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28
0f74202c 29COMMENT_START
ad12fb4b 30 WELCOME TO @SQUID@
cccac0a2 31 ----------------------------
3a278cb8 32
cccac0a2 33 This is the default Squid configuration file. You may wish
34 to look at the Squid home page (http://www.squid-cache.org/)
35 for the FAQ and other documentation.
3a278cb8 36
cccac0a2 37 The default Squid config file shows what the defaults for
38 various options happen to be. If you don't need to change the
39 default, you shouldn't uncomment the line. Doing so may cause
40 run-time problems. In some cases "none" refers to no default
41 setting at all, while in other cases it refers to a valid
42 option - the comments for that keyword indicate if this is the
43 case.
debd9a31 44
cccac0a2 45COMMENT_END
3a278cb8 46
592a09dc 47COMMENT_START
48 Configuration options can be included using the "include" directive.
49 Include takes a list of files to include. Quoting and wildcards is
50 supported.
51
52 For example,
53
54 include /path/to/included/file/squid.acl.config
55
56 Includes can be nested up to a hard-coded depth of 16 levels.
57 This arbitrary restriction is to prevent recursive include references
58 from causing Squid entering an infinite loop whilst trying to load
59 configuration files.
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60
61
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62 Conditional configuration
63
64 If-statements can be used to make configuration directives
65 depend on conditions:
66
67 if <CONDITION>
68 ... regular configuration directives ...
69 [else
70 ... regular configuration directives ...]
71 endif
72
73 The else part is optional. The keywords "if", "else", and "endif"
74 must be typed on their own lines, as if they were regular
75 configuration directives.
76
77 These individual conditions types are supported:
78
79 true
80 Always evaluates to true.
81 false
82 Always evaluates to false.
83 <integer> = <integer>
84 Equality comparison of two integer numbers.
85
86
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87 SMP-Related Macros
88
89 The following SMP-related preprocessor macros can be used.
90
91 ${process_name} expands to the current Squid process "name"
92 (e.g., squid1, squid2, or cache1).
93
94 ${process_number} expands to the current Squid process
95 identifier, which is an integer number (e.g., 1, 2, 3) unique
96 across all Squid processes.
592a09dc 97COMMENT_END
98
5473c134 99COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 100 OPTIONS FOR AUTHENTICATION
5473c134 101 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
102COMMENT_END
103
41bd17a4 104NAME: auth_param
105TYPE: authparam
106LOC: Config.authConfiguration
cccac0a2 107DEFAULT: none
108DOC_START
41bd17a4 109 This is used to define parameters for the various authentication
110 schemes supported by Squid.
cccac0a2 111
41bd17a4 112 format: auth_param scheme parameter [setting]
cccac0a2 113
41bd17a4 114 The order in which authentication schemes are presented to the client is
115 dependent on the order the scheme first appears in config file. IE
116 has a bug (it's not RFC 2617 compliant) in that it will use the basic
117 scheme if basic is the first entry presented, even if more secure
118 schemes are presented. For now use the order in the recommended
119 settings section below. If other browsers have difficulties (don't
120 recognize the schemes offered even if you are using basic) either
121 put basic first, or disable the other schemes (by commenting out their
122 program entry).
cccac0a2 123
41bd17a4 124 Once an authentication scheme is fully configured, it can only be
125 shutdown by shutting squid down and restarting. Changes can be made on
126 the fly and activated with a reconfigure. I.E. You can change to a
127 different helper, but not unconfigure the helper completely.
cccac0a2 128
41bd17a4 129 Please note that while this directive defines how Squid processes
130 authentication it does not automatically activate authentication.
131 To use authentication you must in addition make use of ACLs based
132 on login name in http_access (proxy_auth, proxy_auth_regex or
133 external with %LOGIN used in the format tag). The browser will be
134 challenged for authentication on the first such acl encountered
135 in http_access processing and will also be re-challenged for new
136 login credentials if the request is being denied by a proxy_auth
137 type acl.
cccac0a2 138
41bd17a4 139 WARNING: authentication can't be used in a transparently intercepting
140 proxy as the client then thinks it is talking to an origin server and
141 not the proxy. This is a limitation of bending the TCP/IP protocol to
142 transparently intercepting port 80, not a limitation in Squid.
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143 Ports flagged 'transparent', 'intercept', or 'tproxy' have
144 authentication disabled.
cccac0a2 145
41bd17a4 146 === Parameters for the basic scheme follow. ===
cccac0a2 147
41bd17a4 148 "program" cmdline
149 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such a program
150 reads a line containing "username password" and replies "OK" or
151 "ERR" in an endless loop. "ERR" responses may optionally be followed
152 by a error description available as %m in the returned error page.
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153 If you use an authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl of type
154 proxy_auth.
cccac0a2 155
41bd17a4 156 By default, the basic authentication scheme is not used unless a
157 program is specified.
cccac0a2 158
41bd17a4 159 If you want to use the traditional NCSA proxy authentication, set
160 this line to something like
307b83b7 161
41bd17a4 162 auth_param basic program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/libexec/ncsa_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/passwd
9e7dbc51 163
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164 "utf8" on|off
165 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
166 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
167 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
168 username & password to the helper.
169
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170 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
171 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn. If you start too few
41bd17a4 172 Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of credential
173 verifications, slowing it down. When password verifications are
174 done via a (slow) network you are likely to need lots of
175 authenticator processes.
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176
177 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
178 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
179 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
180 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
181 the maximum.
182
183 auth_param basic children 20 startup=0 idle=1
9e7dbc51 184
41bd17a4 185 "concurrency" concurrency
186 The number of concurrent requests the helper can process.
187 The default of 0 is used for helpers who only supports
188 one request at a time. Setting this changes the protocol used to
189 include a channel number first on the request/response line, allowing
190 multiple requests to be sent to the same helper in parallell without
191 wating for the response.
192 Must not be set unless it's known the helper supports this.
193 auth_param basic concurrency 0
0fdafae7 194
41bd17a4 195 "realm" realmstring
196 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
197 client for the basic proxy authentication scheme (part of
198 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
199 password). There is no default.
200 auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
d1b63fc8 201
41bd17a4 202 "credentialsttl" timetolive
203 Specifies how long squid assumes an externally validated
204 username:password pair is valid for - in other words how
205 often the helper program is called for that user. Set this
206 low to force revalidation with short lived passwords. Note
207 setting this high does not impact your susceptibility
208 to replay attacks unless you are using an one-time password
209 system (such as SecureID). If you are using such a system,
210 you will be vulnerable to replay attacks unless you also
211 use the max_user_ip ACL in an http_access rule.
cccac0a2 212
41bd17a4 213 "casesensitive" on|off
214 Specifies if usernames are case sensitive. Most user databases are
215 case insensitive allowing the same username to be spelled using both
216 lower and upper case letters, but some are case sensitive. This
217 makes a big difference for user_max_ip ACL processing and similar.
218 auth_param basic casesensitive off
cccac0a2 219
41bd17a4 220 === Parameters for the digest scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 221
41bd17a4 222 "program" cmdline
223 Specify the command for the external authenticator. Such
224 a program reads a line containing "username":"realm" and
225 replies with the appropriate H(A1) value hex encoded or
226 ERR if the user (or his H(A1) hash) does not exists.
227 See rfc 2616 for the definition of H(A1).
228 "ERR" responses may optionally be followed by a error description
229 available as %m in the returned error page.
cccac0a2 230
41bd17a4 231 By default, the digest authentication scheme is not used unless a
232 program is specified.
b8c0c06d 233
41bd17a4 234 If you want to use a digest authenticator, set this line to
235 something like
cccac0a2 236
7ce93108 237 auth_param digest program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/digest_pw_auth @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/etc/digpass
cccac0a2 238
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239 "utf8" on|off
240 HTTP uses iso-latin-1 as characterset, while some authentication
241 backends such as LDAP expects UTF-8. If this is set to on Squid will
242 translate the HTTP iso-latin-1 charset to UTF-8 before sending the
243 username & password to the helper.
244
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245 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
246 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 247 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
248 process a backlog of H(A1) calculations, slowing it down.
249 When the H(A1) calculations are done via a (slow) network
250 you are likely to need lots of authenticator processes.
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251
252 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
253 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
254 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
255 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
256 the maximum.
257
258 auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 259
41bd17a4 260 "realm" realmstring
261 Specifies the realm name which is to be reported to the
262 client for the digest proxy authentication scheme (part of
263 the text the user will see when prompted their username and
264 password). There is no default.
265 auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
cccac0a2 266
41bd17a4 267 "nonce_garbage_interval" timeinterval
268 Specifies the interval that nonces that have been issued
269 to client_agent's are checked for validity.
cccac0a2 270
41bd17a4 271 "nonce_max_duration" timeinterval
272 Specifies the maximum length of time a given nonce will be
273 valid for.
cccac0a2 274
41bd17a4 275 "nonce_max_count" number
276 Specifies the maximum number of times a given nonce can be
277 used.
cccac0a2 278
41bd17a4 279 "nonce_strictness" on|off
280 Determines if squid requires strict increment-by-1 behavior
281 for nonce counts, or just incrementing (off - for use when
282 useragents generate nonce counts that occasionally miss 1
283 (ie, 1,2,4,6)). Default off.
cccac0a2 284
41bd17a4 285 "check_nonce_count" on|off
286 This directive if set to off can disable the nonce count check
287 completely to work around buggy digest qop implementations in
288 certain mainstream browser versions. Default on to check the
289 nonce count to protect from authentication replay attacks.
cccac0a2 290
41bd17a4 291 "post_workaround" on|off
292 This is a workaround to certain buggy browsers who sends
293 an incorrect request digest in POST requests when reusing
294 the same nonce as acquired earlier on a GET request.
cccac0a2 295
41bd17a4 296 === NTLM scheme options follow ===
cccac0a2 297
41bd17a4 298 "program" cmdline
299 Specify the command for the external NTLM authenticator.
300 Such a program reads exchanged NTLMSSP packets with
301 the browser via Squid until authentication is completed.
302 If you use an NTLM authenticator, make sure you have 1 acl
303 of type proxy_auth. By default, the NTLM authenticator_program
304 is not used.
cccac0a2 305
41bd17a4 306 auth_param ntlm program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth
cccac0a2 307
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308 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
309 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 310 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
311 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
312 down. When credential verifications are done via a (slow)
313 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
314 processes.
cccac0a2 315
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316 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
317 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
318 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
319 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
320 the maximum.
321
322 auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
cccac0a2 323
41bd17a4 324 "keep_alive" on|off
325 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
326 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
327 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
328 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
329 supported by the proxy.
cccac0a2 330
41bd17a4 331 auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
cccac0a2 332
41bd17a4 333 === Options for configuring the NEGOTIATE auth-scheme follow ===
cccac0a2 334
41bd17a4 335 "program" cmdline
336 Specify the command for the external Negotiate authenticator.
337 This protocol is used in Microsoft Active-Directory enabled setups with
338 the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox browsers.
339 Its main purpose is to exchange credentials with the Squid proxy
340 using the Kerberos mechanisms.
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341 If you use a Negotiate authenticator, make sure you have at least
342 one acl of type proxy_auth active. By default, the negotiate
343 authenticator_program is not used.
41bd17a4 344 The only supported program for this role is the ntlm_auth
345 program distributed as part of Samba, version 4 or later.
cccac0a2 346
41bd17a4 347 auth_param negotiate program @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=gss-spnego
cccac0a2 348
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349 "children" numberofchildren [startup=N] [idle=N]
350 The maximum number of authenticator processes to spawn (default 5).
41bd17a4 351 If you start too few Squid will have to wait for them to
352 process a backlog of credential verifications, slowing it
353 down. When crendential verifications are done via a (slow)
354 network you are likely to need lots of authenticator
355 processes.
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356
357 The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact amount
358 run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and reconfigure
359 and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an attempt to meet
360 traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs up to
361 the maximum.
362
363 auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
d3803853 364
41bd17a4 365 "keep_alive" on|off
366 If you experience problems with PUT/POST requests when using the
367 Negotiate authentication scheme then you can try setting this to
368 off. This will cause Squid to forcibly close the connection on
369 the initial requests where the browser asks which schemes are
370 supported by the proxy.
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41bd17a4 372 auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
cccac0a2 373
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374
375 Examples:
376
41bd17a4 377#Recommended minimum configuration per scheme:
378#auth_param negotiate program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 379#auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 380#auth_param negotiate keep_alive on
e0855596 381#
41bd17a4 382#auth_param ntlm program <uncomment and complete this line to activate>
48d54e4d 383#auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 384#auth_param ntlm keep_alive on
e0855596 385#
41bd17a4 386#auth_param digest program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 387#auth_param digest children 20 startup=0 idle=1
41bd17a4 388#auth_param digest realm Squid proxy-caching web server
389#auth_param digest nonce_garbage_interval 5 minutes
390#auth_param digest nonce_max_duration 30 minutes
391#auth_param digest nonce_max_count 50
e0855596 392#
41bd17a4 393#auth_param basic program <uncomment and complete this line>
48d54e4d 394#auth_param basic children 5 stratup=5 idle=1
41bd17a4 395#auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
396#auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
41bd17a4 397DOC_END
cccac0a2 398
41bd17a4 399NAME: authenticate_cache_garbage_interval
400TYPE: time_t
401DEFAULT: 1 hour
402LOC: Config.authenticateGCInterval
403DOC_START
404 The time period between garbage collection across the username cache.
405 This is a tradeoff between memory utilization (long intervals - say
406 2 days) and CPU (short intervals - say 1 minute). Only change if you
407 have good reason to.
408DOC_END
cccac0a2 409
41bd17a4 410NAME: authenticate_ttl
411TYPE: time_t
412DEFAULT: 1 hour
413LOC: Config.authenticateTTL
414DOC_START
415 The time a user & their credentials stay in the logged in
416 user cache since their last request. When the garbage
417 interval passes, all user credentials that have passed their
418 TTL are removed from memory.
419DOC_END
cccac0a2 420
41bd17a4 421NAME: authenticate_ip_ttl
422TYPE: time_t
423LOC: Config.authenticateIpTTL
424DEFAULT: 0 seconds
425DOC_START
426 If you use proxy authentication and the 'max_user_ip' ACL,
427 this directive controls how long Squid remembers the IP
428 addresses associated with each user. Use a small value
429 (e.g., 60 seconds) if your users might change addresses
430 quickly, as is the case with dialups. You might be safe
431 using a larger value (e.g., 2 hours) in a corporate LAN
432 environment with relatively static address assignments.
433DOC_END
cccac0a2 434
3d1e3e43 435COMMENT_START
436 ACCESS CONTROLS
437 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
438COMMENT_END
439
41bd17a4 440NAME: external_acl_type
441TYPE: externalAclHelper
442LOC: Config.externalAclHelperList
cccac0a2 443DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 444DOC_START
41bd17a4 445 This option defines external acl classes using a helper program
446 to look up the status
cccac0a2 447
41bd17a4 448 external_acl_type name [options] FORMAT.. /path/to/helper [helper arguments..]
cccac0a2 449
41bd17a4 450 Options:
cccac0a2 451
41bd17a4 452 ttl=n TTL in seconds for cached results (defaults to 3600
453 for 1 hour)
454 negative_ttl=n
455 TTL for cached negative lookups (default same
456 as ttl)
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457 children-max=n
458 Maximum number of acl helper processes spawned to service
459 external acl lookups of this type. (default 20)
460 children-startup=n
461 Minimum number of acl helper processes to spawn during
462 startup and reconfigure to service external acl lookups
463 of this type. (default 0)
464 children-idle=n
465 Number of acl helper processes to keep ahead of traffic
466 loads. Squid will spawn this many at once whenever load
467 rises above the capabilities of existing processes.
468 Up to the value of children-max. (default 1)
41bd17a4 469 concurrency=n concurrency level per process. Only used with helpers
470 capable of processing more than one query at a time.
48d54e4d 471 cache=n limit the result cache size, default is unbounded.
41bd17a4 472 grace=n Percentage remaining of TTL where a refresh of a
473 cached entry should be initiated without needing to
48d54e4d 474 wait for a new reply. (default is for no grace period)
41bd17a4 475 protocol=2.5 Compatibility mode for Squid-2.5 external acl helpers
cc192b50 476 ipv4 / ipv6 IP-mode used to communicate to this helper.
477 For compatability with older configurations and helpers
1de68cc1 478 the default is 'ipv4'.
cccac0a2 479
41bd17a4 480 FORMAT specifications
cccac0a2 481
41bd17a4 482 %LOGIN Authenticated user login name
483 %EXT_USER Username from external acl
484 %IDENT Ident user name
485 %SRC Client IP
486 %SRCPORT Client source port
487 %URI Requested URI
488 %DST Requested host
489 %PROTO Requested protocol
490 %PORT Requested port
491 %PATH Requested URL path
492 %METHOD Request method
493 %MYADDR Squid interface address
494 %MYPORT Squid http_port number
495 %PATH Requested URL-path (including query-string if any)
496 %USER_CERT SSL User certificate in PEM format
497 %USER_CERTCHAIN SSL User certificate chain in PEM format
498 %USER_CERT_xx SSL User certificate subject attribute xx
499 %USER_CA_xx SSL User certificate issuer attribute xx
7b0ca1e8 500
c68c9682 501 %>{Header} HTTP request header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 502 %>{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 503 HTTP request header "Hdr" list member "member"
7b0ca1e8 504 %>{Hdr:;member}
41bd17a4 505 HTTP request header list member using ; as
506 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
507 character.
cccac0a2 508
c68c9682 509 %<{Header} HTTP reply header "Header"
7b0ca1e8 510 %<{Hdr:member}
c68c9682 511 HTTP reply header "Hdr" list member "member"
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512 %<{Hdr:;member}
513 HTTP reply header list member using ; as
514 list separator. ; can be any non-alphanumeric
515 character.
516
41bd17a4 517 In addition to the above, any string specified in the referencing
518 acl will also be included in the helper request line, after the
519 specified formats (see the "acl external" directive)
cccac0a2 520
41bd17a4 521 The helper receives lines per the above format specification,
522 and returns lines starting with OK or ERR indicating the validity
523 of the request and optionally followed by additional keywords with
524 more details.
cccac0a2 525
41bd17a4 526 General result syntax:
cccac0a2 527
41bd17a4 528 OK/ERR keyword=value ...
cccac0a2 529
41bd17a4 530 Defined keywords:
cccac0a2 531
41bd17a4 532 user= The users name (login)
533 password= The users password (for login= cache_peer option)
534 message= Message describing the reason. Available as %o
535 in error pages
536 tag= Apply a tag to a request (for both ERR and OK results)
537 Only sets a tag, does not alter existing tags.
538 log= String to be logged in access.log. Available as
539 %ea in logformat specifications
934b03fc 540
41bd17a4 541 If protocol=3.0 (the default) then URL escaping is used to protect
542 each value in both requests and responses.
6a566b9c 543
41bd17a4 544 If using protocol=2.5 then all values need to be enclosed in quotes
545 if they may contain whitespace, or the whitespace escaped using \.
546 And quotes or \ characters within the keyword value must be \ escaped.
1e5562e3 547
41bd17a4 548 When using the concurrency= option the protocol is changed by
549 introducing a query channel tag infront of the request/response.
550 The query channel tag is a number between 0 and concurrency-1.
cccac0a2 551DOC_END
552
41bd17a4 553NAME: acl
554TYPE: acl
555LOC: Config.aclList
1f5bd0a4 556DEFAULT: all src all
cccac0a2 557DOC_START
41bd17a4 558 Defining an Access List
cccac0a2 559
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560 Every access list definition must begin with an aclname and acltype,
561 followed by either type-specific arguments or a quoted filename that
562 they are read from.
cccac0a2 563
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564 acl aclname acltype argument ...
565 acl aclname acltype "file" ...
cccac0a2 566
375eeb3b 567 When using "file", the file should contain one item per line.
cccac0a2 568
41bd17a4 569 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
570 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
cccac0a2 571
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572 Some acl types require suspending the current request in order
573 to access some external data source.
574 Those which do are marked with the tag [slow], those which
575 don't are marked as [fast].
576 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl
577 for further information
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578
579 ***** ACL TYPES AVAILABLE *****
580
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581 acl aclname src ip-address/netmask ... # clients IP address [fast]
582 acl aclname src addr1-addr2/netmask ... # range of addresses [fast]
583 acl aclname dst ip-address/netmask ... # URL host's IP address [slow]
584 acl aclname myip ip-address/netmask ... # local socket IP address [fast]
cccac0a2 585
41bd17a4 586 acl aclname arp mac-address ... (xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx notation)
587 # The arp ACL requires the special configure option --enable-arp-acl.
588 # Furthermore, the ARP ACL code is not portable to all operating systems.
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589 # It works on Linux, Solaris, Windows, FreeBSD, and some
590 # other *BSD variants.
591 # [fast]
41bd17a4 592 #
593 # NOTE: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on
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595 # then Squid cannot find out its MAC address.
596
597 acl aclname srcdomain .foo.com ...
598 # reverse lookup, from client IP [slow]
599 acl aclname dstdomain .foo.com ...
e38c7724 600 # Destination server from URL [fast]
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602 # regex matching client name [slow]
603 acl aclname dstdom_regex [-i] \.foo\.com ...
e38c7724 604 # regex matching server [fast]
b3567eb5 605 #
41bd17a4 606 # For dstdomain and dstdom_regex a reverse lookup is tried if a IP
607 # based URL is used and no match is found. The name "none" is used
608 # if the reverse lookup fails.
9bc73deb 609
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610 acl aclname src_as number ...
611 acl aclname dst_as number ...
b3567eb5 612 # [fast]
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614 # routing of requests to specific caches. Here's an
615 # example for routing all requests for AS#1241 and only
616 # those to mycache.mydomain.net:
617 # acl asexample dst_as 1241
618 # cache_peer_access mycache.mydomain.net allow asexample
619 # cache_peer_access mycache_mydomain.net deny all
7f7db318 620
6db78a1a 621 acl aclname peername myPeer ...
b3567eb5 622 # [fast]
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623 # match against a named cache_peer entry
624 # set unique name= on cache_peer lines for reliable use.
625
375eeb3b 626 acl aclname time [day-abbrevs] [h1:m1-h2:m2]
b3567eb5 627 # [fast]
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629 # S - Sunday
630 # M - Monday
631 # T - Tuesday
632 # W - Wednesday
633 # H - Thursday
634 # F - Friday
635 # A - Saturday
636 # h1:m1 must be less than h2:m2
637
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638 acl aclname url_regex [-i] ^http:// ...
639 # regex matching on whole URL [fast]
640 acl aclname urlpath_regex [-i] \.gif$ ...
641 # regex matching on URL path [fast]
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643 acl aclname port 80 70 21 0-1024... # destination TCP port [fast]
644 # ranges are alloed
645 acl aclname myport 3128 ... # local socket TCP port [fast]
646 acl aclname myportname 3128 ... # http(s)_port name [fast]
e988aa40 647
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648 acl aclname proto HTTP FTP ... # request protocol [fast]
649
650 acl aclname method GET POST ... # HTTP request method [fast]
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653 # status code in reply [fast]
e988aa40 654
375eeb3b 655 acl aclname browser [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 656 # pattern match on User-Agent header (see also req_header below) [fast]
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375eeb3b 658 acl aclname referer_regex [-i] regexp ...
b3567eb5 659 # pattern match on Referer header [fast]
41bd17a4 660 # Referer is highly unreliable, so use with care
e988aa40 661
375eeb3b 662 acl aclname ident username ...
41bd17a4 663 acl aclname ident_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 664 # string match on ident output [slow]
41bd17a4 665 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null ident.
cf5cc17e 666
41bd17a4 667 acl aclname proxy_auth [-i] username ...
668 acl aclname proxy_auth_regex [-i] pattern ...
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670 # supplied credentials [slow]
671 #
672 # takes a list of allowed usernames.
41bd17a4 673 # use REQUIRED to accept any valid username.
674 #
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676 # http authenticaiton in reverse-proxy scenarios
677 #
41bd17a4 678 # NOTE: when a Proxy-Authentication header is sent but it is not
679 # needed during ACL checking the username is NOT logged
680 # in access.log.
681 #
682 # NOTE: proxy_auth requires a EXTERNAL authentication program
683 # to check username/password combinations (see
684 # auth_param directive).
685 #
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687 # as the browser needs to be configured for using a proxy in order
41bd17a4 688 # to respond to proxy authentication.
8e8d4f30 689
41bd17a4 690 acl aclname snmp_community string ...
b3567eb5 691 # A community string to limit access to your SNMP Agent [fast]
41bd17a4 692 # Example:
693 #
694 # acl snmppublic snmp_community public
934b03fc 695
41bd17a4 696 acl aclname maxconn number
697 # This will be matched when the client's IP address has
b3567eb5 698 # more than <number> HTTP connections established. [fast]
1e5562e3 699
41bd17a4 700 acl aclname max_user_ip [-s] number
701 # This will be matched when the user attempts to log in from more
702 # than <number> different ip addresses. The authenticate_ip_ttl
b3567eb5 703 # parameter controls the timeout on the ip entries. [fast]
41bd17a4 704 # If -s is specified the limit is strict, denying browsing
705 # from any further IP addresses until the ttl has expired. Without
706 # -s Squid will just annoy the user by "randomly" denying requests.
707 # (the counter is reset each time the limit is reached and a
708 # request is denied)
709 # NOTE: in acceleration mode or where there is mesh of child proxies,
710 # clients may appear to come from multiple addresses if they are
711 # going through proxy farms, so a limit of 1 may cause user problems.
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714 # Pseudo-randomly match requests. Based on the probability given.
715 # Probability may be written as a decimal (0.333), fraction (1/3)
716 # or ratio of matches:non-matches (3:5).
717
375eeb3b 718 acl aclname req_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 719 # regex match against the mime type of the request generated
720 # by the client. Can be used to detect file upload or some
b3567eb5 721 # types HTTP tunneling requests [fast]
41bd17a4 722 # NOTE: This does NOT match the reply. You cannot use this
723 # to match the returned file type.
cccac0a2 724
41bd17a4 725 acl aclname req_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
726 # regex match against any of the known request headers. May be
727 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 728 # ACL [fast]
cccac0a2 729
375eeb3b 730 acl aclname rep_mime_type [-i] mime-type ...
41bd17a4 731 # regex match against the mime type of the reply received by
732 # squid. Can be used to detect file download or some
b3567eb5 733 # types HTTP tunneling requests. [fast]
41bd17a4 734 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
735 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
736 # http_reply_access.
cccac0a2 737
41bd17a4 738 acl aclname rep_header header-name [-i] any\.regex\.here
739 # regex match against any of the known reply headers. May be
740 # thought of as a superset of "browser", "referer" and "mime-type"
b3567eb5 741 # ACLs [fast]
cccac0a2 742
375eeb3b 743 acl aclname external class_name [arguments...]
41bd17a4 744 # external ACL lookup via a helper class defined by the
b3567eb5 745 # external_acl_type directive [slow]
cccac0a2 746
41bd17a4 747 acl aclname user_cert attribute values...
748 # match against attributes in a user SSL certificate
b3567eb5 749 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 750
41bd17a4 751 acl aclname ca_cert attribute values...
752 # match against attributes a users issuing CA SSL certificate
b3567eb5 753 # attribute is one of DN/C/O/CN/L/ST [fast]
cccac0a2 754
41bd17a4 755 acl aclname ext_user username ...
756 acl aclname ext_user_regex [-i] pattern ...
b3567eb5 757 # string match on username returned by external acl helper [slow]
41bd17a4 758 # use REQUIRED to accept any non-null user name.
b3567eb5 759
0ab50441 760 acl aclname tag tagvalue ...
b3567eb5 761 # string match on tag returned by external acl helper [slow]
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764 # string match against squid hierarchy code(s); [fast]
765 # e.g., DIRECT, PARENT_HIT, NONE, etc.
766 #
767 # NOTE: This has no effect in http_access rules. It only has
768 # effect in rules that affect the reply data stream such as
769 # http_reply_access.
770
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772 acl macaddress arp 09:00:2b:23:45:67
773 acl myexample dst_as 1241
774 acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
775 acl fileupload req_mime_type -i ^multipart/form-data$
776 acl javascript rep_mime_type -i ^application/x-javascript$
cccac0a2 777
41bd17a4 778NOCOMMENT_START
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780# Recommended minimum configuration:
781#
41bd17a4 782acl manager proto cache_object
ee776778 783acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
18a8e998 784@IPV6_ONLY_SETTING@acl localhost src ::1/128
7f83a5f6 785acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32
18a8e998 786@IPV6_ONLY_SETTING@acl to_localhost dst ::1/128
e0855596 787
ee776778 788# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
789# Adapt to list your (internal) IP networks from where browsing
790# should be allowed
791acl localnet src 10.0.0.0/8 # RFC1918 possible internal network
792acl localnet src 172.16.0.0/12 # RFC1918 possible internal network
793acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
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794@IPV6_ONLY_SETTING@acl localnet src fc00::/7 # RFC 4193 local private network range
795@IPV6_ONLY_SETTING@acl localnet src fe80::/10 # RFC 4291 link-local (directly plugged) machines
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41bd17a4 797acl SSL_ports port 443
798acl Safe_ports port 80 # http
799acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp
800acl Safe_ports port 443 # https
801acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher
802acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais
803acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
804acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt
805acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http
806acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker
807acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http
808acl CONNECT method CONNECT
809NOCOMMENT_END
810DOC_END
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812NAME: follow_x_forwarded_for
813TYPE: acl_access
814IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
815LOC: Config.accessList.followXFF
816DEFAULT: none
817DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
818DOC_START
819 Allowing or Denying the X-Forwarded-For header to be followed to
820 find the original source of a request.
821
822 Requests may pass through a chain of several other proxies
823 before reaching us. The X-Forwarded-For header will contain a
824 comma-separated list of the IP addresses in the chain, with the
825 rightmost address being the most recent.
826
827 If a request reaches us from a source that is allowed by this
828 configuration item, then we consult the X-Forwarded-For header
829 to see where that host received the request from. If the
830 X-Forwarded-For header contains multiple addresses, and if
831 acl_uses_indirect_client is on, then we continue backtracking
832 until we reach an address for which we are not allowed to
833 follow the X-Forwarded-For header, or until we reach the first
834 address in the list. (If acl_uses_indirect_client is off, then
835 it's impossible to backtrack through more than one level of
836 X-Forwarded-For addresses.)
837
838 The end result of this process is an IP address that we will
839 refer to as the indirect client address. This address may
57d76dd4 840 be treated as the client address for access control, ICAP, delay
3d674977 841 pools and logging, depending on the acl_uses_indirect_client,
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843 log_uses_indirect_client options.
