (time-units-small only)
65 millisecond
66 second
67 minute
68 hour
69 day
70 week
71 fortnight
72 month - 30 days
73 year - 31557790080 milliseconds (just over 365 days)
74 decade
75
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76 Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters
77
78 Squid supports directive parameters with spaces, quotes, and other
79 special characters. Surround such parameters with "double quotes". Use
80 the configuration_includes_quoted_values directive to enable or
81 disable that support.
82
83 Squid supports reading configuration option parameters from external
84 files using the syntax:
85 parameters("/path/filename")
86 For example:
70d0ef18 87 acl allowlist dstdomain parameters("/etc/squid/allowlist.txt")
2eceb328 88
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89 Conditional configuration
90
91 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
92 depend on conditions:
93
94 if <CONDITION>
95 ... regular configuration directives ...
96 [else
97 ... regular configuration directives ...]
98 endif
99
100 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
101 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
102 configuration directives.
103
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104 NOTE: An else-if condition is not supported.
105
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106 These individual conditions types are supported:
107
108 true
109 Always evaluates to true.
110 false
111 Always evaluates to false.
112 <integer> = <integer>
113 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
114
115
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116 SMP-Related Macros
117
118 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
119
120 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
121 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
122
123 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
124 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
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125 across all Squid processes of the current service instance.
126
127 ${service_name} expands into the current Squid service instance
128 name identifier which is provided by -n on the command line.
129
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130 Logformat Macros
131
132 Logformat macros can be used in many places outside of the logformat
133 directive. In theory, all of the logformat codes can be used as %macros,
134 where they are supported. In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) when
135 the transaction does not yet have enough information and a value is needed.
136
137 There is no definitive list of what tokens are available at the various
138 stages of the transaction.
139
140 And some information may already be available to Squid but not yet
141 committed where the macro expansion code can access it (report
142 such instances!). The macro will be expanded into a single dash
143 ('-') in such cases. Not all macros have been tested.
144
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146
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147# options still not yet ported from 2.7 to 3.x
148NAME: broken_vary_encoding
149TYPE: obsolete
150DOC_START
151 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
152DOC_END
153
154NAME: cache_vary
155TYPE: obsolete
156DOC_START
157 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
158DOC_END
159
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160NAME: error_map
161TYPE: obsolete
162DOC_START
163 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
164DOC_END
165
166NAME: external_refresh_check
167TYPE: obsolete
168DOC_START
169 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
170DOC_END
171
96598f93 172NAME: location_rewrite_program location_rewrite_access location_rewrite_children location_rewrite_concurrency
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173TYPE: obsolete
174DOC_START
175 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
176DOC_END
177
96598f93 178NAME: refresh_stale_hit
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179TYPE: obsolete
180DOC_START
181 This option is not yet supported by Squid-3.
182DOC_END
183
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184# Options removed in 6.x
185NAME: request_entities
186TYPE: obsolete
187DOC_START
188 Remove this line. Squid now accepts HTTP/1.1 requests with bodies.
189 To simplify UI and code, Squid rejects certain HTTP/1.0 requests with bodies.
190DOC_END
191
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192# Options removed in 5.x
193NAME: dns_v4_first
194TYPE: obsolete
195DOC_START
196 Remove this line. Squid no longer supports preferential treatment of DNS A records.
197DOC_END
198
6eb545bc 199# Options removed in 4.x
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200NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
201TYPE: obsolete
202DOC_START
203 Replace with dstdomain ACLs and cache_peer_access.
204DOC_END
205
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206NAME: ie_refresh
207TYPE: obsolete
208DOC_START
209 Remove this line. The behaviour enabled by this is no longer needed.
210DOC_END
211
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212NAME: sslproxy_cafile
213TYPE: obsolete
214DOC_START
215 Remove this line. Use tls_outgoing_options cafile= instead.
216DOC_END
217
218NAME: sslproxy_capath
219TYPE: obsolete
220DOC_START
221 Remove this line. Use tls_outgoing_options capath= instead.
222DOC_END
223
224NAME: sslproxy_cipher
225TYPE: obsolete
226DOC_START
227 Remove this line. Use tls_outgoing_options cipher= instead.
228DOC_END
229
230NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
231TYPE: obsolete
232DOC_START
233 Remove this line. Use tls_outgoing_options cert= instead.
234DOC_END
235
236NAME: sslproxy_client_key
237TYPE: obsolete
238DOC_START
239 Remove this line. Use tls_outgoing_options key= instead.
240DOC_END
241
242NAME: sslproxy_flags
243TYPE: obsolete
244DOC_START
245 Remove this line. Use tls_outgoing_options flags= instead.
246DOC_END
247
248NAME: sslproxy_options
249TYPE: obsolete
250DOC_START
251 Remove this line. Use tls_outgoing_options options= instead.
252DOC_END
253
254NAME: sslproxy_version
255TYPE: obsolete
256DOC_START
1cc44095 257 Remove this line. Use tls_outgoing_options options= instead.
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258DOC_END
259
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260# Options removed in 3.5
261NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
262TYPE: obsolete
263DOC_START
264 Remove this line. Use always_direct or cache_peer_access ACLs instead if you need to prevent cache_peer use.
265DOC_END
266
a8f70484 267# Options removed in 3.4
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268NAME: log_access
269TYPE: obsolete
270DOC_START
271 Remove this line. Use acls with access_log directives to control access logging
272DOC_END
273
274NAME: log_icap
275TYPE: obsolete
276DOC_START
277 Remove this line. Use acls with icap_log directives to control icap logging
278DOC_END
279
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280# Options Removed in 3.3
281NAME: ignore_ims_on_miss
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282TYPE: obsolete
283DOC_START
2d4eefd9 284 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now configured by 'cache_miss_revalidate'.
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285DOC_END
286
76f44481 287# Options Removed in 3.2
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288NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
289TYPE: obsolete
290DOC_START
291 Remove this line. Squid performs a 'Happy Eyeballs' algorithm, this multiple-IP algorithm is not longer relevant.
292DOC_END
293
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294NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
295TYPE: obsolete
296DOC_START
297 Remove this line. Squid is now HTTP/1.1 compliant.
298DOC_END
299
74d81220 300NAME: dns_v4_fallback
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301TYPE: obsolete
302DOC_START
74d81220 303 Remove this line. Squid performs a 'Happy Eyeballs' algorithm, the 'fallback' algorithm is no longer relevant.
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304DOC_END
305
74d81220 306NAME: emulate_httpd_log
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307TYPE: obsolete
308DOC_START
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309 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'common' or 'combined'.
310DOC_END
311
312NAME: forward_log
313TYPE: obsolete
314DOC_START
315 Use a regular access.log with ACL limiting it to MISS events.
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316DOC_END
317
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318NAME: ftp_list_width
319TYPE: obsolete
320DOC_START
321 Remove this line. Configure FTP page display using the CSS controls in errorpages.css instead.
322DOC_END
323
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324NAME: ignore_expect_100
325TYPE: obsolete
326DOC_START
327 Remove this line. The HTTP/1.1 feature is now fully supported by default.
328DOC_END
329
330NAME: log_fqdn
331TYPE: obsolete
332DOC_START
333 Remove this option from your config. To log FQDN use %>A in the log format.
334DOC_END
335
336NAME: log_ip_on_direct
337TYPE: obsolete
338DOC_START
339 Remove this option from your config. To log server or peer names use %<A in the log format.
340DOC_END
341
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342NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
343TYPE: obsolete
344DOC_START
345 Replaced by connect_retries. The behaviour has changed, please read the documentation before altering.
346DOC_END
347
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348NAME: referer_log referrer_log
349TYPE: obsolete
350DOC_START
351 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'referrer'.
352DOC_END
353
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354NAME: update_headers
355TYPE: obsolete
356DOC_START
357 Remove this line. The feature is supported by default in storage types where update is implemented.
358DOC_END
359
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360NAME: url_rewrite_concurrency
361TYPE: obsolete
362DOC_START
363 Remove this line. Set the 'concurrency=' option of url_rewrite_children instead.
364DOC_END
365
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366NAME: useragent_log
367TYPE: obsolete
368DOC_START
369 Replace this with an access_log directive using the format 'useragent'.
370DOC_END
371
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372# Options Removed in 3.1
373NAME: dns_testnames
374TYPE: obsolete
375DOC_START
376 Remove this line. DNS is no longer tested on startup.
377DOC_END
378
379NAME: extension_methods
380TYPE: obsolete
381DOC_START
382 Remove this line. All valid methods for HTTP are accepted by default.
383DOC_END
384
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385# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.2
386NAME: zero_buffers
387TYPE: obsolete
388DOC_NONE
389
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390# 2.7 Options Removed/Replaced in 3.1
391NAME: incoming_rate
392TYPE: obsolete
393DOC_NONE
394
395NAME: server_http11
396TYPE: obsolete
397DOC_START
398 Remove this line. HTTP/1.1 is supported by default.
399DOC_END
400
401NAME: upgrade_http0.9
402TYPE: obsolete
403DOC_START
404 Remove this line. ICY/1.0 streaming protocol is supported by default.
405DOC_END
406
407NAME: zph_local zph_mode zph_option zph_parent zph_sibling
408TYPE: obsolete
409DOC_START
410 Alter these entries. Use the qos_flows directive instead.
411DOC_END
412
413# Options Removed in 3.0
414NAME: header_access
415TYPE: obsolete
416DOC_START
417 Since squid-3.0 replace with request_header_access or reply_header_access
418 depending on whether you wish to match client requests or server replies.
419DOC_END
420
421NAME: httpd_accel_no_pmtu_disc
422TYPE: obsolete
423DOC_START
424 Since squid-3.0 use the 'disable-pmtu-discovery' flag on http_port instead.
425DOC_END
426
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427NAME: wais_relay_host
428TYPE: obsolete
429DOC_START
430 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
431DOC_END
432
433NAME: wais_relay_port
434TYPE: obsolete
435DOC_START
436 Replace this line with 'cache_peer' configuration.
437DOC_END
438
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439COMMENT_START
440 OPTIONS FOR SMP
441 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
442COMMENT_END
443
444NAME: workers
445TYPE: int
446LOC: Config.workers
447DEFAULT: 1
448DEFAULT_DOC: SMP support disabled.
449DOC_START
450 Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
451 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
452 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
453 N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)
454
455 In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
456 does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
457DOC_END
458
459NAME: cpu_affinity_map
460TYPE: CpuAffinityMap
461LOC: Config.cpuAffinityMap
462DEFAULT: none
463DEFAULT_DOC: Let operating system decide.
464DOC_START
465 Usage: cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=P1,P2,... cores=C1,C2,...
466
467 Sets 1:1 mapping between Squid processes and CPU cores. For example,
468
469 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4 cores=1,3,5,7
470
471 affects processes 1 through 4 only and places them on the first
472 four even cores, starting with core #1.
473
474 CPU cores are numbered starting from 1. Requires support for
475 sched_getaffinity(2) and sched_setaffinity(2) system calls.
476
477 Multiple cpu_affinity_map options are merged.
478
479 See also: workers
480DOC_END
481
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482NAME: shared_memory_locking
483TYPE: YesNoNone
484COMMENT: on|off
485LOC: Config.shmLocking
486DEFAULT: off
487DOC_START
488 Whether to ensure that all required shared memory is available by
489 "locking" that shared memory into RAM when Squid starts. The
490 alternative is faster startup time followed by slightly slower
491 performance and, if not enough RAM is actually available during
492 runtime, mysterious crashes.
493
494 SMP Squid uses many shared memory segments. These segments are
495 brought into Squid memory space using an mmap(2) system call. During
496 Squid startup, the mmap() call often succeeds regardless of whether
497 the system has enough RAM. In general, Squid cannot tell whether the
498 kernel applies this "optimistic" memory allocation policy (but
499 popular modern kernels usually use it).
500
501 Later, if Squid attempts to actually access the mapped memory
502 regions beyond what the kernel is willing to allocate, the
503 "optimistic" kernel simply kills Squid kid with a SIGBUS signal.
504 Some of the memory limits enforced by the kernel are currently
505 poorly understood: We do not know how to detect and check them. This
9603207d 506 option ensures that the mapped memory will be available.
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508 This option may have a positive performance side-effect: Locking
509 memory at start avoids runtime paging I/O. Paging slows Squid down.
510
511 Locking memory may require a large enough RLIMIT_MEMLOCK OS limit,
512 CAP_IPC_LOCK capability, or equivalent.
513DOC_END
514
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515NAME: hopeless_kid_revival_delay
516COMMENT: time-units
517TYPE: time_t
518LOC: Config.hopelessKidRevivalDelay
519DEFAULT: 1 hour
520DOC_START
521 Normally, when a kid process dies, Squid immediately restarts the
522 kid. A kid experiencing frequent deaths is marked as "hopeless" for
523 the duration specified by this directive. Hopeless kids are not
524 automatically restarted.
525
526 Currently, zero values are not supported because they result in
527 misconfigured SMP Squid instances running forever, endlessly
528 restarting each dying kid. To effectively disable hopeless kids
529 revival, set the delay to a huge value (e.g., 1 year).
530
531 Reconfiguration also clears all hopeless kids designations, allowing
532 for manual revival of hopeless kids.
533DOC_END
534
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41bd17a4 536 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
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538COMMENT_END
539
41bd17a4 540NAME: auth_param
541TYPE: authparam
2f1431ea 542IFDEF: USE_AUTH
5c112575 543LOC: Auth::TheConfig.schemes
cccac0a2 544DEFAULT: none
545DOC_START
41bd17a4 546 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
547 schemes supported by Squid.
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66c583dc 549 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
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41bd17a4 551 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
552 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
553 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
554 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
555 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
556 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
557 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
558 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
559 program entry).
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41bd17a4 561 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
562 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
563 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
564 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
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41bd17a4 566 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
567 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
568 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
569 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
570 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
571 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
572 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
573 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
574 type acl.
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41bd17a4 576 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
577 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
578 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
579 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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580 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
581 authentication disabled.
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584
585 "program" cmdline
66c583dc 586 Specifies the command for the external authenticator.
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588 By default, each authentication scheme is not used unless a
589 program is specified.
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591 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/AddonHelpers for
592 more details on helper operations and creating your own.
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594 "key_extras" format
595 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for
596 the authentication helper. "Quoted" format values may contain
597 spaces and logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro
598 can be used. In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if
599 the helper request is sent before the required macro
600 information is available to Squid.
601
602 By default, Squid uses request formats provided in
603 scheme-specific examples below (search for %credentials).
604
605 The expanded key_extras value is added to the Squid credentials
606 cache and, hence, will affect authentication. It can be used to
2f8abb64 607 authenticate different users with identical user names (e.g.,
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608 when user authentication depends on http_port).
609
610 Avoid adding frequently changing information to key_extras. For
611 example, if you add user source IP, and it changes frequently
612 in your environment, then max_user_ip ACL is going to treat
613 every user+IP combination as a unique "user", breaking the ACL
614 and wasting a lot of memory on those user records. It will also
615 force users to authenticate from scratch whenever their IP
616 changes.
617
618 "realm" string
619 Specifies the protection scope (aka realm name) which is to be
620 reported to the client for the authentication scheme. It is
621 commonly part of the text the user will see when prompted for
622 their username and password.
623
624 For Basic the default is "Squid proxy-caching web server".
625 For Digest there is no default, this parameter is mandatory.
626 For NTLM and Negotiate this parameter is ignored.
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628 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N] [concurrency=N]
629 [queue-size=N] [on-persistent-overload=action]
a56fcf0b 630 [reservation-timeout=seconds]
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632 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If
633 you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
634 a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it down. When
635 password verifications are done via a (slow) network you are
636 likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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638 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact
639 amount run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup
640 and reconfigure. Squid will start more in groups of up to
641 idle=N in an attempt to meet traffic needs and to keep idle=N
642 free above those traffic needs up to the maximum.
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644 The concurrency= option sets the number of concurrent requests
645 the helper can process. The default of 0 is used for helpers
646 who only supports one request at a time. Setting this to a
647 number greater than 0 changes the protocol used to include a
648 channel ID field first on the request/response line, allowing
649 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallel
650 without waiting for the response.
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652 Concurrency must not be set unless it's known the helper
653 supports the input format with channel-ID fields.
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655 The queue-size option sets the maximum number of queued
656 requests. A request is queued when no existing child can
657 accept it due to concurrency limit and no new child can be
658 started due to numberofchildren limit. The default maximum is
659 2*numberofchildren. Squid is allowed to temporarily exceed the
660 configured maximum, marking the affected helper as
661 "overloaded". If the helper overload lasts more than 3
662 minutes, the action prescribed by the on-persistent-overload
663 option applies.
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665 The on-persistent-overload=action option specifies Squid
666 reaction to a new helper request arriving when the helper
667 has been overloaded for more that 3 minutes already. The number
668 of queued requests determines whether the helper is overloaded
669 (see the queue-size option).
670
671 Two actions are supported:
672
673 die Squid worker quits. This is the default behavior.
674
675 ERR Squid treats the helper request as if it was
676 immediately submitted, and the helper immediately
677 replied with an ERR response. This action has no effect
678 on the already queued and in-progress helper requests.
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680 NOTE: NTLM and Negotiate schemes do not support concurrency
681 in the Squid code module even though some helpers can.
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683 The reservation-timeout=seconds option allows NTLM and Negotiate
684 helpers to forget about clients that abandon their in-progress
685 connection authentication without closing the connection. The
686 timeout is measured since the last helper response received by
687 Squid for the client. Fractional seconds are not supported.
688
689 After the timeout, the helper will be used for other clients if
690 there are no unreserved helpers available. In the latter case,
691 the old client attempt to resume authentication will not be
692 forwarded to the helper (and the client should open a new HTTP
693 connection and retry authentication from scratch).
694
695 By default, reservations do not expire and clients that keep
696 their connections open without completing authentication may
697 exhaust all NTLM and Negotiate helpers.
698
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699 "keep_alive" on|off
700 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using
701 the NTLM or Negotiate schemes then you can try setting this
702 to off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection
703 on the initial request where the browser asks which schemes
704 are supported by the proxy.
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b2b09838 706 For Basic and Digest this parameter is ignored.
d2a89ac1 707
66c583dc 708 "utf8" on|off
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710 expect UTF-8 encoding (e.g., LDAP).
711
712 When this option is enabled, Squid uses HTTP Accept-Language
713 request header to guess the received credentials encoding
714 (ISO-Latin-1, CP1251, or UTF-8) and then converts the first
715 two encodings into UTF-8.
716
717 When this option is disabled and by default, Squid sends
718 credentials in their original (i.e. received) encoding.
719
720 This parameter is only honored for Basic and Digest schemes.
721 For Basic, the entire username:password credentials are
722 checked and, if necessary, re-encoded. For Digest -- just the
723 username component. For NTLM and Negotiate schemes, this
724 parameter is ignored.
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726IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_BASIC
727 === Basic authentication parameters ===
728
41bd17a4 729 "credentialsttl" timetolive
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731 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
732 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
733 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords.
cccac0a2 734
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736 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
737 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
738 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
739 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
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742 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases
743 are case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled
744 using both lower and upper case letters, but some are case
745 sensitive. This makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL
746 processing and similar.
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749IF HAVE_AUTH_MODULE_DIGEST
750 === Digest authentication parameters ===
cccac0a2 751
41bd17a4 752 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
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754 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 755
41bd17a4 756 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
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758 valid for.
cccac0a2 759
41bd17a4 760 "nonce_max_count" number
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761 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
762 used.
cccac0a2 763
41bd17a4 764 "nonce_strictness" on|off
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766 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
767 user agents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
768 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 769
41bd17a4 770 "check_nonce_count" on|off
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772 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
773 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
774 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 775
41bd17a4 776 "post_workaround" on|off
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777 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who send an
778 incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing the
779 same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 780
66c583dc 781ENDIF
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783 === Example Configuration ===
784
785 This configuration displays the recommended authentication scheme
786 order from most to least secure with recommended minimum configuration
787 settings for each scheme:
e0855596 788
41bd17a4 789#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 790#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
e0855596 791#
66c583dc 792#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 793#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 794#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
795#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
796#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
797#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 798#
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800#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
66c583dc 801#
41bd17a4 802#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
6f4d3ed6 803#auth_param basic children 5 startup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 804#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 805DOC_END
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41bd17a4 807NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
5db226c8 808IFDEF: USE_AUTH
41bd17a4 809TYPE: time_t
810DEFAULT: 1 hour
00ef8d82 811LOC: Auth::TheConfig.garbageCollectInterval
41bd17a4 812DOC_START
813 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
4ded749e 814 This is a trade-off between memory utilization (long intervals - say
41bd17a4 815 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
816 have good reason to.
817DOC_END
cccac0a2 818
41bd17a4 819NAME: authenticate_ttl
5db226c8 820IFDEF: USE_AUTH
41bd17a4 821TYPE: time_t
822DEFAULT: 1 hour
00ef8d82 823LOC: Auth::TheConfig.credentialsTtl
41bd17a4 824DOC_START
825 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
826 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
827 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
828 TTL are removed from memory.
829DOC_END
cccac0a2 830
41bd17a4 831NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
5db226c8 832IFDEF: USE_AUTH
41bd17a4 833TYPE: time_t
00ef8d82 834LOC: Auth::TheConfig.ipTtl
c35dd848 835DEFAULT: 1 second
41bd17a4 836DOC_START
837 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
838 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
839 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
840 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
4ded749e 841 quickly, as is the case with dialup. You might be safe
41bd17a4 842 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
843 environment with relatively static address assignments.
844DOC_END
cccac0a2 845
3d1e3e43 846COMMENT_START
847 ACCESS CONTROLS
848 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
849COMMENT_END
850
41bd17a4 851NAME: external_acl_type
852TYPE: externalAclHelper
853LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 854DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 855DOC_START
41bd17a4 856 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
857 to look up the status
cccac0a2 858
262eaf9a 859 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT /path/to/helper [helper arguments]
cccac0a2 860
41bd17a4 861 Options:
cccac0a2 862
41bd17a4 863 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
cd0fd8a9 864 for 1 hour)
4f8d0a65 865
41bd17a4 866 negative_ttl=n
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868 as ttl)
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870 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
871 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
872 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
873
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875 default limit is 262144 entries. Each cache entry usually
876 consumes at least 256 bytes. Squid currently does not remove
877 expired cache entries until the limit is reached, so a proxy
878 will sooner or later reach the limit. The expanded FORMAT
879 value is used as the cache key, so if the details in FORMAT
880 are highly variable, a larger cache may be needed to produce
881 reduction in helper load.
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884 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
2ccfb9a7 885 external acl lookups of this type. (default 5)
4f8d0a65 886
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888 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
889 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
890 of this type. (default 0)
4f8d0a65 891
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893 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
894 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
895 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
896 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
4f8d0a65 897
41bd17a4 898 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
899 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
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902 queued requests. A request is queued when no existing
903 helper can accept it due to concurrency limit and no
904 new helper can be started due to children-max limit.
905 If the queued requests exceed queue size, the acl is
906 ignored. The default value is set to 2*children-max.
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908 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers.
909
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911 The default is to auto-detect IPv6 and use it when available.
cccac0a2 912
4f8d0a65 913
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915 of the accepted codes. Although note that at the time of any external ACL
916 being tested data may not be available and thus some %macro expand to '-'.
917
918 In addition to the logformat codes; when processing external ACLs these
919 additional macros are made available:
7b0ca1e8 920
ec2d5242 921 %ACL The name of the ACL being tested.
ec2d5242 922
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924 'acl ... external' line, separated by spaces (an
925 "argument string"). see acl external.
926
927 If there are no ACL arguments %DATA expands to '-'.
928
929 If you do not specify a DATA macro inside FORMAT,
930 Squid automatically appends %DATA to your FORMAT.
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932 or nothing in this case.
cd0fd8a9 933
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935 argument inside the argument string. If an explicit
936 encoding modifier is used (e.g., %#DATA), then Squid
937 encodes the whole argument string as a single token
938 (e.g., with %#DATA, spaces between arguments become
939 %20).
940
2f8abb64 941 If SSL is enabled, the following formatting codes become available:
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943 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
944 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
945 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
946 %USER_CA_CERT_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
947
948
949 NOTE: all other format codes accepted by older Squid versions
950 are deprecated.
0db8942f 951
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954
0638f4a2 955 [channel-ID] FORMAT-values
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957
958 FORMAT-values consists of transaction details expanded with
959 whitespace separation per the config file FORMAT specification
960 using the FORMAT macros listed above.
961
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963 each value in requests against whitespaces.
964
965 If using protocol=2.5 then the request sent to the helper is not
966 URL escaped to protect against whitespace.
967
968 NOTE: protocol=3.0 is deprecated as no longer necessary.
969
970 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
971 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
972 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
973 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
974 of the response relating to its request.
975
976
977 The helper receives lines expanded per the above format specification
978 and for each input line returns 1 line starting with OK/ERR/BH result
979 code and optionally followed by additional keywords with more details.
980
cccac0a2 981
41bd17a4 982 General result syntax:
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985
986 Result consists of one of the codes:
987
988 OK
989 the ACL test produced a match.
990
991 ERR
992 the ACL test does not produce a match.
993
994 BH
4ded749e 995 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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997
998 The meaning of 'a match' is determined by your squid.conf
999 access control configuration. See the Squid wiki for details.
cccac0a2 1000
41bd17a4 1001 Defined keywords:
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41bd17a4 1003 user= The users name (login)
5269ec0e 1004
41bd17a4 1005 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
5269ec0e 1006
05e52854 1007 message= Message describing the reason for this response.
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1008 Available as %o in error pages.
1009 Useful on (ERR and BH results).
1010
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1011 tag= Apply a tag to a request. Only sets a tag once,
1012 does not alter existing tags.
5269ec0e 1013
41bd17a4 1014 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
cd0fd8a9 1015 %ea in logformat specifications.
934b03fc 1016
cd0fd8a9 1017 clt_conn_tag= Associates a TAG with the client TCP connection.
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1019 for this kv-pair.
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05e52854 1021 Any keywords may be sent on any response whether OK, ERR or BH.
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1024 escaping, or enclosed in double quotes (") and escaped using \ on
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1025 any double quotes or \ characters within the value. The wrapping
1026 double quotes are removed before the value is interpreted by Squid.
1027 \r and \n are also replace by CR and LF.
1e5562e3 1028
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1030
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1032 user="John Smith"
1033 user="J. \"Bob\" Smith"
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1035
41bd17a4 1036NAME: acl
1037TYPE: acl
1038LOC: Config.aclList
cb4f4424 1039IF USE_OPENSSL
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1040DEFAULT: ssl::certHasExpired ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_HAS_EXPIRED
1041DEFAULT: ssl::certNotYetValid ssl_error X509_V_ERR_CERT_NOT_YET_VALID
1042DEFAULT: ssl::certDomainMismatch ssl_error SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH
1043DEFAULT: 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
1044DEFAULT: ssl::certSelfSigned ssl_error X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT
1045ENDIF
1f5bd0a4 1046DEFAULT: all src all
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1047DEFAULT: manager url_regex -i ^cache_object:// +i ^https?://[^/]+/squid-internal-mgr/
1048DEFAULT: localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 ::1
d959846f 1049DEFAULT: to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 ::1/128 ::/128
2c56ee3c 1050DEFAULT: CONNECT method CONNECT
29503899 1051DEFAULT_DOC: ACLs all, manager, localhost, to_localhost, and CONNECT are predefined.
cccac0a2 1052DOC_START
41bd17a4 1053 Defining an Access List
cccac0a2 1054
9603207d 1055 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
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1057 they are read from.
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1059 acl aclname acltype argument ...
1060 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 1061
375eeb3b 1062 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
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1065 ACL Options
1066
1067 Some acl types supports options which changes their default behaviour:
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1069 -i,+i By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make them
1070 case-insensitive, use the -i option. To return case-sensitive
1071 use the +i option between patterns, or make a new ACL line
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1074 -n Disable lookups and address type conversions. If lookup or
1075 conversion is required because the parameter type (IP or
1076 domain name) does not match the message address type (domain
1077 name or IP), then the ACL would immediately declare a mismatch
1078 without any warnings or lookups.
1079
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1081 Perform a list membership test, interpreting values as
1082 comma-separated token lists and matching against individual
9603207d 1083 tokens instead of whole values.
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1085 alternative non-alphanumeric delimiter characters.
1086 non-alphanumeric delimiter characters.
1087
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1089 value has '-' character as first character (for example the '-'
1090 is a valid domain name)
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1093 to access some external data source.
1094 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
1095 don't are marked as [fast].
1096 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
1097 for further information
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1099 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
1100
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1101 acl aclname src ip-address/mask ... # clients IP address [fast]
1102 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/mask ... # range of addresses [fast]
0f987978 1103 acl aclname dst [-n] ip-address/mask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
1e40905d 1104 acl aclname localip ip-address/mask ... # IP address the client connected to [fast]
cccac0a2 1105
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1107 acl aclname arp mac-address ...
1108 acl aclname eui64 eui64-address ...
b3567eb5 1109 # [fast]
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1111 #
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1113 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some other
1114 # BSD variants.
41bd17a4 1115 #
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1117 # and Squid built with --enable-eui for MAC/EUI addresses to be
1118 # available for this ACL.
1119 #
1120 # Squid can only determine the MAC/EUI address for IPv4
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1121 # clients that are on the same subnet. If the client is on a
1122 # different subnet, then Squid cannot find out its address.
1123 #
a85f0df5 1124 # IPv6 protocol does not contain ARP. MAC/EUI is either
abe01913 1125 # encoded directly in the IPv6 address or not available.
a85f0df5 1126endif
653d9927 1127 acl aclname clientside_mark mark[/mask] ...
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1129 # DEPRECATED. Use the 'client_connection_mark' instead.
1130
1131 acl aclname client_connection_mark mark[/mask] ...
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1133 #
1134 # mark and mask are unsigned integers (hex, octal, or decimal).
1135 # If multiple marks are given, then the ACL matches if at least
1136 # one mark matches.
1137 #
1138 # Uses netfilter-conntrack library.
1139 # Requires building Squid with --enable-linux-netfilter.
1140 #
1141 # The client, various intermediaries, and Squid itself may set
1142 # CONNMARK at various times. The last CONNMARK set wins. This ACL
1143 # checks the mark present on an accepted connection or set by
1144 # Squid afterwards, depending on the ACL check timing. This ACL
1145 # effectively ignores any mark set by other agents after Squid has
1146 # accepted the connection.
1147
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1149 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
0f987978 1150 acl aclname dstdomain [-n] .foo.com ...
e38c7724 1151 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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1153 # regex matching client name [slow]
0f987978 1154 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-n] [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 1155 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 1156 #
41bd17a4 1157 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
1158 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
1159 # if the reverse lookup fails.
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1162 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 1163 # [fast]
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1165 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
1166 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
1167 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
1168 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
1169 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
1170 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 1171
6db78a1a 1172 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
a85f0df5 1173 acl aclname peername_regex [-i] regex-pattern ...
b3567eb5 1174 # [fast]
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1176 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
1177
375eeb3b 1178 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 1179 # [fast]
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1181 # S - Sunday
1182 # M - Monday
1183 # T - Tuesday
1184 # W - Wednesday
1185 # H - Thursday
1186 # F - Friday
1187 # A - Saturday
1188 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
1189
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1191 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
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1192 acl aclname urllogin [-i] [^a-zA-Z0-9] ...
1193 # regex matching on URL login field
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1194 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
1195 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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b3567eb5 1197 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
2f8abb64 1198 # ranges are allowed
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1199 acl aclname localport 3128 ... # TCP port the client connected to [fast]
1200 # NP: for interception mode this is usually '80'
1201
3cc0f4e7 1202 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # *_port name [fast]
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b3567eb5 1204 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
9603207d 1205
b3567eb5 1206 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
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9603207d 1208 acl aclname http_status 200 301 500- 400-403 ...
b3567eb5 1209 # status code in reply [fast]
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375eeb3b 1211 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 1212 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 1214 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 1215 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 1216 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
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d4c6acac 1218 acl aclname ident [-i] username ...
41bd17a4 1219 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 1220 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 1221 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 1222
41bd17a4 1223 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
1224 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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1226 # supplied credentials [slow]
1227 #
1228 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 1229 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
1230 #
b3567eb5 1231 # Will use proxy authentication in forward-proxy scenarios, and plain
2f8abb64 1232 # http authentication in reverse-proxy scenarios
b3567eb5 1233 #
41bd17a4 1234 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
1235 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
1236 # in access.log.
1237 #
1238 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
1239 # to check username/password combinations (see
1240 # auth_param directive).
1241 #
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1243 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 1244 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 1245
41bd17a4 1246 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 1247 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 1248 # Example:
1249 #
1250 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 1251
41bd17a4 1252 acl aclname maxconn number
1253 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
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1255 # NOTE: This only measures direct TCP links so X-Forwarded-For
1256 # indirect clients are not counted.
1e5562e3 1257
41bd17a4 1258 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
1259 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
1260 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 1261 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 1262 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
1263 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
1264 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
1265 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
1266 # request is denied)
1267 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
1268 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
1269 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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1271 acl aclname random probability
1272 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
1273 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
1274 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
1275
375eeb3b 1276 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 1277 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
1278 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 1279 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 1280 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
1281 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 1282
41bd17a4 1283 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1284 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
1285 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1286 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 1287
375eeb3b 1288 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 1289 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
1290 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 1291 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 1292 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1293 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1294 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 1295
41bd17a4 1296 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
1297 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
1298 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 1299 # ACLs [fast]
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375eeb3b 1301 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 1302 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 1303 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 1304
41bd17a4 1305 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
1306 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
2927ae41 1307 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST or a numerical OID [fast]
cccac0a2 1308
41bd17a4 1309 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
1310 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
2927ae41 1311 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST or a numerical OID [fast]
cccac0a2 1312
d4c6acac 1313 acl aclname ext_user [-i] username ...
41bd17a4 1314 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 1315 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 1316 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 1317
0ab50441 1318 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
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1320 # DEPRECATED. Only the first tag will match with this ACL.
1321 # Use the 'note' ACL instead for handling multiple tag values.
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1323 acl aclname hier_code codename ...
1324 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
1325 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
1326 #
1327 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
1328 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
1329 # http_reply_access.
1330
76ee67ac 1331 acl aclname note [-m[=delimiters]] name [value ...]
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1332 # match transaction annotation [fast]
1333 # Without values, matches any annotation with a given name.
1334 # With value(s), matches any annotation with a given name that
1335 # also has one of the given values.
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1336 # If the -m flag is used, then the value of the named
1337 # annotation is interpreted as a list of tokens, and the ACL
1338 # matches individual name=token pairs rather than whole
1339 # name=value pairs. See "ACL Options" above for more info.
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1340 # Annotation sources include note and adaptation_meta directives
1341 # as well as helper and eCAP responses.
1342
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1344 acl aclname annotate_transaction [-m[=delimiters]] key+=value ...
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1345 # Always matches. [fast]
1346 # Used for its side effect: This ACL immediately adds a
1347 # key=value annotation to the current master transaction.
1348 # The added annotation can then be tested using note ACL and
1349 # logged (or sent to helpers) using %note format code.
1350 #
1351 # Annotations can be specified using replacement and addition
1352 # formats. The key=value form replaces old same-key annotation
1353 # value(s). The key+=value form appends a new value to the old
1354 # same-key annotation. Both forms create a new key=value
1355 # annotation if no same-key annotation exists already. If
1356 # -m flag is used, then the value is interpreted as a list
1357 # and the annotation will contain key=token pair(s) instead of the
1358 # whole key=value pair.
1359 #
1360 # This ACL is especially useful for recording complex multi-step
1361 # ACL-driven decisions. For example, the following configuration
1362 # avoids logging transactions accepted after aclX matched:
1363 #
1364 # # First, mark transactions accepted after aclX matched
1365 # acl markSpecial annotate_transaction special=true
1366 # http_access allow acl001
1367 # ...
1368 # http_access deny acl100
1369 # http_access allow aclX markSpecial
1370 #
1371 # # Second, do not log marked transactions:
1372 # acl markedSpecial note special true
1373 # access_log ... deny markedSpecial
1374 #
1375 # # Note that the following would not have worked because aclX
1376 # # alone does not determine whether the transaction was allowed:
1377 # access_log ... deny aclX # Wrong!
1378 #
1379 # Warning: This ACL annotates the transaction even when negated
1380 # and even if subsequent ACLs fail to match. For example, the
1381 # following three rules will have exactly the same effect as far
1382 # as annotations set by the "mark" ACL are concerned:
1383 #
1384 # some_directive acl1 ... mark # rule matches if mark is reached
1385 # some_directive acl1 ... !mark # rule never matches
1386 # some_directive acl1 ... mark !all # rule never matches
1387
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1389 acl aclname annotate_client [-m[=delimiters]] key+=value ...
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1391 # Always matches. [fast]
1392 # Used for its side effect: This ACL immediately adds a
1393 # key=value annotation to the current client-to-Squid
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1395 # and all future master transactions on the annotated connection.
1396 # See the annotate_transaction ACL for details.
1397 #
1398 # For example, the following configuration avoids rewriting URLs
1399 # of transactions bumped by SslBump:
1400 #
1401 # # First, mark bumped connections:
1402 # acl markBumped annotate_client bumped=true
1403 # ssl_bump peek acl1
1404 # ssl_bump stare acl2
1405 # ssl_bump bump acl3 markBumped
1406 # ssl_bump splice all
1407 #
1408 # # Second, do not send marked transactions to the redirector:
1409 # acl markedBumped note bumped true
1410 # url_rewrite_access deny markedBumped
1411 #
1412 # # Note that the following would not have worked because acl3 alone
1413 # # does not determine whether the connection is going to be bumped:
1414 # url_rewrite_access deny acl3 # Wrong!
1415
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1417 # Matches the name of any icap_service, ecap_service,
1418 # adaptation_service_set, or adaptation_service_chain that Squid
1419 # has used (or attempted to use) for the master transaction.
1420 # This ACL must be defined after the corresponding adaptation
1421 # service is named in squid.conf. This ACL is usable with
1422 # adaptation_meta because it starts matching immediately after
1423 # the service has been selected for adaptation.
1424
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1426 # Matches transaction's initiator [fast]
1427 #
1428 # Supported initiators are:
1429 # esi: matches transactions fetching ESI resources
1430 # certificate-fetching: matches transactions fetching
1431 # a missing intermediate TLS certificate
1432 # cache-digest: matches transactions fetching Cache Digests
1433 # from a cache_peer
1434 # htcp: matches HTCP requests from peers
1435 # icp: matches ICP requests to peers
1436 # icmp: matches ICMP RTT database (NetDB) requests to peers
1437 # asn: matches asns db requests
1438 # internal: matches any of the above
1439 # client: matches transactions containing an HTTP or FTP
1440 # client request received at a Squid *_port
1441 # all: matches any transaction, including internal transactions
1442 # without a configurable initiator and hopefully rare
1443 # transactions without a known-to-Squid initiator
1444 #
1445 # Multiple initiators are ORed.