3d674977 844
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846 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
847
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848 SECURITY CONSIDERATIONS:
849
850 Any host for which we follow the X-Forwarded-For header
851 can place incorrect information in the header, and Squid
852 will use the incorrect information as if it were the
853 source address of the request. This may enable remote
854 hosts to bypass any access control restrictions that are
855 based on the client's source addresses.
856
857 For example:
858
859 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1
860 acl my_other_proxy srcdomain .proxy.example.com
861 follow_x_forwarded_for allow localhost
862 follow_x_forwarded_for allow my_other_proxy
863DOC_END
864
865NAME: acl_uses_indirect_client
866COMMENT: on|off
867TYPE: onoff
868IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
869DEFAULT: on
870LOC: Config.onoff.acl_uses_indirect_client
871DOC_START
872 Controls whether the indirect client address
873 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
874 direct client address in acl matching.
875DOC_END
876
877NAME: delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
878COMMENT: on|off
879TYPE: onoff
0dae2bca 880IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&DELAY_POOLS
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882LOC: Config.onoff.delay_pool_uses_indirect_client
883DOC_START
884 Controls whether the indirect client address
885 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
886 direct client address in delay pools.
887DOC_END
888
889NAME: log_uses_indirect_client
890COMMENT: on|off
891TYPE: onoff
892IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR
893DEFAULT: on
894LOC: Config.onoff.log_uses_indirect_client
895DOC_START
896 Controls whether the indirect client address
897 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) is used instead of the
898 direct client address in the access log.
899DOC_END
900
41bd17a4 901NAME: http_access
902TYPE: acl_access
903LOC: Config.accessList.http
904DEFAULT: none
905DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
906DOC_START
907 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
cccac0a2 908
41bd17a4 909 Access to the HTTP port:
910 http_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 911
41bd17a4 912 NOTE on default values:
cccac0a2 913
41bd17a4 914 If there are no "access" lines present, the default is to deny
915 the request.
cccac0a2 916
41bd17a4 917 If none of the "access" lines cause a match, the default is the
918 opposite of the last line in the list. If the last line was
919 deny, the default is allow. Conversely, if the last line
920 is allow, the default will be deny. For these reasons, it is a
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922 lists to avoid potential confusion.
cccac0a2 923
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925 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
926
41bd17a4 927NOCOMMENT_START
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929#
930# Recommended minimum Access Permission configuration:
41bd17a4 931#
932# Only allow cachemgr access from localhost
933http_access allow manager localhost
934http_access deny manager
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936# Deny requests to certain unsafe ports
41bd17a4 937http_access deny !Safe_ports
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939# Deny CONNECT to other than secure SSL ports
41bd17a4 940http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports
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41bd17a4 942# We strongly recommend the following be uncommented to protect innocent
943# web applications running on the proxy server who think the only
944# one who can access services on "localhost" is a local user
945#http_access deny to_localhost
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41bd17a4 947#
948# INSERT YOUR OWN RULE(S) HERE TO ALLOW ACCESS FROM YOUR CLIENTS
e0855596 949#
c8f4eac4 950
ee776778 951# Example rule allowing access from your local networks.
952# Adapt localnet in the ACL section to list your (internal) IP networks
953# from where browsing should be allowed
954http_access allow localnet
afb33856 955http_access allow localhost
7d90757b 956
41bd17a4 957# And finally deny all other access to this proxy
958http_access deny all
959NOCOMMENT_END
960DOC_END
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963TYPE: acl_access
964LOC: Config.accessList.adapted_http
965DEFAULT: none
966DOC_START
967 Allowing or Denying access based on defined access lists
968
969 Essentially identical to http_access, but runs after redirectors
970 and ICAP/eCAP adaptation. Allowing access control based on their
971 output.
972
973 If not set then only http_access is used.
974DOC_END
975
41bd17a4 976NAME: http_reply_access
977TYPE: acl_access
978LOC: Config.accessList.reply
979DEFAULT: none
980DOC_START
981 Allow replies to client requests. This is complementary to http_access.
cccac0a2 982
41bd17a4 983 http_reply_access allow|deny [!] aclname ...
cccac0a2 984
41bd17a4 985 NOTE: if there are no access lines present, the default is to allow
986 all replies
1a224843 987
41bd17a4 988 If none of the access lines cause a match the opposite of the
989 last line will apply. Thus it is good practice to end the rules
990 with an "allow all" or "deny all" entry.
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992 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
993 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 994DOC_END
995
41bd17a4 996NAME: icp_access
997TYPE: acl_access
998LOC: Config.accessList.icp
999DEFAULT: none
1000DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1001DOC_START
41bd17a4 1002 Allowing or Denying access to the ICP port based on defined
1003 access lists
5473c134 1004
41bd17a4 1005 icp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5473c134 1006
41bd17a4 1007 See http_access for details
1008
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1010 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1012# Allow ICP queries from local networks only
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1014#icp_access deny all
5473c134 1015DOC_END
1016
41bd17a4 1017NAME: htcp_access
1018IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1019TYPE: acl_access
1020LOC: Config.accessList.htcp
1021DEFAULT: none
1022DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
5473c134 1023DOC_START
41bd17a4 1024 Allowing or Denying access to the HTCP port based on defined
1025 access lists
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41bd17a4 1027 htcp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1029 See http_access for details
5473c134 1030
0b48417e 1031 NOTE: The default if no htcp_access lines are present is to
1032 deny all traffic. This default may cause problems with peers
1033 using the htcp or htcp-oldsquid options.
1034
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1036 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1038# Allow HTCP queries from local networks only
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1040#htcp_access deny all
41bd17a4 1041DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1043NAME: htcp_clr_access
1044IFDEF: USE_HTCP
1045TYPE: acl_access
1046LOC: Config.accessList.htcp_clr
1047DEFAULT: none
1048DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
1049DOC_START
1050 Allowing or Denying access to purge content using HTCP based
1051 on defined access lists
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41bd17a4 1053 htcp_clr_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
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41bd17a4 1055 See http_access for details
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1058 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1060# Allow HTCP CLR requests from trusted peers
41bd17a4 1061acl htcp_clr_peer src 172.16.1.2
1062htcp_clr_access allow htcp_clr_peer
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1064
41bd17a4 1065NAME: miss_access
1066TYPE: acl_access
1067LOC: Config.accessList.miss
df2eec10 1068DEFAULT: allow all
5473c134 1069DOC_START
41bd17a4 1070 Use to force your neighbors to use you as a sibling instead of
1071 a parent. For example:
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41bd17a4 1073 acl localclients src 172.16.0.0/16
1074 miss_access allow localclients
1075 miss_access deny !localclients
5473c134 1076
41bd17a4 1077 This means only your local clients are allowed to fetch
1078 MISSES and all other clients can only fetch HITS.
5473c134 1079
41bd17a4 1080 By default, allow all clients who passed the http_access rules
1081 to fetch MISSES from us.
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1083 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1084 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1085DOC_END
1086
1087NAME: ident_lookup_access
1088TYPE: acl_access
1089IFDEF: USE_IDENT
1090DEFAULT: none
1091DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4daaf3cb 1092LOC: Ident::TheConfig.identLookup
5473c134 1093DOC_START
41bd17a4 1094 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, cause an ident
1095 (RFC 931) lookup to be performed for this request. For
1096 example, you might choose to always perform ident lookups
1097 for your main multi-user Unix boxes, but not for your Macs
1098 and PCs. By default, ident lookups are not performed for
1099 any requests.
5473c134 1100
41bd17a4 1101 To enable ident lookups for specific client addresses, you
1102 can follow this example:
5473c134 1103
4daaf3cb 1104 acl ident_aware_hosts src 198.168.1.0/24
41bd17a4 1105 ident_lookup_access allow ident_aware_hosts
1106 ident_lookup_access deny all
5473c134 1107
4daaf3cb 1108 Only src type ACL checks are fully supported. A srcdomain
41bd17a4 1109 ACL might work at times, but it will not always provide
1110 the correct result.
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1112 This clause only supports fast acl types.
1113 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 1114DOC_END
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5b0f5383 1116NAME: reply_body_max_size
1117COMMENT: size [acl acl...]
1118TYPE: acl_b_size_t
1119DEFAULT: none
1120LOC: Config.ReplyBodySize
1121DOC_START
1122 This option specifies the maximum size of a reply body. It can be
1123 used to prevent users from downloading very large files, such as
1124 MP3's and movies. When the reply headers are received, the
1125 reply_body_max_size lines are processed, and the first line where
1126 all (if any) listed ACLs are true is used as the maximum body size
1127 for this reply.
1128
1129 This size is checked twice. First when we get the reply headers,
1130 we check the content-length value. If the content length value exists
1131 and is larger than the allowed size, the request is denied and the
1132 user receives an error message that says "the request or reply
1133 is too large." If there is no content-length, and the reply
1134 size exceeds this limit, the client's connection is just closed
1135 and they will receive a partial reply.
1136
1137 WARNING: downstream caches probably can not detect a partial reply
1138 if there is no content-length header, so they will cache
1139 partial responses and give them out as hits. You should NOT
1140 use this option if you have downstream caches.
1141
1142 WARNING: A maximum size smaller than the size of squid's error messages
1143 will cause an infinite loop and crash squid. Ensure that the smallest
1144 non-zero value you use is greater that the maximum header size plus
1145 the size of your largest error page.
1146
1147 If you set this parameter none (the default), there will be
1148 no limit imposed.
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1150 Configuration Format is:
1151 reply_body_max_size SIZE UNITS [acl ...]
1152 ie.
1153 reply_body_max_size 10 MB
1154
5b0f5383 1155DOC_END
1156
1157COMMENT_START
1158 NETWORK OPTIONS
1159 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1160COMMENT_END
1161
1162NAME: http_port ascii_port
1163TYPE: http_port_list
1164DEFAULT: none
1165LOC: Config.Sockaddr.http
1166DOC_START
1167 Usage: port [options]
1168 hostname:port [options]
1169 1.2.3.4:port [options]
1170
1171 The socket addresses where Squid will listen for HTTP client
1172 requests. You may specify multiple socket addresses.
1173 There are three forms: port alone, hostname with port, and
1174 IP address with port. If you specify a hostname or IP
1175 address, Squid binds the socket to that specific
1176 address. This replaces the old 'tcp_incoming_address'
1177 option. Most likely, you do not need to bind to a specific
1178 address, so you can use the port number alone.
1179
1180 If you are running Squid in accelerator mode, you
1181 probably want to listen on port 80 also, or instead.
1182
1183 The -a command line option may be used to specify additional
1184 port(s) where Squid listens for proxy request. Such ports will
1185 be plain proxy ports with no options.
1186
1187 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines.
1188
1189 Options:
1190
e77bdb4e 1191 intercept Support for IP-Layer interception of
5b0f5383 1192 outgoing requests without browser settings.
13b5cd0c 1193 NP: disables authentication and IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1194
1195 tproxy Support Linux TPROXY for spoofing outgoing
1196 connections using the client IP address.
6f05d9c8 1197 NP: disables authentication and maybe IPv6 on the port.
5b0f5383 1198
1199 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1200 vhost / vport / defaultsite.
1201
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1203 accelerated requests are denied direct forwarding as if
1204 never_direct was used.
1205
5b0f5383 1206 defaultsite=domainname
1207 What to use for the Host: header if it is not present
1208 in a request. Determines what site (not origin server)
1209 accelerators should consider the default.
1210 Implies accel.
1211
1212 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1213 domain support. Implies accel.
1214
1215 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1216 Implies accel.
1217
1218 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1219 than the http_port number. Implies accel.
1220
1221 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1222 Defaults to http.
1223
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1225
1226 Warning: This option violates HTTP specifications if
1227 used in non-accelerator setups.
1228
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1230 use connection-auth=off to tell Squid to prevent
1231 forwarding Microsoft connection oriented authentication
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1233
5b0f5383 1234 disable-pmtu-discovery=
1235 Control Path-MTU discovery usage:
1236 off lets OS decide on what to do (default).
1237 transparent disable PMTU discovery when transparent
1238 support is enabled.
1239 always disable always PMTU discovery.
1240
1241 In many setups of transparently intercepting proxies
1242 Path-MTU discovery can not work on traffic towards the
1243 clients. This is the case when the intercepting device
1244 does not fully track connections and fails to forward
1245 ICMP must fragment messages to the cache server. If you
1246 have such setup and experience that certain clients
1247 sporadically hang or never complete requests set
1248 disable-pmtu-discovery option to 'transparent'.
1249
b3567eb5 1250 sslBump Intercept each CONNECT request matching ssl_bump ACL,
4c9da963 1251 establish secure connection with the client and with
1252 the server, decrypt HTTP messages as they pass through
1253 Squid, and treat them as unencrypted HTTP messages,
1254 becoming the man-in-the-middle.
1255
1256 When this option is enabled, additional options become
1257 available to specify SSL-related properties of the
1258 client-side connection: cert, key, version, cipher,
1259 options, clientca, cafile, capath, crlfile, dhparams,
1260 sslflags, and sslcontext. See the https_port directive
1261 for more information on these options.
1262
1263 The ssl_bump option is required to fully enable
1264 the SslBump feature.
1265
81b6e9a7 1266 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1267 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1268
68924b6d 1269 tcpkeepalive[=idle,interval,timeout]
b2130d58 1270 Enable TCP keepalive probes of idle connections
1271 idle is the initial time before TCP starts probing
1272 the connection, interval how often to probe, and
1273 timeout the time before giving up.
1274
5b0f5383 1275 If you run Squid on a dual-homed machine with an internal
1276 and an external interface we recommend you to specify the
1277 internal address:port in http_port. This way Squid will only be
1278 visible on the internal address.
1279
1280NOCOMMENT_START
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5b0f5383 1282# Squid normally listens to port 3128
1283http_port @DEFAULT_HTTP_PORT@
1284NOCOMMENT_END
1285DOC_END
1286
1287NAME: https_port
1288IFDEF: USE_SSL
1289TYPE: https_port_list
1290DEFAULT: none
1291LOC: Config.Sockaddr.https
1292DOC_START
1293 Usage: [ip:]port cert=certificate.pem [key=key.pem] [options...]
1294
1295 The socket address where Squid will listen for HTTPS client
1296 requests.
1297
1298 This is really only useful for situations where you are running
1299 squid in accelerator mode and you want to do the SSL work at the
1300 accelerator level.
1301
1302 You may specify multiple socket addresses on multiple lines,
1303 each with their own SSL certificate and/or options.
1304
1305 Options:
1306
1307 accel Accelerator mode. Also needs at least one of
1308 defaultsite or vhost.
1309
1310 defaultsite= The name of the https site presented on
1311 this port. Implies accel.
1312
1313 vhost Accelerator mode using Host header for virtual
1314 domain support. Requires a wildcard certificate
1315 or other certificate valid for more than one domain.
1316 Implies accel.
1317
1318 protocol= Protocol to reconstruct accelerated requests with.
1319 Defaults to https.
1320
1321 cert= Path to SSL certificate (PEM format).
1322
1323 key= Path to SSL private key file (PEM format)
1324 if not specified, the certificate file is
1325 assumed to be a combined certificate and
1326 key file.
1327
1328 version= The version of SSL/TLS supported
1329 1 automatic (default)
1330 2 SSLv2 only
1331 3 SSLv3 only
1332 4 TLSv1 only
1333
1334 cipher= Colon separated list of supported ciphers.
1335
1336 options= Various SSL engine options. The most important
1337 being:
1338 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1339 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1340 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1341 SINGLE_DH_USE Always create a new key when using
1342 temporary/ephemeral DH key exchanges
1343 See src/ssl_support.c or OpenSSL SSL_CTX_set_options
1344 documentation for a complete list of options.
1345
1346 clientca= File containing the list of CAs to use when
1347 requesting a client certificate.
1348
1349 cafile= File containing additional CA certificates to
1350 use when verifying client certificates. If unset
1351 clientca will be used.
1352
1353 capath= Directory containing additional CA certificates
1354 and CRL lists to use when verifying client certificates.
1355
1356 crlfile= File of additional CRL lists to use when verifying
1357 the client certificate, in addition to CRLs stored in
1358 the capath. Implies VERIFY_CRL flag below.
1359
1360 dhparams= File containing DH parameters for temporary/ephemeral
1361 DH key exchanges.
1362
1363 sslflags= Various flags modifying the use of SSL:
1364 DELAYED_AUTH
1365 Don't request client certificates
1366 immediately, but wait until acl processing
1367 requires a certificate (not yet implemented).
1368 NO_DEFAULT_CA
1369 Don't use the default CA lists built in
1370 to OpenSSL.
1371 NO_SESSION_REUSE
1372 Don't allow for session reuse. Each connection
1373 will result in a new SSL session.
1374 VERIFY_CRL
1375 Verify CRL lists when accepting client
1376 certificates.
1377 VERIFY_CRL_ALL
1378 Verify CRL lists for all certificates in the
1379 client certificate chain.
1380
1381 sslcontext= SSL session ID context identifier.
1382
1383 vport Accelerator with IP based virtual host support.
1384
1385 vport=NN As above, but uses specified port number rather
1386 than the https_port number. Implies accel.
1387
81b6e9a7 1388 name= Specifies a internal name for the port. Defaults to
1389 the port specification (port or addr:port)
1390
5b0f5383 1391DOC_END
1392
41bd17a4 1393NAME: tcp_outgoing_tos tcp_outgoing_ds tcp_outgoing_dscp
1394TYPE: acl_tos
5473c134 1395DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1396LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_tos
5473c134 1397DOC_START
41bd17a4 1398 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark outgoing
1399 connections with, based on the username or source address
1400 making the request.
5473c134 1401
41bd17a4 1402 tcp_outgoing_tos ds-field [!]aclname ...
cccac0a2 1403
41bd17a4 1404 Example where normal_service_net uses the TOS value 0x00
7def7206 1405 and good_service_net uses 0x20
cccac0a2 1406
41bd17a4 1407 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/255.255.255.0
1408 acl good_service_net src 10.0.1.0/255.255.255.0
2c73de90 1409 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x00 normal_service_net
41bd17a4 1410 tcp_outgoing_tos 0x20 good_service_net
fa38076e 1411
41bd17a4 1412 TOS/DSCP values really only have local significance - so you should
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1414 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
cccac0a2 1415
41bd17a4 1416 The TOS/DSCP byte must be exactly that - a octet value 0 - 255, or
1417 "default" to use whatever default your host has. Note that in
1418 practice often only values 0 - 63 is usable as the two highest bits
1419 have been redefined for use by ECN (RFC3168).
cccac0a2 1420
41bd17a4 1421 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1422 matching line.
cccac0a2 1423
41bd17a4 1424 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1425 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1426 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persisten_connections
1427 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
cccac0a2 1428DOC_END
1429
41bd17a4 1430NAME: clientside_tos
1431TYPE: acl_tos
cccac0a2 1432DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1433LOC: Config.accessList.clientside_tos
cccac0a2 1434DOC_START
41bd17a4 1435 Allows you to select a TOS/Diffserv value to mark client-side
1436 connections with, based on the username or source address
1437 making the request.
1438DOC_END
cccac0a2 1439
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1441TYPE: QosConfig
7172612f 1442IFDEF: USE_ZPH_QOS
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1444LOC: Config.zph
7172612f 1445DOC_START
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1446 Allows you to select a TOS/DSCP value to mark outgoing
1447 connections with, based on where the reply was sourced.
7172612f 1448
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1450 know what you're specifying. For more information, see RFC2474,
1451 RFC2475, and RFC3260.
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1454 Note that in practice often only values up to 0x3F are usable
1455 as the two highest bits have been redefined for use by ECN
1456 (RFC3168).
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1459
1460 local-hit=0xFF Value to mark local cache hits.
1461
1462 sibling-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from sibling peers.
1463
1464 parent-hit=0xFF Value to mark hits from parent peers.
1465
1466
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1468
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1470 linux kernel with the TOS preserving ZPH patch.
1471 The kernel patch can be downloaded from http://zph.bratcheda.org
1472
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1474 If set, any HTTP response towards clients will
1475 have the TOS value of the response comming from the
1476 remote server masked with the value of miss-mask.
1477
1478 miss-mask=0xFF
1479 Allows you to mask certain bits in the TOS received from the
1480 remote server, before copying the value to the TOS sent
1481 towards clients.
1482 Default: 0xFF (TOS from server is not changed).
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1485
41bd17a4 1486NAME: tcp_outgoing_address
1487TYPE: acl_address
1488DEFAULT: none
1489LOC: Config.accessList.outgoing_address
1490DOC_START
1491 Allows you to map requests to different outgoing IP addresses
1492 based on the username or source address of the user making
1493 the request.
7f7db318 1494
41bd17a4 1495 tcp_outgoing_address ipaddr [[!]aclname] ...
c33aa074 1496
41bd17a4 1497 Example where requests from 10.0.0.0/24 will be forwarded
1498 with source address 10.1.0.1, 10.0.2.0/24 forwarded with
1499 source address 10.1.0.2 and the rest will be forwarded with
1500 source address 10.1.0.3.
9197cd13 1501
17148b2f 1502 acl normal_service_net src 10.0.0.0/24
1503 acl good_service_net src 10.0.2.0/24
1504 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net
1505 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net
1506 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3
9197cd13 1507
41bd17a4 1508 Processing proceeds in the order specified, and stops at first fully
1509 matching line.
cccac0a2 1510
41bd17a4 1511 Note: The use of this directive using client dependent ACLs is
1512 incompatible with the use of server side persistent connections. To
1513 ensure correct results it is best to set server_persistent_connections
1514 to off when using this directive in such configurations.
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1517 is incompatible with using TPROXY to set client IP out outbound TCP links.
1518 When needing to contact peers use the no-tproxy cache_peer option to
1519 re-enable normal forwarding such as this.
cc192b50 1520
1521 IPv6 Magic:
1522
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1524 internets.
cc192b50 1525 tcp_outgoing_address as exampled above breaks this bridging by forcing
1526 all outbound traffic through a certain IPv4 which may be on the wrong
1527 side of the IPv4/IPv6 boundary.
1528
1529 To operate with tcp_outgoing_address and keep the bridging benefits
1530 an additional ACL needs to be used which ensures the IPv6-bound traffic
1531 is never forced or permitted out the IPv4 interface.
1532
1533 acl to_ipv6 dst ipv6
1534 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::c001 good_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1535 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.2 good_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1536
1537 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::beef normal_service_net to_ipv6
17148b2f 1538 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.1 normal_service_net !to_ipv6
cc192b50 1539
1540 tcp_outgoing_address 2002::1 to_ipv6
17148b2f 1541 tcp_outgoing_address 10.1.0.3 !to_ipv6
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1543 WARNING:
1544 'dst ipv6' bases its selection assuming DIRECT access.
1545 If peers are used the peername ACL are needed to select outgoing
1546 address which can link to the peer.
1547
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1549 previously in the http_access rules to locate the destination IP.
1550 Some more magic may be needed for that:
1551 http_access allow to_ipv6 !all
1552 (meaning, allow if to IPv6 but not from anywhere ;)
1553
cccac0a2 1554DOC_END
1555
41bd17a4 1556COMMENT_START
1557 SSL OPTIONS
1558 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1559COMMENT_END
1560
1561NAME: ssl_unclean_shutdown
1562IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1563TYPE: onoff
1564DEFAULT: off
41bd17a4 1565LOC: Config.SSL.unclean_shutdown
cccac0a2 1566DOC_START
41bd17a4 1567 Some browsers (especially MSIE) bugs out on SSL shutdown
1568 messages.
cccac0a2 1569DOC_END
1570
41bd17a4 1571NAME: ssl_engine
1572IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1573TYPE: string
41bd17a4 1574LOC: Config.SSL.ssl_engine
1575DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 1576DOC_START
41bd17a4 1577 The OpenSSL engine to use. You will need to set this if you
1578 would like to use hardware SSL acceleration for example.
cccac0a2 1579DOC_END
1580
41bd17a4 1581NAME: sslproxy_client_certificate
1582IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1583DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1584LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert
1585TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1586DOC_START
41bd17a4 1587 Client SSL Certificate to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1588DOC_END
1589
41bd17a4 1590NAME: sslproxy_client_key
1591IFDEF: USE_SSL
cccac0a2 1592DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1593LOC: Config.ssl_client.key
1594TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1595DOC_START
41bd17a4 1596 Client SSL Key to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1597DOC_END
1598
41bd17a4 1599NAME: sslproxy_version
1600IFDEF: USE_SSL
1601DEFAULT: 1
1602LOC: Config.ssl_client.version
1603TYPE: int
cccac0a2 1604DOC_START
41bd17a4 1605 SSL version level to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1606DOC_END
1607
41bd17a4 1608NAME: sslproxy_options
1609IFDEF: USE_SSL
1610DEFAULT: none
1611LOC: Config.ssl_client.options
1612TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1613DOC_START
41bd17a4 1614 SSL engine options to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1615DOC_END
1616
41bd17a4 1617NAME: sslproxy_cipher
1618IFDEF: USE_SSL
1619DEFAULT: none
1620LOC: Config.ssl_client.cipher
1621TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1622DOC_START
41bd17a4 1623 SSL cipher list to use when proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1624DOC_END
1625
41bd17a4 1626NAME: sslproxy_cafile
1627IFDEF: USE_SSL
1628DEFAULT: none
1629LOC: Config.ssl_client.cafile
1630TYPE: string
cccac0a2 1631DOC_START
41bd17a4 1632 file containing CA certificates to use when verifying server
1633 certificates while proxying https:// URLs
cccac0a2 1634DOC_END
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41bd17a4 1636NAME: sslproxy_capath
1637IFDEF: USE_SSL
5473c134 1638DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 1639LOC: Config.ssl_client.capath
1640TYPE: string
5473c134 1641DOC_START
41bd17a4 1642 directory containing CA certificates to use when verifying
1643 server certificates while proxying https:// URLs
5473c134 1644DOC_END
1645
4c9da963 1646NAME: ssl_bump
1647IFDEF: USE_SSL
1648TYPE: acl_access
1649LOC: Config.accessList.ssl_bump
1650DEFAULT: none
1651DOC_START
1652 This ACL controls which CONNECT requests to an http_port
1653 marked with an sslBump flag are actually "bumped". Please
1654 see the sslBump flag of an http_port option for more details
1655 about decoding proxied SSL connections.
1656
1657 By default, no requests are bumped.
1658
1659 See also: http_port sslBump
1660
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1662 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
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1664
1665 # Example: Bump all requests except those originating from localhost and
1666 # those going to webax.com or example.com sites.
1667
1668 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32
1669 acl broken_sites dstdomain .webax.com
1670 acl broken_sites dstdomain .example.com
1671 ssl_bump deny localhost
1672 ssl_bump deny broken_sites
1673 ssl_bump allow all
4c9da963 1674DOC_END
1675
41bd17a4 1676NAME: sslproxy_flags
1677IFDEF: USE_SSL
1678DEFAULT: none
1679LOC: Config.ssl_client.flags
1680TYPE: string
5473c134 1681DOC_START
41bd17a4 1682 Various flags modifying the use of SSL while proxying https:// URLs:
4c9da963 1683 DONT_VERIFY_PEER Accept certificates that fail verification.
1684 For refined control, see sslproxy_cert_error.
41bd17a4 1685 NO_DEFAULT_CA Don't use the default CA list built in
1686 to OpenSSL.
5473c134 1687DOC_END
1688
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1690NAME: sslproxy_cert_error
1691IFDEF: USE_SSL
1692DEFAULT: none
1693LOC: Config.ssl_client.cert_error
1694TYPE: acl_access
1695DOC_START
1696 Use this ACL to bypass server certificate validation errors.
1697
1698 For example, the following lines will bypass all validation errors
1699 when talking to servers located at 172.16.0.0/16. All other
1700 validation errors will result in ERR_SECURE_CONNECT_FAIL error.
1701
1702 acl BrokenServersAtTrustedIP dst 172.16.0.0/16
1703 sslproxy_cert_error allow BrokenServersAtTrustedIP
1704 sslproxy_cert_error deny all
1705
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1707 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
1708 Using slow acl types may result in server crashes
4c9da963 1709
1710 Without this option, all server certificate validation errors
1711 terminate the transaction. Bypassing validation errors is dangerous
1712 because an error usually implies that the server cannot be trusted and
1713 the connection may be insecure.
1714
1715 See also: sslproxy_flags and DONT_VERIFY_PEER.
1716
e0855596 1717 Default setting: sslproxy_cert_error deny all
4c9da963 1718DOC_END
1719
1720
1721
41bd17a4 1722NAME: sslpassword_program
1723IFDEF: USE_SSL
1724DEFAULT: none
1725LOC: Config.Program.ssl_password
1726TYPE: string
5473c134 1727DOC_START
41bd17a4 1728 Specify a program used for entering SSL key passphrases
1729 when using encrypted SSL certificate keys. If not specified
1730 keys must either be unencrypted, or Squid started with the -N
1731 option to allow it to query interactively for the passphrase.
5473c134 1732DOC_END
1733
cccac0a2 1734COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 1735 OPTIONS WHICH AFFECT THE NEIGHBOR SELECTION ALGORITHM
cccac0a2 1736 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1737COMMENT_END
1738
41bd17a4 1739NAME: cache_peer
1740TYPE: peer
1741DEFAULT: none
1742LOC: Config.peers
cccac0a2 1743DOC_START
41bd17a4 1744 To specify other caches in a hierarchy, use the format:
2b94f655 1745
41bd17a4 1746 cache_peer hostname type http-port icp-port [options]
2b94f655 1747
41bd17a4 1748 For example,
2b94f655 1749
41bd17a4 1750 # proxy icp
1751 # hostname type port port options
1752 # -------------------- -------- ----- ----- -----------
2b94f655 1753 cache_peer parent.foo.net parent 3128 3130 default
41bd17a4 1754 cache_peer sib1.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
1755 cache_peer sib2.foo.net sibling 3128 3130 proxy-only
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1757 cache_peer cdn.example.com sibling 3128 0
1758
1759 type: either 'parent', 'sibling', or 'multicast'.
1760
1761 proxy-port: The port number where the peer accept HTTP requests.
1762 For other Squid proxies this is usually 3128
1763 For web servers this is usually 80
1764
1765 icp-port: Used for querying neighbor caches about objects.
1766 Set to 0 if the peer does not support ICP or HTCP.
1767 See ICP and HTCP options below for additional details.
1768
1769
1770 ==== ICP OPTIONS ====
1771
1772 You MUST also set icp_port and icp_access explicitly when using these options.
1773 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using ICP.
1774
1775
1776 no-query Disable ICP queries to this neighbor.
1777
1778 multicast-responder
1779 Indicates the named peer is a member of a multicast group.
1780 ICP queries will not be sent directly to the peer, but ICP
1781 replies will be accepted from it.
1782
1783 closest-only Indicates that, for ICP_OP_MISS replies, we'll only forward
1784 CLOSEST_PARENT_MISSes and never FIRST_PARENT_MISSes.
1785
1786 background-ping
1787 To only send ICP queries to this neighbor infrequently.
1788 This is used to keep the neighbor round trip time updated
1789 and is usually used in conjunction with weighted-round-robin.
1790
1791
1792 ==== HTCP OPTIONS ====
1793
1794 You MUST also set htcp_port and htcp_access explicitly when using these options.
1795 The defaults will prevent peer traffic using HTCP.
1796
1797
1798 htcp Send HTCP, instead of ICP, queries to the neighbor.
1799 You probably also want to set the "icp-port" to 4827
1800 instead of 3130.
1801
1802 htcp-oldsquid Send HTCP to old Squid versions.
1803
1804 htcp-no-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but without
1805 sending any CLR requests. This cannot be used with
1806 htcp-only-clr.
1807
1808 htcp-only-clr Send HTCP to the neighbor but ONLY CLR requests.
1809 This cannot be used with htcp-no-clr.
1810
1811 htcp-no-purge-clr
1812 Send HTCP to the neighbor including CLRs but only when
1813 they do not result from PURGE requests.
1814
1815 htcp-forward-clr
1816 Forward any HTCP CLR requests this proxy receives to the peer.
1817
1818
1819 ==== PEER SELECTION METHODS ====
1820
1821 The default peer selection method is ICP, with the first responding peer
1822 being used as source. These options can be used for better load balancing.
1823
1824
1825 default This is a parent cache which can be used as a "last-resort"
1826 if a peer cannot be located by any of the peer-selection methods.
1827 If specified more than once, only the first is used.
1828
1829 round-robin Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
1830 fashion in the absence of any ICP queries.
1831 weight=N can be used to add bias.
1832
1833 weighted-round-robin
1834 Load-Balance parents which should be used in a round-robin
1835 fashion with the frequency of each parent being based on the
1836 round trip time. Closer parents are used more often.
1837 Usually used for background-ping parents.
1838 weight=N can be used to add bias.
1839
1840 carp Load-Balance parents which should be used as a CARP array.
1841 The requests will be distributed among the parents based on the
1842 CARP load balancing hash function based on their weight.
1843
1844 userhash Load-balance parents based on the client proxy_auth or ident username.
1845
1846 sourcehash Load-balance parents based on the client source IP.
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1848 multicast-siblings
1849 To be used only for cache peers of type "multicast".
1850 ALL members of this multicast group have "sibling"
1851 relationship with it, not "parent". This is to a mulicast
1852 group when the requested object would be fetched only from
1853 a "parent" cache, anyway. It's useful, e.g., when
1854 configuring a pool of redundant Squid proxies, being
1855 members of the same multicast group.
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1857
1858 ==== PEER SELECTION OPTIONS ====
1859
1860 weight=N use to affect the selection of a peer during any weighted
1861 peer-selection mechanisms.
1862 The weight must be an integer; default is 1,
1863 larger weights are favored more.
1864 This option does not affect parent selection if a peering
1865 protocol is not in use.
1866
1867 basetime=N Specify a base amount to be subtracted from round trip
1868 times of parents.
1869 It is subtracted before division by weight in calculating
1870 which parent to fectch from. If the rtt is less than the
1871 base time the rtt is set to a minimal value.
1872
1873 ttl=N Specify a IP multicast TTL to use when sending an ICP
1874 queries to this address.
1875 Only useful when sending to a multicast group.
1876 Because we don't accept ICP replies from random
1877 hosts, you must configure other group members as
1878 peers with the 'multicast-responder' option.
1879
1880 no-delay To prevent access to this neighbor from influencing the
1881 delay pools.
1882
1883 digest-url=URL Tell Squid to fetch the cache digest (if digests are
1884 enabled) for this host from the specified URL rather
1885 than the Squid default location.
1886
1887
1888 ==== ACCELERATOR / REVERSE-PROXY OPTIONS ====
1889
1890 originserver Causes this parent to be contacted as an origin server.
1891 Meant to be used in accelerator setups when the peer
1892 is a web server.
1893
1894 forceddomain=name
1895 Set the Host header of requests forwarded to this peer.
1896 Useful in accelerator setups where the server (peer)
1897 expects a certain domain name but clients may request
1898 others. ie example.com or www.example.com
1899
1900 no-digest Disable request of cache digests.
1901
1902 no-netdb-exchange
1903 Disables requesting ICMP RTT database (NetDB).
1904
1905
1906 ==== AUTHENTICATION OPTIONS ====
1907
1908 login=user:password
1909 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
1910 requires proxy authentication.
1911
1912 Note: The string can include URL escapes (i.e. %20 for
1913 spaces). This also means % must be written as %%.
1914
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1916 Send login details received from client to this peer.
1917 Both Proxy- and WWW-Authorization headers are passed
1918 without alteration to the peer.
1919 Authentication is not required by Squid for this to work.
1920
1921 Note: This will pass any form of authentication but
1922 only Basic auth will work through a proxy unless the
1923 connection-auth options are also used.
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1925 login=PASS Send login details received from client to this peer.
1926 Authentication is not required by this option.
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1929 to pass on, but username and password are available
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1930 from an external ACL user= and password= result tags
1931 they may be sent instead.
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1933 Note: To combine this with proxy_auth both proxies must
1934 share the same user database as HTTP only allows for
1935 a single login (one for proxy, one for origin server).
1936 Also be warned this will expose your users proxy
1937 password to the peer. USE WITH CAUTION
1938
1939 login=*:password
1940 Send the username to the upstream cache, but with a
1941 fixed password. This is meant to be used when the peer
1942 is in another administrative domain, but it is still
1943 needed to identify each user.
1944 The star can optionally be followed by some extra
1945 information which is added to the username. This can
1946 be used to identify this proxy to the peer, similar to
1947 the login=username:password option above.
1948
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1949 login=NEGOTIATE
1950 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
1951 requires a secure proxy authentication.
1952 The first principal from the default keytab or defined by
1953 the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be used.
1954
1955 login=NEGOTIATE:principal_name
1956 If this is a personal/workgroup proxy and your parent
1957 requires a secure proxy authentication.
1958 The principal principal_name from the default keytab or
1959 defined by the environment variable KRB5_KTNAME will be
1960 used.
1961
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1963 Tell Squid that this peer does or not support Microsoft
1964 connection oriented authentication, and any such
1965 challenges received from there should be ignored.
1966 Default is auto to automatically determine the status
1967 of the peer.
1968
1969
1970 ==== SSL / HTTPS / TLS OPTIONS ====
1971
1972 ssl Encrypt connections to this peer with SSL/TLS.
1973
1974 sslcert=/path/to/ssl/certificate
1975 A client SSL certificate to use when connecting to
1976 this peer.
1977
1978 sslkey=/path/to/ssl/key
1979 The private SSL key corresponding to sslcert above.
1980 If 'sslkey' is not specified 'sslcert' is assumed to
1981 reference a combined file containing both the
1982 certificate and the key.
1983
1984 sslversion=1|2|3|4
1985 The SSL version to use when connecting to this peer
1986 1 = automatic (default)
1987 2 = SSL v2 only
1988 3 = SSL v3 only
1989 4 = TLS v1 only
1990
1991 sslcipher=... The list of valid SSL ciphers to use when connecting
1992 to this peer.
1993
1994 ssloptions=... Specify various SSL engine options:
1995 NO_SSLv2 Disallow the use of SSLv2
1996 NO_SSLv3 Disallow the use of SSLv3
1997 NO_TLSv1 Disallow the use of TLSv1
1998 See src/ssl_support.c or the OpenSSL documentation for
1999 a more complete list.
2000
2001 sslcafile=... A file containing additional CA certificates to use
2002 when verifying the peer certificate.
2003
2004 sslcapath=... A directory containing additional CA certificates to
2005 use when verifying the peer certificate.
2006
2007 sslcrlfile=... A certificate revocation list file to use when
2008 verifying the peer certificate.
2009
2010 sslflags=... Specify various flags modifying the SSL implementation:
2011
41bd17a4 2012 DONT_VERIFY_PEER
2013 Accept certificates even if they fail to
2014 verify.
2015 NO_DEFAULT_CA
2016 Don't use the default CA list built in
2017 to OpenSSL.
2018 DONT_VERIFY_DOMAIN
2019 Don't verify the peer certificate
2020 matches the server name
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2022 ssldomain= The peer name as advertised in it's certificate.
2023 Used for verifying the correctness of the received peer
2024 certificate. If not specified the peer hostname will be
2025 used.
2026
2027 front-end-https
2028 Enable the "Front-End-Https: On" header needed when
2029 using Squid as a SSL frontend in front of Microsoft OWA.
2030 See MS KB document Q307347 for details on this header.
2031 If set to auto the header will only be added if the
2032 request is forwarded as a https:// URL.
2033
2034
2035 ==== GENERAL OPTIONS ====
2036
2037 connect-timeout=N
2038 A peer-specific connect timeout.
2039 Also see the peer_connect_timeout directive.
2040
2041 connect-fail-limit=N
2042 How many times connecting to a peer must fail before
2043 it is marked as down. Default is 10.
2044
2045 allow-miss Disable Squid's use of only-if-cached when forwarding
2046 requests to siblings. This is primarily useful when
2047 icp_hit_stale is used by the sibling. To extensive use
2048 of this option may result in forwarding loops, and you
2049 should avoid having two-way peerings with this option.
2050 For example to deny peer usage on requests from peer
2051 by denying cache_peer_access if the source is a peer.
2052
2053 max-conn=N Limit the amount of connections Squid may open to this
2054 peer. see also
2055
2056 name=xxx Unique name for the peer.
2057 Required if you have multiple peers on the same host
2058 but different ports.
2059 This name can be used in cache_peer_access and similar
2060 directives to dentify the peer.
2061 Can be used by outgoing access controls through the
2062 peername ACL type.
2063
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2065 requests to this peer. Use normal address selection instead.
2066
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2067 proxy-only objects fetched from the peer will not be stored locally.
2068
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41bd17a4 2071NAME: cache_peer_domain cache_host_domain
2072TYPE: hostdomain
2073DEFAULT: none
2074LOC: none
2075DOC_START
2076 Use to limit the domains for which a neighbor cache will be
2077 queried. Usage:
cccac0a2 2078
41bd17a4 2079 cache_peer_domain cache-host domain [domain ...]
2080 cache_peer_domain cache-host !domain
cccac0a2 2081
41bd17a4 2082 For example, specifying
cccac0a2 2083
41bd17a4 2084 cache_peer_domain parent.foo.net .edu
cccac0a2 2085
41bd17a4 2086 has the effect such that UDP query packets are sent to
2087 'bigserver' only when the requested object exists on a
2088 server in the .edu domain. Prefixing the domainname
2089 with '!' means the cache will be queried for objects
2090 NOT in that domain.
cccac0a2 2091
41bd17a4 2092 NOTE: * Any number of domains may be given for a cache-host,
2093 either on the same or separate lines.
2094 * When multiple domains are given for a particular
2095 cache-host, the first matched domain is applied.
2096 * Cache hosts with no domain restrictions are queried
2097 for all requests.
2098 * There are no defaults.
2099 * There is also a 'cache_peer_access' tag in the ACL
2100 section.
2101DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2103NAME: cache_peer_access
2104TYPE: peer_access
2105DEFAULT: none
2106LOC: none
2107DOC_START
2108 Similar to 'cache_peer_domain' but provides more flexibility by
2109 using ACL elements.
cccac0a2 2110
41bd17a4 2111 cache_peer_access cache-host allow|deny [!]aclname ...
dd9b1776 2112
41bd17a4 2113 The syntax is identical to 'http_access' and the other lists of
2114 ACL elements. See the comments for 'http_access' below, or
e314b7b9 2115 the Squid FAQ (http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl).
41bd17a4 2116DOC_END
dd9b1776 2117
41bd17a4 2118NAME: neighbor_type_domain
2119TYPE: hostdomaintype
2120DEFAULT: none
2121LOC: none
2122DOC_START
2123 usage: neighbor_type_domain neighbor parent|sibling domain domain ...
cccac0a2 2124
41bd17a4 2125 Modifying the neighbor type for specific domains is now
2126 possible. You can treat some domains differently than the the
2127 default neighbor type specified on the 'cache_peer' line.
2128 Normally it should only be necessary to list domains which
2129 should be treated differently because the default neighbor type
2130 applies for hostnames which do not match domains listed here.
6bf4f823 2131
41bd17a4 2132EXAMPLE:
dbe3992d 2133 cache_peer cache.foo.org parent 3128 3130
41bd17a4 2134 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .com .net
2135 neighbor_type_domain cache.foo.org sibling .au .de
2136DOC_END
6bf4f823 2137
41bd17a4 2138NAME: dead_peer_timeout
2139COMMENT: (seconds)
2140DEFAULT: 10 seconds
2141TYPE: time_t
2142LOC: Config.Timeout.deadPeer
2143DOC_START
2144 This controls how long Squid waits to declare a peer cache
2145 as "dead." If there are no ICP replies received in this
2146 amount of time, Squid will declare the peer dead and not
2147 expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it
2148 continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as
2149 alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.
699acd19 2150
41bd17a4 2151 This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP
2152 replies from peers. If more than 'dead_peer' seconds have
2153 passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not
2154 expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if
2155 your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you
2156 will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers
2157 instead of to your parents.
2158DOC_END
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2160NAME: forward_max_tries
2161DEFAULT: 10
2162TYPE: int
2163LOC: Config.forward_max_tries
2164DOC_START
2165 Controls how many different forward paths Squid will try
2166 before giving up. See also forward_timeout.
2167DOC_END
2168
41bd17a4 2169NAME: hierarchy_stoplist
2170TYPE: wordlist
2171DEFAULT: none
2172LOC: Config.hierarchy_stoplist
2173DOC_START
2174 A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
2175 be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
2176 to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
2177 list this option multiple times.
2178 Note: never_direct overrides this option.
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2181# We recommend you to use at least the following line.
41bd17a4 2182hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
6b698a21 2183NOCOMMENT_END
2184DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2186COMMENT_START
2187 MEMORY CACHE OPTIONS
2188 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2189COMMENT_END
2190
2191NAME: cache_mem
2192COMMENT: (bytes)
2193TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2194DEFAULT: 256 MB
41bd17a4 2195LOC: Config.memMaxSize
6b698a21 2196DOC_START
41bd17a4 2197 NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
2198 IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
2199 USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
2200 THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.
2201
2202 'cache_mem' specifies the ideal amount of memory to be used
2203 for:
2204 * In-Transit objects
2205 * Hot Objects
2206 * Negative-Cached objects
2207
2208 Data for these objects are stored in 4 KB blocks. This
2209 parameter specifies the ideal upper limit on the total size of
2210 4 KB blocks allocated. In-Transit objects take the highest
2211 priority.
2212
2213 In-transit objects have priority over the others. When
2214 additional space is needed for incoming data, negative-cached
2215 and hot objects will be released. In other words, the
2216 negative-cached and hot objects will fill up any unused space
2217 not needed for in-transit objects.
2218
2219 If circumstances require, this limit will be exceeded.
2220 Specifically, if your incoming request rate requires more than
2221 'cache_mem' of memory to hold in-transit objects, Squid will
2222 exceed this limit to satisfy the new requests. When the load
2223 decreases, blocks will be freed until the high-water mark is
2224 reached. Thereafter, blocks will be used to store hot
2225 objects.
6b698a21 2226DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2228NAME: maximum_object_size_in_memory
2229COMMENT: (bytes)
2230TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 2231DEFAULT: 512 KB
41bd17a4 2232LOC: Config.Store.maxInMemObjSize
6b698a21 2233DOC_START
41bd17a4 2234 Objects greater than this size will not be attempted to kept in
2235 the memory cache. This should be set high enough to keep objects
2236 accessed frequently in memory to improve performance whilst low
2237 enough to keep larger objects from hoarding cache_mem.
6b698a21 2238DOC_END
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2240NAME: memory_cache_mode
2241TYPE: memcachemode
2242LOC: Config
2243DEFAULT: always
ff4b33f4 2244DOC_START
ea21d497 2245 Controls which objects to keep in the memory cache (cache_mem)
ff4b33f4 2246
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2248
2249 disk Only disk cache hits are kept in memory, which means
2250 an object must first be cached on disk and then hit
2251 a second time before cached in memory.
2252
2253 network Only objects fetched from network is kept in memory
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2255
41bd17a4 2256NAME: memory_replacement_policy
2257TYPE: removalpolicy
2258LOC: Config.memPolicy
2259DEFAULT: lru
6b698a21 2260DOC_START
41bd17a4 2261 The memory replacement policy parameter determines which
2262 objects are purged from memory when memory space is needed.
7f7db318 2263
41bd17a4 2264 See cache_replacement_policy for details.
2265DOC_END
6b698a21 2266
41bd17a4 2267COMMENT_START
2268 DISK CACHE OPTIONS
2269 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2270COMMENT_END
6b698a21 2271
41bd17a4 2272NAME: cache_replacement_policy
2273TYPE: removalpolicy
2274LOC: Config.replPolicy
2275DEFAULT: lru
2276DOC_START
2277 The cache replacement policy parameter determines which
2278 objects are evicted (replaced) when disk space is needed.
6b698a21 2279
41bd17a4 2280 lru : Squid's original list based LRU policy
2281 heap GDSF : Greedy-Dual Size Frequency
2282 heap LFUDA: Least Frequently Used with Dynamic Aging
2283 heap LRU : LRU policy implemented using a heap
6b698a21 2284
41bd17a4 2285 Applies to any cache_dir lines listed below this.
7f7db318 2286
41bd17a4 2287 The LRU policies keeps recently referenced objects.
0976f8db 2288
41bd17a4 2289 The heap GDSF policy optimizes object hit rate by keeping smaller
2290 popular objects in cache so it has a better chance of getting a
2291 hit. It achieves a lower byte hit rate than LFUDA though since
2292 it evicts larger (possibly popular) objects.
0976f8db 2293
41bd17a4 2294 The heap LFUDA policy keeps popular objects in cache regardless of
2295 their size and thus optimizes byte hit rate at the expense of
2296 hit rate since one large, popular object will prevent many
2297 smaller, slightly less popular objects from being cached.
0976f8db 2298
41bd17a4 2299 Both policies utilize a dynamic aging mechanism that prevents
2300 cache pollution that can otherwise occur with frequency-based
2301 replacement policies.
7d90757b 2302
41bd17a4 2303 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2304 the value of maximum_object_size above its default of 4096 KB to
2305 to maximize the potential byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA.
dc1af3cf 2306
41bd17a4 2307 For more information about the GDSF and LFUDA cache replacement
2308 policies see http://www.hpl.hp.com/techreports/1999/HPL-1999-69.html
2309 and http://fog.hpl.external.hp.com/techreports/98/HPL-98-173.html.
6b698a21 2310DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2312NAME: cache_dir
2313TYPE: cachedir
2314DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2315LOC: Config.cacheSwap
6b698a21 2316DOC_START
41bd17a4 2317 Usage:
0976f8db 2318
41bd17a4 2319 cache_dir Type Directory-Name Fs-specific-data [options]
0976f8db 2320
41bd17a4 2321 You can specify multiple cache_dir lines to spread the
2322 cache among different disk partitions.
0976f8db 2323
41bd17a4 2324 Type specifies the kind of storage system to use. Only "ufs"
2325 is built by default. To enable any of the other storage systems
2326 see the --enable-storeio configure option.
0976f8db 2327
41bd17a4 2328 'Directory' is a top-level directory where cache swap
2329 files will be stored. If you want to use an entire disk
2330 for caching, this can be the mount-point directory.
2331 The directory must exist and be writable by the Squid
2332 process. Squid will NOT create this directory for you.
0976f8db 2333
41bd17a4 2334 The ufs store type:
0976f8db 2335
41bd17a4 2336 "ufs" is the old well-known Squid storage format that has always
2337 been there.
0976f8db 2338
41bd17a4 2339 cache_dir ufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
0976f8db 2340
41bd17a4 2341 'Mbytes' is the amount of disk space (MB) to use under this
2342 directory. The default is 100 MB. Change this to suit your
2343 configuration. Do NOT put the size of your disk drive here.
2344 Instead, if you want Squid to use the entire disk drive,
2345 subtract 20% and use that value.
0976f8db 2346
41bd17a4 2347 'Level-1' is the number of first-level subdirectories which
2348 will be created under the 'Directory'. The default is 16.
0976f8db 2349
41bd17a4 2350 'Level-2' is the number of second-level subdirectories which
2351 will be created under each first-level directory. The default
2352 is 256.
0976f8db 2353
41bd17a4 2354 The aufs store type:
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41bd17a4 2356 "aufs" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing
2357 POSIX-threads to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2358 disk-I/O. This was formerly known in Squid as async-io.
38f9c547 2359
41bd17a4 2360 cache_dir aufs Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options]
38f9c547 2361
41bd17a4 2362 see argument descriptions under ufs above
38f9c547 2363
41bd17a4 2364 The diskd store type:
38f9c547 2365
41bd17a4 2366 "diskd" uses the same storage format as "ufs", utilizing a
2367 separate process to avoid blocking the main Squid process on
2368 disk-I/O.
4c3ef9b2 2369
41bd17a4 2370 cache_dir diskd Directory-Name Mbytes L1 L2 [options] [Q1=n] [Q2=n]
0976f8db 2371
41bd17a4 2372 see argument descriptions under ufs above
0976f8db 2373
41bd17a4 2374 Q1 specifies the number of unacknowledged I/O requests when Squid
2375 stops opening new files. If this many messages are in the queues,
2376 Squid won't open new files. Default is 64
0976f8db 2377
41bd17a4 2378 Q2 specifies the number of unacknowledged messages when Squid
2379 starts blocking. If this many messages are in the queues,
2380 Squid blocks until it receives some replies. Default is 72
0976f8db 2381
41bd17a4 2382 When Q1 < Q2 (the default), the cache directory is optimized
2383 for lower response time at the expense of a decrease in hit
2384 ratio. If Q1 > Q2, the cache directory is optimized for
2385 higher hit ratio at the expense of an increase in response
2386 time.
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41bd17a4 2388 The coss store type:
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2391 production use and has thus been removed from this release.
2392 We hope that it can be made usable again soon.
2393
41bd17a4 2394 block-size=n defines the "block size" for COSS cache_dir's.
2395 Squid uses file numbers as block numbers. Since file numbers
2396 are limited to 24 bits, the block size determines the maximum
2397 size of the COSS partition. The default is 512 bytes, which
2398 leads to a maximum cache_dir size of 512<<24, or 8 GB. Note
2399 you should not change the coss block size after Squid
2400 has written some objects to the cache_dir.
0976f8db 2401
41bd17a4 2402 The coss file store has changed from 2.5. Now it uses a file
2403 called 'stripe' in the directory names in the config - and
2404 this will be created by squid -z.
0976f8db 2405
41bd17a4 2406 Common options:
0976f8db 2407
41bd17a4 2408 no-store, no new objects should be stored to this cache_dir
0976f8db 2409
41bd17a4 2410 max-size=n, refers to the max object size this storedir supports.
2411 It is used to initially choose the storedir to dump the object.
2412 Note: To make optimal use of the max-size limits you should order
2413 the cache_dir lines with the smallest max-size value first and the
2414 ones with no max-size specification last.
0976f8db 2415
41bd17a4 2416 Note for coss, max-size must be less than COSS_MEMBUF_SZ,
2417 which can be changed with the --with-coss-membuf-size=N configure
2418 option.
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2421# Uncomment and adjust the following to add a disk cache directory.
2422#cache_dir ufs @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@ 100 16 256
bebc043b 2423NOCOMMENT_END
6b698a21 2424DOC_END
0976f8db 2425
41bd17a4 2426NAME: store_dir_select_algorithm
2427TYPE: string
2428LOC: Config.store_dir_select_algorithm
2429DEFAULT: least-load
6b698a21 2430DOC_START
41bd17a4 2431 Set this to 'round-robin' as an alternative.
6b698a21 2432DOC_END
0976f8db 2433
41bd17a4 2434NAME: max_open_disk_fds
2435TYPE: int
2436LOC: Config.max_open_disk_fds
2437DEFAULT: 0
6b698a21 2438DOC_START
41bd17a4 2439 To avoid having disk as the I/O bottleneck Squid can optionally
2440 bypass the on-disk cache if more than this amount of disk file
2441 descriptors are open.
2442
2443 A value of 0 indicates no limit.
6b698a21 2444DOC_END
0976f8db 2445
41bd17a4 2446NAME: minimum_object_size
6b698a21 2447COMMENT: (bytes)
47f6e231 2448TYPE: b_int64_t
6b698a21 2449DEFAULT: 0 KB
41bd17a4 2450LOC: Config.Store.minObjectSize
6b698a21 2451DOC_START
41bd17a4 2452 Objects smaller than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2453 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 0 KB, which
2454 means there is no minimum.
6b698a21 2455DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2457NAME: maximum_object_size
2458COMMENT: (bytes)
2459TYPE: b_int64_t
2460DEFAULT: 4096 KB
2461LOC: Config.Store.maxObjectSize
777831e0 2462DOC_START
41bd17a4 2463 Objects larger than this size will NOT be saved on disk. The
2464 value is specified in kilobytes, and the default is 4MB. If
2465 you wish to get a high BYTES hit ratio, you should probably
2466 increase this (one 32 MB object hit counts for 3200 10KB
2467 hits). If you wish to increase speed more than your want to
2468 save bandwidth you should leave this low.
777831e0 2469
41bd17a4 2470 NOTE: if using the LFUDA replacement policy you should increase
2471 this value to maximize the byte hit rate improvement of LFUDA!
2472 See replacement_policy below for a discussion of this policy.
6b698a21 2473DOC_END
0976f8db 2474
41bd17a4 2475NAME: cache_swap_low
2476COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
5473c134 2477TYPE: int
41bd17a4 2478DEFAULT: 90
2479LOC: Config.Swap.lowWaterMark
2480DOC_NONE
2481
2482NAME: cache_swap_high
2483COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
2484TYPE: int
2485DEFAULT: 95
2486LOC: Config.Swap.highWaterMark
6b698a21 2487DOC_START
41bd17a4 2488
2489 The low- and high-water marks for cache object replacement.
2490 Replacement begins when the swap (disk) usage is above the
2491 low-water mark and attempts to maintain utilization near the
2492 low-water mark. As swap utilization gets close to high-water
2493 mark object eviction becomes more aggressive. If utilization is
2494 close to the low-water mark less replacement is done each time.
2495
2496 Defaults are 90% and 95%. If you have a large cache, 5% could be
2497 hundreds of MB. If this is the case you may wish to set these
2498 numbers closer together.
6b698a21 2499DOC_END
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5473c134 2501COMMENT_START
41bd17a4 2502 LOGFILE OPTIONS
5473c134 2503 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2504COMMENT_END
0976f8db 2505
41bd17a4 2506NAME: logformat
2507TYPE: logformat
2508LOC: Config.Log.logformats
5473c134 2509DEFAULT: none
6b698a21 2510DOC_START
41bd17a4 2511 Usage:
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41bd17a4 2513 logformat <name> <format specification>
0976f8db 2514
41bd17a4 2515 Defines an access log format.
6b698a21 2516
41bd17a4 2517 The <format specification> is a string with embedded % format codes
5473c134 2518
41bd17a4 2519 % format codes all follow the same basic structure where all but
2520 the formatcode is optional. Output strings are automatically escaped
2521 as required according to their context and the output format
2522 modifiers are usually not needed, but can be specified if an explicit
2523 output format is desired.
6b698a21 2524
41bd17a4 2525 % ["|[|'|#] [-] [[0]width] [{argument}] formatcode
0976f8db 2526
41bd17a4 2527 " output in quoted string format
2528 [ output in squid text log format as used by log_mime_hdrs
2529 # output in URL quoted format
2530 ' output as-is
5473c134 2531
41bd17a4 2532 - left aligned
2533 width field width. If starting with 0 the
2534 output is zero padded
2535 {arg} argument such as header name etc
5473c134 2536
41bd17a4 2537 Format codes:
5473c134 2538
3ff65596 2539 % a literal % character
41bd17a4 2540 >a Client source IP address
2541 >A Client FQDN
2542 >p Client source port
2543 <A Server IP address or peer name
2544 la Local IP address (http_port)
2545 lp Local port number (http_port)
17fde513 2546 sn Unique sequence number per log line entry
41bd17a4 2547 ts Seconds since epoch
2548 tu subsecond time (milliseconds)
2549 tl Local time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2550 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2551 tg GMT time. Optional strftime format argument
3ff65596 2552 default %d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z
41bd17a4 2553 tr Response time (milliseconds)
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2555
2556 HTTP cache related format codes:
2557
ca2e92d8 2558 [http::]>h Original request header. Optional header name argument
3ff65596 2559 on the format header[:[separator]element]
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2561 Optional header name argument as for >h
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2563 as for >h
2564 [http::]un User name
2565 [http::]ul User name from authentication
2566 [http::]ui User name from ident
2567 [http::]us User name from SSL
2568 [http::]ue User name from external acl helper
2569 [http::]>Hs HTTP status code sent to the client
2570 [http::]<Hs HTTP status code received from the next hop
2571 [http::]Ss Squid request status (TCP_MISS etc)
2572 [http::]Sh Squid hierarchy status (DEFAULT_PARENT etc)
2573 [http::]mt MIME content type
2574 [http::]rm Request method (GET/POST etc)
2575 [http::]ru Request URL
2576 [http::]rp Request URL-Path excluding hostname
2577 [http::]rv Request protocol version
2578 [http::]et Tag returned by external acl
2579 [http::]ea Log string returned by external acl
2580 [http::]<st Sent reply size including HTTP headers
2581 [http::]>st Received request size including HTTP headers. In the
2582 case of chunked requests the chunked encoding metadata
2583 are not included
2584 [http::]>sh Received HTTP request headers size
2585 [http::]<sh Sent HTTP reply headers size
2586 [http::]st Request+Reply size including HTTP headers
2587 [http::]<sH Reply high offset sent
2588 [http::]<sS Upstream object size
2589 [http::]<pt Peer response time in milliseconds. The timer starts
2590 when the last request byte is sent to the next hop
2591 and stops when the last response byte is received.