1446
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1448 # matches a transaction "component" [fast]
1449 #
1450 # Supported transaction components are:
1451 # request: transaction has a request header (at least)
1452 # response: transaction has a response header (at least)
1453 # ALE: transaction has an internally-generated Access Log Entry
1454 # structure; bugs notwithstanding, all transaction have it
1455 #
1456 # For example, the following configuration helps when dealing with HTTP
1457 # clients that close connections without sending a request header:
1458 #
1459 # acl hasRequest has request
1460 # acl logMe note important_transaction
1461 # # avoid "logMe ACL is used in context without an HTTP request" warnings
1462 # access_log ... logformat=detailed hasRequest logMe
1463 # # log request-less transactions, instead of ignoring them
1464 # access_log ... logformat=brief !hasRequest
1465 #
1466 # Multiple components are not supported for one "acl" rule, but
1467 # can be specified (and are ORed) using multiple same-name rules:
1468 #
1469 # # OK, this strange logging daemon needs request or response,
1470 # # but can work without either a request or a response:
1471 # acl hasWhatMyLoggingDaemonNeeds has request
1472 # acl hasWhatMyLoggingDaemonNeeds has response
1473
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1474acl aclname at_step step
1475 # match against the current request processing step [fast]
1476 # Valid steps are:
1477 # GeneratingCONNECT: Generating HTTP CONNECT request headers
1478IF USE_OPENSSL
1479 # The following ssl_bump processing steps are recognized:
1480 # SslBump1: After getting TCP-level and HTTP CONNECT info.
1481 # SslBump2: After getting SSL Client Hello info.
1482 # SslBump3: After getting SSL Server Hello info.
1483ENDIF
1484
cb4f4424 1485IF USE_OPENSSL
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1487 # match against SSL certificate validation error [fast]
cf1c09f6 1488 #
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1490 # certificate validation error currently being evaluated by that
1491 # directive. When used with slproxy_cert_sign or sslproxy_cert_adapt,
1492 # the ACL tests all past certificate validation errors associated with
1493 # the current Squid-to-server connection (attempt). This ACL is not yet
1494 # supported for use with other directives.
1495 #
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1497 # template file.
cf1c09f6 1498 #
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1500 # [ssl::]certHasExpired: the "not after" field is in the past
1501 # [ssl::]certNotYetValid: the "not before" field is in the future
1502 # [ssl::]certUntrusted: The certificate issuer is not to be trusted.
1503 # [ssl::]certSelfSigned: The certificate is self signed.
1504 # [ssl::]certDomainMismatch: The certificate CN domain does not
1505 # match the name the name of the host we are connecting to.
1506 #
1507 # The ssl::certHasExpired, ssl::certNotYetValid, ssl::certDomainMismatch,
1508 # ssl::certUntrusted, and ssl::certSelfSigned can also be used as
1509 # predefined ACLs, just like the 'all' ACL.
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72b12f9e 1511 acl aclname server_cert_fingerprint [-sha1] fingerprint
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1513 #
9603207d 1514 # The fingerprint is the digest of the DER encoded version
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1516 # Optional argument specifies the digest algorithm to use.
1517 # The SHA1 digest algorithm is the default and is currently
1518 # the only algorithm supported (-sha1).
5d65362c 1519
4f6990ec 1520 acl aclname ssl::server_name [option] .foo.com ...
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1522 #
4f6990ec 1523 # The ACL computes server name(s) using such information sources as
9603207d 1524 # CONNECT request URI, TLS client SNI, and TLS server certificate
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1526 # change with each SslBump step, as more info becomes available:
1527 # * SNI is used as the server name instead of the request URI,
1528 # * subject name(s) from the server certificate (CN and
1529 # SubjectAltName) are used as the server names instead of SNI.
1530 #
1531 # When the ACL computes multiple server names, matching any single
1532 # computed name is sufficient for the ACL to match.
1533 #
1534 # The "none" name can be used to match transactions where the ACL
8d9e6d7f 1535 # could not compute the server name using any information source
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1537 # the ACL evaluation time.
1538 #
1539 # Unlike dstdomain, this ACL does not perform DNS lookups.
1540 #
9603207d 1541 # An ACL option below may be used to restrict what information
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1543 #
1544 # --client-requested
1545 # The server name is SNI regardless of what the server says.
1546 # --server-provided
1547 # The server name(s) are the certificate subject name(s), regardless
1548 # of what the client has requested. If the server certificate is
1549 # unavailable, then the name is "none".
1550 # --consensus
1551 # The server name is either SNI (if SNI matches at least one of the
1552 # certificate subject names) or "none" (otherwise). When the server
1553 # certificate is unavailable, the consensus server name is SNI.
1554 #
1555 # Combining multiple options in one ACL is a fatal configuration
1556 # error.
1557 #
1558 # For all options: If no SNI is available, then the CONNECT request
1559 # target (a.k.a. URI) is used instead of SNI (for an intercepted
1560 # connection, this target is the destination IP address).
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1562 acl aclname ssl::server_name_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
1563 # regex matches server name obtained from various sources [fast]
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1565 acl aclname connections_encrypted
1566 # matches transactions with all HTTP messages received over TLS
1567 # transport connections. [fast]
1568 #
1569 # The master transaction deals with HTTP messages received from
1570 # various sources. All sources used by the master transaction in the
1571 # past are considered by the ACL. The following rules define whether
1572 # a given message source taints the entire master transaction,
1573 # resulting in ACL mismatches:
1574 #
1575 # * The HTTP client transport connection is not TLS.
1576 # * An adaptation service connection-encryption flag is off.
1577 # * The peer or origin server transport connection is not TLS.
1578 #
1579 # Caching currently does not affect these rules. This cache ignorance
1580 # implies that only the current HTTP client transport and REQMOD
1581 # services status determine whether this ACL matches a from-cache
1582 # transaction. The source of the cached response does not have any
1583 # effect on future transaction that use the cached response without
1584 # revalidation. This may change.
1585 #
1586 # DNS, ICP, and HTCP exchanges during the master transaction do not
1587 # affect these rules.
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1589 acl aclname any-of acl1 acl2 ...
1590 # match any one of the acls [fast or slow]
1591 # The first matching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1592 #
1593 # ACLs from multiple any-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1594 # For example, A = (a1 or a2) or (a3 or a4) can be written as
1595 # acl A any-of a1 a2
1596 # acl A any-of a3 a4
1597 #
1598 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1599 # and slow otherwise.
1600
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1603 # The first mismatching ACL stops further ACL evaluation.
1604 #
1605 # ACLs from multiple all-of lines with the same name are ORed.
1606 # For example, B = (b1 and b2) or (b3 and b4) can be written as
1607 # acl B all-of b1 b2
1608 # acl B all-of b3 b4
1609 #
1610 # This group ACL is fast if all evaluated ACLs in the group are fast
1611 # and slow otherwise.
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1614 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
1615 acl myexample dst_as 1241
1616 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
1617 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
1618 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
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1622# Recommended minimum configuration:
1623#
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ee776778 1625# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1626# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
1627# should be allowed
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1628acl localnet src 0.0.0.1-0.255.255.255 # RFC 1122 "this" network (LAN)
1629acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC 1918 local private network (LAN)
1630acl localnet src 100.64.0.0/10 # RFC 6598 shared address space (CGN)
7c392424 1631acl localnet src 169.254.0.0/16 # RFC 3927 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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1632acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC 1918 local private network (LAN)
1633acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC 1918 local private network (LAN)
1634acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
1635acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 1637acl SSL_ports port 443
1638acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
1639acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
1640acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
1641acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
1642acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
1643acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
1644acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
1645acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
1646acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
1647acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
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41bd17a4 1649DOC_END
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d3d92daa 1651NAME: proxy_protocol_access
3d674977 1652TYPE: acl_access
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1653LOC: Config.accessList.proxyProtocol
1654DEFAULT: none
c390580b 1655DEFAULT_DOC: all TCP connections to ports with require-proxy-header will be denied
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1657 Determine which client proxies can be trusted to provide correct
1658 information regarding real client IP address using PROXY protocol.
1659
1660 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
1661 before reaching us. The original source details may by sent in:
1662 * HTTP message Forwarded header, or
1663 * HTTP message X-Forwarded-For header, or
1664 * PROXY protocol connection header.
1665
1666 This directive is solely for validating new PROXY protocol
1667 connections received from a port flagged with require-proxy-header.
1668 It is checked only once after TCP connection setup.
1669
1670 A deny match results in TCP connection closure.
1671
1672 An allow match is required for Squid to permit the corresponding
1673 TCP connection, before Squid even looks for HTTP request headers.
1674 If there is an allow match, Squid starts using PROXY header information
1675 to determine the source address of the connection for all future ACL
1676 checks, logging, etc.
1677
1678 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
1679
c390580b 1680 Any host from which we accept client IP details can place
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1681 incorrect information in the relevant header, and Squid
1682 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
1683 source address of the request. This may enable remote
1684 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
1685 based on the client's source addresses.
1686
1687 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1688 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1689DOC_END
1690
1691NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
1692TYPE: acl_access
1693IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
3d674977 1694LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
3d674977 1695DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
9353df52 1696DEFAULT_DOC: X-Forwarded-For header will be ignored.
3d674977 1697DOC_START
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1699 information regarding real client IP address.
1700
3d674977 1701 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
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1702 before reaching us. The original source details may by sent in:
1703 * HTTP message Forwarded header, or
1704 * HTTP message X-Forwarded-For header, or
1705 * PROXY protocol connection header.
3d674977 1706
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1708 directive which is checked before this.
1709
3d674977 1710 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
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1712 the IP of the client it received from (if any).
1713
1714 For the purpose of ACLs used in this directive the src ACL type always
1715 matches the address we are testing and srcdomain matches its rDNS.
1716
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1717 On each HTTP request Squid checks for X-Forwarded-For header fields.
1718 If found the header values are iterated in reverse order and an allow
1719 match is required for Squid to continue on to the next value.
1720 The verification ends when a value receives a deny match, cannot be
1721 tested, or there are no more values to test.
1722 NOTE: Squid does not yet follow the Forwarded HTTP header.
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1724 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
1725 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 1726 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 1727 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
9603207d 1728 icap_uses_indirect_client, delay_pool_uses_indirect_client,
96d64448 1729 log_uses_indirect_client and tproxy_uses_indirect_client options.
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1732 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1733
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1735
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70a16fea 1737 incorrect information in the relevant header, and Squid
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1739 source address of the request. This may enable remote
1740 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
1741 based on the client's source addresses.
1742
1743 For example:
1744
1745 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
1746 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
1747 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
1748 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
1749DOC_END
1750
1751NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
1752COMMENT: on|off
1753TYPE: onoff
1754IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1755DEFAULT: on
1756LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
1757DOC_START
1758 Controls whether the indirect client address
1759 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1760 direct client address in acl matching.
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1762 NOTE: maxconn ACL considers direct TCP links and indirect
1763 clients will always have zero. So no match.
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1765
1766NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1767COMMENT: on|off
1768TYPE: onoff
9a0a18de 1769IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_DELAY_POOLS
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1771LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
1772DOC_START
1773 Controls whether the indirect client address
1774 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1775 direct client address in delay pools.
1776DOC_END
1777
1778NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
1779COMMENT: on|off
1780TYPE: onoff
1781IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
1782DEFAULT: on
1783LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
1784DOC_START
1785 Controls whether the indirect client address
1786 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1787 direct client address in the access log.
1788DOC_END
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1791COMMENT: on|off
1792TYPE: onoff
1793IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&LINUX_NETFILTER
4d7ab5a2 1794DEFAULT: off
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1796DOC_START
1797 Controls whether the indirect client address
1798 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
1799 direct client address when spoofing the outgoing client.
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1801 This has no effect on requests arriving in non-tproxy
1802 mode ports.
1803
1804 SECURITY WARNING: Usage of this option is dangerous
1805 and should not be used trivially. Correct configuration
16ae256c 1806 of follow_x_forwarded_for with a limited set of trusted
4d7ab5a2 1807 sources is required to prevent abuse of your proxy.
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1810NAME: spoof_client_ip
1811TYPE: acl_access
1812LOC: Config.accessList.spoof_client_ip
1813DEFAULT: none
1814DEFAULT_DOC: Allow spoofing on all TPROXY traffic.
1815DOC_START
1816 Control client IP address spoofing of TPROXY traffic based on
1817 defined access lists.
1818
1819 spoof_client_ip allow|deny [!]aclname ...
1820
1821 If there are no "spoof_client_ip" lines present, the default
1822 is to "allow" spoofing of any suitable request.
1823
1824 Note that the cache_peer "no-tproxy" option overrides this ACL.
1825
1826 This clause supports fast acl types.
1827 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1828DOC_END
1829
41bd17a4 1830NAME: http_access
1831TYPE: acl_access
1832LOC: Config.accessList.http
41bd17a4 1833DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
638402dd 1834DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1835DOC_START
1836 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 1837
8a2f40dd 1838 To allow or deny a message received on an HTTP, HTTPS, or FTP port:
41bd17a4 1839 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1840
41bd17a4 1841 NOTE on default values:
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41bd17a4 1843 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
1844 the request.
cccac0a2 1845
41bd17a4 1846 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
1847 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
1848 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
1849 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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1851 lists to avoid potential confusion.
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1854 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1855
47f0eaea 1856CONFIG_START
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1858#
1859# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 1860#
e0855596 1861# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 1862http_access deny !Safe_ports
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1864# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 1865http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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1868http_access allow localhost manager
1869http_access deny manager
1870
41bd17a4 1871# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
1872# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
1873# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
1874#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 1876#
1877# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 1878#
c8f4eac4 1879
ee776778 1880# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
1881# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
1882# from where browsing should be allowed
1883http_access allow localnet
afb33856 1884http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 1885
41bd17a4 1886# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
1887http_access deny all
47f0eaea 1888CONFIG_END
41bd17a4 1889DOC_END
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1892TYPE: acl_access
1893LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
1894DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1895DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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1897 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
1898
1899 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
1900 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
1901 output.
1902
1903 If not set then only http_access is used.
1904DOC_END
1905
41bd17a4 1906NAME: http_reply_access
1907TYPE: acl_access
1908LOC: Config.accessList.reply
1909DEFAULT: none
638402dd 1910DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1911DOC_START
1912 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 1913
41bd17a4 1914 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 1915
41bd17a4 1916 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
638402dd 1917 all replies.
1a224843 1918
41bd17a4 1919 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
1920 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
1921 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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1923 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
1924 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 1925DOC_END
1926
41bd17a4 1927NAME: icp_access
1928TYPE: acl_access
1929LOC: Config.accessList.icp
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1931DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1932DOC_START
41bd17a4 1933 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1934 access lists
5473c134 1935
41bd17a4 1936 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1937
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1939 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
1940 using ICP.
41bd17a4 1941
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1943 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1945# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1947#icp_access deny all
5473c134 1948DOC_END
1949
41bd17a4 1950NAME: htcp_access
1951IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1952TYPE: acl_access
1953LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
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1955DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 1956DOC_START
41bd17a4 1957 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1958 access lists
5473c134 1959
41bd17a4 1960 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1961
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1963 cache purge (CLR) HTCP messages.
5473c134 1964
0b48417e 1965 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1966 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
18191440 1967 using the htcp option.
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1970 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1972# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1974#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1975DOC_END
5473c134 1976
41bd17a4 1977NAME: htcp_clr_access
1978IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1979TYPE: acl_access
1980LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
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1982DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 1983DOC_START
1984 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
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1986 See htcp_access for details on general HTCP access control.
5473c134 1987
41bd17a4 1988 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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1991 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1993# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
638402dd 1994acl htcp_clr_peer src 192.0.2.2 2001:DB8::2
41bd17a4 1995htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
638402dd 1996htcp_clr_access deny all
5473c134 1997DOC_END
1998
41bd17a4 1999NAME: miss_access
2000TYPE: acl_access
2001LOC: Config.accessList.miss
b8a25eaa 2002DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2003DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 2004DOC_START
18d1eddf 2005 Determines whether network access is permitted when satisfying a request.
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2007 For example;
2008 to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
2009 a parent.
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638402dd 2011 acl localclients src 192.0.2.0/24 2001:DB8::a:0/64
41bd17a4 2012 miss_access deny !localclients
638402dd 2013 miss_access allow all
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2016 replies from the network and all other clients can only fetch cached
2017 objects (HITs).
2018
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2020 http_access rules to relay via this proxy.
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2022 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2023 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 2024DOC_END
2025
2026NAME: ident_lookup_access
2027TYPE: acl_access
2028IFDEF: USE_IDENT
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2030DEFAULT_DOC: Unless rules exist in squid.conf, IDENT is not fetched.
4daaf3cb 2031LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 2032DOC_START
41bd17a4 2033 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
2034 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
2035 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
2036 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
2037 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
2038 any requests.
5473c134 2039
41bd17a4 2040 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
2041 can follow this example:
5473c134 2042
4daaf3cb 2043 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 2044 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
2045 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 2046
4daaf3cb 2047 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 2048 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
2049 the correct result.
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2051 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2052 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 2053DOC_END
5473c134 2054
5b0f5383 2055NAME: reply_body_max_size
2056COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
2057TYPE: acl_b_size_t
2058DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2059DEFAULT_DOC: No limit is applied.
5b0f5383 2060LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
2061DOC_START
2062 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
2063 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
2064 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
2065 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
2066 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
2067 for this reply.
2068
2069 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
2070 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
2071 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
2072 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
2073 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
2074 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
2075 and they will receive a partial reply.
2076
2077 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
2078 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
2079 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
2080 use this option if you have downstream caches.
2081
2082 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
2083 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
2084 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
2085 the size of your largest error page.
2086
2087 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
2088 no limit imposed.
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2090 Configuration Format is:
2091 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
2092 ie.
2093 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
2094
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2097NAME: on_unsupported_protocol
2098TYPE: on_unsupported_protocol
2099LOC: Config.accessList.on_unsupported_protocol
2100DEFAULT: none
2101DEFAULT_DOC: Respond with an error message to unidentifiable traffic
2102DOC_START
2103 Determines Squid behavior when encountering strange requests at the
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2104 beginning of an accepted TCP connection or the beginning of a bumped
2105 CONNECT tunnel. Controlling Squid reaction to unexpected traffic is
2106 especially useful in interception environments where Squid is likely
2107 to see connections for unsupported protocols that Squid should either
2108 terminate or tunnel at TCP level.
9603207d 2109
3248e962 2110 on_unsupported_protocol <action> [!]acl ...
9603207d 2111
56d089f3 2112 The first matching action wins. Only fast ACLs are supported.
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2114 Supported actions are:
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2117 blindly shovel TCP packets between the client and server.
2118
2119 respond: Respond with an error message, using the transfer protocol
2120 for the Squid port that received the request (e.g., HTTP
2121 for connections intercepted at the http_port). This is the
2122 default.
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2124 Squid expects the following traffic patterns:
2125
2126 http_port: a plain HTTP request
2127 https_port: SSL/TLS handshake followed by an [encrypted] HTTP request
2128 ftp_port: a plain FTP command (no on_unsupported_protocol support yet!)
2129 CONNECT tunnel on http_port: same as https_port
2130 CONNECT tunnel on https_port: same as https_port
2131
9155253a 2132 Currently, this directive has effect on intercepted connections and
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2134 cannot know the intended destination of other traffic.
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2136 For example:
2137 # define what Squid errors indicate receiving non-HTTP traffic:
2138 acl foreignProtocol squid_error ERR_PROTOCOL_UNKNOWN ERR_TOO_BIG
2139 # define what Squid errors indicate receiving nothing:
2140 acl serverTalksFirstProtocol squid_error ERR_REQUEST_START_TIMEOUT
2141 # tunnel everything that does not look like HTTP:
2142 on_unsupported_protocol tunnel foreignProtocol
2143 # tunnel if we think the client waits for the server to talk first:
2144 on_unsupported_protocol tunnel serverTalksFirstProtocol
2145 # in all other error cases, just send an HTTP "error page" response:
2146 on_unsupported_protocol respond all
2147
2148 See also: squid_error ACL
2149DOC_END
2150
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2151NAME: auth_schemes
2152TYPE: AuthSchemes
2153IFDEF: USE_AUTH
2154LOC: Auth::TheConfig.schemeAccess
2155DEFAULT: none
2156DEFAULT_DOC: use all auth_param schemes in their configuration order
2157DOC_START
2158 Use this directive to customize authentication schemes presence and
2159 order in Squid's Unauthorized and Authentication Required responses.
2160
2161 auth_schemes scheme1,scheme2,... [!]aclname ...
2162
2163 where schemeN is the name of one of the authentication schemes
2164 configured using auth_param directives. At least one scheme name is
2165 required. Multiple scheme names are separated by commas. Either
2166 avoid whitespace or quote the entire schemes list.
2167
2168 A special "ALL" scheme name expands to all auth_param-configured
2169 schemes in their configuration order. This directive cannot be used
2170 to configure Squid to offer no authentication schemes at all.
2171
2172 The first matching auth_schemes rule determines the schemes order
2173 for the current Authentication Required transaction. Note that the
2174 future response is not yet available during auth_schemes evaluation.
2175
2176 If this directive is not used or none of its rules match, then Squid
2177 responds with all configured authentication schemes in the order of
2178 auth_param directives in the configuration file.
2179
2180 This directive does not determine when authentication is used or
2181 how each authentication scheme authenticates clients.
2182
2183 The following example sends basic and negotiate authentication
2184 schemes, in that order, when requesting authentication of HTTP
2185 requests matching the isIE ACL (not shown) while sending all
2186 auth_param schemes in their configuration order to other clients:
2187
2188 auth_schemes basic,negotiate isIE
2189 auth_schemes ALL all # explicit default
2190
2191 This directive supports fast ACLs only.
2192
2193 See also: auth_param.
2194DOC_END
2195
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2197 NETWORK OPTIONS
2198 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2199COMMENT_END
2200
2201NAME: http_port ascii_port
65d448bc 2202TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 2203DEFAULT: none
fa720bfb 2204LOC: HttpPortList
5b0f5383 2205DOC_START
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2207 hostname:port [mode] [options]
2208 1.2.3.4:port [mode] [options]
5b0f5383 2209
2210 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
2211 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
2212 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
2213 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
2214 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
c7b1dd5d 2215 address. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
5b0f5383 2216 address, so you can use the port number alone.
2217
2218 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
2219 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
2220
2221 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
2222 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
2223 be plain proxy ports with no options.
2224
2225 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
2226
c7b1dd5d 2227 Modes:
5b0f5383 2228
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2230 traffic to this Squid port.
2231 NP: disables authentication on the port.
5b0f5383 2232
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2234 of outgoing connections using the client IP address.
2235 NP: disables authentication on the port.
5b0f5383 2236
7f45065d 2237 accel Accelerator / reverse proxy mode
5b0f5383 2238
caf3666d 2239 ssl-bump For each CONNECT request allowed by ssl_bump ACLs,
c7b1dd5d 2240 establish secure connection with the client and with
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2243 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
2244
7a957a93 2245 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
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2248 Omitting the mode flag causes default forward proxy mode to be used.
2249
2250
2251 Accelerator Mode Options:
2252
5b0f5383 2253 defaultsite=domainname
2254 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
2255 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
2256 accelerators should consider the default.
5b0f5383 2257
cf673853 2258 no-vhost Disable using HTTP/1.1 Host header for virtual domain support.
5b0f5383 2259
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2261 requests with. Defaults to HTTP/1.1 for http_port and
2262 HTTPS/1.1 for https_port.
2263 When an unsupported value is configured Squid will
2264 produce a FATAL error.
2265 Values: HTTP or HTTP/1.1, HTTPS or HTTPS/1.1
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2268 instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
5b0f5383 2269
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2271 number instead of the port passed on Host: headers.
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2274 Act as if this Squid is the origin server.
2275 This currently means generate new Date: and Expires:
2276 headers on HIT instead of adding Age:.
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2279
7f45065d 2280 WARNING: This option violates HTTP specifications if
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2282
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2284 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
2285 never_direct was used.
2286
2287 WARNING: this option opens accelerator mode to security
2288 vulnerabilities usually only affecting in interception
2289 mode. Make sure to protect forwarding with suitable
2290 http_access rules when using this.
2291
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2293 SSL Bump Mode Options:
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2295
2296 generate-host-certificates[=<on|off>]
2297 Dynamically create SSL server certificates for the
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2300 generated certificates. Otherwise generated
2301 certificate will be selfsigned.
9603207d 2302 If there is a CA certificate lifetime of the generated
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9603207d 2304 generated certificate is selfsigned lifetime is three
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2306 This option is enabled by default when ssl-bump is used.
2307 See the ssl-bump option above for more information.
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2310 Approximate total RAM size spent on cached generated
2311 certificates. If set to zero, caching is disabled. The
23bb0ebf 2312 default value is 4MB.
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2314 TLS / SSL Options:
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2317 to be used in the TLS handshake ServerHello.
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2320 feature it must allow HTTP server usage, along with
2321 any additional restrictions imposed by your choice
2322 of options= settings.
2323
2324 When OpenSSL is used this file may also contain a
2325 chain of intermediate CA certificates to send in the
2326 TLS handshake.
2327
2328 When GnuTLS is used this option (and any paired
2329 tls-key= option) may be repeated to load multiple
2330 certificates for different domains.
2331
2332 Also, when generate-host-certificates=on is configured
2333 the first tls-cert= option must be a CA certificate
2334 capable of signing the automatically generated
2335 certificates.
2336
2337 tls-key= Path to a file containing private key file (PEM format)
2338 for the previous tls-cert= option.
2339
2340 If tls-key= is not specified tls-cert= is assumed to
2341 reference a PEM file containing both the certificate
2342 and private key.
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c7b1dd5d 2344 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
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2345 NOTE: some ciphers such as EDH ciphers depend on
2346 additional settings. If those settings are
2347 omitted the ciphers may be silently ignored
2348 by the OpenSSL library.
c7b1dd5d 2349
943c5f16 2350 options= Various SSL implementation options. The most important
c7b1dd5d 2351 being:
7905e7be 2352
3d96b0e8 2353 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1f1f29e8 2354
3d96b0e8 2355 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.0
1f1f29e8 2356
3d96b0e8 2357 NO_TLSv1_1 Disallow the use of TLSv1.1
1f1f29e8 2358
3d96b0e8 2359 NO_TLSv1_2 Disallow the use of TLSv1.2
1f1f29e8 2360
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2361 SINGLE_DH_USE
2362 Always create a new key when using
c7b1dd5d 2363 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1f1f29e8 2364
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2365 SINGLE_ECDH_USE
2366 Enable ephemeral ECDH key exchange.
2367 The adopted curve should be specified
2368 using the tls-dh option.
2369
36092741 2370 NO_TICKET
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2371 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets.
2372 Some servers may have problems
2373 understanding the TLS extension due
2374 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2375
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2376 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
2377 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
2378 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
2379 strength to some attacks.
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2380
2381 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
2382 more complete list.
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2383
2384 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
2385 requesting a client certificate.
2386
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2387 tls-cafile= PEM file containing CA certificates to use when verifying
2388 client certificates. If not configured clientca will be
2389 used. May be repeated to load multiple files.
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2390
2391 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
2392 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
86a84cc0 2393 Requires OpenSSL or LibreSSL.
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2394
2395 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
2396 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
2397 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
2398
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2399 tls-dh=[curve:]file
2400 File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral DH key
2401 exchanges, optionally prefixed by a curve for ephemeral ECDH
2402 key exchanges.
2403 See OpenSSL documentation for details on how to create the
2404 DH parameter file. Supported curves for ECDH can be listed
2405 using the "openssl ecparam -list_curves" command.
2406 WARNING: EDH and EECDH ciphers will be silently disabled if
2407 this option is not set.
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2408
2409 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
2410 DELAYED_AUTH
2411 Don't request client certificates
2412 immediately, but wait until acl processing
2413 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
983fab6e 2414 CONDITIONAL_AUTH
2415 Request a client certificate during the TLS
2416 handshake, but ignore certificate absence in
2417 the TLS client Hello. If the client does
2418 supply a certificate, it is validated.
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2419 NO_SESSION_REUSE
2420 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
2421 will result in a new SSL session.
2422 VERIFY_CRL
2423 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
2424 certificates.
2425 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
2426 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
2427 client certificate chain.
2428
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2429 tls-default-ca[=off]
2430 Whether to use the system Trusted CAs. Default is OFF.
8b253b83 2431
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2432 tls-no-npn Do not use the TLS NPN extension to advertise HTTP/1.1.
2433
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2434 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
2435
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2436 Other Options:
2437
6b185b50 2438 connection-auth[=on|off]
9603207d 2439 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
6b185b50 2440 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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2441 (NTLM, Negotiate and Kerberos)
2442
5b0f5383 2443 disable-pmtu-discovery=
2444 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
2445 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
2446 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
2447 support is enabled.
2448 always disable always PMTU discovery.
2449
2450 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
2451 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
2452 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
2453 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
2454 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
2455 have such setup and experience that certain clients
2456 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
2457 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
2458
81b6e9a7 2459 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
2460 the port specification (port or addr:port)
2461
68924b6d 2462 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
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2463 Enable TCP keepalive probes of idle connections.
2464 In seconds; idle is the initial time before TCP starts
2465 probing the connection, interval how often to probe, and
b2130d58 2466 timeout the time before giving up.
2467
d3d92daa 2468 require-proxy-header
151ba0d4 2469 Require PROXY protocol version 1 or 2 connections.
70d0ef18 2470 The proxy_protocol_access is required to permit
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2471 downstream proxies which can be trusted.
2472
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2473 worker-queues
2474 Ask TCP stack to maintain a dedicated listening queue
2475 for each worker accepting requests at this port.
2476 Requires TCP stack that supports the SO_REUSEPORT socket
2477 option.
2478
2479 SECURITY WARNING: Enabling worker-specific queues
2480 allows any process running as Squid's effective user to
2481 easily accept requests destined to this port.
2482
5b0f5383 2483 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
2484 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
2485 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
2486 visible on the internal address.
2487
47f0eaea 2488CONFIG_START
e0855596 2489
5b0f5383 2490# Squid normally listens to port 3128
2491http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
47f0eaea 2492CONFIG_END
5b0f5383 2493DOC_END
2494
2495NAME: https_port
339e4d7a 2496IFDEF: USE_GNUTLS||USE_OPENSSL
65d448bc 2497TYPE: PortCfg
5b0f5383 2498DEFAULT: none
339e4d7a 2499LOC: HttpPortList
5b0f5383 2500DOC_START
51e09c08 2501 Usage: [ip:]port [mode] tls-cert=certificate.pem [options]
5b0f5383 2502
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2503 The socket address where Squid will listen for client requests made
2504 over TLS or SSL connections. Commonly referred to as HTTPS.
5b0f5383 2505
859741ed 2506 This is most useful for situations where you are running squid in
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2507 accelerator mode and you want to do the TLS work at the accelerator
2508 level.
5b0f5383 2509
2510 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
9155253a 2511 each with their own certificate and/or options.
5b0f5383 2512
51e09c08 2513 The tls-cert= option is mandatory on HTTPS ports.
379e8c1c 2514
9155253a 2515 See http_port for a list of modes and options.
5b0f5383 2516DOC_END
2517
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2518NAME: ftp_port
2519TYPE: PortCfg
2520DEFAULT: none
8ea0d847 2521LOC: FtpPortList
434a79b0 2522DOC_START
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2523 Enables Native FTP proxy by specifying the socket address where Squid
2524 listens for FTP client requests. See http_port directive for various
2525 ways to specify the listening address and mode.
2526
2527 Usage: ftp_port address [mode] [options]
2528
2529 WARNING: This is a new, experimental, complex feature that has seen
2530 limited production exposure. Some Squid modules (e.g., caching) do not
2531 currently work with native FTP proxying, and many features have not
2532 even been tested for compatibility. Test well before deploying!
2533
2534 Native FTP proxying differs substantially from proxying HTTP requests
2535 with ftp:// URIs because Squid works as an FTP server and receives
2536 actual FTP commands (rather than HTTP requests with FTP URLs).
2537
2538 Native FTP commands accepted at ftp_port are internally converted or
2539 wrapped into HTTP-like messages. The same happens to Native FTP
2540 responses received from FTP origin servers. Those HTTP-like messages
2541 are shoveled through regular access control and adaptation layers
2542 between the FTP client and the FTP origin server. This allows Squid to
2543 examine, adapt, block, and log FTP exchanges. Squid reuses most HTTP
2544 mechanisms when shoveling wrapped FTP messages. For example,
2545 http_access and adaptation_access directives are used.
2546
2547 Modes:
2548
3cc0f4e7 2549 intercept Same as http_port intercept. The FTP origin address is
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2550 determined based on the intended destination of the
2551 intercepted connection.
2552
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2553 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
2554 connections using the client IP address.
2555 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
2556
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2557 By default (i.e., without an explicit mode option), Squid extracts the
2558 FTP origin address from the login@origin parameter of the FTP USER
2559 command. Many popular FTP clients support such native FTP proxying.
2560
2561 Options:
2562
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2564 the port address. Usable with myportname ACL.
2565
aea65fec 2566 ftp-track-dirs
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2567 Enables tracking of FTP directories by injecting extra
2568 PWD commands and adjusting Request-URI (in wrapping
2569 HTTP requests) to reflect the current FTP server
aea65fec 2570 directory. Tracking is disabled by default.
8a2f40dd 2571
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2572 protocol=FTP Protocol to reconstruct accelerated and intercepted
2573 requests with. Defaults to FTP. No other accepted
2574 values have been tested with. An unsupported value
2575 results in a FATAL error. Accepted values are FTP,
2576 HTTP (or HTTP/1.1), and HTTPS (or HTTPS/1.1).
2577
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2578 Other http_port modes and options that are not specific to HTTP and
2579 HTTPS may also work.
2580DOC_END
434a79b0 2581
41bd17a4 2582NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
2583TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 2584DEFAULT: none
425de4c8 2585LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToServer
5473c134 2586DOC_START
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2587 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value for packets outgoing
2588 on the server side, based on an ACL.
5473c134 2589
41bd17a4 2590 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 2591
41bd17a4 2592 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 2593 and good_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 2594
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2595 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2596 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2c73de90 2597 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 2598 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 2599
41bd17a4 2600 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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2601 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
2602 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 2603
41bd17a4 2604 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
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2605 "default" to use whatever default your host has.
2606 Note that only multiples of 4 are usable as the two rightmost bits have
2607 been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
2608 The squid parser will enforce this by masking away the ECN bits.
cccac0a2 2609
41bd17a4 2610 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2611 matching line.
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2612
2613 Only fast ACLs are supported.
cccac0a2 2614DOC_END
2615
41bd17a4 2616NAME: clientside_tos
2617TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 2618DEFAULT: none
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2619LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.tosToClient
2620DOC_START
5f53baab 2621 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value for packets being transmitted
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2622 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2623
2624 clientside_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
2625
2626 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
2627 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2628
2629 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2630 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2631 clientside_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
2632 clientside_tos 0x20 good_service_net
2633
2634 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any TOS values set here
2635 will be overwritten by TOS values in qos_flows.
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2637 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
2638 "default" to use whatever default your host has.
2639 Note that only multiples of 4 are usable as the two rightmost bits have
2640 been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
2641 The squid parser will enforce this by masking away the ECN bits.
2642
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2644 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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2645DOC_END
2646
2647NAME: tcp_outgoing_mark
2648TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2649IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2650DEFAULT: none
2651LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToServer
2652DOC_START
2653 Allows you to apply a Netfilter mark value to outgoing packets
2654 on the server side, based on an ACL.
2655
2656 tcp_outgoing_mark mark-value [!]aclname ...
2657
2658 Example where normal_service_net uses the mark value 0x00
2659 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2660
2661 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2662 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
2663 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x00 normal_service_net
2664 tcp_outgoing_mark 0x20 good_service_net
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2665
2666 Only fast ACLs are supported.
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2667DOC_END
2668
244da4ad 2669NAME: mark_client_packet clientside_mark
425de4c8 2670TYPE: acl_nfmark
11e8cfe3 2671IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
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2672DEFAULT: none
2673LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfmarkToClient
cccac0a2 2674DOC_START
244da4ad 2675 Allows you to apply a Netfilter MARK value to packets being transmitted
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2676 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2677
244da4ad 2678 mark_client_packet mark-value [!]aclname ...
425de4c8 2679
244da4ad 2680 Example where normal_service_net uses the MARK value 0x00
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2681 and good_service_net uses 0x20
2682
2683 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2684 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/24
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2685 mark_client_packet 0x00 normal_service_net
2686 mark_client_packet 0x20 good_service_net
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2687
2688 Note: This feature is incompatible with qos_flows. Any mark values set here
2689 will be overwritten by mark values in qos_flows.
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2690
2691 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2692 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 2693DOC_END
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2695NAME: mark_client_connection
2696TYPE: acl_nfmark
2697IFDEF: SO_MARK&&USE_LIBCAP
2698DEFAULT: none
2699LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig.nfConnmarkToClient
2700DOC_START
2701 Allows you to apply a Netfilter CONNMARK value to a connection
2702 on the client-side, based on an ACL.
2703
2704 mark_client_connection mark-value[/mask] [!]aclname ...
2705
2706 The mark-value and mask are unsigned integers (hex, octal, or decimal).
2707 The mask may be used to preserve marking previously set by other agents
2708 (e.g., iptables).
2709
2710 A matching rule replaces the CONNMARK value. If a mask is also
2711 specified, then the masked bits of the original value are zeroed, and
2712 the configured mark-value is ORed with that adjusted value.
2713 For example, applying a mark-value 0xAB/0xF to 0x5F CONNMARK, results
2714 in a 0xFB marking (rather than a 0xAB or 0x5B).
2715
2716 This directive semantics is similar to iptables --set-mark rather than
2717 --set-xmark functionality.
2718
2719 The directive does not interfere with qos_flows (which uses packet MARKs,
2720 not CONNMARKs).
2721
2722 Example where squid marks intercepted FTP connections:
2723
2724 acl proto_ftp proto FTP
2725 mark_client_connection 0x200/0xff00 proto_ftp
2726
2727 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2728 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
2729DOC_END
2730
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2731NAME: qos_flows
2732TYPE: QosConfig
425de4c8 2733IFDEF: USE_QOS_TOS
575cb927 2734DEFAULT: none
b7ac5457 2735LOC: Ip::Qos::TheConfig
7172612f 2736DOC_START
575cb927 2737 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
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2738 connections to the client, based on where the reply was sourced.
2739 For platforms using netfilter, allows you to set a netfilter mark
425de4c8 2740 value instead of, or in addition to, a TOS value.
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2742 By default this functionality is disabled. To enable it with the default
2743 settings simply use "qos_flows mark" or "qos_flows tos". Default
2744 settings will result in the netfilter mark or TOS value being copied
2745 from the upstream connection to the client. Note that it is the connection
2746 CONNMARK value not the packet MARK value that is copied.
2747
2748 It is not currently possible to copy the mark or TOS value from the
2749 client to the upstream connection request.