2592 [http::]<tt Total server-side time in milliseconds. The timer
2593 starts with the first connect request (or write I/O)
2594 sent to the first selected peer. The timer stops
2595 with the last I/O with the last peer.
2596
2597 If ICAP is enabled, the following two codes become available (as
2598 well as ICAP log codes documented with the icap_log option):
2599
2600 icap::tt Total ICAP processing time for the HTTP
2601 transaction. The timer ticks when ICAP
2602 ACLs are checked and when ICAP
2603 transaction is in progress.
2604
2605 icap::<last_h The header of the last ICAP response
2606 related to the HTTP transaction. Like
2607 <h, accepts an optional header name
2608 argument. Will not change semantics
2609 when multiple ICAP transactions per HTTP
2610 transaction are supported.
2611
2612 If adaptation is enabled the following two codes become available:
2613
2614 adapt::sum_trs Summed adaptation transaction response
2615 times recorded as a comma-separated list in
2616 the order of transaction start time. Each time
2617 value is recorded as an integer number,
2618 representing response time of one or more
2619 adaptation (ICAP or eCAP) transaction in
2620 milliseconds. When a failed transaction is
2621 being retried or repeated, its time is not
2622 logged individually but added to the
2623 replacement (next) transaction. See also:
2624 adapt::all_trs.
2625
2626 adapt::all_trs All adaptation transaction response times.
2627 Same as adaptation_strs but response times of
2628 individual transactions are never added
2629 together. Instead, all transaction response
2630 times are recorded individually.
2631
2632 You can prefix adapt::*_trs format codes with adaptation
2633 service name in curly braces to record response time(s) specific
2634 to that service. For example: %{my_service}adapt::sum_trs
5473c134 2635
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2637
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2639logformat squidmime %ts.%03tu %6tr %>a %Ss/%03>Hs %<st %rm %ru %un %Sh/%<A %mt [%>h] [%<h]
2640logformat common %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st %Ss:%Sh
2641logformat combined %>a %ui %un [%tl] "%rm %ru HTTP/%rv" %>Hs %<st "%{Referer}>h" "%{User-Agent}>h" %Ss:%Sh
5473c134 2642DOC_END
2643
41bd17a4 2644NAME: access_log cache_access_log
2645TYPE: access_log
2646LOC: Config.Log.accesslogs
02424612 2647DEFAULT: none
82b7abe3 2648DEFAULT_IF_NONE: daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
5473c134 2649DOC_START
41bd17a4 2650 These files log client request activities. Has a line every HTTP or
2651 ICP request. The format is:
82b7abe3 2652 access_log <module>:<place> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
41bd17a4 2653 access_log none [acl acl ...]]
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2654
2655 Will log to the specified module:place using the specified format (which
41bd17a4 2656 must be defined in a logformat directive) those entries which match
2657 ALL the acl's specified (which must be defined in acl clauses).
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2658 If no acl is specified, all requests will be logged to this destination.
2659
2660 ===== Modules Currently available =====
2661
2662 none Do not log any requests matchign these ACL.
2663 Do not specify Place or logformat name.
2664
2665 stdio Write each log line to disk immediately at the completion of
2666 each request.
2667 Place: the filename and path to be written.
2668
2669 daemon Very similar to stdio. But instead of writing to disk the log
2670 line is passed to a daemon helper for asychronous handling instead.
2671 Place: varies depending on the daemon.
2672
2673 log_file_daemon Place: the file name and path to be written.
2674
2675 syslog To log each request via syslog facility.
2676 Place: The syslog facility and priority level for these entries.
2677 Place Format: facility.priority
5473c134 2678
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2679 where facility could be any of:
2680 authpriv, daemon, local0 ... local7 or user.
5473c134 2681
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2682 And priority could be any of:
2683 err, warning, notice, info, debug.
2684
2685 udp To send each log line as text data to a UDP receiver.
2686 Place: The destination host name or IP and port.
2687 Place Format: \\host:port
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2688
2689 Default:
82b7abe3 2690 access_log daemon:@DEFAULT_ACCESS_LOG@ squid
41bd17a4 2691DOC_END
5473c134 2692
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2693NAME: icap_log
2694TYPE: access_log
2695IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
2696LOC: Config.Log.icaplogs
2697DEFAULT: none
2698DOC_START
2699 ICAP log files record ICAP transaction summaries, one line per
2700 transaction.
2701
2702 The icap_log option format is:
2703 icap_log <filepath> [<logformat name> [acl acl ...]]
2704 icap_log none [acl acl ...]]
2705
2706 Please see access_log option documentation for details. The two
2707 kinds of logs share the overall configuration approach and many
2708 features.
2709
2710 ICAP processing of a single HTTP message or transaction may
2711 require multiple ICAP transactions. In such cases, multiple
2712 ICAP transaction log lines will correspond to a single access
2713 log line.
2714
2715 ICAP log uses logformat codes that make sense for an ICAP
2716 transaction. Header-related codes are applied to the HTTP header
2717 embedded in an ICAP server response, with the following caveats:
2718 For REQMOD, there is no HTTP response header unless the ICAP
2719 server performed request satisfaction. For RESPMOD, the HTTP
2720 request header is the header sent to the ICAP server. For
2721 OPTIONS, there are no HTTP headers.
2722
2723 The following format codes are also available for ICAP logs:
2724
2725 icap::<A ICAP server IP address. Similar to <A.
2726
2727 icap::<service_name ICAP service name from the icap_service
2728 option in Squid configuration file.
2729
2730 icap::ru ICAP Request-URI. Similar to ru.
2731
2732 icap::rm ICAP request method (REQMOD, RESPMOD, or
2733 OPTIONS). Similar to existing rm.
2734
2735 icap::>st Bytes sent to the ICAP server (TCP payload
2736 only; i.e., what Squid writes to the socket).
2737
2738 icap::<st Bytes received from the ICAP server (TCP
2739 payload only; i.e., what Squid reads from
2740 the socket).
2741
2742 icap::tr Transaction response time (in
2743 milliseconds). The timer starts when
2744 the ICAP transaction is created and
2745 stops when the transaction is completed.
2746 Similar to tr.
2747
2748 icap::tio Transaction I/O time (in milliseconds). The
2749 timer starts when the first ICAP request
2750 byte is scheduled for sending. The timers
2751 stops when the last byte of the ICAP response
2752 is received.
2753
2754 icap::to Transaction outcome: ICAP_ERR* for all
2755 transaction errors, ICAP_OPT for OPTION
2756 transactions, ICAP_ECHO for 204
2757 responses, ICAP_MOD for message
2758 modification, and ICAP_SAT for request
2759 satisfaction. Similar to Ss.
2760
2761 icap::Hs ICAP response status code. Similar to Hs.
2762
2763 icap::>h ICAP request header(s). Similar to >h.
2764
2765 icap::<h ICAP response header(s). Similar to <h.
2766
2767 The default ICAP log format, which can be used without an explicit
2768 definition, is called icap_squid:
2769
2770logformat icap_squid %ts.%03tu %6icap::tr %>a %icap::to/%03icap::Hs %icap::<size %icap::rm %icap::ru% %un -/%icap::<A -
2771
2772 See also: logformat, log_icap, and %icap::<last_h
2773DOC_END
2774
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2775NAME: logfile_daemon
2776TYPE: string
2777DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_LOGFILED@
2778LOC: Log::TheConfig.logfile_daemon
2779DOC_START
2780 Specify the path to the logfile-writing daemon. This daemon is
2781 used to write the access and store logs, if configured.
2782DOC_END
2783
5b0f5383 2784NAME: log_access
2785TYPE: acl_access
2786LOC: Config.accessList.log
2787DEFAULT: none
2788COMMENT: allow|deny acl acl...
2789DOC_START
2790 This options allows you to control which requests gets logged
2791 to access.log (see access_log directive). Requests denied for
2792 logging will also not be accounted for in performance counters.
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2793
2794 This clause only supports fast acl types.
2795 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5b0f5383 2796DOC_END
2797
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2798NAME: log_icap
2799TYPE: acl_access
2800IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
2801LOC: Config.accessList.icap
2802DEFAULT: none
2803DOC_START
2804 This options allows you to control which requests get logged
2805 to icap.log. See the icap_log directive for ICAP log details.
2806DOC_END
2807
41bd17a4 2808NAME: cache_store_log
2809TYPE: string
df2eec10 2810DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 2811LOC: Config.Log.store
2812DOC_START
2813 Logs the activities of the storage manager. Shows which
2814 objects are ejected from the cache, and which objects are
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2815 saved and for how long. To disable, enter "none" or remove the line.
2816 There are not really utilities to analyze this data, so you can safely
41bd17a4 2817 disable it.
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2818
2819 Example:
2820 cache_store_log @DEFAULT_STORE_LOG@
5473c134 2821DOC_END
2822
41bd17a4 2823NAME: cache_swap_state cache_swap_log
2824TYPE: string
2825LOC: Config.Log.swap
5473c134 2826DEFAULT: none
2827DOC_START
41bd17a4 2828 Location for the cache "swap.state" file. This index file holds
2829 the metadata of objects saved on disk. It is used to rebuild
2830 the cache during startup. Normally this file resides in each
2831 'cache_dir' directory, but you may specify an alternate
2832 pathname here. Note you must give a full filename, not just
2833 a directory. Since this is the index for the whole object
2834 list you CANNOT periodically rotate it!
5473c134 2835
41bd17a4 2836 If %s can be used in the file name it will be replaced with a
2837 a representation of the cache_dir name where each / is replaced
2838 with '.'. This is needed to allow adding/removing cache_dir
2839 lines when cache_swap_log is being used.
5473c134 2840
41bd17a4 2841 If have more than one 'cache_dir', and %s is not used in the name
2842 these swap logs will have names such as:
5473c134 2843
41bd17a4 2844 cache_swap_log.00
2845 cache_swap_log.01
2846 cache_swap_log.02
5473c134 2847
41bd17a4 2848 The numbered extension (which is added automatically)
2849 corresponds to the order of the 'cache_dir' lines in this
2850 configuration file. If you change the order of the 'cache_dir'
2851 lines in this file, these index files will NOT correspond to
2852 the correct 'cache_dir' entry (unless you manually rename
2853 them). We recommend you do NOT use this option. It is
2854 better to keep these index files in each 'cache_dir' directory.
5473c134 2855DOC_END
2856
41bd17a4 2857NAME: logfile_rotate
2858TYPE: int
2859DEFAULT: 10
2860LOC: Config.Log.rotateNumber
5473c134 2861DOC_START
41bd17a4 2862 Specifies the number of logfile rotations to make when you
2863 type 'squid -k rotate'. The default is 10, which will rotate
2864 with extensions 0 through 9. Setting logfile_rotate to 0 will
2865 disable the file name rotation, but the logfiles are still closed
2866 and re-opened. This will enable you to rename the logfiles
2867 yourself just before sending the rotate signal.
5473c134 2868
41bd17a4 2869 Note, the 'squid -k rotate' command normally sends a USR1
2870 signal to the running squid process. In certain situations
2871 (e.g. on Linux with Async I/O), USR1 is used for other
2872 purposes, so -k rotate uses another signal. It is best to get
2873 in the habit of using 'squid -k rotate' instead of 'kill -USR1
2874 <pid>'.
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2876 Note, from Squid-3.1 this option has no effect on the cache.log,
2877 that log can be rotated separately by using debug_options
41bd17a4 2878DOC_END
5473c134 2879
41bd17a4 2880NAME: emulate_httpd_log
2881COMMENT: on|off
2882TYPE: onoff
2883DEFAULT: off
2884LOC: Config.onoff.common_log
2885DOC_START
2886 The Cache can emulate the log file format which many 'httpd'
2887 programs use. To disable/enable this emulation, set
2888 emulate_httpd_log to 'off' or 'on'. The default
2889 is to use the native log format since it includes useful
2890 information Squid-specific log analyzers use.
5473c134 2891DOC_END
2892
41bd17a4 2893NAME: log_ip_on_direct
2894COMMENT: on|off
2895TYPE: onoff
5473c134 2896DEFAULT: on
41bd17a4 2897LOC: Config.onoff.log_ip_on_direct
5473c134 2898DOC_START
41bd17a4 2899 Log the destination IP address in the hierarchy log tag when going
2900 direct. Earlier Squid versions logged the hostname here. If you
2901 prefer the old way set this to off.
2902DOC_END
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41bd17a4 2904NAME: mime_table
2905TYPE: string
2906DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_MIME_TABLE@
2907LOC: Config.mimeTablePathname
2908DOC_START
2909 Pathname to Squid's MIME table. You shouldn't need to change
2910 this, but the default file contains examples and formatting
2911 information if you do.
5473c134 2912DOC_END
2913
41bd17a4 2914NAME: log_mime_hdrs
2915COMMENT: on|off
2916TYPE: onoff
2917LOC: Config.onoff.log_mime_hdrs
2918DEFAULT: off
2919DOC_START
2920 The Cache can record both the request and the response MIME
2921 headers for each HTTP transaction. The headers are encoded
2922 safely and will appear as two bracketed fields at the end of
2923 the access log (for either the native or httpd-emulated log
2924 formats). To enable this logging set log_mime_hdrs to 'on'.
2925DOC_END
5473c134 2926
41bd17a4 2927NAME: useragent_log
2928TYPE: string
2929LOC: Config.Log.useragent
2930DEFAULT: none
2931IFDEF: USE_USERAGENT_LOG
5473c134 2932DOC_START
41bd17a4 2933 Squid will write the User-Agent field from HTTP requests
2934 to the filename specified here. By default useragent_log
2935 is disabled.
5473c134 2936DOC_END
2937
41bd17a4 2938NAME: referer_log referrer_log
2939TYPE: string
2940LOC: Config.Log.referer
2941DEFAULT: none
2942IFDEF: USE_REFERER_LOG
5473c134 2943DOC_START
41bd17a4 2944 Squid will write the Referer field from HTTP requests to the
2945 filename specified here. By default referer_log is disabled.
2946 Note that "referer" is actually a misspelling of "referrer"
2947 however the misspelt version has been accepted into the HTTP RFCs
2948 and we accept both.
5473c134 2949DOC_END
2950
41bd17a4 2951NAME: pid_filename
2952TYPE: string
2953DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PID_FILE@
2954LOC: Config.pidFilename
5473c134 2955DOC_START
41bd17a4 2956 A filename to write the process-id to. To disable, enter "none".
5473c134 2957DOC_END
2958
41bd17a4 2959NAME: log_fqdn
2960COMMENT: on|off
2961TYPE: onoff
2962DEFAULT: off
2963LOC: Config.onoff.log_fqdn
5473c134 2964DOC_START
41bd17a4 2965 Turn this on if you wish to log fully qualified domain names
2966 in the access.log. To do this Squid does a DNS lookup of all
2967 IP's connecting to it. This can (in some situations) increase
2968 latency, which makes your cache seem slower for interactive
2969 browsing.
5473c134 2970DOC_END
2971
41bd17a4 2972NAME: client_netmask
2973TYPE: address
2974LOC: Config.Addrs.client_netmask
2975DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
5473c134 2976DOC_START
41bd17a4 2977 A netmask for client addresses in logfiles and cachemgr output.
2978 Change this to protect the privacy of your cache clients.
2979 A netmask of 255.255.255.0 will log all IP's in that range with
2980 the last digit set to '0'.
5473c134 2981DOC_END
2982
41bd17a4 2983NAME: forward_log
2984IFDEF: WIP_FWD_LOG
2985TYPE: string
2986DEFAULT: none
2987LOC: Config.Log.forward
5473c134 2988DOC_START
41bd17a4 2989 Logs the server-side requests.
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41bd17a4 2991 This is currently work in progress.
5473c134 2992DOC_END
2993
41bd17a4 2994NAME: strip_query_terms
5473c134 2995TYPE: onoff
41bd17a4 2996LOC: Config.onoff.strip_query_terms
5473c134 2997DEFAULT: on
2998DOC_START
41bd17a4 2999 By default, Squid strips query terms from requested URLs before
3000 logging. This protects your user's privacy.
5473c134 3001DOC_END
3002
41bd17a4 3003NAME: buffered_logs
3004COMMENT: on|off
3005TYPE: onoff
3006DEFAULT: off
3007LOC: Config.onoff.buffered_logs
5473c134 3008DOC_START
41bd17a4 3009 cache.log log file is written with stdio functions, and as such
3010 it can be buffered or unbuffered. By default it will be unbuffered.
3011 Buffering it can speed up the writing slightly (though you are
3012 unlikely to need to worry unless you run with tons of debugging
3013 enabled in which case performance will suffer badly anyway..).
6b698a21 3014DOC_END
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2b753521 3016NAME: netdb_filename
3017TYPE: string
3018DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_NETDB_FILE@
3019LOC: Config.netdbFilename
fb6a61d1 3020IFDEF: USE_ICMP
2b753521 3021DOC_START
3022 A filename where Squid stores it's netdb state between restarts.
3023 To disable, enter "none".
3024DOC_END
3025
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3027 OPTIONS FOR TROUBLESHOOTING
3028 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3029COMMENT_END
3030
3031NAME: cache_log
3032TYPE: string
3033DEFAULT: none
3034DEFAULT_IF_NONE: @DEFAULT_CACHE_LOG@
3035LOC: Debug::cache_log
3036DOC_START
3037 Cache logging file. This is where general information about
3038 your cache's behavior goes. You can increase the amount of data
3039 logged to this file and how often its rotated with "debug_options"
3040DOC_END
3041
3042NAME: debug_options
3043TYPE: eol
47df1aa7 3044DEFAULT: ALL,1
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3045LOC: Debug::debugOptions
3046DOC_START
3047 Logging options are set as section,level where each source file
3048 is assigned a unique section. Lower levels result in less
3049 output, Full debugging (level 9) can result in a very large
3050 log file, so be careful.
3051
3052 The magic word "ALL" sets debugging levels for all sections.
3053 We recommend normally running with "ALL,1".
3054
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3055 The rotate=N option can be used to keep more or less of these logs
3056 than would otherwise be kept by logfile_rotate.
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3057 For most uses a single log should be enough to monitor current
3058 events affecting Squid.
3059DOC_END
3060
3061NAME: coredump_dir
3062TYPE: string
3063LOC: Config.coredump_dir
3064DEFAULT: none
3065DEFAULT_IF_NONE: none
3066DOC_START
3067 By default Squid leaves core files in the directory from where
3068 it was started. If you set 'coredump_dir' to a directory
3069 that exists, Squid will chdir() to that directory at startup
3070 and coredump files will be left there.
3071
3072NOCOMMENT_START
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3074# Leave coredumps in the first cache dir
3075coredump_dir @DEFAULT_SWAP_DIR@
3076NOCOMMENT_END
3077DOC_END
3078
3079
41bd17a4 3080COMMENT_START
3081 OPTIONS FOR FTP GATEWAYING
3082 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3083COMMENT_END
3084
3085NAME: ftp_user
3086TYPE: string
3087DEFAULT: Squid@
3088LOC: Config.Ftp.anon_user
6b698a21 3089DOC_START
41bd17a4 3090 If you want the anonymous login password to be more informative
3091 (and enable the use of picky ftp servers), set this to something
3092 reasonable for your domain, like wwwuser@somewhere.net
7f7db318 3093
41bd17a4 3094 The reason why this is domainless by default is the
3095 request can be made on the behalf of a user in any domain,
3096 depending on how the cache is used.
3097 Some ftp server also validate the email address is valid
3098 (for example perl.com).
6b698a21 3099DOC_END
0976f8db 3100
41bd17a4 3101NAME: ftp_passive
3102TYPE: onoff
3103DEFAULT: on
3104LOC: Config.Ftp.passive
6b698a21 3105DOC_START
41bd17a4 3106 If your firewall does not allow Squid to use passive
3107 connections, turn off this option.
a689bd4e 3108
3109 Use of ftp_epsv_all option requires this to be ON.
3110DOC_END
3111
3112NAME: ftp_epsv_all
3113TYPE: onoff
3114DEFAULT: off
3115LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv_all
3116DOC_START
3117 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV ALL" command.
3118
3119 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
3120 translator, as the EPRT command will never be used and therefore,
3121 translation of the data portion of the segments will never be needed.
3122
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3123 When a client only expects to do two-way FTP transfers this may be
3124 useful.
a689bd4e 3125 If squid finds that it must do a three-way FTP transfer after issuing
3126 an EPSV ALL command, the FTP session will fail.
3127
3128 If you have any doubts about this option do not use it.
3129 Squid will nicely attempt all other connection methods.
3130
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3131 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
3132DOC_END
3133
3134NAME: ftp_epsv
3135TYPE: onoff
3136DEFAULT: on
3137LOC: Config.Ftp.epsv
3138DOC_START
3139 FTP Protocol extensions permit the use of a special "EPSV" command.
3140
3141 NATs may be able to put the connection on a "fast path" through the
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3142 translator using EPSV, as the EPRT command will never be used
3143 and therefore, translation of the data portion of the segments
3144 will never be needed.
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3145
3146 Turning this OFF will prevent EPSV being attempted.
3147 WARNING: Doing so will convert Squid back to the old behavior with all
3148 the related problems with external NAT devices/layers.
3149
3150 Requires ftp_passive to be ON (default) for any effect.
41bd17a4 3151DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3152
41bd17a4 3153NAME: ftp_sanitycheck
3154TYPE: onoff
3155DEFAULT: on
3156LOC: Config.Ftp.sanitycheck
3157DOC_START
3158 For security and data integrity reasons Squid by default performs
3159 sanity checks of the addresses of FTP data connections ensure the
3160 data connection is to the requested server. If you need to allow
3161 FTP connections to servers using another IP address for the data
3162 connection turn this off.
3163DOC_END
9e7dbc51 3164
41bd17a4 3165NAME: ftp_telnet_protocol
3166TYPE: onoff
3167DEFAULT: on
3168LOC: Config.Ftp.telnet
3169DOC_START
3170 The FTP protocol is officially defined to use the telnet protocol
3171 as transport channel for the control connection. However, many
3172 implementations are broken and does not respect this aspect of
3173 the FTP protocol.
3174
3175 If you have trouble accessing files with ASCII code 255 in the
3176 path or similar problems involving this ASCII code you can
3177 try setting this directive to off. If that helps, report to the
3178 operator of the FTP server in question that their FTP server
3179 is broken and does not follow the FTP standard.
3180DOC_END
3181
3182COMMENT_START
3183 OPTIONS FOR EXTERNAL SUPPORT PROGRAMS
3184 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3185COMMENT_END
3186
3187NAME: diskd_program
3188TYPE: string
3189DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DISKD@
3190LOC: Config.Program.diskd
3191DOC_START
3192 Specify the location of the diskd executable.
3193 Note this is only useful if you have compiled in
3194 diskd as one of the store io modules.
3195DOC_END
3196
3197NAME: unlinkd_program
3198IFDEF: USE_UNLINKD
3199TYPE: string
3200DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_UNLINKD@
3201LOC: Config.Program.unlinkd
3202DOC_START
3203 Specify the location of the executable for file deletion process.
3204DOC_END
3205
3206NAME: pinger_program
3207TYPE: string
3208DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_PINGER@
cc192b50 3209LOC: Config.pinger.program
41bd17a4 3210IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3211DOC_START
3212 Specify the location of the executable for the pinger process.
3213DOC_END
3214
cc192b50 3215NAME: pinger_enable
3216TYPE: onoff
3217DEFAULT: on
3218LOC: Config.pinger.enable
3219IFDEF: USE_ICMP
3220DOC_START
3221 Control whether the pinger is active at run-time.
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3222 Enables turning ICMP pinger on and off with a simple
3223 squid -k reconfigure.
cc192b50 3224DOC_END
3225
3226
41bd17a4 3227COMMENT_START
3228 OPTIONS FOR URL REWRITING
3229 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3230COMMENT_END
3231
3232NAME: url_rewrite_program redirect_program
3233TYPE: wordlist
3234LOC: Config.Program.redirect
3235DEFAULT: none
3236DOC_START
3237 Specify the location of the executable for the URL rewriter.
3238 Since they can perform almost any function there isn't one included.
3239
3240 For each requested URL rewriter will receive on line with the format
3241
c71adec1 3242 URL <SP> client_ip "/" fqdn <SP> user <SP> method [<SP> kvpairs]<NL>
3243
3244 In the future, the rewriter interface will be extended with
3245 key=value pairs ("kvpairs" shown above). Rewriter programs
3246 should be prepared to receive and possibly ignore additional
3247 whitespace-separated tokens on each input line.
41bd17a4 3248
3249 And the rewriter may return a rewritten URL. The other components of
3250 the request line does not need to be returned (ignored if they are).
3251
3252 The rewriter can also indicate that a client-side redirect should
3253 be performed to the new URL. This is done by prefixing the returned
3254 URL with "301:" (moved permanently) or 302: (moved temporarily).
3255
3256 By default, a URL rewriter is not used.
3257DOC_END
3258
3259NAME: url_rewrite_children redirect_children
48d54e4d 3260TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5b708d95 3261DEFAULT: 20 startup=0 idle=1 concurrency=0
41bd17a4 3262LOC: Config.redirectChildren
3263DOC_START
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3264 The maximum number of redirector processes to spawn. If you limit
3265 it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process a backlog of
3266 URLs, slowing it down. If you allow too many they will use RAM
3267 and other system resources noticably.
3268
3269 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
3270 tuning.
3271
3272 startup=
3273
3274 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
3275 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
3276 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
3277
3278 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
3279 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
3280
3281 idle=
3282
3283 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
3284 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
3285 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
3286 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
3287
3288 concurrency=
41bd17a4 3289
41bd17a4 3290 The number of requests each redirector helper can handle in
3291 parallel. Defaults to 0 which indicates the redirector
3292 is a old-style single threaded redirector.
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3293
3294 When this directive is set to a value >= 1 then the protocol
3295 used to communicate with the helper is modified to include
3296 a request ID in front of the request/response. The request
3297 ID from the request must be echoed back with the response
3298 to that request.
41bd17a4 3299DOC_END
3300
3301NAME: url_rewrite_host_header redirect_rewrites_host_header
3302TYPE: onoff
3303DEFAULT: on
3304LOC: Config.onoff.redir_rewrites_host
3305DOC_START
3306 By default Squid rewrites any Host: header in redirected
3307 requests. If you are running an accelerator this may
3308 not be a wanted effect of a redirector.
3309
3310 WARNING: Entries are cached on the result of the URL rewriting
3311 process, so be careful if you have domain-virtual hosts.
3312DOC_END
3313
3314NAME: url_rewrite_access redirector_access
3315TYPE: acl_access
3316DEFAULT: none
3317LOC: Config.accessList.redirector
3318DOC_START
3319 If defined, this access list specifies which requests are
3320 sent to the redirector processes. By default all requests
3321 are sent.
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3322
3323 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3324 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3325DOC_END
3326
3327NAME: url_rewrite_bypass redirector_bypass
3328TYPE: onoff
3329LOC: Config.onoff.redirector_bypass
3330DEFAULT: off
3331DOC_START
3332 When this is 'on', a request will not go through the
3333 redirector if all redirectors are busy. If this is 'off'
3334 and the redirector queue grows too large, Squid will exit
3335 with a FATAL error and ask you to increase the number of
3336 redirectors. You should only enable this if the redirectors
3337 are not critical to your caching system. If you use
3338 redirectors for access control, and you enable this option,
3339 users may have access to pages they should not
3340 be allowed to request.
3341DOC_END
3342
3343COMMENT_START
3344 OPTIONS FOR TUNING THE CACHE
3345 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3346COMMENT_END
3347
f04b37d8 3348NAME: cache no_cache
3349TYPE: acl_access
3350DEFAULT: none
3351LOC: Config.accessList.noCache
41bd17a4 3352DOC_START
240887f0 3353 A list of ACL elements which, if matched and denied, cause the request to
f04b37d8 3354 not be satisfied from the cache and the reply to not be cached.
3355 In other words, use this to force certain objects to never be cached.
41bd17a4 3356
240887f0 3357 You must use the words 'allow' or 'deny' to indicate whether items
3358 matching the ACL should be allowed or denied into the cache.
f04b37d8 3359
240887f0 3360 Default is to allow all to be cached.
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3361
3362 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
3363 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
41bd17a4 3364DOC_END
3365
3366NAME: refresh_pattern
3367TYPE: refreshpattern
3368LOC: Config.Refresh
3369DEFAULT: none
3370DOC_START
3371 usage: refresh_pattern [-i] regex min percent max [options]
9e7dbc51 3372
6b698a21 3373 By default, regular expressions are CASE-SENSITIVE. To make
3374 them case-insensitive, use the -i option.
9e7dbc51 3375
41bd17a4 3376 'Min' is the time (in minutes) an object without an explicit
3377 expiry time should be considered fresh. The recommended
3378 value is 0, any higher values may cause dynamic applications
3379 to be erroneously cached unless the application designer
3380 has taken the appropriate actions.
9e7dbc51 3381
41bd17a4 3382 'Percent' is a percentage of the objects age (time since last
3383 modification age) an object without explicit expiry time
3384 will be considered fresh.
5b807763 3385
41bd17a4 3386 'Max' is an upper limit on how long objects without an explicit
3387 expiry time will be considered fresh.
9e7dbc51 3388
41bd17a4 3389 options: override-expire
3390 override-lastmod
3391 reload-into-ims
3392 ignore-reload
3393 ignore-no-cache
3394 ignore-no-store
4ca08219 3395 ignore-must-revalidate
41bd17a4 3396 ignore-private
3397 ignore-auth
3398 refresh-ims
a0ec9f68 3399
41bd17a4 3400 override-expire enforces min age even if the server
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3401 sent an explicit expiry time (e.g., with the
3402 Expires: header or Cache-Control: max-age). Doing this
3403 VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature
3404 could make you liable for problems which it causes.
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3406 Note: override-expire does not enforce staleness - it only extends
3407 freshness / min. If the server returns a Expires time which
3408 is longer than your max time, Squid will still consider
3409 the object fresh for that period of time.
3410
41bd17a4 3411 override-lastmod enforces min age even on objects
3412 that were modified recently.
934b03fc 3413
41bd17a4 3414 reload-into-ims changes client no-cache or ``reload''
3415 to If-Modified-Since requests. Doing this VIOLATES the
3416 HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3417 liable for problems which it causes.
dba79ac5 3418
41bd17a4 3419 ignore-reload ignores a client no-cache or ``reload''
3420 header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3421 this feature could make you liable for problems which
3422 it causes.
9bc73deb 3423
41bd17a4 3424 ignore-no-cache ignores any ``Pragma: no-cache'' and
3425 ``Cache-control: no-cache'' headers received from a server.
3426 The HTTP RFC never allows the use of this (Pragma) header
3427 from a server, only a client, though plenty of servers
3428 send it anyway.
3429
3430 ignore-no-store ignores any ``Cache-control: no-store''
3431 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3432 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3433 liable for problems which it causes.
3434
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3435 ignore-must-revalidate ignores any ``Cache-Control: must-revalidate``
3436 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3437 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3438 liable for problems which it causes.
3439
41bd17a4 3440 ignore-private ignores any ``Cache-control: private''
3441 headers received from a server. Doing this VIOLATES
3442 the HTTP standard. Enabling this feature could make you
3443 liable for problems which it causes.
3444
3445 ignore-auth caches responses to requests with authorization,
3446 as if the originserver had sent ``Cache-control: public''
3447 in the response header. Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard.
3448 Enabling this feature could make you liable for problems which
3449 it causes.
3450
3451 refresh-ims causes squid to contact the origin server
3452 when a client issues an If-Modified-Since request. This
3453 ensures that the client will receive an updated version
3454 if one is available.
3455
3456 Basically a cached object is:
3457
3458 FRESH if expires < now, else STALE
3459 STALE if age > max
3460 FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE
3461 FRESH if age < min
3462 else STALE
3463
3464 The refresh_pattern lines are checked in the order listed here.
3465 The first entry which matches is used. If none of the entries
3466 match the default will be used.
3467
3468 Note, you must uncomment all the default lines if you want
3469 to change one. The default setting is only active if none is
3470 used.
3471
41bd17a4 3472NOCOMMENT_START
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3474# Add any of your own refresh_pattern entries above these.
41bd17a4 3475refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
3476refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
89db45fa 3477refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0
41bd17a4 3478refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320
3479NOCOMMENT_END
3480DOC_END
3481
3482NAME: quick_abort_min
3483COMMENT: (KB)
3484TYPE: kb_int64_t
3485DEFAULT: 16 KB
3486LOC: Config.quickAbort.min
3487DOC_NONE
3488
3489NAME: quick_abort_max
3490COMMENT: (KB)
3491TYPE: kb_int64_t
3492DEFAULT: 16 KB
3493LOC: Config.quickAbort.max
3494DOC_NONE
3495
3496NAME: quick_abort_pct
3497COMMENT: (percent)
3498TYPE: int
3499DEFAULT: 95
3500LOC: Config.quickAbort.pct
3501DOC_START
3502 The cache by default continues downloading aborted requests
3503 which are almost completed (less than 16 KB remaining). This
3504 may be undesirable on slow (e.g. SLIP) links and/or very busy
3505 caches. Impatient users may tie up file descriptors and
3506 bandwidth by repeatedly requesting and immediately aborting
3507 downloads.
3508
3509 When the user aborts a request, Squid will check the
3510 quick_abort values to the amount of data transfered until
3511 then.
3512
3513 If the transfer has less than 'quick_abort_min' KB remaining,
3514 it will finish the retrieval.
3515
3516 If the transfer has more than 'quick_abort_max' KB remaining,
3517 it will abort the retrieval.
3518
3519 If more than 'quick_abort_pct' of the transfer has completed,
3520 it will finish the retrieval.
3521
3522 If you do not want any retrieval to continue after the client
3523 has aborted, set both 'quick_abort_min' and 'quick_abort_max'
3524 to '0 KB'.
3525
3526 If you want retrievals to always continue if they are being
3527 cached set 'quick_abort_min' to '-1 KB'.
3528DOC_END
60d096f4 3529
41bd17a4 3530NAME: read_ahead_gap
3531COMMENT: buffer-size
3532TYPE: b_int64_t
3533LOC: Config.readAheadGap
3534DEFAULT: 16 KB
3535DOC_START
3536 The amount of data the cache will buffer ahead of what has been
3537 sent to the client when retrieving an object from another server.
3538DOC_END
53e738c6 3539
41bd17a4 3540NAME: negative_ttl
ac9cc053 3541IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
41bd17a4 3542COMMENT: time-units
3543TYPE: time_t
3544LOC: Config.negativeTtl
ac9cc053 3545DEFAULT: 0 seconds
41bd17a4 3546DOC_START
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3547 Set the Default Time-to-Live (TTL) for failed requests.
3548 Certain types of failures (such as "connection refused" and
3549 "404 Not Found") are able to be negatively-cached for a short time.
3550 Modern web servers should provide Expires: header, however if they
3551 do not this can provide a minimum TTL.
3552 The default is not to cache errors with unknown expiry details.
3553
3554 Note that this is different from negative caching of DNS lookups.
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3555
3556 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3557 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3558 causes.
41bd17a4 3559DOC_END
53e738c6 3560
41bd17a4 3561NAME: positive_dns_ttl
3562COMMENT: time-units
3563TYPE: time_t
3564LOC: Config.positiveDnsTtl
3565DEFAULT: 6 hours
3566DOC_START
3567 Upper limit on how long Squid will cache positive DNS responses.
3568 Default is 6 hours (360 minutes). This directive must be set
3569 larger than negative_dns_ttl.
3570DOC_END
c4ab8329 3571
41bd17a4 3572NAME: negative_dns_ttl
3573COMMENT: time-units
3574TYPE: time_t
3575LOC: Config.negativeDnsTtl
3576DEFAULT: 1 minutes
3577DOC_START
3578 Time-to-Live (TTL) for negative caching of failed DNS lookups.
3579 This also sets the lower cache limit on positive lookups.
3580 Minimum value is 1 second, and it is not recommendable to go
3581 much below 10 seconds.
3582DOC_END
7df0bfd7 3583
41bd17a4 3584NAME: range_offset_limit
3585COMMENT: (bytes)
3586TYPE: b_int64_t
3587LOC: Config.rangeOffsetLimit
3588DEFAULT: 0 KB
3589DOC_START
3590 Sets a upper limit on how far into the the file a Range request
3591 may be to cause Squid to prefetch the whole file. If beyond this
3592 limit Squid forwards the Range request as it is and the result
3593 is NOT cached.
c4ab8329 3594
41bd17a4 3595 This is to stop a far ahead range request (lets say start at 17MB)
3596 from making Squid fetch the whole object up to that point before
3597 sending anything to the client.
a7ad6e4e 3598
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3599 A value of 0 causes Squid to never fetch more than the
3600 client requested. (default)
3601
41bd17a4 3602 A value of -1 causes Squid to always fetch the object from the
3603 beginning so it may cache the result. (2.0 style)
a7ad6e4e 3604
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3605 NP: Using -1 here will override any quick_abort settings that may
3606 otherwise apply to the range request. The range request will
3607 be fully fetched from start to finish regardless of the client
3608 actions. This affects bandwidth usage.
41bd17a4 3609DOC_END
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41bd17a4 3611NAME: minimum_expiry_time
3612COMMENT: (seconds)
3613TYPE: time_t
3614LOC: Config.minimum_expiry_time
3615DEFAULT: 60 seconds
3616DOC_START
3617 The minimum caching time according to (Expires - Date)
3618 Headers Squid honors if the object can't be revalidated
649fa918 3619 defaults to 60 seconds. In reverse proxy environments it
41bd17a4 3620 might be desirable to honor shorter object lifetimes. It
3621 is most likely better to make your server return a
3622 meaningful Last-Modified header however. In ESI environments
3623 where page fragments often have short lifetimes, this will
3624 often be best set to 0.
3625DOC_END
c68e9c6b 3626
41bd17a4 3627NAME: store_avg_object_size
3628COMMENT: (kbytes)
3e62bd58 3629TYPE: kb_int64_t
41bd17a4 3630DEFAULT: 13 KB
3631LOC: Config.Store.avgObjectSize
3632DOC_START
3633 Average object size, used to estimate number of objects your
3634 cache can hold. The default is 13 KB.
cccac0a2 3635DOC_END
3636
41bd17a4 3637NAME: store_objects_per_bucket
3638TYPE: int
3639DEFAULT: 20
3640LOC: Config.Store.objectsPerBucket
3641DOC_START
3642 Target number of objects per bucket in the store hash table.
3643 Lowering this value increases the total number of buckets and
3644 also the storage maintenance rate. The default is 20.
3645DOC_END
3646
3647COMMENT_START
3648 HTTP OPTIONS
3649 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3650COMMENT_END
3651
f04b37d8 3652NAME: request_header_max_size
3653COMMENT: (KB)
3654TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3655DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3656LOC: Config.maxRequestHeaderSize
3657DOC_START
3658 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a request.
3659 Request headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3660 Placing a limit on the request header size will catch certain
3661 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3662 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3663DOC_END
3664
3665NAME: reply_header_max_size
3666COMMENT: (KB)
3667TYPE: b_size_t
df2eec10 3668DEFAULT: 64 KB
f04b37d8 3669LOC: Config.maxReplyHeaderSize
3670DOC_START
3671 This specifies the maximum size for HTTP headers in a reply.
3672 Reply headers are usually relatively small (about 512 bytes).
3673 Placing a limit on the reply header size will catch certain
3674 bugs (for example with persistent connections) and possibly
3675 buffer-overflow or denial-of-service attacks.
3676DOC_END
3677
3678NAME: request_body_max_size
3679COMMENT: (bytes)
3680TYPE: b_int64_t
3681DEFAULT: 0 KB
3682LOC: Config.maxRequestBodySize
3683DOC_START
3684 This specifies the maximum size for an HTTP request body.
3685 In other words, the maximum size of a PUT/POST request.
3686 A user who attempts to send a request with a body larger
3687 than this limit receives an "Invalid Request" error message.
3688 If you set this parameter to a zero (the default), there will
3689 be no limit imposed.
3690DOC_END
3691
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3692NAME: chunked_request_body_max_size
3693COMMENT: (bytes)
3694TYPE: b_int64_t
3695DEFAULT: 64 KB
3696LOC: Config.maxChunkedRequestBodySize
3697DOC_START
3698 A broken or confused HTTP/1.1 client may send a chunked HTTP
3699 request to Squid. Squid does not have full support for that
3700 feature yet. To cope with such requests, Squid buffers the
3701 entire request and then dechunks request body to create a
3702 plain HTTP/1.0 request with a known content length. The plain
3703 request is then used by the rest of Squid code as usual.
3704
3705 The option value specifies the maximum size of the buffer used
3706 to hold the request before the conversion. If the chunked
3707 request size exceeds the specified limit, the conversion
3708 fails, and the client receives an "unsupported request" error,
3709 as if dechunking was disabled.
3710
3711 Dechunking is enabled by default. To disable conversion of
3712 chunked requests, set the maximum to zero.
3713
3714 Request dechunking feature and this option in particular are a
3715 temporary hack. When chunking requests and responses are fully
3716 supported, there will be no need to buffer a chunked request.
3717DOC_END
3718
41bd17a4 3719NAME: broken_posts
aa49962c 3720IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
cccac0a2 3721TYPE: acl_access
cccac0a2 3722DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3723LOC: Config.accessList.brokenPosts
cccac0a2 3724DOC_START
41bd17a4 3725 A list of ACL elements which, if matched, causes Squid to send
3726 an extra CRLF pair after the body of a PUT/POST request.
cccac0a2 3727
41bd17a4 3728 Some HTTP servers has broken implementations of PUT/POST,
3729 and rely on an extra CRLF pair sent by some WWW clients.
cccac0a2 3730
41bd17a4 3731 Quote from RFC2616 section 4.1 on this matter:
cccac0a2 3732
41bd17a4 3733 Note: certain buggy HTTP/1.0 client implementations generate an
3734 extra CRLF's after a POST request. To restate what is explicitly
3735 forbidden by the BNF, an HTTP/1.1 client must not preface or follow
3736 a request with an extra CRLF.
cccac0a2 3737
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3738 This clause only supports fast acl types.
3739 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
3740
41bd17a4 3741Example:
3742 acl buggy_server url_regex ^http://....
3743 broken_posts allow buggy_server
3744DOC_END
cccac0a2 3745
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3746NAME: icap_uses_indirect_client
3747COMMENT: on|off
3748TYPE: onoff
0dae2bca 3749IFDEF: FOLLOW_X_FORWARDED_FOR&&ICAP_CLIENT
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3750DEFAULT: on
3751LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.icap_uses_indirect_client
3752DOC_START
3753 Controls whether the indirect client address
3754 (see follow_x_forwarded_for) instead of the
3755 direct client address is passed to an ICAP
3756 server as "X-Client-IP".
3757DOC_END
3758
41bd17a4 3759NAME: via
3760IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3761COMMENT: on|off
3762TYPE: onoff
3763DEFAULT: on
3764LOC: Config.onoff.via
3765DOC_START
3766 If set (default), Squid will include a Via header in requests and
3767 replies as required by RFC2616.
3768DOC_END
4cc6eb12 3769
41bd17a4 3770NAME: ie_refresh
3771COMMENT: on|off
3772TYPE: onoff
3773LOC: Config.onoff.ie_refresh
3774DEFAULT: off
3775DOC_START
3776 Microsoft Internet Explorer up until version 5.5 Service
3777 Pack 1 has an issue with transparent proxies, wherein it
3778 is impossible to force a refresh. Turning this on provides
3779 a partial fix to the problem, by causing all IMS-REFRESH
3780 requests from older IE versions to check the origin server
3781 for fresh content. This reduces hit ratio by some amount
3782 (~10% in my experience), but allows users to actually get
3783 fresh content when they want it. Note because Squid
3784 cannot tell if the user is using 5.5 or 5.5SP1, the behavior
3785 of 5.5 is unchanged from old versions of Squid (i.e. a
3786 forced refresh is impossible). Newer versions of IE will,
3787 hopefully, continue to have the new behavior and will be
3788 handled based on that assumption. This option defaults to
3789 the old Squid behavior, which is better for hit ratios but
3790 worse for clients using IE, if they need to be able to
3791 force fresh content.
3792DOC_END
b9d7fe3e 3793
41bd17a4 3794NAME: vary_ignore_expire
3795COMMENT: on|off
3796TYPE: onoff
3797LOC: Config.onoff.vary_ignore_expire
3798DEFAULT: off
3799DOC_START
3800 Many HTTP servers supporting Vary gives such objects
3801 immediate expiry time with no cache-control header
3802 when requested by a HTTP/1.0 client. This option
3803 enables Squid to ignore such expiry times until
3804 HTTP/1.1 is fully implemented.
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3805
3806 WARNING: If turned on this may eventually cause some
3807 varying objects not intended for caching to get cached.
cccac0a2 3808DOC_END
c4ab8329 3809
41bd17a4 3810NAME: request_entities
3811TYPE: onoff
3812LOC: Config.onoff.request_entities
3813DEFAULT: off
3814DOC_START
3815 Squid defaults to deny GET and HEAD requests with request entities,
3816 as the meaning of such requests are undefined in the HTTP standard
3817 even if not explicitly forbidden.
0976f8db 3818
41bd17a4 3819 Set this directive to on if you have clients which insists
3820 on sending request entities in GET or HEAD requests. But be warned
3821 that there is server software (both proxies and web servers) which
3822 can fail to properly process this kind of request which may make you
3823 vulnerable to cache pollution attacks if enabled.
cccac0a2 3824DOC_END
6b53c392 3825
41bd17a4 3826NAME: request_header_access
3827IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3828TYPE: http_header_access[]
3829LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3830DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 3831DOC_START
41bd17a4 3832 Usage: request_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0976f8db 3833
41bd17a4 3834 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3835 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3836 causes.
0976f8db 3837
41bd17a4 3838 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3839 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3840 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3841 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3842 mangling.
934b03fc 3843
41bd17a4 3844 This option only applies to request headers, i.e., from the
3845 client to the server.
5401aa8d 3846
41bd17a4 3847 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3848 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3849 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
5401aa8d 3850
41bd17a4 3851 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3852 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
5401aa8d 3853
41bd17a4 3854 request_header_access From deny all
3855 request_header_access Referer deny all
3856 request_header_access Server deny all
3857 request_header_access User-Agent deny all
3858 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3859 request_header_access Link deny all
5401aa8d 3860
41bd17a4 3861 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3862 you should use:
5401aa8d 3863
41bd17a4 3864 request_header_access Allow allow all
3865 request_header_access Authorization allow all
3866 request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3867 request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3868 request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3869 request_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3870 request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3871 request_header_access Content-Length allow all
3872 request_header_access Content-Type allow all
3873 request_header_access Date allow all
3874 request_header_access Expires allow all
3875 request_header_access Host allow all
3876 request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3877 request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3878 request_header_access Location allow all
3879 request_header_access Pragma allow all
3880 request_header_access Accept allow all
3881 request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3882 request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3883 request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3884 request_header_access Content-Language allow all
3885 request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3886 request_header_access Retry-After allow all
3887 request_header_access Title allow all
3888 request_header_access Connection allow all
3889 request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3890 request_header_access All deny all
5401aa8d 3891
41bd17a4 3892 although many of those are HTTP reply headers, and so should be
3893 controlled with the reply_header_access directive.
5401aa8d 3894
41bd17a4 3895 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3896 performed).
5401aa8d 3897DOC_END
3898
41bd17a4 3899NAME: reply_header_access
3900IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3901TYPE: http_header_access[]
3902LOC: Config.reply_header_access
cccac0a2 3903DEFAULT: none
3904DOC_START
41bd17a4 3905 Usage: reply_header_access header_name allow|deny [!]aclname ...
934b03fc 3906
41bd17a4 3907 WARNING: Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling
3908 this feature could make you liable for problems which it
3909 causes.
934b03fc 3910
41bd17a4 3911 This option only applies to reply headers, i.e., from the
3912 server to the client.
934b03fc 3913
41bd17a4 3914 This is the same as request_header_access, but in the other
3915 direction.
6b53c392 3916
41bd17a4 3917 This option replaces the old 'anonymize_headers' and the
3918 older 'http_anonymizer' option with something that is much
3919 more configurable. This new method creates a list of ACLs
3920 for each header, allowing you very fine-tuned header
3921 mangling.
cccac0a2 3922
41bd17a4 3923 You can only specify known headers for the header name.
3924 Other headers are reclassified as 'Other'. You can also
3925 refer to all the headers with 'All'.
cccac0a2 3926
41bd17a4 3927 For example, to achieve the same behavior as the old
3928 'http_anonymizer standard' option, you should use:
cccac0a2 3929
41bd17a4 3930 reply_header_access From deny all
3931 reply_header_access Referer deny all
3932 reply_header_access Server deny all
3933 reply_header_access User-Agent deny all
3934 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate deny all
3935 reply_header_access Link deny all
cccac0a2 3936
41bd17a4 3937 Or, to reproduce the old 'http_anonymizer paranoid' feature
3938 you should use:
cccac0a2 3939
41bd17a4 3940 reply_header_access Allow allow all
3941 reply_header_access Authorization allow all
3942 reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
3943 reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
3944 reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
3945 reply_header_access Cache-Control allow all
3946 reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
3947 reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
3948 reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
3949 reply_header_access Date allow all
3950 reply_header_access Expires allow all
3951 reply_header_access Host allow all
3952 reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
3953 reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
3954 reply_header_access Location allow all
3955 reply_header_access Pragma allow all
3956 reply_header_access Accept allow all
3957 reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
3958 reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
3959 reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
3960 reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
3961 reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
3962 reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
3963 reply_header_access Title allow all
3964 reply_header_access Connection allow all
3965 reply_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
3966 reply_header_access All deny all
cccac0a2 3967
41bd17a4 3968 although the HTTP request headers won't be usefully controlled
3969 by this directive -- see request_header_access for details.
cccac0a2 3970
41bd17a4 3971 By default, all headers are allowed (no anonymizing is
3972 performed).
cccac0a2 3973DOC_END
3974
41bd17a4 3975NAME: header_replace
3976IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
3977TYPE: http_header_replace[]
3978LOC: Config.request_header_access
cccac0a2 3979DEFAULT: none
41bd17a4 3980DOC_START
3981 Usage: header_replace header_name message
3982 Example: header_replace User-Agent Nutscrape/1.0 (CP/M; 8-bit)
cccac0a2 3983
41bd17a4 3984 This option allows you to change the contents of headers
3985 denied with header_access above, by replacing them with
3986 some fixed string. This replaces the old fake_user_agent
3987 option.
cccac0a2 3988
41bd17a4 3989 This only applies to request headers, not reply headers.
cccac0a2 3990
41bd17a4 3991 By default, headers are removed if denied.
3992DOC_END
cccac0a2 3993
41bd17a4 3994NAME: relaxed_header_parser
3995COMMENT: on|off|warn
3996TYPE: tristate
3997LOC: Config.onoff.relaxed_header_parser
3998DEFAULT: on
3999DOC_START
4000 In the default "on" setting Squid accepts certain forms
4001 of non-compliant HTTP messages where it is unambiguous
4002 what the sending application intended even if the message
4003 is not correctly formatted. The messages is then normalized
4004 to the correct form when forwarded by Squid.
cccac0a2 4005
41bd17a4 4006 If set to "warn" then a warning will be emitted in cache.log
4007 each time such HTTP error is encountered.
cccac0a2 4008
41bd17a4 4009 If set to "off" then such HTTP errors will cause the request
4010 or response to be rejected.
4011DOC_END
7d90757b 4012
41bd17a4 4013COMMENT_START
4014 TIMEOUTS
4015 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4016COMMENT_END
4017
4018NAME: forward_timeout
4019COMMENT: time-units
4020TYPE: time_t
4021LOC: Config.Timeout.forward
4022DEFAULT: 4 minutes
4023DOC_START
4024 This parameter specifies how long Squid should at most attempt in
4025 finding a forwarding path for the request before giving up.
cccac0a2 4026DOC_END
4027
41bd17a4 4028NAME: connect_timeout
4029COMMENT: time-units
4030TYPE: time_t
4031LOC: Config.Timeout.connect
4032DEFAULT: 1 minute
057f5854 4033DOC_START
41bd17a4 4034 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
4035 the requested server or peer to complete before Squid should
4036 attempt to find another path where to forward the request.
057f5854 4037DOC_END
4038
41bd17a4 4039NAME: peer_connect_timeout
4040COMMENT: time-units
4041TYPE: time_t
4042LOC: Config.Timeout.peer_connect
4043DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4044DOC_START
41bd17a4 4045 This parameter specifies how long to wait for a pending TCP
4046 connection to a peer cache. The default is 30 seconds. You
4047 may also set different timeout values for individual neighbors
4048 with the 'connect-timeout' option on a 'cache_peer' line.
4049DOC_END
7f7db318 4050
41bd17a4 4051NAME: read_timeout
4052COMMENT: time-units
4053TYPE: time_t
4054LOC: Config.Timeout.read
4055DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4056DOC_START
4057 The read_timeout is applied on server-side connections. After
4058 each successful read(), the timeout will be extended by this
4059 amount. If no data is read again after this amount of time,
4060 the request is aborted and logged with ERR_READ_TIMEOUT. The
4061 default is 15 minutes.
4062DOC_END
cccac0a2 4063
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4064NAME: write_timeout
4065COMMENT: time-units
4066TYPE: time_t
4067LOC: Config.Timeout.write
4068DEFAULT: 15 minutes
4069DOC_START
4070 This timeout is tracked for all connections that have data
4071 available for writing and are waiting for the socket to become
4072 ready. After each successful write, the timeout is extended by
4073 the configured amount. If Squid has data to write but the
4074 connection is not ready for the configured duration, the
4075 transaction associated with the connection is terminated. The
4076 default is 15 minutes.
4077DOC_END
4078
41bd17a4 4079NAME: request_timeout
4080TYPE: time_t
4081LOC: Config.Timeout.request
4082DEFAULT: 5 minutes
4083DOC_START
4084 How long to wait for an HTTP request after initial
4085 connection establishment.
4086DOC_END
cccac0a2 4087
41bd17a4 4088NAME: persistent_request_timeout
4089TYPE: time_t
4090LOC: Config.Timeout.persistent_request
4091DEFAULT: 2 minutes
4092DOC_START
4093 How long to wait for the next HTTP request on a persistent
4094 connection after the previous request completes.
4095DOC_END
cccac0a2 4096
41bd17a4 4097NAME: client_lifetime
4098COMMENT: time-units
4099TYPE: time_t
4100LOC: Config.Timeout.lifetime
4101DEFAULT: 1 day
4102DOC_START
4103 The maximum amount of time a client (browser) is allowed to
4104 remain connected to the cache process. This protects the Cache
4105 from having a lot of sockets (and hence file descriptors) tied up
4106 in a CLOSE_WAIT state from remote clients that go away without
4107 properly shutting down (either because of a network failure or
4108 because of a poor client implementation). The default is one
4109 day, 1440 minutes.
7d90757b 4110
41bd17a4 4111 NOTE: The default value is intended to be much larger than any
4112 client would ever need to be connected to your cache. You
4113 should probably change client_lifetime only as a last resort.
4114 If you seem to have many client connections tying up
4115 filedescriptors, we recommend first tuning the read_timeout,
4116 request_timeout, persistent_request_timeout and quick_abort values.
cccac0a2 4117DOC_END
4118
41bd17a4 4119NAME: half_closed_clients
4120TYPE: onoff
4121LOC: Config.onoff.half_closed_clients
0c2f5c4f 4122DEFAULT: off
4eb368f9 4123DOC_START
41bd17a4 4124 Some clients may shutdown the sending side of their TCP
4125 connections, while leaving their receiving sides open. Sometimes,
4126 Squid can not tell the difference between a half-closed and a
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4127 fully-closed TCP connection.
4128
4129 By default, Squid will immediately close client connections when
4130 read(2) returns "no more data to read."
4131
abdf1651 4132 Change this option to 'on' and Squid will keep open connections
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4133 until a read(2) or write(2) on the socket returns an error.
4134 This may show some benefits for reverse proxies. But if not
4135 it is recommended to leave OFF.
4eb368f9 4136DOC_END
4137
41bd17a4 4138NAME: pconn_timeout
4139TYPE: time_t
4140LOC: Config.Timeout.pconn
4141DEFAULT: 1 minute
cccac0a2 4142DOC_START
41bd17a4 4143 Timeout for idle persistent connections to servers and other
4144 proxies.
4145DOC_END
cccac0a2 4146
41bd17a4 4147NAME: ident_timeout
4148TYPE: time_t
4149IFDEF: USE_IDENT
4daaf3cb 4150LOC: Ident::TheConfig.timeout
41bd17a4 4151DEFAULT: 10 seconds
4152DOC_START
4153 Maximum time to wait for IDENT lookups to complete.
cccac0a2 4154
41bd17a4 4155 If this is too high, and you enabled IDENT lookups from untrusted
4156 users, you might be susceptible to denial-of-service by having
4157 many ident requests going at once.
cccac0a2 4158DOC_END
4159
41bd17a4 4160NAME: shutdown_lifetime
4161COMMENT: time-units
4162TYPE: time_t
4163LOC: Config.shutdownLifetime
4164DEFAULT: 30 seconds
cccac0a2 4165DOC_START
41bd17a4 4166 When SIGTERM or SIGHUP is received, the cache is put into
4167 "shutdown pending" mode until all active sockets are closed.
4168 This value is the lifetime to set for all open descriptors
4169 during shutdown mode. Any active clients after this many
4170 seconds will receive a 'timeout' message.
cccac0a2 4171DOC_END
0976f8db 4172
cccac0a2 4173COMMENT_START
4174 ADMINISTRATIVE PARAMETERS
4175 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4176COMMENT_END
4177
4178NAME: cache_mgr
4179TYPE: string
4180DEFAULT: webmaster
4181LOC: Config.adminEmail
4182DOC_START
4183 Email-address of local cache manager who will receive
4184 mail if the cache dies. The default is "webmaster."
4185DOC_END
4186
abacf776 4187NAME: mail_from
4188TYPE: string
4189DEFAULT: none
4190LOC: Config.EmailFrom
4191DOC_START
4192 From: email-address for mail sent when the cache dies.
4193 The default is to use 'appname@unique_hostname'.
b8c0c06d 4194 Default appname value is "squid", can be changed into
abacf776 4195 src/globals.h before building squid.
4196DOC_END
4197
d084bf20 4198NAME: mail_program
4199TYPE: eol
4200DEFAULT: mail
4201LOC: Config.EmailProgram
4202DOC_START
4203 Email program used to send mail if the cache dies.
846a5e31 4204 The default is "mail". The specified program must comply
d084bf20 4205 with the standard Unix mail syntax:
846a5e31 4206 mail-program recipient < mailfile
4207
d084bf20 4208 Optional command line options can be specified.
4209DOC_END
4210
cccac0a2 4211NAME: cache_effective_user
4212TYPE: string
5483d916 4213DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@
cccac0a2 4214LOC: Config.effectiveUser
e3d74828 4215DOC_START
4216 If you start Squid as root, it will change its effective/real
4217 UID/GID to the user specified below. The default is to change
5483d916 4218 to UID of @DEFAULT_CACHE_EFFECTIVE_USER@.
64e288bd 4219 see also; cache_effective_group
e3d74828 4220DOC_END
4221
cccac0a2 4222NAME: cache_effective_group
4223TYPE: string
4224DEFAULT: none
4225LOC: Config.effectiveGroup
4226DOC_START
64e288bd 4227 Squid sets the GID to the effective user's default group ID
4228 (taken from the password file) and supplementary group list
4229 from the groups membership.
4230
e3d74828 4231 If you want Squid to run with a specific GID regardless of
4232 the group memberships of the effective user then set this
4233 to the group (or GID) you want Squid to run as. When set
64e288bd 4234 all other group privileges of the effective user are ignored
e3d74828 4235 and only this GID is effective. If Squid is not started as
64e288bd 4236 root the user starting Squid MUST be member of the specified
e3d74828 4237 group.
64e288bd 4238
4239 This option is not recommended by the Squid Team.
4240 Our preference is for administrators to configure a secure
4241 user account for squid with UID/GID matching system policies.
cccac0a2 4242DOC_END
4243
d3caee79 4244NAME: httpd_suppress_version_string
4245COMMENT: on|off
4246TYPE: onoff
4247DEFAULT: off
4248LOC: Config.onoff.httpd_suppress_version_string
4249DOC_START
4250 Suppress Squid version string info in HTTP headers and HTML error pages.
4251DOC_END
4252
cccac0a2 4253NAME: visible_hostname
4254TYPE: string
4255LOC: Config.visibleHostname
4256DEFAULT: none
4257DOC_START
4258 If you want to present a special hostname in error messages, etc,
7f7db318 4259 define this. Otherwise, the return value of gethostname()
cccac0a2 4260 will be used. If you have multiple caches in a cluster and
4261 get errors about IP-forwarding you must set them to have individual
4262 names with this setting.