2750
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2751 TOS values really only have local significance - so you should
2752 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
2753 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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2755 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255.
2756 Note that only multiples of 4 are usable as the two rightmost bits have
2757 been redefined for use by ECN (RFC 3168 section 23.1).
2758 The squid parser will enforce this by masking away the ECN bits.
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2759
2760 Mark values can be any unsigned 32-bit integer value.
7172612f 2761
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2762 This setting is configured by setting the following values:
2763
2764 tos|mark Whether to set TOS or netfilter mark values
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2765
2766 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
2767
2768 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
2769
2770 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
2771
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2772 miss=0xFF[/mask] Value to mark cache misses. Takes precedence
2773 over the preserve-miss feature (see below), unless
2774 mask is specified, in which case only the bits
2775 specified in the mask are written.
575cb927 2776
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2777 The TOS variant of the following features are only possible on Linux
2778 and require your kernel to be patched with the TOS preserving ZPH
2779 patch, available from http://zph.bratcheda.org
2780 No patch is needed to preserve the netfilter mark, which will work
2781 with all variants of netfilter.
575cb927 2782
575cb927 2783 disable-preserve-miss
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2784 This option disables the preservation of the TOS or netfilter
2785 mark. By default, the existing TOS or netfilter mark value of
2786 the response coming from the remote server will be retained
2787 and masked with miss-mark.
2788 NOTE: in the case of a netfilter mark, the mark must be set on
2789 the connection (using the CONNMARK target) not on the packet
2790 (MARK target).
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2791
2792 miss-mask=0xFF
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2793 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS or mark value
2794 received from the remote server, before copying the value to
2795 the TOS sent towards clients.
2796 Default for tos: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
2797 Default for mark: 0xFFFFFFFF (mark from server is not changed).
2798
2799 All of these features require the --enable-zph-qos compilation flag
2800 (enabled by default). Netfilter marking also requires the
2801 libnetfilter_conntrack libraries (--with-netfilter-conntrack) and
2802 libcap 2.09+ (--with-libcap).
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2804DOC_END
2805
41bd17a4 2806NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
2807TYPE: acl_address
2808DEFAULT: none
638402dd 2809DEFAULT_DOC: Address selection is performed by the operating system.
41bd17a4 2810LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
2811DOC_START
2812 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
2813 based on the username or source address of the user making
2814 the request.
7f7db318 2815
41bd17a4 2816 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
c33aa074 2817
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2818 For example;
2819 Forwarding clients with dedicated IPs for certain subnets.
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2821 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
2822 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
2823
2824 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::c001 good_service_net
2825 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
2826
2827 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::beef normal_service_net
2828 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
2829
2830 tcp_outgoing_address 2001:db8::1
2831 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 2832
41bd17a4 2833 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
2834 matching line.
cccac0a2 2835
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2836 Squid will add an implicit IP version test to each line.
2837 Requests going to IPv4 websites will use the outgoing 10.1.0.* addresses.
2838 Requests going to IPv6 websites will use the outgoing 2001:db8:* addresses.
2839
2840
2841 NOTE: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
41bd17a4 2842 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
2843 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
2844 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cc192b50 2845
2dd51400 2846 NOTE: The use of this directive to set a local IP on outgoing TCP links
4ed968be 2847 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
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2848 When needing to contact peers use the no-tproxy cache_peer option and the
2849 client_dst_passthru directive re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
cc192b50 2850
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2852 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 2853DOC_END
6db78a1a 2854
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2855NAME: host_verify_strict
2856TYPE: onoff
2857DEFAULT: off
2858LOC: Config.onoff.hostStrictVerify
2859DOC_START
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2860 Regardless of this option setting, when dealing with intercepted
2861 traffic, Squid always verifies that the destination IP address matches
2962f8b8 2862 the Host header domain or IP (called 'authority form URL').
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2864 This enforcement is performed to satisfy a MUST-level requirement in
2865 RFC 2616 section 14.23: "The Host field value MUST represent the naming
2866 authority of the origin server or gateway given by the original URL".
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2868 When set to ON:
2869 Squid always responds with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error
2870 page and logs a security warning if there is no match.
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2872 Squid verifies that the destination IP address matches
2873 the Host header for forward-proxy and reverse-proxy traffic
2874 as well. For those traffic types, Squid also enables the
2875 following checks, comparing the corresponding Host header
2876 and Request-URI components:
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2878 * The host names (domain or IP) must be identical,
2879 but valueless or missing Host header disables all checks.
2880 For the two host names to match, both must be either IP
2881 or FQDN.
9603207d 2882
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2883 * Port numbers must be identical, but if a port is missing
2884 the scheme-default port is assumed.
9603207d 2885
2886
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2887 When set to OFF (the default):
2888 Squid allows suspicious requests to continue but logs a
2889 security warning and blocks caching of the response.
9603207d 2890
2962f8b8 2891 * Forward-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
9603207d 2892
2962f8b8 2893 * Reverse-proxy traffic is not checked at all.
9603207d 2894
2962f8b8 2895 * Intercepted traffic which passes verification is handled
32c32865 2896 according to client_dst_passthru.
9603207d 2897
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2898 * Intercepted requests which fail verification are sent
2899 to the client original destination instead of DIRECT.
2900 This overrides 'client_dst_passthru off'.
9603207d 2901
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2902 For now suspicious intercepted CONNECT requests are always
2903 responded to with an HTTP 409 (Conflict) error page.
9603207d 2904
2905
7177edfb 2906 SECURITY NOTE:
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2908 As described in CVE-2009-0801 when the Host: header alone is used
2909 to determine the destination of a request it becomes trivial for
2910 malicious scripts on remote websites to bypass browser same-origin
2911 security policy and sandboxing protections.
9603207d 2912
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2913 The cause of this is that such applets are allowed to perform their
2914 own HTTP stack, in which case the same-origin policy of the browser
2915 sandbox only verifies that the applet tries to contact the same IP
2916 as from where it was loaded at the IP level. The Host: header may
2917 be different from the connected IP and approved origin.
9603207d 2918
7177edfb 2919DOC_END
6b185b50 2920
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2921NAME: client_dst_passthru
2922TYPE: onoff
2923DEFAULT: on
2924LOC: Config.onoff.client_dst_passthru
2925DOC_START
2926 With NAT or TPROXY intercepted traffic Squid may pass the request
2927 directly to the original client destination IP or seek a faster
2928 source using the HTTP Host header.
9603207d 2929
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2930 Using Host to locate alternative servers can provide faster
2931 connectivity with a range of failure recovery options.
2932 But can also lead to connectivity trouble when the client and
2933 server are attempting stateful interactions unaware of the proxy.
9603207d 2934
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2935 This option (on by default) prevents alternative DNS entries being
2936 located to send intercepted traffic DIRECT to an origin server.
2937 The clients original destination IP and port will be used instead.
9603207d 2938
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2939 Regardless of this option setting, when dealing with intercepted
2940 traffic Squid will verify the Host: header and any traffic which
2941 fails Host verification will be treated as if this option were ON.
9603207d 2942
7177edfb 2943 see host_verify_strict for details on the verification process.
cccac0a2 2944DOC_END
2945
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2946COMMENT_START
2947 TLS OPTIONS
2948 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2949COMMENT_END
2950
2951NAME: tls_outgoing_options
2952IFDEF: USE_GNUTLS||USE_OPENSSL
2953TYPE: securePeerOptions
2fbb02b1 2954DEFAULT: min-version=1.0
7e62a74f 2955LOC: Security::ProxyOutgoingConfig
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2956DOC_START
2957 disable Do not support https:// URLs.
9603207d 2958
195f8adb 2959 cert=/path/to/client/certificate
51e09c08 2960 A client X.509 certificate to use when connecting.
9603207d 2961
195f8adb 2962 key=/path/to/client/private_key
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2963 The private key corresponding to the cert= above.
2964
2965 If key= is not specified cert= is assumed to
2966 reference a PEM file containing both the certificate
2967 and private key.
9603207d 2968
195f8adb 2969 cipher=... The list of valid TLS ciphers to use.
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2970
2971 min-version=1.N
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2972 The minimum TLS protocol version to permit.
2973 To control SSLv3 use the options= parameter.
d39e23a0 2974 Supported Values: 1.0 (default), 1.1, 1.2, 1.3
1cc44095 2975
3f5b28fe 2976 options=... Specify various TLS/SSL implementation options.
195f8adb 2977
3f5b28fe 2978 OpenSSL options most important are:
7905e7be 2979
3f5b28fe 2980 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
7905e7be 2981
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2982 SINGLE_DH_USE
2983 Always create a new key when using
2984 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
7905e7be 2985
ce0adf1a 2986 NO_TICKET
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2987 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets.
2988 Some servers may have problems
2989 understanding the TLS extension due
2990 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
2991
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2992 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
2993 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
7905e7be 2994 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
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2995 strength to some attacks.
2996
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2997 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation
2998 for a more complete list.
2999
3000 GnuTLS options most important are:
3001
3002 %NO_TICKETS
3003 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets.
3004 Some servers may have problems
3005 understanding the TLS extension due
3006 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
3007
3008 See the GnuTLS Priority Strings documentation
3009 for a more complete list.
3010 http://www.gnutls.org/manual/gnutls.html#Priority-Strings
3011
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3013 cafile= PEM file containing CA certificates to use when verifying
3014 the peer certificate. May be repeated to load multiple files.
3015
3016 capath= A directory containing additional CA certificates to
195f8adb 3017 use when verifying the peer certificate.
86a84cc0 3018 Requires OpenSSL or LibreSSL.
9603207d 3019
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3020 crlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
3021 verifying the peer certificate.
9603207d 3022
195f8adb 3023 flags=... Specify various flags modifying the TLS implementation:
9603207d 3024
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3025 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
3026 Accept certificates even if they fail to
3027 verify.
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3028 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
3029 Don't verify the peer certificate
3030 matches the server name
9603207d 3031
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3032 default-ca[=off]
3033 Whether to use the system Trusted CAs. Default is ON.
9603207d 3034
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3035 domain= The peer name as advertised in its certificate.
3036 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
3037 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
3038 used.
3039DOC_END
3040
41bd17a4 3041COMMENT_START
3042 SSL OPTIONS
3043 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3044COMMENT_END
3045
3046NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
cb4f4424 3047IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 3048TYPE: onoff
3049DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 3050LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 3051DOC_START
41bd17a4 3052 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
3053 messages.
cccac0a2 3054DOC_END
3055
41bd17a4 3056NAME: ssl_engine
cb4f4424 3057IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
cccac0a2 3058TYPE: string
41bd17a4 3059LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
3060DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 3061DOC_START
41bd17a4 3062 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
3063 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 3064DOC_END
3065
10a69fc0 3066NAME: sslproxy_session_ttl
cb4f4424 3067IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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3068DEFAULT: 300
3069LOC: Config.SSL.session_ttl
3070TYPE: int
3071DOC_START
3072 Sets the timeout value for SSL sessions
3073DOC_END
3074
3075NAME: sslproxy_session_cache_size
cb4f4424 3076IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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3077DEFAULT: 2 MB
3078LOC: Config.SSL.sessionCacheSize
3079TYPE: b_size_t
3080DOC_START
3081 Sets the cache size to use for ssl session
3082DOC_END
3083
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3084NAME: sslproxy_foreign_intermediate_certs
3085IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
3086DEFAULT: none
3087LOC: Config.ssl_client.foreignIntermediateCertsPath
3088TYPE: string
3089DOC_START
3090 Many origin servers fail to send their full server certificate
3091 chain for verification, assuming the client already has or can
3092 easily locate any missing intermediate certificates.
3093
3094 Squid uses the certificates from the specified file to fill in
3095 these missing chains when trying to validate origin server
3096 certificate chains.
3097
3098 The file is expected to contain zero or more PEM-encoded
3099 intermediate certificates. These certificates are not treated
3100 as trusted root certificates, and any self-signed certificate in
3101 this file will be ignored.
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3102DOC_END
3103
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3104NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign_hash
3105IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
3106DEFAULT: none
3107LOC: Config.SSL.certSignHash
3108TYPE: string
3109DOC_START
3110 Sets the hashing algorithm to use when signing generated certificates.
3111 Valid algorithm names depend on the OpenSSL library used. The following
3112 names are usually available: sha1, sha256, sha512, and md5. Please see
3113 your OpenSSL library manual for the available hashes. By default, Squids
3114 that support this option use sha256 hashes.
3115
3116 Squid does not forcefully purge cached certificates that were generated
3117 with an algorithm other than the currently configured one. They remain
3118 in the cache, subject to the regular cache eviction policy, and become
3119 useful if the algorithm changes again.
3120DOC_END
3121
4c9da963 3122NAME: ssl_bump
cb4f4424 3123IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
caf3666d 3124TYPE: sslproxy_ssl_bump
4c9da963 3125LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
8f165829 3126DEFAULT_DOC: Become a TCP tunnel without decrypting proxied traffic.
4c9da963 3127DEFAULT: none
3128DOC_START
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3129 This option is consulted when a CONNECT request is received on
3130 an http_port (or a new connection is intercepted at an
3131 https_port), provided that port was configured with an ssl-bump
3132 flag. The subsequent data on the connection is either treated as
3133 HTTPS and decrypted OR tunneled at TCP level without decryption,
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3134 depending on the first matching bumping "action".
3135
3136 ssl_bump <action> [!]acl ...
caf3666d 3137
8f165829 3138 The following bumping actions are currently supported:
caf3666d 3139
5d65362c 3140 splice
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3141 Become a TCP tunnel without decrypting proxied traffic.
3142 This is the default action.
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3143
3144 bump
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3145 When used on step SslBump1, establishes a secure connection
3146 with the client first, then connect to the server.
3147 When used on step SslBump2 or SslBump3, establishes a secure
3148 connection with the server and, using a mimicked server
3149 certificate, with the client.
caf3666d 3150
5d65362c 3151 peek
1110989a 3152 Receive client (step SslBump1) or server (step SslBump2)
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3153 certificate while preserving the possibility of splicing the
3154 connection. Peeking at the server certificate (during step 2)
3155 usually precludes bumping of the connection at step 3.
caf3666d 3156
5d65362c 3157 stare
1110989a 3158 Receive client (step SslBump1) or server (step SslBump2)
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3159 certificate while preserving the possibility of bumping the
3160 connection. Staring at the server certificate (during step 2)
3161 usually precludes splicing of the connection at step 3.
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3162
3163 terminate
3164 Close client and server connections.
3165
1110989a 3166 Backward compatibility actions available at step SslBump1:
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3167
3168 client-first
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3169 Bump the connection. Establish a secure connection with the
3170 client first, then connect to the server. This old mode does
3171 not allow Squid to mimic server SSL certificate and does not
3172 work with intercepted SSL connections.
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3173
3174 server-first
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3175 Bump the connection. Establish a secure connection with the
3176 server first, then establish a secure connection with the
3177 client, using a mimicked server certificate. Works with both
3178 CONNECT requests and intercepted SSL connections, but does
3179 not allow to make decisions based on SSL handshake info.
caf3666d 3180
8f165829 3181 peek-and-splice
9603207d 3182 Decide whether to bump or splice the connection based on
d620ae0e 3183 client-to-squid and server-to-squid SSL hello messages.
8f165829 3184 XXX: Remove.
caf3666d 3185
caf3666d 3186 none
8f165829 3187 Same as the "splice" action.
caf3666d 3188
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3189 All ssl_bump rules are evaluated at each of the supported bumping
3190 steps. Rules with actions that are impossible at the current step are
3191 ignored. The first matching ssl_bump action wins and is applied at the
3192 end of the current step. If no rules match, the splice action is used.
652fcffd 3193 See the at_step ACL for a list of the supported SslBump steps.
4c9da963 3194
e0c0d54c 3195 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
b3567eb5 3196 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
e0855596 3197
652fcffd 3198 See also: http_port ssl-bump, https_port ssl-bump, and acl at_step.
caf3666d 3199
e0855596 3200
f3fece95 3201 # Example: Bump all TLS connections except those originating from
638402dd 3202 # localhost or those going to example.com.
e0855596 3203
f3fece95 3204 acl broken_sites ssl::server_name .example.com
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3205 ssl_bump splice localhost
3206 ssl_bump splice broken_sites
3207 ssl_bump bump all
4c9da963 3208DOC_END
3209
4c9da963 3210NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
cb4f4424 3211IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
4c9da963 3212DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3213DEFAULT_DOC: Server certificate errors terminate the transaction.
4c9da963 3214LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
3215TYPE: acl_access
3216DOC_START
3217 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
3218
3219 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
3b8f558c 3220 when talking to servers for example.com. All other
4c9da963 3221 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
3222
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3223 acl BrokenButTrustedServers dstdomain example.com
3224 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenButTrustedServers
4c9da963 3225 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
3226
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3227 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3228 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
3229 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 3230
3231 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
638402dd 3232 terminate the transaction to protect Squid and the client.
4c9da963 3233
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3234 SQUID_X509_V_ERR_INFINITE_VALIDATION error cannot be bypassed
3235 but should not happen unless your OpenSSL library is buggy.
3236
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3237 SECURITY WARNING:
3238 Bypassing validation errors is dangerous because an
3239 error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted
3240 and the connection may be insecure.
4c9da963 3241
638402dd 3242 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
4c9da963 3243DOC_END
3244
aebe6888 3245NAME: sslproxy_cert_sign
cb4f4424 3246IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
aebe6888 3247DEFAULT: none
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3248POSTSCRIPTUM: signUntrusted ssl::certUntrusted
3249POSTSCRIPTUM: signSelf ssl::certSelfSigned
3250POSTSCRIPTUM: signTrusted all
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3251TYPE: sslproxy_cert_sign
3252LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_sign
3253DOC_START
3254
69742b76 3255 sslproxy_cert_sign <signing algorithm> acl ...
aebe6888 3256
69742b76 3257 The following certificate signing algorithms are supported:
638402dd 3258
aebe6888 3259 signTrusted
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3260 Sign using the configured CA certificate which is usually
3261 placed in and trusted by end-user browsers. This is the
3262 default for trusted origin server certificates.
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aebe6888 3264 signUntrusted
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3265 Sign to guarantee an X509_V_ERR_CERT_UNTRUSTED browser error.
3266 This is the default for untrusted origin server certificates
3267 that are not self-signed (see ssl::certUntrusted).
638402dd 3268
aebe6888 3269 signSelf
69742b76 3270 Sign using a self-signed certificate with the right CN to
aebe6888 3271 generate a X509_V_ERR_DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT error in the
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3272 browser. This is the default for self-signed origin server
3273 certificates (see ssl::certSelfSigned).
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3275 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3276
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3277 When sslproxy_cert_sign acl(s) match, Squid uses the corresponding
3278 signing algorithm to generate the certificate and ignores all
3279 subsequent sslproxy_cert_sign options (the first match wins). If no
3280 acl(s) match, the default signing algorithm is determined by errors
3281 detected when obtaining and validating the origin server certificate.
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3283 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
3284 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
3285 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
3286 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
3287 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
3288 bump-server-first is used.
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3289DOC_END
3290
638402dd 3291NAME: sslproxy_cert_adapt
cb4f4424 3292IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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3293DEFAULT: none
3294TYPE: sslproxy_cert_adapt
3295LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_adapt
3296DOC_START
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3298 sslproxy_cert_adapt <adaptation algorithm> acl ...
3299
69742b76 3300 The following certificate adaptation algorithms are supported:
638402dd 3301
fb2178bb 3302 setValidAfter
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3304 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
638402dd 3305
fb2178bb 3306 setValidBefore
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3307 Sets the "Not Before" property to the "Not Before" property of
3308 the CA certificate used to sign generated certificates.
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69742b76 3310 setCommonName or setCommonName{CN}
9603207d 3311 Sets Subject.CN property to the host name specified as a
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3312 CN parameter or, if no explicit CN parameter was specified,
3313 extracted from the CONNECT request. It is a misconfiguration
3314 to use setCommonName without an explicit parameter for
3315 intercepted or tproxied SSL connections.
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3317 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3318
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3319 Squid first groups sslproxy_cert_adapt options by adaptation algorithm.
3320 Within a group, when sslproxy_cert_adapt acl(s) match, Squid uses the
3321 corresponding adaptation algorithm to generate the certificate and
3322 ignores all subsequent sslproxy_cert_adapt options in that algorithm's
3323 group (i.e., the first match wins within each algorithm group). If no
3324 acl(s) match, the default mimicking action takes place.
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3326 WARNING: SQUID_X509_V_ERR_DOMAIN_MISMATCH and ssl:certDomainMismatch can
3327 be used with sslproxy_cert_adapt, but if and only if Squid is bumping a
3328 CONNECT request that carries a domain name. In all other cases (CONNECT
3329 to an IP address or an intercepted SSL connection), Squid cannot detect
3330 the domain mismatch at certificate generation time when
3331 bump-server-first is used.
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3332DOC_END
3333
41bd17a4 3334NAME: sslpassword_program
cb4f4424 3335IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
41bd17a4 3336DEFAULT: none
3337LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
3338TYPE: string
5473c134 3339DOC_START
41bd17a4 3340 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
3341 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
3342 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
3343 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
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3344
3345 The key file name is given as argument to the program allowing
3346 selection of the right password if you have multiple encrypted
3347 keys.
5473c134 3348DOC_END
3349
95d2589c 3350COMMENT_START
9603207d 3351 OPTIONS RELATING TO EXTERNAL SSL_CRTD
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3352 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3353COMMENT_END
3354
3355NAME: sslcrtd_program
9603207d 3356TYPE: eol
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3357IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
3358DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -s @DEFAULT_SSL_DB_DIR@ -M 4MB
3359LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtd
3360DOC_START
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3361 Specify the location and options of the executable for certificate
3362 generator.
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3363
3364 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ program can use a disk cache to improve response
3365 times on repeated requests. To enable caching, specify -s and -M
3366 parameters. If those parameters are not given, the program generates
3367 a new certificate on every request.
3368
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3369 For more information use:
3370 @DEFAULT_SSL_CRTD@ -h
3371DOC_END
3372
3373NAME: sslcrtd_children
3374TYPE: HelperChildConfig
3375IFDEF: USE_SSL_CRTD
3376DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1
3377LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crtdChildren
3378DOC_START
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3379 Specifies the maximum number of certificate generation processes that
3380 Squid may spawn (numberofchildren) and several related options. Using
3381 too few of these helper processes (a.k.a. "helpers") creates request
3382 queues. Using too many helpers wastes your system resources. Squid
3383 does not support spawning more than 32 helpers.
3384
3385 Usage: numberofchildren [option]...
3386
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3387 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3388 tuning.
9603207d 3389
95d2589c 3390 startup=N
9603207d 3391
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3392 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
3393 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3394 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
9603207d 3395
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3396 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
3397 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
9603207d 3398
95d2589c 3399 idle=N
9603207d 3400
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3401 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3402 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3403 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3404 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
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3406 queue-size=N
3407
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3408 Sets the maximum number of queued requests. A request is queued when
3409 no existing child is idle and no new child can be started due to
3410 numberofchildren limit. If the queued requests exceed queue size for
3411 more than 3 minutes squid aborts its operation. The default value is
3412 set to 2*numberofchildren.
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3414 You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.
3415DOC_END
3416
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3417NAME: sslcrtvalidator_program
3418TYPE: eol
cb4f4424 3419IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
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3420DEFAULT: none
3421LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator
3422DOC_START
3423 Specify the location and options of the executable for ssl_crt_validator
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3424 process.
3425
72247610 3426 Usage: sslcrtvalidator_program [ttl=...] [cache=n] path ...
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3427
3428 Options:
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3429
3430 cache=bytes
3431 Limits how much memory Squid can use for caching validator
3432 responses. The default is 67108864 (i.e. 64 MB).
3433 Reconfiguration purges any excess entries. To disable caching,
3434 use cache=0. Currently, cache entry sizes are seriously
3435 underestimated. Even with that bug, a typical estimate for a
3436 single cache entry size would be at least a few kilobytes (the
3437 size of the PEM certificates sent to the validator).
3438
3439 ttl=<seconds|"infinity">
3440 Approximately how long Squid may reuse the validator results
3441 for. The default is 3600 (i.e. 1 hour). Using ttl=infinity
3442 disables TTL checks. Reconfiguration does not affect TTLs of
3443 the already cached entries. To disable caching, use zero cache
3444 size, not zero TTL -- zero TTL allows reuse for the remainder
3445 of the second when the result was cached.
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3447
3448NAME: sslcrtvalidator_children
3449TYPE: HelperChildConfig
cb4f4424 3450IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
413bb969 3451DEFAULT: 32 startup=5 idle=1 concurrency=1
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3452LOC: Ssl::TheConfig.ssl_crt_validator_Children
3453DOC_START
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3454 Specifies the maximum number of certificate validation processes that
3455 Squid may spawn (numberofchildren) and several related options. Using
3456 too few of these helper processes (a.k.a. "helpers") creates request
3457 queues. Using too many helpers wastes your system resources. Squid
3458 does not support spawning more than 32 helpers.
3459
3460 Usage: numberofchildren [option]...
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3462 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3463 tuning.
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2cef0ca6 3465 startup=N
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3467 Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
3468 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3469 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
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3471 Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
3472 tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
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2cef0ca6 3474 idle=N
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3476 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3477 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3478 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3479 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
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3481 concurrency=
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4a77bb4e 3483 The number of requests each certificate validator helper can handle in
2f8abb64 3484 parallel. A value of 0 indicates the certificate validator does not
dffc462a 3485 support concurrency. Defaults to 1.
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3487 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3488 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3489 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3490 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3491 to that request.
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3493 queue-size=N
3494
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3496 no existing child can accept it due to concurrency limit and no new
3497 child can be started due to numberofchildren limit. If the queued
3498 requests exceed queue size for more than 3 minutes squid aborts its
3499 operation. The default value is set to 2*numberofchildren.
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3501 You must have at least one ssl_crt_validator process.
3502DOC_END
3503
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41bd17a4 3505 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
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3507COMMENT_END
3508
41bd17a4 3509NAME: cache_peer
3510TYPE: peer
3511DEFAULT: none
3512LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 3513DOC_START
41bd17a4 3514 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
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41bd17a4 3516 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
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41bd17a4 3518 For example,
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41bd17a4 3520 # proxy icp
3521 # hostname type port port options
3522 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 3523 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 3524 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
3525 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
2e9993e1 3526 cache_peer example.com parent 80 0 default
9603207d 3527 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
3528
2b94f655 3529 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
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3531 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
3532 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
3533 For web servers this is usually 80
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3535 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
3536 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
3537 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
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2b94f655 3540 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
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3542 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
3543 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
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3545
2b94f655 3546 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
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3548 multicast-responder
3549 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
3550 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
3551 replies will be accepted from it.
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3553 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
3554 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
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3556 background-ping
3557 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
3558 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
3559 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
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3561
2b94f655 3562 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
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3564 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
3565 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
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3567
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3568 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
3569 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
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3570 instead of 3130. This directive accepts a comma separated
3571 list of options described below.
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18191440 3573 htcp=oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions (2.5 or earlier).
9603207d 3574
18191440 3575 htcp=no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
2b94f655 3576 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
18191440 3577 only-clr.
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3579 htcp=only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
3580 This cannot be used with no-clr.
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18191440 3582 htcp=no-purge-clr
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3583 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
3584 they do not result from PURGE requests.
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18191440 3586 htcp=forward-clr
2b94f655 3587 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
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3589
2b94f655 3590 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
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3592 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
3593 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
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3595
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3596 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
3597 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
3598 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
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3600 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
3601 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
3602 weight=N can be used to add bias.
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3604 weighted-round-robin
3605 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
3606 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
3607 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
3608 Usually used for background-ping parents.
3609 weight=N can be used to add bias.
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3611 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
3612 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
3613 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
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2b94f655 3615 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
9603207d 3616
2b94f655 3617 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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3618
3619 multicast-siblings
3620 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
3621 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
2e9993e1 3622 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a multicast
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3623 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
3624 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
3625 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
3626 members of the same multicast group.
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3628
2b94f655 3629 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
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3631 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
3632 peer-selection mechanisms.
3633 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
3634 larger weights are favored more.
3635 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
3636 protocol is not in use.
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3638 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
3639 times of parents.
3640 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
3641 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
3642 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
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3644 ttl=N Specify a TTL to use when sending multicast ICP queries
3645 to this address.
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3646 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
3647 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
3648 hosts, you must configure other group members as
3649 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
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3651 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
3652 delay pools.
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3654 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
3655 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
3656 than the Squid default location.
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3658
de03b596 3659 ==== CARP OPTIONS ====
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3661 carp-key=key-specification
3662 use a different key than the full URL to hash against the peer.
9603207d 3663 the key-specification is a comma-separated list of the keywords
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3664 scheme, host, port, path, params
3665 Order is not important.
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2b94f655 3667 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
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3669 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
3670 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
3671 is a web server.
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3673 forceddomain=name
3674 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
3675 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
3676 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
3677 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
9603207d 3678
2b94f655 3679 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
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3681 no-netdb-exchange
3682 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
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3684
2b94f655 3685 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
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3687 login=user:password
3688 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
3689 requires proxy authentication.
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3691 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
3692 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
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3694 login=PASSTHRU
3695 Send login details received from client to this peer.
3696 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
3697 without alteration to the peer.
3698 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
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3700 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
3701 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
3702 connection-auth options are also used.
ee0b94f4 3703
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3704 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
3705 Authentication is not required by this option.
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3707 If there are no client-provided authentication headers
3708 to pass on, but username and password are available
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3709 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
3710 they may be sent instead.
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3712 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
3713 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
3714 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
3715 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
3716 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
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3718 login=*:password
3719 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
3720 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
3721 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
3722 needed to identify each user.
3723 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
3724 information which is added to the username. This can
3725 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
3726 the login=username:password option above.
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3728 login=NEGOTIATE
3729 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
3730 requires a secure proxy authentication.
3731 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
9603207d 3732 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
3733
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3735 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
3736 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
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3738 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
3739 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
9603207d 3740 requires a secure proxy authentication.
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3741 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
3742 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
3743 used.
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3745 WARNING: The connection may transmit requests from multiple
3746 clients. Negotiate often assumes end-to-end authentication
3747 and a single-client. Which is not strictly true here.
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3749 connection-auth=on|off
3750 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
3751 connection oriented authentication, and any such
3752 challenges received from there should be ignored.
3753 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
3754 of the peer.
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3756 auth-no-keytab
3757 Do not use a keytab to authenticate to a peer when
3758 login=NEGOTIATE is specified. Let the GSSAPI
3759 implementation determine which already existing
3760 credentials cache to use instead.
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3762
2b94f655 3763 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
9603207d 3764
0ff7e52d 3765 tls Encrypt connections to this peer with TLS.
9603207d 3766
2b94f655 3767 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
51e09c08 3768 A client X.509 certificate to use when connecting to
2b94f655 3769 this peer.
9603207d 3770
2b94f655 3771 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
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3772 The private key corresponding to sslcert above.
3773
3774 If sslkey= is not specified sslcert= is assumed to
3775 reference a PEM file containing both the certificate
3776 and private key.
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3778 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
3779 to this peer.
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3780
3781 tls-min-version=1.N
3782 The minimum TLS protocol version to permit. To control
3f5b28fe 3783 SSLv3 use the tls-options= parameter.
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3784 Supported Values: 1.0 (default), 1.1, 1.2
3785
3f5b28fe 3786 tls-options=... Specify various TLS implementation options.
943c5f16 3787
3f5b28fe 3788 OpenSSL options most important are:
1f1f29e8 3789
3f5b28fe 3790 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1f1f29e8 3791
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3792 SINGLE_DH_USE
3793 Always create a new key when using
3794 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1f1f29e8 3795
ce0adf1a 3796 NO_TICKET
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3797 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets.
3798 Some servers may have problems
3799 understanding the TLS extension due
3800 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
3801
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3802 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
3803 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
3804 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
3805 strength to some attacks.
3806
3807 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
3808 more complete list.
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3809
3810 GnuTLS options most important are:
3811
3812 %NO_TICKETS
3813 Disable use of RFC5077 session tickets.
3814 Some servers may have problems
3815 understanding the TLS extension due
3816 to ambiguous specification in RFC4507.
3817
3818 See the GnuTLS Priority Strings documentation
3819 for a more complete list.
3820 http://www.gnutls.org/manual/gnutls.html#Priority-Strings
3821
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3822 tls-cafile= PEM file containing CA certificates to use when verifying
3823 the peer certificate. May be repeated to load multiple files.
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3825 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
3826 use when verifying the peer certificate.
86a84cc0 3827 Requires OpenSSL or LibreSSL.
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3829 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
3830 verifying the peer certificate.
9603207d 3831
2b94f655 3832 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
9603207d 3833
41bd17a4 3834 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
3835 Accept certificates even if they fail to
3836 verify.
1f1f29e8 3837
41bd17a4 3838 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
3839 Don't verify the peer certificate
3840 matches the server name
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3842 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
3843 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
3844 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
3845 used.
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bad9c5e4 3847 front-end-https[=off|on|auto]
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3848 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
3849 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
3850 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
3851 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
3852 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
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3854 tls-default-ca[=off]
3855 Whether to use the system Trusted CAs. Default is ON.
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3857 tls-no-npn Do not use the TLS NPN extension to advertise HTTP/1.1.
3858
2b94f655 3859 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
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3861 connect-timeout=N
3862 A peer-specific connect timeout.
3863 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
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3865 connect-fail-limit=N
3866 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
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3868 count towards this limit. Default is 10.
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3870 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
3871 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
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3873 of this option may result in forwarding loops. One way
3874 to prevent peering loops when using this option, is to
3875 deny cache peer usage on requests from a peer:
3876 acl fromPeer ...
3877 cache_peer_access peerName deny fromPeer
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3879 max-conn=N Limit the number of concurrent connections the Squid
3880 may open to this peer, including already opened idle
3881 and standby connections. There is no peer-specific
3882 connection limit by default.
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3884 A peer exceeding the limit is not used for new
3885 requests unless a standby connection is available.
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3887 max-conn currently works poorly with idle persistent
3888 connections: When a peer reaches its max-conn limit,
3889 and there are idle persistent connections to the peer,
3890 the peer may not be selected because the limiting code
3891 does not know whether Squid can reuse those idle
3892 connections.
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3894 standby=N Maintain a pool of N "hot standby" connections to an
3895 UP peer, available for requests when no idle
3896 persistent connection is available (or safe) to use.
3897 By default and with zero N, no such pool is maintained.
3898 N must not exceed the max-conn limit (if any).
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3900 At start or after reconfiguration, Squid opens new TCP
3901 standby connections until there are N connections
3902 available and then replenishes the standby pool as
3903 opened connections are used up for requests. A used
3904 connection never goes back to the standby pool, but
3905 may go to the regular idle persistent connection pool
3906 shared by all peers and origin servers.
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3908 Squid never opens multiple new standby connections
3909 concurrently. This one-at-a-time approach minimizes
3910 flooding-like effect on peers. Furthermore, just a few
3911 standby connections should be sufficient in most cases
3912 to supply most new requests with a ready-to-use
3913 connection.
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3915 Standby connections obey server_idle_pconn_timeout.
3916 For the feature to work as intended, the peer must be
3917 configured to accept and keep them open longer than
3918 the idle timeout at the connecting Squid, to minimize
3919 race conditions typical to idle used persistent
3920 connections. Default request_timeout and
3921 server_idle_pconn_timeout values ensure such a
3922 configuration.
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3924 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
3925 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
3926 but different ports.
3927 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
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3929 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
3930 peername ACL type.
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3932 no-tproxy Do not use the client-spoof TPROXY support when forwarding
3933 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
0d901ef4 3934 This overrides the spoof_client_ip ACL.
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2b94f655 3936 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
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cccac0a2 3939
41bd17a4 3940NAME: cache_peer_access
3941TYPE: peer_access
3942DEFAULT: none
a5bb0c26 3943DEFAULT_DOC: No peer usage restrictions.
41bd17a4 3944LOC: none
3945DOC_START
a5bb0c26 3946 Restricts usage of cache_peer proxies.
cccac0a2 3947
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3949 cache_peer_access peer-name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
3950
3951 For the required peer-name parameter, use either the value of the
3952 cache_peer name=value parameter or, if name=value is missing, the
3953 cache_peer hostname parameter.
3954
3955 This directive narrows down the selection of peering candidates, but
3956 does not determine the order in which the selected candidates are
3957 contacted. That order is determined by the peer selection algorithms
3958 (see PEER SELECTION sections in the cache_peer documentation).
3959
3960 If a deny rule matches, the corresponding peer will not be contacted
3961 for the current transaction -- Squid will not send ICP queries and
3962 will not forward HTTP requests to that peer. An allow match leaves
3963 the corresponding peer in the selection. The first match for a given
3964 peer wins for that peer.
3965
3966 The relative order of cache_peer_access directives for the same peer
3967 matters. The relative order of any two cache_peer_access directives
3968 for different peers does not matter. To ease interpretation, it is a
3969 good idea to group cache_peer_access directives for the same peer
3970 together.
3971
3972 A single cache_peer_access directive may be evaluated multiple times
3973 for a given transaction because individual peer selection algorithms
3974 may check it independently from each other. These redundant checks
3975 may be optimized away in future Squid versions.
3976
3977 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3978 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
dd9b1776 3979
41bd17a4 3980DOC_END
dd9b1776 3981
41bd17a4 3982NAME: neighbor_type_domain
3983TYPE: hostdomaintype
3984DEFAULT: none
638402dd 3985DEFAULT_DOC: The peer type from cache_peer directive is used for all requests to that peer.
41bd17a4 3986LOC: none
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3988 Modify the cache_peer neighbor type when passing requests
3989 about specific domains to the peer.
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3991 Usage:
3992 neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
6bf4f823 3993
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3994 For example:
3995 cache_peer foo.example.com parent 3128 3130
3996 neighbor_type_domain foo.example.com sibling .au .de
6bf4f823 3997
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3998 The above configuration treats all requests to foo.example.com as a
3999 parent proxy unless the request is for a .au or .de ccTLD domain name.
41bd17a4 4000DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4002NAME: dead_peer_timeout
4003COMMENT: (seconds)
4004DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4005TYPE: time_t
4006LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
4007DOC_START
4008 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
4009 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
4010 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
4011 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
4012 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
4013 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 4014
41bd17a4 4015 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
4016 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
4017 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
4018 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
4019 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
4020 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
4021 instead of to your parents.
4022DOC_END
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437823b4 4024NAME: forward_max_tries
6c367206 4025DEFAULT: 25
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4026TYPE: int
4027LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
4028DOC_START
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4029 Limits the number of attempts to forward the request.