4263DOC_END
4264
cccac0a2 4265NAME: unique_hostname
4266TYPE: string
4267LOC: Config.uniqueHostname
4268DEFAULT: none
4269DOC_START
4270 If you want to have multiple machines with the same
7f7db318 4271 'visible_hostname' you must give each machine a different
4272 'unique_hostname' so forwarding loops can be detected.
cccac0a2 4273DOC_END
4274
cccac0a2 4275NAME: hostname_aliases
4276TYPE: wordlist
4277LOC: Config.hostnameAliases
4278DEFAULT: none
4279DOC_START
7f7db318 4280 A list of other DNS names your cache has.
cccac0a2 4281DOC_END
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4283NAME: umask
4284TYPE: int
4285LOC: Config.umask
4286DEFAULT: 027
4287DOC_START
4288 Minimum umask which should be enforced while the proxy
4289 is running, in addition to the umask set at startup.
4290
4291 For a traditional octal representation of umasks, start
4292 your value with 0.
4293DOC_END
4294
cccac0a2 4295COMMENT_START
4296 OPTIONS FOR THE CACHE REGISTRATION SERVICE
4297 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4298
4299 This section contains parameters for the (optional) cache
4300 announcement service. This service is provided to help
4301 cache administrators locate one another in order to join or
4302 create cache hierarchies.
4303
4304 An 'announcement' message is sent (via UDP) to the registration
4305 service by Squid. By default, the announcement message is NOT
4306 SENT unless you enable it with 'announce_period' below.
4307
4308 The announcement message includes your hostname, plus the
4309 following information from this configuration file:
4310
4311 http_port
4312 icp_port
4313 cache_mgr
4314
4315 All current information is processed regularly and made
4316 available on the Web at http://www.ircache.net/Cache/Tracker/.
4317COMMENT_END
4318
4319NAME: announce_period
4320TYPE: time_t
4321LOC: Config.Announce.period
4322DEFAULT: 0
4323DOC_START
4324 This is how frequently to send cache announcements. The
4325 default is `0' which disables sending the announcement
4326 messages.
4327
e0855596 4328 To enable announcing your cache, just set an announce period.
cccac0a2 4329
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4330 Example:
4331 announce_period 1 day
cccac0a2 4332DOC_END
4333
cccac0a2 4334NAME: announce_host
4335TYPE: string
4336DEFAULT: tracker.ircache.net
4337LOC: Config.Announce.host
4338DOC_NONE
4339
4340NAME: announce_file
4341TYPE: string
4342DEFAULT: none
4343LOC: Config.Announce.file
4344DOC_NONE
4345
4346NAME: announce_port
4347TYPE: ushort
4348DEFAULT: 3131
4349LOC: Config.Announce.port
4350DOC_START
4351 announce_host and announce_port set the hostname and port
4352 number where the registration message will be sent.
4353
4354 Hostname will default to 'tracker.ircache.net' and port will
4355 default default to 3131. If the 'filename' argument is given,
4356 the contents of that file will be included in the announce
4357 message.
4358DOC_END
4359
8d6275c0 4360COMMENT_START
4361 HTTPD-ACCELERATOR OPTIONS
4362 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4363COMMENT_END
4364
cccac0a2 4365NAME: httpd_accel_surrogate_id
cccac0a2 4366TYPE: string
4367LOC: Config.Accel.surrogate_id
4368DEFAULT: unset-id
4369DOC_START
4370 Surrogates (http://www.esi.org/architecture_spec_1.0.html)
4371 need an identification token to allow control targeting. Because
4372 a farm of surrogates may all perform the same tasks, they may share
4373 an identification token.
4374DOC_END
4375
4376NAME: http_accel_surrogate_remote
cccac0a2 4377COMMENT: on|off
4378TYPE: onoff
4379DEFAULT: off
4380LOC: Config.onoff.surrogate_is_remote
4381DOC_START
4382 Remote surrogates (such as those in a CDN) honour Surrogate-Control: no-store-remote.
4383 Set this to on to have squid behave as a remote surrogate.
4384DOC_END
4385
4386NAME: esi_parser
f41735ea 4387IFDEF: USE_SQUID_ESI
964b44c3 4388COMMENT: libxml2|expat|custom
cccac0a2 4389TYPE: string
4390LOC: ESIParser::Type
4391DEFAULT: custom
4392DOC_START
4393 ESI markup is not strictly XML compatible. The custom ESI parser
4394 will give higher performance, but cannot handle non ASCII character
4395 encodings.
4396DOC_END
0976f8db 4397
9edd9041 4398COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4399 DELAY POOL PARAMETERS
9edd9041 4400 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4401COMMENT_END
4402
4403NAME: delay_pools
4404TYPE: delay_pool_count
4405DEFAULT: 0
4406IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4407LOC: Config.Delay
4408DOC_START
4409 This represents the number of delay pools to be used. For example,
4410 if you have one class 2 delay pool and one class 3 delays pool, you
4411 have a total of 2 delay pools.
4412DOC_END
4413
4414NAME: delay_class
4415TYPE: delay_pool_class
4416DEFAULT: none
4417IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4418LOC: Config.Delay
4419DOC_START
4420 This defines the class of each delay pool. There must be exactly one
4421 delay_class line for each delay pool. For example, to define two
4422 delay pools, one of class 2 and one of class 3, the settings above
4423 and here would be:
4424
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4425 Example:
4426 delay_pools 4 # 4 delay pools
4427 delay_class 1 2 # pool 1 is a class 2 pool
4428 delay_class 2 3 # pool 2 is a class 3 pool
4429 delay_class 3 4 # pool 3 is a class 4 pool
4430 delay_class 4 5 # pool 4 is a class 5 pool
9edd9041 4431
4432 The delay pool classes are:
4433
4434 class 1 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4435 bucket.
4436
4437 class 2 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4438 bucket as well as an "individual" bucket chosen
b1fb3348 4439 from bits 25 through 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4440
4441 class 3 Everything is limited by a single aggregate
4442 bucket as well as a "network" bucket chosen
4443 from bits 17 through 24 of the IP address and a
4444 "individual" bucket chosen from bits 17 through
b1fb3348 4445 32 of the IPv4 address.
9edd9041 4446
4447 class 4 Everything in a class 3 delay pool, with an
4448 additional limit on a per user basis. This
4449 only takes effect if the username is established
4450 in advance - by forcing authentication in your
4451 http_access rules.
4452
4453 class 5 Requests are grouped according their tag (see
4454 external_acl's tag= reply).
4455
4456 NOTE: If an IP address is a.b.c.d
4457 -> bits 25 through 32 are "d"
4458 -> bits 17 through 24 are "c"
4459 -> bits 17 through 32 are "c * 256 + d"
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4460
4461 NOTE-2: Due to the use of bitmasks in class 2,3,4 pools they only apply to
4462 IPv4 traffic. Class 1 and 5 pools may be used with IPv6 traffic.
9edd9041 4463DOC_END
4464
4465NAME: delay_access
4466TYPE: delay_pool_access
4467DEFAULT: none
4468IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4469LOC: Config.Delay
4470DOC_START
4471 This is used to determine which delay pool a request falls into.
4472
4473 delay_access is sorted per pool and the matching starts with pool 1,
4474 then pool 2, ..., and finally pool N. The first delay pool where the
4475 request is allowed is selected for the request. If it does not allow
4476 the request to any pool then the request is not delayed (default).
4477
4478 For example, if you want some_big_clients in delay
4479 pool 1 and lotsa_little_clients in delay pool 2:
4480
4481Example:
4482 delay_access 1 allow some_big_clients
4483 delay_access 1 deny all
4484 delay_access 2 allow lotsa_little_clients
4485 delay_access 2 deny all
4486 delay_access 3 allow authenticated_clients
4487DOC_END
4488
4489NAME: delay_parameters
4490TYPE: delay_pool_rates
4491DEFAULT: none
4492IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4493LOC: Config.Delay
4494DOC_START
4495 This defines the parameters for a delay pool. Each delay pool has
4496 a number of "buckets" associated with it, as explained in the
4497 description of delay_class. For a class 1 delay pool, the syntax is:
4498
4499delay_parameters pool aggregate
4500
4501 For a class 2 delay pool:
4502
4503delay_parameters pool aggregate individual
4504
4505 For a class 3 delay pool:
4506
4507delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual
4508
4509 For a class 4 delay pool:
4510
4511delay_parameters pool aggregate network individual user
4512
4513 For a class 5 delay pool:
4514
4515delay_parameters pool tag
4516
4517 The variables here are:
4518
4519 pool a pool number - ie, a number between 1 and the
4520 number specified in delay_pools as used in
4521 delay_class lines.
4522
4523 aggregate the "delay parameters" for the aggregate bucket
4524 (class 1, 2, 3).
4525
4526 individual the "delay parameters" for the individual
4527 buckets (class 2, 3).
4528
4529 network the "delay parameters" for the network buckets
4530 (class 3).
4531
4532 user the delay parameters for the user buckets
4533 (class 4).
4534
4535 tag the delay parameters for the tag buckets
4536 (class 5).
4537
4538 A pair of delay parameters is written restore/maximum, where restore is
4539 the number of bytes (not bits - modem and network speeds are usually
4540 quoted in bits) per second placed into the bucket, and maximum is the
4541 maximum number of bytes which can be in the bucket at any time.
4542
4543 For example, if delay pool number 1 is a class 2 delay pool as in the
4544 above example, and is being used to strictly limit each host to 64kbps
4545 (plus overheads), with no overall limit, the line is:
4546
4547delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 8000/8000
4548
4549 Note that the figure -1 is used to represent "unlimited".
4550
4551 And, if delay pool number 2 is a class 3 delay pool as in the above
4552 example, and you want to limit it to a total of 256kbps (strict limit)
4553 with each 8-bit network permitted 64kbps (strict limit) and each
4554 individual host permitted 4800bps with a bucket maximum size of 64kb
4555 to permit a decent web page to be downloaded at a decent speed
4556 (if the network is not being limited due to overuse) but slow down
4557 large downloads more significantly:
4558
4559delay_parameters 2 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/8000
4560
4561 There must be one delay_parameters line for each delay pool.
4562
4563 Finally, for a class 4 delay pool as in the example - each user will
4564 be limited to 128Kb no matter how many workstations they are logged into.:
4565
4566delay_parameters 4 32000/32000 8000/8000 600/64000 16000/16000
4567DOC_END
4568
4569NAME: delay_initial_bucket_level
4570COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4571TYPE: ushort
4572DEFAULT: 50
4573IFDEF: DELAY_POOLS
4574LOC: Config.Delay.initial
4575DOC_START
4576 The initial bucket percentage is used to determine how much is put
4577 in each bucket when squid starts, is reconfigured, or first notices
4578 a host accessing it (in class 2 and class 3, individual hosts and
4579 networks only have buckets associated with them once they have been
4580 "seen" by squid).
4581DOC_END
4582
cccac0a2 4583COMMENT_START
8d6275c0 4584 WCCPv1 AND WCCPv2 CONFIGURATION OPTIONS
cccac0a2 4585 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4586COMMENT_END
4587
8d6275c0 4588NAME: wccp_router
4589TYPE: address
4590LOC: Config.Wccp.router
4591DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4592IFDEF: USE_WCCP
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4593DOC_START
4594 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4595 Squid.
4596
4597 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
4598
4599 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
4600
4601 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4602 which version of WCCP to use.
4603DOC_END
df2eec10 4604
8d6275c0 4605NAME: wccp2_router
9fb4efad 4606TYPE: IpAddress_list
8d6275c0 4607LOC: Config.Wccp2.router
cccac0a2 4608DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 4609IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4610DOC_START
8d6275c0 4611 Use this option to define your WCCP ``home'' router for
4612 Squid.
cccac0a2 4613
8d6275c0 4614 wccp_router supports a single WCCP(v1) router
cccac0a2 4615
8d6275c0 4616 wccp2_router supports multiple WCCPv2 routers
cccac0a2 4617
8d6275c0 4618 only one of the two may be used at the same time and defines
4619 which version of WCCP to use.
4620DOC_END
4621
4622NAME: wccp_version
cccac0a2 4623TYPE: int
8d6275c0 4624LOC: Config.Wccp.version
4625DEFAULT: 4
4626IFDEF: USE_WCCP
cccac0a2 4627DOC_START
8d6275c0 4628 This directive is only relevant if you need to set up WCCP(v1)
4629 to some very old and end-of-life Cisco routers. In all other
4630 setups it must be left unset or at the default setting.
4631 It defines an internal version in the WCCP(v1) protocol,
4632 with version 4 being the officially documented protocol.
cccac0a2 4633
8d6275c0 4634 According to some users, Cisco IOS 11.2 and earlier only
4635 support WCCP version 3. If you're using that or an earlier
4636 version of IOS, you may need to change this value to 3, otherwise
4637 do not specify this parameter.
cccac0a2 4638DOC_END
4639
8d6275c0 4640NAME: wccp2_rebuild_wait
4641TYPE: onoff
4642LOC: Config.Wccp2.rebuildwait
4643DEFAULT: on
4644IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4645DOC_START
4646 If this is enabled Squid will wait for the cache dir rebuild to finish
4647 before sending the first wccp2 HereIAm packet
4648DOC_END
cccac0a2 4649
8d6275c0 4650NAME: wccp2_forwarding_method
e313ab0a 4651TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4652LOC: Config.Wccp2.forwarding_method
451c4786 4653DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4654IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4655DOC_START
699acd19 4656 WCCP2 allows the setting of forwarding methods between the
8d6275c0 4657 router/switch and the cache. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4658
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4659 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4660 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4661
8d6275c0 4662 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4663 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment method.
cccac0a2 4664DOC_END
4665
8d6275c0 4666NAME: wccp2_return_method
e313ab0a 4667TYPE: wccp2_method
8d6275c0 4668LOC: Config.Wccp2.return_method
451c4786 4669DEFAULT: gre
8d6275c0 4670IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4671DOC_START
699acd19 4672 WCCP2 allows the setting of return methods between the
8d6275c0 4673 router/switch and the cache for packets that the cache
4674 decides not to handle. Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4675
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4676 gre - GRE encapsulation (forward the packet in a GRE/WCCP tunnel)
4677 l2 - L2 redirect (forward the packet using Layer 2/MAC rewriting)
cccac0a2 4678
8d6275c0 4679 Currently (as of IOS 12.4) cisco routers only support GRE.
4680 Cisco switches only support the L2 redirect assignment.
cccac0a2 4681
699acd19 4682 If the "ip wccp redirect exclude in" command has been
8d6275c0 4683 enabled on the cache interface, then it is still safe for
4684 the proxy server to use a l2 redirect method even if this
4685 option is set to GRE.
cccac0a2 4686DOC_END
4687
8d6275c0 4688NAME: wccp2_assignment_method
451c4786 4689TYPE: wccp2_amethod
8d6275c0 4690LOC: Config.Wccp2.assignment_method
451c4786 4691DEFAULT: hash
8d6275c0 4692IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
cccac0a2 4693DOC_START
8d6275c0 4694 WCCP2 allows the setting of methods to assign the WCCP hash
4695 Valid values are as follows:
cccac0a2 4696
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4697 hash - Hash assignment
4698 mask - Mask assignment
cccac0a2 4699
8d6275c0 4700 As a general rule, cisco routers support the hash assignment method
4701 and cisco switches support the mask assignment method.
4702DOC_END
cccac0a2 4703
8d6275c0 4704NAME: wccp2_service
4705TYPE: wccp2_service
4706LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4707DEFAULT: none
4708DEFAULT_IF_NONE: standard 0
4709IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4710DOC_START
4711 WCCP2 allows for multiple traffic services. There are two
4712 types: "standard" and "dynamic". The standard type defines
4713 one service id - http (id 0). The dynamic service ids can be from
4714 51 to 255 inclusive. In order to use a dynamic service id
4715 one must define the type of traffic to be redirected; this is done
4716 using the wccp2_service_info option.
4717
4718 The "standard" type does not require a wccp2_service_info option,
4719 just specifying the service id will suffice.
4720
4721 MD5 service authentication can be enabled by adding
4722 "password=<password>" to the end of this service declaration.
4723
4724 Examples:
4725
4726 wccp2_service standard 0 # for the 'web-cache' standard service
4727 wccp2_service dynamic 80 # a dynamic service type which will be
4728 # fleshed out with subsequent options.
4729 wccp2_service standard 0 password=foo
8d6275c0 4730DOC_END
4731
4732NAME: wccp2_service_info
4733TYPE: wccp2_service_info
4734LOC: Config.Wccp2.info
4735DEFAULT: none
4736IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4737DOC_START
4738 Dynamic WCCPv2 services require further information to define the
4739 traffic you wish to have diverted.
4740
4741 The format is:
4742
4743 wccp2_service_info <id> protocol=<protocol> flags=<flag>,<flag>..
4744 priority=<priority> ports=<port>,<port>..
4745
4746 The relevant WCCPv2 flags:
4747 + src_ip_hash, dst_ip_hash
005fe566 4748 + source_port_hash, dst_port_hash
8d6275c0 4749 + src_ip_alt_hash, dst_ip_alt_hash
4750 + src_port_alt_hash, dst_port_alt_hash
4751 + ports_source
4752
4753 The port list can be one to eight entries.
4754
4755 Example:
4756
4757 wccp2_service_info 80 protocol=tcp flags=src_ip_hash,ports_source
4758 priority=240 ports=80
4759
4760 Note: the service id must have been defined by a previous
4761 'wccp2_service dynamic <id>' entry.
4762DOC_END
4763
4764NAME: wccp2_weight
4765TYPE: int
4766LOC: Config.Wccp2.weight
4767DEFAULT: 10000
4768IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4769DOC_START
4770 Each cache server gets assigned a set of the destination
4771 hash proportional to their weight.
4772DOC_END
4773
4774NAME: wccp_address
4775TYPE: address
4776LOC: Config.Wccp.address
4777DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4778IFDEF: USE_WCCP
4779DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4780
8d6275c0 4781NAME: wccp2_address
4782TYPE: address
4783LOC: Config.Wccp2.address
4784DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4785IFDEF: USE_WCCPv2
4786DOC_START
4787 Use this option if you require WCCP to use a specific
4788 interface address.
4789
4790 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
4791DOC_END
4792
4793COMMENT_START
4794 PERSISTENT CONNECTION HANDLING
4795 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4796
4797 Also see "pconn_timeout" in the TIMEOUTS section
4798COMMENT_END
4799
4800NAME: client_persistent_connections
4801TYPE: onoff
4802LOC: Config.onoff.client_pconns
4803DEFAULT: on
4804DOC_NONE
4805
4806NAME: server_persistent_connections
4807TYPE: onoff
4808LOC: Config.onoff.server_pconns
4809DEFAULT: on
4810DOC_START
4811 Persistent connection support for clients and servers. By
4812 default, Squid uses persistent connections (when allowed)
4813 with its clients and servers. You can use these options to
4814 disable persistent connections with clients and/or servers.
4815DOC_END
4816
4817NAME: persistent_connection_after_error
4818TYPE: onoff
4819LOC: Config.onoff.error_pconns
4820DEFAULT: off
4821DOC_START
4822 With this directive the use of persistent connections after
4823 HTTP errors can be disabled. Useful if you have clients
4824 who fail to handle errors on persistent connections proper.
4825DOC_END
4826
4827NAME: detect_broken_pconn
4828TYPE: onoff
4829LOC: Config.onoff.detect_broken_server_pconns
4830DEFAULT: off
4831DOC_START
4832 Some servers have been found to incorrectly signal the use
4833 of HTTP/1.0 persistent connections even on replies not
4834 compatible, causing significant delays. This server problem
4835 has mostly been seen on redirects.
4836
4837 By enabling this directive Squid attempts to detect such
4838 broken replies and automatically assume the reply is finished
4839 after 10 seconds timeout.
4840DOC_END
4841
4842COMMENT_START
4843 CACHE DIGEST OPTIONS
4844 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4845COMMENT_END
4846
4847NAME: digest_generation
4848IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4849TYPE: onoff
4850LOC: Config.onoff.digest_generation
4851DEFAULT: on
4852DOC_START
4853 This controls whether the server will generate a Cache Digest
4854 of its contents. By default, Cache Digest generation is
13e917b5 4855 enabled if Squid is compiled with --enable-cache-digests defined.
8d6275c0 4856DOC_END
4857
4858NAME: digest_bits_per_entry
4859IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4860TYPE: int
4861LOC: Config.digest.bits_per_entry
4862DEFAULT: 5
4863DOC_START
4864 This is the number of bits of the server's Cache Digest which
4865 will be associated with the Digest entry for a given HTTP
4866 Method and URL (public key) combination. The default is 5.
4867DOC_END
4868
4869NAME: digest_rebuild_period
4870IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4871COMMENT: (seconds)
4872TYPE: time_t
4873LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_period
4874DEFAULT: 1 hour
4875DOC_START
749ceff8 4876 This is the wait time between Cache Digest rebuilds.
8d6275c0 4877DOC_END
4878
4879NAME: digest_rewrite_period
4880COMMENT: (seconds)
4881IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4882TYPE: time_t
4883LOC: Config.digest.rewrite_period
4884DEFAULT: 1 hour
4885DOC_START
749ceff8 4886 This is the wait time between Cache Digest writes to
8d6275c0 4887 disk.
4888DOC_END
4889
4890NAME: digest_swapout_chunk_size
4891COMMENT: (bytes)
4892TYPE: b_size_t
4893IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4894LOC: Config.digest.swapout_chunk_size
4895DEFAULT: 4096 bytes
4896DOC_START
4897 This is the number of bytes of the Cache Digest to write to
4898 disk at a time. It defaults to 4096 bytes (4KB), the Squid
4899 default swap page.
4900DOC_END
4901
4902NAME: digest_rebuild_chunk_percentage
4903COMMENT: (percent, 0-100)
4904IFDEF: USE_CACHE_DIGESTS
4905TYPE: int
4906LOC: Config.digest.rebuild_chunk_percentage
4907DEFAULT: 10
4908DOC_START
4909 This is the percentage of the Cache Digest to be scanned at a
4910 time. By default it is set to 10% of the Cache Digest.
4911DOC_END
4912
1db9eacd 4913COMMENT_START
5473c134 4914 SNMP OPTIONS
1db9eacd 4915 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4916COMMENT_END
4917
5473c134 4918NAME: snmp_port
4919TYPE: ushort
4920LOC: Config.Port.snmp
87630341 4921DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 4922IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4923DOC_START
87630341 4924 The port number where Squid listens for SNMP requests. To enable
4925 SNMP support set this to a suitable port number. Port number
4926 3401 is often used for the Squid SNMP agent. By default it's
4927 set to "0" (disabled)
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4928
4929 Example:
4930 snmp_port 3401
8d6275c0 4931DOC_END
4932
5473c134 4933NAME: snmp_access
4934TYPE: acl_access
4935LOC: Config.accessList.snmp
8d6275c0 4936DEFAULT: none
5473c134 4937DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
4938IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
8d6275c0 4939DOC_START
5473c134 4940 Allowing or denying access to the SNMP port.
8d6275c0 4941
5473c134 4942 All access to the agent is denied by default.
4943 usage:
8d6275c0 4944
5473c134 4945 snmp_access allow|deny [!]aclname ...
8d6275c0 4946
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4947 This clause only supports fast acl types.
4948 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
5473c134 4949Example:
4950 snmp_access allow snmppublic localhost
4951 snmp_access deny all
cccac0a2 4952DOC_END
4953
5473c134 4954NAME: snmp_incoming_address
4955TYPE: address
4956LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_incoming
4957DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
4958IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
4959DOC_NONE
df2eec10 4960
5473c134 4961NAME: snmp_outgoing_address
4962TYPE: address
4963LOC: Config.Addrs.snmp_outgoing
4964DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
4965IFDEF: SQUID_SNMP
cccac0a2 4966DOC_START
df2eec10 4967 Just like 'udp_incoming_address', but for the SNMP port.
cccac0a2 4968
5473c134 4969 snmp_incoming_address is used for the SNMP socket receiving
4970 messages from SNMP agents.
4971 snmp_outgoing_address is used for SNMP packets returned to SNMP
4972 agents.
cccac0a2 4973
5473c134 4974 The default snmp_incoming_address (0.0.0.0) is to listen on all
4975 available network interfaces.
cccac0a2 4976
5473c134 4977 If snmp_outgoing_address is set to 255.255.255.255 (the default)
4978 it will use the same socket as snmp_incoming_address. Only
4979 change this if you want to have SNMP replies sent using another
4980 address than where this Squid listens for SNMP queries.
cccac0a2 4981
5473c134 4982 NOTE, snmp_incoming_address and snmp_outgoing_address can not have
4983 the same value since they both use port 3401.
cccac0a2 4984DOC_END
4985
5473c134 4986COMMENT_START
4987 ICP OPTIONS
4988 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
4989COMMENT_END
4990
4991NAME: icp_port udp_port
4992TYPE: ushort
4993DEFAULT: 0
4994LOC: Config.Port.icp
cccac0a2 4995DOC_START
5473c134 4996 The port number where Squid sends and receives ICP queries to
4997 and from neighbor caches. The standard UDP port for ICP is 3130.
4998 Default is disabled (0).
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4999
5000 Example:
5001 icp_port @DEFAULT_ICP_PORT@
cccac0a2 5002DOC_END
5003
5473c134 5004NAME: htcp_port
5005IFDEF: USE_HTCP
5006TYPE: ushort
87630341 5007DEFAULT: 0
5473c134 5008LOC: Config.Port.htcp
cccac0a2 5009DOC_START
5473c134 5010 The port number where Squid sends and receives HTCP queries to
87630341 5011 and from neighbor caches. To turn it on you want to set it to
5012 4827. By default it is set to "0" (disabled).
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5013
5014 Example:
5015 htcp_port 4827
cccac0a2 5016DOC_END
5017
5018NAME: log_icp_queries
5019COMMENT: on|off
5020TYPE: onoff
5021DEFAULT: on
5022LOC: Config.onoff.log_udp
5023DOC_START
5024 If set, ICP queries are logged to access.log. You may wish
5025 do disable this if your ICP load is VERY high to speed things
5026 up or to simplify log analysis.
5027DOC_END
5028
5473c134 5029NAME: udp_incoming_address
5030TYPE: address
5031LOC:Config.Addrs.udp_incoming
5032DEFAULT: 0.0.0.0
8524d4b2 5033DOC_START
5034 udp_incoming_address is used for UDP packets received from other
5035 caches.
5036
5037 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
5038
5039 Only change this if you want to have all UDP queries received on
5040 a specific interface/address.
5041
5042 NOTE: udp_incoming_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5043 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5044
5045 see also; udp_outgoing_address
5046
5047 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
5048 have the same value since they both use the same port.
5049DOC_END
cccac0a2 5050
5473c134 5051NAME: udp_outgoing_address
5052TYPE: address
5053LOC: Config.Addrs.udp_outgoing
5054DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
cccac0a2 5055DOC_START
8524d4b2 5056 udp_outgoing_address is used for UDP packets sent out to other
5473c134 5057 caches.
cccac0a2 5058
5473c134 5059 The default behavior is to not bind to any specific address.
cccac0a2 5060
8524d4b2 5061 Instead it will use the same socket as udp_incoming_address.
5062 Only change this if you want to have UDP queries sent using another
5063 address than where this Squid listens for UDP queries from other
5473c134 5064 caches.
5065
8524d4b2 5066 NOTE: udp_outgoing_address is used by the ICP, HTCP, and DNS
5067 modules. Altering it will affect all of them in the same manner.
5068
5069 see also; udp_incoming_address
5070
5473c134 5071 NOTE, udp_incoming_address and udp_outgoing_address can not
8524d4b2 5072 have the same value since they both use the same port.
cccac0a2 5073DOC_END
5074
3d1e3e43 5075NAME: icp_hit_stale
5076COMMENT: on|off
5077TYPE: onoff
5078DEFAULT: off
5079LOC: Config.onoff.icp_hit_stale
5080DOC_START
5081 If you want to return ICP_HIT for stale cache objects, set this
5082 option to 'on'. If you have sibling relationships with caches
5083 in other administrative domains, this should be 'off'. If you only
5084 have sibling relationships with caches under your control,
5085 it is probably okay to set this to 'on'.
5086 If set to 'on', your siblings should use the option "allow-miss"
5087 on their cache_peer lines for connecting to you.
5088DOC_END
5089
5473c134 5090NAME: minimum_direct_hops
cccac0a2 5091TYPE: int
5473c134 5092DEFAULT: 4
5093LOC: Config.minDirectHops
cccac0a2 5094DOC_START
5473c134 5095 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5096 which are no more than this many hops away.
cccac0a2 5097DOC_END
5098
5473c134 5099NAME: minimum_direct_rtt
5100TYPE: int
5101DEFAULT: 400
5102LOC: Config.minDirectRtt
cccac0a2 5103DOC_START
5473c134 5104 If using the ICMP pinging stuff, do direct fetches for sites
5105 which are no more than this many rtt milliseconds away.
cccac0a2 5106DOC_END
5107
cccac0a2 5108NAME: netdb_low
5109TYPE: int
5110DEFAULT: 900
5111LOC: Config.Netdb.low
5112DOC_NONE
5113
5114NAME: netdb_high
5115TYPE: int
5116DEFAULT: 1000
5117LOC: Config.Netdb.high
5118DOC_START
5119 The low and high water marks for the ICMP measurement
5120 database. These are counts, not percents. The defaults are
5121 900 and 1000. When the high water mark is reached, database
5122 entries will be deleted until the low mark is reached.
5123DOC_END
5124
cccac0a2 5125NAME: netdb_ping_period
5126TYPE: time_t
5127LOC: Config.Netdb.period
5128DEFAULT: 5 minutes
5129DOC_START
5130 The minimum period for measuring a site. There will be at
5131 least this much delay between successive pings to the same
5132 network. The default is five minutes.
5133DOC_END
5134
cccac0a2 5135NAME: query_icmp
5136COMMENT: on|off
5137TYPE: onoff
5138DEFAULT: off
5139LOC: Config.onoff.query_icmp
5140DOC_START
5141 If you want to ask your peers to include ICMP data in their ICP
5142 replies, enable this option.
5143
5144 If your peer has configured Squid (during compilation) with
7f7db318 5145 '--enable-icmp' that peer will send ICMP pings to origin server
5146 sites of the URLs it receives. If you enable this option the
cccac0a2 5147 ICP replies from that peer will include the ICMP data (if available).
5148 Then, when choosing a parent cache, Squid will choose the parent with
5149 the minimal RTT to the origin server. When this happens, the
5150 hierarchy field of the access.log will be
5151 "CLOSEST_PARENT_MISS". This option is off by default.
5152DOC_END
5153
5154NAME: test_reachability
5155COMMENT: on|off
5156TYPE: onoff
5157DEFAULT: off
5158LOC: Config.onoff.test_reachability
5159DOC_START
5160 When this is 'on', ICP MISS replies will be ICP_MISS_NOFETCH
5161 instead of ICP_MISS if the target host is NOT in the ICMP
5162 database, or has a zero RTT.
5163DOC_END
5164
5473c134 5165NAME: icp_query_timeout
5166COMMENT: (msec)
5167DEFAULT: 0
5168TYPE: int
5169LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query
4c3ef9b2 5170DOC_START
5473c134 5171 Normally Squid will automatically determine an optimal ICP
5172 query timeout value based on the round-trip-time of recent ICP
5173 queries. If you want to override the value determined by
5174 Squid, set this 'icp_query_timeout' to a non-zero value. This
5175 value is specified in MILLISECONDS, so, to use a 2-second
5176 timeout (the old default), you would write:
4c3ef9b2 5177
5473c134 5178 icp_query_timeout 2000
4c3ef9b2 5179DOC_END
5180
5473c134 5181NAME: maximum_icp_query_timeout
5182COMMENT: (msec)
5183DEFAULT: 2000
5184TYPE: int
5185LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_max
cccac0a2 5186DOC_START
5473c134 5187 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5188 sometimes it can lead to very large values (say 5 seconds).
5189 Use this option to put an upper limit on the dynamic timeout
5190 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5191 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5192 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5193DOC_END
5194
5473c134 5195NAME: minimum_icp_query_timeout
5196COMMENT: (msec)
5197DEFAULT: 5
5198TYPE: int
5199LOC: Config.Timeout.icp_query_min
cccac0a2 5200DOC_START
5473c134 5201 Normally the ICP query timeout is determined dynamically. But
5202 sometimes it can lead to very small timeouts, even lower than
5203 the normal latency variance on your link due to traffic.
5204 Use this option to put an lower limit on the dynamic timeout
5205 value. Do NOT use this option to always use a fixed (instead
5206 of a dynamic) timeout value. To set a fixed timeout see the
5207 'icp_query_timeout' directive.
cccac0a2 5208DOC_END
5209
5473c134 5210NAME: background_ping_rate
5211COMMENT: time-units
5212TYPE: time_t
5213DEFAULT: 10 seconds
5214LOC: Config.backgroundPingRate
cccac0a2 5215DOC_START
5473c134 5216 Controls how often the ICP pings are sent to siblings that
5217 have background-ping set.
cccac0a2 5218DOC_END
5219
5473c134 5220COMMENT_START
5221 MULTICAST ICP OPTIONS
5222 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5223COMMENT_END
5224
5225NAME: mcast_groups
5226TYPE: wordlist
5227LOC: Config.mcast_group_list
8c01ada0 5228DEFAULT: none
5229DOC_START
5473c134 5230 This tag specifies a list of multicast groups which your server
5231 should join to receive multicasted ICP queries.
8c01ada0 5232
5473c134 5233 NOTE! Be very careful what you put here! Be sure you
5234 understand the difference between an ICP _query_ and an ICP
5235 _reply_. This option is to be set only if you want to RECEIVE
5236 multicast queries. Do NOT set this option to SEND multicast
5237 ICP (use cache_peer for that). ICP replies are always sent via
5238 unicast, so this option does not affect whether or not you will
5239 receive replies from multicast group members.
8c01ada0 5240
5473c134 5241 You must be very careful to NOT use a multicast address which
5242 is already in use by another group of caches.
8c01ada0 5243
5473c134 5244 If you are unsure about multicast, please read the Multicast
5245 chapter in the Squid FAQ (http://www.squid-cache.org/FAQ/).
8c01ada0 5246
5473c134 5247 Usage: mcast_groups 239.128.16.128 224.0.1.20
8c01ada0 5248
5473c134 5249 By default, Squid doesn't listen on any multicast groups.
5250DOC_END
8c01ada0 5251
5473c134 5252NAME: mcast_miss_addr
5253IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5254TYPE: address
5255LOC: Config.mcast_miss.addr
5256DEFAULT: 255.255.255.255
5257DOC_START
5258 If you enable this option, every "cache miss" URL will
5259 be sent out on the specified multicast address.
cccac0a2 5260
5473c134 5261 Do not enable this option unless you are are absolutely
5262 certain you understand what you are doing.
cccac0a2 5263DOC_END
5264
5473c134 5265NAME: mcast_miss_ttl
5266IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5267TYPE: ushort
5268LOC: Config.mcast_miss.ttl
5269DEFAULT: 16
cccac0a2 5270DOC_START
5473c134 5271 This is the time-to-live value for packets multicasted
5272 when multicasting off cache miss URLs is enabled. By
5273 default this is set to 'site scope', i.e. 16.
5274DOC_END
cccac0a2 5275
5473c134 5276NAME: mcast_miss_port
5277IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5278TYPE: ushort
5279LOC: Config.mcast_miss.port
5280DEFAULT: 3135
5281DOC_START
5282 This is the port number to be used in conjunction with
5283 'mcast_miss_addr'.
5284DOC_END
cccac0a2 5285
5473c134 5286NAME: mcast_miss_encode_key
5287IFDEF: MULTICAST_MISS_STREAM
5288TYPE: string
5289LOC: Config.mcast_miss.encode_key
5290DEFAULT: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5291DOC_START
5292 The URLs that are sent in the multicast miss stream are
5293 encrypted. This is the encryption key.
5294DOC_END
8c01ada0 5295
5473c134 5296NAME: mcast_icp_query_timeout
5297COMMENT: (msec)
5298DEFAULT: 2000
5299TYPE: int
5300LOC: Config.Timeout.mcast_icp_query
5301DOC_START
5302 For multicast peers, Squid regularly sends out ICP "probes" to
5303 count how many other peers are listening on the given multicast
5304 address. This value specifies how long Squid should wait to
5305 count all the replies. The default is 2000 msec, or 2
5306 seconds.
cccac0a2 5307DOC_END
5308
5473c134 5309COMMENT_START
5310 INTERNAL ICON OPTIONS
5311 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5312COMMENT_END
5313
cccac0a2 5314NAME: icon_directory
5315TYPE: string
5316LOC: Config.icons.directory
5317DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5318DOC_START
5319 Where the icons are stored. These are normally kept in
5320 @DEFAULT_ICON_DIR@
5321DOC_END
5322
f024c970 5323NAME: global_internal_static
5324TYPE: onoff
5325LOC: Config.onoff.global_internal_static
5326DEFAULT: on
5327DOC_START
5328 This directive controls is Squid should intercept all requests for
5329 /squid-internal-static/ no matter which host the URL is requesting
5330 (default on setting), or if nothing special should be done for
5331 such URLs (off setting). The purpose of this directive is to make
5332 icons etc work better in complex cache hierarchies where it may
5333 not always be possible for all corners in the cache mesh to reach
5334 the server generating a directory listing.
5335DOC_END
5336
5473c134 5337NAME: short_icon_urls
5338TYPE: onoff
5339LOC: Config.icons.use_short_names
5340DEFAULT: on
5341DOC_START
5342 If this is enabled Squid will use short URLs for icons.
5343 If disabled it will revert to the old behavior of including
5344 it's own name and port in the URL.
5345
5346 If you run a complex cache hierarchy with a mix of Squid and
5347 other proxies you may need to disable this directive.
5348DOC_END
5349
5350COMMENT_START
5351 ERROR PAGE OPTIONS
5352 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5353COMMENT_END
5354
5355NAME: error_directory
5356TYPE: string
5357LOC: Config.errorDirectory
43000484 5358DEFAULT: none
5473c134 5359DOC_START
5360 If you wish to create your own versions of the default
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5361 error files to customize them to suit your company copy
5362 the error/template files to another directory and point
5363 this tag at them.
5364
5365 WARNING: This option will disable multi-language support
5366 on error pages if used.
5473c134 5367
5368 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5369 a wide variety of languages. If you are making translations for a
43000484 5370 language that Squid does not currently provide please consider
5473c134 5371 contributing your translation back to the project.
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5372 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5373
5374 The squid developers working on translations are happy to supply drop-in
5375 translated error files in exchange for any new language contributions.
5376DOC_END
5377
5378NAME: error_default_language
5379IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5380TYPE: string
5381LOC: Config.errorDefaultLanguage
5382DEFAULT: none
5383DOC_START
5384 Set the default language which squid will send error pages in
5385 if no existing translation matches the clients language
5386 preferences.
5387
5388 If unset (default) generic English will be used.
5389
5390 The squid developers are interested in making squid available in
5391 a wide variety of languages. If you are interested in making
5392 translations for any language see the squid wiki for details.
5393 http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Translations
5473c134 5394DOC_END
5395
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5396NAME: error_log_languages
5397IFDEF: USE_ERR_LOCALES
5398TYPE: onoff
5399LOC: Config.errorLogMissingLanguages
5400DEFAULT: on
5401DOC_START
5402 Log to cache.log what languages users are attempting to
5403 auto-negotiate for translations.
5404
5405 Successful negotiations are not logged. Only failures
5406 have meaning to indicate that Squid may need an upgrade
0c49f10e 5407 of its error page translations.
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5408DOC_END
5409
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5410NAME: err_page_stylesheet
5411TYPE: string
5412LOC: Config.errorStylesheet
5413DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_CONFIG_DIR@/errorpage.css
5414DOC_START
5415 CSS Stylesheet to pattern the display of Squid default error pages.
5416
5417 For information on CSS see http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
5418DOC_END
5419
5473c134 5420NAME: err_html_text
5421TYPE: eol
5422LOC: Config.errHtmlText
5423DEFAULT: none
5424DOC_START
5425 HTML text to include in error messages. Make this a "mailto"
5426 URL to your admin address, or maybe just a link to your
5427 organizations Web page.
5428
5429 To include this in your error messages, you must rewrite
5430 the error template files (found in the "errors" directory).
5431 Wherever you want the 'err_html_text' line to appear,
5432 insert a %L tag in the error template file.
5433DOC_END
5434
5435NAME: email_err_data
5436COMMENT: on|off
5437TYPE: onoff
5438LOC: Config.onoff.emailErrData
5439DEFAULT: on
5440DOC_START
5441 If enabled, information about the occurred error will be
5442 included in the mailto links of the ERR pages (if %W is set)
5443 so that the email body contains the data.
5444 Syntax is <A HREF="mailto:%w%W">%w</A>
5445DOC_END
5446
5447NAME: deny_info
5448TYPE: denyinfo
5449LOC: Config.denyInfoList
5450DEFAULT: none
5451DOC_START
5452 Usage: deny_info err_page_name acl
5453 or deny_info http://... acl
43000484 5454 or deny_info TCP_RESET acl
5473c134 5455
5456 This can be used to return a ERR_ page for requests which
5457 do not pass the 'http_access' rules. Squid remembers the last
5458 acl it evaluated in http_access, and if a 'deny_info' line exists
5459 for that ACL Squid returns a corresponding error page.
5460
5461 The acl is typically the last acl on the http_access deny line which
5462 denied access. The exceptions to this rule are:
5463 - When Squid needs to request authentication credentials. It's then
5464 the first authentication related acl encountered
5465 - When none of the http_access lines matches. It's then the last
5466 acl processed on the last http_access line.
5467
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5468 NP: If providing your own custom error pages with error_directory
5469 you may also specify them by your custom file name:
5470 Example: deny_info ERR_CUSTOM_ACCESS_DENIED bad_guys
5473c134 5471
5473c134 5472 Alternatively you can tell Squid to reset the TCP connection
5473 by specifying TCP_RESET.
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5474
5475 Or you can specify an error URL or URL pattern. The browsers will
5476 get redirected (302) to the specified URL after formattgin tags have
5477 been replaced.
5478
5479 URL FORMAT TAGS:
5480 %a - username (if available. Password NOT included)
5481 %B - FTP path URL
5482 %e - Error number
5483 %E - Error description
5484 %h - Squid hostname
5485 %H - Request domain name
5486 %i - Client IP Address
5487 %M - Request Method
5488 %o - Message result from external ACL helper
5489 %p - Request Port number
5490 %P - Request Protocol name
5491 %R - Request URL path
5492 %T - Timestamp in RFC 1123 format
5493 %U - Full canonical URL from client
5494 (HTTPS URLs terminate with *)
5495 %u - Full canonical URL from client
5496 %w - Admin email from squid.conf
5497 %% - Literal percent (%) code
5498
5473c134 5499DOC_END
5500
5501COMMENT_START
5502 OPTIONS INFLUENCING REQUEST FORWARDING
5503 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5504COMMENT_END
5505
5506NAME: nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 5507TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5508LOC: Config.onoff.nonhierarchical_direct
e72a0ec0 5509DEFAULT: on
5510DOC_START
5473c134 5511 By default, Squid will send any non-hierarchical requests
5512 (matching hierarchy_stoplist or not cacheable request type) direct
5513 to origin servers.
e72a0ec0 5514
5473c134 5515 If you set this to off, Squid will prefer to send these
5516 requests to parents.
0b0cfcf2 5517
5473c134 5518 Note that in most configurations, by turning this off you will only
5519 add latency to these request without any improvement in global hit
5520 ratio.
0b0cfcf2 5521
5473c134 5522 If you are inside an firewall see never_direct instead of
5523 this directive.
8d6275c0 5524DOC_END
0b0cfcf2 5525
5473c134 5526NAME: prefer_direct
8d6275c0 5527TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5528LOC: Config.onoff.prefer_direct
8d6275c0 5529DEFAULT: off
5530DOC_START
5473c134 5531 Normally Squid tries to use parents for most requests. If you for some
5532 reason like it to first try going direct and only use a parent if
5533 going direct fails set this to on.
0b0cfcf2 5534
5473c134 5535 By combining nonhierarchical_direct off and prefer_direct on you
5536 can set up Squid to use a parent as a backup path if going direct
5537 fails.
5538
5539 Note: If you want Squid to use parents for all requests see
5540 the never_direct directive. prefer_direct only modifies how Squid
5541 acts on cacheable requests.
cccac0a2 5542DOC_END
5543
5473c134 5544NAME: always_direct
8d6275c0 5545TYPE: acl_access
5473c134 5546LOC: Config.accessList.AlwaysDirect
0b0cfcf2 5547DEFAULT: none
0b0cfcf2 5548DOC_START
5473c134 5549 Usage: always_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
0b0cfcf2 5550
5473c134 5551 Here you can use ACL elements to specify requests which should
5552 ALWAYS be forwarded by Squid to the origin servers without using
5553 any peers. For example, to always directly forward requests for
5554 local servers ignoring any parents or siblings you may have use
5555 something like:
0b0cfcf2 5556
5473c134 5557 acl local-servers dstdomain my.domain.net
5558 always_direct allow local-servers
0b0cfcf2 5559
5473c134 5560 To always forward FTP requests directly, use
f16fbc82 5561
5473c134 5562 acl FTP proto FTP
5563 always_direct allow FTP
cccac0a2 5564
5473c134 5565 NOTE: There is a similar, but opposite option named
5566 'never_direct'. You need to be aware that "always_direct deny
5567 foo" is NOT the same thing as "never_direct allow foo". You
5568 may need to use a deny rule to exclude a more-specific case of
5569 some other rule. Example:
8d6275c0 5570
5473c134 5571 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5572 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5573 always_direct deny local-external
5574 always_direct allow local-servers
8d6275c0 5575
5473c134 5576 NOTE: If your goal is to make the client forward the request
5577 directly to the origin server bypassing Squid then this needs
5578 to be done in the client configuration. Squid configuration
5579 can only tell Squid how Squid should fetch the object.
8d6275c0 5580
5473c134 5581 NOTE: This directive is not related to caching. The replies
5582 is cached as usual even if you use always_direct. To not cache
b3567eb5 5583 the replies see the 'cache' directive.
5473c134 5584
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5585 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5586 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
cccac0a2 5587DOC_END
0976f8db 5588
5473c134 5589NAME: never_direct
5590TYPE: acl_access
5591LOC: Config.accessList.NeverDirect
5592DEFAULT: none
8d6275c0 5593DOC_START
5473c134 5594 Usage: never_direct allow|deny [!]aclname ...
5595
5596 never_direct is the opposite of always_direct. Please read
5597 the description for always_direct if you have not already.
5598
5599 With 'never_direct' you can use ACL elements to specify
5600 requests which should NEVER be forwarded directly to origin
5601 servers. For example, to force the use of a proxy for all
5602 requests, except those in your local domain use something like:
5603
5604 acl local-servers dstdomain .foo.net
5473c134 5605 never_direct deny local-servers
5606 never_direct allow all
5607
5608 or if Squid is inside a firewall and there are local intranet
5609 servers inside the firewall use something like:
5610
5611 acl local-intranet dstdomain .foo.net
5612 acl local-external dstdomain external.foo.net
5613 always_direct deny local-external
5614 always_direct allow local-intranet
5615 never_direct allow all
5616
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5617 This clause supports both fast and slow acl types.
5618 See http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidAcl for details.
8d6275c0 5619DOC_END
0976f8db 5620
5473c134 5621COMMENT_START
5622 ADVANCED NETWORKING OPTIONS
5623 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5624COMMENT_END
5625
cccac0a2 5626NAME: incoming_icp_average
5627TYPE: int
5628DEFAULT: 6
5629LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_average
5630DOC_NONE
5631
5632NAME: incoming_http_average
5633TYPE: int
5634DEFAULT: 4
5635LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_average
5636DOC_NONE
5637
5638NAME: incoming_dns_average
5639TYPE: int
5640DEFAULT: 4
5641LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_average
5642DOC_NONE
5643
5644NAME: min_icp_poll_cnt
5645TYPE: int
5646DEFAULT: 8
5647LOC: Config.comm_incoming.icp_min_poll
5648DOC_NONE
5649
5650NAME: min_dns_poll_cnt
5651TYPE: int
5652DEFAULT: 8
5653LOC: Config.comm_incoming.dns_min_poll
5654DOC_NONE
5655
5656NAME: min_http_poll_cnt
5657TYPE: int
5658DEFAULT: 8
5659LOC: Config.comm_incoming.http_min_poll
5660DOC_START
5473c134 5661 Heavy voodoo here. I can't even believe you are reading this.
5662 Are you crazy? Don't even think about adjusting these unless
5663 you understand the algorithms in comm_select.c first!
5664DOC_END
5665
5666NAME: accept_filter
5473c134 5667TYPE: string
5668DEFAULT: none
5669LOC: Config.accept_filter
5670DOC_START
0b4d4be5 5671 FreeBSD:
5672
5473c134 5673 The name of an accept(2) filter to install on Squid's
5674 listen socket(s). This feature is perhaps specific to
5675 FreeBSD and requires support in the kernel.
5676
5677 The 'httpready' filter delays delivering new connections
2324cda2 5678 to Squid until a full HTTP request has been received.
0b4d4be5 5679 See the accf_http(9) man page for details.
5680
5681 The 'dataready' filter delays delivering new connections
5682 to Squid until there is some data to process.
5683 See the accf_dataready(9) man page for details.
5684
5685 Linux:
5686
5687 The 'data' filter delays delivering of new connections
5688 to Squid until there is some data to process by TCP_ACCEPT_DEFER.
5689 You may optionally specify a number of seconds to wait by
5690 'data=N' where N is the number of seconds. Defaults to 30
5691 if not specified. See the tcp(7) man page for details.
5473c134 5692EXAMPLE:
0b4d4be5 5693# FreeBSD
5473c134 5694accept_filter httpready
0b4d4be5 5695# Linux
5696accept_filter data
5473c134 5697DOC_END
5698
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5699NAME: client_ip_max_connections
5700TYPE: int
5701LOC: Config.client_ip_max_connections
5702DEFAULT: -1
5703DOC_START
5704 Set an absolute limit on the number of connections a single
5705 client IP can use. Any more than this and Squid will begin to drop
5706 new connections from the client until it closes some links.
5707
5708 Note that this is a global limit. It affects all HTTP, HTCP, Gopher and FTP
5709 connections from the client. For finer control use the ACL access controls.
5710
5711 Requires client_db to be enabled (the default).
5712
5713 WARNING: This may noticably slow down traffic received via external proxies
5714 or NAT devices and cause them to rebound error messages back to their clients.
5715DOC_END
5716
5473c134 5717NAME: tcp_recv_bufsize
5718COMMENT: (bytes)
5719TYPE: b_size_t
5720DEFAULT: 0 bytes
5721LOC: Config.tcpRcvBufsz
5722DOC_START
5723 Size of receive buffer to set for TCP sockets. Probably just
5724 as easy to change your kernel's default. Set to zero to use
5725 the default buffer size.
5726DOC_END
5727
5728COMMENT_START
5729 ICAP OPTIONS
5730 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5731COMMENT_END
5732
5733NAME: icap_enable
5734TYPE: onoff
5735IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5736COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5737LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.onoff
5473c134 5738DEFAULT: off
5739DOC_START
53e738c6 5740 If you want to enable the ICAP module support, set this to on.
5473c134 5741DOC_END
5742
5743NAME: icap_connect_timeout
5744TYPE: time_t
5745DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 5746LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.connect_timeout_raw
5473c134 5747IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5748DOC_START
5749 This parameter specifies how long to wait for the TCP connect to
5750 the requested ICAP server to complete before giving up and either
5751 terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the failure.
5752
5753 The default for optional services is peer_connect_timeout.
5754 The default for essential services is connect_timeout.
5755 If this option is explicitly set, its value applies to all services.
5756DOC_END
5757
5758NAME: icap_io_timeout
5759COMMENT: time-units
5760TYPE: time_t
5761DEFAULT: none
26cc52cb 5762LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.io_timeout_raw
5473c134 5763IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5764DOC_START
5765 This parameter specifies how long to wait for an I/O activity on
5766 an established, active ICAP connection before giving up and
5767 either terminating the HTTP transaction or bypassing the
5768 failure.
5769
5770 The default is read_timeout.
5771DOC_END
5772
5773NAME: icap_service_failure_limit
5774TYPE: int
5775IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5776LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_failure_limit
5473c134 5777DEFAULT: 10
5778DOC_START
5779 The limit specifies the number of failures that Squid tolerates
5780 when establishing a new TCP connection with an ICAP service. If
5781 the number of failures exceeds the limit, the ICAP service is
5782 not used for new ICAP requests until it is time to refresh its
5783 OPTIONS. The per-service failure counter is reset to zero each
5784 time Squid fetches new service OPTIONS.
5785
5786 A negative value disables the limit. Without the limit, an ICAP
5787 service will not be considered down due to connectivity failures
5788 between ICAP OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5789DOC_END
5790
5473c134 5791NAME: icap_service_revival_delay
cccac0a2 5792TYPE: int
5473c134 5793IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5794LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.service_revival_delay
5473c134 5795DEFAULT: 180
cccac0a2 5796DOC_START
5473c134 5797 The delay specifies the number of seconds to wait after an ICAP
5798 OPTIONS request failure before requesting the options again. The
5799 failed ICAP service is considered "down" until fresh OPTIONS are
5800 fetched.
cccac0a2 5801
5473c134 5802 The actual delay cannot be smaller than the hardcoded minimum
5803 delay of 30 seconds.
cccac0a2 5804DOC_END
5805
5473c134 5806NAME: icap_preview_enable
cccac0a2 5807TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5808IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5809COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5810LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_enable
ac7a62f9 5811DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5812DOC_START
ac7a62f9 5813 The ICAP Preview feature allows the ICAP server to handle the
5814 HTTP message by looking only at the beginning of the message body
5815 or even without receiving the body at all. In some environments,
5816 previews greatly speedup ICAP processing.
5817
5818 During an ICAP OPTIONS transaction, the server may tell Squid what
5819 HTTP messages should be previewed and how big the preview should be.
5820 Squid will not use Preview if the server did not request one.
5821
5822 To disable ICAP Preview for all ICAP services, regardless of
5823 individual ICAP server OPTIONS responses, set this option to "off".
5824Example:
5825icap_preview_enable off
cccac0a2 5826DOC_END
5827
5473c134 5828NAME: icap_preview_size
5829TYPE: int
5830IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5831LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.preview_size
5473c134 5832DEFAULT: -1
cccac0a2 5833DOC_START
53e738c6 5834 The default size of preview data to be sent to the ICAP server.
5835 -1 means no preview. This value might be overwritten on a per server
5836 basis by OPTIONS requests.
cccac0a2 5837DOC_END
5838
5473c134 5839NAME: icap_default_options_ttl
5840TYPE: int
5841IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5842LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.default_options_ttl
5473c134 5843DEFAULT: 60
cccac0a2 5844DOC_START
53e738c6 5845 The default TTL value for ICAP OPTIONS responses that don't have
5473c134 5846 an Options-TTL header.
cccac0a2 5847DOC_END
5848
5473c134 5849NAME: icap_persistent_connections
5850TYPE: onoff
5851IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5852COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5853LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.reuse_connections
5473c134 5854DEFAULT: on
cccac0a2 5855DOC_START
5473c134 5856 Whether or not Squid should use persistent connections to
5857 an ICAP server.
cccac0a2 5858DOC_END
5859
5473c134 5860NAME: icap_send_client_ip
5861TYPE: onoff
5862IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5863COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5864LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_ip
5473c134 5865DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5866DOC_START
53e738c6 5867 This adds the header "X-Client-IP" to ICAP requests.
cccac0a2 5868DOC_END
5869
5473c134 5870NAME: icap_send_client_username
5871TYPE: onoff
5872IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5873COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5874LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.send_client_username
5473c134 5875DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5876DOC_START
5473c134 5877 This sends authenticated HTTP client username (if available) to
5878 the ICAP service. The username value is encoded based on the
5879 icap_client_username_encode option and is sent using the header
5880 specified by the icap_client_username_header option.
cccac0a2 5881DOC_END
5882
5473c134 5883NAME: icap_client_username_header
cccac0a2 5884TYPE: string
5473c134 5885IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5886LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_header
5473c134 5887DEFAULT: X-Client-Username
cccac0a2 5888DOC_START
5473c134 5889 ICAP request header name to use for send_client_username.
cccac0a2 5890DOC_END
5891
5473c134 5892NAME: icap_client_username_encode
cccac0a2 5893TYPE: onoff
5473c134 5894IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
5895COMMENT: on|off
26cc52cb 5896LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.client_username_encode
5473c134 5897DEFAULT: off
cccac0a2 5898DOC_START
5473c134 5899 Whether to base64 encode the authenticated client username.
cccac0a2 5900DOC_END
5901
5473c134 5902NAME: icap_service
5903TYPE: icap_service_type
5904IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
26cc52cb 5905LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig
5473c134 5906DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5907DOC_START
a22e6cd3 5908 Defines a single ICAP service using the following format:
cccac0a2 5909
a22e6cd3 5910 icap_service service_name vectoring_point [options] service_url
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5912 service_name: ID
5913 an opaque identifier which must be unique in squid.conf
5914
5915 vectoring_point: reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
f3db09e2 5916 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
5917 ICAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
5918 are not yet supported.
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5920 service_url: icap://servername:port/servicepath
5921 ICAP server and service location.
5922
5923 ICAP does not allow a single service to handle both REQMOD and RESPMOD
5924 transactions. Squid does not enforce that requirement. You can specify
5925 services with the same service_url and different vectoring_points. You
5926 can even specify multiple identical services as long as their
5927 service_names differ.
5928
5929
5930 Service options are separated by white space. ICAP services support
5931 the following name=value options:
5932
5933 bypass=on|off|1|0
5934 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is treated as
5935 optional. If the service cannot be reached or malfunctions,
5936 Squid will try to ignore any errors and process the message as
5937 if the service was not enabled. No all ICAP errors can be
5938 bypassed. If set to 0, the ICAP service is treated as
5939 essential and all ICAP errors will result in an error page
5940 returned to the HTTP client.
5941
5942 Bypass is off by default: services are treated as essential.
5943
5944 routing=on|off|1|0
5945 If set to 'on' or '1', the ICAP service is allowed to
5946 dynamically change the current message adaptation plan by
5947 returning a chain of services to be used next. The services
5948 are specified using the X-Next-Services ICAP response header
5949 value, formatted as a comma-separated list of service names.
5950 Each named service should be configured in squid.conf and
5951 should have the same method and vectoring point as the current
5952 ICAP transaction. Services violating these rules are ignored.
5953 An empty X-Next-Services value results in an empty plan which
5954 ends the current adaptation.
5955
5956 Routing is not allowed by default: the ICAP X-Next-Services
5957 response header is ignored.
5958
5959 Older icap_service format without optional named parameters is
5960 deprecated but supported for backward compatibility.
5473c134 5961
5473c134 5962Example:
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5963icap_service svcBlocker reqmod_precache bypass=0 icap://icap1.mydomain.net:1344/reqmod
5964icap_service svcLogger reqmod_precache routing=on icap://icap2.mydomain.net:1344/respmod
cccac0a2 5965DOC_END
5966
5473c134 5967NAME: icap_class
5968TYPE: icap_class_type
5969IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5970LOC: none
5473c134 5971DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5972DOC_START
a22e6cd3 5973 This deprecated option was documented to define an ICAP service
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5974 chain, even though it actually defined a set of similar, redundant
5975 services, and the chains were not supported.
5473c134 5976
62c7f90e 5977 To define a set of redundant services, please use the
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5978 adaptation_service_set directive. For service chains, use
5979 adaptation_service_chain.
cccac0a2 5980DOC_END
5981
5473c134 5982NAME: icap_access
5983TYPE: icap_access_type
5984IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
21a26d31 5985LOC: none
cccac0a2 5986DEFAULT: none
cccac0a2 5987DOC_START
a22e6cd3 5988 This option is deprecated. Please use adaptation_access, which
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5989 has the same ICAP functionality, but comes with better
5990 documentation, and eCAP support.
cccac0a2 5991DOC_END
5992
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5993COMMENT_START
5994 eCAP OPTIONS
5995 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
5996COMMENT_END
5997
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5998NAME: ecap_enable
5999TYPE: onoff
6000IFDEF: USE_ECAP
6001COMMENT: on|off
574b508c 6002LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig.onoff
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6003DEFAULT: off
6004DOC_START
6005 Controls whether eCAP support is enabled.
6006DOC_END
6007
6008NAME: ecap_service
6009TYPE: ecap_service_type
6010IFDEF: USE_ECAP
574b508c 6011LOC: Adaptation::Ecap::TheConfig
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6012DEFAULT: none
6013DOC_START
6014 Defines a single eCAP service
6015
6016 ecap_service servicename vectoring_point bypass service_url
6017
6018 vectoring_point = reqmod_precache|reqmod_postcache|respmod_precache|respmod_postcache
6019 This specifies at which point of transaction processing the
6020 eCAP service should be activated. *_postcache vectoring points
6021 are not yet supported.