4030
4031 For the purpose of this limit, Squid counts all high-level request
4032 forwarding attempts, including any same-destination retries after
4033 certain persistent connection failures and any attempts to use a
4034 different peer. However, low-level connection reopening attempts
4035 (enabled using connect_retries) are not counted.
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3eebd267 4037 See also: forward_timeout and connect_retries.
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4038DOC_END
4039
41bd17a4 4040COMMENT_START
4041 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
4042 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4043COMMENT_END
4044
4045NAME: cache_mem
4046COMMENT: (bytes)
4047TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4048DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 4049LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 4050DOC_START
41bd17a4 4051 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
4052 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
4053 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
4054 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
4055
4056 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
4057 for:
4058 * In-Transit objects
4059 * Hot Objects
4060 * Negative-Cached objects
4061
4062 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
4063 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
4064 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
4065 priority.
4066
4067 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
4068 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
4069 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
4070 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
4071 not needed for in-transit objects.
4072
4073 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
4074 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
4075 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
4076 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
4077 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
4078 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
4079 objects.
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4080
4081 If shared memory caching is enabled, Squid does not use the shared
4082 cache space for in-transit objects, but they still consume as much
4083 local memory as they need. For more details about the shared memory
4084 cache, see memory_cache_shared.
6b698a21 4085DOC_END
0976f8db 4086
41bd17a4 4087NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
4088COMMENT: (bytes)
4089TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 4090DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 4091LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 4092DOC_START
41bd17a4 4093 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
4094 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
4095 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
4096 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 4097DOC_END
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4099NAME: memory_cache_shared
4100COMMENT: on|off
4101TYPE: YesNoNone
4102LOC: Config.memShared
4103DEFAULT: none
70f856bc 4104DEFAULT_DOC: "on" where supported if doing memory caching with multiple SMP workers.
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4105DOC_START
4106 Controls whether the memory cache is shared among SMP workers.
4107
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4108 The shared memory cache is meant to occupy cache_mem bytes and replace
4109 the non-shared memory cache, although some entities may still be
4110 cached locally by workers for now (e.g., internal and in-transit
4111 objects may be served from a local memory cache even if shared memory
4112 caching is enabled).
4113
65b81b27 4114 By default, the memory cache is shared if and only if all of the
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4115 following conditions are satisfied: Squid runs in SMP mode with
4116 multiple workers, cache_mem is positive, and Squid environment
4117 supports required IPC primitives (e.g., POSIX shared memory segments
4118 and GCC-style atomic operations).
4119
4120 To avoid blocking locks, shared memory uses opportunistic algorithms
4121 that do not guarantee that every cachable entity that could have been
4122 shared among SMP workers will actually be shared.
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4123DOC_END
4124
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4125NAME: memory_cache_mode
4126TYPE: memcachemode
4127LOC: Config
4128DEFAULT: always
638402dd 4129DEFAULT_DOC: Keep the most recently fetched objects in memory
ff4b33f4 4130DOC_START
ea21d497 4131 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 4132
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4133 always Keep most recently fetched objects in memory (default)
4134
4135 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
4136 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
4137 a second time before cached in memory.
4138
4139 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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4140DOC_END
4141
41bd17a4 4142NAME: memory_replacement_policy
4143TYPE: removalpolicy
4144LOC: Config.memPolicy
4145DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 4146DOC_START
41bd17a4 4147 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
4148 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 4149
638402dd 4150 See cache_replacement_policy for details on algorithms.
41bd17a4 4151DOC_END
6b698a21 4152
41bd17a4 4153COMMENT_START
4154 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
4155 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4156COMMENT_END
6b698a21 4157
41bd17a4 4158NAME: cache_replacement_policy
4159TYPE: removalpolicy
4160LOC: Config.replPolicy
4161DEFAULT: lru
4162DOC_START
4163 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
4164 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 4165
41bd17a4 4166 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
4167 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
4168 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
4169 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 4170
638402dd 4171 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this directive.
7f7db318 4172
41bd17a4 4173 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 4174
41bd17a4 4175 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
4176 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
4177 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
4178 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 4179
41bd17a4 4180 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
4181 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
4182 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
4183 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 4184
41bd17a4 4185 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
4186 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
4187 replacement policies.
7d90757b 4188
41bd17a4 4189 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
b51ec8c8 4190 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4 MB to
41bd17a4 4191 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 4192
41bd17a4 4193 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
4194 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
4195 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 4196DOC_END
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4198NAME: minimum_object_size
4199COMMENT: (bytes)
4200TYPE: b_int64_t
4201DEFAULT: 0 KB
4202DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
4203LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
4204DOC_START
4205 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
4206 value is specified in bytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
4207 means all responses can be stored.
4208DOC_END
4209
4210NAME: maximum_object_size
4211COMMENT: (bytes)
4212TYPE: b_int64_t
4213DEFAULT: 4 MB
4214LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
4215DOC_START
499f852c 4216 Set the default value for max-size parameter on any cache_dir.
a345387f 4217 The value is specified in bytes, and the default is 4 MB.
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4219 If you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
4220 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
4221 hits).
9603207d 4222
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4223 If you wish to increase hit ratio more than you want to
4224 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
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4226 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
4227 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
4228 See cache_replacement_policy for a discussion of this policy.
4229DOC_END
4230
41bd17a4 4231NAME: cache_dir
4232TYPE: cachedir
4233DEFAULT: none
2f8abb64 4234DEFAULT_DOC: No disk cache. Store cache objects only in memory.
41bd17a4 4235LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 4236DOC_START
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4237 Format:
4238 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 4239
41bd17a4 4240 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
4241 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 4242
41bd17a4 4243 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
4244 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
4245 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 4246
41bd17a4 4247 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
4248 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
4249 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
4250 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
4251 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 4252
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4253 In SMP configurations, cache_dir must not precede the workers option
4254 and should use configuration macros or conditionals to give each
4255 worker interested in disk caching a dedicated cache directory.
4256
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4257
4258 ==== The ufs store type ====
0976f8db 4259
41bd17a4 4260 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
4261 been there.
0976f8db 4262
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4263 Usage:
4264 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 4265
41bd17a4 4266 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
4267 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
4268 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
4269 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
4270 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 4271
56fba4d0 4272 'L1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 4273 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 4274
56fba4d0 4275 'L2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
41bd17a4 4276 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
4277 is 256.
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4280 ==== The aufs store type ====
7f7db318 4281
41bd17a4 4282 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
4283 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
4284 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 4285
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4286 Usage:
4287 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 4288
41bd17a4 4289 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 4290
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4291
4292 ==== The diskd store type ====
38f9c547 4293
41bd17a4 4294 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
4295 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
4296 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 4297
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4298 Usage:
4299 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 4300
41bd17a4 4301 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 4302
41bd17a4 4303 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
4304 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
4305 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 4306
41bd17a4 4307 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
4308 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
4309 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 4310
41bd17a4 4311 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
4312 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
4313 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
4314 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
4315 time.
0976f8db 4316
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4318 ==== The rock store type ====
4319
4320 Usage:
e51ce7da 4321 cache_dir rock Directory-Name Mbytes [options]
e2851fe7 4322
2e55f083 4323 The Rock Store type is a database-style storage. All cached
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4324 entries are stored in a "database" file, using fixed-size slots.
4325 A single entry occupies one or more slots.
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4327 If possible, Squid using Rock Store creates a dedicated kid
4328 process called "disker" to avoid blocking Squid worker(s) on disk
4329 I/O. One disker kid is created for each rock cache_dir. Diskers
4330 are created only when Squid, running in daemon mode, has support
4331 for the IpcIo disk I/O module.
4332
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4333 swap-timeout=msec: Squid will not start writing a miss to or
4334 reading a hit from disk if it estimates that the swap operation
4335 will take more than the specified number of milliseconds. By
4336 default and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O time limit
4337 enforcement. Ignored when using blocking I/O module because
4338 blocking synchronous I/O does not allow Squid to estimate the
4339 expected swap wait time.
4340
df881a0f 4341 max-swap-rate=swaps/sec: Artificially limits disk access using
1e614370 4342 the specified I/O rate limit. Swap out requests that
df881a0f 4343 would cause the average I/O rate to exceed the limit are
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4344 delayed. Individual swap in requests (i.e., hits or reads) are
4345 not delayed, but they do contribute to measured swap rate and
4346 since they are placed in the same FIFO queue as swap out
4347 requests, they may wait longer if max-swap-rate is smaller.
4348 This is necessary on file systems that buffer "too
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4349 many" writes and then start blocking Squid and other processes
4350 while committing those writes to disk. Usually used together
4351 with swap-timeout to avoid excessive delays and queue overflows
4352 when disk demand exceeds available disk "bandwidth". By default
4353 and when set to zero, disables the disk I/O rate limit
4354 enforcement. Currently supported by IpcIo module only.
4355
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4356 slot-size=bytes: The size of a database "record" used for
4357 storing cached responses. A cached response occupies at least
4358 one slot and all database I/O is done using individual slots so
4359 increasing this parameter leads to more disk space waste while
4360 decreasing it leads to more disk I/O overheads. Should be a
4361 multiple of your operating system I/O page size. Defaults to
4362 16KBytes. A housekeeping header is stored with each slot and
4363 smaller slot-sizes will be rejected. The header is smaller than
4364 100 bytes.
4365
df881a0f 4366
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4369 no-store no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir.
4370
4371 min-size=n the minimum object size in bytes this cache_dir
4372 will accept. It's used to restrict a cache_dir
4373 to only store large objects (e.g. AUFS) while
4374 other stores are optimized for smaller objects
73656056 4375 (e.g. Rock).
638402dd 4376 Defaults to 0.
0976f8db 4377
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4378 max-size=n the maximum object size in bytes this cache_dir
4379 supports.
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4380 The value in maximum_object_size directive sets
4381 the default unless more specific details are
4382 available (ie a small store capacity).
b6662ffd 4383
41bd17a4 4384 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
638402dd 4385 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first.
0976f8db 4386
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4388
4389# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
4390#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
47f0eaea 4391CONFIG_END
6b698a21 4392DOC_END
0976f8db 4393
41bd17a4 4394NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
4395TYPE: string
4396LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
4397DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 4398DOC_START
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4399 How Squid selects which cache_dir to use when the response
4400 object will fit into more than one.
4401
4402 Regardless of which algorithm is used the cache_dir min-size
4403 and max-size parameters are obeyed. As such they can affect
4404 the selection algorithm by limiting the set of considered
4405 cache_dir.
4406
4407 Algorithms:
4408
4409 least-load
4410
4411 This algorithm is suited to caches with similar cache_dir
4412 sizes and disk speeds.
4413
4414 The disk with the least I/O pending is selected.
4415 When there are multiple disks with the same I/O load ranking
4416 the cache_dir with most available capacity is selected.
4417
4418 When a mix of cache_dir sizes are configured the faster disks
4419 have a naturally lower I/O loading and larger disks have more
4420 capacity. So space used to store objects and data throughput
4421 may be very unbalanced towards larger disks.
4422
4423
4424 round-robin
4425
4426 This algorithm is suited to caches with unequal cache_dir
4427 disk sizes.
4428
4429 Each cache_dir is selected in a rotation. The next suitable
4430 cache_dir is used.
4431
4432 Available cache_dir capacity is only considered in relation
4433 to whether the object will fit and meets the min-size and
4434 max-size parameters.
4435
4436 Disk I/O loading is only considered to prevent overload on slow
4437 disks. This algorithm does not spread objects by size, so any
4438 I/O loading per-disk may appear very unbalanced and volatile.
4439
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4441 limits to to reject certain responses, then do not group such
4442 cache_dir lines together, to avoid round-robin selection bias
4443 towards the first cache_dir after the group. Instead, interleave
4444 cache_dir lines from different groups. For example:
4445
4446 store_dir_select_algorithm round-robin
4447 cache_dir rock /hdd1 ... min-size=100000
4448 cache_dir rock /ssd1 ... max-size=99999
4449 cache_dir rock /hdd2 ... min-size=100000
4450 cache_dir rock /ssd2 ... max-size=99999
4451 cache_dir rock /hdd3 ... min-size=100000
4452 cache_dir rock /ssd3 ... max-size=99999
6b698a21 4453DOC_END
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4455NAME: paranoid_hit_validation
4456COMMENT: time-units-small
4457TYPE: time_nanoseconds
4458DEFAULT: 0
4459DEFAULT_DOC: validation disabled
4460LOC: Config.paranoid_hit_validation
4461DOC_START
4462 Controls whether Squid should perform paranoid validation of cache entry
4463 metadata integrity every time a cache entry is hit. This low-level
4464 validation should always succeed. Each failed validation results in a
4465 cache miss, a BUG line reported to cache.log, and the invalid entry
4466 marked as unusable (and eventually purged from the cache).
4467
4468 Squid can only validate shared cache memory and rock cache_dir entries.
4469
4470 * Zero (default) value means that the validation is disabled.
4471
4472 * Positive values enable validation:
4473 - values less than 1 day approximate the maximum time that Squid is allowed
4474 to spend validating a single cache hit.
4475 - values greater or equal to 1 day are considered as no limitation:
4476 in this case all checks will be performed, regardless of how much time
4477 they take.
4478
4479 Hits are usually stored using 16KB slots (for rock, the size is
4480 configurable via cache_dir slot-size). Larger hits require scanning more
4481 slots and, hence, take more time. When validation is enabled, at least one
4482 slot is always validated, regardless of the configured time limit.
4483
4484 A worker process validating an entry cannot do anything else (i.e. the
4485 validation is blocking). The validation overhead is environment dependent,
4486 but developers have observed Squid spending 3-10 microseconds to check each
4487 slot of a Rock or shared memory hit entry. If Squid cuts validation short
4488 because it runs out of configured time, it treats the entry as valid.
4489
4490 When hit validation is enabled, its statistics is included in Cache
4491 Manager mgr:counters, mgr:5min, and mgr:60min reports.
4492DOC_END
4493
41bd17a4 4494NAME: max_open_disk_fds
4495TYPE: int
4496LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
4497DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 4498DEFAULT_DOC: no limit
6b698a21 4499DOC_START
41bd17a4 4500 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
4501 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
4502 descriptors are open.
4503
4504 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 4505DOC_END
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41bd17a4 4507NAME: cache_swap_low
4508COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 4509TYPE: int
41bd17a4 4510DEFAULT: 90
4511LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
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4513 The low-water mark for AUFS/UFS/diskd cache object eviction by
4514 the cache_replacement_policy algorithm.
4515
4516 Removal begins when the swap (disk) usage of a cache_dir is
4517 above this low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization
4518 near the low-water mark.
4519
4520 As swap utilization increases towards the high-water mark set
2f8abb64 4521 by cache_swap_high object eviction becomes more aggressive.
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4523 The value difference in percentages between low- and high-water
7bcaf76f 4524 marks represent an eviction rate of 300 objects per second and
2f8abb64 4525 the rate continues to scale in aggressiveness by multiples of
5f662601 4526 this above the high-water mark.
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4528 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
4529 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
4530 numbers closer together.
4531
5f662601 4532 See also cache_swap_high and cache_replacement_policy
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41bd17a4 4534
4535NAME: cache_swap_high
4536COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4537TYPE: int
4538DEFAULT: 95
4539LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
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4541 The high-water mark for AUFS/UFS/diskd cache object eviction by
4542 the cache_replacement_policy algorithm.
4543
4544 Removal begins when the swap (disk) usage of a cache_dir is
4545 above the low-water mark set by cache_swap_low and attempts to
4546 maintain utilization near the low-water mark.
4547
4548 As swap utilization increases towards this high-water mark object
2f8abb64 4549 eviction becomes more aggressive.
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4550
4551 The value difference in percentages between low- and high-water
7bcaf76f 4552 marks represent an eviction rate of 300 objects per second and
2f8abb64 4553 the rate continues to scale in aggressiveness by multiples of
5f662601 4554 this above the high-water mark.
41bd17a4 4555
4556 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
4557 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
4558 numbers closer together.
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5f662601 4560 See also cache_swap_low and cache_replacement_policy
6b698a21 4561DOC_END
0976f8db 4562
5473c134 4563COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 4564 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 4565 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4566COMMENT_END
0976f8db 4567
41bd17a4 4568NAME: logformat
4569TYPE: logformat
20efa1c2 4570LOC: Log::TheConfig
5473c134 4571DEFAULT: none
638402dd 4572DEFAULT_DOC: The format definitions squid, common, combined, referrer, useragent are built in.
6b698a21 4573DOC_START
41bd17a4 4574 Usage:
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41bd17a4 4576 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 4577
41bd17a4 4578 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 4579
41bd17a4 4580 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
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4582 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all
4583 components but the formatcode are optional and usually unnecessary,
4584 especially when dealing with common codes.
6b698a21 4585
bec110e4 4586 % [encoding] [-] [[0]width] [{arg}] formatcode [{arg}]
0976f8db 4587
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4588 encoding escapes or otherwise protects "special" characters:
4589
4590 " Quoted string encoding where quote(") and
4591 backslash(\) characters are \-escaped while
4592 CR, LF, and TAB characters are encoded as \r,
4593 \n, and \t two-character sequences.
4594
4595 [ Custom Squid encoding where percent(%), square
4596 brackets([]), backslash(\) and characters with
4597 codes outside of [32,126] range are %-encoded.
4598 SP is not encoded. Used by log_mime_hdrs.
4599
4600 # URL encoding (a.k.a. percent-encoding) where
4601 all URL unsafe and control characters (per RFC
4602 1738) are %-encoded.
4603
4604 / Shell-like encoding where quote(") and
4605 backslash(\) characters are \-escaped while CR
4606 and LF characters are encoded as \r and \n
4607 two-character sequences. Values containing SP
4608 character(s) are surrounded by quotes(").
4609
4610 ' Raw/as-is encoding with no escaping/quoting.
4611
4612 Default encoding: When no explicit encoding is
4613 specified, each %code determines its own encoding.
4614 Most %codes use raw/as-is encoding, but some codes use
4615 a so called "pass-through URL encoding" where all URL
4616 unsafe and control characters (per RFC 1738) are
4617 %-encoded, but the percent character(%) is left as is.
5473c134 4618
41bd17a4 4619 - left aligned
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4620
4621 width minimum and/or maximum field width:
4622 [width_min][.width_max]
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4623 When minimum starts with 0, the field is zero-padded.
4624 String values exceeding maximum width are truncated.
c32c6db7 4625
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4626 {arg} argument such as header name etc. This field may be
4627 placed before or after the token, but not both at once.
5473c134 4628
41bd17a4 4629 Format codes:
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3ff65596 4631 % a literal % character
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4632 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
4633 err_code The ID of an error response served by Squid or
4634 a similar internal error identifier.
4635 err_detail Additional err_code-dependent error information.
c7bcf010 4636 note The annotation specified by the argument. Also
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4637 logs the adaptation meta headers set by the
4638 adaptation_meta configuration parameter.
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4639 If no argument given all annotations logged.
4640 The argument may include a separator to use with
4641 annotation values:
4642 name[:separator]
4643 By default, multiple note values are separated with ","
4644 and multiple notes are separated with "\r\n".
4645 When logging named notes with %{name}note, the
4646 explicitly configured separator is used between note
4647 values. When logging all notes with %note, the
4648 explicitly configured separator is used between
4649 individual notes. There is currently no way to
4650 specify both value and notes separators when logging
4651 all notes with %note.
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4652 master_xaction The master transaction identifier is an unsigned
4653 integer. These IDs are guaranteed to monotonically
4654 increase within a single worker process lifetime, with
4655 higher values corresponding to transactions that were
4656 accepted or initiated later. Due to current implementation
4657 deficiencies, some IDs are skipped (i.e. never logged).
4658 Concurrent workers and restarted workers use similar,
4659 overlapping sequences of master transaction IDs.
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4660
4661 Connection related format codes:
4662
41bd17a4 4663 >a Client source IP address
4664 >A Client FQDN
4665 >p Client source port
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4666 >eui Client source EUI (MAC address, EUI-48 or EUI-64 identifier)
4667 >la Local IP address the client connected to
4668 >lp Local port number the client connected to
f123f5e9 4669 >qos Client connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
244da4ad 4670 >nfmark Client connection netfilter packet MARK set by Squid
8652f8e7 4671
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4672 transport::>connection_id Identifies a transport connection
4673 accepted by Squid (e.g., a connection carrying the
4674 logged HTTP request). Currently, Squid only supports
4675 TCP transport connections.
4676
4677 The logged identifier is an unsigned integer. These
4678 IDs are guaranteed to monotonically increase within a
4679 single worker process lifetime, with higher values
4680 corresponding to connections that were accepted later.
4681 Many IDs are skipped (i.e. never logged). Concurrent
4682 workers and restarted workers use similar, partially
4683 overlapping sequences of IDs.
4684
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4685 la Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to.
4686 lp Local listening port number the client connection was connected to.
4687
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4688 <a Server IP address of the last server or peer connection
4689 <A Server FQDN or peer name
4690 <p Server port number of the last server or peer connection
c3a082ae 4691 <la Local IP address of the last server or peer connection
152e24b3 4692 <lp Local port number of the last server or peer connection
f123f5e9 4693 <qos Server connection TOS/DSCP value set by Squid
244da4ad 4694 <nfmark Server connection netfilter packet MARK set by Squid
f4b68e1a 4695
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4696 >handshake Raw client handshake
4697 Initial client bytes received by Squid on a newly
4698 accepted TCP connection or inside a just established
4699 CONNECT tunnel. Squid stops accumulating handshake
4700 bytes as soon as the handshake parser succeeds or
4701 fails (determining whether the client is using the
4702 expected protocol).
4703
4704 For HTTP clients, the handshake is the request line.
4705 For TLS clients, the handshake consists of all TLS
4706 records up to and including the TLS record that
4707 contains the last byte of the first ClientHello
4708 message. For clients using an unsupported protocol,
4709 this field contains the bytes received by Squid at the
4710 time of the handshake parsing failure.
4711
4712 See the on_unsupported_protocol directive for more
4713 information on Squid handshake traffic expectations.
4714
4715 Current support is limited to these contexts:
4716 - http_port connections, but only when the
4717 on_unsupported_protocol directive is in use.
4718 - https_port connections (and CONNECT tunnels) that
4719 are subject to the ssl_bump peek or stare action.
4720
4721 To protect binary handshake data, this field is always
4722 base64-encoded (RFC 4648 Section 4). If logformat
4723 field encoding is configured, that encoding is applied
4724 on top of base64. Otherwise, the computed base64 value
4725 is recorded as is.
4726
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4727 Time related format codes:
4728
41bd17a4 4729 ts Seconds since epoch
4730 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
4731 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 4732 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 4733 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 4734 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 4735 tr Response time (milliseconds)
3ff65596 4736 dt Total time spent making DNS lookups (milliseconds)
9603207d 4737 tS Approximate master transaction start time in
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4738 <full seconds since epoch>.<fractional seconds> format.
4739 Currently, Squid considers the master transaction
4740 started when a complete HTTP request header initiating
4741 the transaction is received from the client. This is
4742 the same value that Squid uses to calculate transaction
4743 response time when logging %tr to access.log. Currently,
4744 Squid uses millisecond resolution for %tS values,
4745 similar to the default access.log "current time" field
4746 (%ts.%03tu).
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4748 Access Control related format codes:
4749
4750 et Tag returned by external acl
4751 ea Log string returned by external acl
4752 un User name (any available)
4753 ul User name from authentication
4754 ue User name from external acl helper
4755 ui User name from ident
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4756 un A user name. Expands to the first available name
4757 from the following list of information sources:
4758 - authenticated user name, like %ul
4759 - user name supplied by an external ACL, like %ue
4760 - SSL client name, like %us
4761 - ident user name, like %ui
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4762 credentials Client credentials. The exact meaning depends on
4763 the authentication scheme: For Basic authentication,
4764 it is the password; for Digest, the realm sent by the
4765 client; for NTLM and Negotiate, the client challenge
4766 or client credentials prefixed with "YR " or "KK ".
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4767
4768 HTTP related format codes:
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4770 REQUEST
4771
4772 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
4773 [http::]>rm Request method from client
4774 [http::]<rm Request method sent to server or peer
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4775
4776 [http::]ru Request URL received (or computed) and sanitized
4777
4778 Logs request URI received from the client, a
4779 request adaptation service, or a request
4780 redirector (whichever was applied last).
4781
4782 Computed URLs are URIs of internally generated
4783 requests and various "error:..." URIs.
4784
4785 Honors strip_query_terms and uri_whitespace.
4786
4787 This field is not encoded by default. Encoding
4788 this field using variants of %-encoding will
4789 clash with uri_whitespace modifications that
4790 also use %-encoding.
4791
4792 [http::]>ru Request URL received from the client (or computed)
4793
4794 Computed URLs are URIs of internally generated
4795 requests and various "error:..." URIs.
4796
4797 Unlike %ru, this request URI is not affected
4798 by request adaptation, URL rewriting services,
4799 and strip_query_terms.
4800
4801 Honors uri_whitespace.
4802
4803 This field is using pass-through URL encoding
4804 by default. Encoding this field using other
4805 variants of %-encoding will clash with
4806 uri_whitespace modifications that also use
4807 %-encoding.
4808
d6df21d2 4809 [http::]<ru Request URL sent to server or peer
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4810 [http::]>rs Request URL scheme from client
4811 [http::]<rs Request URL scheme sent to server or peer
fa450988 4812 [http::]>rd Request URL domain from client
f42ac6e6 4813 [http::]<rd Request URL domain sent to server or peer
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4814 [http::]>rP Request URL port from client
4815 [http::]<rP Request URL port sent to server or peer
4816 [http::]rp Request URL path excluding hostname
4817 [http::]>rp Request URL path excluding hostname from client
4818 [http::]<rp Request URL path excluding hostname sent to server or peer
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4819 [http::]rv Request protocol version
4820 [http::]>rv Request protocol version from client
4821 [http::]<rv Request protocol version sent to server or peer
4822
5aca9cf2 4823 [http::]>h Original received request header.
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4824 Usually differs from the request header sent by
4825 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
4826 Accepts optional header field name/value filter
4827 argument using name[:[separator]element] format.
4828 [http::]>ha Received request header after adaptation and
4829 redirection (pre-cache REQMOD vectoring point).
4830 Usually differs from the request header sent by
4831 Squid, although most fields are often preserved.
6fca33e0 4832 Optional header name argument as for >h
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4834 RESPONSE
4835
4836 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
4837 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
4838
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4839 [http::]<h Reply header. Optional header name argument
4840 as for >h
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4841
4842 [http::]mt MIME content type
4843
4844
4845 SIZE COUNTERS
4846
4847 [http::]st Total size of request + reply traffic with client
4848 [http::]>st Total size of request received from client.
4849 Excluding chunked encoding bytes.
4850 [http::]<st Total size of reply sent to client (after adaptation)
4851
4852 [http::]>sh Size of request headers received from client
4853 [http::]<sh Size of reply headers sent to client (after adaptation)
4854
4855 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
4856 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
4857
9603207d 4858 [http::]<bs Number of HTTP-equivalent message body bytes
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4859 received from the next hop, excluding chunked
4860 transfer encoding and control messages.
4861 Generated FTP/Gopher listings are treated as
4862 received bodies.
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4864 TIMING
4865
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4866 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
4867 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
4868 and stops when the last response byte is received.
9603207d 4869 [http::]<tt Total time in milliseconds. The timer
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4870 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
4871 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
4872 with the last I/O with the last peer.
4873
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4874 Squid handling related format codes:
4875
4876 Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
4877 Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
4878
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4879 SSL-related format codes:
4880
4881 ssl::bump_mode SslBump decision for the transaction:
4882
4883 For CONNECT requests that initiated bumping of
4884 a connection and for any request received on
4885 an already bumped connection, Squid logs the
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4886 corresponding SslBump mode ("splice", "bump",
4887 "peek", "stare", "terminate", "server-first"
9603207d 4888 or "client-first"). See the ssl_bump option
bf352fb2 4889 for more information about these modes.
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4890
4891 A "none" token is logged for requests that
4892 triggered "ssl_bump" ACL evaluation matching
bf352fb2 4893 a "none" rule.
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4894
4895 In all other cases, a single dash ("-") is
4896 logged.
4897
4f6990ec 4898 ssl::>sni SSL client SNI sent to Squid.
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4900 ssl::>cert_subject
4901 The Subject field of the received client
4902 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
4903 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
4904 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
4905 logged value because Subject often has spaces.
4906
4907 ssl::>cert_issuer
4908 The Issuer field of the received client
4909 SSL certificate or a dash ('-') if Squid has
4910 received an invalid/malformed certificate or
4911 no certificate at all. Consider encoding the
4912 logged value because Issuer often has spaces.
4913
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4914 ssl::<cert_subject
4915 The Subject field of the received server
4916 TLS certificate or a dash ('-') if this is
4917 not available. Consider encoding the logged
4918 value because Subject often has spaces.
4919
8f1c6091 4920 ssl::<cert_issuer
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4921 The Issuer field of the received server
4922 TLS certificate or a dash ('-') if this is
4923 not available. Consider encoding the logged
4924 value because Issuer often has spaces.
4925
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4926 ssl::<cert
4927 The received server x509 certificate in PEM
4928 format, including BEGIN and END lines (or a
4929 dash ('-') if the certificate is unavailable).
4930
4931 WARNING: Large certificates will exceed the
4932 current 8KB access.log record limit, resulting
4933 in truncated records. Such truncation usually
4934 happens in the middle of a record field. The
4935 limit applies to all access logging modules.
4936
4937 The logged certificate may have failed
4938 validation and may not be trusted by Squid.
4939 This field does not include any intermediate
4940 certificates that may have been received from
4941 the server or fetched during certificate
4942 validation process.
4943
4944 Currently, Squid only collects server
4945 certificates during step3 of SslBump
4946 processing; connections that were not subject
4947 to ssl_bump rules or that did not match a peek
4948 or stare rule at step2 will not have the
4949 server certificate information.
4950
4951 This field is using pass-through URL encoding
4952 by default.
4953
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4954 ssl::<cert_errors
4955 The list of certificate validation errors
4956 detected by Squid (including OpenSSL and
4957 certificate validation helper components). The
4958 errors are listed in the discovery order. By
4959 default, the error codes are separated by ':'.
4960 Accepts an optional separator argument.
4961
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4962 %ssl::>negotiated_version The negotiated TLS version of the
4963 client connection.
4964
4965 %ssl::<negotiated_version The negotiated TLS version of the
4966 last server or peer connection.
4967
4968 %ssl::>received_hello_version The TLS version of the Hello
4969 message received from TLS client.
4970
4971 %ssl::<received_hello_version The TLS version of the Hello
4972 message received from TLS server.
4973
4974 %ssl::>received_supported_version The maximum TLS version
4975 supported by the TLS client.
4976
4977 %ssl::<received_supported_version The maximum TLS version
4978 supported by the TLS server.
4979
4980 %ssl::>negotiated_cipher The negotiated cipher of the
4981 client connection.
4982
4983 %ssl::<negotiated_cipher The negotiated cipher of the
4984 last server or peer connection.
4985
5038f9d8 4986 If ICAP is enabled, the following code becomes available (as
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4987 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
4988
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4989 icap::tt Total ICAP "blocking" time for the HTTP transaction. The
4990 timer ticks while Squid checks adaptation_access and while
4991 ICAP transaction(s) expect ICAP response headers, including
4992 the embedded adapted HTTP message headers (where applicable).
4993 This measurement is meant to estimate ICAP impact on HTTP
4994 transaction response times, but it does not currently account
4995 for slow ICAP response body delivery blocking HTTP progress.
4996
4997 Once Squid receives the final ICAP response headers (e.g.,
4998 ICAP 200 or 204) and the associated adapted HTTP message
4999 headers (if any) from the ICAP service, the corresponding ICAP
5000 transaction stops affecting this measurement, even though the
5001 transaction itself may continue for a long time (e.g., to
5002 finish sending the ICAP request and/or to finish receiving the
5003 ICAP response body).
5004
5005 When "blocking" sections of multiple concurrent ICAP
5006 transactions overlap in time, the overlapping segment is
5007 counted only once.
5008
5009 To see complete ICAP transaction response times (rather than
5010 the cumulative effect of their blocking sections) use the
5011 %adapt::all_trs logformat code or the icap_log directive.
3ff65596 5012
c28b9a0e 5013 If adaptation is enabled the following codes become available:
3ff65596 5014
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5015 adapt::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response or
5016 meta-information from the last eCAP
5017 transaction related to the HTTP transaction.
5018 Like <h, accepts an optional header name
5019 argument.
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5020
5021 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
5022 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
5023 the order of transaction start time. Each time
5024 value is recorded as an integer number,
5025 representing response time of one or more
5026 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
5027 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
5028 being retried or repeated, its time is not
5029 logged individually but added to the
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5030 replacement (next) transaction. Lifetimes of individually
5031 listed adaptation transactions may overlap.
5032 See also: %icap::tt and %adapt::all_trs.
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5033
5034 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
40dc90df 5035 Same as %adapt::sum_trs but response times of
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5036 individual transactions are never added
5037 together. Instead, all transaction response
5038 times are recorded individually.
5039
5040 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
5041 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
5042 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
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5044 Format codes related to the PROXY protocol:
5045
5046 proxy_protocol::>h PROXY protocol header, including optional TLVs.
5047
5048 Supports the same field and element reporting/extraction logic
5049 as %http::>h. For configuration and reporting purposes, Squid
5050 maps each PROXY TLV to an HTTP header field: the TLV type
5051 (configured as a decimal integer) is the field name, and the
5052 TLV value is the field value. All TLVs of "LOCAL" connections
5053 (in PROXY protocol terminology) are currently skipped/ignored.
5054
5055 Squid also maps the following standard PROXY protocol header
5056 blocks to pseudo HTTP headers (their names use PROXY
5057 terminology and start with a colon, following HTTP tradition
5058 for pseudo headers): :command, :version, :src_addr, :dst_addr,
5059 :src_port, and :dst_port.
5060
5061 Without optional parameters, this logformat code logs
5062 pseudo headers and TLVs.
5063
5064 This format code uses pass-through URL encoding by default.
5065
5066 Example:
5067 # relay custom PROXY TLV #224 to adaptation services
5068 adaptation_meta Client-Foo "%proxy_protocol::>h{224}"
5069
5070 See also: %http::>h
5071
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5072 The default formats available (which do not need re-defining) are:
5073
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5074logformat squid %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %[un %Sh/%<a %mt
5075logformat common %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
5076logformat combined %>a %[ui %[un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
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5077logformat referrer %ts.%03tu %>a %{Referer}>h %ru
5078logformat useragent %>a [%tl] "%{User-Agent}>h"
5079
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5080 NOTE: When the log_mime_hdrs directive is set to ON.
5081 The squid, common and combined formats have a safely encoded copy
5082 of the mime headers appended to each line within a pair of brackets.
5083
5084 NOTE: The common and combined formats are not quite true to the Apache definition.
5085 The logs from Squid contain an extra status and hierarchy code appended.
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5473c134 5087DOC_END
5088
41bd17a4 5089NAME: access_log cache_access_log
5090TYPE: access_log
5091LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
82b7abe3 5092DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
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fb0c2f17 5094 Configures whether and how Squid logs HTTP and ICP transactions.
9603207d 5095 If access logging is enabled, a single line is logged for every
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5096 matching HTTP or ICP request. The recommended directive formats are:
5097
5098 access_log <module>:<place> [option ...] [acl acl ...]
5099 access_log none [acl acl ...]
5100
5101 The following directive format is accepted but may be deprecated:
82b7abe3 5102 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
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5103
5104 In most cases, the first ACL name must not contain the '=' character
5105 and should not be equal to an existing logformat name. You can always
5106 start with an 'all' ACL to work around those restrictions.
9603207d 5107
82b7abe3 5108 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 5109 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
5110 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
82b7abe3 5111 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
9603207d 5112
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5113 ===== Available options for the recommended directive format =====
5114
5115 logformat=name Names log line format (either built-in or
5116 defined by a logformat directive). Defaults
5117 to 'squid'.
5118
5119 buffer-size=64KB Defines approximate buffering limit for log
5120 records (see buffered_logs). Squid should not
5121 keep more than the specified size and, hence,
5122 should flush records before the buffer becomes
5123 full to avoid overflows under normal
5124 conditions (the exact flushing algorithm is
5125 module-dependent though). The on-error option
5126 controls overflow handling.
5127
5128 on-error=die|drop Defines action on unrecoverable errors. The
5129 'drop' action ignores (i.e., does not log)
5130 affected log records. The default 'die' action
9603207d 5131 kills the affected worker. The drop action
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5132 support has not been tested for modules other
5133 than tcp.
5134
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5135 rotate=N Specifies the number of log file rotations to
5136 make when you run 'squid -k rotate'. The default
5137 is to obey the logfile_rotate directive. Setting
5138 rotate=0 will disable the file name rotation,
5139 but the log files are still closed and re-opened.
5140 This will enable you to rename the logfiles
5141 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5142 Only supported by the stdio module.
5143
82b7abe3 5144 ===== Modules Currently available =====
9603207d 5145
bb7a1781 5146 none Do not log any requests matching these ACL.
82b7abe3 5147 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
9603207d 5148
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5149 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
5150 each request.
5151 Place: the filename and path to be written.
9603207d 5152
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5153 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
5154 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
5155 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
9603207d 5156
82b7abe3 5157 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
9603207d 5158
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5159 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
5160 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
5161 Place Format: facility.priority
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5163 where facility could be any of:
5164 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
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5166 And priority could be any of:
5167 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
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5169 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
5170 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 5171 Place Format: //host:port
df2eec10 5172
2bf4e8fa 5173 tcp To send each log line as text data to a TCP receiver.
fb0c2f17 5174 Lines may be accumulated before sending (see buffered_logs).
2bf4e8fa 5175 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
f4fc8610 5176 Place Format: //host:port
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5177
5178 Default:
82b7abe3 5179 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 5180DOC_END
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5182NAME: icap_log
5183TYPE: access_log
5184IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5185LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
5186DEFAULT: none
5187DOC_START
5188 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
5189 transaction.
5190
5191 The icap_log option format is:
5192 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
5193 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
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5195 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
5196 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
5197 features.
5198
5199 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
5200 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
5201 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
5202 log line.
5203
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5204 ICAP log supports many access.log logformat %codes. In ICAP context,
5205 HTTP message-related %codes are applied to the HTTP message embedded
5206 in an ICAP message. Logformat "%http::>..." codes are used for HTTP
5207 messages embedded in ICAP requests while "%http::<..." codes are used
5208 for HTTP messages embedded in ICAP responses. For example:
5209
5210 http::>h To-be-adapted HTTP message headers sent by Squid to
5211 the ICAP service. For REQMOD transactions, these are
5212 HTTP request headers. For RESPMOD, these are HTTP
5213 response headers, but Squid currently cannot log them
5214 (i.e., %http::>h will expand to "-" for RESPMOD).
5215
5216 http::<h Adapted HTTP message headers sent by the ICAP
5217 service to Squid (i.e., HTTP request headers in regular
5218 REQMOD; HTTP response headers in RESPMOD and during
5219 request satisfaction in REQMOD).