6022 bypass = 1|0
6023 If set to 1, the eCAP service is treated as optional. If the
6024 service cannot be reached or malfunctions, Squid will try to
6025 ignore any errors and process the message as if the service
6026 was not enabled. No all eCAP errors can be bypassed.
6027 If set to 0, the eCAP service is treated as essential and all
6028 eCAP errors will result in an error page returned to the
6029 HTTP client.
6030 service_url = ecap://vendor/service_name?custom&cgi=style&parameters=optional
6031
6032Example:
6033ecap_service service_1 reqmod_precache 0 ecap://filters-R-us/leakDetector?on_error=block
6034ecap_service service_2 respmod_precache 1 icap://filters-R-us/virusFilter?config=/etc/vf.cfg
6035DOC_END
6036
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6037NAME: loadable_modules
6038TYPE: wordlist
6039IFDEF: USE_LOADABLE_MODULES
6040LOC: Config.loadable_module_names
6041DEFAULT: none
6042DOC_START
6043 Instructs Squid to load the specified dynamic module(s) or activate
6044 preloaded module(s).
6045Example:
6046loadable_modules @DEFAULT_PREFIX@/lib/MinimalAdapter.so
6047DOC_END
6048
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6049COMMENT_START
6050 MESSAGE ADAPTATION OPTIONS
6051 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6052COMMENT_END
6053
6054NAME: adaptation_service_set
6055TYPE: adaptation_service_set_type
6056IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6057LOC: none
6058DEFAULT: none
6059DOC_START
6060
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6061 Configures an ordered set of similar, redundant services. This is
6062 useful when hot standby or backup adaptation servers are available.
6063
6064 adaptation_service_set set_name service_name1 service_name2 ...
6065
6066 The named services are used in the set declaration order. The first
6067 applicable adaptation service from the set is used first. The next
6068 applicable service is tried if and only if the transaction with the
6069 previous service fails and the message waiting to be adapted is still
6070 intact.
62c7f90e 6071
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6072 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6073 not a part of the set. A broken service is a down optional service.
62c7f90e 6074
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6075 The services in a set must be attached to the same vectoring point
6076 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6077
6078 If all services in a set are optional then adaptation failures are
6079 bypassable. If all services in the set are essential, then a
6080 transaction failure with one service may still be retried using
6081 another service from the set, but when all services fail, the master
6082 transaction fails as well.
6083
6084 A set may contain a mix of optional and essential services, but that
6085 is likely to lead to surprising results because broken services become
6086 ignored (see above), making previously bypassable failures fatal.
6087 Technically, it is the bypassability of the last failed service that
6088 matters.
6089
6090 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_chain
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6091
6092Example:
6093adaptation_service_set svcBlocker urlFilterPrimary urlFilterBackup
6094adaptation service_set svcLogger loggerLocal loggerRemote
6095DOC_END
6096
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6097NAME: adaptation_service_chain
6098TYPE: adaptation_service_chain_type
6099IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6100LOC: none
6101DEFAULT: none
6102DOC_START
6103
6104 Configures a list of complementary services that will be applied
6105 one-by-one, forming an adaptation chain or pipeline. This is useful
6106 when Squid must perform different adaptations on the same message.
6107
6108 adaptation_service_chain chain_name service_name1 svc_name2 ...
6109
6110 The named services are used in the chain declaration order. The first
6111 applicable adaptation service from the chain is used first. The next
6112 applicable service is applied to the successful adaptation results of
6113 the previous service in the chain.
6114
6115 When adaptation starts, broken services are ignored as if they were
6116 not a part of the chain. A broken service is a down optional service.
6117
6118 Request satisfaction terminates the adaptation chain because Squid
6119 does not currently allow declaration of RESPMOD services at the
6120 "reqmod_precache" vectoring point (see icap_service or ecap_service).
6121
6122 The services in a chain must be attached to the same vectoring point
6123 (e.g., pre-cache) and use the same adaptation method (e.g., REQMOD).
6124
6125 A chain may contain a mix of optional and essential services. If an
6126 essential adaptation fails (or the failure cannot be bypassed for
6127 other reasons), the master transaction fails. Otherwise, the failure
6128 is bypassed as if the failed adaptation service was not in the chain.
6129
6130 See also: adaptation_access adaptation_service_set
6131
6132Example:
6133adaptation_service_chain svcRequest requestLogger urlFilter leakDetector
6134DOC_END
6135
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6136NAME: adaptation_access
6137TYPE: adaptation_access_type
6138IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6139LOC: none
6140DEFAULT: none
6141DOC_START
6142 Sends an HTTP transaction to an ICAP or eCAP adaptation service.
6143
6144 adaptation_access service_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6145 adaptation_access set_name allow|deny [!]aclname...
6146
6147 At each supported vectoring point, the adaptation_access
6148 statements are processed in the order they appear in this
6149 configuration file. Statements pointing to the following services
6150 are ignored (i.e., skipped without checking their ACL):
6151
6152 - services serving different vectoring points
6153 - "broken-but-bypassable" services
6154 - "up" services configured to ignore such transactions
6155 (e.g., based on the ICAP Transfer-Ignore header).
6156
6157 When a set_name is used, all services in the set are checked
6158 using the same rules, to find the first applicable one. See
6159 adaptation_service_set for details.
6160
6161 If an access list is checked and there is a match, the
6162 processing stops: For an "allow" rule, the corresponding
6163 adaptation service is used for the transaction. For a "deny"
6164 rule, no adaptation service is activated.
6165
6166 It is currently not possible to apply more than one adaptation
6167 service at the same vectoring point to the same HTTP transaction.
6168
6169 See also: icap_service and ecap_service
6170
6171Example:
6172adaptation_access service_1 allow all
6173DOC_END
6174
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6175NAME: adaptation_service_iteration_limit
6176TYPE: int
6177IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6178LOC: Adaptation::Config::service_iteration_limit
6179DEFAULT: 16
6180DOC_START
6181 Limits the number of iterations allowed when applying adaptation
6182 services to a message. If your longest adaptation set or chain
6183 may have more than 16 services, increase the limit beyond its
6184 default value of 16. If detecting infinite iteration loops sooner
6185 is critical, make the iteration limit match the actual number
6186 of services in your longest adaptation set or chain.
6187
6188 Infinite adaptation loops are most likely with routing services.
6189
6190 See also: icap_service routing=1
6191DOC_END
6192
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6193NAME: adaptation_masterx_shared_names
6194TYPE: string
6195IFDEF: USE_ADAPTATION
6196LOC: Adaptation::Config::masterx_shared_name
6197DEFAULT: none
6198DOC_START
6199 For each master transaction (i.e., the HTTP request and response
6200 sequence, including all related ICAP and eCAP exchanges), Squid
6201 maintains a table of metadata. The table entries are (name, value)
6202 pairs shared among eCAP and ICAP exchanges. The table is destroyed
6203 with the master transaction.
6204
6205 This option specifies the table entry names that Squid must accept
6206 from and forward to the adaptation transactions.
6207
6208 An ICAP REQMOD or RESPMOD transaction may set an entry in the
6209 shared table by returning an ICAP header field with a name
6210 specified in adaptation_masterx_shared_names. Squid will store
6211 and forward that ICAP header field to subsequent ICAP
6212 transactions within the same master transaction scope.
6213
6214 Only one shared entry name is supported at this time.
6215
6216Example:
6217# share authentication information among ICAP services
6218adaptation_masterx_shared_names X-Subscriber-ID
6219DOC_END
6220
6221NAME: icap_retry
6222TYPE: acl_access
6223IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6224LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat
6225DEFAULT: none
6226DEFAULT_IF_NONE: deny all
6227DOC_START
6228 This ACL determines which retriable ICAP transactions are
6229 retried. Transactions that received a complete ICAP response
6230 and did not have to consume or produce HTTP bodies to receive
6231 that response are usually retriable.
6232
6233 icap_retry allow|deny [!]aclname ...
6234
6235 Squid automatically retries some ICAP I/O timeouts and errors
6236 due to persistent connection race conditions.
6237
6238 See also: icap_retry_limit
6239DOC_END
6240
6241NAME: icap_retry_limit
6242TYPE: int
6243IFDEF: ICAP_CLIENT
6244LOC: Adaptation::Icap::TheConfig.repeat_limit
6245DEFAULT: 0
6246DOC_START
6247 Limits the number of retries allowed. When set to zero (default),
6248 no retries are allowed.
6249
6250 Communication errors due to persistent connection race
6251 conditions are unavoidable, automatically retried, and do not
6252 count against this limit.
6253
6254 See also: icap_retry
6255DOC_END
6256
6257
5473c134 6258COMMENT_START
6259 DNS OPTIONS
6260 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6261COMMENT_END
6262
6263NAME: check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6264TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6265DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6266LOC: Config.onoff.check_hostnames
cccac0a2 6267DOC_START
5473c134 6268 For security and stability reasons Squid can check
6269 hostnames for Internet standard RFC compliance. If you want
6270 Squid to perform these checks turn this directive on.
cccac0a2 6271DOC_END
6272
5473c134 6273NAME: allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6274TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6275DEFAULT: on
5473c134 6276LOC: Config.onoff.allow_underscore
cccac0a2 6277DOC_START
5473c134 6278 Underscore characters is not strictly allowed in Internet hostnames
6279 but nevertheless used by many sites. Set this to off if you want
6280 Squid to be strict about the standard.
6281 This check is performed only when check_hostnames is set to on.
cccac0a2 6282DOC_END
6283
5473c134 6284NAME: cache_dns_program
cccac0a2 6285TYPE: string
5473c134 6286IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
6287DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_DNSSERVER@
6288LOC: Config.Program.dnsserver
cccac0a2 6289DOC_START
5473c134 6290 Specify the location of the executable for dnslookup process.
cccac0a2 6291DOC_END
6292
5473c134 6293NAME: dns_children
48d54e4d 6294TYPE: HelperChildConfig
5473c134 6295IFDEF: USE_DNSSERVERS
48d54e4d 6296DEFAULT: 32 startup=1 idle=1
5473c134 6297LOC: Config.dnsChildren
58850d15 6298DOC_START
48d54e4d
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6299 The maximum number of processes spawn to service DNS name lookups.
6300 If you limit it too few Squid will have to wait for them to process
6301 a backlog of requests, slowing it down. If you allow too many they
6302 will use RAM and other system resources noticably.
6303 The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
6304
6305 The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
6306 tuning.
6307
6308 startup=
6309
6310 Sets a minimum of how many processes are to be spawned when Squid
6311 starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
6312 cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
6313
6314 Starting too few will cause an initial slowdown in traffic as Squid
6315 attempts to simultaneously spawn enough processes to cope.
6316
6317 idle=
6318
6319 Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
6320 at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
6321 processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
6322 configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
58850d15 6323DOC_END
6324
5473c134 6325NAME: dns_retransmit_interval
6326TYPE: time_t
6327DEFAULT: 5 seconds
6328LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_retransmit
6329IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6330DOC_START
5473c134 6331 Initial retransmit interval for DNS queries. The interval is
6332 doubled each time all configured DNS servers have been tried.
cccac0a2 6333DOC_END
6334
5473c134 6335NAME: dns_timeout
6336TYPE: time_t
6337DEFAULT: 2 minutes
6338LOC: Config.Timeout.idns_query
6339IFDEF: !USE_DNSSERVERS
cccac0a2 6340DOC_START
5473c134 6341 DNS Query timeout. If no response is received to a DNS query
6342 within this time all DNS servers for the queried domain
6343 are assumed to be unavailable.
cccac0a2 6344DOC_END
6345
5473c134 6346NAME: dns_defnames
6347COMMENT: on|off
cccac0a2 6348TYPE: onoff
cccac0a2 6349DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6350LOC: Config.onoff.res_defnames
cccac0a2 6351DOC_START
5473c134 6352 Normally the RES_DEFNAMES resolver option is disabled
6353 (see res_init(3)). This prevents caches in a hierarchy
6354 from interpreting single-component hostnames locally. To allow
6355 Squid to handle single-component names, enable this option.
cccac0a2 6356DOC_END
6357
5473c134 6358NAME: dns_nameservers
6359TYPE: wordlist
6360DEFAULT: none
6361LOC: Config.dns_nameservers
cccac0a2 6362DOC_START
5473c134 6363 Use this if you want to specify a list of DNS name servers
6364 (IP addresses) to use instead of those given in your
6365 /etc/resolv.conf file.
6366 On Windows platforms, if no value is specified here or in
6367 the /etc/resolv.conf file, the list of DNS name servers are
6368 taken from the Windows registry, both static and dynamic DHCP
6369 configurations are supported.
cccac0a2 6370
5473c134 6371 Example: dns_nameservers 10.0.0.1 192.172.0.4
cccac0a2 6372DOC_END
6373
5473c134 6374NAME: hosts_file
cccac0a2 6375TYPE: string
5473c134 6376DEFAULT: @DEFAULT_HOSTS@
6377LOC: Config.etcHostsPath
cccac0a2 6378DOC_START
5473c134 6379 Location of the host-local IP name-address associations
6380 database. Most Operating Systems have such a file on different
6381 default locations:
6382 - Un*X & Linux: /etc/hosts
6383 - Windows NT/2000: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6384 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\winnt)
6385 - Windows XP/2003: %SystemRoot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
6386 (%SystemRoot% value install default is c:\windows)
6387 - Windows 9x/Me: %windir%\hosts
6388 (%windir% value is usually c:\windows)
6389 - Cygwin: /etc/hosts
cccac0a2 6390
5473c134 6391 The file contains newline-separated definitions, in the
6392 form ip_address_in_dotted_form name [name ...] names are
6393 whitespace-separated. Lines beginning with an hash (#)
6394 character are comments.
cccac0a2 6395
5473c134 6396 The file is checked at startup and upon configuration.
6397 If set to 'none', it won't be checked.
6398 If append_domain is used, that domain will be added to
6399 domain-local (i.e. not containing any dot character) host
6400 definitions.
cccac0a2 6401DOC_END
6402
5473c134 6403NAME: append_domain
6404TYPE: string
6405LOC: Config.appendDomain
6406DEFAULT: none
6a2f3fcf 6407DOC_START
5473c134 6408 Appends local domain name to hostnames without any dots in
6409 them. append_domain must begin with a period.
6410
6411 Be warned there are now Internet names with no dots in
6412 them using only top-domain names, so setting this may
6413 cause some Internet sites to become unavailable.
6414
6415Example:
6416 append_domain .yourdomain.com
6a2f3fcf 6417DOC_END
6418
5473c134 6419NAME: ignore_unknown_nameservers
6420TYPE: onoff
6421LOC: Config.onoff.ignore_unknown_nameservers
df6fd596 6422DEFAULT: on
6423DOC_START
5473c134 6424 By default Squid checks that DNS responses are received
6425 from the same IP addresses they are sent to. If they
6426 don't match, Squid ignores the response and writes a warning
6427 message to cache.log. You can allow responses from unknown
6428 nameservers by setting this option to 'off'.
df6fd596 6429DOC_END
6430
cc192b50 6431NAME: dns_v4_fallback
6432TYPE: onoff
6433DEFAULT: on
6434LOC: Config.onoff.dns_require_A
6435DOC_START
6436 Standard practice with DNS is to lookup either A or AAAA records
6437 and use the results if it succeeds. Only looking up the other if
6438 the first attempt fails or otherwise produces no results.
6439
6440 That policy however will cause squid to produce error pages for some
6441 servers that advertise AAAA but are unreachable over IPv6.
6442
6443 If this is ON squid will always lookup both AAAA and A, using both.
6444 If this is OFF squid will lookup AAAA and only try A if none found.
6445
6446 WARNING: There are some possibly unwanted side-effects with this on:
6447 *) Doubles the load placed by squid on the DNS network.
6448 *) May negatively impact connection delay times.
6449DOC_END
6450
6bc15a4f 6451NAME: ipcache_size
6452COMMENT: (number of entries)
6453TYPE: int
6454DEFAULT: 1024
6455LOC: Config.ipcache.size
6456DOC_NONE
6457
6458NAME: ipcache_low
6459COMMENT: (percent)
6460TYPE: int
6461DEFAULT: 90
6462LOC: Config.ipcache.low
6463DOC_NONE
6464
6465NAME: ipcache_high
6466COMMENT: (percent)
6467TYPE: int
6468DEFAULT: 95
6469LOC: Config.ipcache.high
6470DOC_START
6471 The size, low-, and high-water marks for the IP cache.
6472DOC_END
6473
6474NAME: fqdncache_size
6475COMMENT: (number of entries)
6476TYPE: int
6477DEFAULT: 1024
6478LOC: Config.fqdncache.size
6479DOC_START
6480 Maximum number of FQDN cache entries.
6481DOC_END
6482
a58ff010 6483COMMENT_START
5473c134 6484 MISCELLANEOUS
a58ff010 6485 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6486COMMENT_END
6487
5473c134 6488NAME: memory_pools
a58ff010 6489COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6490TYPE: onoff
6491DEFAULT: on
6492LOC: Config.onoff.mem_pools
a58ff010 6493DOC_START
5473c134 6494 If set, Squid will keep pools of allocated (but unused) memory
6495 available for future use. If memory is a premium on your
6496 system and you believe your malloc library outperforms Squid
6497 routines, disable this.
a58ff010 6498DOC_END
6499
5473c134 6500NAME: memory_pools_limit
6501COMMENT: (bytes)
6502TYPE: b_size_t
6503DEFAULT: 5 MB
6504LOC: Config.MemPools.limit
ec1245f8 6505DOC_START
5473c134 6506 Used only with memory_pools on:
6507 memory_pools_limit 50 MB
ec1245f8 6508
5473c134 6509 If set to a non-zero value, Squid will keep at most the specified
6510 limit of allocated (but unused) memory in memory pools. All free()
6511 requests that exceed this limit will be handled by your malloc
6512 library. Squid does not pre-allocate any memory, just safe-keeps
6513 objects that otherwise would be free()d. Thus, it is safe to set
6514 memory_pools_limit to a reasonably high value even if your
6515 configuration will use less memory.
ec1245f8 6516
5473c134 6517 If set to zero, Squid will keep all memory it can. That is, there
6518 will be no limit on the total amount of memory used for safe-keeping.
ec1245f8 6519
5473c134 6520 To disable memory allocation optimization, do not set
6521 memory_pools_limit to 0. Set memory_pools to "off" instead.
6522
6523 An overhead for maintaining memory pools is not taken into account
6524 when the limit is checked. This overhead is close to four bytes per
6525 object kept. However, pools may actually _save_ memory because of
6526 reduced memory thrashing in your malloc library.
ec1245f8 6527DOC_END
6528
5473c134 6529NAME: forwarded_for
67c06f0d
AJ
6530COMMENT: on|off|transparent|truncate|delete
6531TYPE: string
5473c134 6532DEFAULT: on
6533LOC: opt_forwarded_for
5f8252d2 6534DOC_START
67c06f0d
AJ
6535 If set to "on", Squid will append your client's IP address
6536 in the HTTP requests it forwards. By default it looks like:
5f8252d2 6537
5473c134 6538 X-Forwarded-For: 192.1.2.3
6539
67c06f0d 6540 If set to "off", it will appear as
5473c134 6541
6542 X-Forwarded-For: unknown
67c06f0d
AJ
6543
6544 If set to "transparent", Squid will not alter the
6545 X-Forwarded-For header in any way.
6546
6547 If set to "delete", Squid will delete the entire
6548 X-Forwarded-For header.
6549
6550 If set to "truncate", Squid will remove all existing
6551 X-Forwarded-For entries, and place itself as the sole entry.
5f8252d2 6552DOC_END
6553
5473c134 6554NAME: cachemgr_passwd
6555TYPE: cachemgrpasswd
6556DEFAULT: none
6557LOC: Config.passwd_list
5f8252d2 6558DOC_START
5473c134 6559 Specify passwords for cachemgr operations.
5f8252d2 6560
5473c134 6561 Usage: cachemgr_passwd password action action ...
6562
6563 Some valid actions are (see cache manager menu for a full list):
6564 5min
6565 60min
6566 asndb
6567 authenticator
6568 cbdata
6569 client_list
6570 comm_incoming
6571 config *
6572 counters
6573 delay
6574 digest_stats
6575 dns
6576 events
6577 filedescriptors
6578 fqdncache
6579 histograms
6580 http_headers
6581 info
6582 io
6583 ipcache
6584 mem
6585 menu
6586 netdb
6587 non_peers
6588 objects
6589 offline_toggle *
6590 pconn
6591 peer_select
b360c477 6592 reconfigure *
5473c134 6593 redirector
6594 refresh
6595 server_list
6596 shutdown *
6597 store_digest
6598 storedir
6599 utilization
6600 via_headers
6601 vm_objects
6602
6603 * Indicates actions which will not be performed without a
6604 valid password, others can be performed if not listed here.
6605
6606 To disable an action, set the password to "disable".
6607 To allow performing an action without a password, set the
6608 password to "none".
6609
6610 Use the keyword "all" to set the same password for all actions.
6611
6612Example:
6613 cachemgr_passwd secret shutdown
6614 cachemgr_passwd lesssssssecret info stats/objects
6615 cachemgr_passwd disable all
5f8252d2 6616DOC_END
6617
5473c134 6618NAME: client_db
a58ff010 6619COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6620TYPE: onoff
6621DEFAULT: on
6622LOC: Config.onoff.client_db
a58ff010 6623DOC_START
5473c134 6624 If you want to disable collecting per-client statistics,
6625 turn off client_db here.
a58ff010 6626DOC_END
6627
5473c134 6628NAME: refresh_all_ims
6629COMMENT: on|off
6630TYPE: onoff
6631DEFAULT: off
6632LOC: Config.onoff.refresh_all_ims
a58ff010 6633DOC_START
5473c134 6634 When you enable this option, squid will always check
6635 the origin server for an update when a client sends an
6636 If-Modified-Since request. Many browsers use IMS
6637 requests when the user requests a reload, and this
6638 ensures those clients receive the latest version.
a58ff010 6639
5473c134 6640 By default (off), squid may return a Not Modified response
6641 based on the age of the cached version.
78e8cfc4 6642DOC_END
6643
5473c134 6644NAME: reload_into_ims
6645IFDEF: HTTP_VIOLATIONS
12b91c99 6646COMMENT: on|off
5473c134 6647TYPE: onoff
6648DEFAULT: off
6649LOC: Config.onoff.reload_into_ims
12b91c99 6650DOC_START
5473c134 6651 When you enable this option, client no-cache or ``reload''
6652 requests will be changed to If-Modified-Since requests.
6653 Doing this VIOLATES the HTTP standard. Enabling this
6654 feature could make you liable for problems which it
6655 causes.
6656
6657 see also refresh_pattern for a more selective approach.
12b91c99 6658DOC_END
6659
5473c134 6660NAME: maximum_single_addr_tries
6661TYPE: int
6662LOC: Config.retry.maxtries
6663DEFAULT: 1
a58ff010 6664DOC_START
5473c134 6665 This sets the maximum number of connection attempts for a
6666 host that only has one address (for multiple-address hosts,
6667 each address is tried once).
6668
6669 The default value is one attempt, the (not recommended)
6670 maximum is 255 tries. A warning message will be generated
6671 if it is set to a value greater than ten.
6672
6673 Note: This is in addition to the request re-forwarding which
6674 takes place if Squid fails to get a satisfying response.
a58ff010 6675DOC_END
6676
5473c134 6677NAME: retry_on_error
a58ff010 6678TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6679LOC: Config.retry.onerror
a58ff010 6680DEFAULT: off
6681DOC_START
5473c134 6682 If set to on Squid will automatically retry requests when
6683 receiving an error response. This is mainly useful if you
6684 are in a complex cache hierarchy to work around access
6685 control errors.
5f8252d2 6686DOC_END
6687
5473c134 6688NAME: as_whois_server
5f8252d2 6689TYPE: string
5473c134 6690LOC: Config.as_whois_server
6691DEFAULT: whois.ra.net
6692DEFAULT_IF_NONE: whois.ra.net
5f8252d2 6693DOC_START
5473c134 6694 WHOIS server to query for AS numbers. NOTE: AS numbers are
6695 queried only when Squid starts up, not for every request.
5f8252d2 6696DOC_END
6697
5473c134 6698NAME: offline_mode
5f8252d2 6699TYPE: onoff
5473c134 6700LOC: Config.onoff.offline
5f8252d2 6701DEFAULT: off
6702DOC_START
5473c134 6703 Enable this option and Squid will never try to validate cached
6704 objects.
a58ff010 6705DOC_END
6706
5473c134 6707NAME: uri_whitespace
6708TYPE: uri_whitespace
6709LOC: Config.uri_whitespace
6710DEFAULT: strip
a58ff010 6711DOC_START
5473c134 6712 What to do with requests that have whitespace characters in the
6713 URI. Options:
a58ff010 6714
5473c134 6715 strip: The whitespace characters are stripped out of the URL.
6716 This is the behavior recommended by RFC2396.
6717 deny: The request is denied. The user receives an "Invalid
6718 Request" message.
6719 allow: The request is allowed and the URI is not changed. The
6720 whitespace characters remain in the URI. Note the
6721 whitespace is passed to redirector processes if they
6722 are in use.
6723 encode: The request is allowed and the whitespace characters are
6724 encoded according to RFC1738. This could be considered
6725 a violation of the HTTP/1.1
6726 RFC because proxies are not allowed to rewrite URI's.
6727 chop: The request is allowed and the URI is chopped at the
6728 first whitespace. This might also be considered a
6729 violation.
6730DOC_END
a58ff010 6731
5473c134 6732NAME: chroot
6733TYPE: string
6734LOC: Config.chroot_dir
a58ff010 6735DEFAULT: none
6736DOC_START
9f37c18a 6737 Specifies a directory where Squid should do a chroot() while
2d89f399
HN
6738 initializing. This also causes Squid to fully drop root
6739 privileges after initializing. This means, for example, if you
6740 use a HTTP port less than 1024 and try to reconfigure, you may
6741 get an error saying that Squid can not open the port.
5473c134 6742DOC_END
a58ff010 6743
5473c134 6744NAME: balance_on_multiple_ip
6745TYPE: onoff
6746LOC: Config.onoff.balance_on_multiple_ip
cc192b50 6747DEFAULT: off
5473c134 6748DOC_START
cc192b50 6749 Modern IP resolvers in squid sort lookup results by preferred access.
6750 By default squid will use these IP in order and only rotates to
6751 the next listed when the most preffered fails.
6752
5473c134 6753 Some load balancing servers based on round robin DNS have been
6754 found not to preserve user session state across requests
6755 to different IP addresses.
a58ff010 6756
cc192b50 6757 Enabling this directive Squid rotates IP's per request.
a58ff010 6758DOC_END
6759
5473c134 6760NAME: pipeline_prefetch
6761TYPE: onoff
6762LOC: Config.onoff.pipeline_prefetch
6763DEFAULT: off
a58ff010 6764DOC_START
5473c134 6765 To boost the performance of pipelined requests to closer
6766 match that of a non-proxied environment Squid can try to fetch
6767 up to two requests in parallel from a pipeline.
a58ff010 6768
5473c134 6769 Defaults to off for bandwidth management and access logging
6770 reasons.
6771DOC_END
a58ff010 6772
5473c134 6773NAME: high_response_time_warning
6774TYPE: int
6775COMMENT: (msec)
6776LOC: Config.warnings.high_rptm
6777DEFAULT: 0
6778DOC_START
6779 If the one-minute median response time exceeds this value,
6780 Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get the
6781 administrators attention. The value is in milliseconds.
a58ff010 6782DOC_END
6783
5473c134 6784NAME: high_page_fault_warning
6785TYPE: int
6786LOC: Config.warnings.high_pf
6787DEFAULT: 0
cc9f92d4 6788DOC_START
5473c134 6789 If the one-minute average page fault rate exceeds this
6790 value, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
6791 the administrators attention. The value is in page faults
6792 per second.
6793DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6794
5473c134 6795NAME: high_memory_warning
6796TYPE: b_size_t
6797LOC: Config.warnings.high_memory
904971da 6798DEFAULT: 0 KB
5473c134 6799DOC_START
6800 If the memory usage (as determined by mallinfo) exceeds
904971da 6801 this amount, Squid prints a WARNING with debug level 0 to get
5473c134 6802 the administrators attention.
6803DOC_END
cc9f92d4 6804
5473c134 6805NAME: sleep_after_fork
6806COMMENT: (microseconds)
6807TYPE: int
6808LOC: Config.sleep_after_fork
6809DEFAULT: 0
6810DOC_START
6811 When this is set to a non-zero value, the main Squid process
6812 sleeps the specified number of microseconds after a fork()
6813 system call. This sleep may help the situation where your
6814 system reports fork() failures due to lack of (virtual)
6815 memory. Note, however, if you have a lot of child
6816 processes, these sleep delays will add up and your
6817 Squid will not service requests for some amount of time
6818 until all the child processes have been started.
6819 On Windows value less then 1000 (1 milliseconds) are
6820 rounded to 1000.
cc9f92d4 6821DOC_END
6822
b6696974 6823NAME: windows_ipaddrchangemonitor
6b0516c6 6824IFDEF: _SQUID_MSWIN_
b6696974
GS
6825COMMENT: on|off
6826TYPE: onoff
6827DEFAULT: on
6828LOC: Config.onoff.WIN32_IpAddrChangeMonitor
6829DOC_START
6830 On Windows Squid by default will monitor IP address changes and will
6831 reconfigure itself after any detected event. This is very useful for
6832 proxies connected to internet with dial-up interfaces.
6833 In some cases (a Proxy server acting as VPN gateway is one) it could be
6834 desiderable to disable this behaviour setting this to 'off'.
6835 Note: after changing this, Squid service must be restarted.
6836DOC_END
6837
a98c2da5
AJ
6838NAME: eui_lookup
6839TYPE: onoff
6840IFDEF: USE_SQUID_EUI
6841DEFAULT: on
6842LOC: Eui::TheConfig.euiLookup
6843DOC_START
6844 Whether to lookup the EUI or MAC address of a connected client.
6845DOC_END
6846
007d775d
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6847NAME: main_processes
6848TYPE: int
6849LOC: Config.main_processes
6850DEFAULT: 1
6851DOC_START
6852 Number of main Squid processes to fork.
6853 0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
6854 1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
6855 N: start N main Squid process daemons
6856DOC_END
6857
cccac0a2 6858EOF