5220
5221 ICAP OPTIONS transactions do not embed HTTP messages.
5222
5223 Several logformat codes below deal with ICAP message bodies. An ICAP
5224 message body, if any, typically includes a complete HTTP message
5225 (required HTTP headers plus optional HTTP message body). When
5226 computing HTTP message body size for these logformat codes, Squid
5227 either includes or excludes chunked encoding overheads; see
5228 code-specific documentation for details.
5229
5230 For Secure ICAP services, all size-related information is currently
5231 computed before/after TLS encryption/decryption, as if TLS was not
5232 in use at all.
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5234 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
5235
5236 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
5237
5238 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
5239 option in Squid configuration file.
5240
5241 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
5242
9603207d 5243 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
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5245
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5246 icap::>st The total size of the ICAP request sent to the ICAP
5247 server (ICAP headers + ICAP body), including chunking
5248 metadata (if any).
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5250 icap::<st The total size of the ICAP response received from the
5251 ICAP server (ICAP headers + ICAP body), including
5252 chunking metadata (if any).
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5254 icap::<bs The size of the ICAP response body received from the
5255 ICAP server, excluding chunking metadata (if any).
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5257 icap::tr Transaction response time (in
5258 milliseconds). The timer starts when
5259 the ICAP transaction is created and
5260 stops when the transaction is completed.
5261 Similar to tr.
5262
5263 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
5264 timer starts when the first ICAP request
5265 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
5266 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
5267 is received.
5268
5269 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
5270 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
5271 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
5272 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
5273 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
5274 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
5275
5276 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
5277
5278 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
5279
5280 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
5281
5282 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
5283 definition, is called icap_squid:
5284
bd59d61c 5285logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>A %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<st %icap::rm %icap::ru %un -/%icap::<A -
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bd59d61c 5287 See also: logformat and %adapt::<last_h
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5289
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5290NAME: logfile_daemon
5291TYPE: string
5292DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
5293LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
5294DOC_START
5295 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
5296 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
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5297
5298 Squid sends a number of commands to the log daemon:
5299 L<data>\n - logfile data
5300 R\n - rotate file
5301 T\n - truncate file
dd68402f 5302 O\n - reopen file
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5303 F\n - flush file
5304 r<n>\n - set rotate count to <n>
5305 b<n>\n - 1 = buffer output, 0 = don't buffer output
5306
5307 No responses is expected.
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5308DOC_END
5309
8ebad780 5310NAME: stats_collection
3ff65596 5311TYPE: acl_access
8ebad780 5312LOC: Config.accessList.stats_collection
3ff65596 5313DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5314DEFAULT_DOC: Allow logging for all transactions.
5b0f5383 5315COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
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5317 This options allows you to control which requests gets accounted
5318 in performance counters.
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5319
5320 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5321 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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5323
41bd17a4 5324NAME: cache_store_log
5325TYPE: string
df2eec10 5326DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 5327LOC: Config.Log.store
5328DOC_START
5329 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
5330 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
6d1dfcfc 5331 saved and for how long.
df2eec10 5332 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
6d1dfcfc 5333 disable it (the default).
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5335 Store log uses modular logging outputs. See access_log for the list
5336 of modules supported.
9603207d 5337
e0855596 5338 Example:
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5339 cache_store_log stdio:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5340 cache_store_log daemon:@DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 5341DOC_END
5342
41bd17a4 5343NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
5344TYPE: string
5345LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 5346DEFAULT: none
638402dd 5347DEFAULT_DOC: Store the journal inside its cache_dir
5473c134 5348DOC_START
41bd17a4 5349 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
5350 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
5351 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
5352 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
5353 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
5354 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
5355 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 5356
41bd17a4 5357 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
5358 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
5359 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
5360 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 5361
41bd17a4 5362 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
5363 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 5364
41bd17a4 5365 cache_swap_log.00
5366 cache_swap_log.01
5367 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 5368
41bd17a4 5369 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
5370 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
5371 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
5372 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
5373 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
5374 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
5375 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 5376DOC_END
5377
41bd17a4 5378NAME: logfile_rotate
5379TYPE: int
5380DEFAULT: 10
5381LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 5382DOC_START
efc23871 5383 Specifies the default number of logfile rotations to make when you
41bd17a4 5384 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
5385 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
5386 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
5387 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
5388 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
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5390 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option is only a default for cache.log,
5391 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options.
5392
66f92ffc 5393 Note, from Squid-4 this option is only a default for access.log
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5394 recorded by stdio: module. Those logs can be rotated separately by
5395 using the rotate=N option on their access_log directive.
5396
41bd17a4 5397 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
5398 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
5399 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
5400 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
5401 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
5402 <pid>'.
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41bd17a4 5404DOC_END
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41bd17a4 5406NAME: mime_table
5407TYPE: string
5408DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
5409LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
5410DOC_START
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5411 Path to Squid's icon configuration file.
5412
5413 You shouldn't need to change this, but the default file contains
5414 examples and formatting information if you do.
5473c134 5415DOC_END
5416
41bd17a4 5417NAME: log_mime_hdrs
5418COMMENT: on|off
5419TYPE: onoff
5420LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
5421DEFAULT: off
5422DOC_START
5423 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
5424 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
5425 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
5426 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
5427 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
5428DOC_END
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41bd17a4 5430NAME: pid_filename
5431TYPE: string
5432DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
5433LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 5434DOC_START
41bd17a4 5435 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 5436DOC_END
5437
41bd17a4 5438NAME: client_netmask
5439TYPE: address
5440LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
0eb08770 5441DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 5442DEFAULT_DOC: Log full client IP address
5473c134 5443DOC_START
41bd17a4 5444 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
5445 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
5446 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
5447 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 5448DOC_END
5449
41bd17a4 5450NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 5451TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 5452LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 5453DEFAULT: on
5454DOC_START
41bd17a4 5455 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
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5456 logging. This protects your user's privacy and reduces log size.
5457
5458 When investigating HIT/MISS or other caching behaviour you
5459 will need to disable this to see the full URL used by Squid.
5473c134 5460DOC_END
5461
41bd17a4 5462NAME: buffered_logs
5463COMMENT: on|off
5464TYPE: onoff
5465DEFAULT: off
5466LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 5467DOC_START
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5468 Whether to write/send access_log records ASAP or accumulate them and
5469 then write/send them in larger chunks. Buffering may improve
5470 performance because it decreases the number of I/Os. However,
5471 buffering increases the delay before log records become available to
5472 the final recipient (e.g., a disk file or logging daemon) and,
5473 hence, increases the risk of log records loss.
5474
5475 Note that even when buffered_logs are off, Squid may have to buffer
5476 records if it cannot write/send them immediately due to pending I/Os
5477 (e.g., the I/O writing the previous log record) or connectivity loss.
5478
fb0c2f17 5479 Currently honored by 'daemon' and 'tcp' access_log modules only.
6b698a21 5480DOC_END
0976f8db 5481
2b753521 5482NAME: netdb_filename
5483TYPE: string
221faecb 5484DEFAULT: stdio:@DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
2b753521 5485LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 5486IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 5487DOC_START
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5488 Where Squid stores it's netdb journal.
5489 When enabled this journal preserves netdb state between restarts.
5490
2b753521 5491 To disable, enter "none".
5492DOC_END
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5494NAME: tls_key_log
5495TYPE: Security::KeyLog*
5496DEFAULT: none
5497LOC: Config.Log.tlsKeys
5498IFDEF: USE_OPENSSL
5499DOC_START
5500 Configures whether and where Squid records pre-master secret and
5501 related encryption details for TLS connections accepted or established
5502 by Squid. These connections include connections accepted at
5503 https_port, TLS connections opened to origin servers/cache_peers/ICAP
5504 services, and TLS tunnels bumped by Squid using the SslBump feature.
5505 This log (a.k.a. SSLKEYLOGFILE) is meant for triage with traffic
5506 inspection tools like Wireshark.
5507
5508 tls_key_log <destination> [options] [if [!]<acl>...]
5509
5510 WARNING: This log allows anybody to decrypt the corresponding
5511 encrypted TLS connections, both in-flight and postmortem.
5512
5513 At most one log file is supported at this time. Repeated tls_key_log
5514 directives are treated as fatal configuration errors. By default, no
5515 log is created or updated.
5516
5517 If the log file does not exist, Squid creates it. Otherwise, Squid
5518 appends an existing log file.
5519
5520 The directive is consulted whenever a TLS connection is accepted or
5521 established by Squid. TLS connections that fail the handshake may be
5522 logged if Squid got enough information to form a log record. A record
5523 is logged only if all of the configured ACLs match.
5524
5525 While transport-related ACLs like src and dst should work, Squid may
5526 not have access to higher-level information. For example, when logging
5527 accepted https_port connections, Squid does not yet have access to the
5528 expected HTTPS request. Similarly, an HTTPS response is not available
5529 when logging most TLS connections established by Squid.
5530
5531 The log record format is meant to be compatible with TLS deciphering
5532 features of Wireshark which relies on fields like CLIENT_RANDOM and
5533 RSA Master-Key. A single log record usually spans multiple lines.
5534 Technical documentation for that format is maintained inside the
5535 Wireshark code (e.g., see tls_keylog_process_lines() comments as of
5536 Wireshark commit e3d44136f0f0026c5e893fa249f458073f3b7328). TLS key
5537 log does not support custom record formats.
5538
5539 This clause only supports fast acl types.
5540 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5541
5542 See access_log's <module>:<place> parameter for a list of supported
5543 logging destinations.
5544
5545 TLS key log supports all access_log key=value options with the
5546 exception of logformat=name.
5547
5548 Requires Squid built with OpenSSL support.
5549DOC_END
5550
5551
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5552COMMENT_START
5553 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
5554 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5555COMMENT_END
5556
5557NAME: cache_log
5558TYPE: string
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5559DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
5560LOC: Debug::cache_log
5561DOC_START
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5562 Squid administrative logging file.
5563
5564 This is where general information about Squid behavior goes. You can
5565 increase the amount of data logged to this file and how often it is
5566 rotated with "debug_options"
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5567DOC_END
5568
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5570TYPE: cache_log_message
5571DEFAULT: none
5572DEFAULT_DOC: Use debug_options.
5573LOC: Config.debugMessages
5574DOC_START
5575 Configures logging of individual cache.log messages.
5576
5577 cache_log_message id=<number> option...
5578 cache_log_message ids=<number>-<number> option...
5579
5580 Most messages have _not_ been instrumented to support this directive
5581 yet. For the list of instrumented messages and their IDs, please see
5582 the doc/debug-messages.txt file.
5583
5584 Message ID corresponds to the message semantics rather than message
5585 text or source code location. The ID is stable across Squid
5586 instances and versions. Substantial changes in message semantics
5587 result in a new ID assignment. To reduce the danger of suppressing
5588 an important log message, the old IDs of removed (or substantially
5589 changed) messages are never reused.
5590
5591 If more than one cache_log_message directive refers to the same
5592 message ID, the last directive wins.
5593
5594 Use ids=min-max syntax to apply the same message configuration to an
5595 inclusive range of message IDs. An ID range with N values has
5596 exactly the same effect as typing N cache_log_message lines.
5597
5598 At least one option is required. Supported options are:
5599
5600 level=<number>: The logging level to use for the message. Squid
5601 command line options (-s and -d) as well as the debug_options
5602 directive control which levels go to syslog, stderr, and/or
5603 cache.log. In most environments, using level=2 or higher stops
5604 Squid from logging the message anywhere. By default, the
5605 hard-coded message-specific level is used.
5606
5607 limit=<number>: After logging the specified number of messages at
5608 the configured (or default) debugging level DL, start using
5609 level 3 (for DL 0 and 1) or 8 (for higher DL values). Usually,
5610 level-3+ messages are not logged anywhere so this option can
5611 often be used to effectively suppress the message. Each SMP
5612 Squid process gets the same limit.
5613DOC_END
5614
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5615NAME: debug_options
5616TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 5617DEFAULT: ALL,1
638402dd 5618DEFAULT_DOC: Log all critical and important messages.
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5619LOC: Debug::debugOptions
5620DOC_START
5621 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
5622 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
5623 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
5624 log file, so be careful.
5625
5626 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
638402dd 5627 The default is to run with "ALL,1" to record important warnings.
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5630 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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5631 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
5632 events affecting Squid.
5633DOC_END
5634
5635NAME: coredump_dir
5636TYPE: string
5637LOC: Config.coredump_dir
62493678 5638DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
638402dd 5639DEFAULT_DOC: Use the directory from where Squid was started.
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5640DOC_START
5641 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
5642 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
5643 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
5644 and coredump files will be left there.
5645
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5647 to enable process tracing and/or coredump file generation. The details are
5648 OS-specific, but look for prctl(2) PR_SET_DUMPABLE and procctl(2)
5649 PROC_TRACE_CTL documentation as guiding examples.
5650
47f0eaea 5651CONFIG_START
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5653# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
5654coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
47f0eaea 5655CONFIG_END
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5656DOC_END
5657
5658
41bd17a4 5659COMMENT_START
5660 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
5661 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5662COMMENT_END
5663
5664NAME: ftp_user
5665TYPE: string
5666DEFAULT: Squid@
5667LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 5668DOC_START
41bd17a4 5669 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
638402dd 5670 (and enable the use of picky FTP servers), set this to something
41bd17a4 5671 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 5672
41bd17a4 5673 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
5674 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
5675 depending on how the cache is used.
638402dd 5676 Some FTP server also validate the email address is valid
41bd17a4 5677 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 5678DOC_END
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41bd17a4 5680NAME: ftp_passive
5681TYPE: onoff
5682DEFAULT: on
5683LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 5684DOC_START
41bd17a4 5685 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
5686 connections, turn off this option.
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5688 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
5689DOC_END
5690
5691NAME: ftp_epsv_all
5692TYPE: onoff
5693DEFAULT: off
5694LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
5695DOC_START
5696 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
5697
5698 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
5699 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
5700 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
5701
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5703 useful.
a689bd4e 5704 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
5705 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
5706
5707 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
5708 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
5709
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5711DOC_END
5712
5713NAME: ftp_epsv
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5715DEFAULT: none
5716LOC: Config.accessList.ftp_epsv
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5717DOC_START
5718 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
5719
5720 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
b3567eb5 5721 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
9603207d 5722 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
b3567eb5 5723 will never be needed.
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5725 EPSV is often required to interoperate with FTP servers on IPv6
5726 networks. On the other hand, it may break some IPv4 servers.
5727
5728 By default, EPSV may try EPSV with any FTP server. To fine tune
5729 that decision, you may restrict EPSV to certain clients or servers
5730 using ACLs:
5731
5732 ftp_epsv allow|deny al1 acl2 ...
5733
5734 WARNING: Disabling EPSV may cause problems with external NAT and IPv6.
51ee534d 5735
ddf5aa2b 5736 Only fast ACLs are supported.
51ee534d 5737 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 5738DOC_END
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5740NAME: ftp_eprt
5741TYPE: onoff
5742DEFAULT: on
5743LOC: Config.Ftp.eprt
5744DOC_START
5745 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPRT" command.
5746
5747 This extension provides a protocol neutral alternative to the
5748 IPv4-only PORT command. When supported it enables active FTP data
5749 channels over IPv6 and efficient NAT handling.
5750
5751 Turning this OFF will prevent EPRT being attempted and will skip
5752 straight to using PORT for IPv4 servers.
5753
5754 Some devices are known to not handle this extension correctly and
2f8abb64 5755 may result in crashes. Devices which support EPRT enough to fail
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5756 cleanly will result in Squid attempting PORT anyway. This directive
5757 should only be disabled when EPRT results in device failures.
5758
5759 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
5760 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers and IPv4-only FTP.
5761DOC_END
5762
41bd17a4 5763NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
5764TYPE: onoff
5765DEFAULT: on
5766LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
5767DOC_START
5768 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
5769 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
5770 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
5771 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
5772 connection turn this off.
5773DOC_END
9e7dbc51 5774
41bd17a4 5775NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
5776TYPE: onoff
5777DEFAULT: on
5778LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
5779DOC_START
5780 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
5781 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
5782 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
5783 the FTP protocol.
5784
5785 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
5786 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
5787 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
5788 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
5789 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
5790DOC_END
5791
5792COMMENT_START
5793 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
5794 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5795COMMENT_END
5796
5797NAME: diskd_program
5798TYPE: string
5799DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
5800LOC: Config.Program.diskd
5801DOC_START
5802 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
5803 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
5804 diskd as one of the store io modules.
5805DOC_END
5806
5807NAME: unlinkd_program
5808IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
5809TYPE: string
5810DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
5811LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
5812DOC_START
5813 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
5814DOC_END
5815
5816NAME: pinger_program
41bd17a4 5817IFDEF: USE_ICMP
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5818TYPE: icmp
5819DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
5820LOC: IcmpCfg
41bd17a4 5821DOC_START
5822 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
5823DOC_END
5824
cc192b50 5825NAME: pinger_enable
5826TYPE: onoff
5827DEFAULT: on
7a9d36e3 5828LOC: IcmpCfg.enable
cc192b50 5829IFDEF: USE_ICMP
5830DOC_START
5831 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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5832 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
5833 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 5834DOC_END
5835
5836
41bd17a4 5837COMMENT_START
5838 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
5839 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5840COMMENT_END
5841
5842NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
5843TYPE: wordlist
5844LOC: Config.Program.redirect
5845DEFAULT: none
5846DOC_START
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5847 The name and command line parameters of an admin-provided executable
5848 for redirecting clients or adjusting/replacing client request URLs.
41bd17a4 5849
32f90fcf
PSB
5850 This helper is consulted after the received request is cleared by
5851 http_access and adapted using eICAP/ICAP services (if any). If the
5852 helper does not redirect the client, Squid checks adapted_http_access
5853 and may consult the cache or forward the request to the next hop.
41bd17a4 5854
5269ec0e 5855
32f90fcf 5856 For each request, the helper gets one line in the following format:
5269ec0e 5857
32f90fcf 5858 [channel-ID <SP>] request-URL [<SP> extras] <NL>
5269ec0e 5859
32f90fcf 5860 Use url_rewrite_extras to configure what Squid sends as 'extras'.
5269ec0e 5861
32f90fcf
PSB
5862
5863 The helper must reply to each query using a single line:
5864
5865 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs] <NL>
5866
5867 The result section must match exactly one of the following outcomes:
5868
5869 OK [status=30N] url="..."
5870
5871 Redirect the client to a URL supplied in the 'url' parameter.
5872 Optional 'status' specifies the status code to send to the
5873 client in Squid's HTTP redirect response. It must be one of
5874 the standard HTTP redirect status codes: 301, 302, 303, 307,
5875 or 308. When no specific status is requested, Squid uses 302.
c71adec1 5876
5269ec0e 5877 OK rewrite-url="..."
32f90fcf
PSB
5878
5879 Replace the current request URL with the one supplied in the
5880 'rewrite-url' parameter. Squid fetches the resource specified
5881 by the new URL and forwards the received response (or its
5882 cached copy) to the client.
5883
5884 WARNING: Avoid rewriting URLs! When possible, redirect the
5885 client using an "OK url=..." helper response instead.
5886 Rewriting URLs may create inconsistent requests and/or break
5887 synchronization between internal client and origin server
5888 states, especially when URLs or other message parts contain
5889 snippets of that state. For example, Squid does not adjust
5890 Location headers and embedded URLs after the helper rewrites
5891 the request URL.
5269ec0e 5892
c2cbbb02 5893 OK
32f90fcf 5894 Keep the client request intact.
c2cbbb02 5895
5269ec0e 5896 ERR
32f90fcf 5897 Keep the client request intact.
5269ec0e 5898
32f90fcf
PSB
5899 BH [message="..."]
5900 A helper problem that should be reported to the Squid admin
5901 via a level-1 cache.log message. The 'message' parameter is
5902 reserved for specifying the log message.
5269ec0e 5903
32f90fcf
PSB
5904 In addition to the kv-pairs mentioned above, Squid also understands
5905 the following optional kv-pairs in URL rewriter responses:
5269ec0e 5906
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5907 clt_conn_tag=TAG
5908 Associates a TAG with the client TCP connection.
41bd17a4 5909
32f90fcf
PSB
5910 The clt_conn_tag=TAG pair is treated as a regular transaction
5911 annotation for the current request and also annotates future
5912 requests on the same client connection. A helper may update
5913 the TAG during subsequent requests by returning a new kv-pair.
5269ec0e 5914
41bd17a4 5915
32f90fcf
PSB
5916 Helper messages contain the channel-ID part if and only if the
5917 url_rewrite_children directive specifies positive concurrency. As a
5918 channel-ID value, Squid sends a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
5919 The helper must echo back the received channel-ID in its response.
41bd17a4 5920
32f90fcf 5921 By default, Squid does not use a URL rewriter.
41bd17a4 5922DOC_END
5923
5924NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 5925TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 5926DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 5927LOC: Config.redirectChildren
5928DOC_START
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5929 Specifies the maximum number of redirector processes that Squid may
5930 spawn (numberofchildren) and several related options. Using too few of
5931 these helper processes (a.k.a. "helpers") creates request queues.
5932 Using too many helpers wastes your system resources.
5933
5934 Usage: numberofchildren [option]...
5935
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AJ
5936 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
5937 tuning.
9603207d 5938
48d54e4d 5939 startup=
9603207d 5940
48d54e4d
AJ
5941 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
5942 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
5943 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
9603207d 5944
48d54e4d
AJ
5945 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
5946 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
9603207d 5947
48d54e4d 5948 idle=
9603207d 5949
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AJ
5950 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
5951 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
5952 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
5953 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
5954
5955 concurrency=
41bd17a4 5956
41bd17a4 5957 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
5958 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
5959 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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5960
5961 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
5962 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
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5963 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
5964 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
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5965
5966 queue-size=N
5967
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5968 Sets the maximum number of queued requests. A request is queued when
5969 no existing child can accept it due to concurrency limit and no new
5970 child can be started due to numberofchildren limit. The default
5971 maximum is zero if url_rewrite_bypass is enabled and
5972 2*numberofchildren otherwise. If the queued requests exceed queue size
5973 and redirector_bypass configuration option is set, then redirector is
5974 bypassed. Otherwise, Squid is allowed to temporarily exceed the
5975 configured maximum, marking the affected helper as "overloaded". If
5976 the helper overload lasts more than 3 minutes, the action prescribed
5977 by the on-persistent-overload option applies.
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5978
5979 on-persistent-overload=action
5980
5981 Specifies Squid reaction to a new helper request arriving when the helper
5982 has been overloaded for more that 3 minutes already. The number of queued
5983 requests determines whether the helper is overloaded (see the queue-size
5984 option).
5985
5986 Two actions are supported:
5987
5988 die Squid worker quits. This is the default behavior.
5989
5990 ERR Squid treats the helper request as if it was
5991 immediately submitted, and the helper immediately
5992 replied with an ERR response. This action has no effect
5993 on the already queued and in-progress helper requests.
41bd17a4 5994DOC_END
5995
5996NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
5997TYPE: onoff
5998DEFAULT: on
5999LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
6000DOC_START
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6001 To preserve same-origin security policies in browsers and
6002 prevent Host: header forgery by redirectors Squid rewrites
6003 any Host: header in redirected requests.
9603207d 6004
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6005 If you are running an accelerator this may not be a wanted
6006 effect of a redirector. This directive enables you disable
6007 Host: alteration in reverse-proxy traffic.
9603207d 6008
41bd17a4 6009 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
6010 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
9603207d 6011
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6012 WARNING: Squid and other software verifies the URL and Host
6013 are matching, so be careful not to relay through other proxies
6014 or inspecting firewalls with this disabled.
41bd17a4 6015DOC_END
6016
6017NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
6018TYPE: acl_access
6019DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6020DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
41bd17a4 6021LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
6022DOC_START
6023 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
638402dd 6024 sent to the redirector processes.
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FC
6025
6026 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6027 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 6028DOC_END
6029
6030NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
6031TYPE: onoff
6032LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
6033DEFAULT: off
6034DOC_START
6035 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
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6036 redirector if all the helpers are busy. If this is 'off' and the
6037 redirector queue grows too large, the action is prescribed by the
6038 on-persistent-overload option. You should only enable this if the
6039 redirectors are not critical to your caching system. If you use
41bd17a4 6040 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
6041 users may have access to pages they should not
6042 be allowed to request.
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6043
6044 Enabling this option sets the default url_rewrite_children queue-size
6045 option value to 0.
41bd17a4 6046DOC_END
6047
fe7966ec 6048NAME: url_rewrite_extras
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6049TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
6050LOC: Config.redirector_extras
6051DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
6052DOC_START
6053 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
6054 rewriter helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
6055 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
6056 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
6057 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
6058DOC_END
6059
32fd6d8a 6060NAME: url_rewrite_timeout
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6061TYPE: UrlHelperTimeout
6062LOC: Config.onUrlRewriteTimeout
32fd6d8a
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6063DEFAULT: none
6064DEFAULT_DOC: Squid waits for the helper response forever
6065DOC_START
6066 Squid times active requests to redirector. The timeout value and Squid
6067 reaction to a timed out request are configurable using the following
6068 format:
6069
ced8def3 6070 url_rewrite_timeout timeout time-units on_timeout=<action> [response=<quoted-response>]
32fd6d8a
CT
6071
6072 supported timeout actions:
ced8def3 6073 fail Squid return a ERR_GATEWAY_FAILURE error page
32fd6d8a 6074
ced8def3 6075 bypass Do not re-write the URL
32fd6d8a 6076
ced8def3 6077 retry Send the lookup to the helper again
32fd6d8a 6078
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AJ
6079 use_configured_response
6080 Use the <quoted-response> as helper response
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CT
6081DOC_END
6082
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6083COMMENT_START
6084 OPTIONS FOR STORE ID
6085 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6086COMMENT_END
6087
6088NAME: store_id_program storeurl_rewrite_program
6089TYPE: wordlist
6090LOC: Config.Program.store_id
6091DEFAULT: none
6092DOC_START
6093 Specify the location of the executable StoreID helper to use.
6094 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
6095
6096 For each requested URL, the helper will receive one line with the format
6097
b11724bb 6098 [channel-ID <SP>] URL [<SP> extras]<NL>
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EC
6099
6100
6101 After processing the request the helper must reply using the following format:
6102
6103 [channel-ID <SP>] result [<SP> kv-pairs]
6104
6105 The result code can be:
6106
6107 OK store-id="..."
6108 Use the StoreID supplied in 'store-id='.
6109
6110 ERR
6111 The default is to use HTTP request URL as the store ID.
6112
6113 BH
61beade2 6114 An internal error occurred in the helper, preventing
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EC
6115 a result being identified.
6116
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6117 In addition to the above kv-pairs Squid also understands the following
6118 optional kv-pairs received from URL rewriters:
6119 clt_conn_tag=TAG
6120 Associates a TAG with the client TCP connection.
6121 Please see url_rewrite_program related documentation for this
6122 kv-pair
a8a0b1c2 6123
b11724bb
CT
6124 Helper programs should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore
6125 additional whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
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EC
6126
6127 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
6128 introducing a query channel tag in front of the request/response.
6129 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
6130 This value must be echoed back unchanged to Squid as the first part
6131 of the response relating to its request.
6132
6133 NOTE: when using StoreID refresh_pattern will apply to the StoreID
6134 returned from the helper and not the URL.
6135
6136 WARNING: Wrong StoreID value returned by a careless helper may result
6137 in the wrong cached response returned to the user.
6138
6139 By default, a StoreID helper is not used.
6140DOC_END
6141
fe7966ec 6142NAME: store_id_extras
b11724bb
CT
6143TYPE: TokenOrQuotedString
6144LOC: Config.storeId_extras
6145DEFAULT: "%>a/%>A %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp"
6146DOC_START
6147 Specifies a string to be append to request line format for the
6148 StoreId helper. "Quoted" format values may contain spaces and
6149 logformat %macros. In theory, any logformat %macro can be used.
6150 In practice, a %macro expands as a dash (-) if the helper request is
6151 sent before the required macro information is available to Squid.
6152DOC_END
6153
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6154NAME: store_id_children storeurl_rewrite_children
6155TYPE: HelperChildConfig
6156DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
6157LOC: Config.storeIdChildren
6158DOC_START
79933cd6
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6159 Specifies the maximum number of StoreID helper processes that Squid
6160 may spawn (numberofchildren) and several related options. Using
6161 too few of these helper processes (a.k.a. "helpers") creates request
6162 queues. Using too many helpers wastes your system resources.
6163
6164 Usage: numberofchildren [option]...
9603207d 6165
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EC
6166 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
6167 tuning.
9603207d 6168
a8a0b1c2 6169 startup=
9603207d 6170
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EC
6171 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
6172 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
6173 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
9603207d 6174
a8a0b1c2
EC
6175 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
6176 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
9603207d 6177
a8a0b1c2 6178 idle=
9603207d 6179
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EC
6180 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
6181 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
6182 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
6183 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
6184
6185 concurrency=
6186
6187 The number of requests each storeID helper can handle in
6188 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the helper
6189 is a old-style single threaded program.
6190
6191 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
6192 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
6193 an ID in front of the request/response. The ID from the request
6194 must be echoed back with the response to that request.
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6195
6196 queue-size=N
6197
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6198 Sets the maximum number of queued requests to N. A request is queued
6199 when no existing child can accept it due to concurrency limit and no
6200 new child can be started due to numberofchildren limit. The default
6201 maximum is 2*numberofchildren. If the queued requests exceed queue
6202 size and redirector_bypass configuration option is set, then
6203 redirector is bypassed. Otherwise, Squid is allowed to temporarily
6204 exceed the configured maximum, marking the affected helper as
6205 "overloaded". If the helper overload lasts more than 3 minutes, the
6206 action prescribed by the on-persistent-overload option applies.
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6207
6208 on-persistent-overload=action
6209
6210 Specifies Squid reaction to a new helper request arriving when the helper
6211 has been overloaded for more that 3 minutes already. The number of queued
6212 requests determines whether the helper is overloaded (see the queue-size
6213 option).
6214
6215 Two actions are supported:
6216
6217 die Squid worker quits. This is the default behavior.
6218
6219 ERR Squid treats the helper request as if it was
6220 immediately submitted, and the helper immediately
6221 replied with an ERR response. This action has no effect
6222 on the already queued and in-progress helper requests.
a8a0b1c2
EC
6223DOC_END
6224
6225NAME: store_id_access storeurl_rewrite_access
6226TYPE: acl_access
6227DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6228DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
a8a0b1c2
EC
6229LOC: Config.accessList.store_id
6230DOC_START
6231 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
6232 sent to the StoreID processes. By default all requests
6233 are sent.
6234
6235 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6236 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6237DOC_END
6238
6239NAME: store_id_bypass storeurl_rewrite_bypass
6240TYPE: onoff
6241LOC: Config.onoff.store_id_bypass
6242DEFAULT: on
6243DOC_START
6244 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
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EB
6245 helper if all helpers are busy. If this is 'off' and the helper
6246 queue grows too large, the action is prescribed by the
6247 on-persistent-overload option. You should only enable this if the
6248 helpers are not critical to your caching system. If you use
9603207d 6249 helpers for critical caching components, and you enable this
a8a0b1c2 6250 option, users may not get objects from cache.
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6251 This options sets default queue-size option of the store_id_children
6252 to 0.
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EC
6253DOC_END
6254
41bd17a4 6255COMMENT_START
6256 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
6257 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6258COMMENT_END
6259
f04b37d8 6260NAME: cache no_cache
6261TYPE: acl_access
6262DEFAULT: none
70706149 6263DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
f04b37d8 6264LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 6265DOC_START
70706149
AR
6266 Requests denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
6267 and their responses will not be stored in the cache. This directive
6268 has no effect on other transactions and on already cached responses.
f04b37d8 6269
b3567eb5
FC
6270 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
6271 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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6272
6273 This and the two other similar caching directives listed below are
6274 checked at different transaction processing stages, have different
6275 access to response information, affect different cache operations,
6276 and differ in slow ACLs support:
6277
6278 * cache: Checked before Squid makes a hit/miss determination.
6279 No access to reply information!
6280 Denies both serving a hit and storing a miss.
6281 Supports both fast and slow ACLs.
6282 * send_hit: Checked after a hit was detected.
6283 Has access to reply (hit) information.
6284 Denies serving a hit only.
6285 Supports fast ACLs only.
6286 * store_miss: Checked before storing a cachable miss.
6287 Has access to reply (miss) information.
6288 Denies storing a miss only.
6289 Supports fast ACLs only.
6290
6291 If you are not sure which of the three directives to use, apply the
6292 following decision logic:
6293
6294 * If your ACL(s) are of slow type _and_ need response info, redesign.
6295 Squid does not support that particular combination at this time.
6296 Otherwise:
6297 * If your directive ACL(s) are of slow type, use "cache"; and/or
6298 * if your directive ACL(s) need no response info, use "cache".
6299 Otherwise:
6300 * If you do not want the response cached, use store_miss; and/or
6301 * if you do not want a hit on a cached response, use send_hit.
6302DOC_END
6303
6304NAME: send_hit
6305TYPE: acl_access
6306DEFAULT: none
6307DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
6308LOC: Config.accessList.sendHit
6309DOC_START
6310 Responses denied by this directive will not be served from the cache
6311 (but may still be cached, see store_miss). This directive has no
6312 effect on the responses it allows and on the cached objects.
6313
6314 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
6315 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives.
6316
6317 Unlike the "cache" directive, send_hit only supports fast acl
6318 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6319
6320 For example:
6321
6322 # apply custom Store ID mapping to some URLs
6323 acl MapMe dstdomain .c.example.com
6324 store_id_program ...
6325 store_id_access allow MapMe
6326
6327 # but prevent caching of special responses
6328 # such as 302 redirects that cause StoreID loops
6329 acl Ordinary http_status 200-299
6330 store_miss deny MapMe !Ordinary
6331
6332 # and do not serve any previously stored special responses
6333 # from the cache (in case they were already cached before
6334 # the above store_miss rule was in effect).
6335 send_hit deny MapMe !Ordinary
6336DOC_END
6337
6338NAME: store_miss
6339TYPE: acl_access
6340DEFAULT: none
6341DEFAULT_DOC: By default, this directive is unused and has no effect.
6342LOC: Config.accessList.storeMiss
6343DOC_START
6344 Responses denied by this directive will not be cached (but may still
6345 be served from the cache, see send_hit). This directive has no
6346 effect on the responses it allows and on the already cached responses.
6347
6348 Please see the "cache" directive for a summary of differences among
6349 store_miss, send_hit, and cache directives. See the
6350 send_hit directive for a usage example.
6351
6352 Unlike the "cache" directive, store_miss only supports fast acl
6353 types. See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 6354DOC_END
6355
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6356NAME: max_stale
6357COMMENT: time-units
6358TYPE: time_t
6359LOC: Config.maxStale
6360DEFAULT: 1 week
6361DOC_START
6362 This option puts an upper limit on how stale content Squid
6363 will serve from the cache if cache validation fails.
2f8abb64 6364 Can be overridden by the refresh_pattern max-stale option.
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6365DOC_END
6366
41bd17a4 6367NAME: refresh_pattern
6368TYPE: refreshpattern
6369LOC: Config.Refresh
6370DEFAULT: none
6371DOC_START
6372 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 6373
6b698a21 6374 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
6375 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 6376
41bd17a4 6377 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
6378 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
6379 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
6380 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
6381 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 6382
41bd17a4 6383 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
6384 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
6385 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 6386
41bd17a4 6387 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
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6388 expiry time will be considered fresh. The value is also used
6389 to form Cache-Control: max-age header for a request sent from
6390 Squid to origin/parent.
9e7dbc51 6391
41bd17a4 6392 options: override-expire
6393 override-lastmod
6394 reload-into-ims
6395 ignore-reload
41bd17a4 6396 ignore-no-store
6397 ignore-private
570d3f75 6398 max-stale=NN
41bd17a4 6399 refresh-ims
3d8b6ba4 6400 store-stale
a0ec9f68 6401
41bd17a4 6402 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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6403 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
6404 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
6405 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
6406 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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6408 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
6409 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
6410 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
6411 the object fresh for that period of time.
6412
41bd17a4 6413 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
6414 that were modified recently.
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6416 reload-into-ims changes a client no-cache or ``reload''
6417 request for a cached entry into a conditional request using
6418 If-Modified-Since and/or If-None-Match headers, provided the
6419 cached entry has a Last-Modified and/or a strong ETag header.
6420 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
6421 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 6422
41bd17a4 6423 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
6424 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
6425 this feature could make you liable for problems which
6426 it causes.
9bc73deb 6427
41bd17a4 6428 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
6429 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
6430 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
6431 liable for problems which it causes.
6432
6433 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
6434 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
6435 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
6436 liable for problems which it causes.
6437
41bd17a4 6438 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
6439 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
6440 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
6441 if one is available.
6442
9603207d 6443 store-stale stores responses even if they don't have explicit
6444 freshness or a validator (i.e., Last-Modified or an ETag)
6445 present, or if they're already stale. By default, Squid will
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6446 not cache such responses because they usually can't be
6447 reused. Note that such responses will be stale by default.
6448
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6449 max-stale=NN provide a maximum staleness factor. Squid won't
6450 serve objects more stale than this even if it failed to
6451 validate the object. Default: use the max_stale global limit.
6452
41bd17a4 6453 Basically a cached object is:
6454
fb41bbb2 6455 FRESH if expire > now, else STALE
41bd17a4 6456 STALE if age > max
6457 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
6458 FRESH if age < min
6459 else STALE
6460
6461 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
6462 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
6463 match the default will be used.
6464
6465 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
6466 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
6467 used.
6468
47f0eaea 6469CONFIG_START
e0855596 6470
638402dd 6471#
e0855596 6472# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
638402dd 6473#
41bd17a4 6474refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
6475refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 6476refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 6477refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
47f0eaea 6478CONFIG_END
41bd17a4 6479DOC_END
6480
6481NAME: quick_abort_min
6482COMMENT: (KB)
6483TYPE: kb_int64_t
6484DEFAULT: 16 KB
6485LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
6486DOC_NONE
6487
6488NAME: quick_abort_max
6489COMMENT: (KB)
6490TYPE: kb_int64_t
6491DEFAULT: 16 KB
6492LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
6493DOC_NONE
6494
6495NAME: quick_abort_pct
6496COMMENT: (percent)
6497TYPE: int
6498DEFAULT: 95
6499LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
6500DOC_START
6501 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
6502 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
6503 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
6504 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
6505 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
6506 downloads.
6507
6508 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
2d4eefd9 6509 quick_abort values to the amount of data transferred until
41bd17a4 6510 then.
6511
6512 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
6513 it will finish the retrieval.
6514
6515 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
6516 it will abort the retrieval.
6517
6518 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
6519 it will finish the retrieval.
6520
6521 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
6522 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
6523 to '0 KB'.
6524
6525 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
6526 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
6527DOC_END
60d096f4 6528
41bd17a4 6529NAME: read_ahead_gap
6530COMMENT: buffer-size
6531TYPE: b_int64_t
6532LOC: Config.readAheadGap
6533DEFAULT: 16 KB
6534DOC_START
6535 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
6536 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
6537DOC_END
53e738c6 6538
41bd17a4 6539NAME: negative_ttl
626096be 6540IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 6541COMMENT: time-units
6542TYPE: time_t
6543LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 6544DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 6545DOC_START
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6546 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
6547 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
6548 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
6549 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
6550 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
6551 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
6552
6553 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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6554
6555 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
6556 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
6557 causes.
41bd17a4 6558DOC_END
53e738c6 6559
41bd17a4 6560NAME: positive_dns_ttl
6561COMMENT: time-units
6562TYPE: time_t
6563LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
6564DEFAULT: 6 hours
6565DOC_START
6566 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
6567 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
6568 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
6569DOC_END
c4ab8329 6570
41bd17a4 6571NAME: negative_dns_ttl
6572COMMENT: time-units
6573TYPE: time_t
6574LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
6575DEFAULT: 1 minutes
6576DOC_START
6577 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
6578 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
6579 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
6580 much below 10 seconds.
6581DOC_END
7df0bfd7 6582
41bd17a4 6583NAME: range_offset_limit
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6584COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
6585TYPE: acl_b_size_t
41bd17a4 6586LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
11e3fa1c 6587DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 6588DOC_START
11e3fa1c 6589 usage: (size) [units] [[!]aclname]
9603207d 6590
6591 Sets an upper limit on how far (number of bytes) into the file
6592 a Range request may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file.
6593 If beyond this limit, Squid forwards the Range request as it is and
11e3fa1c 6594 the result is NOT cached.
9603207d 6595
41bd17a4 6596 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
6597 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
6598 sending anything to the client.
9603207d 6599
6600 Multiple range_offset_limit lines may be specified, and they will
6601 be searched from top to bottom on each request until a match is found.
6602 The first match found will be used. If no line matches a request, the
11e3fa1c 6603 default limit of 0 bytes will be used.
9603207d 6604
11e3fa1c 6605 'size' is the limit specified as a number of units.
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6607 'units' specifies whether to use bytes, KB, MB, etc.
6608 If no units are specified bytes are assumed.
9603207d 6609
11e3fa1c 6610 A size of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
ab275c7b 6611 client requested. (default)
9603207d 6612
11e3fa1c 6613 A size of 'none' causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
41bd17a4 6614 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
9603207d 6615
11e3fa1c 6616 'aclname' is the name of a defined ACL.
9603207d 6617
6618 NP: Using 'none' as the byte value here will override any quick_abort settings
11e3fa1c 6619 that may otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
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6620 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
6621 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 6622DOC_END
d95b862f 6623
41bd17a4 6624NAME: minimum_expiry_time
6625COMMENT: (seconds)
6626TYPE: time_t
6627LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
6628DEFAULT: 60 seconds
6629DOC_START
6630 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
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6631 headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated.
6632 The default is 60 seconds.
6633
6634 In reverse proxy environments it might be desirable to honor
6635 shorter object lifetimes. It is most likely better to make
6636 your server return a meaningful Last-Modified header however.
6637
6638 In ESI environments where page fragments often have short
6639 lifetimes, this will often be best set to 0.
41bd17a4 6640DOC_END
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41bd17a4 6642NAME: store_avg_object_size
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6643COMMENT: (bytes)
6644TYPE: b_int64_t
41bd17a4 6645DEFAULT: 13 KB
6646LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
6647DOC_START
6648 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
6649 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
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6650
6651 This is used to pre-seed the cache index memory allocation to
6652 reduce expensive reallocate operations while handling clients
6653 traffic. Too-large values may result in memory allocation during
6654 peak traffic, too-small values will result in wasted memory.
6655
6656 Check the cache manager 'info' report metrics for the real
6657 object sizes seen by your Squid before tuning this.
cccac0a2 6658DOC_END
6659
41bd17a4 6660NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
6661TYPE: int
6662DEFAULT: 20
6663LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
6664DOC_START
6665 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
6666 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
6667 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
6668DOC_END
6669
6670COMMENT_START
6671 HTTP OPTIONS
6672 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6673COMMENT_END
6674
f04b37d8 6675NAME: request_header_max_size
6676COMMENT: (KB)
6677TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 6678DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 6679LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
6680DOC_START
6681 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
6682 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
6683 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
6684 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
6685 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
6686DOC_END
6687
6688NAME: reply_header_max_size
6689COMMENT: (KB)
6690TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 6691DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 6692LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
6693DOC_START
6694 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
6695 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
6696 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
6697 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
6698 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
6699DOC_END
6700
6701NAME: request_body_max_size
6702COMMENT: (bytes)
6703TYPE: b_int64_t
6704DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 6705DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
f04b37d8 6706LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
6707DOC_START
6708 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
6709 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
6710 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
6711 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
6712 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
6713 be no limit imposed.
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6715 See also client_request_buffer_max_size for an alternative
6716 limitation on client uploads which can be configured.
f04b37d8 6717DOC_END
6718
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6719NAME: client_request_buffer_max_size
6720COMMENT: (bytes)
6721TYPE: b_size_t
6722DEFAULT: 512 KB
6723LOC: Config.maxRequestBufferSize
6724DOC_START
6725 This specifies the maximum buffer size of a client request.
6726 It prevents squid eating too much memory when somebody uploads
6727 a large file.
6728DOC_END
6729
41bd17a4 6730NAME: broken_posts
626096be 6731IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 6732TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 6733DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6734DEFAULT_DOC: Obey RFC 2616.
41bd17a4 6735LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 6736DOC_START
41bd17a4 6737 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
6738 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 6739
41bd17a4 6740 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
6741 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 6742
41bd17a4 6743 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 6744
41bd17a4 6745 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
6746 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
6747 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
6748 a request with an extra CRLF.
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6750 This clause only supports fast acl types.
6751 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
6752
41bd17a4 6753Example:
6754 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
6755 broken_posts allow buggy_server
6756DOC_END
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22fff3bf 6758NAME: adaptation_uses_indirect_client icap_uses_indirect_client
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6759COMMENT: on|off
6760TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 6761IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&USE_ADAPTATION
57d76dd4 6762DEFAULT: on
22fff3bf 6763LOC: Adaptation::Config::use_indirect_client
57d76dd4 6764DOC_START
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6765 Controls whether the indirect client IP address (instead of the direct
6766 client IP address) is passed to adaptation services.
6767
6768 See also: follow_x_forwarded_for adaptation_send_client_ip
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6769DOC_END
6770
41bd17a4 6771NAME: via
626096be 6772IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 6773COMMENT: on|off
6774TYPE: onoff
6775DEFAULT: on
6776LOC: Config.onoff.via
6777DOC_START
6778 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
6779 replies as required by RFC2616.
6780DOC_END
4cc6eb12 6781
41bd17a4 6782NAME: vary_ignore_expire
6783COMMENT: on|off
6784TYPE: onoff
6785LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
6786DEFAULT: off
6787DOC_START
6788 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
6789 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
6790 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
6791 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
6792 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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6793
6794 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
6795 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 6796DOC_END
c4ab8329 6797
41bd17a4 6798NAME: request_header_access
626096be 6799IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 6800TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 6801LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 6802DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6803DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 6804DOC_START
41bd17a4 6805 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 6806
41bd17a4 6807 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
6808 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
6809 causes.
0976f8db 6810
41bd17a4 6811 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
6812 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
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6813 more configurable. A list of ACLs for each header name allows
6814 removal of specific header fields under specific conditions.
6815
6816 This option only applies to outgoing HTTP request headers (i.e.,
6817 headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a cache peer
6818 or an origin server). The option has no effect during cache hit
6819 detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point in ICAP
6820 terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
6821
6822 The option is applied to individual outgoing request header
6823 fields. For each request header field F, Squid uses the first
6824 qualifying sets of request_header_access rules:
6825
6826 1. Rules with header_name equal to F's name.
6827 2. Rules with header_name 'Other', provided F's name is not
6828 on the hard-coded list of commonly used HTTP header names.
6829 3. Rules with header_name 'All'.
6830
6831 Within that qualifying rule set, rule ACLs are checked as usual.
6832 If ACLs of an "allow" rule match, the header field is allowed to
6833 go through as is. If ACLs of a "deny" rule match, the header is
6834 removed and request_header_replace is then checked to identify
6835 if the removed header has a replacement. If no rules within the
6836 set have matching ACLs, the header field is left as is.
5401aa8d 6837
41bd17a4 6838 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
6839 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 6840
41bd17a4 6841 request_header_access From deny all
6842 request_header_access Referer deny all
41bd17a4 6843 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
5401aa8d 6844
41bd17a4 6845 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
6846 you should use:
5401aa8d 6847
41bd17a4 6848 request_header_access Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 6849 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
41bd17a4 6850 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
41bd17a4 6851 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
6852 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
6853 request_header_access Date allow all
41bd17a4 6854 request_header_access Host allow all
6855 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
41bd17a4 6856 request_header_access Pragma allow all
6857 request_header_access Accept allow all
6858 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
6859 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
6860 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
41bd17a4 6861 request_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 6862 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 6863
638402dd 6864 HTTP reply headers are controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 6865
638402dd 6866 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is performed).
5401aa8d 6867DOC_END
6868
41bd17a4 6869NAME: reply_header_access
626096be 6870IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 6871TYPE: http_header_access
41bd17a4 6872LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 6873DEFAULT: none
638402dd 6874DEFAULT_DOC: No limits.
cccac0a2 6875DOC_START
41bd17a4 6876 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 6877
41bd17a4 6878 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
6879 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
6880 causes.
934b03fc 6881
41bd17a4 6882 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
6883 server to the client.
934b03fc 6884
41bd17a4 6885 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
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6886 direction. Please see request_header_access for detailed
6887 documentation.
cccac0a2 6888
41bd17a4 6889 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
6890 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 6891
41bd17a4 6892 reply_header_access Server deny all
41bd17a4 6893 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
6894 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 6895
41bd17a4 6896 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
6897 you should use:
cccac0a2 6898
41bd17a4 6899 reply_header_access Allow allow all
41bd17a4 6900 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
41bd17a4 6901 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
6902 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
6903 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
6904 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
6905 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
6906 reply_header_access Date allow all
6907 reply_header_access Expires allow all
41bd17a4 6908 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
6909 reply_header_access Location allow all
6910 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
41bd17a4 6911 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
41bd17a4 6912 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
6913 reply_header_access Title allow all
638402dd 6914 reply_header_access Content-Disposition allow all
41bd17a4 6915 reply_header_access Connection allow all
41bd17a4 6916 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 6917
638402dd 6918 HTTP request headers are controlled with the request_header_access directive.
cccac0a2 6919
41bd17a4 6920 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
6921 performed).
cccac0a2 6922DOC_END
6923
75e4f2ea 6924NAME: request_header_replace header_replace
626096be 6925IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 6926TYPE: http_header_replace
41bd17a4 6927LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 6928DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 6929DOC_START
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6930 Usage: request_header_replace header_name message
6931 Example: request_header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 6932
41bd17a4 6933 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
75e4f2ea 6934 denied with request_header_access above, by replacing them
638402dd 6935 with some fixed string.
cccac0a2 6936
41bd17a4 6937 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 6938
41bd17a4 6939 By default, headers are removed if denied.
6940DOC_END
cccac0a2 6941
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6942NAME: reply_header_replace
6943IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3b07476b 6944TYPE: http_header_replace
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6945LOC: Config.reply_header_access
6946DEFAULT: none
6947DOC_START
6948 Usage: reply_header_replace header_name message
6949 Example: reply_header_replace Server Foo/1.0
6950
6951 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
6952 denied with reply_header_access above, by replacing them
6953 with some fixed string.
6954
6955 This only applies to reply headers, not request headers.
6956
6957 By default, headers are removed if denied.
6958DOC_END
6959
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6960NAME: request_header_add
6961TYPE: HeaderWithAclList
6962LOC: Config.request_header_add
6963DEFAULT: none
6964DOC_START
cde8f31b 6965 Usage: request_header_add field-name field-value [ acl ... ]
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6966 Example: request_header_add X-Client-CA "CA=%ssl::>cert_issuer" all
6967
6968 This option adds header fields to outgoing HTTP requests (i.e.,
6969 request headers sent by Squid to the next HTTP hop such as a
6970 cache peer or an origin server). The option has no effect during
6971 cache hit detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point
6972 in ICAP terminology is post-cache REQMOD.
6973
6974 Field-name is a token specifying an HTTP header name. If a
6975 standard HTTP header name is used, Squid does not check whether
6976 the new header conflicts with any existing headers or violates
6977 HTTP rules. If the request to be modified already contains a
6978 field with the same name, the old field is preserved but the
6979 header field values are not merged.
6980
6981 Field-value is either a token or a quoted string. If quoted
6982 string format is used, then the surrounding quotes are removed
6983 while escape sequences and %macros are processed.
6984
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6985 One or more Squid ACLs may be specified to restrict header
6986 injection to matching requests. As always in squid.conf, all
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6987 ACLs in the ACL list must be satisfied for the insertion to
6988 happen. The request_header_add supports fast ACLs only.
6989
6990 See also: reply_header_add.
6991DOC_END
6992
6993NAME: reply_header_add
6994TYPE: HeaderWithAclList
6995LOC: Config.reply_header_add
6996DEFAULT: none
6997DOC_START
6998 Usage: reply_header_add field-name field-value [ acl ... ]
6999 Example: reply_header_add X-Client-CA "CA=%ssl::>cert_issuer" all
7000
7001 This option adds header fields to outgoing HTTP responses (i.e., response
7002 headers delivered by Squid to the client). This option has no effect on
7003 cache hit detection. The equivalent adaptation vectoring point in
7004 ICAP terminology is post-cache RESPMOD. This option does not apply to
7005 successful CONNECT replies.
7006
7007 Field-name is a token specifying an HTTP header name. If a
7008 standard HTTP header name is used, Squid does not check whether
7009 the new header conflicts with any existing headers or violates
7010 HTTP rules. If the response to be modified already contains a
7011 field with the same name, the old field is preserved but the
7012 header field values are not merged.
7013
7014 Field-value is either a token or a quoted string. If quoted
7015 string format is used, then the surrounding quotes are removed
7016 while escape sequences and %macros are processed.
7017
7018 One or more Squid ACLs may be specified to restrict header
7019 injection to matching responses. As always in squid.conf, all
7020 ACLs in the ACL list must be satisfied for the insertion to
7021 happen. The reply_header_add option supports fast ACLs only.
7022
7023 See also: request_header_add.
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7024DOC_END
7025
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7026NAME: note
7027TYPE: note
7028LOC: Config.notes
7029DEFAULT: none
7030DOC_START
7031 This option used to log custom information about the master
7032 transaction. For example, an admin may configure Squid to log
7033 which "user group" the transaction belongs to, where "user group"
7034 will be determined based on a set of ACLs and not [just]
7035 authentication information.
7036 Values of key/value pairs can be logged using %{key}note macros:
7037
7038 note key value acl ...
7039 logformat myFormat ... %{key}note ...
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7040
7041 This clause only supports fast acl types.
7042 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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7043DOC_END
7044
41bd17a4 7045NAME: relaxed_header_parser
7046COMMENT: on|off|warn
7047TYPE: tristate
7048LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
7049DEFAULT: on
7050DOC_START
7051 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
7052 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
7053 what the sending application intended even if the message
7054 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
7055 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 7056
41bd17a4 7057 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
7058 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 7059
41bd17a4 7060 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
7061 or response to be rejected.
7062DOC_END
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7064NAME: collapsed_forwarding
7065COMMENT: (on|off)
7066TYPE: onoff
7067LOC: Config.onoff.collapsed_forwarding
7068DEFAULT: off
7069DOC_START
7070 This option controls whether Squid is allowed to merge multiple
7071 potentially cachable requests for the same URI before Squid knows
7072 whether the response is going to be cachable.
7073
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7074 When enabled, instead of forwarding each concurrent request for
7075 the same URL, Squid just sends the first of them. The other, so
7076 called "collapsed" requests, wait for the response to the first
7077 request and, if it happens to be cachable, use that response.
7078 Here, "concurrent requests" means "received after the first
7079 request headers were parsed and before the corresponding response
7080 headers were parsed".
7081
7082 This feature is disabled by default: enabling collapsed
7083 forwarding needlessly delays forwarding requests that look
7084 cachable (when they are collapsed) but then need to be forwarded
7085 individually anyway because they end up being for uncachable
7086 content. However, in some cases, such as acceleration of highly
7087 cachable content with periodic or grouped expiration times, the
7088 gains from collapsing [large volumes of simultaneous refresh
7089 requests] outweigh losses from such delays.
7090
7091 Squid collapses two kinds of requests: regular client requests
7092 received on one of the listening ports and internal "cache
7093 revalidation" requests which are triggered by those regular
7094 requests hitting a stale cached object. Revalidation collapsing
7095 is currently disabled for Squid instances containing SMP-aware
7096 disk or memory caches and for Vary-controlled cached objects.
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7097DOC_END
7098
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7099NAME: collapsed_forwarding_access
7100TYPE: acl_access
7101DEFAULT: none
7102DEFAULT_DOC: Requests may be collapsed if collapsed_forwarding is on.
7103LOC: Config.accessList.collapsedForwardingAccess
7104DOC_START
7105 Use this directive to restrict collapsed forwarding to a subset of
7106 eligible requests. The directive is checked for regular HTTP
7107 requests, internal revalidation requests, and HTCP/ICP requests.
7108
7109 collapsed_forwarding_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
7110
7111 This directive cannot force collapsing. It has no effect on
7112 collapsing unless collapsed_forwarding is 'on', and all other
7113 collapsing preconditions are satisfied.
7114
7115 * A denied request will not collapse, and future transactions will
7116 not collapse on it (even if they are allowed to collapse).
7117
7118 * An allowed request may collapse, or future transactions may
7119 collapse on it (provided they are allowed to collapse).
7120
7121 This directive is evaluated before receiving HTTP response headers
7122 and without access to Squid-to-peer connection (if any).
7123
7124 Only fast ACLs are supported.
7125
7126 See also: collapsed_forwarding.
7127DOC_END
7128
daed75a9 7129NAME: shared_transient_entries_limit collapsed_forwarding_shared_entries_limit
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7130COMMENT: (number of entries)
7131TYPE: int64_t
daed75a9 7132LOC: Config.shared_transient_entries_limit
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7133DEFAULT: 16384
7134DOC_START
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7135 This directive limits the size of a table used for sharing current
7136 transaction information among SMP workers. A table entry stores meta
7137 information about a single cache entry being delivered to Squid
7138 client(s) by one or more SMP workers. A single table entry consumes
7139 less than 128 shared memory bytes.
8f7dbf74 7140
daed75a9
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7141 The limit should be significantly larger than the number of
7142 concurrent non-collapsed cachable responses leaving Squid. For a
7143 cache that handles less than 5000 concurrent requests, the default
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7144 setting of 16384 should be plenty.
7145
daed75a9
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7146 Using excessively large values wastes shared memory. Limiting the
7147 table size too much results in hash collisions, leading to lower hit
7148 ratio and missed SMP request collapsing opportunities: Transactions
7149 left without a table entry cannot cache their responses and are
7150 invisible to other concurrent requests for the same resource.
7151
7152 A zero limit is allowed but unsupported. A positive small limit
7153 lowers hit ratio, but zero limit disables a lot of essential
7154 synchronization among SMP workers, leading to HTTP violations (e.g.,
7155 stale hit responses). It also disables shared collapsed forwarding:
7156 A worker becomes unable to collapse its requests on transactions in
7157 other workers, resulting in more trips to the origin server and more
7158 cache thrashing.
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7159DOC_END
7160
41bd17a4 7161COMMENT_START
7162 TIMEOUTS
7163 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7164COMMENT_END
7165
7166NAME: forward_timeout
7167COMMENT: time-units
7168TYPE: time_t
7169LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
7170DEFAULT: 4 minutes
7171DOC_START
7172 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
7173 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 7174DOC_END
7175
41bd17a4 7176NAME: connect_timeout
7177COMMENT: time-units
7178TYPE: time_t
7179LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
7180DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 7181DOC_START
41bd17a4 7182 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
7183 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
7184 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 7185DOC_END
7186
41bd17a4 7187NAME: peer_connect_timeout
7188COMMENT: time-units
7189TYPE: time_t
7190LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
7191DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 7192DOC_START
41bd17a4 7193 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
7194 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
7195 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
7196 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
7197DOC_END
7f7db318 7198
41bd17a4 7199NAME: read_timeout
7200COMMENT: time-units
7201TYPE: time_t
7202LOC: Config.Timeout.read
7203DEFAULT: 15 minutes
7204DOC_START
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7205 Applied on peer server connections.
7206
7207 After each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
41bd17a4 7208 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
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7209 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT.
7210
7211 The default is 15 minutes.
41bd17a4 7212DOC_END
cccac0a2 7213
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7214NAME: write_timeout
7215COMMENT: time-units
7216TYPE: time_t
7217LOC: Config.Timeout.write
7218DEFAULT: 15 minutes
7219DOC_START
7220 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
7221 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
7222 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
7223 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
7224 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
7225 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
7226 default is 15 minutes.
7227DOC_END
7228
41bd17a4 7229NAME: request_timeout
7230TYPE: time_t
7231LOC: Config.Timeout.request
7232DEFAULT: 5 minutes
7233DOC_START
6b2a2108 7234 How long to wait for complete HTTP request headers after initial
41bd17a4 7235 connection establishment.
7236DOC_END
cccac0a2 7237
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7238NAME: request_start_timeout
7239TYPE: time_t
7240LOC: Config.Timeout.request_start_timeout
7241DEFAULT: 5 minutes
7242DOC_START
7243 How long to wait for the first request byte after initial
7244 connection establishment.
7245DOC_END
7246
97b32442 7247NAME: client_idle_pconn_timeout persistent_request_timeout
41bd17a4 7248TYPE: time_t
97b32442 7249LOC: Config.Timeout.clientIdlePconn
41bd17a4 7250DEFAULT: 2 minutes
7251DOC_START
7252 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
97b32442 7253 client connection after the previous request completes.
41bd17a4 7254DOC_END
cccac0a2 7255
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7256NAME: ftp_client_idle_timeout
7257TYPE: time_t
7258LOC: Config.Timeout.ftpClientIdle
7259DEFAULT: 30 minutes
7260DOC_START
7261 How long to wait for an FTP request on a connection to Squid ftp_port.
7262 Many FTP clients do not deal with idle connection closures well,
7263 necessitating a longer default timeout than client_idle_pconn_timeout
7264 used for incoming HTTP requests.
7265DOC_END
7266
41bd17a4 7267NAME: client_lifetime
7268COMMENT: time-units
7269TYPE: time_t
7270LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
7271DEFAULT: 1 day
7272DOC_START
7273 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
7274 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
7275 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
7276 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
7277 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
7278 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
7279 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 7280
41bd17a4 7281 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
7282 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
7283 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
7284 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
7285 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
7286 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 7287DOC_END
7288
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7289NAME: pconn_lifetime
7290COMMENT: time-units
7291TYPE: time_t
7292LOC: Config.Timeout.pconnLifetime
7293DEFAULT: 0 seconds
7294DOC_START
7295 Desired maximum lifetime of a persistent connection.
7296 When set, Squid will close a now-idle persistent connection that
7297 exceeded configured lifetime instead of moving the connection into
7298 the idle connection pool (or equivalent). No effect on ongoing/active
7299 transactions. Connection lifetime is the time period from the
7300 connection acceptance or opening time until "now".
9603207d 7301
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7302 This limit is useful in environments with long-lived connections
7303 where Squid configuration or environmental factors change during a
7304 single connection lifetime. If unrestricted, some connections may
7305 last for hours and even days, ignoring those changes that should
7306 have affected their behavior or their existence.
9603207d 7307
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7308 Currently, a new lifetime value supplied via Squid reconfiguration
7309 has no effect on already idle connections unless they become busy.
9603207d 7310
c5c06f02
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7311 When set to '0' this limit is not used.
7312DOC_END
7313
41bd17a4 7314NAME: half_closed_clients
7315TYPE: onoff
7316LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 7317DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 7318DOC_START
41bd17a4 7319 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
7320 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
7321 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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7322 fully-closed TCP connection.
7323
7324 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
7325 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
7326
abdf1651 7327 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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7328 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
7329 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
7330 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 7331DOC_END
7332
97b32442 7333NAME: server_idle_pconn_timeout pconn_timeout
41bd17a4 7334TYPE: time_t
97b32442 7335LOC: Config.Timeout.serverIdlePconn
41bd17a4 7336DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 7337DOC_START
41bd17a4 7338 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
7339 proxies.
7340DOC_END
cccac0a2 7341
41bd17a4 7342NAME: ident_timeout
7343TYPE: time_t
7344IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 7345LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 7346DEFAULT: 10 seconds
7347DOC_START
7348 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 7349
41bd17a4 7350 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
7351 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
7352 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 7353DOC_END
7354
41bd17a4 7355NAME: shutdown_lifetime
7356COMMENT: time-units
7357TYPE: time_t
7358LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
7359DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 7360DOC_START
41bd17a4 7361 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
7362 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
7363 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
7364 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
7365 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 7366DOC_END
0976f8db 7367
cccac0a2 7368COMMENT_START
7369 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
7370 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7371COMMENT_END
7372
7373NAME: cache_mgr
7374TYPE: string
7375DEFAULT: webmaster
7376LOC: Config.adminEmail
7377DOC_START
7378 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
638402dd 7379 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster".
cccac0a2 7380DOC_END
7381
abacf776 7382NAME: mail_from
7383TYPE: string
7384DEFAULT: none
7385LOC: Config.EmailFrom
7386DOC_START
7387 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
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7388 The default is to use 'squid@unique_hostname'.
7389
7390 See also: unique_hostname directive.
abacf776 7391DOC_END
7392
d084bf20 7393NAME: mail_program
7394TYPE: eol
7395DEFAULT: mail
7396LOC: Config.EmailProgram
7397DOC_START
7398 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 7399 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 7400 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 7401 mail-program recipient < mailfile
7402
d084bf20 7403 Optional command line options can be specified.
7404DOC_END
7405
cccac0a2 7406NAME: cache_effective_user
7407TYPE: string
5483d916 7408DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 7409LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 7410DOC_START
7411 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
7412 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 7413 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 7414 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 7415DOC_END
7416
cccac0a2 7417NAME: cache_effective_group
7418TYPE: string
7419DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7420DEFAULT_DOC: Use system group memberships of the cache_effective_user account
cccac0a2 7421LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
7422DOC_START
64e288bd 7423 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
7424 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
7425 from the groups membership.
7426
e3d74828 7427 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
7428 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
7429 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 7430 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 7431 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 7432 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 7433 group.
64e288bd 7434
7435 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
7436 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
7437 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 7438DOC_END
7439
d3caee79 7440NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
7441COMMENT: on|off
7442TYPE: onoff
7443DEFAULT: off
7444LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
7445DOC_START
7446 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
7447DOC_END
7448
cccac0a2 7449NAME: visible_hostname
7450TYPE: string
7451LOC: Config.visibleHostname
7452DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7453DEFAULT_DOC: Automatically detect the system host name
cccac0a2 7454DOC_START
7455 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 7456 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 7457 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
7458 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
7459 names with this setting.
7460DOC_END
7461
cccac0a2 7462NAME: unique_hostname
7463TYPE: string
7464LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
7465DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7466DEFAULT_DOC: Copy the value from visible_hostname
cccac0a2 7467DOC_START
7468 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 7469 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
7470 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 7471DOC_END
7472
cccac0a2 7473NAME: hostname_aliases
7474TYPE: wordlist
7475LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
7476DEFAULT: none
7477DOC_START
7f7db318 7478 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 7479DOC_END
0976f8db 7480
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7481NAME: umask
7482TYPE: int
7483LOC: Config.umask
7484DEFAULT: 027
7485DOC_START
7486 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
7487 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
7488
7489 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
7490 your value with 0.
7491DOC_END
7492
cccac0a2 7493COMMENT_START
7494 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
7495 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7496
7497 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
7498 announcement service. This service is provided to help
7499 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
7500 create cache hierarchies.
7501
7502 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
7503 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
7504 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
7505
7506 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
7507 following information from this configuration file:
7508
7509 http_port
7510 icp_port
7511 cache_mgr
7512
7513 All current information is processed regularly and made
7514 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
7515COMMENT_END
7516
7517NAME: announce_period
7518TYPE: time_t
7519LOC: Config.Announce.period
7520DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 7521DEFAULT_DOC: Announcement messages disabled.
cccac0a2 7522DOC_START
638402dd 7523 This is how frequently to send cache announcements.
cccac0a2 7524
e0855596 7525 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 7526
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7527 Example:
7528 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 7529DOC_END
7530
cccac0a2 7531NAME: announce_host
7532TYPE: string
7533DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
7534LOC: Config.Announce.host
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7535DOC_START
7536 Set the hostname where announce registration messages will be sent.
7537
7538 See also announce_port and announce_file
7539DOC_END
cccac0a2 7540
7541NAME: announce_file
7542TYPE: string
7543DEFAULT: none
7544LOC: Config.Announce.file
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7545DOC_START
7546 The contents of this file will be included in the announce
7547 registration messages.
7548DOC_END
cccac0a2 7549
7550NAME: announce_port
ae870270 7551TYPE: u_short
cccac0a2 7552DEFAULT: 3131
7553LOC: Config.Announce.port
7554DOC_START
638402dd 7555 Set the port where announce registration messages will be sent.
cccac0a2 7556
638402dd 7557 See also announce_host and announce_file
cccac0a2 7558DOC_END
7559
8d6275c0 7560COMMENT_START
7561 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
7562 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7563COMMENT_END
7564
cccac0a2 7565NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 7566TYPE: string
b2b40d8c 7567DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7568DEFAULT_DOC: visible_hostname is used if no specific ID is set.
cccac0a2 7569LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
cccac0a2 7570DOC_START
7571 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
7572 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
7573 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
7574 an identification token.
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7575
7576 When the surrogate is a reverse-proxy, this ID is also
7577 used as cdn-id for CDN-Loop detection (RFC 8586).
cccac0a2 7578DOC_END
7579
7580NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 7581COMMENT: on|off
7582TYPE: onoff
7583DEFAULT: off
7584LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
7585DOC_START
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7586 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour the header
7587 "Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote".
7588
cccac0a2 7589 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
7590DOC_END
7591
7592NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 7593IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
799b66d1 7594COMMENT: libxml2|expat
cccac0a2 7595TYPE: string
7596LOC: ESIParser::Type
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7597DEFAULT: auto
7598DEFAULT_DOC: Selects libxml2 if available at ./configure time or libexpat otherwise.
cccac0a2 7599DOC_START
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7600 Selects the XML parsing library to use when interpreting responses with
7601 Edge Side Includes.
7602
7603 To disable ESI handling completely, ./configure Squid with --disable-esi.
cccac0a2 7604DOC_END
0976f8db 7605
9edd9041 7606COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 7607 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 7608 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7609COMMENT_END
7610
7611NAME: delay_pools
7612TYPE: delay_pool_count
7613DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 7614IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 7615LOC: Config.Delay
7616DOC_START
7617 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
7618 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
7619 have a total of 2 delay pools.
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7620
7621 See also delay_parameters, delay_class, delay_access for pool
7622 configuration details.
9edd9041 7623DOC_END
7624
7625NAME: delay_class
7626TYPE: delay_pool_class
7627DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 7628IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 7629LOC: Config.Delay
7630DOC_START
7631 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
7632 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
7633 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
7634 and here would be:
7635
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7636 Example:
7637 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
7638 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
7639 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
7640 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
7641 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 7642
7643 The delay pool classes are:
7644
7645 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
7646 bucket.
7647
7648 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
7649 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 7650 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 7651
7652 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
7653 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
7654 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
7655 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 7656 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 7657
7658 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
7659 additional limit on a per user basis. This
7660 only takes effect if the username is established
7661 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
7662 http_access rules.
7663
7664 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
7665 external_acl's tag= reply).
7666
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7667
7668 Each pool also requires a delay_parameters directive to configure the pool size
7669 and speed limits used whenever the pool is applied to a request. Along with
7670 a set of delay_access directives to determine when it is used.
7671
9edd9041 7672 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
7673 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
7674 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
7675 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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7676
7677 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
7678 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
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7679
7680 This clause only supports fast acl types.
7681 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
7682
7683 See also delay_parameters and delay_access.
9edd9041 7684DOC_END
7685
7686NAME: delay_access
7687TYPE: delay_pool_access
7688DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7689DEFAULT_DOC: Deny using the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 7690IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 7691LOC: Config.Delay
7692DOC_START
7693 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
7694
7695 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
7696 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
7697 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
7698 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
7699
7700 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
7701 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
7702
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7703 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
7704 delay_access 1 deny all
7705 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
7706 delay_access 2 deny all
7707 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
7708
7709 See also delay_parameters and delay_class.
7710
9edd9041 7711DOC_END
7712
7713NAME: delay_parameters
7714TYPE: delay_pool_rates
7715DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 7716IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 7717LOC: Config.Delay
7718DOC_START
7719 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
7720 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
0b68481a 7721 description of delay_class.
9edd9041 7722
0b68481a 7723 For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
6e7502cc 7724 delay_class pool 1
0b68481a 7725 delay_parameters pool aggregate
9edd9041 7726
7727 For a class 2 delay pool:
6e7502cc 7728 delay_class pool 2
0b68481a 7729 delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
9edd9041 7730
7731 For a class 3 delay pool:
6e7502cc 7732 delay_class pool 3
0b68481a 7733 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
9edd9041 7734
7735 For a class 4 delay pool:
6e7502cc 7736 delay_class pool 4
0b68481a 7737 delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
9edd9041 7738
7739 For a class 5 delay pool:
6e7502cc 7740 delay_class pool 5
0b68481a 7741 delay_parameters pool tagrate
9edd9041 7742
0b68481a 7743 The option variables are:
9edd9041 7744
7745 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
7746 number specified in delay_pools as used in
7747 delay_class lines.
7748
fdb47ac6 7749 aggregate the speed limit parameters for the aggregate bucket
9edd9041 7750 (class 1, 2, 3).
7751
fdb47ac6 7752 individual the speed limit parameters for the individual
9edd9041 7753 buckets (class 2, 3).
7754
fdb47ac6 7755 network the speed limit parameters for the network buckets
9edd9041 7756 (class 3).
7757
fdb47ac6 7758 user the speed limit parameters for the user buckets
9edd9041 7759 (class 4).
7760
fdb47ac6 7761 tagrate the speed limit parameters for the tag buckets
9edd9041 7762 (class 5).
7763
7764 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
7765 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
7766 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
7767 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
7768
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7769 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
7770
7771
9edd9041 7772 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
0b68481a 7773 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64Kbit/sec
9edd9041 7774 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
7775
6e7502cc 7776 delay_parameters 1 none 8000/8000
0b68481a 7777
c3e31a3a 7778 Note that 8 x 8K Byte/sec -> 64K bit/sec.
9edd9041 7779
6e7502cc 7780 Note that the word 'none' is used to represent no limit.
9edd9041 7781
0b68481a 7782
9edd9041 7783 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
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7784 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256Kbit/sec (strict limit)
7785 with each 8-bit network permitted 64Kbit/sec (strict limit) and each
7786 individual host permitted 4800bit/sec with a bucket maximum size of 64Kbits
9edd9041 7787 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
7788 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
7789 large downloads more significantly:
7790
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7791 delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
7792
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7793 Note that 8 x 32K Byte/sec -> 256K bit/sec.
7794 8 x 8K Byte/sec -> 64K bit/sec.
7795 8 x 600 Byte/sec -> 4800 bit/sec.
9edd9041 7796
9edd9041 7797
7798 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
0b68481a 7799 be limited to 128Kbits/sec no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
9edd9041 7800
0b68481a 7801 delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
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7802
7803
7804 See also delay_class and delay_access.
7805
9edd9041 7806DOC_END
7807
7808NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
7809COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
ae870270 7810TYPE: u_short
9edd9041 7811DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 7812IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
9edd9041 7813LOC: Config.Delay.initial
7814DOC_START
7815 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
7816 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
7817 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
7818 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
7819 "seen" by squid).
7820DOC_END
7821
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7822COMMENT_START
7823 CLIENT DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
7824 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7825COMMENT_END
7826
7827NAME: client_delay_pools
7828TYPE: client_delay_pool_count
7829DEFAULT: 0
9a0a18de 7830IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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7831LOC: Config.ClientDelay
7832DOC_START
7833 This option specifies the number of client delay pools used. It must
7834 preceed other client_delay_* options.
7835
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7836 Example:
7837 client_delay_pools 2
7838
7839 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_access.
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7840DOC_END
7841
7842NAME: client_delay_initial_bucket_level
7843COMMENT: (percent, 0-no_limit)
ae870270 7844TYPE: u_short
b4cd430a 7845DEFAULT: 50
9a0a18de 7846IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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7847LOC: Config.ClientDelay.initial
7848DOC_START
7849 This option determines the initial bucket size as a percentage of
7850 max_bucket_size from client_delay_parameters. Buckets are created
7851 at the time of the "first" connection from the matching IP. Idle
7852 buckets are periodically deleted up.
7853
7854 You can specify more than 100 percent but note that such "oversized"
7855 buckets are not refilled until their size goes down to max_bucket_size
7856 from client_delay_parameters.
7857
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7858 Example:
7859 client_delay_initial_bucket_level 50
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7860DOC_END
7861
7862NAME: client_delay_parameters
7863TYPE: client_delay_pool_rates
7864DEFAULT: none
9a0a18de 7865IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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7866LOC: Config.ClientDelay
7867DOC_START
7868
7869 This option configures client-side bandwidth limits using the
7870 following format:
7871
7872 client_delay_parameters pool speed_limit max_bucket_size
7873
7874 pool is an integer ID used for client_delay_access matching.
7875
7876 speed_limit is bytes added to the bucket per second.
7877
7878 max_bucket_size is the maximum size of a bucket, enforced after any
7879 speed_limit additions.
7880
7881 Please see the delay_parameters option for more information and
7882 examples.
7883
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7884 Example:
7885 client_delay_parameters 1 1024 2048
7886 client_delay_parameters 2 51200 16384
7887
7888 See also client_delay_access.
7889
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7890DOC_END
7891
7892NAME: client_delay_access
7893TYPE: client_delay_pool_access
7894DEFAULT: none
638402dd 7895DEFAULT_DOC: Deny use of the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
9a0a18de 7896IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
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7897LOC: Config.ClientDelay
7898DOC_START
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7899 This option determines the client-side delay pool for the
7900 request:
7901
7902 client_delay_access pool_ID allow|deny acl_name
7903
7904 All client_delay_access options are checked in their pool ID
7905 order, starting with pool 1. The first checked pool with allowed
7906 request is selected for the request. If no ACL matches or there
7907 are no client_delay_access options, the request bandwidth is not
7908 limited.
7909
7910 The ACL-selected pool is then used to find the
7911 client_delay_parameters for the request. Client-side pools are
7912 not used to aggregate clients. Clients are always aggregated
7913 based on their source IP addresses (one bucket per source IP).
7914
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7915 This clause only supports fast acl types.
7916 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
7917 Additionally, only the client TCP connection details are available.
7918 ACLs testing HTTP properties will not work.
7919
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7920 Please see delay_access for more examples.
7921
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7922 Example:
7923 client_delay_access 1 allow low_rate_network
7924 client_delay_access 2 allow vips_network
7925
7926
7927 See also client_delay_parameters and client_delay_pools.
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7928DOC_END
7929
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7930NAME: response_delay_pool
7931TYPE: response_delay_pool_parameters
7932DEFAULT: none
7933IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
7934LOC: Config.MessageDelay
7935DOC_START
7936 This option configures client response bandwidth limits using the
7937 following format:
7938
7939 response_delay_pool name [option=value] ...
7940
7941 name the response delay pool name
7942
7943 available options:
7944
7945 individual-restore The speed limit of an individual
7946 bucket(bytes/s). To be used in conjunction
7947 with 'individual-maximum'.
7948
7949 individual-maximum The maximum number of bytes which can
7950 be placed into the individual bucket. To be used
7951 in conjunction with 'individual-restore'.
7952
7953 aggregate-restore The speed limit for the aggregate
7954 bucket(bytes/s). To be used in conjunction with
7955 'aggregate-maximum'.
7956
7957 aggregate-maximum The maximum number of bytes which can
7958 be placed into the aggregate bucket. To be used
7959 in conjunction with 'aggregate-restore'.
7960
7961 initial-bucket-level The initial bucket size as a percentage
7962 of individual-maximum.
7963
7964 Individual and(or) aggregate bucket options may not be specified,
7965 meaning no individual and(or) aggregate speed limitation.
7966 See also response_delay_pool_access and delay_parameters for
7967 terminology details.
7968DOC_END
7969
7970NAME: response_delay_pool_access
7971TYPE: response_delay_pool_access
7972DEFAULT: none
7973DEFAULT_DOC: Deny use of the pool, unless allow rules exist in squid.conf for the pool.
7974IFDEF: USE_DELAY_POOLS
7975LOC: Config.MessageDelay
7976DOC_START
7977 Determines whether a specific named response delay pool is used
7978 for the transaction. The syntax for this directive is:
7979
7980 response_delay_pool_access pool_name allow|deny acl_name
7981
7982 All response_delay_pool_access options are checked in the order
7983 they appear in this configuration file. The first rule with a
7984 matching ACL wins. If (and only if) an "allow" rule won, Squid
7985 assigns the response to the corresponding named delay pool.
7986DOC_END
7987
cccac0a2 7988COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 7989 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 7990 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
7991COMMENT_END
7992
8d6275c0 7993NAME: wccp_router
7994TYPE: address
7995LOC: Config.Wccp.router
0eb08770 7996DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 7997DEFAULT_DOC: WCCP disabled.
8d6275c0 7998IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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7999DOC_START
8000 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
8001 Squid.
8002
8003 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
8004
8005 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
8006
8007 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
8008 which version of WCCP to use.
8009DOC_END
df2eec10 8010
8d6275c0 8011NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 8012TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 8013LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 8014DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8015DEFAULT_DOC: WCCPv2 disabled.
8d6275c0 8016IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 8017DOC_START
8d6275c0 8018 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
8019 Squid.
cccac0a2 8020
8d6275c0 8021 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 8022
8d6275c0 8023 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 8024
8d6275c0 8025 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
8026 which version of WCCP to use.
8027DOC_END
8028
8029NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 8030TYPE: int
8d6275c0 8031LOC: Config.Wccp.version
8032DEFAULT: 4
8033IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 8034DOC_START
8d6275c0 8035 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
8036 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
8037 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
8038 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
8039 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 8040
8d6275c0 8041 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
8042 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
8043 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
8044 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 8045DOC_END
8046
8d6275c0 8047NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
8048TYPE: onoff
8049LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
8050DEFAULT: on
8051IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
8052DOC_START
8053 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
8054 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
8055DOC_END
cccac0a2 8056
8d6275c0 8057NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 8058TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 8059LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 8060DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 8061IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 8062DOC_START
699acd19 8063 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 8064 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 8065
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8066 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
8067 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 8068
8d6275c0 8069 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
8070 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 8071DOC_END
8072
8d6275c0 8073NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 8074TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 8075LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 8076DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 8077IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 8078DOC_START
699acd19 8079 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 8080 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
8081 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 8082
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8083 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
8084 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 8085
8d6275c0 8086 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
8087 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 8088
699acd19 8089 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 8090 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
8091 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
8092 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 8093DOC_END
8094
8d6275c0 8095NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 8096TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 8097LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 8098DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 8099IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 8100DOC_START
8d6275c0 8101 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
8102 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 8103
451c4786 8104 hash - Hash assignment
bb7a1781 8105 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 8106
8d6275c0 8107 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
8108 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
8109DOC_END
cccac0a2 8110
8d6275c0 8111NAME: wccp2_service
8112TYPE: wccp2_service
8113LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8d6275c0 8114DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
638402dd 8115DEFAULT_DOC: Use the 'web-cache' standard service.
8d6275c0 8116IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
8117DOC_START
8118 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
8119 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
8120 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
8121 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
8122 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
8123 using the wccp2_service_info option.
8124
8125 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
8126 just specifying the service id will suffice.
8127
8128 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
8129 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
8130
8131 Examples:
8132
8133 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
8134 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
8135 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
8136 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 8137DOC_END
8138
8139NAME: wccp2_service_info
8140TYPE: wccp2_service_info
8141LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
8142DEFAULT: none
8143IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
8144DOC_START
8145 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
8146 traffic you wish to have diverted.
8147
8148 The format is:
8149
8150 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
8151 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
8152
8153 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
8154 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 8155 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 8156 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
8157 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
8158 + ports_source
8159
8160 The port list can be one to eight entries.
8161
8162 Example:
8163
8164 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
8165 priority=240 ports=80
8166
8167 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
8168 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
8169DOC_END
8170
8171NAME: wccp2_weight
8172TYPE: int
8173LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
8174DEFAULT: 10000
8175IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
8176DOC_START
8177 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
8178 hash proportional to their weight.
8179DOC_END
8180
8181NAME: wccp_address
8182TYPE: address
8183LOC: Config.Wccp.address
8184DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 8185DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 8186IFDEF: USE_WCCP
638402dd 8187DOC_START
dfd5ce0a 8188 Use this option if you require WCCP(v1) to use a specific
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8189 interface address.
8190
8191 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
8192DOC_END
df2eec10 8193
8d6275c0 8194NAME: wccp2_address
8195TYPE: address
8196LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
8197DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
638402dd 8198DEFAULT_DOC: Address selected by the operating system.
8d6275c0 8199IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
8200DOC_START
dfd5ce0a 8201 Use this option if you require WCCPv2 to use a specific
8d6275c0 8202 interface address.
8203
8204 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
8205DOC_END
8206
8207COMMENT_START
8208 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
8209 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8210
8211 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
8212COMMENT_END
8213
8214NAME: client_persistent_connections
8215TYPE: onoff
8216LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
8217DEFAULT: on
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8218DOC_START
8219 Persistent connection support for clients.
8220 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
8221 this option to disable persistent connections with clients.
8222DOC_END
8d6275c0 8223
8224NAME: server_persistent_connections
8225TYPE: onoff
8226LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
8227DEFAULT: on
8228DOC_START
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8229 Persistent connection support for servers.
8230 Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed). You can use
8231 this option to disable persistent connections with servers.
8d6275c0 8232DOC_END
8233
8234NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
8235TYPE: onoff
8236LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
0fccfb7f 8237DEFAULT: on
8d6275c0 8238DOC_START
8239 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
8240 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
8241 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
8242DOC_END
8243
8244NAME: detect_broken_pconn
8245TYPE: onoff
8246LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
8247DEFAULT: off
8248DOC_START
8249 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
8250 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
8251 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
8252 has mostly been seen on redirects.
8253
8254 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
8255 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
8256 after 10 seconds timeout.
8257DOC_END
8258
8259COMMENT_START
8260 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
8261 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8262COMMENT_END
8263
8264NAME: digest_generation
8265IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
8266TYPE: onoff
8267LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
8268DEFAULT: on
8269DOC_START
8270 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
8271 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 8272 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 8273DOC_END
8274
8275NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
8276IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
8277TYPE: int
8278LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
8279DEFAULT: 5
8280DOC_START
8281 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
8282 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
8283 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
8284DOC_END
8285
8286NAME: digest_rebuild_period
8287IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
8288COMMENT: (seconds)
8289TYPE: time_t
8290LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
8291DEFAULT: 1 hour
8292DOC_START
749ceff8 8293 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 8294DOC_END
8295
8296NAME: digest_rewrite_period
8297COMMENT: (seconds)
8298IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
8299TYPE: time_t
8300LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
8301DEFAULT: 1 hour
8302DOC_START
749ceff8 8303 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 8304 disk.
8305DOC_END
8306
8307NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
8308COMMENT: (bytes)
8309TYPE: b_size_t
8310IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
8311LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
8312DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
8313DOC_START
8314 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
8315 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
8316 default swap page.
8317DOC_END
8318
8319NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
8320COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
8321IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
8322TYPE: int
8323LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
8324DEFAULT: 10
8325DOC_START
8326 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
8327 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
8328DOC_END
8329
1db9eacd 8330COMMENT_START
5473c134 8331 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 8332 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8333COMMENT_END
8334
5473c134 8335NAME: snmp_port
ae870270 8336TYPE: u_short
5473c134 8337LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 8338DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8339DEFAULT_DOC: SNMP disabled.
5473c134 8340IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 8341DOC_START
87630341 8342 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
8343 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
8344 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
8345 set to "0" (disabled)
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8346
8347 Example:
8348 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 8349DOC_END
8350
5473c134 8351NAME: snmp_access
8352TYPE: acl_access
8353LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
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8354DEFAULT: none
8355DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
5473c134 8356IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 8357DOC_START
5473c134 8358 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 8359
5473c134 8360 All access to the agent is denied by default.
8361 usage:
8d6275c0 8362
5473c134 8363 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 8364
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8365 This clause only supports fast acl types.
8366 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
638402dd 8367
5473c134 8368Example:
8369 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
8370 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 8371DOC_END
8372
5473c134 8373NAME: snmp_incoming_address
8374TYPE: address
8375LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
0eb08770 8376DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 8377DEFAULT_DOC: Accept SNMP packets from all machine interfaces.
5473c134 8378IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
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8379DOC_START
8380 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
8381
8382 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
8383 messages from SNMP agents.
8384
8385 The default snmp_incoming_address is to listen on all
8386 available network interfaces.
8387DOC_END
df2eec10 8388
5473c134 8389NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
8390TYPE: address
8391LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
0eb08770 8392DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 8393DEFAULT_DOC: Use snmp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
5473c134 8394IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 8395DOC_START
638402dd 8396 Just like 'udp_outgoing_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 8397
5473c134 8398 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
8399 agents.
cccac0a2 8400
0eb08770
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8401 If snmp_outgoing_address is not set it will use the same socket
8402 as snmp_incoming_address. Only change this if you want to have
8403 SNMP replies sent using another address than where this Squid
8404 listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 8405
5473c134 8406 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
638402dd 8407 the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 8408DOC_END
8409
5473c134 8410COMMENT_START
8411 ICP OPTIONS
8412 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8413COMMENT_END
8414
8415NAME: icp_port udp_port
ae870270 8416TYPE: u_short
5473c134 8417DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8418DEFAULT_DOC: ICP disabled.
5473c134 8419LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 8420DOC_START
5473c134 8421 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
8422 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
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8423
8424 Example:
8425 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 8426DOC_END
8427
5473c134 8428NAME: htcp_port
8429IFDEF: USE_HTCP
ae870270 8430TYPE: u_short
87630341 8431DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8432DEFAULT_DOC: HTCP disabled.
5473c134 8433LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 8434DOC_START
5473c134 8435 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 8436 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
638402dd 8437 4827.
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8438
8439 Example:
8440 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 8441DOC_END
8442
8443NAME: log_icp_queries
8444COMMENT: on|off
8445TYPE: onoff
8446DEFAULT: on
8447LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
8448DOC_START
8449 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
8450 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
8451 up or to simplify log analysis.
8452DOC_END
8453
5473c134 8454NAME: udp_incoming_address
8455TYPE: address
8456LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
0eb08770 8457DEFAULT: any_addr
638402dd 8458DEFAULT_DOC: Accept packets from all machine interfaces.
8524d4b2 8459DOC_START
8460 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
8461 caches.
8462
8463 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
8464
8465 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
8466 a specific interface/address.
8467
8468 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
8469 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
8470
8471 see also; udp_outgoing_address
8472
8473 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8474 have the same value since they both use the same port.
8475DOC_END
cccac0a2 8476
5473c134 8477NAME: udp_outgoing_address
8478TYPE: address
8479LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
0eb08770 8480DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 8481DEFAULT_DOC: Use udp_incoming_address or an address selected by the operating system.
cccac0a2 8482DOC_START
8524d4b2 8483 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 8484 caches.
cccac0a2 8485
5473c134 8486 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 8487
8524d4b2 8488 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
8489 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
8490 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 8491 caches.
8492
8524d4b2 8493 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
8494 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
8495
8496 see also; udp_incoming_address
8497
5473c134 8498 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 8499 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 8500DOC_END
8501
3d1e3e43 8502NAME: icp_hit_stale
8503COMMENT: on|off
8504TYPE: onoff
8505DEFAULT: off
8506LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
8507DOC_START
8508 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
8509 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
8510 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
8511 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
8512 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
8513 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
8514 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
8515DOC_END
8516
5473c134 8517NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 8518TYPE: int
5473c134 8519DEFAULT: 4
8520LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 8521DOC_START
5473c134 8522 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
8523 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 8524DOC_END
8525
5473c134 8526NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
638402dd 8527COMMENT: (msec)
5473c134 8528TYPE: int
8529DEFAULT: 400
8530LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 8531DOC_START
5473c134 8532 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
8533 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 8534DOC_END
8535
cccac0a2 8536NAME: netdb_low
8537TYPE: int
8538DEFAULT: 900
8539LOC: Config.Netdb.low
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8540DOC_START
8541 The low water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
8542
8543 Note: high watermark controlled by netdb_high directive.
8544
8545 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
8546 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
8547 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
8548 mark is reached.
8549DOC_END
cccac0a2 8550
8551NAME: netdb_high
8552TYPE: int
8553DEFAULT: 1000
8554LOC: Config.Netdb.high
8555DOC_START
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8556 The high water mark for the ICMP measurement database.
8557
8558 Note: low watermark controlled by netdb_low directive.
8559
8560 These watermarks are counts, not percents. The defaults are
8561 (low) 900 and (high) 1000. When the high water mark is
8562 reached, database entries will be deleted until the low
8563 mark is reached.
cccac0a2 8564DOC_END
8565
cccac0a2 8566NAME: netdb_ping_period
8567TYPE: time_t
8568LOC: Config.Netdb.period
8569DEFAULT: 5 minutes
8570DOC_START
8571 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
8572 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
8573 network. The default is five minutes.
8574DOC_END
8575
cccac0a2 8576NAME: query_icmp
8577COMMENT: on|off
8578TYPE: onoff
8579DEFAULT: off
8580LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
8581DOC_START
8582 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
8583 replies, enable this option.
8584
8585 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 8586 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
8587 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 8588 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
8589 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
8590 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
8591 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
8592 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
8593DOC_END
8594
8595NAME: test_reachability
8596COMMENT: on|off
8597TYPE: onoff
8598DEFAULT: off
8599LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
8600DOC_START
8601 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
8602 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
8603 database, or has a zero RTT.
8604DOC_END
8605
5473c134 8606NAME: icp_query_timeout
8607COMMENT: (msec)
8608DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 8609DEFAULT_DOC: Dynamic detection.
5473c134 8610TYPE: int
8611LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 8612DOC_START
5473c134 8613 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
8614 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
8615 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
8616 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
8617 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
8618 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 8619
5473c134 8620 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 8621DOC_END
8622
5473c134 8623NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
8624COMMENT: (msec)
8625DEFAULT: 2000
8626TYPE: int
8627LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 8628DOC_START
5473c134 8629 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
8630 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
8631 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
8632 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
8633 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
8634 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 8635DOC_END
8636
5473c134 8637NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
8638COMMENT: (msec)
8639DEFAULT: 5
8640TYPE: int
8641LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 8642DOC_START
5473c134 8643 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
8644 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
8645 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
8646 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
8647 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
8648 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
8649 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 8650DOC_END
8651
5473c134 8652NAME: background_ping_rate
8653COMMENT: time-units
8654TYPE: time_t
8655DEFAULT: 10 seconds
8656LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 8657DOC_START
5473c134 8658 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
8659 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 8660DOC_END
8661
5473c134 8662COMMENT_START
8663 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
8664 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8665COMMENT_END
8666
8667NAME: mcast_groups
8668TYPE: wordlist
8669LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 8670DEFAULT: none
8671DOC_START
5473c134 8672 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
8673 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 8674
5473c134 8675 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
8676 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
8677 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
8678 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
8679 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
8680 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
8681 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 8682
5473c134 8683 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
8684 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 8685
5473c134 8686 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
8687 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 8688
5473c134 8689 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 8690
5473c134 8691 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
8692DOC_END
8c01ada0 8693
5473c134 8694NAME: mcast_miss_addr
8695IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
8696TYPE: address
8697LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
0eb08770 8698DEFAULT: no_addr
638402dd 8699DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 8700DOC_START
8701 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
8702 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 8703
5473c134 8704 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
8705 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 8706DOC_END
8707
5473c134 8708NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
8709IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 8710TYPE: u_short
5473c134 8711LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
8712DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 8713DOC_START
5473c134 8714 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
8715 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
8716 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
8717DOC_END
cccac0a2 8718
5473c134 8719NAME: mcast_miss_port
8720IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
ae870270 8721TYPE: u_short
5473c134 8722LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
8723DEFAULT: 3135
8724DOC_START
8725 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
8726 'mcast_miss_addr'.
8727DOC_END
cccac0a2 8728
5473c134 8729NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
8730IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
8731TYPE: string
8732LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
8733DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
8734DOC_START
8735 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
8736 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
8737DOC_END
8c01ada0 8738
5473c134 8739NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
8740COMMENT: (msec)
8741DEFAULT: 2000
8742TYPE: int
8743LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
8744DOC_START
8745 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
8746 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
8747 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
8748 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
8749 seconds.
cccac0a2 8750DOC_END
8751
5473c134 8752COMMENT_START
8753 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
8754 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8755COMMENT_END
8756
cccac0a2 8757NAME: icon_directory
8758TYPE: string
8759LOC: Config.icons.directory
8760DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
8761DOC_START
8762 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
8763 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
8764DOC_END
8765
f024c970 8766NAME: global_internal_static
8767TYPE: onoff
8768LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
8769DEFAULT: on
8770DOC_START
8771 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
8772 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
8773 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
8774 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
8775 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
8776 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
8777 the server generating a directory listing.
8778DOC_END
8779
5473c134 8780NAME: short_icon_urls
8781TYPE: onoff
8782LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
8783DEFAULT: on
8784DOC_START
8785 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
8786 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
8787 it's own name and port in the URL.
8788
8789 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
8790 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
8791DOC_END
8792
8793COMMENT_START
8794 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
8795 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8796COMMENT_END
8797
8798NAME: error_directory
8799TYPE: string
8800LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 8801DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8802DEFAULT_DOC: Send error pages in the clients preferred language
5473c134 8803DOC_START
8804 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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8805 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
8806 the error/template files to another directory and point
8807 this tag at them.
8808
8809 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
8810 on error pages if used.
5473c134 8811
8812 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
8813 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 8814 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 8815 contributing your translation back to the project.
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8816 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
8817
8818 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
8819 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
8820DOC_END
8821
8822NAME: error_default_language
8823IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
8824TYPE: string
8825LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
8826DEFAULT: none
638402dd 8827DEFAULT_DOC: Generate English language pages.
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8828DOC_START
8829 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
8830 if no existing translation matches the clients language
8831 preferences.
8832
8833 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
8834
8835 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
8836 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
8837 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
8838 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 8839DOC_END
8840
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8841NAME: error_log_languages
8842IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
8843TYPE: onoff
8844LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
8845DEFAULT: on
8846DOC_START
8847 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
8848 auto-negotiate for translations.
8849
8850 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
8851 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 8852 of its error page translations.
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8853DOC_END
8854
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8855NAME: err_page_stylesheet
8856TYPE: string
8857LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
8858DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
8859DOC_START
8860 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
8861
8862 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
8863DOC_END
8864
5473c134 8865NAME: err_html_text
8866TYPE: eol
8867LOC: Config.errHtmlText
8868DEFAULT: none
8869DOC_START
8870 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
8871 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
8872 organizations Web page.
8873
8874 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
8875 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
8876 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
8877 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
8878DOC_END
8879
8880NAME: email_err_data
8881COMMENT: on|off
8882TYPE: onoff
8883LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
8884DEFAULT: on
8885DOC_START
8886 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
8887 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
8888 so that the email body contains the data.
8889 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
8890DOC_END
8891
8892NAME: deny_info
8893TYPE: denyinfo
8894LOC: Config.denyInfoList
8895DEFAULT: none
8896DOC_START
8897 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
8898 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 8899 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 8900
8901 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
8902 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
8903 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
8904 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
8905
8906 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
8907 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
8908 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
8909 the first authentication related acl encountered
8910 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
8911 acl processed on the last http_access line.
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8913 the acl name is the corresponding eCAP or ICAP service_name.
5473c134 8914
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8915 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
8916 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
8917 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 8918
2f8abb64 8919 By default Squid will send "403 Forbidden". A different 4xx or 5xx
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8920 may be specified by prefixing the file name with the code and a colon.
8921 e.g. 404:ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED
8922
5473c134 8923 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
8924 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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8925
8926 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
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8927 get redirected to the specified URL after formatting tags have
8928 been replaced. Redirect will be done with 302 or 307 according to
8929 HTTP/1.1 specs. A different 3xx code may be specified by prefixing
8930 the URL. e.g. 303:http://example.com/
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8931
8932 URL FORMAT TAGS:
8933 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
ea35939b 8934 %A - Local listening IP address the client connection was connected to
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8935 %B - FTP path URL
8936 %e - Error number
8937 %E - Error description
8938 %h - Squid hostname
8939 %H - Request domain name
8940 %i - Client IP Address
8941 %M - Request Method
05dbf66c 8942 %O - Unescaped message result from external ACL helper
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8943 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
8944 %p - Request Port number
8945 %P - Request Protocol name
8946 %R - Request URL path
8947 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
8948 %U - Full canonical URL from client
8949 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
8950 %u - Full canonical URL from client
8951 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
e4a8468d 8952 %x - Error name
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8953 %% - Literal percent (%) code
8954
5473c134 8955DOC_END
8956
8957COMMENT_START
9603207d 8958 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
5473c134 8959 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
8960COMMENT_END
8961
8962NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 8963TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8964LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 8965DEFAULT: on
8966DOC_START
5473c134 8967 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
9967aef6 8968 (not cacheable request type) direct to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 8969
638402dd 8970 When this is set to "off", Squid will prefer to send these
5473c134 8971 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 8972
5473c134 8973 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
8974 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
8975 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 8976
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8977 This option only sets a preference. If the parent is unavailable a
8978 direct connection to the origin server may still be attempted. To
8979 completely prevent direct connections use never_direct.
8d6275c0 8980DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 8981
5473c134 8982NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 8983TYPE: onoff
5473c134 8984LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 8985DEFAULT: off
8986DOC_START
5473c134 8987 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
8988 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
8989 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 8990
5473c134 8991 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
8992 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
8993 fails.
8994
8995 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
8996 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
8997 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 8998DOC_END
8999
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9000NAME: cache_miss_revalidate
9001COMMENT: on|off
9002TYPE: onoff
9003DEFAULT: on
9004LOC: Config.onoff.cache_miss_revalidate
9005DOC_START
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9006 RFC 7232 defines a conditional request mechanism to prevent
9007 response objects being unnecessarily transferred over the network.
9008 If that mechanism is used by the client and a cache MISS occurs
9009 it can prevent new cache entries being created.
9010
9011 This option determines whether Squid on cache MISS will pass the
9012 client revalidation request to the server or tries to fetch new
9013 content for caching. It can be useful while the cache is mostly
9014 empty to more quickly have the cache populated by generating
9015 non-conditional GETs.
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9016
9017 When set to 'on' (default), Squid will pass all client If-* headers
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9018 to the server. This permits server responses without a cacheable
9019 payload to be delivered and on MISS no new cache entry is created.
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9020
9021 When set to 'off' and if the request is cacheable, Squid will
9022 remove the clients If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match headers from
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9023 the request sent to the server. This requests a 200 status response
9024 from the server to create a new cache entry with.
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9025DOC_END
9026
5473c134 9027NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 9028TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 9029LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 9030DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9031DEFAULT_DOC: Prevent any cache_peer being used for this request.
0b0cfcf2 9032DOC_START
5473c134 9033 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 9034
5473c134 9035 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
9036 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
9037 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
9038 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
9039 something like:
0b0cfcf2 9040
5473c134 9041 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
9042 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 9043
5473c134 9044 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 9045
5473c134 9046 acl FTP proto FTP
9047 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 9048
5473c134 9049 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
9050 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
9051 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
9052 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
9053 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 9054
5473c134 9055 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
9056 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
9057 always_direct deny local-external
9058 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 9059
5473c134 9060 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
9061 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
9062 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
9063 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 9064
5473c134 9065 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
9066 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 9067 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 9068
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9069 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
9070 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 9071DOC_END
0976f8db 9072
5473c134 9073NAME: never_direct
9074TYPE: acl_access
9075LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
9076DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9077DEFAULT_DOC: Allow DNS results to be used for this request.
8d6275c0 9078DOC_START
5473c134 9079 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
9080
9081 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
9082 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
9083
9084 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
9085 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
9086 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
9087 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
9088
9089 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 9090 never_direct deny local-servers
9091 never_direct allow all
9092
9093 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
9094 servers inside the firewall use something like:
9095
9096 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
9097 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
9098 always_direct deny local-external
9099 always_direct allow local-intranet
9100 never_direct allow all
9101
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9102 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
9103 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 9104DOC_END
0976f8db 9105
5473c134 9106COMMENT_START
9107 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
9108 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
9109COMMENT_END
9110
65d448bc 9111NAME: incoming_udp_average incoming_icp_average
cccac0a2 9112TYPE: int
9113DEFAULT: 6
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9114LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.average
9115DOC_START
9116 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
9117 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
9118 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
9119DOC_END
cccac0a2 9120
65d448bc 9121NAME: incoming_tcp_average incoming_http_average
cccac0a2 9122TYPE: int
9123DEFAULT: 4
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9124LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.average
9125DOC_START
9126 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
9127 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
9128 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
9129DOC_END
cccac0a2 9130
9131NAME: incoming_dns_average
9132TYPE: int
9133DEFAULT: 4
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9134LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.average
9135DOC_START
9136 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
9137 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
9138 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
9139DOC_END
cccac0a2 9140
65d448bc 9141NAME: min_udp_poll_cnt min_icp_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 9142TYPE: int
9143DEFAULT: 8
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9144LOC: Config.comm_incoming.udp.min_poll
9145DOC_START
9146 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
9147 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
9148 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
9149DOC_END
cccac0a2 9150
9151NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
9152TYPE: int
9153DEFAULT: 8
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9154LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns.min_poll
9155DOC_START
9156 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
9157 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
9158 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
9159DOC_END
cccac0a2 9160
65d448bc 9161NAME: min_tcp_poll_cnt min_http_poll_cnt
cccac0a2 9162TYPE: int
9163DEFAULT: 8
65d448bc 9164LOC: Config.comm_incoming.tcp.min_poll
cccac0a2 9165DOC_START
5473c134 9166 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
9167 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
9168 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
9169DOC_END
9170
9171NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 9172TYPE: string
9173DEFAULT: none
9174LOC: Config.accept_filter
9175DOC_START
0b4d4be5 9176 FreeBSD:
9177
5473c134 9178 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
9179 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
9180 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
9181
9182 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 9183 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 9184 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
9185
9186 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
9187 to Squid until there is some data to process.
9188 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
9189
9190 Linux:
9603207d 9191
0b4d4be5 9192 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
9193 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
9194 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
9195 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
9196 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 9197EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 9198# FreeBSD
5473c134 9199accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 9200# Linux
9201accept_filter data
5473c134 9202DOC_END
9203
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9204NAME: client_ip_max_connections
9205TYPE: int
9206LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
9207DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 9208DEFAULT_DOC: No limit.
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9209DOC_START
9210 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
9211 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
9212 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
9213
9214 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
9215 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
9216
9217 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
9218
2f8abb64 9219 WARNING: This may noticeably slow down traffic received via external proxies
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9220 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
9221DOC_END
9222
5473c134 9223NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
9224COMMENT: (bytes)
9225TYPE: b_size_t
9226DEFAULT: 0 bytes
638402dd 9227DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system TCP defaults.
5473c134 9228LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
9229DOC_START
9230 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
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9231 as easy to change your kernel's default.
9232 Omit from squid.conf to use the default buffer size.
5473c134 9233DOC_END
9234
9235COMMENT_START
9236 ICAP OPTIONS
9237 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
9238COMMENT_END
9239
9240NAME: icap_enable
9241TYPE: onoff
9242IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
9243COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 9244LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 9245DEFAULT: off
9246DOC_START
53e738c6 9247 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 9248DOC_END
9249
9250NAME: icap_connect_timeout
9251TYPE: time_t
9252DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 9253LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 9254IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
9255DOC_START
9256 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
9257 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
9258 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
9259
9260 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
9261 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
9262 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
9263DOC_END
9264
9265NAME: icap_io_timeout
9266COMMENT: time-units
9267TYPE: time_t
9268DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9269DEFAULT_DOC: Use read_timeout.
26cc52cb 9270LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 9271IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
9272DOC_START
9273 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
9274 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
9275 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
9276 failure.
5473c134 9277DOC_END
9278
9279NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
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9280COMMENT: limit [in memory-depth time-units]
9281TYPE: icap_service_failure_limit
5473c134 9282IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
8277060a 9283LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 9284DEFAULT: 10
9285DOC_START
9286 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
9287 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
9288 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
9289 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
8277060a 9290 OPTIONS.
5473c134 9291
9292 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
9293 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
9294 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
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9295
9296 Squid forgets ICAP service failures older than the specified
9603207d 9297 value of memory-depth. The memory fading algorithm
9298 is approximate because Squid does not remember individual
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9299 errors but groups them instead, splitting the option
9300 value into ten time slots of equal length.
9301
9603207d 9302 When memory-depth is 0 and by default this option has no
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9303 effect on service failure expiration.
9304
9305 Squid always forgets failures when updating service settings
9306 using an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, regardless of this option
9307 setting.
9308
9309 For example,
9310 # suspend service usage after 10 failures in 5 seconds:
9311 icap_service_failure_limit 10 in 5 seconds
cccac0a2 9312DOC_END
9313
5473c134 9314NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 9315TYPE: int
5473c134 9316IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 9317LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 9318DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 9319DOC_START
5473c134 9320 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
9321 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
9322 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
9323 fetched.
cccac0a2 9324
5473c134 9325 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
9326 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 9327DOC_END
9328
5473c134 9329NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 9330TYPE: onoff
5473c134 9331IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
9332COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 9333LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 9334DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 9335DOC_START
ac7a62f9 9336 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
9337 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
9603207d 9338 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
ac7a62f9 9339 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
9340
9341 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
9342 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
9343 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
9344
9345 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
9346 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
9347Example:
9348icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 9349DOC_END
9350
5473c134 9351NAME: icap_preview_size
9352TYPE: int
9353IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 9354LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 9355DEFAULT: -1
638402dd 9356DEFAULT_DOC: No preview sent.
cccac0a2 9357DOC_START
53e738c6 9358 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
638402dd 9359 This value might be overwritten on a per server basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 9360DOC_END
9361
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9362NAME: icap_206_enable
9363TYPE: onoff
9364IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
9365COMMENT: on|off
9366LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.allow206_enable
9367DEFAULT: on
9368DOC_START
9369 206 (Partial Content) responses is an ICAP extension that allows the
9370 ICAP agents to optionally combine adapted and original HTTP message
9371 content. The decision to combine is postponed until the end of the
9372 ICAP response. Squid supports Partial Content extension by default.
9373
9374 Activation of the Partial Content extension is negotiated with each
9375 ICAP service during OPTIONS exchange. Most ICAP servers should handle
2f8abb64 9376 negotiation correctly even if they do not support the extension, but
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9377 some might fail. To disable Partial Content support for all ICAP
9378 services and to avoid any negotiation, set this option to "off".
9379
9380 Example:
9381 icap_206_enable off
9382DOC_END
9383
5473c134 9384NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
9385TYPE: int
9386IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 9387LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 9388DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 9389DOC_START
53e738c6 9390 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 9391 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 9392DOC_END
9393
5473c134 9394NAME: icap_persistent_connections
9395TYPE: onoff
9396IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
9397COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 9398LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 9399DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 9400DOC_START
5473c134 9401 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
9402 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 9403DOC_END
9404
22fff3bf 9405NAME: adaptation_send_client_ip icap_send_client_ip
5473c134 9406TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 9407IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 9408COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 9409LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_client_ip
5473c134 9410DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 9411DOC_START
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9412 If enabled, Squid shares HTTP client IP information with adaptation
9413 services. For ICAP, Squid adds the X-Client-IP header to ICAP requests.
9414 For eCAP, Squid sets the libecap::metaClientIp transaction option.
9415
9416 See also: adaptation_uses_indirect_client
cccac0a2 9417DOC_END
9418
22fff3bf 9419NAME: adaptation_send_username icap_send_client_username
5473c134 9420TYPE: onoff
22fff3bf 9421IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
5473c134 9422COMMENT: on|off
22fff3bf 9423LOC: Adaptation::Config::send_username
5473c134 9424DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 9425DOC_START
5473c134 9426 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
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9427 the adaptation service.
9428
9429 For ICAP, the username value is encoded based on the
5473c134 9430 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
9431 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 9432DOC_END
9433
5473c134 9434NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 9435TYPE: string
5473c134 9436IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 9437LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 9438DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 9439DOC_START
db49f682 9440 ICAP request header name to use for adaptation_send_username.
cccac0a2 9441DOC_END
9442
5473c134 9443NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 9444TYPE: onoff
5473c134 9445IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
9446COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 9447LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 9448DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 9449DOC_START
5473c134 9450 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 9451DOC_END
9452
5473c134 9453NAME: icap_service
9454TYPE: icap_service_type
9455IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 9456LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 9457DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 9458DOC_START
a22e6cd3 9459 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 9460
c25c2836 9461 icap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
7d90757b 9462
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9463 id: ID
9464 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
9465 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
9466 services in squid.conf.
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9467
9468 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 9469 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
9470 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
9471 are not yet supported.
a22e6cd3 9472
c25c2836 9473 uri: icap://servername:port/servicepath
a22e6cd3 9474 ICAP server and service location.
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9475 icaps://servername:port/servicepath
9476 The "icap:" URI scheme is used for traditional ICAP server and
9477 service location (default port is 1344, connections are not
9478 encrypted). The "icaps:" URI scheme is for Secure ICAP
9479 services that use SSL/TLS-encrypted ICAP connections (by
9480 default, on port 11344).
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9481
9482 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
9483 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
9484 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
9485 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
9486 service_names differ.
9487
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9488 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
9489 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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9490
9491 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
9492 the following name=value options:
9493
9494 bypass=on|off|1|0
9495 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
9496 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
9497 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
9498 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
9499 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
9500 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
9501 returned to the HTTP client.
9502
9503 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
9504
9505 routing=on|off|1|0
9506 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
9507 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
9508 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
9509 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
9510 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
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9511 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf. Other
9512 services are ignored. An empty X-Next-Services value results
9513 in an empty plan which ends the current adaptation.
9514
9515 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
9516 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
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9517
9518 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
9519 response header is ignored.
9520
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9521 ipv6=on|off
9522 Only has effect on split-stack systems. The default on those systems
9523 is to use IPv4-only connections. When set to 'on' this option will
9524 make Squid use IPv6-only connections to contact this ICAP service.
9525
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9526 on-overload=block|bypass|wait|force
9527 If the service Max-Connections limit has been reached, do
9528 one of the following for each new ICAP transaction:
9529 * block: send an HTTP error response to the client
9530 * bypass: ignore the "over-connected" ICAP service
9531 * wait: wait (in a FIFO queue) for an ICAP connection slot
9603207d 9532 * force: proceed, ignoring the Max-Connections limit
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9533
9534 In SMP mode with N workers, each worker assumes the service
9535 connection limit is Max-Connections/N, even though not all
9536 workers may use a given service.
9537
9538 The default value is "bypass" if service is bypassable,
9539 otherwise it is set to "wait".
9603207d 9540
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9541
9542 max-conn=number
9543 Use the given number as the Max-Connections limit, regardless
9544 of the Max-Connections value given by the service, if any.
9545
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9546 connection-encryption=on|off
9547 Determines the ICAP service effect on the connections_encrypted
9548 ACL.
9549
9550 The default is "on" for Secure ICAP services (i.e., those
9551 with the icaps:// service URIs scheme) and "off" for plain ICAP
9552 services.
9553
9554 Does not affect ICAP connections (e.g., does not turn Secure
9555 ICAP on or off).
9556
4dd2c9d6 9557 ==== ICAPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
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9558
9559 These options are used for Secure ICAP (icaps://....) services only.
9560
4dd2c9d6 9561 tls-cert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
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9562 A client X.509 certificate to use when connecting to
9563 this ICAP server.
1b091aec 9564
4dd2c9d6 9565 tls-key=/path/to/ssl/key
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9566 The private key corresponding to the previous
9567 tls-cert= option.
9568
9569 If tls-key= is not specified tls-cert= is assumed to
9570 reference a PEM file containing both the certificate
9571 and private key.
1b091aec 9572
4dd2c9d6 9573 tls-cipher=... The list of valid TLS/SSL ciphers to use when connecting
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9574 to this icap server.
9575
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9576 tls-min-version=1.N
9577 The minimum TLS protocol version to permit. To control
3f5b28fe 9578 SSLv3 use the tls-options= parameter.
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9579 Supported Values: 1.0 (default), 1.1, 1.2
9580
4dd2c9d6 9581 tls-options=... Specify various OpenSSL library options:
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9582
9583 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
4dd2c9d6 9584
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9585 SINGLE_DH_USE
9586 Always create a new key when using
9587 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
4dd2c9d6 9588
1b091aec 9589 ALL Enable various bug workarounds
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9590 suggested as "harmless" by OpenSSL
9591 Be warned that this reduces SSL/TLS
9592 strength to some attacks.
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9593
9594 See the OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options documentation for a
4dd2c9d6
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9595 more complete list. Options relevant only to SSLv2 are
9596 not supported.
1b091aec 9597
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9598 tls-cafile= PEM file containing CA certificates to use when verifying
9599 the icap server certificate.
9600 Use to specify intermediate CA certificate(s) if not sent
9601 by the server. Or the full CA chain for the server when
435c72b0 9602 using the tls-default-ca=off flag.
86a84cc0 9603 May be repeated to load multiple files.
1b091aec 9604
4dd2c9d6 9605 tls-capath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
1b091aec 9606 use when verifying the icap server certificate.
86a84cc0 9607 Requires OpenSSL or LibreSSL.
1b091aec 9608
4dd2c9d6 9609 tls-crlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
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9610 verifying the icap server certificate.
9611
4dd2c9d6 9612 tls-flags=... Specify various flags modifying the Squid TLS implementation:
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9613
9614 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
9615 Accept certificates even if they fail to
9616 verify.
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9617 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
9618 Don't verify the icap server certificate
9619 matches the server name
9620
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9621 tls-default-ca[=off]
9622 Whether to use the system Trusted CAs. Default is ON.
8b253b83 9623
4dd2c9d6 9624 tls-domain= The icap server name as advertised in it's certificate.
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9625 Used for verifying the correctness of the received icap
9626 server certificate. If not specified the icap server
9627 hostname extracted from ICAP URI will be used.
9628
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9629 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
9630 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 9631
5473c134 9632Example:
c25c2836 9633icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod bypass=0
1b091aec 9634icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache icaps://icap2.mydomain.net:11344/reqmod routing=on
cccac0a2 9635DOC_END
9636
5473c134 9637NAME: icap_class
9638TYPE: icap_class_type
9639IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 9640LOC: none
5473c134 9641DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 9642DOC_START
a22e6cd3 9643 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
62c7f90e 9644 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
9603207d 9645 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 9646
62c7f90e 9647 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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9648 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
9649 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 9650DOC_END
9651
5473c134 9652NAME: icap_access
9653TYPE: icap_access_type
9654IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 9655LOC: none
cccac0a2 9656DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 9657DOC_START
a22e6cd3 9658 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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9659 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
9660 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 9661DOC_END
9662
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9663COMMENT_START
9664 eCAP OPTIONS
9665 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
9666COMMENT_END
9667
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9668NAME: ecap_enable
9669TYPE: onoff
9670IFDEF: USE_ECAP
9671COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 9672LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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9673DEFAULT: off
9674DOC_START
9675 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
9676DOC_END
9677
9678NAME: ecap_service
9679TYPE: ecap_service_type
9680IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 9681LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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9682DEFAULT: none
9683DOC_START
9684 Defines a single eCAP service
9685
c25c2836 9686 ecap_service id vectoring_point uri [option ...]
21a26d31 9687
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9688 id: ID
9689 an opaque identifier or name which is used to direct traffic to
9690 this specific service. Must be unique among all adaptation
9691 services in squid.conf.
9692
9693 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
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9694 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
9695 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
9696 are not yet supported.
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9697
9698 uri: ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
9699 Squid uses the eCAP service URI to match this configuration
9700 line with one of the dynamically loaded services. Each loaded
9701 eCAP service must have a unique URI. Obtain the right URI from
9702 the service provider.
9703
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9704 To activate a service, use the adaptation_access directive. To group
9705 services, use adaptation_service_chain and adaptation_service_set.
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9706
9707 Service options are separated by white space. eCAP services support
9708 the following name=value options:
9709
9710 bypass=on|off|1|0
9711 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is treated as optional.
9712 If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try
9713 to ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
21a26d31 9714 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
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9715 If set to 'off' or '0', the eCAP service is treated as essential
9716 and all eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
21a26d31 9717 HTTP client.
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9718
9719 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
9720
9721 routing=on|off|1|0
9722 If set to 'on' or '1', the eCAP service is allowed to
9723 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
9724 returning a chain of services to be used next.
9725
9726 Dynamic adaptation plan may cross or cover multiple supported
9727 vectoring points in their natural processing order.
9728
9729 Routing is not allowed by default.
9730
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9731 connection-encryption=on|off
9732 Determines the eCAP service effect on the connections_encrypted
9603207d 9733 ACL.
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9734
9735 Defaults to "on", which does not taint the master transaction
9736 w.r.t. that ACL.
9737
9738 Does not affect eCAP API calls.
9739
c25c2836
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9740 Older ecap_service format without optional named parameters is
9741 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
9742
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9743
9744Example:
c25c2836
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9745ecap_service s1 reqmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/leakDetector?on_error=block bypass=off
9746ecap_service s2 respmod_precache ecap://filters.R.us/virusFilter config=/etc/vf.cfg bypass=on
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9747DOC_END
9748
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9749NAME: loadable_modules
9750TYPE: wordlist
9751IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
9752LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
9753DEFAULT: none
9754DOC_START
9755 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
9756 preloaded module(s).
9757Example:
9758loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
9759DOC_END
9760
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9761COMMENT_START
9762 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
9763 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
9764COMMENT_END
9765
9766NAME: adaptation_service_set
9767TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
9768IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
9769LOC: none
9770DEFAULT: none
9771DOC_START
9772
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9773 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
9774 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
9775
9776 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
9777
9778 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
9779 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
9780 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
9781 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
9782 intact.
62c7f90e 9783
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9784 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
9785 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 9786
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9787 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
9788 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
9789
9790 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
9791 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
9792 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
9793 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
9794 transaction fails as well.
9795
9796 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
9797 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
9798 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
9799 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
9800 matters.
9801
9802 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
62c7f90e
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9803
9804Example:
9805adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
9806adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
9807DOC_END
9808
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9809NAME: adaptation_service_chain
9810TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
9811IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
9812LOC: none
9813DEFAULT: none
9814DOC_START
9815
9816 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
9817 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
9818 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
9819
9820 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
9821
9822 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
9823 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
9824 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
9825 the previous service in the chain.
9826
9827 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
9828 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
9829
9830 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
9831 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
9832 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
9833
9834 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
9835 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
9836
9837 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
9838 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
9839 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
9840 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
9841
9842 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
9843
9844Example:
9845adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
9846DOC_END
9847
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9848NAME: adaptation_access
9849TYPE: adaptation_access_type
9850IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
9851LOC: none
9852DEFAULT: none
638402dd 9853DEFAULT_DOC: Allow, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
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9854DOC_START
9855 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
9856
9857 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
9858 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
9859
9860 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
9861 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
9862 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
9863 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
9864
9865 - services serving different vectoring points
9866 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
9867 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
9868 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
9869
9870 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
9871 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
9872 adaptation_service_set for details.
9873
9874 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
9875 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
9876 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
9877 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
9878
9879 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
9880 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
9881
9882 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
9883
9884Example:
9885adaptation_access service_1 allow all
9886DOC_END
9887
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9888NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
9889TYPE: int
9890IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
9891LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
9892DEFAULT: 16
9893DOC_START
9894 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
9895 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
9896 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
9897 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
9898 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
9899 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
9900
9901 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
9902
9903 See also: icap_service routing=1
9904DOC_END
9905
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9906NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
9907TYPE: string
9908IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
9909LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
9910DEFAULT: none
9911DOC_START
9912 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
9913 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
9914 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
9915 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
9916 with the master transaction.
9917
9918 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
9919 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
9920
9603207d 9921 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
9922 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
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9923 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
9924
9925 An eCAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
9926 shared table by implementing the libecap::visitEachOption() API
9927 to provide an option with a name specified in
9928 adaptation_masterx_shared_names.
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9929
9930 Squid will store and forward the set entry to subsequent adaptation
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9931 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
9932
9933 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
9934
9935Example:
9936# share authentication information among ICAP services
9937adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
9938DOC_END
9939
71be37e0 9940NAME: adaptation_meta
d7f4a0b7 9941TYPE: note
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9942IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
9943LOC: Adaptation::Config::metaHeaders
9944DEFAULT: none
9945DOC_START
9946 This option allows Squid administrator to add custom ICAP request
9947 headers or eCAP options to Squid ICAP requests or eCAP transactions.
9948 Use it to pass custom authentication tokens and other
9949 transaction-state related meta information to an ICAP/eCAP service.
9603207d 9950
71be37e0
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9951 The addition of a meta header is ACL-driven:
9952 adaptation_meta name value [!]aclname ...
9603207d 9953
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9954 Processing for a given header name stops after the first ACL list match.
9955 Thus, it is impossible to add two headers with the same name. If no ACL
9603207d 9956 lists match for a given header name, no such header is added. For
71be37e0 9957 example:
9603207d 9958
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9959 # do not debug transactions except for those that need debugging
9960 adaptation_meta X-Debug 1 needs_debugging
9603207d 9961
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9962 # log all transactions except for those that must remain secret
9963 adaptation_meta X-Log 1 !keep_secret
9603207d 9964
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9965 # mark transactions from users in the "G 1" group
9966 adaptation_meta X-Authenticated-Groups "G 1" authed_as_G1
9603207d 9967
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9968 The "value" parameter may be a regular squid.conf token or a "double
9969 quoted string". Within the quoted string, use backslash (\) to escape
9970 any character, which is currently only useful for escaping backslashes
9971 and double quotes. For example,
9972 "this string has one backslash (\\) and two \"quotes\""
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9973
9974 Used adaptation_meta header values may be logged via %note
9975 logformat code. If multiple adaptation_meta headers with the same name
9976 are used during master transaction lifetime, the header values are
9977 logged in the order they were used and duplicate values are ignored
9978 (only the first repeated value will be logged).
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9979DOC_END
9980
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9981NAME: icap_retry
9982TYPE: acl_access
9983IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
9984LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
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9985DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
9986DOC_START
9987 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
9988 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
9989 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
9990 that response are usually retriable.
9991
9992 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
9993
9994 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
9995 due to persistent connection race conditions.
9996
9997 See also: icap_retry_limit
9998DOC_END
9999
10000NAME: icap_retry_limit
10001TYPE: int
10002IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
10003LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
10004DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 10005DEFAULT_DOC: No retries are allowed.
3ff65596 10006DOC_START
638402dd 10007 Limits the number of retries allowed.
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10008
10009 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
10010 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
10011 count against this limit.
10012
10013 See also: icap_retry
10014DOC_END
10015
10016
5473c134 10017COMMENT_START
10018 DNS OPTIONS
10019 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
10020COMMENT_END
10021
10022NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 10023TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 10024DEFAULT: off
5473c134 10025LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 10026DOC_START
5473c134 10027 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
10028 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
10029 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 10030DOC_END
10031
5473c134 10032NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 10033TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 10034DEFAULT: on
5473c134 10035LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 10036DOC_START
5473c134 10037 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
10038 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
10039 Squid to be strict about the standard.
10040 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 10041DOC_END
10042
5473c134 10043NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
fd0f51c4 10044TYPE: time_msec
5473c134 10045DEFAULT: 5 seconds
10046LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
cccac0a2 10047DOC_START
5473c134 10048 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
10049 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 10050DOC_END
10051
5473c134 10052NAME: dns_timeout
fd0f51c4 10053TYPE: time_msec
a541c34e 10054DEFAULT: 30 seconds
5473c134 10055LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
cccac0a2 10056DOC_START
5473c134 10057 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
10058 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
10059 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 10060DOC_END
10061
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10062NAME: dns_packet_max
10063TYPE: b_ssize_t
638402dd 10064DEFAULT_DOC: EDNS disabled
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10065DEFAULT: none
10066LOC: Config.dns.packet_max
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10067DOC_START
10068 Maximum number of bytes packet size to advertise via EDNS.
10069 Set to "none" to disable EDNS large packet support.
9603207d 10070
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10071 For legacy reasons DNS UDP replies will default to 512 bytes which
10072 is too small for many responses. EDNS provides a means for Squid to
10073 negotiate receiving larger responses back immediately without having
10074 to failover with repeat requests. Responses larger than this limit
10075 will retain the old behaviour of failover to TCP DNS.
9603207d 10076
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10077 Squid has no real fixed limit internally, but allowing packet sizes
10078 over 1500 bytes requires network jumbogram support and is usually not
10079 necessary.
9603207d 10080
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10081 WARNING: The RFC also indicates that some older resolvers will reply
10082 with failure of the whole request if the extension is added. Some
10083 resolvers have already been identified which will reply with mangled
10084 EDNS response on occasion. Usually in response to many-KB jumbogram
10085 sizes being advertised by Squid.
10086 Squid will currently treat these both as an unable-to-resolve domain
10087 even if it would be resolvable without EDNS.
10088DOC_END
10089
5473c134 10090NAME: dns_defnames
10091COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 10092TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 10093DEFAULT: off
638402dd 10094DEFAULT_DOC: Search for single-label domain names is disabled.
5473c134 10095LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 10096DOC_START
5473c134 10097 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
10098 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
10099 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
10100 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 10101DOC_END
10102
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10103NAME: dns_multicast_local
10104COMMENT: on|off
10105TYPE: onoff
10106DEFAULT: off
10107DEFAULT_DOC: Search for .local and .arpa names is disabled.
10108LOC: Config.onoff.dns_mdns
10109DOC_START
10110 When set to on, Squid sends multicast DNS lookups on the local
10111 network for domains ending in .local and .arpa.
10112 This enables local servers and devices to be contacted in an
10113 ad-hoc or zero-configuration network environment.
10114DOC_END
10115
5473c134 10116NAME: dns_nameservers
5a1098fb 10117TYPE: SBufList
5473c134 10118DEFAULT: none
638402dd 10119DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
5a1098fb 10120LOC: Config.dns.nameservers
cccac0a2 10121DOC_START
5473c134 10122 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
10123 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
10124 /etc/resolv.conf file.
638402dd 10125
5473c134 10126 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
10127 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
10128 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
10129 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 10130
5473c134 10131 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 10132DOC_END
10133
5473c134 10134NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 10135TYPE: string
5473c134 10136DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
10137LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 10138DOC_START
5473c134 10139 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
10140 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
10141 default locations:
10142 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
10143 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
10144 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
10145 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
10146 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
10147 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
10148 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
10149 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 10150
5473c134 10151 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
10152 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
10153 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
10154 character are comments.
cccac0a2 10155
5473c134 10156 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
10157 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
10158 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
10159 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
10160 definitions.
cccac0a2 10161DOC_END
10162
5473c134 10163NAME: append_domain
10164TYPE: string
10165LOC: Config.appendDomain
10166DEFAULT: none
638402dd 10167DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system definitions
6a2f3fcf 10168DOC_START
5473c134 10169 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
10170 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
10171
10172 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
10173 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
10174 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
10175
10176Example:
10177 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 10178DOC_END
10179
5473c134 10180NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
10181TYPE: onoff
10182LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 10183DEFAULT: on
10184DOC_START
5473c134 10185 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
10186 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
10187 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
10188 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
10189 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 10190DOC_END
10191
6bc15a4f 10192NAME: ipcache_size
10193COMMENT: (number of entries)
10194TYPE: int
10195DEFAULT: 1024
10196LOC: Config.ipcache.size
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10197DOC_START
10198 Maximum number of DNS IP cache entries.
10199DOC_END
6bc15a4f 10200
10201NAME: ipcache_low
10202COMMENT: (percent)
10203TYPE: int
10204DEFAULT: 90
10205LOC: Config.ipcache.low
10206DOC_NONE
10207
10208NAME: ipcache_high
10209COMMENT: (percent)
10210TYPE: int
10211DEFAULT: 95
10212LOC: Config.ipcache.high
10213DOC_START
10214 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
10215DOC_END
10216
10217NAME: fqdncache_size
10218COMMENT: (number of entries)
10219TYPE: int
10220DEFAULT: 1024
10221LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
10222DOC_START
10223 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
10224DOC_END
10225
a58ff010 10226COMMENT_START
5473c134 10227 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 10228 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
10229COMMENT_END
10230
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10231NAME: configuration_includes_quoted_values
10232COMMENT: on|off
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10233TYPE: configuration_includes_quoted_values
10234DEFAULT: off
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10235LOC: ConfigParser::RecognizeQuotedValues
10236DOC_START
10237 If set, Squid will recognize each "quoted string" after a configuration
10238 directive as a single parameter. The quotes are stripped before the
10239 parameter value is interpreted or used.
10240 See "Values with spaces, quotes, and other special characters"
10241 section for more details.
10242DOC_END
10243
5473c134 10244NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 10245COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 10246TYPE: onoff
10247DEFAULT: on
10248LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 10249DOC_START
5473c134 10250 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
10251 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
10252 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
10253 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 10254DOC_END
10255
5473c134 10256NAME: memory_pools_limit
10257COMMENT: (bytes)
70be1349 10258TYPE: b_int64_t
5473c134 10259DEFAULT: 5 MB
10260LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 10261DOC_START
5473c134 10262 Used only with memory_pools on:
10263 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 10264
5473c134 10265 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
10266 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
10267 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
10268 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
10269 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
10270 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
10271 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 10272
89646bd7 10273 If set to none, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
5473c134 10274 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 10275
5473c134 10276 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
70be1349 10277 memory_pools_limit to 0 or none. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
5473c134 10278
10279 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
10280 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
10281 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
10282 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 10283DOC_END
10284
5473c134 10285NAME: forwarded_for
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10286COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
10287TYPE: string
5473c134 10288DEFAULT: on
10289LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 10290DOC_START
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10291 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
10292 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 10293
5473c134 10294 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
10295
67c06f0d 10296 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 10297
10298 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
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10299
10300 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
10301 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
10302
10303 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
10304 X-Forwarded-For header.
10305
10306 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
dd68402f 10307 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place the client IP as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 10308DOC_END
10309
5473c134 10310NAME: cachemgr_passwd
10311TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
10312DEFAULT: none
638402dd 10313DEFAULT_DOC: No password. Actions which require password are denied.
5473c134 10314LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 10315DOC_START
5473c134 10316 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 10317
5473c134 10318 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
10319
10320 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
10321 5min
10322 60min
10323 asndb
10324 authenticator
10325 cbdata
10326 client_list
10327 comm_incoming
10328 config *
10329 counters
10330 delay
10331 digest_stats
10332 dns
10333 events
10334 filedescriptors
10335 fqdncache
10336 histograms
10337 http_headers
10338 info
10339 io
10340 ipcache
10341 mem
10342 menu
10343 netdb
10344 non_peers
10345 objects
10346 offline_toggle *
10347 pconn
10348 peer_select
b360c477 10349 reconfigure *
5473c134 10350 redirector
10351 refresh
10352 server_list
10353 shutdown *
10354 store_digest
10355 storedir
10356 utilization
10357 via_headers
10358 vm_objects
10359
10360 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
10361 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
10362
10363 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
10364 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
10365 password to "none".
10366
10367 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
10368
10369Example:
10370 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
10371 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
10372 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 10373DOC_END
10374
5473c134 10375NAME: client_db
a58ff010 10376COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 10377TYPE: onoff
10378DEFAULT: on
10379LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 10380DOC_START
5473c134 10381 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
10382 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 10383DOC_END
10384
5473c134 10385NAME: refresh_all_ims
10386COMMENT: on|off
10387TYPE: onoff
10388DEFAULT: off
10389LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 10390DOC_START
5473c134 10391 When you enable this option, squid will always check
10392 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
10393 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
10394 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
10395 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 10396
5473c134 10397 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
10398 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 10399DOC_END
10400
5473c134 10401NAME: reload_into_ims
626096be 10402IFDEF: USE_HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 10403COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 10404TYPE: onoff
10405DEFAULT: off
10406LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 10407DOC_START
5473c134 10408 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
10409 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
10410 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
10411 feature could make you liable for problems which it
10412 causes.
10413
10414 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 10415DOC_END
10416
31ef19cd 10417NAME: connect_retries
5473c134 10418TYPE: int
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10419LOC: Config.connect_retries
10420DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 10421DEFAULT_DOC: Do not retry failed connections.
a58ff010 10422DOC_START
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10423 Limits the number of reopening attempts when establishing a single
10424 TCP connection. All these attempts must still complete before the
10425 applicable connection opening timeout expires.
10426
10427 By default and when connect_retries is set to zero, Squid does not
10428 retry failed connection opening attempts.
31ef19cd 10429
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10430 The (not recommended) maximum is 10 tries. An attempt to configure a
10431 higher value results in the value of 10 being used (with a warning).
5473c134 10432
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10433 Squid may open connections to retry various high-level forwarding
10434 failures. For an outside observer, that activity may look like a
10435 low-level connection reopening attempt, but those high-level retries
10436 are governed by forward_max_tries instead.
5473c134 10437
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10438 See also: connect_timeout, forward_timeout, icap_connect_timeout,
10439 ident_timeout, and forward_max_tries.
a58ff010 10440DOC_END
10441
5473c134 10442NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 10443TYPE: onoff
5473c134 10444LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 10445DEFAULT: off
10446DOC_START
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10447 If set to ON Squid will automatically retry requests when
10448 receiving an error response with status 403 (Forbidden),
10449 500 (Internal Error), 501 or 503 (Service not available).
10450 Status 502 and 504 (Gateway errors) are always retried.
9603207d 10451
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10452 This is mainly useful if you are in a complex cache hierarchy to
10453 work around access control errors.
9603207d 10454
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10455 NOTE: This retry will attempt to find another working destination.
10456 Which is different from the server which just failed.
5f8252d2 10457DOC_END
10458
5473c134 10459NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 10460TYPE: string
5473c134 10461LOC: Config.as_whois_server
10462DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 10463DOC_START
5473c134 10464 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
10465 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 10466DOC_END
10467
5473c134 10468NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 10469TYPE: onoff
5473c134 10470LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 10471DEFAULT: off
10472DOC_START
5473c134 10473 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
10474 objects.
a58ff010 10475DOC_END
10476
5473c134 10477NAME: uri_whitespace
10478TYPE: uri_whitespace
10479LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
10480DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 10481DOC_START
5473c134 10482 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
10483 URI. Options:
a58ff010 10484
5473c134 10485 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
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10486 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396 and RFC3986
10487 for tolerant handling of generic URI.
10488 NOTE: This is one difference between generic URI and HTTP URLs.
10489
5473c134 10490 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
10491 Request" message.
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10492 This is the behaviour recommended by RFC2616 for safe
10493 handling of HTTP request URL.
10494
5473c134 10495 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
10496 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
10497 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
10498 are in use.
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10499 Note this may be considered a violation of RFC2616
10500 request parsing where whitespace is prohibited in the
10501 URL field.
10502
5473c134 10503 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
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10504 encoded according to RFC1738.
10505
5473c134 10506 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
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10507 first whitespace.
10508
10509
10510 NOTE the current Squid implementation of encode and chop violates
10511 RFC2616 by not using a 301 redirect after altering the URL.
5473c134 10512DOC_END
a58ff010 10513
5473c134 10514NAME: chroot
10515TYPE: string
10516LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 10517DEFAULT: none
10518DOC_START
9f37c18a 10519 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
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10520 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
10521 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
10522 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
10523 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 10524DOC_END
a58ff010 10525
5473c134 10526NAME: pipeline_prefetch
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10527TYPE: pipelinePrefetch
10528LOC: Config.pipeline_max_prefetch
10529DEFAULT: 0
10530DEFAULT_DOC: Do not pre-parse pipelined requests.
a58ff010 10531DOC_START
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10532 HTTP clients may send a pipeline of 1+N requests to Squid using a
10533 single connection, without waiting for Squid to respond to the first
10534 of those requests. This option limits the number of concurrent
10535 requests Squid will try to handle in parallel. If set to N, Squid
10536 will try to receive and process up to 1+N requests on the same
10537 connection concurrently.
a58ff010 10538
079a8480 10539 Defaults to 0 (off) for bandwidth management and access logging
5473c134 10540 reasons.
a0e23afd 10541
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10542 NOTE: pipelining requires persistent connections to clients.
10543
a0e23afd 10544 WARNING: pipelining breaks NTLM and Negotiate/Kerberos authentication.
5473c134 10545DOC_END
a58ff010 10546
5473c134 10547NAME: high_response_time_warning
10548TYPE: int
10549COMMENT: (msec)
10550LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
10551DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 10552DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 10553DOC_START
10554 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
10555 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
10556 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 10557DOC_END
10558
5473c134 10559NAME: high_page_fault_warning
10560TYPE: int
10561LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
10562DEFAULT: 0
638402dd 10563DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
cc9f92d4 10564DOC_START
5473c134 10565 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
10566 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
10567 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
10568 per second.
10569DOC_END
cc9f92d4 10570
5473c134 10571NAME: high_memory_warning
10572TYPE: b_size_t
10573LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
f2228f3b 10574IFDEF: HAVE_MSTATS&&HAVE_GNUMALLOC_H
904971da 10575DEFAULT: 0 KB
638402dd 10576DEFAULT_DOC: disabled.
5473c134 10577DOC_START
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10578 If the memory usage (as determined by gnumalloc, if available and used)
10579 exceeds this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 10580 the administrators attention.
10581DOC_END
4bf2a476 10582# TODO: link high_memory_warning to mempools?
cc9f92d4 10583
5473c134 10584NAME: sleep_after_fork
10585COMMENT: (microseconds)
10586TYPE: int
10587LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
10588DEFAULT: 0
10589DOC_START
10590 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
10591 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
10592 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
10593 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
10594 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
10595 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
10596 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
10597 until all the child processes have been started.
10598 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
10599 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 10600DOC_END
10601
b6696974 10602NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
7aa9bb3e 10603IFDEF: _SQUID_WINDOWS_
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10604COMMENT: on|off
10605TYPE: onoff
10606DEFAULT: on
10607LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
10608DOC_START
9603207d 10609 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
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10610 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
10611 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
10612 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
10613 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
10614 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
10615DOC_END
10616
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10617NAME: eui_lookup
10618TYPE: onoff
10619IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
10620DEFAULT: on
10621LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
10622DOC_START
10623 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
10624DOC_END
10625
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10626NAME: max_filedescriptors max_filedesc
10627TYPE: int
10628DEFAULT: 0
cfab2c11 10629DEFAULT_DOC: Use operating system soft limit set by ulimit.
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10630LOC: Config.max_filedescriptors
10631DOC_START
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10632 Set the maximum number of filedescriptors, either below the
10633 operating system default or up to the hard limit.
f3f0f563 10634
cfab2c11
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10635 Remove from squid.conf to inherit the current ulimit soft
10636 limit setting.
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10637
10638 Note: Changing this requires a restart of Squid. Also
638402dd 10639 not all I/O types supports large values (eg on Windows).
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10640DOC_END
10641
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10642NAME: force_request_body_continuation
10643TYPE: acl_access
10644LOC: Config.accessList.forceRequestBodyContinuation
10645DEFAULT: none
10646DEFAULT_DOC: Deny, unless rules exist in squid.conf.
10647DOC_START
10648 This option controls how Squid handles data upload requests from HTTP
10649 and FTP agents that require a "Please Continue" control message response
10650 to actually send the request body to Squid. It is mostly useful in
10651 adaptation environments.
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10653 When Squid receives an HTTP request with an "Expect: 100-continue"
10654 header or an FTP upload command (e.g., STOR), Squid normally sends the
10655 request headers or FTP command information to an adaptation service (or
10656 peer) and waits for a response. Most adaptation services (and some
10657 broken peers) may not respond to Squid at that stage because they may
10658 decide to wait for the HTTP request body or FTP data transfer. However,
10659 that request body or data transfer may never come because Squid has not
10660 responded with the HTTP 100 or FTP 150 (Please Continue) control message
10661 to the request sender yet!
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10663 An allow match tells Squid to respond with the HTTP 100 or FTP 150
10664 (Please Continue) control message on its own, before forwarding the
10665 request to an adaptation service or peer. Such a response usually forces
10666 the request sender to proceed with sending the body. A deny match tells
10667 Squid to delay that control response until the origin server confirms
10668 that the request body is needed. Delaying is the default behavior.
10669DOC_END
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10670
10671NAME: http_upgrade_request_protocols
10672TYPE: http_upgrade_request_protocols
10673LOC: Config.http_upgrade_request_protocols
10674DEFAULT: none
10675DEFAULT_DOC: Upgrade header dropped, effectively blocking an upgrade attempt.
10676DOC_START
10677 Controls client-initiated and server-confirmed switching from HTTP to
10678 another protocol (or to several protocols) using HTTP Upgrade mechanism
10679 defined in RFC 7230 Section 6.7. Squid itself does not understand the
10680 protocols being upgraded to and participates in the upgraded
10681 communication only as a dumb TCP proxy. Admins should not allow
10682 upgrading to protocols that require a more meaningful proxy
10683 participation.
10684
10685 Usage: http_upgrade_request_protocols <protocol> allow|deny [!]acl ...
10686
10687 The required "protocol" parameter is either an all-caps word OTHER or an
10688 explicit protocol name (e.g. "WebSocket") optionally followed by a slash
10689 and a version token (e.g. "HTTP/3"). Explicit protocol names and
10690 versions are case sensitive.
10691
10692 When an HTTP client sends an Upgrade request header, Squid iterates over
10693 the client-offered protocols and, for each protocol P (with an optional
10694 version V), evaluates the first non-empty set of
10695 http_upgrade_request_protocols rules (if any) from the following list:
10696
10697 * All rules with an explicit protocol name equal to P.
10698 * All rules that use OTHER instead of a protocol name.
10699
10700 In other words, rules using OTHER are considered for protocol P if and
10701 only if there are no rules mentioning P by name.
10702
10703 If both of the above sets are empty, then Squid removes protocol P from
10704 the Upgrade offer.
10705
10706 If the client sent a versioned protocol offer P/X, then explicit rules
10707 referring to the same-name but different-version protocol P/Y are
10708 declared inapplicable. Inapplicable rules are not evaluated (i.e. are
10709 ignored). However, inapplicable rules still belong to the first set of
10710 rules for P.
10711
10712 Within the applicable rule subset, individual rules are evaluated in
10713 their configuration order. If all ACLs of an applicable "allow" rule
10714 match, then the protocol offered by the client is forwarded to the next
10715 hop as is. If all ACLs of an applicable "deny" rule match, then the
10716 offer is dropped. If no applicable rules have matching ACLs, then the
10717 offer is also dropped. The first matching rule also ends rules
10718 evaluation for the offered protocol.
10719
10720 If all client-offered protocols are removed, then Squid forwards the
10721 client request without the Upgrade header. Squid never sends an empty
10722 Upgrade request header.
10723
10724 An Upgrade request header with a value violating HTTP syntax is dropped
10725 and ignored without an attempt to use extractable individual protocol
10726 offers.
10727
10728 Upon receiving an HTTP 101 (Switching Protocols) control message, Squid
10729 checks that the server listed at least one protocol name and sent a
10730 Connection:upgrade response header. Squid does not understand individual
10731 protocol naming and versioning concepts enough to implement stricter
10732 checks, but an admin can restrict HTTP 101 (Switching Protocols)
10733 responses further using http_reply_access. Responses denied by
10734 http_reply_access rules and responses flagged by the internal Upgrade
10735 checks result in HTTP 502 (Bad Gateway) ERR_INVALID_RESP errors and
10736 Squid-to-server connection closures.
10737
10738 If Squid sends an Upgrade request header, and the next hop (e.g., the
10739 origin server) responds with an acceptable HTTP 101 (Switching
10740 Protocols), then Squid forwards that message to the client and becomes
10741 a TCP tunnel.
10742
10743 The presence of an Upgrade request header alone does not preclude cache
10744 lookups. In other words, an Upgrade request might be satisfied from the
10745 cache, using regular HTTP caching rules.
10746
10747 This clause only supports fast acl types.
10748 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
10749
10750 Each of the following groups of configuration lines represents a
10751 separate configuration example:
10752
10753 # never upgrade to protocol Foo; all others are OK
10754 http_upgrade_request_protocols Foo deny all
10755 http_upgrade_request_protocols OTHER allow all
10756
10757 # only allow upgrades to protocol Bar (except for its first version)
10758 http_upgrade_request_protocols Bar/1 deny all
10759 http_upgrade_request_protocols Bar allow all
10760 http_upgrade_request_protocols OTHER deny all # this rule is optional
10761
10762 # only allow upgrades to protocol Baz, and only if Baz is the only offer
10763 acl UpgradeHeaderHasMultipleOffers ...
10764 http_upgrade_request_protocols Baz deny UpgradeHeaderHasMultipleOffers
10765 http_upgrade_request_protocols Baz allow all
10766DOC_END
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10768NAME: server_pconn_for_nonretriable
10769TYPE: acl_access
10770DEFAULT: none
10771DEFAULT_DOC: Open new connections for forwarding requests Squid cannot retry safely.
10772LOC: Config.accessList.serverPconnForNonretriable
10773DOC_START
10774 This option provides fine-grained control over persistent connection
10775 reuse when forwarding HTTP requests that Squid cannot retry. It is useful
10776 in environments where opening new connections is very expensive
10777 (e.g., all connections are secured with TLS with complex client and server
10778 certificate validation) and race conditions associated with persistent
10779 connections are very rare and/or only cause minor problems.
10780
10781 HTTP prohibits retrying unsafe and non-idempotent requests (e.g., POST).
10782 Squid limitations also prohibit retrying all requests with bodies (e.g., PUT).
10783 By default, when forwarding such "risky" requests, Squid opens a new
10784 connection to the server or cache_peer, even if there is an idle persistent
10785 connection available. When Squid is configured to risk sending a non-retriable
10786 request on a previously used persistent connection, and the server closes
10787 the connection before seeing that risky request, the user gets an error response
10788 from Squid. In most cases, that error response will be HTTP 502 (Bad Gateway)
10789 with ERR_ZERO_SIZE_OBJECT or ERR_WRITE_ERROR (peer connection reset) error detail.
10790
10791 If an allow rule matches, Squid reuses an available idle persistent connection
10792 (if any) for the request that Squid cannot retry. If a deny rule matches, then
10793 Squid opens a new connection for the request that Squid cannot retry.
10794
10795 This option does not affect requests that Squid can retry. They will reuse idle
10796 persistent connections (if any).
10797
10798 This clause only supports fast acl types.
10799 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
10800
10801 Example:
10802 acl SpeedIsWorthTheRisk method POST
10803 server_pconn_for_nonretriable allow SpeedIsWorthTheRisk
10804DOC_END
10805
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10806NAME: happy_eyeballs_connect_timeout
10807COMMENT: (msec)
10808TYPE: int
10809DEFAULT: 250
10810LOC: Config.happyEyeballs.connect_timeout
10811DOC_START
10812 This Happy Eyeballs (RFC 8305) tuning directive specifies the minimum
10813 delay between opening a primary to-server connection and opening a
10814 spare to-server connection for the same master transaction. This delay
10815 is similar to the Connection Attempt Delay in RFC 8305, but it is only
10816 applied to the first spare connection attempt. Subsequent spare
10817 connection attempts use happy_eyeballs_connect_gap, and primary
10818 connection attempts are not artificially delayed at all.
10819
10820 Terminology: The "primary" and "spare" designations are determined by
10821 the order of DNS answers received by Squid: If Squid DNS AAAA query
10822 was answered first, then primary connections are connections to IPv6
10823 peer addresses (while spare connections use IPv4 addresses).
10824 Similarly, if Squid DNS A query was answered first, then primary
10825 connections are connections to IPv4 peer addresses (while spare
10826 connections use IPv6 addresses).
10827
10828 Shorter happy_eyeballs_connect_timeout values reduce master
10829 transaction response time, potentially improving user-perceived
10830 response times (i.e., making user eyeballs happier). Longer delays
10831 reduce both concurrent connection level and server bombardment with
10832 connection requests, potentially improving overall Squid performance
10833 and reducing the chance of being blocked by servers for opening too
10834 many unused connections.
10835
10836 RFC 8305 prohibits happy_eyeballs_connect_timeout values smaller than
10837 10 (milliseconds) to "avoid congestion collapse in the presence of
10838 high packet-loss rates".
10839
10840 The following Happy Eyeballs directives place additional connection
10841 opening restrictions: happy_eyeballs_connect_gap and
10842 happy_eyeballs_connect_limit.
10843DOC_END
10844
10845NAME: happy_eyeballs_connect_gap
10846COMMENT: (msec)
10847TYPE: int
10848DEFAULT: -1
10849DEFAULT_DOC: no artificial delays between spare attempts
10850LOC: Config.happyEyeballs.connect_gap
10851DOC_START
10852 This Happy Eyeballs (RFC 8305) tuning directive specifies the
10853 minimum delay between opening spare to-server connections (to any
10854 server; i.e. across all concurrent master transactions in a Squid
10855 instance). Each SMP worker currently multiplies the configured gap
10856 by the total number of workers so that the combined spare connection
10857 opening rate of a Squid instance obeys the configured limit. The
10858 workers do not coordinate connection openings yet; a micro burst
10859 of spare connection openings may violate the configured gap.
10860
10861 This directive has similar trade-offs as
10862 happy_eyeballs_connect_timeout, but its focus is on limiting traffic
10863 amplification effects for Squid as a whole, while
10864 happy_eyeballs_connect_timeout works on an individual master
10865 transaction level.
10866
10867 The following Happy Eyeballs directives place additional connection
10868 opening restrictions: happy_eyeballs_connect_timeout and
10869 happy_eyeballs_connect_limit. See the former for related terminology.
10870DOC_END
10871
10872NAME: happy_eyeballs_connect_limit
10873TYPE: int
10874DEFAULT: -1
10875DEFAULT_DOC: no artificial limit on the number of concurrent spare attempts
10876LOC: Config.happyEyeballs.connect_limit
10877DOC_START
10878 This Happy Eyeballs (RFC 8305) tuning directive specifies the
10879 maximum number of spare to-server connections (to any server; i.e.
10880 across all concurrent master transactions in a Squid instance).
10881 Each SMP worker gets an equal share of the total limit. However,
10882 the workers do not share the actual connection counts yet, so one
10883 (busier) worker cannot "borrow" spare connection slots from another
10884 (less loaded) worker.
10885
10886 Setting this limit to zero disables concurrent use of primary and
10887 spare TCP connections: Spare connection attempts are made only after
10888 all primary attempts fail. However, Squid would still use the
10889 DNS-related optimizations of the Happy Eyeballs approach.
10890
10891 This directive has similar trade-offs as happy_eyeballs_connect_gap,
10892 but its focus is on limiting Squid overheads, while
10893 happy_eyeballs_connect_gap focuses on the origin server and peer
10894 overheads.
10895
10896 The following Happy Eyeballs directives place additional connection
10897 opening restrictions: happy_eyeballs_connect_timeout and
10898 happy_eyeballs_connect_gap. See the former for related terminology.
10899DOC_END
10900
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